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ROBESONIAN Established 1870. Country, God and Truth, Single Copies Five Cent VOL XLIII NO. 65. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1912. WHOLE NO. 2799 ANOTHER REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Chairman Culbreth and His Crowd Pull off a Lively Con vention, Most of the Liveli ness Being Contributed by a Taft Republican Efforts Made to Form New Party Failed Convention Declared itself Regular Republican but Endorsed Roosevelt and John sonA Full Ticket Nominat-ed-A Mixed-Up Affair. All signs pointed to a lively time at the convention Tuesday of the Republicans of Robeson county, or the Bull Meese of Rob eson county or Bull Moosers, whichever you prefer which ever it might turn out to be, and this is one time when all signs did not fail Some 20 men were present The convention lasted 3 hours and from the time it was called to order at 1 o'clock p. m. by Mr. W. K. Culbreth, for the space of two hours or more for the life of him no man might say whether it was a straight Taft Republican convention or a Roosevelt Pro gressive party convention. It was just one motion after anoth er, discussion after discussion which got nowhere at all, dog fall after dog-fall between those who wanted to call it a Taft Re publican convention and those who had decided thsy cu!d net vote for Taft but would vote for Roosevelt, Bpite'n.but still claim ed to be faithful Republicans. For the space of two hours or more confusion worse confound ed reigned and then right under one's nose, while one watched every move closely, it suddenly, in most bewildering manner, voted itself a Republican conven tion, immediately thereafter vot ed to endorse the candidacy of Roosevelt and Johnson for Presi dent and Vice President, imme diately thereafter quieted down and sobered up, so to speak not -referring at all to any sobering from effects of "the old familiar juice" and then proceeded to the nomination of a full ticket. It was the most confusing situa tion that any reporter ever tried to keep track of, and in record ing what took place it is necessa ry, in order to give the reader a clear understanding, to go back and review things a bit. To begin, then, at the begin ning: On August 31, last, the Repub licans of Robeson county met in the court house in Lumberton and elected Mr. W. K. Culbreth of Raft Swamp township some times referred to in this album of song as "Windy Billy": not in derision, mind you, for he is a worthy exponent of Republican ism in Robeson county: as a term of endearment, rather elected Mr. Culbreth chairman and also elected certain delegates to the Republican convention at Char lotte, and recommended that cer tain ones be endorsed as candi dates for certain offices. All of which was duly recorded in The Robesonian at the time. All was harmony and peace and love. There was no hint of the storm that was brewing. Mr. B. F. McLean of Maxton, at that time secretary of the county Republi can executive committee, presid ed at that convention, the form er chairman, Mr. S. A. Edmond, having recently died. That con vention did not adjourn but re cessed, subject to the call of the chairman. So. Shortly after the Republican State convention met in Char lotte on September 4 last a meet ing of the county Republican ex ecutive committee was held in Lumberton. At that meeting some one sprung the parliamen tary rule that the newly-elected chairman, Mr. Culbreth, did not have authority to reconvene the recessed convention of August 31 but that that power resided alone in the chairman who pre sided. Mr. McLean. Also as re ported at the time this true chronicler of events, Mr. Culbreth submitted a few remarks to the effect that he would not be run over and dominated by a few Federal of ficeholders, and would resign. The committee decided that it did not have power to accept the resignation but empowered Mr. Culbreth to reconvene the con vention, when the whole matter would be decided. At this meet ing Mr. W. H. Kinlaw was elect ed secretary. On the heels of thi3 Mr. B. F. McLean called the convention to reconvene on the 27th ult. Mr. Culbreth called the convention to reconvene October 1, and added as a postscript that those who favored the rule of a few Feder al officeholders would attend the meeting of September 27, but that those who favored the rule of the people would attend the convention of October 1. On the 27th ult., as recorded in Monday's Robesonian, the con vention called to reconvene by Mr. McLean was held, it was voted to depose Mr. Culbreth, Mr. W. J. Currie of Maxton was elected chairman, Mr. B. F. Mc Lean was elected secretary, the nominations recommended at the first convention were endorsed, and an advisory committee waB appointed to fill out the ticket. A detail omitted in the account of last Friday's convention as re ported in Monday's Robesonian was as follows: A Robesonian re porter, having searched diligent ly for the convention at the noon hour, when he had been advised it would meet, but without Aid ing it, dropped into the court house about 2:30 p. m. on the chance of finding out something and found the convention in progress in the petit jury room. Mr. W. H. Kinlaw was wind ing up a speech and from hit closing remarks the reporter fathered-that ha was advocating going into the election of a chair man. This was not correct. Mr. Kinlaw was explaining that if it was true, as reported, tkat Mr. Culbreth had gone over to some other party, then it would be necessary to elect another chair man,but he advised caution, in vestigation, certainty of ground, etc. Mr. B. F. McLean explain ed that at the Charlotte conven tion he had been given some badges by State Chairman More head with the understanding that they were to be given only to straight Taft Republicans, it be ing understood that there were some delegates from Robeson who were not Taft Republicans. He offered one to Mr. Culbreth on that condition and Mr. Cul breth refused to accept, going away, it was presumed, to at tend the convention of the Roose velt Republicans. Therefore he assumed that Mr. Culbreth was not a Taft Republican. Dr. T. A. Norment then reviewed brief ly the action of the first conven tion and the meeting of the ex ecutive committee. He said that when some one pulled on Mr. Culbreth the parliamentary rule that only the chairman of the first convention had power to re convene that convention, Mr. Culbreth swelled up, got red in the face, said he would not be dictated to or dominated, et cetera, and that while he had be fore that been in favor of any thing that was for harmony, since Mr. Culbreth had acted like he had he was in favor of nomi nating a straight Republican ticket. This convention was com posed of only eight Republicans. Which brings us down to the convention held Tuesday, called by Mr. Culbreth. In calling the convention to order Mr. Culbreth said it was a critical time great dissatisfac tion an inclination to force peo ple to do things here in our coun tydeplorable condition want to devise some way to lighten our burdens fighting for good government and betterment of conditions hoped all would be harmonious. The roll of townships was call ed by Secretary Kinlaw. WKen Britt's was reached and Mr. S. L. Parker responded as delegate Dr. T. A. Norment wanted to know if a Democrat was allowed to be a delegate, that Mr. W. S. Britt had declared that Mr. Par ker had voted every man he could in the Democratic primary last August. Parker said it was a lie. Dr. Norment said Mr. W. S. Britt had said that that was a fact and for Parker not to call him a liar. Parker said that he had said that it was a lie, with all due respect to Norment Dr. Norment walked up and down, said he had W. S. Britt's word for it, and not to call him a lie. Looked like a hot-hot time, but nothing doing. Mr. Pat McEachern of Smith's township moved that they elim inate name Republican and sub stitute Progressive. Before this motion received a Continued on page four SENATOR SIMMONS ENTHUSIASTI CALLY WELCOMED TO LUMBERTON Senator Simmons was enthusi astically greeted at the Seaboard station last evening when he arrived from Wilmington and a steady stream of people visited him at the Waverly hotel this morning.' As The Robesonian goes to press he is speaking at the court house. TOWN AFFAIRS. Sanitary Ordinance Amended Special Police Officer and Street Foreman Elected Join Firemen's Association Other Matters. The town commissioners held their regular monthly meeting Tuesday night in the office of the mayor. Town Attorney Lee was in structed to take such steps as may be necessary to collect money due for street and side walk paving and cemetery lots. The sanitary ordinance was amended so as to reduce from 100 to 75 feet the distance with in which a property owner may maintain a surface closet with regard to his own residence, the distance remainipg 100 feet as regarding any other property &a formerly. Thus a step backward was taken. Mayor Caldwell was instructed to see that the sani tary Ordinance is enforced and to require that all connection be made as provided in the ordin ance. Dr. Rowland Dees was allowed a rebate of $10, veterinary lic ense tax already collected. F.L. Prevatt was elected speci al police officer and street fore man at a salary of $50 per month. The order made at a recent meeting that license be granted T. A. Shepherd of Wilmington to open a pool and billiard room here was reconsidered and the permit was revoked. The superintendent of the wat er and light department was in structed to have all water hyd rants repaired which may be re ported by the chief of the fire de partment. It was ordered that a cluster light be placed near the Clark hotel, on the corner of First and Pine streets. Members of the fire depart ment were authorized, at the in stance of Chief J. P. Towsend.to join the State Firemen's Associ ation, the town to pay iniation fees and dues not to exceed $15. By doing this the town gets back one-half of 1 per cent of premi ums paid to foreign insurance companies and members are also entitle to other benefits. Superior Court. The time of the superior court. Judge Jas. L. Webb presiding, has been taken up since yester day morning, until noon today, when the case went to the jury, with the case of the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co. vs. J. W. McKay, a suit for balance of pur chase money for a traction en gine. 11.774 and interest from April, 1906. Mr. McKay, who lives near Rowland, just across the State line, in South Carolina, is represented by the firms of Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proctor and McLean. Varser & McLean. The suit was contested on the ground of fraud. Mr. Dorman Thompson and ex-Lieut Gov. W. D. Turner of Statesville repre sent the plaintiff. Divorces have been granted in the following cases: Ernest Pit man vs Sarah Pitman; Mary Carter vs Charles Carter; Willis Locklear vs Maggie Locklear. In M. B. Sutton vs J. R. Steele, Sutton was given a judgement for $925, and he obtained about $700 of that amount from the City Barber Shop, which he attached. Tent Meeting at Flowers' Cross ing. A tent meeting will begin at Flowers' Crossing next Sunday, the 6th inst It will be conduct ed by Revs. W. O. Williams of Fort Mead, Fla., and J. L. Mitch ell of Bessemer, Ala. Those coming from the north may change cars at Lumberton and those coming from the south change at Marion, S. C. PUBLIC HEALTH WORK. Individual Responsibility To ward this Important Work Reduction in Death Rate From Typhoid. The latter part of last winter the physicians, board of health and commissioners of Robeson county met in Lumberton to con sider the advisability of securing a health officer for his entire time. The physicians were no ble and generous enough even at their financial sacrifice to advise the creation of the office, since about one-half of the sickness in the county is due to preventable diseases. The board of commis sioners and board of health con sidered it a good investment for the county since the loss of labor and deaths resulting from these diseases amounted to about $1,000,000 annually,, or about $20 per capita. At a subsequent meeting the present county physician was nominated by the county medical society and elected by the county board of health. It was decided that the duties of the county superintendent of health should be those prescrib ed in Chapter 62, Section U of the Public Health Laws of North Carolina as amended by the Gen eral Assembly of 1911, with anv additional duties deemed wise by trie county medical society, county commissioners, or county board of health. For convenience, the duties might be divided into two divis ions: First, the official duties of the office, which include post mortem examinations, examina tion of lunatics, professional ser vices to the convict camp, jail, and county home, and quaran tine of infectious diseases. On the fee basis this work cost the county last year more than half as much as the present incum bent's salary. This requires about one-third of the physician's time. Since March 1st five post mortem examinations have been made; twelve examinations for commitment to asylums; an aver age of three visits to the convict camp per month and an expend iture of $60 by the health officer to other physicians to closely guard the health conditions of the convicts; an average of three visits to the jail and two visits to the county home per week; 177 homes quarantined for in fectious diseases; thirteen homes fumigated and the court house fumigated three times. In ad dition to these, the correspond ence, reports and minor duties of the office have roceived atten tion. The second division of the work is that which pertains to school inspection, educational work tending toward the eradication of preventable diseases, and the reduction of the high death rate. Of the fifty schools already in spected in the county an average of 10 per cent, of the pupils were found to be severely hin dered in their school work as a result of defective eyes, ears, adenoids, tonsils, teeth, or ad vanced cases of hookworm dis ease. Pupils so afflicted prove to be not only a hindrance to themselves but they check the progress of the whole school so much that no doubt one-tenth of the school work is absolutely lost. Proper treatment will remove these defects. If any parent is unable to have these defects treated, if he will make it known to the county physician he will arrange with specialists for prop?r treatment at a very small fee and in the majority of cases entirely free. Last year Robeson spent $75, 000 for school purposes. If all schools in the county will aver age with the fifty visited, the county is losing annually $7,500 as a result of physical defects among school children. The work leading toward the eradication of preventable dis eases has been varied. Eleven thousand pamphlets on prevent able diseases have been distribut ed; six hundred homes have been inspected; seven hundred and fifty people vaccinated; six hun dred treatments administered for hookworm disease; eighty four health talks have been made; sixty-six newspaper arti cles written; thirty-four hundred miles traveled attending the du ties of the office. Vital statistics which are be- HAVE YOUR PART IN THE WILSON CAMPAIGN FUND Lining it out like that. The Baltimore Sun says that the Wil son campaign fund is going to be different from all other cam paign funds ever collected in the United States. "Not a Presi dent within the memory of the present generation but has been elected partly through the help of money donated by corpora tions whose interests might or might not conflict with the in terests of the people. Every President so elected has been in a position where any day he might be called on to take a stand which would prove him un grateful either to the people or to the special interests which had befriended him. Wilson will be the first President in years ab solutely free from such obliga tions." But, as The Sun adds, such a campaign fund will be of suf ficient size only if every man who is interested contributes. According to announcement made at National headquarters on the 26th ult, total contributions to that date amounted to $298,750. But at least $750,000 more is needed. Last Friday The Robesonian made a remittance to Mr. Hugh McRae of Wilmington, treasurer ufttier f una for North "Carolina, and sent in all the names of those whose contributions have been acknowledged through this paper. In due time each contributor will receive a receipt from the National treasurer. Since Thursday's issue the fol lowing have contributed: L. E. Whaley $ 1.00 E. L. Whaley 1.00 Dr. H. T. Pope 1.00 AlexMcGirt, Rowland 1.00 C. B. Redmund 1.00 Previously acknowledged 168.50 Total $173 50 Concert at Opera House This Evening by Singing Class of Oxford Orphanage. The singing class of the Ox ford orphanage will give a con cert at the local opera house this evening, beginning at 8 o'clock. The time has been changed from tomorrow evening, the original date, to this evening on account of the fact that Senator Simmons spoke in Maxton, where the con cert was to be given this evening, tonight They will be in Max ton tomorrow night. These chil dren always give a delightful concert and they will be greeted by a large crowd here. You will enjoy the concert if you go and you wiil be helping a good cause. Judge Clark Speaks in Lumber ton Monday. Chief Justice Walter Clark will speak in the court house here Monday of next week dur ing the noon recess of court in the interest of his candidacy for the United States Senate. ing collected tend to show a marked reduction in death rate from preventable diseases this year over last year. The dis ease most prominent to all is ty phoid fever. Very few deaths from this disease this year com pared with last year. Wherever health campaigns have been waged, the death rate has been lowered. The most striking examples are India and Prussia. In India, where sani tation is unknown, the average duration of life i3 23 years, or what it was about 40 years ago. In Prussia it is more than 44 years and increasing at rate of 27 years per century. In Prus sia sanitary science has reached the height of perfection. The basic principle of public health work rests upon what has been accomplished. Since disease and death are preventable, are not those hav ing the power to prevent them responsible for loss of life if this power is not used? Preventable disease is subject to public con trol and death from such a dis ease is, therefore, a public crime. Let no man suppose that public health is a matter in which he has no personal interest. We may evade the duty but we can never be sure of evading the penalties of its neglect B. W. Page Co. Supt Health BRIEF SOCIAL NEWS ITEMS Attorney General T. W. Bick ett spoke at Rowland and Fair mont yesterday and spent last night in Lumberton, leaving this morning for Clarkton and Wil mington. On the second Sunday. Oc tober 13, there will be alf-day missionary services at Barker's church. Everybody cordially in vited to attend. Services will begin at 10 o'clock. Mr. C. M. Fuller is expected to return tomorrow from St Louis, Mo., where he has been for several days purchasing horses and mules for his sales stables, Second and Chestnut streets. Patha weekly No. 24 will be shown at the Pastime show to morrow, beginning at 4:30 in the afternoon. Beside this picture which is one of the best ever shown anywhere, two other good reels will be exhibited. Capt. William Daugherty, engineer on the Raleigh & Char leston Railroad, and family left this morning for Asheville, where they will spend eight or ten days. Mr. John Jones is subbing for Capt. "Bill." Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fuller, who since their marriage some months ago had bean- boarding with Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Crichton on Elm street, moved Tuesday into the cottage on Water street recently vacated by Mr. C. B. Skipper and family.; Mrs. N. P. Andrews under went an operation Tuesday even ing at the Thompson hospital for appendicitis. Her condition this morning was as good as could be expected. Mrs. Andrews has been in ill health for some time and it had been hoped that an operation would not be neces sary. Mr. John Roach is carrying his left hand in a sling as a re sult of the accidental firing of a pistol this morning about 10 o'clock at Mr.Jasper Bryant's bicycle repair shop on Fourth street Mr. Roach was trying to remove a ball that had lodged in the pistol, when it fired and the ball went clear through the palm of his left hand. Mr. Roach went at once to the Thompson hospital, where he received med ical attention. Miss Josephine Breece's Millinery Opening-Out-of -Town Visitors Miss Josephine Breece's milli nery opening, Tuesday and yesterday, attracted many vis itors. The store presented a most attactive appearance and the hats, all about in tasteful profusion, were beautiful and cunning and darling and cute enough to tempt even a mere man without even the excuse of a bewitching girl beneath. And of course the ladies, who visited the store in crowds, were tempted past endurance. Here for this opening were people from St Paul, Boardman, Rowland, Mc Donald, Fairmont, Red Springs, Back Swamp, Barker's and rural routes from Lumberton, too nu merous to mention. Congressman Claude Kitchin Holds a Conference With Friends Here. Congressman Claude Kitchin spent Monday night in Lumber ton. He made no speech but held a conference which lasted until about midnight in the din ing room of the Waverly hotel with local supporters of his brother, the Governor, in his fight-for the United States Sena torship. It is understood that about a dozen men attended the conference, among them being County Treasurer M. G. McKen zie and son, Mr. Shelton, Messrs. R. D. Caldwell, S. Mclntyre, Jas. D. Proctor, J. A. McDougald, W. P. and J. D. McAllister, M. W. Floyd andAlfH. McLeod. Public School Examinations. Examinations for public school teachers will be held next week in the office of County Superin tendent J. R. Pool, Thursday, 10th, for white teachers, Friday for colored teachers, Saturday for Indian teachers. One way to relieve habitual constipa tion is to take regularly a mild laxative. Doan's Regulets are recommended for this purpose. 25c a box at all drug stores.
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