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VOL XLIII NO. 62. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1912. WHOLE NO. 279G
RED SPRINGS BUDGET.
College and Graded School
Opening Off for College
Personal Mention.
correspondence of The Robeaonlan.
Red Springs, Sept 20-The
town of Red Springs,always con
cerned in anything connected
with her college, is specially in
terested, just now, in the open
ing of school, and is glad to wel
come the large number of sweet
young- girls which every train for
the last two weeks has been
bringing in. Dr. Vardell and his
fine corps of teachers are busy or
ganizing, classifying, arranging
schedules, &c, doing all in their
power to make this year a suc
cessful one, realizing how much
depends on assigning to each
girl the work for which she is
prepared, thus giving her a good
start and preventing loss of time
by putting her at once "where
shebeltngs". The faculty, for
the most part, is the same as last
year's, there being fewer new
teachers than usual.
The graded school opened on
the 9th inst with quite a large
number of pupils enrolled. The
principal, Prof. Dowd, comes to
us most highly endorsed and has
made a fine impression on both
patrons and pupils. His assist
ants, with one exception, are la
dies who taught last year in the
school and whom we all know to
be "tried and true". '
Rev. R. W. Jopling. former
pastor of Red Springs Presbyte
rian church, has recently made a
short visit to his ' many friends
here. He seems pleased with
his far-a-way Texas home, and is
doing, no doubt, a noble work in
his new field, especially among
the large body of students of
Highland University, who attend
his church in Austin. He has
been using strenuous efforts to
ward raising funds for a new
church building there, and has
so far succeeded that in a few
weeks his committee will begin
; the erection of a church, the es
timated cost of which will be
$85,000. We can well congratu
late that congregation on having
secured such a consecrated pas
tor, and at the same time,
worker so wise and tireless.
Rev. John McEachern. who is
soon to leave home and friends
and enter upon missionary work
in Korea, is spending the last
few weeks before sailing with
his parents here. Rev. Edwin
Purcell. who graduated from Un
ion Seminary last spring, is also
visiting relatives here. He will
leave October 1st for New York
City, where he will spend a year
studying in the famous Bible
School of Dr. White. These two
bright young lives, consecrated,
as they are, to the Master's ser
vice, give promise of much use
fulness in their chosen profes
sionthe highest and best this
world affords that of the Gospel
ministry. Would that more of
our young men would be called
of God to this work, and would
respond as these have done!
Miss Annie Belle Williams left
Monday to enter St. Mary s Col
lege in Raleigh. Miss Genevieve
McMillan has entered Agnes
Scott College, as a student, for
the ensuing year.
. Miss Katie Brown has return
ed from the Northern markets,
and is opening up a most at
tractive line of millinery and no
tions. Miss Margaret Edens has re
turned from Rowland, where she
spent some days visiting friends
and relatives.
Mr. Thomas, a young pharma
cist of Roxboro, arrived x in town
this week to accept a position
with the Red Springs Drug Co.,
Mr. H. Grantham, manager.
Several of our young men have
left for college within the last
few days some to Davidson,
some to A. and M., others to
Chapel Hill.
Mr. Sid Edens, a former resi
dent of Red Springs but who has
been living in Hartsville, S. C,
for the last ten years, has decid
ed to return and cast his lot again
with friends of other days. We
welcome him and his excellent
family.
What We Never For act
according to science, are the things as
hociated with our early home life, such
as Bucklcn's Arnica Salve, that mother
r grandmother used to cure our burns,
boils, scalds, sores, skin eruptions, cuts,
sprains or bruises. Forty years' of
cures prove its merit. Unrivaled for
piles, corns or fcold-Bores. Only 25c'
at all druggists.
ROBESON FARMERS' UNION MEETING
County Meeting at ML Eliam
Meeting to be Held October
17 in Lumberton to Make Ar
rangements to Build a Cotton
Storage Warehouse An Ap
peal to Hold Cotton.
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
Without a doubt the county
meeting of the Robeson division
of the Farmers' Union which
was held at Ml Eliam Thursday
of last week, was the most en
thusiastic county meeting ever
held in Robeson. There was a
large crowd present, and every
thing was Union from start to
stop. The first thing on the pro
gram was a speech by our county
president, Rev. William Johnson.
This speech was a gem, and we
hope it will mean much to the
Union's betterment After the
speech a picnic dinner was
spread, which added much to
the life of the meeting. At the
afternoon session several impor
tant subjects were discussed.
A call meeting will be held in
the court house in Lumberton
Thursday, October 17, for the
purpose of making arrangements
to build a warehouse somewhere
in the county for storing cotton
and other things. We are ex
pecting State Organizer J. Z.
Green of Charlotte with us oi
that day, and it is very essentia!
that every Union man in the
county be present We have al
ready made arrangements where
by our members can store their
cotton in a bonded warehouse in
Charlotte, and borrow money
equal to what the cotton would
bring at this time, and cotton
will sell for enough more at any
time in Charlotte than it will
bring on our local markets to
pay all freight and storage ex
penses. But why not have a
warehouse in Lumberton or some
other place in the county? To
the farmers of Robeson the peo
ple who get least and deserve
most let me ask if with a 17,
000,000 bale crop last year the
price of cotton went up after
you had sold your crop, what will
it do with 11,000,000 bale crop?
It is a known fact that many
mills had to close this year after
a crop like last ear's. If this
be the case, what will be the
case after a crop like this
year's? In the name of God,
and in the interest of you and
your brother, let me ask you, it
you can nut hold all your cotton
to hold some. We long to see
the day when the profit in raid
mg cotton wi'i go to the man
who raises it and nut to the cut
throats of our country. Remem
ber that in holding your cotton
off the market you not only help
and benefit yourself, but the
whole Southland as well. Who
is it that made money on last
year's cotton crop? The man
that raised it and held and the
man who bought it and held it
Cotton will not lose in weight
stored in a warehouse, but gain;
and we will venture to say with
the present conditions existing-it
will not lose in price, but gain.
Expecting to see a large number
of interested farmers in Lumber
ton Thursday, October 17, at 11
a. m., we are, for the interest of
the farmer.
F. Grover Britt,
Sec.-Treas. Robeson Union.
Registration Books Open Octo
ber 3.
Raleigh Dispatch. 19th.
Attorney General T. W. Bick
ett has furnished to State Chair
man C. A. Webb of the Demo
cratic State executive committee,
an opinion construing the State
election law as to registration
books, holding that under the
law the registration books of
each precinct throughout the
State must be open for new
registrations of voters October
3 to October 23. Those who will
have to register are voters who
have changed residence and
those voting for the first time.
U. A. Smith. Bridgeton, Ind., had kid
ney trouble for years, and was so crip
pled with rheumatism he c mid not dress
without help. He started uain Foley
Kidney Pills, and sas: "i began to get
better at once, and now all my trouble
has left me and 1 do not feel mat I ever
had rheumati-tm. I rent well all niiiht
and tho' 59 years old. can now do the
work of a man of 3i years. I would
like to be the means of ohers getting
benefit from Foley Kidney Pills."
Refuse substitutes. For sale by all
dealers.
DEMOCRATIC TICKET DEFINED.
State Executive Committee De
fines Who is a Democrat
Ironclad Rule Adopted.
Raleigh Times, 20th
The most drastic action ever
taken by the State Democratic
executive committee was that of
early this morning, when the
committee by a vote of 32 to 23
passed the Hackett resolution
defining what shall constitute a
Democratic elector with reference
to voting in the senatorial pri
mary. The committee was to
gether to determine who shall
vote in the senatorial primary.
The resolution as adopted is as
follows:
"Resolved: That the words
'the Democratic ticket' as used
by the State Democratic conven
tion, with reference to the quali
fication of electors who shall
have a right to vote in the sena
torial primary be construed to
mean all nominees of the Demo
cratic party for office."
The committee unanimously
declined to authorize a joint can
vass between Hon. Locke Craig
and Hon. Thomas Settle, can
didates for Governor, and by a
large vote declined to pasa a
resolution offered by Mr. Walter
Clark, Jr., to have the names of
the three candidates for Senator
placed on the same ballot
The passage of the Hackett
resolution was not accomplished
by any faction of the committee,
for the Simmoms members of the
committee, as well as some of
those repressenting Governor
Kitchin and Judge Glark, were
divided on the proposition. The
wisdom of such a drastic resolu
tion was attacked vigorously by
loyal party men, but the desire
to satisfy the most exacting was
clearly manifest
CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
A Special Effort This Week
Local Talent Will Give a Min
strel Show to Help the Cause.
Local talent will give a minstrel
show about the 20th of next
month for the benefit of the Wilson-Marshall
campaign fund. The
proceeds will be turned over to
The Robesonian and will be sent
in by this paper. Keep that
minstrel show in mind. Tneboys
here have gotton up minstrel
shows in the past that had Al G
Fields' show backed off the
boards. The coming show will
be more than worth the pric
But you need not wait for that
show to contribute to this fund
Funds are badly needed right
1 !
away ana ne wno contri Duces
now contributes doubly. A spe
cial effort is going to be made to
raise funds within the next few
days and it is to be hoped that
liberal contributions will be ob
tained. Mr. A. W. McLean, who
had previously subscribed $50,
has increased his subscription to
$100. The list now stands:
A. W. McLean (in addi
tion to $50 already sub
scribed) $50.00
E. W. Stone, McDonald, 1.00
Dr. T. C. Johnson 1.00
Dr. Jno. Knox 1.00
M. W. Floyd 1.00
Previously acknowledged 79.50
Total
$133 50
Notices of New Advertisements.
A revolution in prices Jno. T.
Biggs Co.
Cotton handled on commission
Porter-Snowden Co., Charles
ton, S. C.
Put your harvest money in the
bank First National Bank.
The Liles-Nix Co.. "Charlotte's
authority on women's wear",has
a half-page ad in this issue. It
will pay your railroad fare to
Charlotte if you trade there. If
your town is not on the list your
fare will be figured just the same.
Bunch of keys lost.
John C. Stout, architect, Rocky
Mount, professional card.
Card of thanks. ,
J. B. McCormick has qualified
as administrator of the estate of
Elliot Fisher.
H. A. M' White has qualified as
administrator of Flora C. Fisher.
Millinery opening September
26 and 27 R. D. Caldwell & Son.
Miss Josephine Breece s milli
nery opening will be October 1
and 2.
CVfcw nnn SstKimo r? f Via air in air in trY
A- Ut BUIJ IbVUUIg . U BaiM waft av
rashes, chap, pimples, etc., try Doan
Ointment. 50c at all drug stores.
CHRISTIAN MCMILLAN
A Remarkable Woman from
Whom Perhaps Half the Peo
ple of Upper Robeson are De
scendedAn Appeal to Her
Descendants.
To the Editor of Tho Robesonian:
One hundred years ago there
was burried in tbe old McEach
ern graveyard, near MillProng.in
what is now Hoke county. Chris
tian McMillan, commonly known
by her descendants asCha-ris-Cbu-na
Bon, or "Fair Christian, "
the gaelic of which is spelled,
Chroidaidh. She and her husband,
Gilbert McMillan, settled near
there in 1770. and in 1772 her
husband died. They emigrated
from Argylshire, Scotland. She
lived a widow for forty years,
having raised a family consist
ing of seven daughters and one
son. The son, Archibald, mar
ried a Miss McArthur;Mary mar
ried John Gilchrist;Barbara mar
ried Angus McAllister; Mary,
Archibald Sellers; Flora, Daniel
McKay; Margaret John Taylor,
and afterwards T. McEwen; and
Christian, Samuel Brown. She
was a woman of strong person
ality, and exerted much influence
in her community and the sur
rounding neighborhood. During
the Revolutionary war, when
there were no physicians to be
had, she ministered to the phy
sical ailments of a large consti
tuency, reaching from Ash pole
to Longstreet The memory of
such a woman should be held in
grateful remembrance. She
practiced the homely arts of heaU
ing, the same as used by our
grandmothers with success and
efficiency, but which are now
rapidly going out of fashion by
substitution of the many differ
ent patent medicines and dopes
and cure-alls that now flood the
land. I should suppose that one
half of the people of upper Rob
eson are descended.directly or by
cognate branches, from this re
markable woman. The toomb
stones of Gilbert and Christian
McMillan are almost illegible by
the erosion of time, and if noth
ing is done to restore them to
their orginal status, they will soon
become intirely illegible.
The object of this communica
tion is appeal to the many de
scendants of these two people to
have erected to their memory
fresh memorials of their lives. A
few cents from each living de
scendant would furnish a fund
sufficient for that purpose.
Hon. Gilbert Patterson and
Judge McNeill are two of their
many lineal descendants, and I
hereby appoint them to take this
matter in hand and see the work
accomplished.
Snyder
Red Springs, N. C, Sept 18, '12.
BARNESVILLE NEWS BATCH
School Opens Band Organized
Two Sisters Married at Same
Time.
Comspondeiico of The) Robesonian.
Barnesville, Sept. 20 The
Barnesville school opened Mon
day, 16th, with Prof. Owens,
principal, and Miss Maud Kitter
of Buie's Creek, assistant. A
great school is expected. Mrs,
Heleu Powers and family have
taken charge of the dormitory.
We always welcome the new
comers.
The Barnesville band, which
was organized a month or two
ago and has been under the in
struction of Prof. Nelson for the
past month, played on the streets
the night of the 18th, and ren
dered a most beautiful serenade.
The boys did themselves credit
Misses Robie and Annie Har
den, sisters, of the Bloomingdale
section, were married Sunday,
the 8th, at the same place at the
same hour - but to two different I
men. Mr. Bill Hedgpeth was
married a few days previous.
Misses Bertha and Andrew
Barnes have entered Meredith
College.
Mr. T. J. Noblin, who had
been spending a few days with
relatives in Oxford, has return
ed home.
Miss Mary Pope of Lumberton
has been spending a few days
with Miss Martie Walters.
Antoine Peloria. Postmaster a' Gar
den, Mich., knows the exact facts when
he speaks of the curative value of
Foley Kidney Pills. He says: "From
my own experience I recommend Foley
r 1 1 - I M
Eiianey ruin, as a threat reuieujr ir
kidney trouble. My father was cured
of kidney disease and a good many of
my neighbors were cured by Foley Kid
ney Pills." For sale by all dealers.
I.&C. CLUB MEETING.
Committees Appointed to Take
up Free Mail Delivery and Ho
telMr. W. Lennon Succeeds
Mr. R. H. Crichton as Secre
tary-Treasurer.
At a meeting of the Industrial
& Commercial Club Friday eve
ning several matters of impor
tance were considered.
Messrs. W. Lennon. G. M.
Whitfield and J. P. Russell were
appointed a committee to take up
with the rostomce Department
Congressman Godwin and Sena
tors Simmons and Overman the
matter of free mail delivery for
Lumberton, not under the spe
cial experimental plan that is
proposed for second and third-
class postoffices but as a service
to which this town is entitled be
cause its receipts have passed the
$10,U0O-a-year mark.
Mr. J. B. Webster of Asheboro
asked the club to take up the
matter of building a hotel He
said he could put $5,000 or $6,000
into a hotel and wanted to know
what the town was willing to do.
Messrs. J. D. McLean. J. F.
French and G. M. Whitfield have
been appointed a committee by
President R. D. Caldwell to as
certain what can be done.
. Mr. R. H. Crichton, who has
been secretary-treasurer of the
club since it was organized,
tendered his resignation, which
was accepted, and Mr. W. Len
non was elected to succeed him
and he is to be allowed 10 per
cent of all collections for his
service. Mr. Crichton was al
lowed $50 for his services since
January 1st, 1911.
The club has surrendered the
room formerly occupied on the
second floor of the Lumberton
Cotton Mills office building and
now occupies the entire third
floor of this building. Its pros
pects seem brighter now than for
some time in the past
TOWN AFFAIRS.
Money to be Borrowed to Weed
Streets Pool and Billiard
Room Licensed Lloyd Roach
Elected Night Policeman Fire
Limit Changed.
At a meeting of the town com
missioners Thursday night Mr.
Lloyd Roach was elected night
policeman at a salary of $50 per
month to succeed the late Mr.
Gus Prevatt
Mr. Thomas A. Shepherd of
Wilmington was granted permis
sion to open up a pool and billiard
room and cigar stand, each table
to be taxed $25.
It was ordered that $400 be
borrowed to weed the streets.
Chief J. P. Townsend, of the
fire department was instructed
to investigate the use of hose
pipe and reels by private parties
and to have warrants issued for
such persons as he may find guil
ty. It is understood that some
persons have been using this part
of the equippment of the fire de
partment for private purposes.
An order was passed to the ef
fect that all salaried officers of
the town shall obtain permission
from the mayor or the commit
tee under which they work be
fore absenting themselves from
town.
The fire limit was changed
from Second street to the Sea
board railroad, to extend 75 feet
from the western edge of Elm
instead of 216 feet as formerly.
Fire Destroys Three Buidings at
Max ton.
Three brick store buildings in
Maxton belonging to Mrs. J. W.
Robbins were burned with their
contents early Thursday morn
ing. The fire started in the rear
of J. C. Wiggins' grocery store
and shoe shop. The total loss is
said not to exceed $3,000.
Speaks Well for Robeson.
Obarity and children.
In Robeson county there were
176 white teachers in attendance
at a teachers' institute recently
held in Lumberton. This speaks
well for old Robeson. For many
years education has been the one
public question of supreme im
portance in that splendid county.
Cbeapett accident insurance Dr.
Thomas' Eclectic Oil. For burns,
scalds, cuts and emergencies. All drug
gists sell it. 5 and 50 cents.
BRIEF SOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Cotton today 11.37 1-2.
The new local laundry turn
ed out its first work last week
and it was said to be first class.
Rev. T. P. Noe, an Episcopal
minister of Wilmington, will
preach tomorrow evening at 8
o'clock at the Presbyterian
church.
The white-colored excur
sion to Richmond left here this
morning about 7:30 o'clock with
a good crowd. It took on passen
gers as far as Hamlet.
There will be a lawn party
and ice-cream supper at the
school house at Alma Wednesday
night of this week for the bene
fit of the school. Everybody is
invited.
-Mr. C. S. Edergton. of
Louisburg, and Mr. J. D. Smith,
who lives near St Paul, hare ac
cepted positions as salesmen for
Mr. W. J. Prevatt general mer
chant Both began work last
week.
-'Tom Kippur,"or "Day of
Atonement" was observed by
Lumberton Hebrews, as else
where throughout the world,
from Friday evening to Saturday
evening, their places of business
being closea Saturday. Services
were conducted in the synagogue
by Rabbi J. Goldstein of Char
lotte. There were about twenty
out-of-town Jews here to cele
brate this imDortant day in the
Jewish calendar.
The management of the local
opera house has had some
changes made in the stage dur
ing the past week which will
mean much for the business, in
the Dast it has been impossible
for large shows to use their
scenery here on account of the
size of the stage, but it is now so
flrrftnered that anv of the lanre
shows that come South can be
staged all right
Mr. Ellis Miller, who lives
near Fairmont was a Lumber
ton visitor Frida He has been'
a subscriber to The Robesonian
ever since it was started by Mr.
McDiarmid and says he and his
family always enjov it and could
not iret along without it. He
thinks that the wav to helo the
editor get out a good paper is to
keen vour subscription naid ud.
and he is certainly right about
that
Mr. Ira Mullis, civil engineer.
will leave some time this week
to attend the American Road Con
gress, representing the American
Association for Highway Im
provement and affiliated bodies.
which will be held in Atlantic
City from the 30th inst to Oc
tober 5. Mr. Mums has been ap
pointed by Governor Kitchin as
one or three delegates from this
congressional district. Dr.
Joseph Hyde Pratt State Geologist-will
be one of the speakers
at this congress.
-Mrs. J. M. Whitted of Dur-
ham gave a demonstration of.the
Cameron steel range, made by
the Cameron Steel Range Co. of
Richmond, Va.. at the depart
ment store of Messrs. R. D.
Caldwell & Son four days last
week, leaving for her home Sat
urday. This is Mrs. Whitted's
third visit here. The ladies were
delighted with her demonstration
of the cooking qualities of this
range, this demonstration being
really lectures on domestic sci
ence. Several ranges were sold
to those who saw its plan of
working as demonstrated by
Mrs. Whitted.
Mr. Henrv L. Pope, son of
Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Pope, began
work Saturday as pharmacist for
the Pope Drug Co. He was
graduated in pharmacy at the
University of North Carolina and
has had ten years practical ex
perience. For the past two
years he has been manager of
the Greene drug store of Spar
tanburg, S. C, which position he
resigned to accept the posi tion
here. Mr. Ernest Porter, who
had been filling the place tem
porarily, returned Saturday to
his home in Concord. The trade
that was made partially some
time ago with Mr. O. E. Frank
lin of Charlotte, who was expect
ed to arrive last week, as men
tioned in The Robesonian, was
not consummated.
Feel languid, weak, ran down? Hoac
ache? Stomach "off?" A good remedy
is Burdock Blood Bitters. Ask your
druggist. Price $ 1.00.