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1 E ROBESON JU Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copte Pi VOL XLHI NO. 63. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26. 1912. WHOLE NO. 2797 T WILSON'S CANDIDATE WINS Bom Jim Smith Defeated by Candidate of New Jersey Gov ernor Endorsement of Wil son. Newark, N. J., Dispatch. 25th, That Governor Wilson won a sweeping victory in the New Jer sey primaries was evident from returns received here early to day. In his fight to prevent the nomination for United States Senator of former Senator James Smith, Jr., Governor Wilson car ried the State by a plurality of nearly 20,000, winning in every county except Essex, the strong hold of the Smith forces. Returns from 511 of the 1.799 districts in the State gave Repre sentative William Hughes, the Wilson Senatorial candidate, 17, 020 votes to 1,750 for Smith. Even Essex county, which in cludes the city of Newark, did not pile up for Senator Smith the overwhelming vote which he had expected to receive from his neighbors and townspeople. With a few districts missing, the vote in Essex showed Smith only about 4,000 ahead of his oppo- Hudson county with an indicated Hughes plurality of . 8,000 and Mercer county with a Hughes plurality of 1,600. The Morning Star, owned by Mr. Smith, conceded the election of Hughes. Later the Wilson candidate issued the following statement from his home in Pat erson: "The vote is an absolute en 1 dorsement of the policies of Gov ernor Wilson. Oo this basis I submitted my candidacy to the people and he supported me ad mirably. The victory for Wood row Wilson seems now assured at the November election. ' ' American Marines to Compel Reopening of Dominican Cus tom Houses Closed by Revolu tionists. Washington Dispatch. 24th. A torce of Yo0 American ma rines under Colonel F. J. Moses, will sail from Philadelphia Fri i day on the transport Prairie, for San Domingo to compel the re opening of Dominican custom houses along the border of Haiti closed by revoluuoniais. Au thority for thn step was given by President Taft today after a conference with Acting Secreta ry of the Navy Beekman Win throp between Washington and JNfew York in the private car on v hich the President was return ing to Beverly. The Prairie will arrive at the island about October 3 and plans for ihe disposition of the ma rines will depend entirely upon conditions existing at that time. Under the Dawson treaty of 1907 between the United States and the Dominican republic, the United btates is responsible for the collection and distribution of Saa Domingo's customs dues. Heretofore this has been accom plished peacefuHy, but rebels op- rating from Haiti have now dosed all four of the border cus toms poets. Whatever force that may be k.ecewary will be usd by the marines to reopen the posts and ontinue their orderly operation. jOhio Farmer Prospectors Satis fied With Eastern Carolina. sleigh Special. 24th,. to Charlotte Observer. Secretary Elias Carr of the Rtate Department of Agriculture 3 just back from accompanying party ot Zb Uhio farmers on a brospecting trip through the black drained-soil sections of astern Carolina, and says that he entire party was enthusias- ic and that probably a majority f them will locate in this State. They declared themselves con inced that the North Carolina oils they inspected are three Is 1 I 1 Junes as productive as sous mat re avanauie 111 wuiu. Mr. Carr believes that more han 10 per cent, of the farmer rospectors who come into this tste as home seekers will locate ere. Don Laws, editor of The llowjacket of Wilkes county, nominated for Congress by n Ll. .i il iL ke KepuDiicans 01 me sevemn stijct to oppose Congressman . NJ Page at a meeting of rep senWives of 7 of the 13 coun- Ie9 OJC me aistrici in ijexington the 20th mst Mr. Laws says k will not make the race. fnfli II III Vl 1 I It t INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICES MERGED President Taft Issues Executive Order Merging South Carolina District With Eastern District of North Carolina. t Washington Special. 24th. to Charlotte Obserrer. Carrying out a provision of the new legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. Presi dent Taft today issued an execu tive order for the merging of the South Carolina internal revenue district with head office at Colum bia with the eastern district of North Carolina with headquarters at Raleigh In ordering retrenchment at the last session of Congress the Democrats inserted in this bill a clause providing for the reduction of the number of internal reve nue districts from 68, the present number, to 64. The bill reduced the appropriation for the internal revenue offices $50,000. The se lection of thh i-ffict;;. to be abolish ed was let t tc the President. The executive ord.jr riao'j pub lic today de8i"tciTed the S w.h Carolina district, the fourth at Dallas ami the fourth district of California at San Francisco three dis nets to be abolished. The fourth "sacrifice" is vet to! be decided upm. The fourth or eastern North Carolina district is to retain its title and Wheeler Martin of Williamston, the collector, will hold his job. The collector of South Carolina is the man who is to lose out. Agents have already been sent to the three districts named to check up the offices' ac counts and effect the mergers. It is stated that the field col lection forces are to be maintain ed and that a stamp clerk will be appointed in each of the four dis tricts abolished. Only the col lectors and their office forces will be affected by the order. It is estimated that these mer gers will result in the saving t f about $10,000 The other $40.- 000 demanded by the new law will be obtained by reductions in the forces of other collection dis tricts. To Extend Civil Service to Fourth Class Postmasters. Washington "Dispatch. 23d. It was practically decided to day that President Taft in the near future Will issue an execu tive order placing all fourth- class postmasters in the classi fied service. This order, reliev ing 36,038 postmasters from the uncertainty of political appoint ment, will be one of the most comprehensive and far-reaching, as affecting the civil service, ever issued by a President of the United States. In the entire country there were 49,072 fourth-class post masters at the end of the last fiscal year. By executive order issued in July, 1908, President Roosevelt placed all the post masters of the New England States and of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, In diana, Michigan and Wisconsin in the civil service a total of 13, 634. Those still without the sj?mceflurab6J13a YOU HAVE TO GO FOR THE PLEASURE OF THE HA2ERS Ct THE HAZERS J P ML Ok( - ' SIMMONS SPEAKS HERE OCTOBER 3. Senator Simmons Will Speak in Lumberton Thursday of Next Week Will Give an Account of His Stewardship Judge Clark Speaks Here October 7 Mr. W. CJH&immer Speaks in Rowland Tomorrow. Senator Simmons will speak in Lumberton Thursday of next week, October 3, at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Senator Simmons is making Democratic speeches about over the State, filling appointments made for him by the State Dcm ocratic chairman, but his ap pointment in Lumberton was made for him by his friends here and he has been invited to give an account of his stewardship, which he will do. It is to be hoped that the Sen ior Senator will be givsn a good crowd here. He has a hoet of warm supporters in Robeson founty who want to hear him, and those who disagree with him f.bout some questions are also cordially invited to hear him on this occasion. It is especially de sired that there be a large crowd f farmers and laboring men, for the Senator will explain some things he has done for them and some things that he is laboring to have done. Come out and hear the man who is the real leader of the United States Senate, a Senator of whom North Carolina ought to be proud. Judge Walter Clark will speak in Lumberton Monday, October 7, at 12 o'clock, noon, at the court house in the interest of his candidacy for the United States Senate. Chief Justice Clark is not neg lecting his duties and is malting speeches only on days when his presence is not required in Ral eigh. He will no doubt be given a good crowd hera. Solicitor W. C. Hammer of Asheboro, editor of the Asheboro Courier, will sppak at Rowland tomorrow at the big industrial celebration in honor of the com pletion of the Maxton & Alma Southbound Railroad. Mr. Ham mer will speak by appointment of the State Democratic commit tee. He is one of the strongest speakers in the State, with a voice that it is worth going miles to hear, and those who can hear him ought not to miss the oppor tunity. Mr. Archie Britt of ML Eliam Passes. Reported for The Robesonian. Mr. Archie Britt died this morning about 4 o'clock at his home near ML Eliam. His health had been bad for more than a year and his death was not un expected. He served in the Civil War, and was about 80 years old. Mr. Britt was one of Robeson's most respected and honored citizens. The interment will be made in the family cem etery near Orrun tomorrow. Deceased was an uncle of Messrs. W. J. and E. J. Britt of Lumberton.-,,., . . . MILLINERY OPENINGS. R. D. Caldwell & Son's Opening Today and Tomorrow Miss Breece's Opening Next Week. Today and tomorrow are the opening days of the fall season for the millinery department of R. D. Caldwell & Son's big de pariment store. This depart ment is under the management of Miss Amelia Linkhauer, and with her trimmers, Misses Beck and Frye, she has hats display ed after a manner that is at tracting crowds and many of the fancies are being sold. As to sizes for this season, ladies will have the good pleasure of suit ing their taste without being out of harmony with the styles. Large, medium and small hats will be worn. The "Titanic", "Her Majesty" and "Georgette" are names of a few of the new creations that are attracting much attention. The colors are bronze, fuchia, oyster gray, the ruby shade and that flower known as the "Black Prince", which is the darkest red rose that blos soms. Many of the hats are sail or shapes and close fitting. Miss Josephine Breece's open ing will be Tuesday and Wednes of next week. A Severe Wind and Rain Storm Many Trees Blown Down South of Lumberton. A severe wind and rain storm visited this section Monday night between 1 and 3 o'clock. Dur ing the 24 hours ending Tuesday morning at 6 o'clock the rainfall was 2.32 inches, and most of it fell during the period of the heavy fall, within two hours. No special damage was done in town, except that the top was blown off a barn at the home of Mr, Geo. Wishart, First and Cedar streets. Lumberton was not in the path, however, of the heaviest wind. This did most damage, so far as has been learn ed, at w hat is known as the Wat son place, now owned by Mr. Irvin Jenkins of Lumberton, 4 miles south of town. On this place many trees were blown down. A tree was blown down on a house belonging to Jno. Powell, colored, in the same neighborhood, but no damage re sulted. This small cyclone seem ed to go from south to north. It blew down a few trees at Mr. J. H. McNeill's, about 2 miles west of town, one of the trees blown down being an old land mark, a hickory tree that had stood on the place a hundred years or more. About a dozen oaks were blown down on the place of Mr. D. B. McNeill, j ust east of Mr. J. H. McNeill's. The rainfall was extremely heavy in other sections of the county and some cotton was beaten out. It was reported that the bridge across Lumber river at Mr. J. H. McNeill's was blown away, but Mr. McNeill says that is not true, that the bridge was not damaged at all. Feel languid, weak, ran down? Head ache? Stomach "off?". A good remedy is Burdock Blood Bitters. Ask your WILSON CAMPAIGN FUND National Committee Badly in Need of Funds It Takes an Enormous Amount of Money to Pay Legitimate Expenses If You Want Good Govern ment Help to Pay for It $1,000 Expected of Robeson County. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party. It takes an enormous amount of money to pay the legitimate expenses of a presidential cam paign, and it is impossible to elect a President without this expense a merchant might as well expect to sell goods by put ting them under lock and key and whispering it down a well. The fight to elect Gov. Wood row Wilson President is a fight to restore the government to the people. If you are interested in this fight you ought to help to the extent of your ability to give. Mr. A. W. McLean, chairman of the finance committee for this State, sent out 50 telegrams last Saturday to 50 men in North Carolina asking each of them to give $100. Up to yesterday af- - . irvtinlun 1if DU ICU. VCU I CLMICD from 16 of these men, pledging $100 each. Up to date Mr. Mc Lean's committee has raised something over.$3,000. But not very much of this money has come from Robeson county, which is expected to raise $1,000. With the contri butions acknowledged below The Robesonian has acknowledged the receipt of $168 50. Most of this has been subscribed by Lumberton men. What has been contributed through other chan nels will hardly bring the amount up to $300. It is getting along toward the shank of the cam paign. If 'tis to be contributed then 'twere well that it be con- trihuted quickly. The contributions acknowledg ed below, with the exception of the three first named, who handed their dollar to the editor on the street, were secured by Mr. L. T. Townsend, who has been making a personal canvas of the town this week. Mr. Townsend has been promised other contributions, which will be acknowledged later. This will be sent in this week and in due time each contributor will receive a receipt from the national treasurer. But this does not close contri butions by a long shot. Bring or seed in your contribution and show your faith by your works. This is a good list that follows, honored by having in it a woman, Miss Josephine Breece, a good business woman who knows a good thing when she sees it and has picked a winner in Wilson. W. S. Wishart $ 1.00 L. R. Varser J. D. McLean L- T. Townsend S. F. Caldwell K. M. Barnes A. T. Parmele Dr. B. W. Page Gerald Pittman P. Q. Weatherby E. C. McNeill W. F. French R. McA. Nixon E. B. Freeman C. B. Skipper E. L. Hollo way Miss Josephine Breece C. M. Barker I. L. Pope A. Weinstein Dr. N. A. Thompson Geo. G. French H. H. Anderson Dr. W. L. Grantham Irvin Jenkins W. Lennon W. O. Thompson A. H. Prevatt E. B. McMillan H. Engleman W. C. Townsend. Lowe, G. M. Whitfield Jno. P. McNeill Jno. .H. McNeill Previously acknowledg ed 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 .50 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 .50 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 , 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 133.50 Total $168.50 Sparks Circus Coming. John H. Sparks' circus will be in Lumberton Saturday, October 19. Mr. F. M. Heaton, general advance representative for the show, spent Monday in town making contracts and paving the way for the coming of the circus. Sparks' shows have visited Lum berton before and they always pult-a good erowdf- BRIEF SOCAL NEWS ITEMS Cotton today, Hi cents. The county commissioners are holding a special session to day to make settlement with the sheriff for last year's taxes. Mr. Henry Thompson, of Wilmington, has accepted a posi tion in Messrs. Caldwell & New kirk's garage on Chestnut street He began work yesterday. Mrs.H. McE, McMillan went this morning to Raynham to see her mother, Mrs. Charity Town send, who since Tuesday has been very ill. Mrs. Townsend is 86 years old and it is feared that ber illness is serious. Mr. Frank Gough's suit against the county commissioners to recover 10 per cent increase of taxes in Lumberton township was set for a hearing before Jus tice Jno. A. Rowland here today but has been continued until Sat urday of this week. The singing class of the Ox ford orphanage will give a con cert in the opera house here on the evening of October 4, begin ning at 8 o'clock. These chil dren aiwavsgive ovl cert 'and they are arwayl greeted"" by a large crowd here. Mr. Arthur D. Davis, lof Florilla, Ala., is in town today. Mr. Davis was reared at St Paul and lived in Lumberton for a number of years, having left here about 20 years ago. He says that a wonderful change in the appearance of things in this section has been brought about since he went away. Rev. C. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church, will begin Sunday morning a series of sermons on "The meaning of discipleship " The entire series will be based on the first chapter of the Gospel by John, verses 38 to 51. The sermon Sunday will be on "The seriousness of disci pleship," Scripture, "What seek ye?" John 1:38. -Chief J. P. Townsend, of the local fire department has received a letter from State Fire Insurance Commissioner Young asking aid in the observance of Fire Pre vention Day in Lumberton. This day will be Wednesday, October 9. the day of the great Chicago fire. The proper observance of this day will mean the saving of thousands of dollars to the town. Mrs. A.E. Baker, of Lynch burg, Va , arrived yesterday and is a guest at the home of Mr.and Mrs. C. B. Skipper. She will be here several days visiting among friends. This is her first visit to Lumberton since leaving here two years ago, at which time her husband. Rev. Mr. Baker, re signed the pastorate of the Lum berton Presbyterian church to accept a call to Lynchburg. The committee of the Indus trial and Commercial Club ap pointed last Friday night to go after free mail delivery, as mentioned in Monday's Robeson ian, is not letting any grass grow under its feet. It has begun work with determination to ac complish whatever it is possible to do along this line and it will doubtless be ready to make a re port soon. -Rev. W. M. Ratliff, colored, president of the United States Southern Rescue Home and In dustrial School of Bennettsville, S. C, has been in Lumberton this week in the interest of his work. He reports success here. It is claimed that this school is doing a good work rescuing that class of humanity that has been neglected and from which most criminals come. For the benefit of the school children, who are kept from at tending the picture show during the week on account of their studies, the management of the Pastime theatre has changed the "Pathe Weekly" pictures from Thursday to Friday night and tomorrow night Pathe No. 21 and the Katzenjammer Kids will be shown. These pictures will be in addition to the regular 2 reel service. Prices as usual. John W. Bolton, a prominent member of the Fayetteville bar, was found dead in his home in Fayetteville Tuesday morning. He was apparently well when he retired but a severe pain in his head caused him to rouse J his wife about midnight He is sur vived by his wife and a small sonr
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