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r- THE HOBJESONIAN Established 1870. - Country, God and Truth. "1 Single Copies Five Cenif VOL XLIH NO. 24. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, MAY 13, 1912. " WHOLE NO. 2758 MEM0RIA1 DAY OBSERVED. Veterans Feasted by Daughters of Confederacy Address by W. R. Stacy of Wilmington 'Annual Meeting of Camp Pope Graves Decorated. Friday, Memorial Day, was a good time in Lumberton for the Confederate, veterans of the county. The local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, just as it has been doing on the 10th of May for many years past, made the day a most pleasant one for the old soldiers. This is an un usually busy time with the farmers and for that reason the crowd in town was not as large as many expected it would be, but the at tendance of the veterans was fine, about 100 being present. The weather was ideal. The exercises of the day con sisted principally of a speech, and it was an able one, by Mr. W.R. Stacy of Wilmington, and music by Lumbercon's brass I band. At about 10:30 o'clock the band assembled in front 0f the court house and played sev eral selections and at 11 o'clock marched into the court house, played one number, and prayer was made by Rev. R. E. Steele, pastor of the Lumberton Presby terian church. Then . the band rendered another selection, which wound up with "Dixie", carry ing the old soldiers back to the days of the "sixties" and the moment the tune was struck they tegan to yell. Mr. J. A. McAl lister, commander of Camp Willis H. Pope, in a few well chosen remarks extended a word of welcome to all present and in troduced the speaker. Mr. Sta cy is a pleasant and easy speak er. He spoke for about half an hour and his speech was so in teresting that the audience was amazed at the seeming short ness. It was fine. Under the " power of Mr. Stacy's speech, this reporter must acknowledge that he was so captivated that he forgot his job and is therefdre unable to give an intelligent re port of what he said. He men tioned the progress shown in the cities, towns and in the South at large and explained how it is due, largely, to the sturdy and rugged honesty of the farmer; and he told how all that has been accomplished since the awful days of the sixties is builded up on the foundation laid by the old soldiers on their return from the bloody fields of battle to ruined homes. His speach was from start to finish, a gem and it is good that so many of the veter ans were present to hear him. After the speech there was .music by the band and then Mr. McAllister made a few announce ments for the benefit of the old soldiers. He announced that free drinks (soft, he assured them, as this is a prohibition town) would be served them at the Lumberton drug store and the Pope drug stora, this being a treat given by the stores; and that a public dinner had been prepared for them by the daugh ters. He also announced that Mr. W. S. Wishart, manager of the Pasttime theatre, would admit free of charge all of them to his motion picture show, and this was especially interesting to the boys in gray, for Mr. Wishart gave them some good pictures of war scenes. "The Passing of the Gray" and life-size pictures of Gen. Robert E. Lee and Presi dents Lincoln and Taft were shown. The benediction was offered by Rev. Wesley Thomp son, chaplain of the camp. Din ner was served in the commis sicners' room in the court house, and it was fine. At a meeting of camp Willis H. Pope held in the court house a short while before the exercises began all the old officers were re elected, as follows: J. A. Mc Allister, commander; J. S. Thompson, 1st Lieut. ; T. A. Mc JSTeill, u Sr., 2nd Lieut; F. A. Bond, 3rd Lieut. ; F. A. Prevatt, 4th Lieut.; M. G. McKenzie, adjutant This was the annual meeting and since the last meet ing four members of the camp have died, as follows: Dr. J. C. McKenzie, J. W. Blanks, F. J. Floyd and J. L. McPhail; and a resolution of respect was offered by the memorial committee con sisting of Messrs. F. A. Prevatt, J. S. Thompson and M. G. Mc- iKenzie. In the afternoon the daughters TOWN AFFAIR$. J New "Administration Gets Busy Books to be Audited A Change on Police Force R. A McLean Elected Town At' torney New Guard House to be Built and Public Closets to ba Installed. The first meeting of the town fathers under the new adminis tration was neia J nursday eve ning. Mayor A. P. Caldwell pre siding. The board of commis sioners as now constituted is as follows: H. B. Jennings, M. w Floyd, W. J. Prevatt, members of the board that served under Mayor White; and new members, Jas. D. Proctor, D. P. Walters, C. B. Redmond. Mayor Caldwell was authoriz ed to employ some competent per son to audit the books of the town. H. H. Red fern was unanimous ly re-elected chief of police and tax collector at a salary of $75 per month same as formerly ! bond to be the same as hereto fore. E. E. bhooter was unani mously elected night policeman at a salary of $40 per month, succeeding Joe Britt. The posi tioh of street foreman and day policeman, position held by Joe L atone, was ordered discontinued after May 20. R. A. McLean was unanimously elected town attorney at a salary of $100 per year, succeeding T. A. McNeill, Jr. The mayor was authorized to have screens placed in the doors and windows of the town hall. The mayor and Messrs. Walters and Proctor were appointed a committee to build a guard house, this being deemed necessary on account of the town being pro hibited from using the county jail; and this committee is also empowered to have public closets installed. The mayor and town clerk and treasurer were authorized to ex ecute the note of the town to Ira B. Mullis for $115 for engineer ing services in the matter of pav ing sidewalks on Chestnut street, this being 5 per cent, of this work. Further appointments were de ferred till next meeting Mr. Proctor acted a3 secretary. Lumberton Gets Next . Method ist District Conference. The annual Methodist confer ence for the Rockingham dis trict will be held next year with ChestnutStreet Methodist church of Lumberton. It will be held in the elegant new church which this congregation is building on the corner of Chestnut and Eighth streets. This conference was held last week in Red Springs from Tuesday to Friday. Rev. J. W. Bradley, pastor of Chest nut Street church, and Rev. R L. Caraway, pastor of the Lum berton circuit, who attended all the sessions of the conference, returned home Friday night Messrs. W. H. Humphrey, A. E. White. W. E. Jackson, Geo. M. Whitfield and L. C. Townsend also attended during part of the conference. A Lecture on Health and Sani tation. Dr. B. W. Page, county super intendent of health, delivered a lecture in the school auditorium at the Lumberton cotton mills Friday night. Mr. A. White made arrangements for, and ac companied Dr. Page to, this meeting, which was attended by a large crowd which was very much interested in what Dr. Page had to -say. Such meet ings as these do a vast amount of good, and besides the benefits derived directly from such lec tures much good may be expect ed to result from the pamphlets on health Dr, Page is distribu ting. A similar meeting will be held at the National cotton mills Friday night of this week. decorated with flowers the graves of old soldiers laid to rest in the various cemeteries in and about tnwn The day was indeed a pleas ant occasion for the veterans as well as for all others who were present; and, by the way, Lum berton's new brass band, which had a prominent part in the day's entertainments, 13 doing itself nrond. It maWaa miisir tnual to any band. HECTOR McLEAN PASSES. End Came After Long Sickness at Home in Maxton Funeral Saturday Afternoon One of the State's Most Successful and Loveab'.e Young Men Falls on Sleep. Mr. Hector McLean died Fri day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at his horn-; in MfiXtbn. He had been wick fur a tout five months, having beer; taken first with ty phoid fever, which developed in to tuberculosis "JThe funeral took place Satur day afremon at 4 o'clock and was conducted frrn the residence by Rev H G Hi !, pastor of the Maxton Pro-ibvterisn church, assiste-i b R?v W. M. Mc Ilwaines Co pa'nor of that church, and Rev J M. Rose, pastor of the LaU'lfilurg Pres byterian churih. in? pall bear ers wert: active. Messrs. o. b. HECTOR MCLEAN , (Taken when about 13 years old) Barnes. D O -House r, J.P. Wig gins, R. L 'f lomason. D. C. Mc Iver, Luther McNeil, T. L. Smith, J, C. McCiskil!. Jr., all of Maxtor; h .norary, John Leach, II L McLcod. A. H. Carrie, J. S Me Rao, A J. Mc Kir.non, J. C. Evcretr, O. C. Spaulding. W. W. Smith, A. M. McNair. J G. McCormictc, the latter of Wihr.irgton. Interment vvs male in Maxton's r.ew cem etery, which is about one mile noi th uf the depot and in a beau tiful place. The music consisted of lour selections, two at the horns and two .it the grave. All four selections were beautifully rendered by M'S. R M. Williams, Miss Emma Belle McRae and Messrs. J. S. McRae and R. D. Croom. The floral tributes were exquis ite, probably numbering about 101). and they more than com pletely covered the grave. Among the mos: attrnctivd de signs were those given by the Merrv go-Round Book Club, the Robeson Drug Co., the Maxton Commercial Club and the Bank of Robeson, all of Maxton. Mr. Hector McLean was born February 7, 1883, and was, there fore, 29 years old. He was born and reared in the country about 9 miles north of Maxton, but some 12 or 15 years, ago, with the family, he moved to Maxton; where he had since resided. He was of a clever and genial dis position and wa3. therefore, loved by all who knew him. Sev eral at the funeral were heard to say that they did not believe he had an enemy jn the world. Mr. McLean was a man of unusual business ability and there are hardly many, if any, men in the State during so short a life that have accomplished more in the business world. He was identi fied in one way or another with most everything pertaining to the best interests of the town of Maxton. He was president of the Maxton Commercial Club, president of he Bank of - Robe son, and president and manager of the Consolidated Realty & In surance Co. of Maxfon. He was a director of the Virginia & Car olina Southern railroad, and was connected in one way or another with various enterprises. Short ly before he was taken ill he had work started on "several brick stores in Maxton that are now about one-third completed. Deceased is survived by his mother, Mrs. LinaA. McLean, and two sisters, Misses Saliie and Mattie Williams McLean, with whom he lived; and two brothers, i Messrs.. A. W. and A. T. McLean, both of Lumberton." Saturday afternoon was gloomy and rainy, but a large ! IMPORTANT TO L1STTAKERS. They Will not be Required to Make House-to-House Can vas This Year. At a meeting in Lumberton on me btn inst. of the county come missioners. county tax assessor and county auditor to consider the question of listing taxes for this year, it was found that it will not be necessary to re-assess the. real estate of the county this year and it was decided that the1 listtakers for the various town ships will not be required to act ually go in person to every house. but that the method of seeing the taxpayer shall be left largely to the discretion of the listtaker. A substantial compliance with tfte statute is all that is required and each listtaker will use his best judgment as to ntrw"he can best get an accurate li3t of all the property subject to taxation in his township. This is in accordance with in structions heretofore given list takers by County Auditor Par mele. In a recent issue of The Robesonian a ruling of the State Corporation on this point was published, this ruling seeming to require that the listtakers make a house-to-house canvass; but Auditor Parmele made a special trip to Raleigh in regard to this and has been assured-that where it is not necessary to re-assess real estate it is not necessary for the listtakers to actually visit every taxpayer; that, as stated above, "a substantial compliance with the statute is all that is re quired". Listtakers are asked to take particular notice of this, as it will save the county considerable ex pense. Precinct Votes in County Con ventionCounty Votes in State Convention. At precinct meetings to be held Saturday of this week, the 18th. delegates will be elected to the county convention to be held in Lumberton on the 25th inst. Un der the Democratic plan of organ ization each precinct has one vote in the county convention for ev ery 25 votes cast for the Demo cratic candidate for Governor at the last preceding gubernatorial election, and one vote for each majority fraction of such votes. On the basis of the vote cast for Gov. Kitchin in Robeson in 1908 there will be a total of 113 votes in tne Democratic convention which meets in Lumberton on the 25th, divided as follows: Alfordsville 4, Back Swamp 4, Burnt Swamp 7, Britt's 4, How ellsville 5, Lumberton 15, Lum ber Bridge 8, Maxton 9, Red Springs 8, Raft Swamp 1, St. Paul 5, Sterling's 3. Smith's 5, Thompson No.l 9, Thompson No. 2 4, White House No. 1 5. White House No. 2 6, Wishart's 3, Sad dle Tree 3, Parkton 5. Orrum and Rennert townships have been created since the last election and will get their strength fKom the townships from which they were created. This will not affect the total number of votes in the convention but will affect the votes in the convention of Sterling's, Britt's, Lumber Bridge and St. Paul. Just how this will be divided up has not been determined. In the November election -in 1908 Robeson .county cast 2,823 votes for Governor Kitchin and on the basis of 1 vote in the State convention for each 150 votes or fraction exceeding a half of 150, Robeson will elect 19 delegates to the State convention which meets in Raleigh June 6. Speaking' Here in Interest of Underwood. ' Congressman J. T. Heflin of Alabama will speak in the court house here Friday evening of this week in the interest of Oscar W. Underwood, presidential can didate. crowd assembled to pay last tribute to all that was mortal of Hector McLean. " Among those who attended the funeral from here were: Mrs. N. A. McLean, Mrs. Mollie R. Norr merrt Misses Mary and Cammre McNeill, ex-Judge T. A. McNeill, Dr. John Ktrox, Messrs. A. E. White, M. G. McKenzie, H. B. Jennings, C. B. Townsend, T. A. McNeill, Jr., F. P. Gray. R. A. McLean, Dixon McLean, L. E. Whaley. L. R. Varser and W. K. Bethune. RED SPRINGS BUDGET. .Methodist District Conference Old Fiddlers' Convention Memorial Day Address Xr MDondene 0f The Rotonln. Red Springs. May 10-Mr3. ! Lucius McRae is visiting'friends ; in Philadelphia, Pa. Miss Bea-i trice Farquhar, who spent the! pas: winter here with her sister Mrs Bartram Robeson. left Wednesday for her home in Hal ifax. Nova Scotia. Miss Far quhar made many warm friends i. ere during her visit who hope she Will come down again next winter. The Rockingham district con ference is holding its regular meeting here in the Methodist church. The meeting is well at tended, as there is quite a large number of delegates. The ser vices are held morning and eve ning of each day, and the ser mons are much enjoyed by all who hesr them, for tne speakers are all able and intelligent preach ers who give the pure word of the Gospel witn great force and power. The conference will close this evening. We are glad to have had the pleasure of meet ing and entertaining the mem bers of this conference, and hoDe e'er long they will visit us again. Un luesday evening m spite of the inclement weather, a large audience gathered in the college auditorium to hear the "old fid dlers". These, fourteen in num ber, were seated on the stage with their fiddles in readiness. The opening piece was that good old-time tune "Mississippi Saw yer", and was played by all the contestants. Mr. Frank Blount of Fayetteville was the efficient master of ceremonies, and he called out the fiddlers one by one. After each one had a chance to show his ability by playing two selections the judges gave their decision as to the best players. Mr. O. S. Wheeler tf Sampson county was awarded the first prize, $20; Mr. Henry Faucette of Lillington won the second prize, $10; Mr. Bedsoe of Cum berland county won the $5 prize for the best banjo playing. The programme of the evening closed with that soul-stirring tune "Dixie", played by all the fid dlers. On Wednesday afternoon the annual May day exercises were held on the college campus. Miss Lillian Britt made the pretty and 1 graceful queen and she was crowned by Miss May Carmichael, maid-of-honor. The queen was attended by eight girls dressed in pretty flowered dresses and after the crowning the girls gave two dances around the May pole in honor of their queen. The first dance was the S. P. C. pennant drill, the girls dressed in blue and white col lege colors, carried S. P. C. ban ners over their shoulders and went through many graceful fig ures with these. At the close of the drill they gave thecollege yell, with banners waving high in the air. The last dance was the rose drill, the girls being dressed in white with arches of roses. The May day festival is always a very pretty affair and the girls in their colored dresses make a beautiful picture. Dr. H. G. Hill of Maxton ad dressed a large audience in the auditorium this morning, the oc casion being Memorial Day exer cises. Rev. H. M. Dixon opened the exercises with prayer, and then followed a song by the col lege quartet, "The Bonnie Blue Flag"; Then Dr. Hill gave a stirring address in his usual per fect, inimitable style. After this Miss Phillips played "Dixie" on her violin, then a song by the quartet and afterwards Rev. R. A. Moore gave the benediction. Southern Baptist Convention This Week in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City. Okla.. Dispatch. 12th. The advance guard of the Southern Baptist Convention, which will hold its annual session in this city this week beginning Weduesday to last five days, has arrived here, and by Wednesday morning between 3,000 and 4,000 delegates probably will have reached the city. In addition to the Southern Baptist Convention, the Woman's Missionary Union, one of its auxiliary organizations, will also be in session here at the same time. LOCAL BRIEFS - Middlir.g cents. cotton t day. 11 County Auditor Parciele is sending out new tax bojis to listtakers today. Mr. D. Scott Poole, formerly editor of the Raeford Facta and Figures, is now editor of the ! St Paul Messenger. There will be a special meet ing of Lodge No. 35. K. of P, this evening at 8o'ckcic i r work in the third degree. A ; all at tendance is desired. - License has been issued for the marriage of Tneresia Mc Donald and Malcum McLellao; Brennie Graham and Lambert Ellis; Bettie Jones and C. W. Mercer. Mr. E. M. Johns jn. a stu- jdent at Wake Forest College, arrived here Saturday and will spend the f ummer vacation here in the law office of his brother Mr.' T. L. Jorioaon. Mr. R. A. McLean, attorney, who since he started the practice of law had had an office in the McLeod building, moved last week to a new office in the Wein stein building, Fourtbz,and Elm arroto Mr. H. C. Boylin is moving this morning from his old place between the stores of the Jno. T. Biggs Co. and Miss Josephine Breece to the store on Elm street vacated last week by Mr. A. Weinstein. Gurney Bunday, who lives about 5 miles from town on route 4, was arrested Friday by Dep uty Marshall J. B. Boyle, of Maxton, and tried before Com missioner W. H. Kinlaw on a charge of retailing. He was discharged. - Sheriff E. C. McNeill receiv ed this morning a telegram from Mt Tabor, Columbus county, signed by K. H. Seals, asking that some one be sent "q identi fy a negro supposed to have been implicated in the murder of Mr. J. G. Tolar at McDonald last Sep tember. Manager W. S. Wishart will give away anoth?r chocolate set at the Pasttime theatre tomorrow evening. Mr. Wishart will put in ventilators and install electric fans within the next few days, which will add immensely to the comfort of these who visit the motion picture show during the warm weather. Rav. A. B. Crumplerof Clin ton preached at the Gospel taber nacle yesterday morning and evening. I he can arrange his evangelistic work so as to make it possible Mr. Grumpier will preach here at this church once a month until a pastor is secured. He will probably preach here the 2nd Sunday in June. The Colonial Musical Comedy Co. held the boards at the local opera house Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings. Some pretty good stunts were pulled off and this company would be good fun if it would leave off the coarseness and vulgarity that is rung in occasionally. Ribaldry is not witty or smart, and it is a Ditv to mar with such out-of- place things what would other wise be good entertainment. Mr. L. R. Varser, of the law firm of McLean, Varser & Mc Lean of Lumberton, delivered the Memorial Day address in Wrlmington Friday and by all accounts he made an excellent address. Of course; he does not know how to make any other kind. In closing he declared that North v Carolina ought to erect a suitable monument to her women of the Confederacy and that monuments" ought to be erected in every county and on every battlefield to her soldiers of the War Between the States. The Republican State conven tion meets in Raleigh Wednesday. On the same day another event of interest in Raleigh will be the unveiling of the statue of Chas. D. Mclver. Dr. J. T. R. Neal, Prop. Riverside Drug Co., Greenville, S. 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