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ROBES OMAN Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cent" VOL XLUI NO. 68. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1912. WHOLE NO. 2802 A NOTABLE OCCASION. Portrait of Late CoL N. A. Mc Lean Presented to the County High Tribute Paid to the Life and Public Service of This Honored and Loved Son of Robeson. The presentation to the county at the court house Thursday eve ning of an oil portrait of the late Col. N. A. McLean was a most interesting occasion. It was wit nessed by a fair-sized audience o$ representative ladies and gen 'tlemen. Court was formaliy convened, Judge Jas. L. Webb of Shelby, who was holding a special term of court which closed Saturday, presiding. Speeches were made, in the order named, by Messrs. R, C. Lawrence and E. J. Britt, Judge Webb. ex-Judge T. A. Mc Neill, Mr. R. D. Caldwell and Supt. R. E. Sentelle, of thegrad ecl school In presenting the portrait to the county Mr. Lawrence spoke of some of the striking charac teristics of this honored and lov ed son of Robeson, who was born near Red springs on uecemDer 10, 1855, and died in Raleigh, while on a mission for his coun ty, February 15,1911. It is rare, declared the speaker, that a man is so richly endowed as was Col. McLean. He was a man of high ideals, generous to a fault, of magnetic personality, with a high conception of legal ethics, a born leader of men. The public re cord of Robeson county for 20 years prior to his death was the record ol Col. McLean. Mr. Britt, county attorney, ac cepted the portrait for the coun ty in a neat speech. He said that Robeson is in many respects the greatest county in the State, that especially is it great in the character of its citizenship, and that the one man who has had more to do with.the history of the county than any other was the man whose memory was be ing honored by that occasion. Judge Webb, in accepting the nnrtrait. said: "It is meet and proper for us I to hang portraits and photos of I nur deceased loved ones upon the walls of our homes in order that we may keep green in our hearts their memory, their character and their virtues, and in many instances their noble example. It is also meet and fitting that we hang upon the walls of our public buildings, our temples of justice, portraits and photos of distinguished citizens, men who have made good in life, men who have served their State, peo ple and country well, men whose legal learning and ability and love of State and country have made them almost famous. "It is to me a great pleasure to be present on this occasion when the portrait of one of your distinguished citizens, of the character and kind above spoken of, is presented to your good county and the court and accepted by the citizens of your good coun ty. I would like to add a leaf or laurel to the splendid crown so ably placed upon the head of this distinguished citizen by the gen tlemen who have just preceded me, but I can't improve upon what they have so well said; but will say that I heartily endorse all that has been said by them. It was my good pleasure to know Colonel McLean for many years before hia death. I served in the Senate of North Carolina with him at its session of 1883; served with him on several com mittees and especially on the ju diciary committee. He was able, brave, and fearless in defending the right and just as strong and , powerful in denouncing wrong; wi&6 in his counsel, and a man of the highest character and in tegrity. He loved his State and his people, and he served them well. He was a great lawyer, learned in the law and an all round well-read man. He 'was quick of perception, always pre senting his legal point to the court with great ability and clev erness, and his presentation of the facts to the jury in a case were, a great and powerful advocate. "Representing the, judges of North Carolina, that is, the su perior court judiciary of this State, the court receivesandjac cepts this -sptefidid " portrait of our distinguished deceased friend, to hang on the walls of this splendid temple of justice, knowing and believing that all judges who may come after me as well as the officers of the court and the members of the bar and all other good cit izens will receive inspiration as they look upon this portrait and his splendid face and remember Lhis high character, his great achievments and his many vir tues. "It is ordered by the court that the proceedings of this hour be spread upon the minutes of this court by its clerk." Ex-Judge McNeill reviewed briefly the history of the bar of Lumberton since he began the Dractice of law here. He is the only one who survives of those who entered the practice here at the time he did. He paid a touching tribute to the life and worth and service of the deceas ed. Mr. Caldwell knew Col. Mc Lean all his life, having lived near him during the entire period, and he recalled some incidents of boyhood school days.' Supt Sen telle spoke of some impressions he had gained of the deceased during an acquaintance that ex tended over only a few, - years. Both paid him high tribute. The nnrtrait hancs over the judge's chair and is an excellent one. As has been stated in ine Robesonian, it was painted by Miss Esther Edmonds of Colum bia, S. C , who was employed to do the work by a few friends of Col. McLean over the county, friends who felt that the life and public service of this man made it a fitting thing that a portrait should be presented to the coun ty to hang in its magnificent tem ple of justice. Saddle Tree Notes School Opens Today. OMTMOondenoe of The Robe nUm. Lumberton, R. F. D. 2. Oct. 9 Several of our ladies attended the Woman's Missionary Associ ation which met at Lumberton last week. They were royally entertained in the .hospitable homes of the good ladies of Lum berton, during the time or nphool will oDen Monday. October 14. Prof. A. F. Mitch- ell of Mountville, S. C, is prin cipal, Miss Annie Belle Hum phrey is assistant. There was an ice-cream sup per at the school house Saturday night for the benefit of the Phiiathea class of Saddle iree Sunday school. A nice sum was realized. We heartily thank all for kind support they gave. Mr. Walter Humphrey and sis ter. Miss Annie Belle, went Tuesday to Fayetteville. Mrs. C. J. Biggs attended tne Wnmsn's Minnionftrv Association of Cumberland county which met at Hope Mills last week. Messrs. Jno. T. Biggs and Frank Goueh of Lumberton at tended Sunday school here Sun day. Mr. Gouerh made a help ful talk to all. esDecially the children. We were glad to have Messrs. Biggs and Gough with us and hoDe they will come airain. Little Miss Maie Powell is at Red Snrinca. where she will spend the winter with her aunt, Mrs. J. H. Willis, and attend school. "Juanita" Superior Court The special term of superior court for the trial of civil cases, Judge James L. Webb of Shelby presiding, which convened two weeks ago today, closed Satur day. Practically all the cases on the calendar were disposed of. In the case of Henry Barnes, ad ministrator, vs. the Coast Line Railroad, a suit for $20,000 dam ages for killing a negro at Pem broke, a verdict was rendered in favor of the railroad, the plain tiff getting nothing. Non-suit was entered in the case of Bud Bri8Son et al vs. the Seaboard for killing a small boy at the Nation al cotton mills a year or so ago, and it is understood that a com promise settlement was made for a small amount. Mrs. T. A. Town, 107 6th St, Wa tertown. S- P., writes: "AW four children are subject to hard colcand I always use Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound with splendid results. Some time ago I had a severe attack of la grippe and the doctor prescribed Foley's Hnnn nnri Tap fimmiund and it SOOn overcame thela tippfc':rrran-atwgyr depend upon r oiey s noney ana mr Compound and am sure of good re sults." For sale by all dealer. CAMPAIGN SPEAKINGS. Congressman Claude Kitchin Speaks Here Tomorrow in In terest of Candidacy of Gover nor Kitchin Ex-Judge F. D. Winston Will Discuss Issues of the Campaign Here on Even ing of 22d. Congressman Claude Kitchin will speak at the court house here tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock in the interest of the can didacy of Governor Kitchin for the United States Senate. He is considered an able speaker and will no doubt be heard by a Urge ornwd. A barbecue dinner will be given by his friends in honor of the occasion and the Kowiand brass band will furnish music Congressman Kitchin will also speak at Maxton tomorrow even ing at o o'clock and at uowiana Wednesdayafternoon at 6 o'clock. Ez-Jndcre and ex-Lieut. Uov. Francis D. Winston of Winslow, elector-at-large, will discuss the issues of the campaign in the court house here Tuesday even ing of next week, the 22d inst, beginning at 8 o'clock. Judge Winston is a most interesting speaker and those' who can do so should avail themselves of the opportunity of hearing him dis cuss the issues upon wmcn tne national campaign is being fought. Pigs Born With Tusks Villian- ous Burrs. A year or so ago much was said in The Robesonian about nio-s heinor born with tusks, in some instances these tusks being so prominent that the pigs could not eet the nourishment nature nrnvidps and it was necessary to break them off In order to save the pigs. Some wise boys who probably would not know a "razor-back" from a Poland China scoffed and pretended to think that The Robesonian was trying to "stuff' somebody, just an these same wise ones scoffed at the true story which appeared in this compendium oi useiui in formation to the effect that rab bits do swim, giving times and places where they had done that same. Now about the pigs with tusks. Mr. C. C. Clewis, who lives at the Kingsdale lumber mill, show ed The Robesonian man some pigs with tusks last Friday and he is prepared to depose and say that he has seen this unusual thing with his own eyes. These pigs were born a week ago today and they have tusks about half an inch long or did have last Fri day; Mr. Clewis has probably broken them off by this time, for he said he was going to do it. Mr. Clewis also brought to The Robesonian man's attention something else that he would not have gotten so intimate with if he had seen them first. He invited the men who went to the pen to see the pigs to "come along," he wanted to show them something else. The men went along, and presently they were wading through the most vil lianous burrs that every stuck around one's ankles just above low-Quartered shoes and made one want to cuss. They are a depraved variety of cockleburrs, only ten, times more vicious. Woe betide the unwary pedestrian who comes in contact with these burrs. They'll stick to you all day and you'll dream about them at night. Bloomingdale News Batch. Correspondence of Th Robesonian. Bloomingdale (Orrum, R, 1), Oct. 9 School opened here Mon day with about twenty on roll, with Misses Mary E. Parnell and Katie Stone as teachers. The Sterling's Literary Society is coming on very well. There is nothing that should interest the boys of today more than a good literary society. Gathering the fleecy white sta ple is the order in this dale. The wedding bells keep ring ing every once in awhile. One of the latest couples that were made as one had a serious time, as he had to steal her from the cotton field. Geo. T. Craddock. Rubie. Ark.. sayB "I was bothered with lumbago far seven vears so bad I could not work. I tried several kinds of kidney medicine which gave me little or no relief. Two boxes-ef -Foley JKidnyKllfl cured me and uow I can do any kind ofwork.1 cheerfully recommend them to all my friends." For sale by all dealers. POLLHOLDERS FOR SENATORIAL PRIMARY Appointments Made by County Democratic Executive Com mittee A Speaking Canvass by Candidates. At a meeting of the Democrat ic executive committee of Robe son county held in Lumberton October 7 the following were ap pointed as poll holders in the sev eral townships for the senatorial primary to be held on election day, November 5: Alfordsville-Dr. O. C. Faulk, James A. Kitchin, Walter Bul lock. Back Swamp Jasper Barnes, T. M. Moore, Marvin Bullard. Burnt Swamp S. B. Williams, W. A Smith. A G. Hall. Britt's J. Span Thompson, E. Bright Stone. Howellsville Hugh M' White, D. C. Regan, N. A. Kinlaw. Fairmont-D. W. Galloway, F. A. Floyd, David McLean. Lumberton A. T. McLean, Arch Ward. T. A McNeill, Jr. Lumber Bridge D. Z. Mc Gougan, J. L. Shaw, H. M. John. MaxtonJ. P. Wiggins, J. S. McRae, W. O. Bennett. Orrum Frank Barden, Haynes Prevatt, Haynes Barnes. Parkton J. B. McCormick, 0. Stanley, Collier Cobb. - Pembroke J. A. McCormick, Marvin Paul, Reuben Stewart. Raft Swamp J. E. Carlyle, Elgate Townsend, N. C. Subbs. Repnert W. S. McMillan, J. T. Denny, R. D. Graham. Red Springs-N. B. McArthur, J. Dixon McLean, Chas. E. Zed- St. Paul's-J. C. Blanchard, Fred Bethune, W. D. Johhson. -SaddleJreeMcG. Prevatt, J. F. Stephens, R. G. Rozier. Sterling's John Purvis, J. R. Floyd, J. G. Rhodes. Smith's-Neill Alford, W. E. Tiddy, Sandy McNeill. Thompson's No. 1 V. G. Pleasants, W. E. Evans, W. B. McClelland. Thompson s No.2 Jesse Scott, Wesley Thompson, Edgar Price. White House J. S. Oliver, W. T. Jenrette, W. W. Early. Wiihart's Thos. Stancil, H. T. Flowers, I. A Smith. Rules and regulations made by the State executive committee and State convention governing this primary will be mailed out by the chairman to the poll hold ers in due time and poll books and blanks for making returns will also be furnished to the poll holders by the chairman. It is understood that the pollholders will serve without compensation for the best interests of the party, no provision having been made for their payment. At the meeting of the commjt tee above referred to, the chair man submitted an itemized statement of his receipts and disbursements, and reported all expenses paid up to date, includ ing the deficit from last cam- Daifirn. and requested a deter mination by the committee as to the amount to be paid pollholders in the county primaries and del egates to the county conventions. The committee decided that poll- holders and delegates should each receive $1.00 for each day's services as pollholder or dele gate. After the meeting or the ex ecutive committee, the chairman and the Democratic nominees for the Senate and House of Repre sentatives and a number of the nominees for county offices as sembled and agreed upon a can vass or SDeakine tour of the countv to begin on October 21st Notice of the times and places of the BDeakinKS will be given (These appointments were pub lished in Thursday's Robesonian Editor). The chairman urges that all Democrats attend the sneakiners bv the candidates and that thev use every effort to re cruit votes for the party to make the majority as large as possible. S.B. McLean, Chairman Wife Accidentally Kills Husband Octavius King, 25 years old, was accidentally shot and almost instantly killed at his home in Wilmington yesterday morning by his wife, the pistol discharg ing while she was in the act of handing it to her husband. Some neighbors who heard the report reached the housejn time to hear the dying declaration of the man that it was an accident. A BIG CELEBRATION A KA t 0"J -. f 1 ' ing of Drainage CanaL Maxtor Special. 13th. U charlotte Observer On Wednesday, October 23, there will be a big celebration at the opening of the large canal which is to drain about 33,000 acres of Robe3on county's finest farming land, and many promi nent speakers will be present to address the crowds that are sure to be here. Among them are Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, J. A. Brown and 0. L. Clark. Work on this project has pro gressed very rapidly and smooth ly and the operations are now well into the swamp, although access to the dredge is easy and the celebration will be held right at the plant where the worW is in progress. This is a busy time with most people, it is true, but those, who will come to Maxton to witness this great undertak ing, which will not be completed under two years, will be well re paid for their time, both by what they shall see and hear from the noted speakers of the day. Tax Books Not Yet Ready. Three rAiises are nrlncioallv re sponsible for the fact that the turning over of the tax books to the sheriff has been delayed be yond the usual time of October 1st and have not yet been tnrned over, according to County Audi tor A. T. Parmele. All the pa pers certified down by the Cor poration Commissson were re ceived later than usual, on ac count of a larger number of them; last year settlement was made with the commissioners on September 26, whereas this year the accounts were not brought before the commissioners until September 26 and then they were turned over to the auditor and it takes some time to figure out settlement; and then the le- strainmg order as to certain taxes during the early part of the year delayed collections very much and involved an extra amount of figuring. Among Transgressors. Oscar and Barfield Prevatt were arrested Saturday after noon and iailed for beincr drunk and disorderly. They made bonds, $200 each, yesterday morning and wera released. Thev will be given a hearing Thursday and will be bound to court. One of them had when arrested a tre mendous Colt's revolver. They were arrested near Mr. W. I. Linkhaw's stables by Chief of Police Redfern and Deputy Sheriff T. C. Barnes. Two negroes were placed in jail here Saturday evening from Fairmont on charges of retailing, and on one of them was found a pistol. November Court Begins on the 7th Instead of the 4th. On account of the fact that November 4 is the day before election the two-weeks' criminal term of Robeson superior court which is on the calendar to con vene on the 4th will not convene until Thursday of that week, the 7th. Judge C. C. Lyon of Eliza bethtown will preside, an ex change of courts having been made in order to place the judges close to their homes election week. The names of the jurors for this court were published in Thurs day's Robesonian. Notices of New Advertisements. Mules and horses and vehicles W. I. Linkhaw. C. M. Fuller has lots of them. Small machine hammer found. Newest and best fall and win ter goods White & Gough The foolish way and the wise way of saving money First Na tional Bank- A complete line of vehicles and harness-C. M. Fuller & Son. The Fayetteville Observer is sued last Monday a creditable booster edition containing much interesting information about Fayetteville and the progressive men of that town. Fortunes In Faces There's often much truth in the say ing "her face is her fortune," but it's never said where pimples, skin erup tions, blotches, or other blemishes dis figure it. Impure blood is back of them all, and shows the need of Dr. King New Life Pills. They-promote health and batity, Try them. 25 cents at all druggiaU. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Cotton today, 10 125 cents. Mr. Frank Gough spent yes terday in Rowland, where he attended a children's day exer cise at the Baptist church. Mr. Gough says it waa fine. Rev. Thos. P. Noe, an Epis copal minister of Wilmington, will preach in the Presbyterian church tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. This public is cordially invited. There will be a regular meet ing tomorrow evening of St. Albau's Lodge No. 114, A F. and A. M. There will be de gree work and a full attendance is desired. Work has been begun on the building, mentioned recently in The Robesonian, to be used by Messrs. Lee Caldwell and Arthur Newkirk and their associates for a garage, on Second street, just a little back frem the west side? of Elm. Judge S. C. Bragaw of Washington and Messrs. L. R. Varser, S. Mclntyre, R. E. Lee and W. S. Britt, of the local bar left here this morning for Eliza beth town, where Judge Bragaw presides at Bladen county court this week. Public school examinations were taken before County Supt Poole by 18 white teachers Thurs day, by 54 colored teachers Fri day and by 15 Indian teachers Saturday and today, only two of the Indian teachers completing the examination Saturday. At the opera house this eve ning Wayne Spencer will appear in what is said to be an elaborate scenic production of "Faust", supported by a large company of artists. "Forty-five Minutes from Broadway" will be present ed at the opera house Wednes day evening of next week. It is not to be supposed that when Master James Redfern suddenly left the back of his horse, which he was riding, Sat urday that he was thrown off. No indeed. James was just bouncing up and down and he sat down in the wrong place. That's all there was to it. U. M Edwards, who runs a bicycle repair shop on Fourth street, was placed in jail yester day morning to await investiga tion and action as to his mental condition. At his home in the eastern part of town Saturday night he frightened his wife by reckless handling of a pistol and peculiar words and actions, and she called for help. Funeral of Mrs A. J. Tinkham. The funeral of Mrs. A J. Tink ham, mention of whose death was made in Thursday's Robe sonian, took place Friday morn ing at 10 o'clock from the Pres byterian church, conducted by Rev. J. Mc I. Wicker, pastor of the Presbyterian church at St Paul, and interment was made in Meadow-Brook cemetery. The funeral was to have been con ducted by Rev. W. M. Shaw of Wilmington, a former pastor of the deceased, but on account of sickness in his home he was un able to get here. The pallbearers were: active, Messrs. F. A. Herrington of Clarkton, Luther Lennon of Ab bottsburg, C. P. McAllister, Lawrence Parker, T. A. Mc Neill, Jr., and W. K. Bethune; honorary. J. A. McAllister, M. G. McKenzie. J. P. Russell. A Nash, Alf. H. McLeod and ex Judge T. A. McNeill. Special music was rendered at both the church and grave by the Truman quartette. Quite a number oi relatives and friends of the deceased from Clarkton attended the funeral. William F. Wallin, 23 years old, shot and killed himself at hi3 boarding house in Raleigh Thursday. His body was not discovered until Friday. He had been in the employ of the Briggs hardware store since he roan 12 vears old and had the -confidence of his employers but had become a slave to dnns and had to give up his position on that account Itching piles provoke profanity, but profanity won't remove them. Doan's Oinlmentia recommended forjtching. htepriine -.-inr-WotrudHM?. -pile. ZOc: at:: any drug 8 lore.
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