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Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cen VOL XLIII NO. 61. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1912. WHOLE NO. 2795 EattblUhed 1870. TAFTTTES AND MEESE CLASH. Republican Executive Commit tee Meet and Finds it Recently-Elected Chairman is a BullMoose-'Windy BilT'Hits it Up in Bull Moose Style Dove of Peace Seems to Have Flown and There'll Probably be a Warm Meeting Here Oc tober 1. A meeting of the county Re publican executive committee was held here in the court house yesterday afternoon -that is. a few of those that constitute this body assembled, about a dozen being present, but the number is nomdication that there was nothing doing; for this was a lively meeting. The meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock by Mr. W. K. Culbreth. chair man of the committee, and some thing like two hours were spent wrangling over one thing and another, nothing 0 f which amounted to much. In fact, all that was done as a result of the meeting was to authorize Mr. Culbreth to reconvene or recall the county convention, which recessed here some weeks ago subject to the call of the chair man. The time decided upon for the convening of the recessed convention is Tuesday, October 1st, and Chairman Culbreth was authorized to issue the call. It developed at this meeting that tht chairman, Mr. Culbreth, is a full-fledged"Bull Moose"and it also developed that he has a backing of quite a bunch of the "Meese". The Taftites were there and it was between these forces that the wrangling was carried on. Things waxed hot and "Windy Billy" that's Mr. Culbreth was like a whirlwind when he rose UD and told the boys that he was elected by the people and that he was going to serve the people or quit; and he finally did offer his resignation, but those present didn't think they had authority to accept or reject it so no action was taken, but several speeches were made in the interest of harmony and Deace. Dr. T. A. Normentmade a strong and eloquent appeal for harmonv. Thincrs cooled down somewhat and the meeting ad- ourned, but it would hardly be nv bad DroDhesy to predict tnat hat convention October 1st will fee a rouser provided, however, he whole thing does not die. Atths meeting Mr. W. ti. Kinlaw of Lumberton was elect- secretary of the executive :ommittee to serve for the next wo years. New Free Delivery Service to be Tried at Second and Third Class Postoffices. Lrhinjrton Dispatch. 17th. Postmaster General Hitchcock nrenarine to establish a limit- id free delivery service at post- Hices of the second and third ass. The experiments will ef- ct deliveries to nearly 30,000,- p6 people now obliged to call at fce local postoffices lor tneir ail. . . An nnnronnation of 100. 000 las made by Congress for exper- iental free delivery in small mmunities. the amount to be nended at any one office not to ceed $1,800 a year. Delivery carrier is conhned now to 1 A? A A es having a population oi ten ousand or more, or annual stal receipts of at least $10,- 0. In another dispatch it ia stated ht Lumberton is among tne lyns in which this limited free ivery service will De estaD- hed. Lumberton is entitled to e delivery anyway by reason receipts that have passed the ,000-a-yearmarK. Lublican National Committee hust Roosevelt Men. i York Dispatch. 18th. ho Reoublican national com- :tee today accepted the resig ions of its members from Min- bta, UKianoma ana umo ana lin-ori vacant the seats held hiembers from New Jersey, fct Virginia ana rturui arun- Lyho are Roosevelt supporters. cessors were named 10 retir- members irom UKianoma. New Jersey and North tilina. V" 1 , , . C. Duncan was elected 10 rA Richmond Pearson oi IN RE TAX COLLECTIONS. Pretty Well Collected Homer ing Hindrances t-inal Settle ment Will be Made Soon New Sheriff Will Land in Mid dle of Busy Tine. The county commissioners were in special session Monday checking up the tax books, but owing to the fact that some of the collectors have not returned their books final settlement could not be made with Sheriff E. C. McNeill. The taxes were found pretty well collected for the time of year, better than the com missioners expected to find them. The books were not put into the handaof Sheriff McNeill until the middle of last October, and then followed the drop in the price of cotton and later the or der restraining the sheriff from collecting taxes in Lumberton township until certain questions could be settled, which order af fected the collection of taxes all over the county, making it hard er to do any collecting all these things were hindrances, and the commissioners were well pleased with the showing made. Final settlement will be made as soon as all the books are returned. The insolvent list will not be as large as expected. Heretofore, under the fee sys tem, it has been the custom for the retiring sheriff to collect the taxes for the year beginning in October before the election of his successor in November, but under the salary system the sheriff is not paid a per cent of the taxes collected, as formerly, so Sheriff McNeill, at the expir ation of his term on December 1, will turn the tax books over to the sheriff who will be elected in November, which will of course be Mr. R. E. Lewis, the Demo cratic nominee. That is about the time of year when most tax es are paid, so Mr. Lewis prob ably will step right into the mid dle of the busiest time any sher iff of Robeson ever landed in the midst of immediately upon enter ing upon the duties of the office. President Ven able Makes Detail ed Statement of Death ot Young Rand to Executive Committee of the Universi ty. In the Governor's office in Ral eigh Monday President Venable presented a detailed statement of the oVtn or I. W. Rand of SmithfieKl on the 13th while he was being nszed by lour sopno- mores at tne university. I lie statement of Freshman Wellons, Rand's roommate, of the hazing and its result was to the etiect that after he had been made to sine and dance on a barrel Rand was made to perform the same stunts and that the barrel top pled over with him, with the re sult as alreadv stated. He did not indicate that the barrel was pushed over. The committee adopted resolutions expressing Drot'ound sympathy with the fam ily of the dead boy and deplor ing the cause of his untimely end. For several years convic tion of hazintr has been cause for explusion from the university. The four boys who were hazing Rand and Wellons when the former met his death A. H. Styron and W. L. Merrimon of Wilmington, R. W. Uldham of Raleigh and A. C. Hatch of Mount Olive have given bonds in the sum of $5,000 each and will be tried for manslaughter. The bond of young Styron, who is a ministerial student, was made up at Wilmington Sunday night. A Good Town and no Mistake. Mr. Wm. S. Norton, of the comptroller's office of the Metro politan Life Insurance Co., of New York, is spending today in Lumberton sizing up values here. His company has never made a loan in a town as small as Lum berton, but Mr. Norton had heard that this is a mighty good town and he stopped over to investi gate. He is of the opinion that his information as to this beinsr a good town is correct and there's no mistake about that Four hundred students had reeistered at Trinity College at the close of last week for the comincr vear and many others are emected before the end of the month. Of this number 178 note man EXHIBIT ROBESON'S PRODUCTS. Col. E. F. McRae, President of N. C Agricultural Society, Wants Some of the Wonder ful Products of Robeson Exhib ited at the State Fair. To th Editor of The Robasonian: As a citizen of Robeson I would like to see some of the wonderful products of the larg est and best county in the State on exhibition at the State fair in October. Valuable premiums are offered by the society for all kinds of products known to man, ranging from a blue ribbon to $300 in "coin of the realm". Now my dear reader, if you are interested get busy and write for "premium list" to the under signed at Maxton or Col. Joseph E. Pogue, Secretary, Raleigh. However, if you can't help with an exhibit, take a few days off and see what other sections of the State are doing. It will increase your pride for your State and be a week of pleasure besides. Yours truly, E. F. McRae Pres. N. C. Agricultural Society. Maxton, N. C. "Martha Wilson" U the Name Messrs. White & Gough Give Their Enfield Jersey Cow. Elsewhere in today's issue is told the story of how Messrs. White & Gough wired in seventy five plunks as their bid for a Jer sey cow that had been contrib uted to the Wilson campaign fund. Now look what else they have "gone and done", as told in yesterday's Raleigh News and Observer: "'Martha Wilson' is the name that Messrs. White & Gough of Lumberton have given to the Jersey cow presented to the Woodrow Wilson fund by S. Pope, of Enfield, sold last Sat urday at auction at Enfield. "The check for $75 00 came yesterday from White & Gough, and it was marked for 'Martha Wilson'. And that is a good name for a good cow. It is a winner. Messrs. White & Gough declare that all their section is enthusiastic for Woodrow Wilson and that they were glad to pay $75 00 for the Jersey cow to help elect the New Jersey Governor." She Will be Sold Again for the Wilson Campaign Fund. Miss Martha is on her way to Lumberton and is expected to arrive some time today, ine dear lady will be received with open arms by the entire force of clerks at White & Gough's, led by Messrs. White and Uough. And she will be sold attain. As soon as she gets here safely and has had time to rest up and primp up a bit she will be adver tised for sale again and the pro ceeds will go again to swell the Wilson-Marshall campaign fund. Watch for further news about "Martha." She is destined to cm rinwn in son? and storv. She is already famous, and will be more so before she gets through with her experiences in Lumber ton. v Death of Miss Blanch Phillips Af ter Ten Months of Su ff ering. Miss Blanch PhilRps, about 17 years old, died yesterday morn ins: at 8:30 o'clock at the home of her father, Mr. Eli Phillips, in the north-eastern part of town. She had been a sufferer for the past ten months from a growth in her throat. She had been car ried to the Charlotte sanatorium 6 different times by her father and eight operations had been per formed, but all that medical skill could do only afforded temporary relief. The last operation was performed three weeks ago. She had not been able to eat any solid food in six weeks. The funeral took place this morning at 10:30 o'clock and the remains were interred inMeadow Brook cemetery. The Men Who Succeed as beads of large enterprises are men of great energy. Success today, de mands health. To ail is to fail. It's utter folly for a man to endure a weak, run-down, half alive condition when Electric Bitters will put him right on his feet in short order. "Four bottles did me more real good than any other medicine I ever took," writes Chas. B. Allen, Sylvania, Ga. "After years of suffering with rheuniatism, liver trouble, stomach disorders and deranged kidney b, I am again, thanks to Electric Bitters, sound and well." Try them. Only 50c UNION MEETING. Robeson Baptist Association Holds Union Meeting at Ten Mile Church September 27 29. The union meeting of the Rob eson Baptist Association will be held at Ten Mile church Septem ber 27-29. The following pro gram is given: Friday. 10:30 a. m. Prayer, and praise service, conducted by J. M. Hes ter. 11. DO a. m. Sermon D. P. Bridges. 2:00 p. m. Granting church letters. Some defects in our pres ent plan J. W. Rowell, Frank Gough. 2:30 p. m. The duties of a min ister: (1) As a preacher; (2) As a pastor; (3) As a citizen J. J. Scott. R. L. Byrd, L. E. Tyner. 3:00 p. m. The call that comes from the harvest fields in our own State I. P. Hedgepeth, E. L. Weston. 3:30 p. m. Open conference. Saturday 10:00 a. m. Devotional exercis esconducted by D. B. Hum phrey. 10:30 a. ra. Baptism as a con fession of faith C H. Durham. 11:00 a. m. Sermon A. A. McClelland. 2:00 p. m. Can a missionary so ciety maintained in every church in our Association? W. O. Johnson, J. M. Fleming. 2:30 p. m. Is there danger of having too many small churches in the territory of our Associa tion? T. B. Justice, W. S. John son. , 3:00 p. m. The influence of our educational institutions on our denominational work S. Mcln tyre. R. A. Hedgpeth. 3:30 p. m. Open conference. Sunday 10:00 a. m. Song service and brief report from the Sunday schools represented. H:00a. m. Sermon - R. E. Sentelle. Committee. Count Nogi and Wife Kill Them selves as Final Tribute to De parted Emperor of Japan, Fol lowing Ancient Custom. Tokio Dipatch, 13th. Count Nogi. supreme military counsellor of the Empire and his wife Countess Nogi committed Buicide tonight in accordance with the ancient Japanese cus tom as a final tribute to their de parted Emperor and friend, Mutsuhito. The death by their own hands of the famous general and his wife was as dramatic as it was sad. The general cut his throat with a short sword and the countess committed hari-kari. Following the Samurai custom the couple had carefully pre pared their plans for killing themselves and timed them so that they would be co-incident with the departure forever from Tokio of the dead Emperor. General Count Nogi was a national hero in Japan. It was he who captured Port Arthur from the Russians in 1904 and as sured the success of his country in the batcie of Mukden. Republican Congressional Con vention Meets in Wilmington September 28. Mr. Irvia B. Tucker of White ville, chairman of the sixth dis trict Republican congressional executive committee, has issued a ca'l for the sixth district Re publican congressional conven tion to meet in the court house in Wilmington at 2 o'clock p. m., Saturday, September 28, for the purpose of nominating a Repub lican elector and candidate for Congress and transacting such other business as may come be fore the convention. John D. Archbald. Geo. W. Perkins and Colonel Roosevelt are to be asked by the Senate committee investigating cam paign contributions to produce any correspondence they may have pertaining to "financial transactions" between the first two men and members of Con gress, or between them and Mr. Roosevelt when he was Presi dent ' Feel languid, weak, ran down? Head ache? Stomach "off?" A good remedy is Burdock Blood iii tiers. AsjKjour arugglBX" rnce ji.w. Intemperance. To the Editor of The Robesonian. This subject can never be over drawn. I have been a lifelong advocate of temperance. I wore out the friends that I affiliated with it as long as a lodge could be kept up here in the country. I saw its rise and progress and was one of its members, McKen zie'a No. 144. I was a charter member. It did not do the good we would have liked to see but some of its members are still true to their obligations and on the whole it was a great benefit to the community. But since its dissolution there have been block ade stills set up in this section and many of the young men have been demoralized and not only this but the mail order houses in Virginia and elsewhere have been doing a vast deal of harm. Why, I was at a R. R. station a short while since and all along for 1-2 to a mile from the station I could see the cartoons by the road side. Shame on any nation when we pass prohibition 'Jaws that the people most still have the vile stuff shipped from other States to debauch and destroy the youth of our land. Many a man orders whiskey who is in great need of the necessaries of life and causes his family to suffer thereby. It's time, yes, high time, for.the people to rise up and say we will not have king alcohol to blight the homes of the poor women and children of our land and country. The f rre use of liquor in our campaigns is being criticised and rightfully too. If a candidate is not popular enough to be elected by the people without the aid of liquor, then I say he ought to stand aside and let one who is have the field. This doctrine may not suit some one, but I can only say, as Rev. Mr. Fairly did in a recent letter published in the Fayette ville Index, "If the cap fits, wear it." I heard a man say that those beer men in Fayetteville were as honorable as any in town. The past month of their dealings has shown to the country that this was not true. Let all the judges and so licitors do their duty and some of the violators of our laws will have to pull up their vile tents and move on. Let's have an hon est and honorable country end law-abiding citizens and when strangers come to our stores they can write back to their country men that North Carolina is the place to live and we will have a flow of immigrants of the right type into our good State, who will help build up the waste places in our fair Southland and old North Carolina will blossom as the rose, peace and prosperity will be seen on every hand. So mote it be. Uncle Sandy. Fayetteville, R. F. D. 8. Notices of New Advertisements. That big excursion to Rich mond runs Monday, September 23. W. I. Linkhaw has just receiv ed another load of mules and horBes. A barber shop that is trying to give the best service possible. Mr. Englishe Nye announces his candidacy for road commiss ioner, district No. 2. "A firm bargain and a right reckoning" White & Gough. Auction sale of residence and business lots in Maxton Septem ber 25. Farm at Tolarsville offered for lease. Dr. F. S. Packard, who visits Lumberton once each month, will be at the Waverly hotel Thursday, September 26. "Profitable employment" Vic tors Mfg. Co., Fayetteville. Useful articles on display in R. D. Caldwell & Son's hard ware department. Good Roads Meeting at Tar Heel Saturday, September 21. Mr. Z. V. Tolar, vice president of the Good Roads Association of Bladen county, asks The Robe sonian to state that there will be a good roads meeting at Tar Heel Saturday afternoon, September 21. A good crowd i3 expected and there will be good speaking. Everybody is invited. Five hundred Chinese soldiers were burned to death Tuesday, according to a dispatch from Pe king, in a forest fire started by a large force of Mon&glsreati, lfig from the Chinese. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Cotton today, 11 J cents. Mr. H. C. Boylin has greatly changed the appearance of the interior of his jewelry store on Elm street by putting in new show cases. "Forty five Minutes from Broadway", a musical comedy, will be the opening attraction of the season at the Lumberton op era house Wednesday, October 2nd. Mr. Woodberry Lennon, one of Lumberton's young attorneys, has taken the agency for the Equitable Bonding Co., which does an exclusive bonding busi ness. Miss Lula Jackson, of Lit tleton, arrived last week and is at the home of Mrs. Mollie R. Norment, where she has accepted a position as teacher of Mrs. Norment's three children. Miss Amelia Linkhaw, who nas charge of R. D. Caldwell & Son's millinery department, with her trimmers, Misses Beck and Frye, are making ready for a big opening Thursday and Friday of next week. A Woodmen of the World monument will be unveiled Sun day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the Boone cemetery on the Car thage road, about 4 miles from town, at the grave of the late Samuel Boone, who died nearly a year ago. AH camps within reach are cordially invited to be present. Mr. Archie Davis, who lives near old Kingsdale, had his left leg amputated just below the knee at the Thompson hospital this morning. He had tubercu losis of the foot of long standing. The operation was performed by Dr. N. A. Thompson and was very successful. Mr. A. W. McLean is in Raleigh today attending a meet ing, called by himself as chairman of the North Carolina finance committee of the Demo cratic national committee, of the members of the North Carolina advisory, press and finance com mittees of the national committee to be held at State Democratic headquarters this afternoon. A dispatch of the 17th from Maxton states that several nights ago while playing leap frog with friends Mr. Wayne Williams, teller of the Bank of Maxton, fell on the pavement and fractured his right arm. Mr. Williams was carried to Charlotte to have his arm dressed and while he is out now it is stated that he will not be able to return to his duties in some time. Mr. H. W. Boring, who re signed recently as cashier of the Bank of Lumberton to accept a similar position with the Fourth National Bank of Fayetteville, as has been mentioned in The Rob esonian, left the first of the week for his home at Gibsonville, where he will spend a faw days before entering upon his work at Fayetteville. There has been as yet no addition to the force in the Bank of Lumberton. Miss Blanch Bryant Becomes the Bride of Mr. Wilbur C. Boone. There was a beautiful home wedding yesterday at 11 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charley M. Bryant, who live two miles from town on the Eliz abeth road, when their daughter Miss Blanch became the bride of Mr. Wilbur Chestnutt Boone. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. W. Bradley, pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church, and was witnessed by only a few relatives and friends of the contracting parties. The bride was given away by her father and the groom enter ed the parlor, where the solemn vows were made, with his broth er, Mr. Chafin Boone, playing the part of best man. Immedi ately after the ceremony a sump tuous dinner was served, and in the afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Boone left for Mr. Boone's home, about four miles from town on the Carthage road. The happy couple have a host of friends who wish for them a long and happy life. Cheapest accident insurance Dr. Thomas' Eclectic OiL For burns, seaidsVwtrandnnnOTjreTWt gists sell it 5 and 50 cents. mXaiplina,
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