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VOL XLffl NO. 44. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JULY 22, 1912. WHOLE NO. 2778
WITH THE CANDIDATES.
Speaking Canvass Begun at
Maxton Friday Love-Feast at
First Two Appointments
McNeill Enters Game at Lum
ber Bridge Saturday and Ni
Collision Occurs-At Pern
broke and Rowland Today
Warm Times Ahead.
It was mentioned in Thurs
day's Robesonian that some of
the multitude of candidates for
the various county offices that
are shaking the bushes for votes
would begin Friday at Maxton
on a round of speech-making. A
f ew-of them met Friday morning
at Maxton and in the afternoon
of the same day they met at
Reo? Springs and said their say
over again. They were at Lum
ber Bridge Saturday morning
and at Parkton in the after
noon. This morning they are
at Pembroke and they are billed
for Rowland this afternoon.
At Maxton it is said that Mr.
H. E. Stacy and ex-Sheriff Geo.
B. McLeod, both candidates for
the Senate, were the shining
lights. Mr. Stacy would tickle
Mr. McLeod and Mr. McLeod
would tickle Mr. Stacy and
everything was perfectly har
monious, and it was the same at
Red Springs or at least these
are the reports that went abroad
in the land. Mr. T. A. McNeill,
Jr., who is also a candidate for
the Senate and who has not
thought it good for the best in
terests of the party to have this
round of speech-making, at first
declined to join in this hot-air
spouting and in a large meas
ure that's what it all is-but he
met with the boys at Lumber
Bridge and it is told that the
harmony of the meeting was
upset. Some of the political
solons that were there told this
reporter that they observed
shortly after Mr. McNeill's ar
rival that a political storm was
gathering, and that there came
near being a . cloudburst.
Things waxed hot on that warm
morning and Messrs. McNeill
and McLeod came near having
a collision; but all passed off
without any scars or scratches.
The Robesonian reporter ar
rived at Parkton in time to wit
ness the doings of that appoint
ment and everything there went
off smoothly. The speeches
were made by Messrs. Stacy,
McNeill and McLeod. Messrs.
Austin Smith and J. E. Carlyle,
both candidates for register of
deeds, were present but did
nothing more than make their
announcements. Stacy, McNeill
and McLeod each pawed the air
for something like 35 or 40 min
utes and of course much was
said; but time and space will not
permit even a brief report of the
speeches in today's paper.
It is understood that fairly
good crowds have attended all
the meetings. Something like
75 or 100 people were at Parkton
to listen, but the audience there
was larger than it would have
been if it had not been that some
were expecting another near-collision.
Several of the citizens of Park
ton, after the speech-making was
over, were heard to express their
disaproval of this method of can
vassing the county. But letting
that be as it may, this humble
reporter s diagnosis ot tne situa
tion as indicated by the thermo
meter used on the Parkton meet
is that the political fever will run
several degrees higher before
the 10th of August.
Mr. Stacy says that he thinks
The Robesonian treated him a
little unfair in a recent editorial
reference to the correspondence
between him and Mr. T. A. Mc
Neill in regard to the canvass
that is now going on. f He says
that he did not say that he was
in the race for the purpose of
representing Rowland and vicin
ity. He merely stated that he
thought Rowland ought to have
a representative on iie county
ticket,
The Robesonian merely gave
Mr. McNeill's version of what
Mr. Stacy said. The above is
Mr. Stacy's version. They seem
Vas said. Editor
. A special term of Bladen county
superior court has been ordered
by Gov. Kitchin to begin : Sep
tember 16, in place of the regular
term which woujd have begun
ly j. ... -
SUIT AGAINST COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Mr. Frank Gough Brings New
Suit to Recover Excess Which
He Claims Commissioners Col
lected on Property.
Some time ago Mr. Frank
Gough stated in an interview in
The Robesonian that he was
considering the question of bring
ing another suit against the board
of commissioners of Robeson
county for refund of additional
taxes.
Last Friday Mr. Gough insti
tuted this new suit by issuing a
summons in a case entitled Frank
Gough in behalf of himself and
all other tax payers of the
county of Robeson, against J. W.
Carter, A. R. McEachern, Frank
McKay, W. P. Barker, and A. J.
Floyd, constituting the board of
commissioners of Robeson county.
Mr. Gough says he has brought
suit for the purpose of recovering
for the benefit of the tax payers
of the county, the difference
between the rate which the
commissioners should have col
lected and the rate which they
did collect on property for 1910
and 1911.
He claims that the lawful rate
on property should have been
66 2-3 cents, whereas the commi
ssioners levied and collected 98
cents.
If Mr. Gough succeeds with his
suit it will result in refunding
several thousands of dollars to
the tax payers of the county.
Mr. Gough seems unalterably
opposed to excessive taxation.
Democratic Campaign Commit
tee Named Josephus Daniels
a Member.
Sea Girt. N. J.. Dispatch. 18th.
The Democratic camDaitrn com
mittee, which will have supreme
charge of the Presidential cam
paign was named tonight by Gov
ernor Wilson. It consists of 14
members, with William F. Mc
Combs, the chairman of the
Democratic national committee,
as chairman.
The other members are: Robert
S. Hudaneth. of New Jersev:
Josephus Daniels, of North Caro
lina; Wiuard Saulsbury, 01 Dela
ware; Rotert L. Ewing, of Lou
siana; A. Mitchel Palmer, of
Pennsvlvania: Joseph E. Davis.
of Wisconsin; Will R. King, of
Oregon ; all of whom are mem
hpra of the national committee.
and Senators Thomas P. Gore, of
if Mora Vnrlr arA .TnmPS A.
Reed, of Missouri. Representa
tives Daniel J. McGillicuddy, of
Maine; Albert S. Burleson, of
Texas, and William G. McAdoo,
of New York City.
Gov. Blease Issues Lengthy Re
ply to Charges Against Him
Gov. Blease of South Carolina
issued a lengthy statement Sat
urday denvim? the charges of
graft and corruption brought
against him by T. B. Felder of
Atlanta and W. J. Burns, detec
tives. When shown the state
ment Saturday night Felder de
clared that they have conclusive
proof of the charges and that
Blease is certain to be landed in
the penitentiary as soon as his
term of office h over. In his
statement Blease likens himself
to Calhoun,' Jefferson and Lin
coin as the friend of the people
Notices of New Advertisements.
3,000,000 pounds of tobacco
wanted at Powell's New Brick
Warehouse at Fair Bluff.
G. E. Rancke announces can
didacy for office of coroner.
House and lot for sale in Row
land.
A small farm for sale.
No-Rim-Cut tires R. D. Cald
well & Son.
Voltite for sale by specialties
bales Lo.
W. E; Hooks announces candi
dacv for State Senate.
H. B. Sturtevant with Jno. T.
Biggs Co. Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
J. D. Croom, Sr., announces
his candidacy for House of Rep
resentatives. Robesonian excursion to
Wrightsville Beach August 1.
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is 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 Pilla.
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PARKTON PARAGRAPHS.
In Social Circles Movements of
the People.
Cacmpondanea of Th Bobeaoniao.
Parkton, July 19-Misses
Sadie Johnson and Ethel Wil
liamson very delightfully enter
tained a large number of their
friends at the home of Mrs.
Sallie Johnson Tuesday eve
ning. The porch was beautifully
lighted with Japanese lanterns.
Miss Sadie received at the main
entrance. Thence the guests
were ushered by Miss Ethel to
the nunch bowl, which was very
artistically decorated in Japanese
style, the principal floral dec
oration being crape myrtle.
Misses Annie Williamson and
Ruby Council served at the
punch bowl and were a also
dressed in JaDanese costumes.
The guests were ushered to the
narlor and rorch. where a game
of successive conversations was
held. Descriptive cards and
name of each of the young men
were passed to the girls and re
sponsive cards to tne young
men. This created mucn laugn
ter while they were being read.
This was followed by a musical
contest in which Miss Lena
Marley of Lumber Bridge and
Mr. Prentice Stanton won the
prize, which was a lovely battle
of "Lilly of the Valley". Miss
Charlotte McDuffie and Mr. Wal
ter Marley won the booby prize,
which was a bottle of Hoyt's
German cologne. lhe prizes
were gracefully presented by
Mr. Shaw McArthur. The
guests then entered the dining
room, which was very charmingly
decorated in white and pink.
Delicious refreshments were
served. The guests left voting
Misses Williamson and Johnson
lovely and charming hostesses.
Mrs. Lilly McKinnon and
daughter. Miss Maud, from
Charlotte, are visiting relatives
in town.
The Parkton band expects to
leave tomorrow for Dublin,
where it will play for a W. O. W.
picnic.
Mr. D. C. Culbreth is spending
the week in Cumberland on
business.
Dr. D. S. Currie left this
afternoon with Mr. E. Fisher
for Charlotte, where Mr. lisher
will take treatment at the Char
lotte sanatorium.
Quite a crowd from here went
on the excursion down the Cape
Fear river to Wrightsville Beach
this week and report a fine time.
Mr. Walter Marley and sister,
Miss Lena, of Lumber Bridge,
"ere in town Tuesday evening.
Mr. O. L. Johnson, Jr., who
has been telegraph operator here
for four years, has accepted a
position at Florence, S. C, as
dispatcher.
Mrs. V. E. Ellis and children,
from Mt. Vernon Springs, spent
a few days last week with her
sister Mrs. C. D. Williamson.
Mr. D. P. McMillan, who has
been in Lake Joe, Fla., for the
past year, returned home last
week.
Miss Mamie Parham, who has
been visiting in Wilmington, is
now in Greensboro attending
the Teachers Institute at the
State Normal College.
A Native of Clarkton Dies in
Mississippi.
The Robesonian has received a
marked copy of The Chronicle of
Laurel Miss., containing an ac
count of the death at that place
on the 29th ult of Mr. Colin
Monroe Kelly, who was born at
Clarkton, this State, in 1837.
He lived at Clarkton until the
Civil War, through which he
served, after which he moved to
Mississippi, entering business at
Lockhart and Meridian. He
moved to Laurel 12 years ago.
The Chronicle states that a sister
and brother, names not given,
live in this State.
Drunken Man Murders Wife at
Cerro Gordo.
Rev. M. A. Stephens, of Ever
green, is in town today and re
ports vthat a man named Mack
Goss killed his wife at Cerro
Gordo last evening about 7
o'clock. It is understood that
the man was under the influence
of liquor at the time, but no par
ticulars have been learned.
-i&bscle-forTlirRobesontaTs;
BLADEN-UNION ITEMS.
Crops Looking Fine A Meeting
of Days-"Happy Jack" as a
Poet-"Uncle Sandy Also Po
etically Inclined.
OORMixmdanea of Tfe Robesonian.
Fayetteville, R. F. D. 8, July
15 We are having fine rains
now and plenty of moisture and
heat and crops looking fine.
Children's day at Bladen Union
church yesterday was attended
by a large concourse of people
from a distance as well as from
near by. The recitations were
good and the singing was fine.
Mr. E. W. Nolley, of Fayette
ville, made a short talk which
was to the point
Mr. W. J. Davis of Florida is
visiting his father, Mr. Frank
Davis.
Rev. W. Otis Johnson preached
an able sermon Sunday to a large
crowd. He is a young man of
bright intellect and will no doubt
be a power for good wherever he
goes.
The usual series of meetings
will commence here Monday
after the 4 Sunday in July.
"Happy Jack" seems to be
poetically inclined of late.
His two last poems were good.
As he is a young man, who
knows but what he may be a
Stanton or a John Charles Mc
Neill ere long? Home talent is
what I would like to see in
couraged in North Carolina, and
we have only to turn it loose,
for we have some of the bright
est young men found anywhere
right here among us; and why
not let the world know it.
To Happy Jack
May thy ;pathwny ever be,
Calm as moonlight on the sea,
Bright as the sunset in the west;
Pure ap snow on the mountains crest.
Gentle as a murmuring: stream,
Happy as an infant's dream,
Peaceful as a sinless star,
Beaming in the Heavens afar.
Uncle Sandy.
Tar Heel Topics.
Correspondence of The Robeionian.
Tar Heel. Julv 18 Mr.and Mrs.
N. A. Regan spent ore night last
week in town en route to iMiza
bethtown. Mr. Geo. Regan and sister,
Miss Lila, visited relatives at
Rennert recently.
Mrs. Sam Mintz of Sha lotte is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Amelia
Allen.
Mrs. J. D. Monroe and chil
dren and Mr.Wm. Monroe visited
Mrs. Monroe's parents near Ten
Mile last Friday and Saturday.
The nrotracted meeting will
begin at the Baptist church here
Monday after the 3rd Sunday in
July. Rev. M. A. Stephens will
assist the pastor, Rev. R. L.
Byrd. We expect a good re
vival.
There will be children's day at
Purdie's church three miles below
town the 3rd Sunday in July.
A rrnwri from - here attended
children's day at Zisn tabernacle
last Sunday. The children did
sDlendid. The exercises as a
whole were fine. A long table
was loaded with good things to
eat. .
Rev. R. L. Bvrd was in town
one day last week.
The W. O. W. had a chicken
stew last Saturday night in honor
of Dr. Ballance.
The W. O. W. will have a pic
m ar Duhlin the 20th. We have
heard that an excursion will run
from St. Paul's to Dublin but do
not know for sure if it is true.
The public is invited to attend.
".Blue uy ea
State Firemen's Convention at
Fayetteville This Week.
It is probable that a good many
Lumberton people will, take ad
vantage of the opportunity to at
tend the 25th annual convention
of the North Carolina State Fire
mpn's Association at Favetteville
tomorrow, Wednesday and Thurs
day. Mr. J. P. Townsend, chief
of Lumberton's fire department,
is going to attend. The round
trip fare from here over the V.
& C. S. and Coast Line is $1.35.
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 toother cpagh medicines
because it quickly cures coughs and
colds. It will ward off a cold if taken
in time." pontainsnoopiatesv.For
Sale by alTdealers. m
rn SOCIAL CIRCLES.
Miss Amanda McDirmid Enter
tains. Mian Amanda MrDftarmid de-
liehtfullv entertained Thursday
evening as her home, Mr. and
Mrs. O. (J. Norment s, Sixth and
Walnnt streets, in honor of her
guest Miss Berta McNeill of
Rowland.
The loner norch that reaches
almost half around this lovely
home was bright with tne son
litrht of JaDanese lanterns that
were hanging about the porch
and also over the lawn. And on
the .south-east corner of this
norch. where beautiful crowincr
vines have clustered about, mak
ing a picture of repose, was a
large bowl of delicious punch
presided over by Miss Emma
Hio-lev. Evervthine was lovelv
and fixed just right and a large
crowd of the town's young folks
participated in the festivities of
this altogether delightful occas
ion. The pnncipal feature of
the evening's amusement was a
game of nations in which it was
necessary for several to cut for
the prize. Miss Bertha Barker
won and received a beautiful box
of stationery. The prize was
presented by Mr. W. K. Be
thune. SUCCUMBS TO WOUNDS.
Negro Shot Near Buie by Cum
berland County Convict
Guards Dies of Wounds.
Fayetteville Oberver. 19th.
Pate Bynum, negro, died yes
terday afternoon in Highsmith
hospital, supposedly from the ef
fects of a pistol shot wound.
And thereby hangs a tale, as
follows:
Some weeks ago we published
an account of the shooting of a
negro named Pate Bynum by
Ches. Mathews, a guard over
convicts in the Cumberland coun
ty chain gang. Mathews was
sent out bv the county supenn
tendentof roads in search of
Eguene White, an escaped negro
convict. While looking for the
escaped prisoner, Mathews got
over into Robeson county, where
he ran across a negro whom he
took to be White. In attempt
ing to arrest him, the negro
showed a disposition to resist,
and Mathews shot him. His
victim proved to be not White,
but one Pate Bynum. The shoot
ing took place near Buies.
Just after being shot, Bynum
was brought to this city and
placed in Highsmith hospital. Dr.
Seavy Highsmith extracted the
ball, a 32 calibre, which had
plowed through the liver and
produced a very dsmgerous wound
from which the physician saw
little hopes of recovery.
About a week ago Mathews
was tried in magistrate's court
in Parkton, Robeson county, on
the charge of an assault on By
num, and was placed under a
bond of $200.
We understand that the prose
cuting attorney, since the death
of Bynum, ha3 been urging
Sheriff McGeachy of Cumberland
to arrest Mathews and put him
in jail, but whether he will do
so without instructions from the
authorities of Robeson we have
not learned.
The Lumberton Presbyterian
Sunday school, Mr. M. G. Mc
Kenzie, superintendent, will pic
nic at Page's Mills, S. C, Fri
day of this week. All members
of the church and any others
who may care to do so are in
vited to go. The trip will be
made on the regular train, leav
ing here at 10 o'clock a. m.
Round trip fare. 75 cents for
adults, 40 cents for children. .
Messrs. C. B. Skipper,
Frank Gough and W. K. Bethune
attended yesterday children's
day exercises at Baltimore, near
Fairmont, and Hog Swamp
church, near old Kingsdale, and
each made talks. The exercises
at Baltimore were in the morn
ing and at Hog Swamp in the
afternoon. A brief report of
these excellent entertainments
will be given in a subsequent is-,
sue of The Robesonian.
Insect Bite Costs Leg.
A Boston man lost his lee from the
bite of an insect two years before. To
avert such calamities from stings and
bites of insects use Bucklen's Arnica
Salve promptly to kill the poison and
prevent inflammation, swelling and
pain. Heals burns, boils, ulcers, piles,
. eczema,, cuts, bruiBes. Qnlj 25 cenU
at all druggists.
LOCAL BRIEFS
Middling cotton today. Hi
cents.
-Mr. E C. Wooten of Clark
ton spent Thursday, Friday and
Saturday here in the interest of
the Wilmington Star, for which
he travels.
The members of the Chris
tion Endeavor Society of the
Presbyterian church were de
lightfully entertained Friday
evening at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jno. S. McNeill.
Mr. G. M. Collins and Miss
Girtie Cousey were married Sat
urday morning about ten o'clock
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D.
M. Zercher. who live at the oil
mill just across the river. The
ceremony was preformed by
Justice J. H. McNeill.
Cards to The Robesonian,
received this morning, bring the
information that Miss Dollie
C. Tavlor and Mr. W. H. Pope
and Miss Sallie K. Fisher and
Mr. S. B. Taylor were married
yesterday at St Paul's at the
residence of the officiating min
ister, Rev. J. D. Clark.
Mr Charlie Sessoms is ex
pected to return tomorrow from
Baltimore, Md., where about ten
days ago he underwent an opera
tion at Johns Hopkins hospital
for appendicitis. Mr. Alex. Ses
soms, his brother, who clerks in
the department store of Mr. L.
H. Caldwell received a telegram
this morning to the effect that
Mr. Sessoms would leave Balti
more this afternoon.
The "Old Ho3e" sale conduct
ed by Agent F. J. Thomas at the
Southern Express office Saturday
morning attracted a large crowd.
The packages were bought
"unsight unseen" and the con
tents of some of them were as
tonishing. For instance, some
Packages that were knocked
own to some single men after
eager bidding were found to
contain petticoats and other inti
mate objects of feminine and
wee baby apparel. But the
phiVnhTS among them con
soled themselves with the thought
that one never can tell when one
may need such things.
A small negro boy ratcd
Frank Addison ran against Mrs.
P. S. Kornegay on Fourth street
Saturday morning and was
tried before Mayor A. P. Cald
well shortly thereafter on the
charge of an assault. Mrs.
Kornegay had made rfo com
plaint and was not at the trial,
the matter having been reported
to Chief Redfern by Mr. Joe
Britt. The testimony of wit
nesses indicated that the col
lision was the result of careless
ness upon the part of the negro
and was not intentional, so he
was let off with a tax of $5. Mr.
T. L. Johnson appeared for the
boy.
Fairmont Messenger, 19th;
The laying oh-the corner stone
of the new First Baptist church
last Monday afternoon was of
much interest to Fairmont and
vicinity. The address of the
occasion was made by Rev.
N. R. Pitman, of Kansas
City, Mo. On account of
the inclemency of the weather
the exercises took place in the
old structure instead of on the
works of the new building as had
been planned, except at the con
clusion, which took place in the
open on the new structure. Mr.
Pitman's discussion was espe
cially interesting. His brief
history of the church since its
organization in 1794 was
thoroughly enjoyed.
Excursionist to Johnson City
returned Friday night and repot t
a pleasant trip. Some 80 tickets
were sold here, many from other
points in the county boarding the
train here. Some of the excur
sionists blew themselves for an
additional trip to Bristol, Tenn.,
and were in a wreck, and were
injured slightly. This gave rise
to a report here Thursday that
the excursion train had been in
a wreck, but there was nothing
to it Will Jones, colored, who
was in the wreck, suffered a
dislocated left elbow and was at
the Thompson hospital 'from Sat
urday until this morning. He
and a few others who were in
the wreck from here were paid
haan.dsomelyby. the railroad for
their minor injuries.'