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VOL XLIH NO. 70. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1912. WHOLE NO. 2804
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BULL MOOSE OR
REPUBLICAN?
An Unsigned Challenge for a
Joint Canvas.
To th. Editor of Tb. Eobeaonian:
The following unsigned letter,
typewritten on the stationery of
the Farmers' Educational & Co
operative Union of America, has
been received by the county chair
man of the Democratic executive
committee and for lack of any
further communication identify
ing the writer is now puplished:
"Lumberton, N. C. Oct 5 1912
R. F. D. No. 6,
-Mr. S. B. McLean
Dear Sir I am writ
ing you today to learn your wish
es in regard to making a county,
joint canvass, of the two politi
cal parties of robeson county,
now if you wish we will meet
you as each precinct and dis cuss
the matters that confront the
people to day to gether. Mr. Mc
Lean as I am not personly ac
quanted with you but I am con
vened that you will take it on to
yourself to improve the condition
of our county government so as
to reduse the berdens of our tax
:&l:2 af our ci'snty.give to them
a more Equinomical government
free from favoritisom of any man
to this end I will a gree to meet
you half way and so far as I can
do any thing for the better ment
of our county government and
the welfare of our people vou
will find me working to that end
as we are both Farmers your In
terest is my interest and my in
terest is your interest and we
need an Equinomical gover
ment putting men who work for
the county on salerries something
Jike what the - Farmer getsfor
what he does I hope in the next
two years we will find our coun
ty government in better shape
and every thing more Equel a
moung our feller man And I wish
to solisit your frindship in work
ing to gether for the up building
of a mor equinomical govern
ment of our county, please let
me hear from you at once
Yoursrespectfully"
The envelope enclosing the
above letter is postmarked at
Lumberton on October 7th, 1912,
and was received after a canvass
of the Democratic candidates
was made up and given out for
publication and as no challenge
had been received at that time,
two appointments a day were
made for the Democratic candi
dates on every day of their can
vass except two, and this would
hardly give time for a joint dis
cussion and it is now two late to
rearrange the schedule. How
ever, if either the Republican or
Bull Moose factions have any
regularly nominated candidates
and any one authorized by either
faction to ask for a joint discus
sion will indicate the desire of
his party for such a discussion,
the Democrats will divide time
with them.
S. B. McLean. Chairman
State Banks Prosperous Con
dition as Shown in Corpora
tion (Commission Report.
Raleigh Special, 18th, to Wilmington Star.
A gain of $4, 352, 981 in the re
sources of the State banking in
terests, not including the nation
al banking interests, is shown in
the summary of the condition of
reports of State banks by the
Corporation Commission as of
September 4th, as compared with
condition September 1st, 1911.
The number of these banks
has increased from 355 to 366
during the year. The deposits
subject to check have increased
from $24,235,705 to $29,362,189;
the savings deposits have grown
from $8,931,330 to $11,037,564.
The increases in the various
rlassea of denosits for the year
have been $5,129,483 for depos
its subject to check &2,iub,i
for savings deposits; $1,455,367
for time certificates of deDoeit.
The capital stock of $10,104,316
against $751,754:
Mrs. Victoria Patterson, widow
of the late Calhoun C. Patter
son, died at her home near Max
ton on the 15th after a short ill
ness. She was about 80 years
old and leaves no children. She
was the aunt of Hon. Gilbert B.
Patterson, Mr. Dan A. Patterson
.and Mrs. E. M. Baldwin.
According to Brother Claude,
as ner his SDeech here last week.
. Senator Simmons is little better
thai one of--the-yickedVrr--:r
MT. ELIAM MATTERS.
Farmers Standing by the Man
Who Has Stood by Them
Dirt Valuable on the Mount
Prospects for a Farmers' Ware
bouse Bumper Potato Crop
Other Items.
correspondence of The Robeaonian.
Mt Eliam (Orrum, R. 1). Oct
21 Talking politics is the order
of both night and day on the
"Mount" and other places where
we have been for the last while.
Everybody, especially the farm
ers, seems to be standing for the
right man, Simmons, for the
United States Senate, and good
they are, for in our way of look
ing at the matter we think of all
the national office holders that
have worked for the interest of
the farmers, Simmons stands first
We think it is very becoming to
the farmers to stand by the man
who has stood, and not only
stood, but worked, for their inter-
Rev. Paul T. Britt refused $4,
000 ready cash for a two-horse
farm on the "Mount" last week,
which shows how land is valued
on the garden spot of America.
School is prospering nicely at
Orrum: A new-teacher '-has-rcT
cently been added to the list and
the number of scholars increases
each week. People take this to
be a No. 1 school, and they take
it right
Several of our farmers attend
ed the farmers' warehouse meet
ing at Lumberton Friday, and
were well pleased with the pros
pects for a new warehouse in the
not-distant future. It was our
privilege, pleasure and profit to
be among the number. We do
hope the farmers have decided
to arrange things so they can
better manage the selling system,
especially that of cotton. Some
body is going to get rich or ncn-
er off this year's short cotton
crop. Who will it be? The men
who hold it till the big selling
rush is over. It is a known fact
that the cotton crop is sold so far
as the farmer is concerned in
about three months when it should
take twelve months to market a
year's crop. There is one right
vpflv to do a thine and many
wronir ways. Let's find thei
right way and follow it.
The. potato crop is a bumper.
Mr. W. A. Britt caught recent
ly a new kind of bird. He is a
large fellow, and something like
we haven t been accustomed to
seeing in these parts.
Happy Jack
Political Speaking.
Ex-Lieut Gov. F. D. Winston,
presidential elector, will discusB
the political issues at the court
house here tomorrow evening at
8 o'clock.
Mr. Jas. A. Lockhart of
Wadesboro will speak here
Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock
in the interest of the candidacy
of Judge Walter Clark for the
Senate. He will speak in Red
Springs Wednesday, at Fairmont
Thursday morning and at Max
ton Thursday night
The county candidates begin
their speech-making canvass at
Orrum today. They will be at
Barnesville tomorrow, at Fair
mont Wednesday morning, at
Rowland Wednesday night, at
Ked Springs Thursday morning,
Maxton Thursday night at Lum
ber Bridge Friday afternoon, at
Parkton Friday night, at St.
Paul's Saturday morning, at
Lumberton Saturday night
Mrs. J. Luther McLean of Max
ton. Mrs. J. Luther McLean died
yesterday mornging about 1
o'clock at her home in Maxton.
She had been in ill health for two
or three months and death was
not unexpected. The funeral
took place yesterday afternoon at
4 o'clock and interment was made
in the new cemetery in Maxton.
Deceased is survived by her
husband; three sons, Messrs.
M. L., M. P. and Lacy McLean,
and one daughter, Miss Clarkie
McLean.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. McLean
and Mr. A. T. McLean . were
among those from here who at
tended the funeral.
. Saves Leg of Boy.
"It seems that my 14-year old boy
would have to lose his leg. on account
of an ugly ulcer, caused by a Dad
bruise." wrote D. F. Howard, Aquone,
N. C. "All remedies and doctors treat
ment failed till we tried Bucklen's
Arnica Salve, and cured him with one
box." Cures burns, boils, skin erup
: nonflpuea-x25c: attaluteuggiBts.
NOTES OF TRAVEL.
The Robesonian's Fairmont Cor
respondent Visits Richmond.
To the Editor of The Bobesonian:
I am getting to be quite a trav
eled old lady. I go to Orrum
and Lumberton once in a while
and now behold me a voyager
out for new experiences on board
"his majesty" Pullman's car
"Myola" en route to Richmond,
Va., and the annual meeting of
the Coast Line surgeons.
Yes, the Doctor said I might
go and I "peartened up" at once
and tried to feel young instead
of old and achy, and this morn
ing we got off and as I write are
away up further than I've ever
been before on the oldW. & W.
Ry.
We are accompanied as far as
Selmaby Rev. Wm. Black and
his singer, Mr. Burr, who have
just completed a fine meeting in
our town. They with Mr. Sandy
McMillan of McDonald are on
their way to the Synod meeting
in Goldsboro. With them is also
Rev. R. W. Lattimer. The Misses
Thompson of McDonald are
also on a shopping trip to Fay
etteville and the wait at Elrod is
riassed foleasantlrnr soon "the
iron horse is bearing us through
fields white unto the harvest
cotton, cotton, cotton. It seems
enough to clothe the State, even
though the women should return
to the voluminous skirts of years
ago.
Dr. Frank .McMillan of Red
Springs joins us at Fayetteville.
Already there are about 20 from
Southern points and all complain
ing of the cold. It is rainy and
cool but feels good after the re
cent hot spell and I am glad to
see it, though we are hoping for
bright weather to iew the
sights of historic Richmond. The
train is crowded except the Pull
man and we have plenty of com"
pany for pleasant conversation
and on every side you can hear
appendicitis, pellagra and a lot
more names I don't know how to
spell. The wives talk shop, too,
but don't forget the latest in
hats and what a good place Rich
mond is to shop and what a pret
ty 5 and 10 cent store tney nave
there. Trust a woman to find
out about the latter, you know.
The tram is on time and reels
off the miles in a satisfactory
manner. Fayetteville. Dunn, Sel
ma, Wilson are passed with the
usual crowds round the depots,
everybody "scrooched" up with
the cold. At S. Rocky Mount
wp ntnn for dinner and some of
us take advantage of the stop to
walk through a caraneaa in
which are 27 Greeks on their
wav home in answer to the call
of their country's need. We ad-
mire their natnotism DUt not
their common sense; I really
think I'd let Greece shift for it
self if I were safely American
izpd.
Weldonand the big Roanoke
hridae are the last thincrs we can
see. the cloudy sky making
necessary the lighting of the
lamps but the electric lights of
our luxurious car serve to re
mind us of the crreat differences
in traveling now and 25 years
a. What a chancre!
We roll into Richmond a few
moments late and the first man
we meet is our dear kind chief,
G. G. Thomas. M. D., of Wil
mington, surely one of nature's
noblemen, waiting to greet each
of us with his happy smile. So
here we are domiciled at the
Richmond with its white mar
ble pillars, mosaic floors, bright
licrhts. everything: necessary to
complete our comfort. The or
chestra is playing to welcome us,
and doctors and the wives are
thick on every hand greeting old
friends and meeting new ones.
We hope for bright weather
tomorrow and perhaps will write
you of some things we see.
F. S. B.
Richnond, Va , Monday October
14.
Raleigh News and Observer,
I8th: John A. Mills, of Raleigh,
successful railroad builder, "cap
tain of industry," chairman of
the board of commissioners of
Wake county and one of the
State's most useful citizens, was
unanimously elected president
of the North Carolina Agricul
tural Society at its annual meet
ing held ip the Senate chamber
last night He succeeds CoL E.
R. MeRae. of the "State of Robe
son," who declined to stand for
re-elecUon:
BETTER MARKETING METH
ODS.
Editor Green of the Carolina
Union Farmer, Urges Impor
tance of Co-operation in Mar
keting Crops.
Pleadinir stronely for better
business methods on the farm
and for co-operation in market
ing farm products, Mr. J. Z.
Green, editor of the Carolina
Union Farmer and State lecturer
tor the Farmers' Union, address
ed a called meeting of the Robe
son County division of "the Far
mers' union in tne court nouse
here Friday, After Mr. Green's
address the meeting adjourned
for dinner and it is understood
that at the afternoon session
plans for building a warehouse
for holding cotton were discussd,
but nothing was given out for
publication. Messrs. W. K. Cul-
breth and Urover cntt were
elected delegates to the State
convention of the Union which
will be held in Raleigh in Decem
ber'. .. .
Mr. Green made an excellent
talk. He laid stress upon the
I'mnnrtancp of cn-ooeration in
marketingf arm products and
showed the folly or purong iarm
nroHnrtit on the market when the
market was not ready for them.
Owing to this suicidal method tne
farmer gets only 35 cents of the
consumer's dollar. He declared
that the farmer is a manufactur
er and that he cannot raaice a
npiPRR unless he Days attention
to economical production. It is
absurd to say mat tne iarmera
of this county are not able to
build a warehouse to hold their
cotton, for every farmer who soia
a bale of cotton laBtfall contn
hutoH 2ft to hulld a warehouse
or compress or something some-
whese else, tie urgea nis near
ers not to get excited over poli
tics or anything else unless it
were their own depleted soils,
the poor advantages their wives
and children have to put up with,
and poor educational advantages.
He explained something, too, of
the only co-operative business
plan that has ever proved suc
cessful for the farmer, whereby
those who trade with the co-oper-otiuo
store cret Datronacre divi
dends at the end of the year if
the business is successful, just as
stockholders in any successful
business get dividends according
to the amount of tneir stocK.
DRAINAGE CELEBRATION.
To Inaugurate Commencement
of Work on Back and Jacob
Swamp Drainage Project
Krwvial to The Robesonian.
Maxton Oct 19 -On Wednes
day. October 23, Robeson county
riii rolphrate the commence
ment. of work on the enormous
Back and Jacobs Swamp drainage
canal, the largest drainage pro-
iont that has ever been inagurat
h in North Carolina under the
Ctato Hrninace act
Th0 plhration is to be held
ohnnh thrpe mil2S from Maxton
npar the nlace where the big
dipper dredge of the Brett Eng
incorino ntlfl Construction Co
will hp workiner at that time and
a mad will he out into the heart
of the swamp so the work can
be inspected at close range.
The feature of the program
will be speeches by Joseph Hyde
Pratt JoHPnh A. Brown of Chad-
bourn and O. L- Clark, one of the
first agitators for drainage in
North Carolina.
Trip drpdere will be soon in ac
tual operation and will demon,
strate how it digs stumps, hand
oa htr Iocs and moves dirt,
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Large stumps will also be shot to
ohnoT hnw dvnamite IS used on
tVi o wnrlf ''
The affair will be exceedingly
interesting. Arrangements are
hpt'no- made to take care of a
lnrcp number of visitors and
pvprv npraon in the State inter
ested in drainage is invited. The
ladies of the Carolina College
Club will serve lunch.
In all 56 miles of canal will be
dug and 31,000 acres of the fin
est land in North Carolina re
claimed. This will require the
continual use of three machines
for two years. The cost will be
$150,000.
Speaking will begin at 1.30.
How to scatter consumption
and other disceases in Ldmber
ton: continue to raise a beauti
bul dust every morning cleaning
Elm street without the aid of
ale&s-
AGRICULTURE.
No Other Industry is Taking on
More Life and Vim Old-Tune
Methods.
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
The farther I get away from
the farm the more I'm inclined
to think about it I don't know
of any other industry that is be
ginning to take on more life and
vim than agriculture. One rea
son for this upward trend is that
farmers are beginning to think
and reason on the possibilities of
their calling. It now seems to
me that in time past we held our
noses down to the grindstone of
inexcusable ignorance and incom
petency. Take our section, for
instance, as an example. The
people as a whole were fairly
well educated, and were sur
rounded by the ordinary com
forts of life, yet fhe old saying
that a man would carry a bushel
of corn to mill by putting the
corn in one end of a sack and a
large rock in the other end in
order to equalize the burden, and
because his son threw the rock
away and divided the corn equal
ly in the bag, and tried to ex
plain to the old man that
the rock was useless, was told to
go back and get the rock, . for
that was the way his daddy did,
pretty well exemplifies the way
of farming in the not-far-away
times. It was thought unwise
to plow deeper than two or three
inches, and if a man stumpped
his field that he was throwing
away time. His implements
consisted of a home-made plow
that wasn't intended to go deep
er than three inches at best, and
the sweep used on his potato
ridges cotton rows would require
a Sampson of a man to keep it in
position.
The old-times apologists will
answer these criticisms by say
ing that he did the best he could.
But is that so? He had the best!
labor the world ever saw, that
could be commanded at any time,
and under any circumstances.
He didn't know the meaning of
the word lien, and as for mort
gages, he had but a dim percep
tion of their meaning. In a gen
eral way he was not lazy physi
cally, but mentally. He had read
Virgil's Bucolics in the log school
house at home, and not unfre
quently he was a college gradu
ate, and yet he might have
learned better farming than he
was doing by following some of
old man Virgil's precepts. One
reason of this lack of intelligent
and vigorous prosecution of pro
gressive agriculture was proba
bly due to the deadening effects
of slavery. (I can say this with
impunity, but I don't want any
yankee cant on the subject)
Lord Bacon was probably right
when he wrote that it was "a
principle which the progress of
political science has clearly es
tablished, a principal that illus
trates at once the wisdom of the
Creator and the blindness of cu
pidity, that it was cheaper to
hire the labor of freemen than
to compel the labor of slaves."
So wrote my lord, and he proba
bly thought himself right but he
never lived in the South, and
was ignorant of the old-time ne
groes' efficiency.
Snyder.
Red Springs, N. C.
State Democratic Committee
Will Modify Hackett Resolu
tion. Raleigh Time. 18th.
Hon. Chas. A. Webb, chair
man of the State Democratic
committee, today issued a call
for a meeting of the committee
in Raleigh next Thursday night,
October 24, for the purpose of
modifying the so-called Hackett
resolution as to the qualifications
for voting in the senatorial pri
mary on the day of the general
election. The action was taken
at the request of a majority of
the members of the State com
mittee and the resolution to be
submitted at the meeting has re
ceived the approval of the three
managers of the senatorial cam
paign. Mrs. T. A. Town, 107 6th St, Wa
tertown, S. D., writes: "My four
children are subject to hard colds and L
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
Honey and Tar Compound and it soon
overcame the la grippe. 1 can always
depend upon Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound and am sure of good re
ults'! For sale by alLdealers.
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Sharpe, at 8 o.clock yesterday
morning, a 9-pound boy.
Mr. Junius J. Gaodwin, a
young lawyer of Raleigh, has ac
cepted a position with the law
firm of McLean, Varser & Mc
Lean. The school at Raynham, of
which Misses Sallie Thompson
and 'Lillie Barker are teacherr
will give an oyster supper at the
school hosse'Friday evening for
the benefit of the school.
Mr. D. L. Edge, of Howells
ville, was a Lumberton visitor
Saturday. Mr. Edge had the
misfortune of losing on the
streets here one day last week a
bag containing several dollars in
paper money.
-Mr. W. D. Barfield. who
lives on rural route No, 1 from
Lumberton, was among the visi
tors in town Saturday and re
membered the editor by present
ing him with an enormous pear
and some delicious sweet pota
toes. St Paul's Messenger: We
know, of .our knowledge that the
fare at the Waverly hotel is now
splendid and the service elegant
Lumberton is one of the best
hotel towns in the State, the on
ly trouble now is a want of room
to meet the demands upon it
Mr. C. M. Fuller left Satur
day night for St. Louis, Ma,
to purchase for his sales stables
another car load of mules and
horses, which will arrive next
Monday. This is Mr. Fuller's
third trip to St Louis this fall
and this will make his fifth car
load of stock.
The fourth quarterly con
ference for St Paul's circuit
will be held at Barker's church
Saturday before the 4th Sunday
th October. Preaching at 11
o'clock, recess for dinner, quar
tely conference fpllowing.Preach
ing by presiding elder Sunday at
11 o'clock followed by commun
ion of Lord's supper.
-Mr. Ellis Miller of White
House township, who lives near
Fairmont, was the first man to
pay his taxes again this year.
He got his receipt this morning
and this makes the 17th year he
has been first to make settle
ment with the sheriff for taxes.
Mr. Miller also paid taxes for
Mr. C. E. Miller, his son. and Mr.
Berry Hammond.
Work was started this morn
ing on Mr. H. M. McAllister's
handsome two-story residence,
mention of which has been made
in The Robesonian, to be erected
on corner of Chestnut and Sev
enth streets- Mr. . W. R. Mar
shall of Rocky Mount has the
contract for the erection of the
building. He arrived last even
ing, and Mr. John C. Stout ar
chitect, also of Rocky Mount,
who'drew the plans for the resi
dence, arrived last evening and
is in town today.
Antioch news in Red Springs
Citizen: Cards havelbeen received
here announcing the marriage of
Mr. Fred Johnson, editor of Hoke
County Journal, and Miss Ade
lyne Roberts, of Raeford, which
happy event occurred more than
two weeks ago, the young people
having planned to give their
friends a complete surprise, and
this they did. Mr. Johnson has
been for more tban a year editor
of the Journal. Mrs. Johnson is
the youngest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Roberts.
Spark's big circus was the
attraction here Saturday and a
large crowd was in town. The
crowd is estimated from 5,000 to
6,000 and it was an orderly
crowd. Only one arrest was
made, and that was a fellow who
tried to carry a little too much
of the "familiar juice." He
didn't raise any disturbance, was
just simply drunk; so the mayor
let him off this morning with the
payment of the costs. The show
was all right and was probably
better than when here before,
some three or four years ago.
Bank of McDonald Chartered.
A charter was issued Fri
day for the Bank of McDonald,
capital $25,000 authorized, $10,
000 subscribed by L. R. Hamer,
J. L. Townsend and others.
This makes the 13th bank for
Robeson county.
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