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,c s?i ..tt-sv' r vr--r- 4 - r 1 E ROBESON IAN Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cent VOL XL1H NO. 74 LUMBERTON. NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1012. WHOLE NO. 2808 , i i ? ' BRING OUT EVERY WISON VOTE. New York, Nov. 4, 1912. A. W. McLean, Lumberton, N.C. Bring out every Wilson vote. Make our assured victory sweep ing. Wm. F. McCombs. Chairman National Democratic Committee. The above is a copy of a tele gram received this morning by Mr. McLean, chairman of the Wilson finance committee for North Carolina. Let every Dem ocrat go to the polls tomorrow and make the Democratic vote in Robeson county the largest on record. Health Work in Robeson County Death Rate is Decreasing. Dr. B. W. Page, county super intendent of health, hands The Robesonian some interesting statistics collected by the State Board of Health, which show that there were 42,040 deaths in the State last year. If you take Robeson county as air average, there were 990 deaths in the -county during the year 19X1. The National Conservation Com mission claims that 42 per cent of all deaths in the United States are due to preventable diseases. This per cent, has been accepted by the United States Congress and by the medical profession throughout tne country as con servative. From these statistics we find that 416 of the 990 deaths last year were due to preventable diseases Of these 416 deaths. 133 were due to tuberculosis, 37 from ty phoid fever, 96 from indigestion among infants, 12 from malaria, 17 from whooping cough, 6 from diphtheria and 115 from other infectious diseases. Statistics collected in the county for this year indicate that there will be more than 75 per cent, reduction in death rate from typhoid fever and more than 30 per cent re duction from tuberculosis and a marked reduction in death rate from other preventable diseases. The more a person learns about prevention of diseases the great er he will appreciate public health work. The man who opposes conservation, of health needs one's sympathy and not one's crit icism. If you were to ask a tax payer of the county if he were willing to give one cent to save two dozen lives in the county you would insult him. He is willing to do more than that to save one life. An intelligent, unprejudiced man is heartily in sympathy with any movement that means the saving of lives in his community. Godwin Not Taking Part Would Have Said the Same of the Other Candidates. In an interview at Dunn the other day in regard to the pub lication of his letter to Mr. G. C. Fisher of Maxton, Congressman Godwin said: "Mr. Fisher has been for year3 a close personal and political friend. He wrote me asking Tor my opinion of the charges against Senator Simmons, and ttated that my reply would be confidential. I answered the let ter as shown by the letter he published. But I had no idea it would be printed, or used in a public way. What I said for Sen ator Simmons I would say of the record of Governor Kitchia, or Judge Clark; in fact, friends in the district have written me for the record of Governor Kitchin while he was in Congress, and I have never lost an opportunity to write and speak of him in complimentary terms. I could pay the same tribute to Judge Clark in reference to his position on the Supreme Court bench. The fact that one letter was pub lished does not mean that I am taking a hand in the fight for any candidate, for 1 have not and I will not" W. O. W. Unveiling. Raft Swamp camp No. 164 will unveil the monument erected to the memory of the late W. C. Powell on Sunday, November 10, - at 2:3$ psTfeefelieic5 -dially invited, as well as mem bers of the order. . FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER. New Store Building Going Up School Opens A Much Sought Office Home Mission Con ferencePersonal and Other Items. oomapoodenc of Tha Robesonian. Fairmont, Nov. 1 Rev. D. P. Bridges is attending the associa tion this week, as are also sever al members of the Baptist church and are having a delight ful time. Mr. E. G. Floyd's store on Main etreet is going up rapidly and will be quite an addition to the town. Mr. J. A. Brown of Chadbourn was a welcome visitor in town Wednesday and made a good po litical talk to bis friends. Every body in Fairmont knows and ad mires J. A. Brown and is always glad to give him a warm wel come. Mrs. John F. McLean of Mon roe visited her father, A. C. Thompson, last week. The free school opens this week. Miss Reba Ausley is added to the faculty and will teach the first grade. - Mrs.- L E. Ricks and iitilf Miss Dorothy are visiting rela tives near Washington, N. C. Mr. Ernest McLean has bought an interest with his brother Carl and is now assisting in the mer cantile business. Mrs. Chambers and little son went last week to join Mr. Chambers at Franklin, Va., where they will spend the "win ter. We understand the tobacco market is fine there also. Mr. Oscar Page and his niece Miss Alice Page of Marietta and Mrs. Al'"ce Temple of Page's Mill were in town last Wednes day and we were glad to note the improvement in Mr. Page's health; his host of friends wish for him entire recovery. The Methodist ladies aid so ciety gave a very pleasant Hal lowe'en party last Thursday eve ning. It was much enjoyed by the young people and also was a financial success. Mr. A. S. McMillan of Guil ford, Fla., has been spending a few days in town, much to the pleasure of his many f reinds. The office of road commission er of our district must be a very desirable one. Among the many who have come out for it we un derstand is Uncle Jack Oxen dine. The ladies of the Methodist church are planning a bazarr to be held during the first part of December and are asking help of all their friends. The home mission conference for Rockingham district will be held in the Methodist church November 8, 9 and 10. We hope every auxiliary in the district will be represented. Mesdames A. J. Floyd and E. Fisher attended the association at St Paul's last week. Bethesda News Batch. Out pondenoe of The Robesonian. Fairmont,R2,Oct.28 Our Sun day school is prospering nicely now under the leadership of Mr. Duncan McLellan. Mr. R. A. Hardin is adding a nice new room to bis residence, which helps the looks very much. There was a missionary rally held at Bethesda Saturday, Oc tober 26. The programme con sisted of songs and speeches by the school. School will begin at Bethesda Monday, Novemoer 4, with Miss Frone Kendall as teacher. Miss Kendall taught here last year and gained many friends in this vi cinity and we are glad to have her with us again. Winter Is coming It's drawing very near; We hear the sparrows chirping The time to ail so dear. And school days are coming, Yes. closer every day, And the children are glad to see it, For they're tired of work and play. All the children wonder How long the time will be, Before the happy Christmas They every one can see. I think we all should be good And better every day, How nature's mighty wonders Are changing every day. The body of Vice President Jbriasssd4n.4he night of October 30, was interred in Forest HilL cemetery, Utica, NrTTSaluVdayr""- THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE Written for The Rhbeaonian, The cow boy hat down in the ring. Is not the thing, is not the thing; The beaver hat will not suffice. We do not need the beaver twice. To save the country from mishap We've got to have the Oxford cap. For bucking Teddy, spurs and whip, We really do not care a flip. For laughing Billy, fat and big, We do not care a single fig. To vote for Wilson let's rejoice: Declare God's voice in the people's choice. J. P. R. Turks Recapture Bunarhissar. Constantinople Dispatch, 1st, The Turkish army has recap tured the town of Bunarhissar from the Bulgarians and also has defeated the Bulgarians in the vicinity of Visa, according to dis patches received here this after noon from Nazim Pasha, commander-in-chief of the Turkish forces. Greeks Massacred by Turkish Cavalry. Athens Dispatch. 1st. Accounts are published here of a massacre of Greeks by Turks n the town of Servia juBt across he Greet frontier in Turkey. The reports say the fleeing Turk ish troops, in passing through the village of Metassa, ordered the Greek inhabitants to follow them on peril of being massa cred by Turkish cavalry. On refusing 52 of the Greeks were made prisoners and taken to Servia and lodged in the jail in which were 73 others of their compatriots. Later the govern or of the prison told the Greeks they were free and ordered them to leave the building. On emerg ing the Greeks were surrounded by soldiers and an armed mob which began a massacre. Only four of the Greeks escaped with their lives. When the massacre was over a soldier cut off the noses and hands of the dead men. Dispatches from Arta say the Turkish atrocities in Albania are continuing and that the inhabi tants of Epirus are fleeing to Ar ta and the mountains A Globe Girdling Wireless Sys tem. WaBhinjrton Dispatch, Oct. 28. Crackling and stuttering with life, the navy's new wireless station at Arlington, Va. the most powerful plant in the world tonight flung from its lofty aer ials the first messages which sig nalized the completion of an im portant step in the building of a globe-girdling wireless system which will keep every ship of the United States Navy and every insular possession within instant communication with the Capital. Wireless operators, pro fessional and amateur, on one side of the globe probably had their instruments at their ear, tonight, straining to catch the faint buzzes as the powerful ap paratus sputtered out its calls for Panama, Colon and the Atlantic Coast naw stations. The radius of the new plant will be about 3.000 miles. This range, probably the acme of wireless operation, will be at tained gradually and it may be weeks before the big plant is "tuned ud" to its highest effi ciency. Commuuication with the Pacific Coast will be attempted only at night for the present, but later on throughout the day the Secretary of the Navy at his desk in Washington will be with in instantaneous communication with Key West, Guantanamo, Colon, the naval coaling stations, the winter maneuver grounds and all Atlantic stations. When the plant is working perfectly and the chain of stations is com pleted Washington will be in touch with Hawaii, Samoa, Guam, the Philippines and Pearl Harbor. The completed system will cost about $1,000,000. The seas no longer be a wilder ness for the navy. . Ships, be cause of weaker equipment, can not talk with the powerful plant at Arlington, but they may re lay messages to the various sta tions for transmission to Wash ington. A. Mitchell, a general merchant near Bagdad, Ky., writes us: "I think Foley Kidney Pills one of the greatest medicines there is. My daughter was in terrible ahapewith kidney trouble ancf I got her to take it She is com pletely cured now. I think it one of the . greatest-, medicines made. " - For sale by all dealers." IN SOCIAL CIRCLES. Mrs. Thompson Entertains Book Club. Reported for Tb Robesonian. On last Thursday the Thurs day Afternoon Book Club was charmingly entertained by Mrs. N. A. Thompson at her residence. Fourth and Walnut streets. Mrs. L. R. Varser received the guests at the door. They were then greeted by the hostess and serv ed with hot chocolate by Mrs. J. S. McNeill. During the afternoon an inter esting penny contest was engag ed in. Mrs. Varser was award ed the prize, a handsome cut glass dish. At the conclusion of this a delicious salad course was served. Mrs.' J. Q. Beckwith delight ed everyone with a solo and Miss Ethel Williams rendered several selections on the piano. This book club has been re cently organized with seventeen members, Mrs. John S. McNeill having been chosen president. A Chrysanthemum Party. Beportod for The Bobssonian. On nfhe most beautiful '6- cial functions of the season was the "nation" party given Friday afternoon by Mrs. J. Q. Beckwith at her hospitable home on Wal nut and Sixth streets. On their arrival the guests were greeted in the hall by Mrs. L. R. Varser and were then ush ered to the drawing-room by Miss Emma Norment, where Mrs. Beckwith and Mrs. J. P. Russell received with cordiality and charm. In the library claret punch was served by Mrs. E. L. Holloway, assisted by Miss Marie Russell. The decorations were in keeping with the fall season, pretty chrysanthemums and gor geous autumn leaves used in abundance, adding color and fra grance to the already attractive rooms. Little Eralina Beckwith pre sented dainty chrysanthemum tally-cards, and the progressive game of nations was played at seven tables. The highest score prize, a lovely individual silver deposit sugar and cream, was won by Mrs. Holloway, During th afternoon a musi cal programe consisting of vocal and instrumental selections by Mrs. Varser, Mrs. Beckwith, Misses Leslie Proctor and Laura Norment, contributed largely to the pleasure of the guests. Delicious refreshments were served in courses, and handsome chrysanthemums were given as souvenirs to all having enjoyed Mrs Beckwith's hospitality . Notices of New Advertisements. Tooth brushes and tooth pre parations Lumberton Drug Co. Commissioner's sale of land E. J. Britt. Quick money on your land J. W. Callahan, Greensboro, N. C. High-class clothing Coley McEachern Co., St. Paul's. Executor's sale of land S. L. Adams. Mutt and Jeff at opera house Thursday evening. A. Weinstein's fall opening sale. Start a bank account today First National Bank. R. D. Caldwell & Son want to to demonstrate to you "no-rim-cut" tires. Farm for rent Position as saleslady wanted. Wanted, to rent or buy a farm. Another car of horses and mules W. I. Linkhaw. Chickens wanted. Woman's Missionary Union of Wilmington District Meets at Whiteville 13th and 14th. The Wilmington district of the Woman's Missionary Union will meet this year on November 13 14 in Whiteville. Those who ex pect to attend as delegates will please send their names at once to the chairman of the hospi tality committee, Mrs. D. J. Lewis, WhitevUle, N. C. WILSON CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS Previously acknowledged $302.00 Tom Myers (deaf-mute) 1.00 Cash 1.00 T. W. MaxweiL Talorsville LOO Total" $305.00 PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. F. C. Smith, of Fairmont, was in town Saturday. Mr. Charley Oliver, of Mariet ta, is a Lumberton visitor today. Mr. D.H. Brittof Back Swamp, is among the visitors in town to day. Miss Marjorie Hilbourn, of Bladenboro, is in town today shopping. Prof. W. T. Jenrette, of Mari etta, was among the visitors in town Saturday. Mr. P. M. Sanderson, of Rayn ham, is among the visitors in town today. Mr. W. K. Brock, who lives near St Paul, was among the visitors in town Saturday. Rev. S. E. Mercer, president of Carolina College at Maxton, is a Lumberton visitor today. Mr. W. CWest, who lives on route No. 5 from Lumberton, was among the visitors in town Saturday. Mrs. Jas. A. McQeen, of Max ton, arrived Saturday and is a guest at the home of Mr. , and Mr. Jas. L. Baldwin, of Wil mington spent yesterday in town a guest at the home of bis aunt Mrs. Flora Smith. Miss Bonnie Baiker. who is teaching school at Purvis, spent Saturday and yesterday here on a visit to home folks. Misses Florence and Ruth Jackson, who are teaching school at Barker s, spent Saturday and yesterday in town at home. Mr. Jetter Williamson, who holds a position with the Kings dale Lumber Co., spent Saturday and Sunday at Evergreen on a visit to relatives. Miss Mary Toon, who had been a guest in town since Friday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ward, left Saturday for her home at Chadbourn. Miss Leslie Proctor left Satur day for Raleigh, where she will spend a few days visiting, and before returning home she will visit at Greensboro and Graham. Mr. R. C Lawrence went this morning to Raeford, where he will spend today on legal busi ness and from there he will go to Richmond. Va. He will prob ably return Wednesday. Misses Lina Gough and Lillian Mclntyre, students at Meridith College, Raleigh, are spending the week-end in town on a visit to home folks. They expect to return to school tomorrow. Mrs. A. H. Ward and son, Master A. H. Jr., of Norfolk, Va., who had been spending a few days in town visiting rela tives and friends, left Saturday morning for Wilmington, where they will spend some time visit ing. Mrs. D. L. Gore, of Wilming ton, visited here last week at the h6meB of Mr. and Mrs. J. S.Thomp son, Jr., and Mrs. Sue Lennon. She went from here to Bellamy, where she visited at the home of her brother, Mr. Gregory Len non, and returned home Satur day. A Change in Commercial Mana gers for the Bell Co. for This Dutrict. Mr. J. B. Maxwell, district commercial manager for the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. for the Hamlet district with headquarters at Hamlet, has resigned to take a position with the Boatick Mule Co. at Laurinburg. Mr. G. C. Ashmore of Greenville, 3. C, will succeed Mr. Maxwell as manager for the Hamlet dis trict A New Bank for Fairmont. Fairmont Messenger. The fixtures for the new bank for this place have arrived. It will be remembered that the cor ner of the new Jones building was prepared for bank quarters. This already contains a large fire-proof safe vault The other fixtures necessary will be .put up immediately. Mr. A. L. Jones will finance the bank and we understand he expects to open it by the first of January." "RuaTrire for The Rohesonran NEXT PAPER WEDNESDAY. The next Robesonian will be issued Wednesday afternoon in stead of Thursday afternoon in order to give results of the election a day earlier. Adver tisers will please take notice and hand in their copy as early as possible. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS Cotton today, 11 5-8 cents. A 2-weeks' term of criminal court convenes Thursday. The Sun says that "another buildinsr boom seems to have struck Rowland and several nice residences are now going up." License has been issued for the marriage of Nancy Barnes and McKenzie Allen; Sarah Broadwell and R. C. Thrower; Annie Davis aad Berry Odum. The condition of Mr. L. T. Townsend, who has been con fined at his home. Walnut and Second streets, for several days with malarial fever, is improv ing. , A charter has been granted the McKeuzie-Erving Really Co. of Rowland, $50,000 authorized capital, $10,000 subscribed by J. P. Ervmg, A. D. McKenzie and others. The Ladies' Aid Society of Chestnut Street Methodist church will serve dinner in the commis sioners' room'aTtfieeourt house during the entire second week of the term of court which begins this week, beginning Monday, November 11. Sunday papers were put into locked boxes at the postoffice yesterday afternoon for the first time since the new rules about mail went into effect and Mrs. R. M. Norment, acting postmis tress, says that hereafter Sun day papers will be put up in the boxes on Sunday. A tenement house at the Lumberton cotton mill was de stroyed by fire this morning about 6 o'clock. The house was occupied by Mrs. Lizzie Pitman and she saved practically nothing from the house. The fire was in a blaze ween discovered. The origin of the fire is unknown. -Mr. H. S. Turner of Balti more, Md., who for some time bad held a position in the Lum berton cotton mill office, has re signed to accept a position in a railroad office at Winston-Salem. He went away Saturday and is succeeded by Mr. C. P. Ryan of Washington, D. C. who arrived Thursday and began work Fri day. Mrs. Geo. B. McLeod went Thursday evening to Baltimore, Md., to be with her brother-in-law, Mr. Sandy McLeod, who is in the Presbyterian hospital there, where about two weeks ago he underwent an operation, Mr. Alf McLeod is also there and has been since just after the operation. The condition of Mr. McLeod is improving and it is expected that he will soon be able to come home. Justice J. Troy Phillips, of Wishart's township, sent to The Robesonian office Saturday two sweet potatoes that are sights and balk comment One of them is all twisted up eo that you can't find the head, but the tail points straight up like a billygoat's; and the other has a head point ing north and a tail pointing south, many a twisted knot be tween. This being a hot politi cal year they may be making some prophesy about the elec tion, but one can tell better what the prophesy is after tomorrow. Garland Jones, Jr., of Raleigh has been appointed by Commis sioner of Agriculture W. A. Gra ham a3 State oil chemist to suc ceed L. B. Lockhart, who re signs to accept a position in At lanta. The change is effective December 1. Mr. Lockhart has been oil chemist for two years. Mr. Jones comes from the Ar mour Company, having been with the company eight years, the last five in laboratory ser vice at Fort Worth. Texas. It was announced Saturday that no successor to Vice Presi- UCUb LJUl vuv ticketwould--.beelecte(Lnlil. il -I
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