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VOL XUU NO. 76. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1 1, 1912. WHOLE NO 81 0
ROBESON'S OFFICIAL VOTE.
Vote Cast for Craig Slightly
More Than Vote Cat for Gov
ernor Four Year Ago Every
Light BepublicanVote Higley
Lead County Ticket-Early
Elected Road Commissioner
Over Brown Analysis of the
Vote.
The board of canvassers met in
the court house here Thursday
and made official count of the
election held on November 5. The
totalsof the vote cast are as f ol
lows President Wilson 2,706, Taft
154, Roosevelt 660.
Governor Craig 3,103, Settle
211, Meares 344.
Legislature Senate: Geo. B.
McLeod 3.068, Troy Barnes 386,
Rev. J. J. Scott 14. Arthur Mc
Nairl; House: H.C.McNair3.18l.
B. F. McMillan 3,175, E G. John
son 411, A H. Stone 401, H. F.
Purvis 16, W. J. Currie 18.
Sheriff-R. E. Lewis 3,176; J.
W. Hall 417.
Register-T. N. Higley 3,
209, A. B. Mercer 392, W. A.
-- smi&r: - . r .rw-
Coroner-G. E. Rancke 3,189,
N. A. Andrews 409.
Treasurer M. G. McKenzie
3,190, J. C. Atkinson 389.
County commissioners C. B.
Townsend 3,189, J no. Ward 3,
172. J. F. McKay 3.159, Rory
McNair 3,l75, A. J. Floyd 3,154.
L. E. Tyner 428 Robt. Inman
428, W. J. McLean 421, Joe Allen
414, J. J. Shaw 403, A. H. Perry
14, E. G. Johnson 17.
, Congressman H. L. Godwin
.3,233, T. A. Norment 10. Dr.
Morment sent out no tickets. He
received votes in Lumberton 8,
Pembroke 2, Red Springs 5.
Gov. Kitchin's vote in 1908
was 3,005; Cox, the Republican
candidate for Governor, receiv
ing 1.115. The Republican and
Bull Moose vote this year was
just two and a fraction less than
half of the vote cast for Cox
four vtars ago. Craig's vote
was 98 more than Kitchin's four
years ago. The Democratic vote
lor President four years ago
was 2.698. iust 8 less than the
vote for Wilson, while the Re
publican vole for President four
years ago was 1,300, just 486
more votes than were cast this
year for both Rooseveit and Taft
It will be observed that Con
gressman Godwin received the
largest vote cast in the county.
It was larger by 588 votes than
his vote in the county two years
ago, when he received 2,645, to
630 votes cast for his Republican
opponent, Iredell Meares. Reg
ister T. N. Higley received the
second highest vote, leading the
county ticket. It will be ob
served also that the Bull Moose
candidate for Governor was very
much more popular than the
Taft candidate, but the two to
gether did not make a dent The
Republican vote all the way
through was light.
First returns indicated the re
election of Dr. J. P. . Brown as
road commissioner in district
No. 2, but the official count shows
that Dr. W. W.Early of Marietta
beat him by 3 votes -241 to '244
The other road commissioners
elected are as follows: District
No. 1. J. L Townsend, No 3, A.
L. Bullock. No. 4. D. M. Mc-
Rae, No. 5, Paisley McMillan,
No. 6, J. A. Johnson.
The vote of the various candi
dates by townships, with the
exception of coroner, commis
sioners, road commissioners,
President and Congressman, al
so the official vote for Senator,
will be found elsewhere in this
issue
The official vote for Senator,
it will be seen from the table
published elsewhere in this paper,
13 2.397 for Simmons. 756 for
Kitchin, 144 for Clark the table
raa published in last Wednesday's
paper being nearly exactly cor
rect making Senator Simmons'
majority over both Kitchin and
Clark 1,497, instead of 1.508, as
the first figures indicated.
President Taft has issued his
proclamation setting apart Thurs
day. November 28, as Thanks
giving Day.
A Great Building Falls
when its foundation ia undermined, and
if the foundation of health good diges
tion ia attacked, quick collapse fol
lows. On the first signs of indigestion.
Dr. Kine's New Life fills should- be J
taken to tone the stomach and regulate
liver, kidneys and bowelB. . Pleasant.
easy, safe and only 25 cents at all
'druggists. - a
IN LINE FOR PROMOTION.
Senators Simmons and Overman
Will Command Positions of
Influence if Senate is Demo
cratic. Washington Special to Charlotte Obaera.
If the next Senate is Demo
cratic, North Carolina will fare
well, ior botb Senators Overman
and Simmons are in line for im
mediate promotion.
Senator Simmons is the rank
ing member of the great finance
committee and should and most
! likely will, succeed Senator Pen-
rose as its chairman. The Wash
ington Post said today that Mr.
Simmons would succeed Mr. Pen
rose. Senator Overman will be chair
man of the committee on rules
or the committee on claims,
whichever he prefers. Bailey of
Texas, and Bacon of Georgia,
outrank him on the rules com
mittee but Senator Bailey retires
March 3, and Senator Bacon wil
be chairman of the judiciary
committee, leaving Senator Over
man the ranking member on
Ljrule8.r one of. the few big commit
tees or tne senate.
Senator Martin of Virginia, is
the only man ahead of Senator
Overman on the claims committee
and he will be elected chairman
of the committee on commerce.
Senator Simmons is next to Mr.
Martin on commerce.
The North Carolina Senators
will be promoted to very Import
ant positions if the Senate is
Democratic as it now seems to be.
The Washington Times of this
afternoon, in presenting a Cabi
net slate puts Joeephus Daniels
of North Carolina, down for Se
cretary of the Interior.
Thomas J. Pence of North Car
onna, it is said, can nave tne po
sition of private secretary to
President Wilson but has told
friends here that he does not
care for the place.
COUNTY ROAD MATTERS
Business Transacted at Regular
Monthly Meeting of Board of
Road Commissioners.
At the regular monthly meet
ing of the county road commis
sioners last Monday the follow
ing business was transacted:
Road Superintendent J.C. Par
ish was continued a committee
to investigate a cartway for J.
C. McLean of Lumber Bridge
township and also to confer with
the proper authorities with ref
ence to the crossing at Ivev's
Bluff bridge.
The superintendent of the chain
gang reported that the terms of
Jas. Caldwell. Robt McLean and
Lovett Petty had expired and
that they had been discharged
It was ordered that justices of
the peace who have bills of cost,
etc., turn same over to the keep
er of the chain gang with com
mitment and that at the expira
tion of the sentence of a prison
er the keeper O. K. the bill and
return it to the board of road
commissioners, when a voucher
would be issued for same.
Supt. Parish was instructed to
investigate the crossings on Big
Swamp and Maysville and make
recommendations as to same.
It was ordered that district
No. 2 be allowed to borrow $100
for carrying on road work ; that
Jake Duncan be paid $25 for
damage caused by changing road,
same to be charged to district 3.
Supt. Parish was instrucled'to
have the Butter's Lumber Co.
put a bridge across, its canal at
the old Warwick mill race in
Wishart's township.
Bills of various amounts for
the different districts and funds
were ordered paid as follows:
district No. 1. $452 56: district 2,
$1,116.62; district 3, $422 52; dis
trict A $6280 district 5, $6, dis
trict 6, $224 98; chain gang,$820.
87.
County Auditor Parmele stated
to the bra d that through an
oversight on the part of Sheriff
McNeill the following districts
were due him the amounts given:
district 1, $121.99; district 3,
$52 73; distri -t 6, $9 45- which
amounts were ordered paid.
It was ordered that $404 25 be
charged to district 5 and $722 50
be charged to district 4. and like
amounts , be credited to chain
gang account '
When baby suffers with croup, apply
land give Dr. Thomas Eclectic Qir at
once. Safe for children. A little goes
a long way. 25c and 50c. At nil drug
torea. .
WILSON ISSUES STATEMENT.
There ia Nothing for Honest
and Enlightened Business Men
to fear.x.
On the day ofter the election
Gnv. Wilson made the following
official statement:
"The result fills me with the
hope that the thoughtful pro
gressive forces of tne Nation
may now at last unite to give
the country freedom of enter
prise and a government released
from all corporate and private
influence devoted to justice and
progress. There is absolutely
nothing for the honest and en
lightened business men to fear.
No man whose business is con
ducted without violations of the
rights of free competition and
without such private understand
ing and secret alliances as vio
late the principle of our law and
the policy of all wholesome com
merce and enterprise, need fear
either interference or embarras
ment from the administration.
Our hope and purpose is now to
bring all the forces of the Na
tion into active and intelligent
coraiiorymd to give to our
prosperity a freshness and spirit
and confidence such as it has
not had in our time. .
"The responsibilities of the
task are tremendous, but they
are common responsibilities,
which all leaders of action and
opinion must share. And with
the confidence of the people be
hind u?, everything that is right
is possible. My own ambition
will be more than satisfied if I
may be permitted to be the frank
spokesman of the Nation's
thoughtful purposes in these
great matters."
RECEIVING ELECTION RETURNS
An Oh-be-Jojful Time
-A Hand-
some Constable.
It was an Oh-be-joyful time up
in the court room in the court
house Tuesday night of last week
when election returns were being
received. There was enough
good news to make any Demo
crat feel good no matter if he
was an ardent supporter of
Kitchin or Clark in the race for
tne senate; but some Kitchin ar
dents were conspicuous by their
absence, when everybody knows
they would have been quite no
ticeablv there if their man had
won.
Manager Hamilton and his as
sistant telegraph operators ban
died the bulletins well and stay
ed on the job faithfully as long
as there was anybody who want
ed to get the returns, which was
as late as about 3:30 Wednesday
morning.
Mr. C. M. Fuller bad let the
people know early election morn
ing that their choice for town
ship constable was Mr. W. W.
Whaley, a well-known young man
who has won a local reputation
as a cartoonist and wnen elec
tion returns were being read ev
ery once in a while a dispatch
would be read from Raleigh to
the effect that advices from Lum
berton indicated the election of
Mr. W. W. Whaley as township
constable. And such proved to
be the fact when the returns
were officially canvassed Thurs
day. Lumberton township cer
tainly has one df the handsom
est constables ever.
For the greater convenience
of the people who wanted re
turns from the county hot off the
bat The Robesonian had a tern-
porary pnone installed in tne
jury room deck ot tne court
room and received complete re
turns there from all parts of the
r-.nnnr.v' The anecial wire for
hhe Western Union telegraph
bulletins was just across the hall,
so the arrangement was as con
venient as could be.
The Rlbesonam had asked one
man in each township to 'phone
in the results as soon as possible
after the polls closed and it ap
preciates the promptness with
which this was done. All the
county returns were in at an
i early hour.
William Fortescue was shot and
killed at Belhaven on the 6th by
Joe Neal. who then shot and kill
er. Kimcolf Tho mr.n vnara friortrla
and the trouble is said to have
arisen over the attentions For
tescue paid to Neal's wife.
"Doan'8 Ointment cured me of ecze
ma that had annoyed me for a long
time. The result was lasting" Hon,
S. W. Mathews, Commissioner, Labor
Statistics, Augusta, Me.
GREAT DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.
Every Democrat May Rejoice.
Chairman Chas. A. Webb, of
the State Democratic executive
committee, closed Democratic
headquarters in Raleigh Thurs
day and before leaving for his
home in Asheville made the fol
lowing statement:
"We have won the greatest
vietory in the history of the
Democratic party in the State.
We have given Wood row Wilson
a majority of 60.000 over both of
his opponents, which is the
greatest majority ever given a
Democratic candidate for the
presidency. Hon. Locke Craig
has been elected governor, ac
cording to the information
which we are able to receive,
by a majority of 62,500. He has
received a plurality over Hon.
Iredell Meares of 102.000, and a
plurality over Hon. Thomas Set
tle of 123,000.
"We have elected ten Demo
cratic congressmen by over
whelming majorities, the small
est majority being that of Con
gressman Gudger from the
tenth district, where, hi-.miar-
4ty was not less that 2(500. v
We have elected forty-seven
Democratic senators. We have
elected 106 members of the leg
islature. We have elected for
the first time in its history a
Democratic representative in the
legislature from Henderson
county. We have also ekced
a Democratic representative in
Brunswick county and carried
the county for the entire Demo
cratic ticket, which is the first
time the county has gone Demo
cratic in fifteen years. Only one
county in the eastern part of the
State has elected Republican
candidates, and that is the
county of Sampson.
"This victory is sufficient to
cause every Democrat in the
State to rejoice. The Democratic
party in the nation vith Wood
row Wil3on as president, and in
the State with Locke Craig as
governor, and Demecratic State
officers of high character and
efficiency is in a position to give
the people the best administra
tion of their affairs within the
historv of the republic for all of
which we are profoundly grate
sul."
Progressive Fight Has Just Be
gun, Says Dixon.
New York Dispatch, 5th.
"We have ended the fight but
the fight has just begun," said
Senator Dixon, chairman of the
Progressive National Committee
today. "We shall not waste any
time over yesterday s election
but shall begin at once the work
of getting the new party in shape
to accomplish results in the iu
ture. We have won second
place as a party in the Nation.
What that really means is not
realized but when we go to Wash
ington and ask reognition in Fed
eral patronage and on all boards
and committees which are appor
tioned between the two leading
parties, our status will be made
clear.
"Our plans for the immediate
future will be decided at the
meeting of the Progressive Na
tional committee which I have
called for December 10 at Chica
go. We will then tatce up tne
question of our representation in
Congress and what is to be done
to increase the number of our
men there two years hence. With
the election machinery in most
States under our control jointly
with the Democratic party we
should then be able to accom
pliah much more than in this
election."
Success of the Woman's Suf
frage Movement.
A bi-phase of the general el
ection last Tuesday was the suc
cess of the woman s suffrage
movement in four of the five
States where constitutional
amendments were submitted to
the people. The victory of the
women was complete in Kausas,
Arizona and Michigan; late re
turns from Oregon indicated
they had succeeded there also,
while from Wisconsin came re
turns showing the decisive de
feat of the proposal. -
Huntsyille, Ala,, W. C. Dollarl. a
well known citizen, sayB: I have used
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound and
found it a most excellent preparation.
In fact, it suits my case better than
any cough syrup, I have used a good
many, for I am now over 70 years old."
for sale by all druggist.
LUMBERTON'S OPPORTUNITIES
To Be Discussed at a Business
Banquet to Be Given by Mr. j
R. D. Caldwell at Waverly
Hotel Friday Evening.
Mr. R. D. Caldwell, president
of the Lumberton Industrial and !
Commercial Club, is sending out
invitations to a banquet which
he personally will tender the I
businessmen of Lumberton at!
the Waverly hotel Friday even-!
ing oi tnis week, me purpose
of the banquet is to try to get
concerted action along all lines
for the betterment of the town
and the following subjects will
be discussed under tbe head of
Lumberton's Opportunities.
The opportunity of improving
Lumber river at the expense of
the national government.
Opportunity of getting free de
livery of mail to local addresses
in Lumberton.
Opportunity of getting elec
tric power for operating indu&r
trial enterprises in Lumberton.
Opportunity of getting a
bridge of sufficient capacity built
""s ..Lumer yiyer at Lum
berton. . - - r-
Opportunity of having a good
hotel in Lumberton.
Each subject will be assigned
some speaker as leader. This
will no doubt be a most pleasant
and profitable occasion. ,
Troubles Never Come Singly.
Every one in this shop had oc
casion to think of that last
Wednesday afternoon. The pa
per was being put to press a day
earlier than usual in order to car
ry election news to subscribers
who depend on The Robesonian
for their news, and all was well
until an effort was made to start
the gasoline engine and then all
was wrong. The engine sprung
a trick with which nobody in the
office was familiar and help had
to be gotten from outside. Some
precious minutes were lost be
fore the, engine got in a good
humor and decided to behave,
but that was only the beginning
of troubles. The folder had not
more than been started when
three belts broke on it at one
time more than one belt never
had broken at one time before.
More time lost and more sup
pressed profanity. Finally the
folder belts were mended and pa
pers were being turned out, and
then the blasted mailing ma
chine, which had been running
slick as greased lightning for
months and months, got all wrong
and would not run at all. Pro
fanity unsuppressed and uncen
sored. Add to the above the fact that
a particularly sorry grade of pa
per was struck, paper which
went to pieces shamelessly, and
you have the last straw.
But The Robesonian was got
ten out and only one sack of mail
was missed; but as the de'il
would have it, that was the sack
that mattered most, for it con
tained some packages that could
not get out on the routes until
Friday.
Superior Court.
A2-weeks term of Robeson
superior court for the trial of
criminal cases convened Thurs
day, having been adjourned by
tbe sheriff from Monday to
Thursday on account of general
election, Judge C. C. Lyon of
Elizabethtown presiding and so
licitor N. A. Sinclair being pres
ent to represent the State. The
grand jury was duly chosen and
charged, Mr. D. Z. McGoogan
being chosen as foreman and Mr.
Eli Phillips qeing appointed of
ficer. Court reconvened this morning
A number of cases has been dis
posed of but owing to delays in
cident to installing a new ma
chine in The Robesonian office a
full report of the proceedings of
the court must be deferred until
Thursday's paper.
Public Debate at Philadelphus
There will be a public debate
at Philadelphus high school Sat
urdry night.November 16. Query,
Resolved, that it would be ex
pedient for the women of the
united States to vote. Affirm
ative, Alex. McKenzie, John
D. Smith; negative, , Ualton
McNeill, Sam McKayr 1
The public is cordially invited
o attend.
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
G-Miss Carrie Baldwin.ofClarkr
ton started school last week at
Clyburn, about 3 miles from
town on the Carthage road.
m -There will be a special meet
ing tomorrow evening of St AJ
ban's Lodge No. 114, A. F. and
A. M. A full attendance is de
sired. Mr. J. McK. Robeson, of
Ta" Heel, lost Saturday .niffht hv
ure a Darn and about 4 bales of
- - j
cocron in the seed. The
of the fire is unknown.
origin
--It is understood that Mr. W.
S. Wishartand Mr. D.D. Freneb.
are both candidates for the Lum
berton poatmastership. There
may be others.
Mr. Frank Gough, member
of the firm of White & Gough,
returned yetterday from New
York, where he spent several
dayi buying goods.
-Mr. Ed. Walter of Concord
began work Thursday for Th
Robesonian as Linotype operator.
It is hoped that the next issue of
the naper wjllbe set a? or
machine. ' " - '
A horse belonging to Livery
man Burton at Maxton fell
through a bridge between Max
ton and Rowland Tuesday of last
week arid received injuries from
which it died in a few minutes.
Rev. A. J. Groves, of Bar
ker's, returned Thursday from
White Oak, Bladen county, where
he officiated at the marriage of
Miss Lula Mae Rice, of White
Oak, to Mr. Laurie N. Brady, of
Fort Pierce, Fla.
Mr. A. Weinstein and little
daughter Miriam left Saturday
evening for Baltimore. Mr. Wein
stein goes to buy goods for his
big drygoods store, Fourth and
Elm streets. They will probably
return about the last of the
week.
Mr. H. G. Jones, contractor,
who is erecting Mr. E. M. Britt's
handsome two-story residence,
Pine and Eighth streets, says
the house will be completed in
about three weeks. This means
another beautiful home for Lum
berton. Mr. IraJ. Wilkins, of Bel
lamy, was in town Friday before
United States Commissioner W.
H. Kinlaw on a charge of retail
ing, but there was nothing doing,
There was no evidence that Mr.
Wilkins had been selling liquor,
so he was discharged.
The Lumby Stock Company,
which was to have played at the
opera house tonight and tomor
row night seems to have gone
astray and the only attraction in
town will be the Pastime theatre,
which will present, as usual,
some of the finest pictures go
ing. The ladies of Chestnut Street
Methodist churcn will serve din
ner every clay this week in the
commissioner's room at the court
house. Tomorrow they will
serve fish and oysters, Wednes
day they will serve barbecue
brunswick stew and chicken sal
ad, and Thureday and Friday
they will serve a regular dinner.
Primus Henry, colored, while
at work with a crew in erecting
dredge No 3 in Back swamp,
near Back swamp church, this
morning had the misfortune of
getting his right lev badly mash
ed by a falling piece of timber.
He was brought to town and Dr.
H. T. Pope gave the . necessary
medical attention.
Mrs. C. B. Townsend re
ceived a message yesterday to
the effect that her brother-in-law
Mr. Latt B. Rogers, of Latta, S.
C , died yesterday morning at 3
o'clock at his home. The funer
al will take place this afternoon
at 2 o'clock and interment will
be made in the cemetery at Do
than Methodist church, near Lat
ta. Mr. D. B. Humphrey, of
Saddle Tree, lost on Saturday
night November 2, by fire a
tenement house and also a buggy,
wagon and several plows, etc.
In the house was quite a bit of
rough feed and some cotton seed
belonging to W. B. Lowrie, In
dian, all of which was lost Mr.
Humphrey says that his loss will
amount to about $300 and Low
rie's IIOOF-There wai no-infar
ance on the property. The origin
cf the fire is unknown.
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