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T R OBESONIAN Established 1870. Country God and Truth. Single Copies Flv Om VOL XLIH NO. 29. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1912. WHOLE NO. 2763 " ' " I- ! i ! j i""""""" WILSON TRIUMPHS. Anti-Wilson Machine in New Jersey Snowed Under by 6 to 1 Vote Roosevelt Landslide. Newark. N. J., Dispatch 29th. Colonol Roosevelt, on the Re publican side, and Governor Wil son, on the Democratic side, were overwhelming winners in yes terday's primaries in JJew Jer sey, according to the nearly com plete returns this morning. The Roosevelt victory was a clean sweep, and the former -President will apparently have 1 every one of the State's 28 dele gates at the Chicago convention. In the preferential vote, hiaolur ality was fully 10,000 over Taf t. The result exceeded the expecta tions of the most enthusiastic Roosevelt leaders. In some dis tricts Colonel Roosevelt receive d 10 votes to every 1 cast for the President. Governor Wilson's triumph on the Democratic side was only a trifle less complete than that of Roosevelt The Governor lost our delegates out of the 28 and those four were elected from Es sex county, the stronghold of the anti-Wilson machine, where he had no hopes of- winning. The results stand: Wilson, 24 delegates; unin structed, 4 delegates. The Wilson vete, as compared with that of the opposition was a staggering blow to the antis, being in a ratio of about 6 to 1. Some districts went for the Gov ernor by a vote of as high as 20 to 1. The Taft supporters hoped for a share of the delegates until midnight. At that hour they ceased to claim more than six, and an hour later their claims dwindled down to the two dele gates from the sixth district, where a strong Taft sentiment in Hackansack made the vote very close. Later returns indi cated that Roosevelt had carried this last hope of the Taft leaders by about 100. The President had small pluralities in four of the 21 counties of the State. He show ed his greatest strength in the farming districts. In one of the factory towns, where he spoke yesterday just before the open ing of the polls, he wa9 beaten 40 to 1. The LaFollette vote was a neg ligible factor, not more than two per cent of the entire vote cast The vote in nearly all sections of the State was exceedingly light, several counties casting less than half of the total regis tered at the last general election. The polls did not close until 9 o'clock last night, and as a re sult, the vote was very late in being counted. Even at a late , hSur this morning, the returns were incomplete from several -counties. The New Jersey primary is the last but one (South Dakota) to be held before the political con ventions. State Shoot for Championship Trophy Now Held by Lumber Bridge. Raleigh News and Observer, 29th. Adjutant-General Leinster has announced that the final State competitive target shoot for the State championship trophy, the Dupont cup, will be held at Ashe ville June 2-5, inclusive. The participants of this match will be the teams from Company B, Third1 Regiment, Raleigh; Company L, Second Regiment, Lumber Bridge; Company K, First Regiment, Asheville. These were the teams that won the regimental competitive shoot of the respective regiments. The State championship, was won last year by the team from Lumber Bridge, which now holds the Dupont cup. It remains to be seen whether that company retains the cup or one of the oth ers win it Gov. Wilson Defeated Harmon in His "Home" County. Cincinnati. Dispatch. 23th.' The official count of the Demo cratic Presidential preierence vote in Hamilton county, filed to day, shows that Governor Wood row Wilson carried Governor Judson Harmon's "home" coun ty by 187 votes. The total was 7.808 for Wilson to 7,621 for Harmon; Clark 306, and Bryan 67, the last two names having PARKTON PARAGRAPHS. Missionary Exercies by the Children Corner Stone Lay ing of New Graded School Building Today Personal. Correspondence of Th. Robenon n. Parkton, May 28 -A large crowd enjoyed the children's foreign missionary exercises at the Presbyterian church Sunday night The little children sang and recited beautifully. Messrs. C. D. Williamson, Archie McCor mictc, A. D. Vestal and Arphie McDuffie sang a lovely quartette. and while the collection was be ing token Misses Sadie Johnson and Ethel Williamson sang a very beautiful duet, "Come Ho ly Spirir." The entire pro gramme was a success and Mrs. D. S. Curne and Miss Mamie Parnam deserve much credit for the manner in which it was car ried out. Mr. Carl Ray from Mar tel. Fla., who has been .at school at Bing ham, is visiting relatives in town. Dr. and Mrs. D. S. Currie at tended the funeral services of their uncle Mr. Neill Smith Sun day, in Seventy-first township, Cumberland county. Mrs-.-Collier -Cobb and -little daughter Sarah visited relatives in Chadbourn last week. The band returned Saturday night from Conway, S. C, where they played several days. Misses Mamie and Flora Par ham. Ethel Williamson and Sa die Johnson attended commence ment at S. P. C. at Red Springs last week. Miss Maggie Toon of Chad bourn is visiting relatives in town this week. Mrs. L. E. Hughes and chil dren spent yesterday in Fayette ville. Miss Emma Blount of Fayette ville visited relatives here last week. Misses Effie McMillan and Eth el Marsh returned last week from Red Springs, S. P. C. . Miss Katie Cochran returned from Charlotte last night where she had been in school at the Presbyterian College. Mr. George Tuttle spent Sun day in Rowland. A large crowd is expected in town Thursday, 30th. The corner stone of the new graded school building will be laid. The Ma sons expect to serve dinner on the campus. Broad Ridge Breezes. Correspondence of The Robeson ian. Lumberton, R. F. D. 4, May 28 A large crowd from here at tended preaching at Mt Eliam Sunday. Messrs. D. H. Britt and Ab ner Stone, who live near McDon? aid, spent Saturday and Sunday here, with relatives'. It seems that the hogs are run ning mad as much as the dogs. The writer heard tell of two that were mad. Mrs. Iley Surles is spending the week with her mother, Mrs. Jane Britt. Rev. Dock Barnes will fill his regular appointment the second Sunday. "Rose" Solid Texas Delegation for Wil son. Houston. Tex., Dispatch. 28th. A solid delegation of 40 mem bers instructed for Woodrow Wil son was elected to the National Democratic convention tonight by the Texas Democratic conven tion. The delegation is compos ed of eight delegates at large and 32 district delegates. The Har mon forces made one test of strength on district delegates and were defeated 542 to 156. Cato Sells, of Cleburne, was elected Democratic National committee man. s f Series of Meetings Close. Reported for The Robesonian. The series of meetings with the East Lumberton Baptist church, in which Rev. D. L. Hewitt of Shallotte did the preaching the past week, closed Sunday night It was a most helpful meeting and Mr. Hewitt's sermonsosf good common sense will not soon be forgotten. There were several additions to the membership and the church members were wonder fully encouraged and strength AGAINST INTEREST OF FAR! Further Evidence of Correctness of Senator Simmons' Position of Reciprocity. Raleigh News and Obserrer, 28th. Hon. S. L. Rogers, comment ing upon the speech of Senator Gore; delivered Friday night be fore a packed house at the audi torium, said: "It was a very attractive pre sentation of his candidate. His humor was fine and his analysis of the conditions as they effect all of the candidates was good. "I was very much impressed with one statement however, which he made. That is this: The agricultural States in the Northwest are disaffected to wards Taft and the Republican party because he is a stand-patter and he and his party favor recip rocity. . Senator Gore argued strongly that the reciprocity measure is now admitted to be one against the interest of the farmer, that the advocacy of it by any one as piring to the presidency would be an insurmountable barrier' to his nomination, and he contin- ued: " 'That the turning away from the Republican- party t-Ha cer tain overthrow and the march toward the Democratic party in the Northwest is because of the progressive spirit and of the farmervote who recognize the danger in reciprocity as urged by President Taft' "The friends of Senator Sim mons can accept this view from this high authority as further evidence of the correctness of Senator Simmons' position on reciprocity and his wisdom as a legislator. The farmer of North Carolina, as well as the farmer in the Northwest, believes that this vote of Senator Simmons was cast when he was deeply concerned rn and watchful of their best interests. "Eighteen of the votes for which he has been so severely criticized were on account of this measure and amendments to it and which are now quite gener ally recognized to have beer, cast in the interest of the farmers of the country. "Since one of Senatof Sim mons' opponents has argued that the Democratic party would be in a hopeless condition if it had to go before the country on Sen ator Simmons' record on the tar iff, it must be gratifying to the friends of Senator Simmons' for this well-known progressive Democratic Senator to argue in a public speech in Raleigh that no Democrat could hope to win the presidency this year who had a record on this question differing from the position taken on it by Senator Simmons." Band Concert at St. Paul Next Tuesday Evening. Tu?sday evening of next week Lumberton's new brass baud will give an open-air concert at St Paul. .There w'll be no admis sion fee, the music will be abso lutely free and everybody is cor dially invited to hear the soon-to-be best band in the State. Ice cream and cake will be sold and there will be a contest to deter mine the most popular girl of St. Paul. Proceeds will go for the benefit of the Ladies' Aid Socie ty of the Presbyterian church of St. Paul and the band. It is ex pected that the Truman quartette will also be there. An effort is being made to give St Paul on this occasion some of the best music it ever had. Remember, the concert will be in the open air and everybody is invited. Fine Home-Raised Peaches. Mr. A. J. Prevatt, who lives about 4 miles from town on the Carthage road, is in town today. He is marketing some peaches and they are fine. Mr. Prevatt says that he does not know the name of the variety, but it is a large and well-ripened peach. Mr. D. B. McNeill, who has a beautiful peach orchard about 3 miles west of town, brought half a. dozen fine peaches to The Rob esonian office Monday and sold quite a lot of them to Mr. C. B. Redmond. Mr. McNeill's peach es were the first home-raised peaches to be marketed here. The peaches marketed by Mr. McNeill are of the "May Flower" INSURGENTS DESPERATE. Threatening Attitude of Cuban Rebels Precautionary Meas ures Justified. Washington Dispatch, 28th. The Drecautiona taken to Dro- tect American and other foreitm interests in Cuba have been am ply justified in the judgment of the State Department based up on the rpnorta that have heen re ceived from many sources, and esfecially from the owners of plantations and sugar mills and iron mines and other industries One fact vindicating the State npDArtment'it Action in askinur for naval protection of American interests is the threatening atti tude of the rebels. According to information, apparently relia ble, that comes to the depart ment the insurgents are becom ing desperate and Estenoz, their leader, declares that if President Gomez, does not secure the re peal of the Morua law, prohibit ing the organization of a strictly negro party in Cuba, he and the other leaders will demand con tributions from the railroads and from the owners of estates, in order to prolong the conflict and will destroy the property of those who refase; - The State Department hopes that immediate and energetic measures on the part of the Cuban government will suffice to quell the revolt and prevent further depredations. It is realized that it is not easy for regular troops to run down and capture these rebels, who are familiar with ev ery trail in the jungle. As the idea has been broached that the rebels are calculating upon making an easy escape from Cuba to other West Indian is lands, in the event that they are too closely pressed by the gov ernment troops, it is proposed by some of the naval orncers nere, 11 they are called upon to take an active part in the troubles, to cut off the retreat ot such fugitives by a thorough boat patrol of ev ery inch of the eastern coast of of the Cuban generals in Oriente estimates the number of armed rebels in the field at be tween three and four thousand, and that perhaps six or seven thousand unarmed negro revolu tionists are roaming in the pro vince waiting developments. So far, according to official ad vices, the rebels have taken forc ibly $6,000 in money and have destroyed by fire fully $80,000 worth of sugar cane. A True Bill for Murder Against Slayer of Neill Smith. Fayetteville Observer. 29th; The grand jury yesterday re turned a true bill against Temple Rayner, quite a young white man, for the murder in the first degree of Neill Smith, White, who was found unconscious in the woods in Seventy-First town ship Friday morning, May 24. and died from a fractured skull in St Luke's hospital Saturday, May 25. The evidence was that in a brawl Rayner struck Smith over the head, from the effects of which he died. Rayner was arraigned yester day, but it is not likely that he will be tried at this term. He is represented by Messrs. String field & Stringfield. Bellamy Briefs Death of Mr Wm. Smith. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Bellamy, May 28 Farmers have got most all of their cotton chopped. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Duncan spent Saturday and Sunday vis itinsr friends and relatives around Maxton. Mr. W. T. Mercer spent Satur day in Lumberton on business. -Mr. Bill Smith died yesterday morning about 7 o'clock. The remains were laid away in the family hurvinc cround at Mr. Lewis Pitman's this morning at 10 O ClOCK. Pennle around Bellamv are at their same old occupation haul ing cross ues. Casey Jones Sorry Corn. Correspondence of The Robesanian. Marietta, May 28 The farm ers in this section are somewhat busy fighting "Mr. Green." Corn as a general thing is sor- FURTHER PAVING PLANS. Plans for Paving Chestnut Street and Streets Between Elm and Chestnut A Proposition to Is sue Notes of the Town Up to Board of Audit and Finance The mayor and full board of town commissioners met in a called meeting yesterday after noon for the purpose of consider ing plans for paving Chestnut street from the vinnnia & Caro lina Southern Railroad to between Fifth and Sixth streets, also the intersecting streets from Second to t ifth streets, inclusive. Mayor Caldwell and a commit tee composed of Messrs. H. B. Jennings, W. J. Prevatt and James D. Proctor were instruct ed to interview the town board of audit and finance in regard to the paving of said streets, to as certain if this board will approve such expenditures on the part of the town, the proposition being for the work to be done under the present contract terms with Mr. Robt G. Lassister, and tole paid for by notes of the town due 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years after completion of work and such parts of the cost of the work as may fall on the abutting proper: ty-owhera be paid for by notes payable to the town, due 1. 2, 3, 4 and 5 years after completion of said paving. In the event of the approval of such proposition by the board of audi: and finance, then this will be submitted to Mr. Lassister, the contractor, for his acceptance. It is understood that if this plan is approved by the board of audit and finance there will be no difficulty about its acceptance by Mr. Lassister, who was in town yesterday and is understood to have suggested that method of payment. Mayor Caldwell and all the commissioners are very much in favor of paving Chestnut street and all the prop erty-owners are agreed upon it The only question is to make the payments so they will not incon venience any one. Tar Heel Topics News Notes and Personals. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Tar Heel, May 29 -Re v. R L. Byrd filled his regular appoint ment here last Saturday and Sunday. Miss Eliza Monroe of Lumber ton is visiting relatives and friends here. Miss Bettie Kinlaw of Dublin visited her sister Mrs. W. C. Singletary here recently. Miss Lucy Allen of Lumberton spent a few days last week here visiting. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ting "of Dublin visited their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Brisson, last Sunday. Another mad dog was killed here last Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Judson Mintz of Shal lotte is visiting her father, Mr. T. J. Scrivens, here. Miss Nellie Kinlaw visited her brother Mr. J. E. Kinlaw and sister Mrs. J. L. Wilson here Sunday. Rev. J. M. Gtbbs of Cotton preached at the Baptist church here last Sunday night. Every one seems 'to be busy with the .grass. Corn and cotton are not looking so very well. Blue Eyes. Children'. Day at Zion's Hill. Children's day exercises will be held at Zion's Hill Baptist church, 9 miles from Lumberton on the Elizabeth road, on the fourth Sunday in June. There will be recitations and speeches by the children and the Lumber ton quartette will assist in music. The public is invited to come and bring baskets for a public dinner on the grounds. Fifth District for Wilson. Greensboro Dispatch. 29th. Democrats of the fifth con gressional district, in session here tonieht. re-nominated ReD- resentative .Charles M. Stedman and elected delegates to the Bal timore convention instructed for Wilson for President. Notices of New Advertisements. Good milch cow for sale. An expert optician to be at Pope drug store June 19 and 20. Top dresser" at Jno. T. LOCAL BRIEFS if Middling cotton today, 10J cents. -Mr. Giles Davis,' of Raft Swamp, was in town Tuesday and says that his wife, who for some time has been sick, is not improving. Mr. A. B. Small has pur chased from Mr. A. R. Phillipa a two-story residence on the corner of First and Pine street. It is understood that the price paid was about $1,500. Deputy Sheriff T. C. Barnes returned this morning from Goldsboro. where veaterriav he carried Annie Belle Hale of Row land and Daniel McLean of Rprf Springs, both colored, to the in sane asylum. Miss Bonnie Barker, a stu dent of the Peabody Conserva tory of Music, Baltimore, Md., came home this morning for the summer vacation. Her father. Mr. J. A. Barker, met her in Hamlet, where she arrived this morning. Mr. Claud L. Watson, who for some time had been night engineer at the Lumberton elec tric tight and water plant, has resigned and Mr. Eugene Boney now has the job. Mr. Boney be gan work Tuesday. It is under stood that Mr. Watson is going to Bennettsville, S. C. - Mr. Eli Phillips and his daughter Miss Blanch Phillips went Tuesday to Charlotte, where Miss Phillips is under going treatment in a hospital for throat trouble. Miss Phillips has had quite a bit of trouble with her throat and this is her second trip to Charlotte for treatment Tomorrow evening, begin ning about 8 o'clock, Lumber- ton s new brass band will give a free open-air concert at the ar tesian well, near the power house. There will be some good music and everybody is cordially invited. Cream and cake will be offered for sale for the benefit of the band. Mr. and Mrs. I. V. Hooper. who were married here about a week ago. mention of which was made in The Robesonian at the time, returned last evening from their bridal trip and will make their horns in Lumberton. They visited several points in the Western part of the State, spend ing several days in Asheville. Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Clary will leave tomorrow for Wash ington, this State, where, as stated in Monday's Robesonian, Mr. Clary has accepted a npsition with the Atlantic Coast Line Ky. Co., having resigned the position be has held for the past year as general freight agent for the Virginia & Carolina Southern here. Mr. and Mrs. Clary have made many friends here who sincerely regret to give them up. '-Mr. K. M. Biggs has added greatly to the appearance of his place of business, Elm street, by repainting all the interior of his store, and much has been added the convenience of things by the rearranging of goods, which Mr. Bigg3 has been enabled to do through the extra space ac quired in the store recently va cated by Mr. A. Weinstein. Mr. Biggs is now better prepared for business than he has ever been. Out Rozier Way-A Store Burned Correspondence of The Robesonian. Rozier, May 28 The farmers of these parts are through chop ping cotton. Mr. Egbert r. Pearce of Greensboro is visiting his sister Mrs. Mary H. Klarpp, of Rozier. Mr. J. H. McLeod s store was burned a few nights ago. There was a beautiful home wedding at Mr. M. J. Barker's when his daughter Miss Onah became the bride of Mr. Hector McRae of Wilmington, the cere mony being performed by Rev. I. P. Hedgpeth, of Lumberton. Mr. and Mrs. McRae left for Wilmington yesterday. Miss Pearl Carlyle and Mrs. Mary H. Klarpp spent a few days in Fayetteville visiting fnends and relatives. The defense in the Hawkins case now on trial at Henderson- ville is trying to prove that the body taken from Lake Osceola was not that of Myrtle rlawKins been written on the ballots en xy for4haUmotyearv Biggs Cot's. aJhsheis "alive;
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