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ROBESONIAtf 1 J Ettablished 187Q. , Country. God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cent, VOL XUII NO. 26. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1912. : WHOLE NO. 2760 - " : ' i " " i : - : - -1 ; i PRECINCT MEETINGS SATURDAY. Everything Harmonious and Unanimous in Lumberton Delegates Instructed for Craig and McRae Only Township Executive Committee Chair men County Convention Sat urday. .;;; At a precinct meeting held in Lumberton Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock for Lumberton town ship the . folio wing were elected delegates to the county conven tion which meets at the court house here Saturday of this week: Delegates R. Frank Gough, D. E. White, A. W. Lawrence, C. M Townsend. W. S. D. Caldwell, B. McNeill, A. McLean, R. C. Fuller, Lester Wishart, L. C. Townscnd, M W, Floyd, A. K. Morrison, J. L. Stephens, Gus Prevatt; alternates R. E. Lee, D. D. French, L. R. Varser, W. J. Prevatt, S. J. Webb, L. T. Townsend, T. A. McNeill, Jr., Dennis Biggs, A. E. Spivey, D. P. Walters. W. K. Bethune, H. McE. McMillan, Jno. Knox, Marshal Boddiford. R. D. Caldwell. R. E. Lee, D. D. French, Gus Prevatt and W. S. Britt were elected the execu tive committee for the township and after retiring for a few min utes these gentlemen returned and announced the election of D. D. French as chairman of the committee. ' At the suggestion of Mr. A. W. McLean, who was asked to make a motion to that effect by Mr. Craig's manager, Lock Craig was unanimously endorsed for Governor, since there is no other candidate in the field, and Col. E. F. McRae of Robeson was unanimously endorsed for Lieutenant . Governor. No vote was taken on other State officers. Mr. E. M. Bri't, former chair man of the township executive committee, presided at the meet and Mr. Lawrence Parker acted as secretary. A more harmonious meeting could not be held. Only one set of nominations was made for each ballot and each election was unanimous, Dy a standing vote. The meeting did not last longer than 15 or 20 minutes. At the conclusion of the regular business Mr. C. B. Townsend suggested and moved that a test of the strength of the candidates be taken, but Mr. R. C. Lawrence suggested that as there had been a unanimous vote on every ques tion so far, a thing that had not happened here before in a blue moon, it would be wise to stop right there. This 'suggestion met with hearty approval and a motion to adjourned prevailed. Other .townships so far heard from elected' executive commit tee chairmen as follows: Alford sville, Neill McRimmon; Back Swamp, Jno. T. Singletary; Britt's, Luther Thompson; Burnt Swamp. Chas. Terry; Fairmont, A. E. Floyd; Howellsville, J. M. Butler; Lumber Bridge, M. L. Marley; Maxton, S. B. McLean; Parkton, J. B. McCormick; Pem broke, Neill Mclnnis; Raft Swamp, W. C. Townsend; Or rum, M. Shepherd; Saddle Tree, R. E. Lewis; St. Paul, A. R. McEachern; Smith's, D. L. Stew art; Thompson No. 1, Graham McKinnoff; Thompson No. 2, E. Wheeler Stone; White House, C. A. Oliver; Wishart's, J. Ed Ty son; Red Springs, Dr. B. F. Mc Millan. This leaves Rennert and Ster ling's still unheard frrom. These township chairmen will elect a county chairman Saturday, when the county convention will be held in Lumberton. Lumberton, Maxton, White House and Thompson No. 2 in structed for Craig for Gover nor and McRae for Lieutenant Governor, leaving delegates oth erwise uninstructed. So far as has been learned, none of the other townships did more than elect delegates and executive committees, except Red Springs, which instructed for Wilson for President and Craig and McRae. Very few of the counties over the State voted on the presiden tial candidates. Seven -counties are believed to have expressed a preference for .Gov. Woodrow Wilson, while five counties ex pressed ' preference for Uftder wood. indications are that the State convention will be about evenly divided between instruct ? ing and against4t. Some .-coun- RED SPRINGS BUDGET. S. P. C Commencement Phila delphus High School and Its Principal Personal. Correspondence of The Robejonimn. Red Springs. May 17 Miss Lina Washington Crews of Dur ham is visiting friends in town and at S. P. C Mrs. D. P. Mc Eachern has returned from a visit .of a few days to relatives in Fayette ville. Dr. Lilly of Fayetteville spent Thursday night in Red Springs on profes sional business. Mr. John Mc Sweeny of Timmonsville, S. C, spent a few days of this week at Hotel Red Springs. On Friday evening Miss May Carmichael, soprano, and Miss Jame ratterson, pianist, gave their graduating recital in the college auditorium. Miss Car michael has a rich voice of rare quality, and she charmed her hearers with several sweet and pretty ballads. Then her heavy numbers, selections from famous operas, were equally well render ed, and were much enjoyed by the large and appreciative audi- ence. miss ratterson is a smiiea and brilliant pianist and she was at her best in this her graduat ing recital. The difficult selec tions she played with perfect ease, and each note was struck with clearness and precision. The regular commencement ex ercises will begin with the bacca laureate sermon on Sunday, May 19. This will be preached by Dr. Sevier of Augusta. Ga. On Monday night the senior class will give their , class day exer ercises; Tuesday afternoon the reception and art exhibit, fol lowed by the regular annual com mencement concert . given by the conservatory pupils Tuesday eve ning. Then Wednesday the grad uating exercises are held, the address will be delivered by Dr. I. I. Hill of Columbus, Miss. This will be followed by the con ferring of the degrees on the graduates. Wednesday night the annual alumnae reception and banquet will be held. We are looking forward to a fine com mencement at S. P. C. and we hope to have a large crowd here to enjoy it with us. Little Miss Claude Toon has been very ill at her father's home on College hill, but we are glad to report her condition some what improved. Dr. I. I. .Hill of Columbus. Miss., the pastor-elect of the Presbyterian church here, is ex pected to arrive in Red Springs Saturday. Dr. Hill will spend several days here looking over the field of labor before deciding to accept the call to the pastorate of this church. Quite a number of people from Red Springs have been attending the commencement exercises of Philadelphus high school. That flourishing school has just com pleted another prosperous year, and has sent out another large graduating class to fields of use fulness in our colleges and uni versities. Prof. R. L. McMillan, principal of the school,has proven himself an able arid proficient in structor and manager, and it is with much regret that we hear he will not return to carry on the work next year. However, another good principal has been secured for the coming session and Philadelphus will still hold its place among the best high schools of the State. Mrs. Burgess and little son of Erie, Penn., are spending several weeks, as guests at Hotel Red Springs. Mrs. Adrian McNeill of Fayetteville spent several days of this week the guest of her aunt Mrs. Munelly, at Hotel Red Springs. Prof. G. P. Jones, who taught the graded school at Fair mont this year, is getting up a class in bookkeeping and short hand here. . Mr. Wade Wishart has been appointed listtaker for Lumber tori township to succeed Mr. A. P. Caldwell, who resigned when elected mayor of Lumberton; - - ties injected the senatorial fight into the primaries, Senator bim roons leading, Gov. Kitchin sec ond and , Judge Clark a close third. A. D. Watts, Senator Simmons' private secretary, de feated ex-Lieut Gov, Turner fcr the State Senate in Iredell. Subscriber for The-Robesoa mm). FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER. Excavating for New Baptist Church New Bell for Presby terian Church Tobacco Ware houses and the Weed New Residences and Residents. CoHMpod.nc al Th Roba oian. Fairmont. Hay 17-Mrs. L. E." Ricks, wft.) has been in poor health for some time, was taken last week to the Highsmith hos pital for treatment. Mrs. S. T. Moyle and Miss Mag' trie Floyd are attending the wom an's home mission conference at Weldon this W2ek, " Both wil visit other points before return ing. Miss Floyd will attend the commencement exercises o Louisburg College and accompa ny her sister on the way home. All our young people are due to return from school next week except Mr. F. F. Thompson, who is at Trinity Cellege and will not arrive until the first part of June. Mr. J. E. Anderson's family have been quite sick with meas les and Mrs. Anderson is still on the sick list, but we a re glad to note her improvement. The new quarters of the post office are quite comfortable and will be up-to-date in every re spect when the new fixtures are put in place. Prof. Wilson of Orrum, who recently bought a lot here, has not waited to build but moved his family here last week and is oc cupying the Jenkins house on N. Main street. Messrs. A. J. Floyd, D. W. Galloway, J. P. Brown, Percy Wilson and H. V. Brown repre sented Fairmont township in the citizens meeting of Lumberton last Wednesday, and seem to have had an interesting visit. Rev. S. T. Moyle and J. E. Thompson attended district con ference at Red Springs last week and report a most delightful stay among our fine upper-end friends The Fairtnont correspondent had a special invitation to that con ference and regrets exceedingly inability to attend The building committee of the new Ashpole church met on the grounds this week and laid off the plan for the excavation on which work has been begun. It was a great source of regret to all of us that the work on this handsome building could not be started last year, as was intend ed, but we hope everybody will take an interest and our town will soon boast of its handsome Baptist church. A spelendid bell has been bought for the Presbyterian church and the building is to be remodeled by the addition of a tower and the bell hung at once. The Robeson warehouse grows apace, and we hear plans dis cussed for dry-house,- stemming, etc. There is no reason why the town should not have them all 'and the best tobacco market in eastern North Carolina. We have the right soil and men who know by experience how to make the finest weed. The crop is most promising, so reports E. J. Chambers, who is progressive enough to be interested in both old and new warehouses. Mr. Jas. Everet resigned his position with the Pittman Drug Co, last week and after a visit to home folks in Pitt count ex pects to locate in Norfolk, Va. The handsome residence of Dr. L. E. Ricks on N. Main street is already showing how much ad dition it will be to the town. E. J. Davis and sons of Mar tinsville, Va., have secured the Robeson warehouse for five years and will soon be here. He writes that he has secured buyers of the very best companies.and will be accompanied by his own corps of workers. Mr. Davis has been at Fair Bluff three years but was so much attracted by Robeson that he decided to cast in his lot with us, and expects to make to his future home and build up a permanent business for his sons, Mrs. Belanger went to Fay etteville last Tuesday and re turned with her mother, Mrs. Nettie Ashley, who is much im proved by her stay at St. Luke's Messrs. E. V. McDaniels and A. S. Thompson have part of the material on hand and will begin at once remodeling their brick buildings, just above the bank. Mr. Dicus, representing the Southern Realty & Development Co. of Wilmington, has been , in town and surrounding country all -this week and hassold several lats,lupon them,the,Decesaity oiAtand-.! INDIAN NORMAL CLOSING. Commecement of Indian No r- mal School at Pembroke An Excellent Address By Mr. A W. McLean of Lumberton Great Progress Made by this Race in Robeson in Recent Yean. Friday was the day of the an nual commencement exercises o: the Indian Normal School at Pembroke, and from all parts of the county and some of the ad joining counties the Indians, to the number of several hundred there assembled. It was a large crowd and evidenced some of the interest these people are taking in education. The weather was ideal and while tbe crowd was large the order was almost per feet. The .exercises began about 10 o'clock in the morning with a Mav-Dole dance in front of the school building. This was fine, all the .students playing wel their parts. After this there was a march or drill and saluting the flag. Then the pupils were al marched into the school auditori um, where exercises consisting t)f recitations, declamations, dia locrues and the like were carried out. This ended about 12 o'clock, after which Mr. A. W. . McLean of Lumberton was introduced by Prof. H. L. Edens. principal of the Normal, as the speaker of the dav. Mr. McLean spoke tor aoout i i i i i. an nour ana ne maae a inuut excellent speech, spending al most the entire time talking up on various subjects that greatly concern the Indians. At the out set of his speech he told his au diencethat he did not come to make them a speech but to talk to them about things in which they as a race are interested, and that he hoped that he would be able to say something or give light on some subject that might help them in their ettort to neip themselves. And he did all of that. Several of the Indians were heard to remark that Mr. McLean made them the best sDeech they had ever had, be cause he talked about and gave enlightenment upon subjects that most vitally concern the Indians of Robeson. Mr. McLean told the Indians that he was not there to flatter them and that he did not exDect to deal in flattery oth er than to eive them credit for what they deserve, and at the same time he might say some things that might not be any credit to them, but as to that, the same could be said of other races. He said of the three dis tinct races in the county he be lieved the Indians during the last 10 or 15 vears had made the ereatest progress, citing several instances as evidences of the ad vancement the race is making along many lines. He mention ed the fact that some of them were making much a-do about their origin. He told them that he was unable to give any defi nite information as to their origin but that he felt sure that they belong to some branch of the Cherokee Indians, though he was unable to see where it would be of any advantage to them if they were able to prove it; therefore he did not attach much impor tance to the matter. He ex plained to them that they now have advantages over the Chero kee Indians in that they can vote. He made special mention of the progress that the Indians are making in agriculture, men tioning the fact that in a corn contest conducted by the Bank of Lumberton, in which prizes were given for the greatest pro duction per acre, an Indian won third Drize in the liUO contest and that last year an Indian won first prize. As another evidence of their developement and prog ress, he mentioned the fact that not half so many of them appear on the criminal court docket as formerly. He told them that one of their gieatest evils had been drinking liquor, but he was glad to be able to say that there had been a decided improvement among them as a race in this particular. He attributed this improvement largely to their ed ucation. In conclusion Mr. Mc Lean told the Indians of many things that had been accomplish ed for them in the past and men tioned efforts that are being made to give them better things in the future; and he impressed ing together in all things fori their common good. v--- w ith Mr. McLean speech the exercises closed until 8 o'clock in the evening, when a concert was given by the intermediate and advanced pupils; and while this reporter did not. witness the con. cert it is understood that the en tertainment was unusually good. There was no public dinner spread, but most everybody had their dinner. In one of the rooms of the school building a dinner was spread for the faculty, speaker and a few other invited guests. This was prepared principally by sometf the girls in the school and the dinner was fine, substan tial proof that these girls know a great deal about cooking. The teachers say the girls are anxious to learn more about cooking and sewing and an effort is being made to teach these things in the school next year. In fact, sew ing was taught some this year, the girls took great interest in the work, and many of them made great progress. The following constitute the faculty: Prof. H. L. Edens, principal; Miss Leila McCulloch of Pennsylvania, intermediate department; Miss Belle Arm strong of Pittsburg, Pa., primary department Miss McCulloch has only been teaching in the school since January this year. This makes Miss Armstrong's fourth year and rrof. bdens has been principal for five years. Oscar bampson. W. D. Oxen- dine, Gaston Oxendine, Edmond Lowrie, J. E. Dial. Ralf Lowrie and A. A. Locklear compose the board of trustees. This commencement was pro bably the best the school has ever had. This reporter has been witnessing the closing exercises of this school for the last five years and feels justified in mak ing the statement that these people are making rapid progress. improvement is shown in many ways. The school needs more money and teachers and it is to be hoped that it will have both in the near future. Congressman Heflin Failed to Speak Here Friday. Congressman J. Thomas Heflin was advertised to speak at the court house here Friday evening in the interest of Congressman Oscar Underwood, candidate for President, but the engagement was called off. Mr. Frank Gough received a telegram Fri day morning from Mr. H. B. Varner of Lexington, manager of the Underwood campaign, stating that all engagements for Underwood speakers had been canceled. It was too bad. Con gressman Heflin is said to be a tall spellbinder and many were disappointed in not being able to hear him. Miss McMillan Gives a Reading at Opera House This Evening. As mentioned in Thursday's Robesonian, Miss Georgie Ray McMillan will give a reading at the opera house this evening for the benefit of the""Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church. Lumberton's new brass band and the orchestra will fur nish the music. The prices of admission will be 50 cents first floor, 35 cents second floor and 25 cents for all children. Miss McMillan will give a read ing tomorrow evening at Uhe raw, S. C, Wednesday evening at Parkton and Thursday eve ning at St Paul. Dr. T. C. Johnson returned this , morning from Baltimore, Md., where he went Thursday evening with a patient. Mr. Har ry McGill, who sustained .injur ies at the Dresden cotton mill recently on account of thefalfing of an elevator. Mr. McGill is in Johns Hopkins hospital and will probably be there for some time. -Miss Nina Patrick of Lowell, Gaston county, has been em ployed to succeed Miss Mamie A. vent as teacher of the sixth grade in the graded school. Miss atnek is a graduate of the Presbyterian College at Char- otte and has had five years ex perience in scnooi wort.. the made many friends here during a visit to Mrs. W. A. McPhaul, a brmer schoolmate, last summer. Miss Avent as has been stated, resigned to accept the position of principal of the school at Pern- LOCAL BRIEFS Middling cotton cents. today, 10 A week's term of civil court. Judge R. B. Peebles presiding, began this morning. The Ladies Missionary So ciety of Chestnut Street Method ist church will meet tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at the church. The Commercial & Industrial Club will give a smoker Thurs day evening in the club rooms at 8:15 o'clock for the benefit of its members. -Mr. Thos. Kinlaw, of How ellsville township, enters the race for county treasurer against Treasurer McKenzie. as will . be seen from his announcement in today's paper. Miss Minnie Stephens and Mr. Dan Shaw, both of the Jen nings cotton mill village, were married yesterday afternoon at the home of the officiating minis ter. Rev. C. H. Durham.on Fifth street. Mr. Albert Boylin returned last week from Richmond. He decided that he does not want the position offered him in the office of the Southern Express Co. at that place but may accept a posi tion on the road with the same company. Colonel Cole, colored, was before Mayor Caldwell this morning on charges of carrying concealed weapon and being drunk and disorderly. For be ing drunk and disorderly he was fined $5 and costs and for carry ing concealed weapon he . was bound to court under a $50 bond, and failing to make same was remanded to jail. The ice-cream festival for the benefit of the Lumberton brass band that was expected to have been given Friday evening at the court house, but which was postponed on account of a political speaking that was to have been but wasn't, will be given Friday night of this week and it will be given at the arte sian well, near the power house. instead of the court house. The East Lumberton Method ist Sunday school, Mr. G. F. Brietz. superintendent, picnicked at the High hills, 3 miles down the river from town, Saturday afternoon and had a delightful time. The crowd, about 150 strong, went in wagons, one bunch going and returning through town in a cart drawn by one strong ox. There were cakes, groundpeas, lemonade and ba nanas in abundance to satisfy the inner picnicker. Misses Dovie and Edna Pre vatt, students at Meredith Col lege, Raleigh, came home Thurs day. Miss Edna has been ill for several days, which is the reason for their coming home. Her condition is not thought to be se rious and she is improving, though she is not able to return to school. Miss Dovie returned this morning to Raleigh. Miss Laura Prevatt. their sister, went to Raleigh Thursday morning and returned with .them. Chas. Conoly, a young' white man, was arrested and tried Sat urday at Lumber Bridge on a charge of larceny and was bound to court under a $400 bond, fail ing to make which was ordered to jail. Saturday afternoon Con oly was started toward Lumber ton in the custody of Constable A F. Graves, of Lumber Bridge, and everything went smoothly until the V. & C. S. train was slowing up for Lumberton, when Conoly "lit" off the train. Mr. Graves fired a shot or so, but Conoly kept on traveling. -In the coolth-of about 7:30 of the clock Saturday morning and if you remember it was pret ty chilly about then a sight for the gods was witnessed on Elm street A pickaninny about the size of one of the Gold Dust twins, all dolled up in a starchy frock that stood out all around, with a red vanity bag hung across her left arm, which she held crooked at a stylish crook, was sashaying down the street in morning glory carefully hold ing a parasol over her black self. It was a sight to behold. And the morning sun felt grateful. But what's a grateful morning sun on a cool morning to style? ; idypu-savAQytJhi
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