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ROBESONIAN Established 1870. . Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cent VOL XLffl NO. 28. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1912. " WHOLE NO. 2762 ... , i COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. Craig and McRae Endorsed Robeson SoUdlr Behind Mc Rae for lieutenant Governor No Instructions as to Other Candidates S. B. McLean of Maxton Succeeds G. B Mc- Leod as County Chairman Entirely Harmonious Conven tion Delegates to State Con vention. The couty Democratic conven tion held here Saturday to select delegates to the State convention, which meets-in Raleigh June 6, to select delegates to the nation al Democratic convention, nomi nate State officers, adopta party platform, etc.. was an entirely harmonious affair. There were no contests and the business of the convention was transacted in little more than an hour. No candidates were endorsed except Lock Craig for Governor and Col. E. F. McRae for Lieutenant Gov ernor. This is Col. McRae's home county and besides in structing the delegates to cast the vote of Robeson for McRae a resolution was adopted calling on every Democrat in the county who can do so to go to the State convention and do all he legiti mately can for his nomination. Robeson will stand solidly be hind Col. McRae and if he is not nominated for Lieutenant Gov ernor it Will not be the fault of his home county. At a meeting of the county Democratic executive committee immediately, preceding the con vention Mr. S. B. McLean of Maxton was elected chairman to succeed ex-Sheriff Geo. B. Mc-Leod,-who has been chairman for the past four years. The vote stood 15 for McLean, 8 for McLeod. In calling the convention to or derat noon in the court house the new chairman expressed ap preciation for the honor and pledged his best efforts in behalf of the party He said that the business of conducting the cam paign does not devolve wholly upon the chairman but that ev Democrat should help, and llv the members of the S i By.f J " oYPpntive committee should responsiblity for party victory. He urged united effort to make the Democratic party stronger .and the victory greater this year than ever before. In seconding the motion of Mr. J. S. Oliver that the temporary organization of the convention be made per manent, Mr. McLean being in the chair and Mr. K. M. Barnes having been asked to act as tem porary secretary, ex-Sheriff Mc Leod. the retiring chairman, ex tended congratulations to the young man who had been select ed to lead the Democracy of the county and said no mistake had been made in placing the banner in his hands. He thanked those who have stood by him in the past and who stood by him in the election just held and declared that he was not sulking but would so into the fight and do all he could for victory against the common enemy. Later during the convention Mr. R. D. Cald well offered a resolution, which roa ndnnted bv a standing vote. thanking Mr. McLeod for pa3t services, as follows: "The thanks of this conven tion and of the Democrats of Robeson county are due and are tendered by this convention to Geo. B. McLeod, ex-chairman of the Democratic executive com mittee of Robeson county, for his successful leadership of the oarty during his incumbency of Mr. J. P. Wiggins of Maxton was asked by the chair to assist -Secretary Barnes and members of the press were also asked to act as assistant secretaries. Representatives from, the town ships formed since the last elec- "tion, and which therefore have no election figures upon which to determine their vote in the county convention, were asked to get together with Representatives from the townships from which they were formed and determine what strength they should have in the convention. Fairmont, iormed from White House No. 2, Back Swamp and Britt's,' took nothing from the two last-named v., fnnir the 6 that belonged to 'nrh.'t Hahop NiLWhichrOS-: H1UIC o " a- .sorted by Fairmont. Rennert - A ..a a iTWMa iTiiiiiuicLci i saw was given 2 votes, , 1 -from St. Paul, I from Lumber Bridge; Pembroke was given . 3, from tack Swamp 1. from Burnt wamp 2. Mr. A. W. McLean suggested and it was later put in the form of a motion and carried that 40 delegates be sent to the State convention to cast Robe son's 20 votes in that body, and no alternates. If only 20 dele gates were elected some of the smaller townships would not be entitled to a delegate Mr. Mc Leod suggested that it might be well to send 60 delegates, in or der to have as large a crowd to root for Col. McRae as possible, but it was thought that that was not permissible and that seats would not be provided in the convention hall for so mad?, so it was determined to send 40; and Mr. McLean's suggestion was adopted to select these on a basis of 1 delegate for every 75 votes or fraction exceeding do cast in the election of 1908. On this basis the following delegates were elected to cast Robeson county's 20 votes (the vote for Governor in 1908 was 3,005 in stead of 2,823, as The Robeson ian was at first advised, giving 20 instead of 19 votes) in the State convention: Alfordsville, McKay McKin non; Back Swamp, T. M. Moore; Burnt Swamp, W. A. Smith, A. C. McLeod; Fairmont, Dr. J. P. Brown, I. M. Thompson; Howells ville, J. I. . Townsend, A. A. Bethune; Lumberton, R. C. Lawrence, A. W. McLean, R. D. Caldwell, A. E. White, D. B. McNeill; Lumber Bridge, ri. M. John. D. L. Sinclair: Maxton. A. J. McKinnon, J. P. Wiggins, McP. McL. Alford: Parkton, J. B. McCormick, A. J. Garris; Pembroke, N. Mclnnis; Red Springs, J. G. Williams, Martin McKinnon, A. T. McCallum; Rennert, J. T. Denny; Raft Swamp, J. E. Carlyle; Saddle Tree, Dr. R. G. Rozier; Smith's, H. L. McNeill, R. H. Lowrie; St. Paul, W. D. Johnson, W. Davis; Sterling's. Orrum, Britt's, Eli Brftt, K. M. Barnes; Thompson No. 1, H. E. Stacy, Graham Mc Kinnon, R. S. Bond; Thompson No. 2. L. R. Hamer; White House. Oscar Pace. C. A. Oliver; Wishart's, J. Ed. Tyson. presidential candidates was not mentioned in the convention ai all. Whilp the renresentation of the new townships was being deter mined Mr. R. C. Lawrence made an appeal for contributions to the fund to erect a suitable mon ument in Raleigh to the late Gov. Ay cock. He said that he has been appointed by Mr. A. W. McLean, who is vice presi dent for this district of the North Carolina Aycock Memorial Asso ciation, to raise funds in Robeson, and, that he wants the county to raiso at least $500. Any contri butions that may be made will be acknowledged through the countv papers. Only a Few Which to Days Remain in List Property for Taxation. To the Editor of the Robesonian: Please call attention to the fact that but a few days remain in which to list property for tax ation, the law requiring that this be done during the month oi Mav. Many tax-payers have neglected to attend to this mat ter, and much confusion and trouble may be avoided by hand ing in the lists promptly. The list-taker for Lumberton town shin will be at the court house during this week, and it is im portant that alKturn in their lists by June 1. WadeWishart, Listtaker for Lumberton Town ship. A Robesonian Wins Bride in Bladen County. Reported for The Robeionian. On Wednesday afternoon, May 22, at 4 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Bettie Lewis near Bladen boro, Bladen county, there was a quiet home wedding when her daughter Miss Blanch was given in marriage to Mr. Edward C. Graham of Howellsville, Robeson county. There were only a few of the relatives and friends of froptinor n&rtfcs nresenL abiThe .ceremony-waarforaed. by Rev. A. J. Uroves. pasior ox .we groom. DRAINAGE DISTRICT BONDS. Opinion Must be Obtained from State Supreme Court Before Sale of ' Back and Jacob Swamp Drainage , District Bonds is Confined. Mr. T. L. Johnson returned Saturday from Toledo, Ohio, where he went to go over with the hond attorney of Spitzer, Rorick & Co. some points in con- nection with the Katt ana jacoo Swamps drainage district bonds, bought by that company, ine bonds have been approved by the company's attorneys, but the company has lost a large sum of money by reason or Donas is sued by . a drainage district in Texas beincr declared unconsti tutional by the Texas, bupreme Court, and a decision of the State Supreme Court is wanted before the sale is connrmea. This Mr. Johnson says there will be no difficulty in obtaining. A test case will be made up and an opinion obtained as soon as the court meets in August. In the meantime, contracts will be let so that the actual drainage work may be begun as soon as the sale of the bonds is con firmed. The company that bought the bonds will bear all expense connected with obtain ing the court's decision. ThoaA hnnria. as has been stated, are in the sum of $150, 000, 13-year6per cent, but no pay ment is to be made until the third year, after the drainage work has heen comoleted. They ' sold at the best price ever ob tained for drainage bonds in this State; for while other similar bonds have sold at par, as did these, in every other instance there have been some strings to the sale which brought the price below par. In this instance it was a bona fide sale at par. The Back and Jacob swamps drain age district comprises, as has been stated, about 35,000 acres of land. Superior Court. The week's term of superior court which began last Monday, ! Judge R B. Peebles presiding, closed Saturday that is, it prac tically closed Friday but Judge Peebles remained over and signed several judgments Saturday, though no court was held on that dav. The only jury case tried was Alvin O Tracy vs. Robt. A. McEachern et al, a suit for 1900 for a stallion. The case was de cided in favor of the defendants for about $2,600 and was ap pealed. Considerable interest was manifested in the protest in re the will of Robt. A. McEach ern. Judge Peebles sustained the will with the understanding that if those who contended oth erwise could satisfy him of the justness of their claims within 60 days this judgment would be set aside. These were the only cases dis posed of besides those mentioned in Thursday's paper. Changes at the Virginia & Caro lina Southern Station. Mr. S. R. ' Clary, who since June last vear has been general freight agent of the Virginia! & (Jaroiina southern ttanway Co., has tendered his resig nation," effective the 31st inst., and has accepted a position with the Atlantic Coast Line at Washington, this State. Mr. E. B. Huggins, who has been agent for the V. & C. S. since the road was put in operation three years ago, has also resigned and will cro to Dover, where he ha3 ac cepted the agency for the Nor folk-Southern. The successors of thes men have not yet been announced. Mr. and Mrs. Clary and Mr. and Mrs. Huggins have made many friends during their stay in Lumberton who will regret ex ceedingly their decision to leave but who wish them all success in their new homes. Notices of New Advertisements. Dr. F. S. Packard, who visits Lumberton once a month, will be at the Waverly hotel Wednesday, June 5. Big bargain sale Jno. T. Biggs Co The player piano Chas. m. Stieff. m i . The,valufluof aheckbjoofe First National Bank. - Peas for sale. A Business and Social Meeting of Industrial and Commercial Club Committees Appointed on Union Station, Public Build ing and Dredging Lumber River, Paving and Other Im portant Matters. ! A smoker for club members was held in the reading room of the Industrial and Commercial Club Thursday evening. It was well attended and was enjoyed. j At the annual meeting held re-! cently for the election of officers it was decided that a social eve ning of some kind should be held on the second Thursday evening ! of each month and this was the i first meeting held since that was determined. Also some matters had been postponed until a later meeting at the annual meeting and these were taken up. It was decided to reduce the initiation fee from $10 to $5. Messrs. T. A. McNeill, Jr., A. E. White, E. M. Britt, J. D. McLean and T. C. Evans were appointed a committee to take up with the railroads that enter town the matter of a union depot. The Seaboard Air Line and Raleigh & Charleston now use the same depot but it would be greatly to the convenience of the traveling public if these two rnads and the Virginia & Caro lina Southern could get together and put up a handsome union station. Messrs. J. P. Russell and G. M- Whitfield were appointed a committee, to determine the ad visability of . having a large sign of the Industrial and Commercial Pluh nainted on the west end of the Lumberton Cotton Mills building, in which the club has its mnms. This was suggested some months ago by Mr. Rus sell and has been commented upon by The Kooesonian. ine west end of this building can be vni -v 1 ITU- - seen nlainlv bv Dassengers as east-bound trains come in and an attractive sign there will com mand attention. Messrs. A. W. McLean. S Mclntyre and J. A. Sharpe were flnnninted a committee to take nn the matter of securing ap propriations for a public building and for dredging Lumber river. Senator Simmons has already se cured an appropriation tor a sur vev of Lumber river with a view to improving it, and that is of (nursp the first steD toward an nnnrnnriation for dredging. And there is no doubt of the fact that the town needs a DUbllC building. Senator Simmons will no couot he clad to do anything he can to assist in these two objects. The legislative committee was instructed to investigate the ad- visahilitv of asking the next Leg islature to enact a law authoriz inor the town to issue bonds, say 10-year bonds, for the purpose of paving all sidewaiKs, property owners whom it might inconven ienfe to nav all at once to be al tn cive notes to the town fnr the work. Many DeODle want their sidewalks paved who do not feel able to-have the work Hnno when it. has to be Daid for in n lnmn sum. and it is though that many will be glad to have tho vsmrk Hone if Davments are made to extend over a long norirtH. Supplies have been ordered for tho nnnl rnnm and this will be nlaced in first-class shape. Here after all club rooms will be kep inpVorl nnri cluh members wil SWM'WV mmm--m hove individual . kevs to each rnnm. This has been made nec essary by reason of the fact that some citizens of the town who oro nnt Huh members have taken advantage of the open doors to use and abuse the club's proper ltv k . . .. . The following committees were appointed most of them - re-ap pointments from last year: in dustries and business 3Iterprises A V. Wh te. K. M. ClggS. S. MrTntvre: advertising. J. A. Sharpe, J. P. Russell, J. D. Mc Millan; information and statis tics, M. W. Floyd. W. K. Be thune. A. T. Parmele; health and sanitation, A. W. McLean, W. J. Prevatt, Dr. T. C. Johnson; public entertainment, R. D Cald well, M. G. McKenzie. Frank Gough; grievances, R. C. Law rence, E. J. Britt, E. M. Britt; legislation, T. A. McNeill, Jr., A. E. White, J. D. McLean; fi nance. JT,C. Jft&n3 R.. . McA Nixon. r " - " The cluh had as its guests for THE FINAL SUMMONS. I Mrs. Smithy Page Succumbs to Operation After Long Illness Remains Interred Near BarnesvUte Mrs. Smithy Page died yester day afternoon at 6:30 o'clock at the Thompson hospital, where Saturday she underwent an operation. Mrs. Page had been in ill health for about 6 months and for the greater part of the last month she had been very sick. The operation was per formed Saturday bv Dr. H. A. Roysterof Raleigh and Dr. N. A. Thompson, superintendent of the hospital. The remains were carried last evening to the residence of the deceased oh Elm street, where they remained un til this morning, when they were taken on the Raleigh & Charleston train to Barnesville and thence to the old home place, about three miles from Barnesville, where at 12 o clock interment was made in the family burying grounds. A brief service. was conducted this morn ing at the home by Ke,v. C. H. Durham. Dastor of the First Bap tist church, of which deceased was a member, and Rev. I. P. Hedgpeth of Lumberton. The service at the grave was con ducted by Mr. Durham. The Dall bearers were: Messrs. W. 0. ThomDson. O. T. Williams. rank Gough, T. A. McNeill.-Jr., I L. H. Caldwell and C. B. Skip per. Quite a crowd from here went to Barnesville to attend the interment. Deceased is survived by two sons, Mr. W. d. Page of Charles ton, S. C., and Mr. G. T. Page, who is town clerk and treaeurer and who lived with his mother; and one daughter. Miss Cora Page, who also lived with her mother. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Page have been here for about two weeks on account of the ser ious illness of the deceased. Mrs. Page was born March 19th. 1858. and was. therefore. 54 years old. She was born and reared near Barnesville and her maiden name was Smithy Nye. Mrs. rage was of a kind and gentle disposition and all who knew her loved her. She was an excellent neichhor. alwava ready to serve her friends. TOWN AFFAIRS. Renort of Auditor Stansel Ac- cepted at Meeting of Board m Uniform Voucher System Adopted. The mavor and board of town commissioners met Friday eve ning for the purpose of accept ing and passing on the report of Mr. J. P. Stansel, auditor, of the hooks of the town clerk and treasurer for the year 1911-12, same having been authorized at a recular meeting of the board which was held on May 9. Mr. Stansel s report shows the receipts and disbursements for the vear. atao the condition of each separate account. It was ordered that the report be ac ceDted and filed with the records nf the town. It was further ordered that the uniform voucher svstem. as re commended by Mr. Stansel, he adonted. and that these vouch ers be aDDroved at the regular meeting of the board each month, instead of at the time ot pay ment a has been the custom heretofore. A summary of Mr. Stansel's report will be published in Thurs day's Robesonian. -Mr. C. M. Prevatt had the misfortune yesterday of losing a valuable horse, which had been sick sice, Saturday. Mr. Prevatt savs that he had refused over $200 for the animal. the evening Dr. B. F. McMillan of Red Snrings and-Mr. Fred Brown of Raeford. President Caldwell was m- tn aannra o aruxilror for the next meeting, which win be held on the second Thursday evening in June. Mm Pna A. Freeman. Clifford. Va.. Lays they have long used Foley's Reme- h oa aiui wane in sav a irooa wum iui thm She writes: "Folev Kidnev Pills cared mv husband of a long standing liitiuv frnnhle. after he had taken nthsr medicines without relief. We ha withnnt Folev & Co medicines in our house for many times ti;, mat " For aale bv all dealers, m LOCAL BRIEFS Cotton today, 11 cents, mid dling. Messrs M. G. McKenzie and W. K. Bethune attended yester day children's day exercises- at the Iona Presbyterian church, near McDonald, where each of them made a talk. The exercises by the children were fine. Mr. C. P. Grantham is superintendent of the school. Mr. John Pope, who for some time has been office mana ger of the Western Union tele graph office at Rockingham, has been offered the management of the office at Washington; bat he hasn't yet decided to accept the offer. Mr. Pope is a son, of Mr. and Mrs. L L. Pope of Lumber ton. Joe Lamb, colored, was placed in jail here Thursday eve ning by Constable W. W. Smith of Maxton. Lamb is charged with shooting another negro. It Is understood that the trouble started about a woman. The negro shot was hit, but the wound is not thought to be seri ous. A. farmer got ready to come to town the other day and could not find his money high or low till he finally bethought him of a pair oi pants mat naa oeen washed and were hanging on the clothes line; and in a pocket of those pants he found his long green, apparently none the worse 'or a bath. , There were snecinl erercinea at the Presbyterian church yester day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock by he Sunday school. The occasion was called Mother's Day" and he programme consisted princi pally of songs, recitations and he like bv the little folks: and they all did fine. A good contri bution was made and it goes for missions. -Mr. Steohen Mclntvre went this morning to Raleigh with his son. Master Robert, who goes for treatment of his eyes. Mas ter Robert's eyes have been troubling him for some time. Mr. Mclntyre will attend the com mencement exercises of Meredith College while there. They will probably return tomorrow eve ning or Wednesday. ImDrovements were made last week at the Pasttime theatre. Ventilators have been put in the ceiling with strong suction fans and two ventilators have been put in the front part of the hall near the ceiling; and a new pia nola is being tried out. lhe Siege of Calais" pictures shown Friday and Saturday evenings were especially fine. Mr. H. J. McRae of Wilming ton and Miss Omah Barker were married yesterday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Barker, who live near St. Paul. The ceremony was per formed by Rev. I. P. Hedgpeth of Lumberton. The bride and groom boarded the 10 o'clock Dasaenger train here this morn ing for Wilmington, where they will make their future home. Misi Joseph inBreece and Misses Jean Pratt of Columbia, S. Ci, and Maud Monger of Mt. Crawford, Va., who nave been with Miss Breece this season xjii her millinery store, went ye3ter- day to Rowland, where they spent the day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Bond. Miss Monger went from Rowland to Dillon, S. C. where she boarded a train for her home. Misses Breece and Pratt returned to Lumberton last night, accompan ied in an auto by Mr. Eugene Bond, who returned la3t night to Rowland. Mr. L. C. Townsend pur chased last week from Mr. C. B. Townsend a piece of property on Elm street 16 by 115 feet This property adjoins the lot which Mr. Townsend purchased some thing over a week ago from Mr. A. E. White, mention of which was made in The Robesonian at tho time. The Drice Daid for this Q6 feet frontage was $600. This gives Mr. L. (J. lownsena a lot of 54x115 feet, making a fraction over an eighth of an acre. Mr. Townsend says that he expects within the next 60 days to begin the erection of a 7 or 8 iwmtwotor-residejacipnJeji lot