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ROBESONIAN A Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cent VOL XLIH NO. 47. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1912, WHOLE NO. 2781 r DR. R. M. NORMENT PASSES Lumberton's Oldest Citizen Falls Peacefully on Sle p Funeral With Masonic Honors Yester day Afternoon An Eventfu Life A Veteran of Two Wars a Physician and a Politician Close of a Useful Life. Dr. R. M. Norment Lumber ton's oldest citizen and postmas ter, well known throughout the State, passed away at his home on Sixth street at 2:26 o'clock Tuesday morning:. He was in his 84 th year. He had been confined to his home practically all the time for the past two years, though he was able to sit up un til twelve days before his death. Since two weeks ago today his death had been expected almost any hour. Besides general break down, death was due to jaundice. He himself had foreseen the manner of his death a year ago, and it differed scarcely at al from whathe then told his de voted wife?" Though he suffered somewhat during the few days before hit death, the end was painless. He fell peacefully upon sleep. The funeral was conducted from the residence yesterday af ternoon :. xsk b By w 4, W. Bradley, pastor of Cfiestnilt btreet Methodist church, assisted by Rev. R. E. Steele, pastor of the Presbyterian church. It was intended to have Rev. C. H. Durham, pastor of the First Bap tist church, to assist in the ser vice also, but he was away from town assisting in a series of meetings at Saddle Tree. The ritualistic service of the Metho dist church, of which the de ceased was for years a member, was used. During the service at the residence "Abide With Me" and "In That Beautiful Land" were sung by a male quar tet composed of Messrs. J. Pope Stephens, Frank Gough, E. B. Freeman and C. B. Skipper, and at the grave the same quartet sang I Would Not Live Alway" and "Nearer, My God, to Thee." At the conclusion of the ser vice at the residence Mr. Bradley announced that all who cared to do so might pass through the house and view the remains, and many took advantage of the op portunity to gaze upon the well known features for the last time. The service at the grave, Nor ment cemetery on Fifth street. was conducted by the Masons, a large number of whom, some from out of town, was present. Mr. E. J. Britt led this service. which was concluded with bene diction by Rev. Mr. Bradley. There were many beautiful floral offerings and a large crowd of people attended the funeral, a crowd that overflowed on to tue sidewalk and into the street in front of the residence and waited patiently, with bared heads, dur ing the service. Many out-of-town people attended the funeral old comrades in arms, some of them in Confederate grey, fel low Masons and others. The postofficeand all the stores of the town were closed during the funeral. The pall-bearers were: active, Messrs. R. D. Caldwell, Q. T. Williams, L. H. Caldwell, K. M. Biggs, C. B. Skipper, Frank Gough; honorary. Messrs. A. W. McLean, H. B. Jennings, A. P. Caldwell, S. A. Branch, Geo. M. Whitfield. S. E. Britt, C. M. Fuller, W. W. Carlyle. Owen Deese, J. H. Floyd, and all the Confederate veterans and physi cians present. Richard Montgomery Norment was born in Sharon township, Mecklenburg county, within about two miles of Charlotte, February 1, 1829, and was, there fore, on the day of his death 83 years, 5 months and 29 days old. He spent most of his boyhood in Charlotte, where his father, Wil liam btoKes XMorment, was en gaged in business. When about 17 years old he volunteered for the Mexican War, through which !. aarvati Rptn minor fmm f hot war at the end of three years, he began the study of medicine at Castleton, Vt, and completed his medical course in Charleston, though he did not graduate. In 1853 Dr. Norment moved to Lumberton and began the prac tice of medicine here. In I860 he was united in marriage to Miss May F. Norment, a cousin, sister of Mr. Owen C. Norment of Lumberton. Shortly after his marriage he organized a company here and was elected its captain, the first company from this county. That company was dis banded at Norfolk within 6 months and he returned to Lum berton and organized another company, Company A, 46th Regi ment, North Carolina volunteers He was also captain of that com pany and served through the warbelng promoted to the rank of major. , Returning to Lumberton after the war. Dr. Norment resumed the practic of medicine and took an active interest in politics, first as a Democrat, then as an inde pendent, and finally as a Republi can, in 187U be was elected to the State Senate as a Democrat from Robeson, which was then, as now, a senatorial district. In 1872, on account of some dissat isfaction with Dr. Norment's at titude toward the impeachment of W. W. Holden. Dr. Norment did not receive the nomination, which was given first to Col. N. A. McLean, father of the late Col. N. A. McLean, who later declined and the nomination was given to Jno. W. Ellis of Colum bus county, Robeson and Colum bus ha vine been made a sena torial district by the Legislature of 1871: Dr. Norment then ran as an independent and was de feated. In 1875 Dr. Norment and Neill McNeill were candidates on the Republi- .mm m . V" can ticket lor tne consti tutional convention and were de feated by Sinclair and McEach- ern. vr. Norment contested tne election and the Democrats won. This was the election in which the famous telegram from Gen. Cox to the late W. F. French - "As you love your State, hold Robeson "figured. Dr. Norment's next venture as candidate was in 1878, when he Was elected a member of the House of Representatives as a Republican. He was a member of the House again in 1895, when he contested the election of Payne. Democrat, and won. He was president of the North Caro lina Railroad under Russell in 1896-97, being succeeded by Arm strong of Fayetteville. He was also at one time a candidate for the office of Secretary of State. He was appointed post master here in 1900 and held that office until his death, though for the past two years ne nad not oeen able to give active attention to the du tes of the office. Dr. Norment's first wife died in io4. ui that union were born five, children, Dr. T. A. Norment of Lumberton being the only one who survives. In 1880 Dr. Norment moved to Charlotte to look after his father's affairs and moved back to Lumberton in 1886. On December 22d of that year he was united in marriag? to Miss Maggie Rogers, who ived near Lumberton and who, with two sons. Mr. Richard Montgomery, who is telegraph editor of the Wilmington Star. and Mr. Wallace McDiarmid. who is a clerk in the Lumberton postoffice, survives. Dr. Norment was in many re spects a remarkable man. He ost five brothers in the War Be tween the States and another brother, Owen, was killed by the notorious Lowry band of outlaws shortly after the war, and he was the last member of he family. A veteran of two wars, serving when but a boy under Scott from Vera Cruz to the City of New Mexico in the War with Mexico, being in most of the important engagements of hat war: serving through the war between the States: actively engaged in politics during a pe riod in the history of the State that tried men's souls; actively engaged, meanwhile, in the prac tice of medicine he found time, somehow, to become a man of wide learning, though his school days, outside his course in med icine, were covered by three years in a high school in Char lotte. He did not graduate at a medical college and was handi capped during the first years of his practice of medicine, but he was a man of such sound com mon sense and ability that he won his way to the front and was eminently successful in his profession. He never turned away a call for his professional services, even in his latter days when he was feeble and scarce DR. R. M. able to go, but always responded to any call where he might re lieve suffering, whether there was prospect of pay or not; and it is matter of common report that he might have spent his last days in comparative wealth and ease had he been as careful to charge and collect for his ser vices as he was to go when called. Verilv one of the old land marks has passed to his reward. He was identified with the his tory of Robeson county for some 60 years and when, full of years, he fell upon sleep, he was loved and honored by the people of the county among whom he had lived. CANDIDATES REGISTERED FOR DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY Following is a list of those who have qualified as candidates in the Democratic primary to be held in Robeson county August 10, 1912, by complying with the requirements of registration with the chairman of the county exe cutive committee, the time for registration having closed last night. - For Senate T. A. McNeill, Jr., Geo. B. Mc Leod, H. E. Stacy. For House of Representatives Dr. W. A. McPhaul, H. C. Mc Nair, Maj. Geo. H. Hall, Dr. J. D. Croom, Sr., Dr. B. F. Mc Millan. For Treasurer M. G. McKenzie, Thomas Kin law. For Register of Deeds Thomas N. Higley, W. Austin Smith, J. E. Carlyle, T. T. Barker. For Sheriff R. E. Lewis, J. M. Butler. For Coroner Geo. A. Barnes, G. E. Rancke, Sr. For County Commissioner (Four Year Term) F. P. Humphrey. C. B. Towns- end, E. C. Nye, J. A. McCormick, M. L. Marley, John W. Ward. C. A. Oliver, J. B. McCormick, J. F. McKay, D. Z. McGougan. For County Commissioner (Two Year Term) Roy McNair, W. P. Barker, Spurgeon Jones. J. D. Cobb. A. J. Floyd. For Road Commissioner For first district Ira Towns- end, W. P. McAllister, D. B. Mc Neill; second district, J. P. Brown; third district, A. L. Bul lock; fourth district, McP. McL. Alford; fifth district. Paisley Mc Millan ; sixth district, J. A. John son. Z. T. McMillan. If any candidate has filed due notice, etc., with the chairman but has been inadvertently omit ted and can show that he has complied with the requirements as to registration, his name will be placed upon the ticket. This the 1st day of Aug., 1912. S. B. McLean, Chairman... Subscribe for The Robesoni&n. NORMENT. ROBESON TEACHERS' INSTITUTES. Begin Monday and Will Last Two Weeks Necessary for Teachers to Attend. Teachers' institutes for both white anu colored will begin here Monday of next week and con tinue for two weekB. The insti tute for white teachers will be held in the graded school build ing and it will be led by Supt Sheep, of the Elizabeth City graded school, assisted by Miss Rose Kee, Prof. Sheep's primary supervisor, and Prof. R. L. Mc Millan, former principal of the Philadelphus high school. Prof. Karl Janson. the well-known Swedish lecturer, will lecture during the "second week. A large attendance in expected. It is compulsory for teachers to at tend an institute in some county every two years or to attend some accredited summer school, and failure to attend may be con sidered cause' for cancelling cer tificate. The institute for colored teach ers will b held in the Allen school building. Prof. McMillan will have charge of this insti tute and he and Prof. Sheep will probably alternate in leading it A Large Crowd Goes to the Beach on The Robesonian Ex cursion. Nor threatening clouds nor rain put any damper at all upon the enthusiasm of the large crowd that were bent on going to Wilmington and the beach to day on The Robesonian excur sion. There was considerable delay in getting away from here this morning on account of the stupidity of the railroad people up the line in assuming that they knew all about it and in failing to bring as many cars as were needed. Some 500 people boarded the train here. The agent sold 422 tickets and let it be known that he was out of them, and many got on without tickets. About 150 people were on the train when it reached Lumber- ton and 200 or 800 or more were waiting down the road to get on. It is safe to say that 800 or 1,000 people took advantage of this ex cursion, despite the rain. The excursion is expected to return tonight about 10 o'clock. Claude Allen, one of the Hills ville outlaws, was convicted of murder in the first degree at Wytheville, Va.. last Saturday for the killing of Commonwealth's Attorney William M. Foster. At a former trial he was found guil ty of murder in the second de gree for the killing of Juage Thornton KMassie. He is the second of the Allen clan to be convicted of first degree murder, his father, Floyd Allen, being the other. Greensboro News, July 28: With a membership of 550. the Guilford County Simmons club was organized Friday night at an enthusiastic meeting held m the Guilford courthouse. LUMBER RIVER IMPROVEMENT. Government Appropriation For Survey With View to Making Lumber River Navigable Means Much to This Section Senator iromons and Con gressman Godwin are to be Congratulated. Friday's dispatches from Wash ington carried the information that the river and harbor appro priation bill had passed both Houses of Congress. The appro priations for rivers and harbors in North Carolina are very liberal. The bill carries an appropria tion for a government survey of Lumber river from its mouth to the Turnpike bridge, between Scotland and Hoke counties in this State, for the purpose of se curing information as to the best methods and the approximate cost of making Lumber river navigable. It will be recalled that Senator Simmons introduced a bill for this purpose some time ago and afterwards Congressman Godwin introduced a similar bill in the House. Mr. Godwin's bill pass ed the House first and was then amended ,wjid pagsejjkbv, Sn$or Simmons in the Senate'. There ought to be rejoicing throughout Robeson and adjoin ing counties, through which Lumber river flows, on account of the prospect of improving Lumber river because it means so much to this section. The United States Government has pursued the policy of im proving rivers in other parts of the country, wherever as much as six feet of water could be obtained. In fact, the bill above referred to carries an appropria tion to secure a depth of six feet in Pamlico and Tar rivers in Con gressman Small's district. Lumber river is a much mo-e important river than thousands of others Which have been im proved in various sections of the United States, but for some rea son nothing has been done for its improvement since Hon. Alfred Rowland, member of Congress from this district, tecured an ap propriation for it about 25 years j It now appears that the work will go forward to completion. After the surveys and estimates are in, it win be in order to enter upon the work of deepening, straightening the channel and removing all obstructions in or der to obtain a proper depth. This work means much to this section. Besides giving Lumber- ton. Maxton and other points in the county lower freight rates, probably as low as Fayetteville enjoys, it will result m draining the county. Mr. J. E. rurcell, of Red Springs, and other civil engineers who have studied the subject say that Lumber river is the key to the drainage of Robeson county. Take a map of the county and it will be seen that nearly all the swamps and other natural drain- ways empty into Lumber river. The Republican party has spent billions of dollars on rivers and harbors in the North and West, but very little in the South. The last Democratic platform declar ed unmistakably for more liberal treatment for those projects throughout the county, including the South. With the advent of the Demo cratic party into full control of the Government the South may look forward to fairer treatment in the matter of appropriations. Other sections of the country have enjoyed these things to the detriment of the South long enough. The South pays taxes and should be treated fairly. Senator Simmons and Con gressman Godwin are to be con gratulated cn the success of their efforts. Democrats and progressives united again in the Senate on the 26th and passed the Democratic excise tax bill, extending the present tax on corporations, to the business of individuals, pri vate firms and co-partnerships. Attached to the measure, also by the aid of the Republican votes, were amendments for the repeal of the Canadian reciprocity law and a fixing of a $2 per ton tariff on print paper; and for the establishment of a permanent non-partisan tariff commission. LOCAL BRIEFS I Middling cotton today, 12 cents. Miss Beatrice Bagley of Clayton will begin teaching the Long Branch school, Britt's township, district No. 1, Monday of next week. The Seaboard Air Line will run an excursion to Portsmouth and Norfolk Tuesday of next week. The fare from Lumber ton will be $4.50. Mrs. A. J. Tinkham went Tuesday to Fayetteville, where she is undergoing treatment at Highsmith's hospital. She was accompanied by Dr. T. C. John son. Prof. J. R. Poole, county superintendent of public instruc tion, is attending lectures this week in New York at Columbia University. He will return home Saturday. In the advertisement in Mon day's Robesonian of a free round trip to Wilmington there were light mistakes in the spelling of the names of three merchants Messrs. Robert C. DeRosset A. O. Schuster and C. D. Maffitt& A petition is being circulated to have Mrs. R. M. Norment "ffp pointed postmistress to succeed her late husband and another petition is being circulated to have Mr. R. O. Edmund, who is assistant postmaster, appointed to fill this vacancy. Master Mack Fisher, one of The Robesonian's smart carrier boys, has been confined at the Thompson hospital since last Saturday with fever. Young Mack is a hustler whose sickness cripples The Robesonian and he just must get well soon. Mr. W. J. Mercer, of How ellsville township, was in town yesterday with the first sweet potatoes of the season. They were fine ones, just about a bushel he brought along to show that he had them. He dug them out of a patch three-quarters of an acre in size and he says that from that patch he expects to dig 300 bu.heli. East Lumberton Brevities. Reported for The Robeaonlan. Mrs. Frank Brisson is very sick, as is the case with many others. Mr. and Mrs. Craven West, who have been right sick, are improving. Miss Belle Cam eron, who had been confined to to her room for the past four months with rheumatic fever, is able to be out again. Mrs. Henry Taylor is on the sick list Mr. and Mrs. J. Fulton Phillips are visiting Mrs. Phillips' par ents, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Todd of Bellamy. The protracted meeting at Cedar Grove, in which Rev. D. L. Hewette of Shallotte did the preaching the past week, closed Sunday evening. Mr. Hewette greatly endeared himself to our people and every one was sorry when we came to the parting of the ways. Miss Belle Tyner of Raft Swamp visited the meeting and spent the greater part of two days with us. She delighted our people with a very excellent speech on woman's work and or ganized a Sunbeam Band with the following officers and leaders: Miss Emma Fleming, president; Miss Lucy Arnette, vice-president; Miss Eureka Pittman, sec retary; Master Willy West treas urer; Mrs. W. O. Blake and Miss Lizzie Arnette, leaders. Miss Tyner is doing a splendid work among the women and children of our association, and we heart ily commend her to the churches. Mr. E. C. Wooten of Clarkton rural route No 3, was a very pleasant caller recently at the pastor's home. The pastor enjoyed preaching Sunday morning and evening to splendid congregations. There were many visitors attendent upon both occasions, notable among whom was Mr. Oliver Nance of Rochelle, Ga. We are delighted with our church at East Lumberton and rejoice in the progress she has made. J. M. Fleming. The Laurinburg Exchangeaays that Scotland has shipped 750 cars of cantaloupes grown in the county during the season which closed last week, the largest shipment from the county ever known.
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