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VOL XLUI NO. 43. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1912. WHOLE NO. 2777
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PRIMARY ELECTION.
Rules Governing Democratic
Primary to be Held Augnst 10
Managers Appointed for
Each Precinct.
At a meeting of the county
Democratic executive committee
held here Tuesday in response to
a call issued by Chairman S. B.
McLean, managers for each pre
cinct were appointed and the
following rules were adopted to
govern the Democratic primary
to be held in Robeson August 10:
Notice is hereby given that a
Democratic primary election will
be held in Robeson county, North
Carolina, on Saturday August
10th, 1912, between the hours of
10 o'clock a. m. and 5 a'clock p.
m. (except that in Lumberton
and St Paul's townships the
hours shall be from 12 o'clock m.
to 8 o'clock p. m. and in Maxton
township from l2 o'clock m. to 7
o'clock p. m ), at the usual bal
loting places in the several vot
ing precincts, for the purpose of
nominating candidates for the
General Assembly, county and
township officers, and one dele
gate and one alternate from each
precinct to the county convention
to be held in Lumberton on the
13th day of August, 1912, at 11
o'clock a. m., said county con
vention being for the purpose of
canvassing the vote in said pri
mary and declaring the result
thereof.
If a second primary should be
necessary through failure of any
or all of the candidates to re
ceive a majority of the votes
cast in the first primary, such
second primary will be held on
Saturday, August 24th, 1912, be
tween the eame hours and at
the same voting places and by
the same managers as the first
primary and in the event of a
second primary, a second county
convention to declare the result
thereof will be held in Lumber
ton on the 27th day of August,
1912. at 11 o'clock a. m.
Rules for conducting said pri
maries will be furnished by the
county chairman to the precinct
managers of said primaries for
themselves and for distribution
among the voters; said managers
will be required to take and sub
scribe the oath prescribed by
said rules.
All candidates for nomination
in said primaries, except candi
dates for justice of the peace,
constable and delegates to the
county convention, are required
rpu-iater with the chairman of
the county executive committee
at least ten days before the date
nf the first rjrimarv and to sub-
AM-ihe to a pledge that they will
hiHp hv the result of the pri
marv election and support the
successful candidates; all such
candidates as are required to reg
ister with the county chairman,
no ahnvA stated, will also be re
quired to deposit with said
thoii-iYian such fee as mav be
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necessary to defray his pro rata
share of the expense of said pri-
All candidates for justice of
the peace, constable and dele-
instead of registering with the
county chairman, will hand in
their names, personally or
throuzh their friends, to the
nf the executive com
mittco nf the Drecinct . where
they reside, whose duty it will
be to cause the name of such
Striate to be enrolled on a
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book or paper ior uie mbpecuun
iL. nnfsMI in tVio tAxunohin in
7hih the candidate resides in
order that the voters may know
nrhn Are the candidates for the
offices referred to in this para
VS0 Y Vl
v.ach and every candidate for
commissioner will notify
the county chairman ten days
before the first primary as to
nrhother he is a candidate for
the four-year term or the two-
vear term as county commis
sioner.
In the second primary, if one
be necessary through the failure
-of anv candidates for a particu
i fflo tr receive a maioritv of
votes, only the two candidates
fnr that office shall be voted for
who received the highest num-
i - ..Aao Vint loan than A ma.
uer vji. vutta, -
jority, in the first primary ; pro-
jj hf J-f in either rtrimnrv
a majority of the votes Bhould be
received by" more of the candi
dates for the House of Repre
sentatives and for county com-
such offices then to be filled,
such of those candidates for the
last named offices as receive the
highest number of votes, pro
vided such number be a majority
shall be the nominees.
In each Drecinct there shall be
three managers of the primary.
the names for each precinct be
ing as follows:
Alfordsvi e Fred McDonald,
C. C. Falk, Dod McCallum; Back
Swamp C. M. Bullard, W. F.
HowelL M. C. Mclntvre: Burnt
Swamp Daniel H. Brown, J. B.
Humphrey, A. C. McLeod;
Britt's-W. C. Britt, George
E. Thompson, W. Green Pope;
Fairmont Frank A. Floyd. J.
D. McLean, E. Fisher: Howells-
ville A A. Bethune, J. i.
King, N. A. Kinlaw; Lumber
tnn H. McE. McMillan. John
T. Biggs, A. T. McLean; Lumber
Bridge J. M. Johnson, KODeri
Monroe, Thomas Conoly; Maxton
-J. P. Wiggins, W. W. Smith, G.
R. Sellers: Orrum N. F. Barden.
F. J. Nye, M. M. Hedgepeth;
Pembroke J. O. Buie, J. l.
Thaggard, A N. Locklear; Park
ton I. J. Lancaster. D. C. Cul-
breth, C. -Stanley; Rennert A.
C. McGougan. W. T. (Jovington,
D. W. Webster; Red Springs-J.
D. Buie, Jno. M. Brown. Lucius
McRae; Raft Swamp Richard F.
Gregory, D. r . Bullock, t ranic u.
Smith; Saddle Tree -Joseph
Biggs, Archibald H. Prevatt, S.
O. Willis: St. Paul's Marcus
Smith. J. A Johnson. J B.
Evans; Smith's-D. L. stewarc,
Jno. J. McLauchlin, P. H. Mc
Arthur: Sterling's D. R. Hardin,
J. G. Lewis, J. A. Nye; Thomp
son No. 1-0. r. Chitty, Jonn
McArn, B. A. Edens; Thompson
No. 2-D. A. McCormick, L. R.
Hamer, Spurgeon McLean; White
House D. J. Oliver, D. M.
Rodgers, C. T. Harrington; Wish
art's J. G. Stansel, E. Welt
West, A. Mercer.
Tho three manacers in each
district will elect one of their
number to act as secretary.
Bv order of the Democratic
executive committee in meeting
assembled.
This the 16th dav of July, 191
S. R. McLean. Chairman.
Robeson County Democratic Exe
cutive Committee.
GIFTS FOR EDUCATION.
Large Property Divided Among
Southern Colleges University
and A. and M. of North Caro
lina Among Beneficiaries.
Richmond, Va. Dispatch, 14th.
In order to to forestall efforts
of his relatives in New York,
who charge that he is insane.
John Armstrong Chaloner has
Hperier. his entire property,
amounting to $1,500,000 to the
Virginia Trust uompany in trust
to be divided at his death be
tween the University of North
Carolina and University of Vir
ginia. Specific bequests of 1U,
000 each are made as follows:
To Columbia University, New
York, to increase the Chandler
historical prize iuna; 10 tne v ir
ginia Military Institute, the Vir
ginia Polytechnic Institute, the
College of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts ot JNortn Carolina,
the University of South Carolina,
tho Roil th Carolina Military Col
lege, the Clemson Agricultural
College, the Uoiiege oi L,naries
tnn s. C. and $10,000 is criven to
the town of Roanoke Rapids, N.
i a
C., the income trom wnicn is 10
be applied to the annual purchase
of a Christmas tree for public
school children.
Paving Work.
Rnmp side streets are being
paved now and if the good work
keeps on it will not De long De
fore the entire town is paved.
It's catching. If one person
starts it on a street others win
be sure to want to fall in line.
Miss Josephine Breece started
the work on Fifth street, as men
tioned in a recent issue of The
Robesonian, and now Mr. H. C.
Freeman, who lives on the same
side of the street, between Chest
nut and Walnut, is having his
sidewalk paved. If the Presby
terian church, next door to Mr.
Freeman decides to have its
walk paved it is more than prob
able that the sidewalk on that
side of Fifth will be paved ail
the txtav fmm Chestnut to below
Mr. W. W. Singletary's, nearly
to Pine. Messrs. R. D. Caldwell
Xr Son have had the walk on Third
street paved the length of their
store within the past iew aays.
PUBLIC SPEAKINGS.
Where the Candidates will Lift
up Their Voices in Song and
Tell the Sovereigns why and
How it Happens That They
are the Only True Lovers.
For the winter of the discon
tent of the sovereigns of this
goodly land to begin right icKthe
hot middle of the summer time
seems strange, but even so it is;
for, O Masters, you are earnestly
entreated by some of the candi
dates for office to leave your
pleasant occupations and diver
sions at home they'd even ask a
man to leave off courting his
sweetheart long enough to hear
them, the nervythings! and come
out to certain placeB, hereinafter
to be named, at certain times,
hereinafter to be set iortn, ana
hear them, each and several ex
cept such as are too merciful to
subscribe to this diabolical scneme
to pump the innocent sovereigns
full of unprofitable wind, not
air
Rav what do vou reckon the
candidates think you are made
of, that you'd enjoy hot air this
time of year
That's the question. For who
wnnld allow himself to be pump
ed full of hot air by a hot can
didate on a hot day on a hot sub
ject Whew! Hot, Ain't it?
But to get back to the main
question, which is, Whose shall
the nomination be alter tne lutn
of August? Search the voters,
for in them lies the power to
give it to you or to the other
fellow. But be merceful withal,
lest the society for the preven
tion 6f cruelty to voters get you.
Deal gently with them, O Can
didates, for you may want to use
them again.
Know then by these presents
that at the following times and
places some of the cruel candi
dates who have no bowels of
mercy the nomination ought to
be handed to the candidate who
does not engage in this wicked
warfare will stand befoie such
people as may be there and then
assembled and tell them why
why, "my countrymen" sur
.mnnHoH hv the evervdav shirt
and britches or maybe some of
them will have on their now-and-thens
why there stands there
before vou the man whose snver
tnnorned elonuence and broad
statesmanship and abiding love
for the people and consuming
desire to do something for them
makes him nreeminentlv the man
to represent them wherever he
wants to go.
But remember, when Elijah
was waiting, the Lord came not
in the mighty wind nor yet
in the earthquake nor yet in the
fire but in the still small voice;
and even so -when selecting a
candidate it is well to list to the
still small voice that tells you
it is not always the man
who promises most or talks the
smoothest or does all the other
folderols the cutest. Tie to the
steady, sober, upright, honest
man who is not trying to put
anything over and an win De
well.
With which few remarks by
way of parenthesis it remains
now to dish out the appoint
ments of some of the candidates
for office, and all candidates are
invited to join in the festivi
ties: ...
Maxton. Fndav. July 13. w a.
m; Red Springs. Friday, 19th, 4
p. m. ; Lumber Bridge Saturday.
20th, 10 a. m.; Parkton, Satur
day, 20th, 4 p. m.; Pembroke,
Monday. 22nd, Ha. m.; kow
lnnd Mnndav. 22nd. 4 D. m. :
McDonald, Tuesday, 23rd, 10 a.
m. ; Fairmont, Tuesday, zara, 4
n m. : Barnesville. Wednesday.
24th, 11 a. m.; Marietta. Wed
nesday, 24th, 4 p. m. ; St. Paul's,
Thursday, 25th, 10 a. m. ; How-
ellsville (10 Mile Church) Thurs
day, 25th, 4 p. m.; Wishart's
(Bellamy) Friday, 26th, 10 a.m.;
Saddle Tree, Saddle Tree church,
Tnesdav. 30th. 10 a. m.: Lum
berton, Tuesday, 30th, 4 p. m.
Gov. Blease Denies Charges.
Columbia, S. c Dispatch, 15th.
Governor Blease today issued a
statement in which he denies
testimony heard at Augusta, Ga
last week, as to his receiving
mnnev for crantinQr nardons and
in which he savs he will later
produce proofs of falsity of those
charges. The statement -denounces
William J. Burns, the
detective.
McCOMBS NATIONAL CHAIRMAN.
Democratic National Committee
Selects, Got. Wilson's Choice.
chkmco. III.. Dispatch, 15th.
Wm. F. McCombs, of New
York, Governor Wood row Wil
son's choice, today was elected
chairman of the Democratic na
tional committee and was em
powered to appoint a committee
of not fewer than nine members
to take active charge of the
Democratic presidential nomi
nee's campaign.
Mr. McCombs also was author
ized to select a national treasur
er and 'such other officers as he
may see fit, including possibly a
vice chairman and, after consult
ing with Governor Wilson, to name
the location of the headquarters.
Mr. McCombs said he thought
the principal headquarters would
be in New York.
"But I am not going to appoint
anybody or select any place un
til I confer with Governor Wil
son," he added.
Jos, F. Davis, of Madison,
Wis., was elected secretary of
the committee to succeed Urev
Woodson, of Kentucky. John 1.
Martin, of St. Louis, was re-elected
sergeant-at-arms.
Mr. McCombs' selection and
the plan to appoint a campaign
committee of nine, the majority
of whom are to be members 6i
the national committee with Mr.
McCombs, chairman of the sub
committee, were ordered on resi
lutions offered by committeeman
Robert S. Hudspeth, of New
Jersey, as representing the
wishes of Governor Wilson.
East Lumberton Notes.
Reported .for The Robesonian.
Mr. A E. Barnes is on the sick
list, but convalescent Our sym
pathy is extended Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Kinlaw in the recent loss
of their sweet little girl, who died
of diphtheria; and rejoice with
them in the early recovery of
their small son, who was smitten
with the same disease soon after
his sister's death. Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Evers' adopted daughter,
little Miss Estelle Pitman, con
tracted the di-PT?e, hnt ia very
nearly well again. Mr. John V.
Smith's daughter, Miss Mary,
who has been confined to her room
for several days with fever, is
improving, though slowly. Several
children have whooping cough,
and a case or two of pellagra, and
a great many cases of malaria
are found our amonsc people. IHs
our sincere wi?h that all may
soon recover.
Services at church Sunday
morninc were esneciallv crratifvi
ing, and we had a good collec
tion for state missions, we had
a goodly number of visitors wor
ship with us from far and near.
and would like to mention their
names, but PDacs forbid?. To
each and all we sav, come again.
We are always prlad to have you.
. Rev. and Mrs. Ira. E. Wish
art attended Sunday school in
the afternoon, and Mr. Wishart
made a pleasant address. On ac
count of clouds and ram the at
tendance was small but Mr. Wish
art preached Sunday night to a
large congregation. We hope to
have them again.
TWinnincr next Tuesday, at
11 a. m.t our protracted meeting
will commence at Ledar brove,
Sh miles from Lumberton on
Flowers' road. The public is in
vited. Rev.- D. L. Hewett of
Shallotte, a man filled with the
Holv Ghost and power, is to be
present and do the preaching.
We have served this church just
once a month from East Lum
herton for nearly three years.
during which time the building
has been almost completed and
paid for and has quite doubled
in membership. It has a very
flourishing Sunday school under
the superintehdency of Mr. C.
Arnette.
J. M. Flemine.
Pastor East Lumberton Baptist
churchy
Mr. W. P. flassidev. district
commander of the Knights of
Maccabees, is in town making an
effort to organize a tent here. He
recently organized a tent in Wil
mington with 175 members. .
The Choice of a Husband
ia too important a matter for a woman
to be handicapped by weakness, bad
blood or foal breath. Avoid these kill
hopes by taking Dr. King's Life Pills.
New strength, fine complexion, pure
breath, cheerful spirits things that
win men-follow their use. Easy, Safe,
sure, 25c. All druggists.
PICNICS AND PICNICS.
Annual Indian Picnic at Union
Chapel.
The Indians will have their
annual picnic at Union chapel,
near Buie, Saturday of next
week, 27th. This is an annual
affair and is always a large time
for these people. Mr. Joe A
Brown, of Columbus county, will
be the speaker of the day. Ex
Sheriff Geo. B. McLeod will speak
and Mr. Hamilton' McMillan, of
Red Springs, is also expected to
make a talk, and posAibly some
others. Calvin Lowrie, who al
ways has much to do with the
arrangements for these picnics,
was in town Tuesday and says
that he is expecting this to be a
full-grown day. Calvin says that
they had intended to have no
candidate for office among their
speakers for this occasion, but
that Mr. McLeod had made his
announcement since they invited
him to speak, therefore they
would have one candidate.
Farmers' Union and Woodmen
Picnics.
A great Farmers' Union picnic
will be held at Ten Mile on the
25th inst, Thursday of next
week, and a great Farmers'
Union and Woodmen's picnic will
held at Center on the same day.
People all over the county are
looking forward with great in
terest to both occasions. There
will be good speakers and large
crowds and something good to
eat at both places.
Picnic at Purvis July 25.
There will be a picnic at Pur
vis church Thursday oi next
week, th 25th. Everybody is in
vited to come and bring baskets
and have a good time. Rev. J.
W. Bradley, pastor of Chestnut
Street Methodist church of Lum
berton, will deliver a Sunday
school address. Some of the
county candidates will be pres
ent.
Cotton Mill Stockholders and
Directors Meeting.
At the regular annual meeting
of the stockholder' of the Lum
berton Cotiun iVlilis Co. Tuesday
Mr. L. T. Townsend wns elected
to succeed the late Mr. S. A.
Edmund on the board of direc
tors. No other change waB made
in the board. At a subsequent
meeting of the directors the re
gular dividend was declared.
Regular dividends were declared
at meetings of the directors of
of the Dresden and Jennings
cotton mills yesterday and Mr.
F. P. Gray was elected a member
of both boards to succeed the
late S. A. Edmund.
At a directors' meeting of the
National Cotton Mills held last
week the regular quarterly divi
dend of 2 per cent was declared.
The First National Bank also de
clared its regular .semi-annual
dividend of 5 per cent, last
week.
Prisoners to State Prison One
Man to Asylum.
Sheriff E. C. McNeill and Dep
uty Sheriff T. C. Barnes return
ed Tuesday night from Raleigh,
where they carried the following
prisoners, sentenced during the
terra of court which closed last
Saturday, to the State peniten
tiary: Geo. Swann, colored, 25
years for murder of Mr. C. C.
Gibson at Red Springs on June 1
last; Walter Whitaker, 20 years
for murder of Aaron Lewis,
colored, last November on Mr.
Joe Parker's place near McDon
ald; Bennie Tew, 2 years for at
tempt at criminal a assault on a
young girl near Buie.
Sheriff McNeill and Deputy
Barnes also carried to Raleizh.
to the State hospital, Quince
Carter, of Britt's township.
"Old Hoss" Sale.
. Come Saturday of this week,
the 20th, at 10 o'clock in the
morning, a big sale will be pulled
off at the Southern Express Co. 's
office. "Old hoss" sale is what
they call it an auction sale of
express that has never been
taken out of the office. It will
be a big affair for it is a sale for
this entire division of the Caro
lina Central.
Never can tell when you'll mash a
finger or suffer a cut, bruise, burn or
scald. Be prepared. Thousands rely
on Dr. Thomas' Eclectic OiL Your
druggist sells it 25 and 50c.
LOCAL. BRIEFS
Middling cotton today, 111
cents.
Miss Amanda McDiarmid
will entertain this evening at
her home, Mr. and Mrs. O. C.
Nortnent's, Sixth and Walnut
streets, in honor of her guest
Miss Berta McNeill, of Rowland. .
As a result of the two
weeks' term of criminal court
ending last week. 18 prisoners,
16 colored and 2 white, were
taken Monday afternoon to the
convict camp neargPates, in Pem
broke township.
Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Small, who
for about a year had occupied
the Freeman house, Third and
Walnut streets, moved Tuesday
to their house. First and Pine,
which Mr. Small recontly pur
chased from Mr. A. R. Phillips.
A train of colored excursion
ists arrived here over the R. &
C. railroad this morning about
10 o'clock from Marion, S. C.
therefore the colored population
of the town today numbers
something over a 100 above the
average.
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Mc
Neill will entertain the Christian
Endeavor Society of the Presby
terian church tomorrow evening
at 8:30 o'clock at their home on
Caldwell street. All members
are invited. Mr. McNeill is vice t
president of the society.
. David's war with Absalom
or the seige of Hebron will be
shown in colored pictures at the
Psstime theatre tomorrow and
Saturday afternoon and eve
ning. This Biblical story is
forcibly told in these pictures, .
which are said to be master
pieces in the art of film making.
A uniform price of 10 cents ad
mission will be charged.
Mr. W. L. Stubbs and fami
ly, who lived in the northern part
of town on Pine street, left this
morning for Greenville, where
they will make their future home.
Mr. Stubbs has for several years
been in the logging business for
the Kh','?.'la!? LutyiW Co. They
have many friend3 hre that
will regret to learn that they
have moved to another town.
Mrs. C. A. Mclntyre of
Pembroke and her daughter
Mrs. J. M. Watson of Hastings,
Fla., were in town Tuesday.
Mrs. Watson has been at
Pembroke since the 6th instant,
having come home on account of
the death of her father, Mr.
William D. Mclntyre. Mrs. Wat
son says that she will be at Pem
broke until the businesss of her
father's estate can be settled and
then she will return to her home
in Florida and her mother will go
with her to live.
-Deputy Sheriff T. C. Barnes
and Mr. I. V. Hooper went to
May, S. C, yesterday in the
latter's auto and captured J. W.
Thompson, colored, wanted here
on a charge of going away
with a pair of mules belonging to
Mr. A. W. McLean, for whom he
was farming on the upper edge
of town, and on the further
charge of fornication and adul
ter. The mules were recovered.
Thompson was placed in jail here
but has not yet been given a
hearing. Mr. McLean had offer
ed a reward of $50 for the re
turn of the mules and the cap
ture of the negro.
There will be a big children's
day rally at Baltimore, near
Fairmont, Sunday. This will
mark the close of a singing
school, which Mr. Eli Phillips of
Lumberton has been teaching at
this place for some time, and it
is expected that the entertain
ment will be unusually good.
Aside from the many recitations
by the little ones and much good
singing, which are to be the
principal features of the occa
sion, it is expected that Messrs.
C. B. Skipper. Frank Gough and
W. K. Bethune will make talks.
The exercise will begin at 9
o'clock in the morning.
Summer colds are hard to get rid of,
and frequently lead to asthma, bronchi
tis, and hay fever. Do not let your
cold get a hold on you, but use Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound for quick
relief. W.. H. Allen, Chelsea, Wis.,
says: "We prefer Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound to other cough medicines "
because it quickly cures coughs and
colds. It will ward off a cold if taken
in time.'-' Contains no opiates. For
sale by all dealers.
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