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ROBESON
IAN
Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cents
VOL XLHI NO. 83. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1912. WHOLE NO. 2817
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PARKTON PARAGRAPHS.
How Thanksgiving Was Observed
Some More Rowdy Ones in the Toils
A Bazaar Tomorrow.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Parkton, Dec. 3. Of course the snow
was a great surprise in Parkton, as
it was in most every other place in
the South. Thanksgiving was very
quiet. Some of our folks spent the
day in Fayetteville and heard the
bishop preach an able sermon on
Thanksgiving. Some of our young
sports attended a shooting match and
some were fortunate and got turkeys
and chikens while others were losers.
Most of our school teachers, if not all,
spent Thanksgiving1 in Laurinburg.
Parkton jams also represented in
Richomnd, Va., by Messrs. P. H. Fish
er, Eugene Gainy, C. L. Beard and
B. Johnson. They returned Friday,
reporting a good trip.
A large crowd from our town at
tended the N. C. Conference in Fay
etteville, and report favorably of the
bishop's sermon and the splendid
singing, etc. It was a time long to
be remembered, a great place to meet
old friends and former pastors and
grasp their hand once more.
More confusion in our little town
on last Saturday night. One white
man was brought before Mayor J. D.
Odum and a fine collected and the
prisoner was released, and in a few
minutes was back in the business sec
tion of town using unbecoming lan
guage. When Chief W. E. Parham ap
proached him the former prisoner
moved off swiftly at first but as he
looked back and discovered the chief
in close range he went for his hat
and he left for parts unknown. Chief
fired his gun once only to see him
almost leave the earth. Is this all?
Not quite, for within 5 or 10 min
utes some negroes in the Marly
store were in an intoxicated condi
tion and were politely asked by one
of the clerks to move off the counter,
when they spoke insultingly to the
clerk and drew a pistol. Assitant
Chief Thos. McNeill attempted to
arrest' one of them and he broke to
run. McNeill fired his ' gun once
with no effect, while Purdie MeNeill,
one of the ring leaders and a bad
negro, was overpowered and a pistol
removed from his person and im
mediately he was placed in the guard
house, and ere the clock had struck
9 was brought to the office of J. B.
McCormick, J. P., and given a pre
liminary hearing and the decision was
that he should be committed to jail.
Mr. P. H. Fisher drove his car to the
front door of Mr. McCormick's office
and Chief Parham escorted the pris
oner to the said car and by 10
o'clock appeared at Lumberton and
said prisoner was turned over to the
jailer for safe keeping. Is this all?
No, Sunday morning bright and
'early Jerry Stackhouse and Archie
McPherson drove into town with one
negro named McCulum, wanted for
stealing a bicycle. This negro was
also placed in the guard house to
await a preliminary hearing and of
course will later land in Lumberton
jail. So you see they haven't quite
learned to behave yet.
We trust to report more favorably
in our next letter.
Mr. C. S. McArthur and brother
Clarence went to Bennettsville, S. C,
Sunday to visit their brother-in-law,
who is quite sick. Mr. A. A. Wright
is now proprietor of the Parkton ho
tel. Miss Mary Alice Malloy of
Fayetteville spent Sunday night with
home folks, returning to her post of
duty Monday. Mrs. C. D. Williamson
and sons Worth and Master Doniven
spent Saturday and Sunday with
home folks near Edonia.
The Parkton band has a call to
play in Conway, S. C, Tuesday.
The ladies of the O. E. S. are pre
paring for their second annual bazaar
of Parkton Chapter which is to be
pulled off the 6th of December, to
morrow. They open at 4 o'clock p.
m. in the store next door to the post
office with music by the Parkton con
cert band. All kinds of fancy work
and Christmast presents for sale at
reasonable prices. At 4:30 a humorous
moving picture performance begins in
the Masonic hall at reduced admission
fee. Supper, consisting of numerous
goodies, refresments in variety, will
be served. A second moving picture
performance opens at 7:30 o'clock.
Everybody is heartily invited to be
hero for the opening, take supper,
and stay over for the last perform
ance. The Great Harriman Merger Split
Asunder.
Washington Dispatch, 2nd.
The great Harriman merger created
when the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany bought 46 per cent of the stock
of the Southern Pacific Railway was
split asunder today by the Supreme
Court of the United States as a vio
lation of the Sherman anti-trust law.
Then with the end of the merger
before it, the court sent forth its J
portentous declaration that while the
law may not be able to enforce com
petition, it can reach combinations
which render competition impracti
cable." It is the general belief here that
the application of the decision to
the railroad situation of the country
will be widespread, placing a power
ful precedent in the hands of the
Attorney General to prevent consoli
dation of competing roads.
Mr. T. C. Barnes, who was deputy
sheriff under Sheriff E. C. McNeill,
being succeeded in that office under
Sheriff R. E. Lewis by Mr, Willis
Britt of Britt's township, will conduct
a brokerage business in Lumberton.
He begins work on that line today.
For dyspepsia, our national ail
ment, use RurHock's Blood Bitters.
Recommended for strengthening di
! c-estion. Durifvinsr the 'bloodl At all
! durg stores. $1.00 a bottle. '
COUNTY SCHOOL MATTERS.
Business Transacted at Regular
Monthly Meeting of Board of
Education Board Meets Again the
16th Inst.
The county board of education was
in regular monthly session Monday.
J. B. Bowen and T. L. Johnson, who
were appointed at the last meeting of
the board to investigate amounts
claimed to be overpaid by the sheriff
to the special tax districts $660.40
repbrted the amount correct but that
$9.86 of this amount was overpaid
the Parkton bond issue, over which
the board has no iurisdiction. The
report was accepted and Supt. Poole
was instructed to charge overdrafts
to the various districts.
School committeemen were appoint
ed as follows: Jno. Oxendine in dis
trict 3, Indian, Pembroke, to fill un
expired term of James Cummings,
who resigned; J. O. Brooks in district
2, Indian, Thompson's, in place of a
committeeman wno had moved out of
the district; Neill Baker in district 5,
Alfordsville, in place of J. G. Mc
Rae, who resigned; J. G. Purcell,
Neill Afford and D. V. Walker in
district 2, Smith's.
A deed was ordered executed to
M. D. Barton for old school property
in district 1, Indian, Smith's, sale of
which had already been confirmed.
District 2, colored, Alfordsville, was
allowed $37.50 for purchase of desks
provided the district contribute an
equal amount. District 9, Thomp
son's was allowed $40 for purchase of
desks, the district having contributed
an equal amount. District 4, Britt's,
was allowed a special apportionment
of $40 so as to give the district a 4
months term. The Parkton graded
school was allowed a sum equal to the
amount realized from the sale of the
old public school property in said dis
trict and a further sum equal that
district's present indebtedness to the
State loan fund. Sale of the old
school property in district 2, Smith's,
to W. G. McLean for $80 was ap
proved and deed was ordered exe
cuted. District 5, Howellsville, was
allowed $9 for purchase of 12 school
desks provided the district contribute
an equal amount. Rebates were al
lowed a number of persons on account
of errors in listing their special
school taxes. A committee composed
of the superintendent and trustees of
the Lumberton colored graded school
appeared before the board and asked
for certain aid in the erection of a
building for their school, but as cer
tain data were lacking it was or
dered that this matter be continued
until the 16th inst., when the board
will be in session again.
PRESIDENT TAFT'S MESSAGE.
Sounds Note of Warning to European
Powers Message Deals Entirely
With Foreign Relations.
Washington Dispatch, 3rd.
A note of warning to European
powers which by indirect means con
tinue to discriminate against Ameri
can trade; a strong appeal to Congress
to uplift the great foreign policies of
Americans above mere questions of
partisanship; a triumphant vindica
tion of the diplomacy of the adminis
tration, which is characterized as that
of "dollars versus bullets"; a mas
terful pride in the enormous expan
sion of American trade as a result of
the foreign policies of his administra
tion, and an earnest appeal for joint
action by Congress and the executive
to open new markets for American
industries, these are the more strik
ing features of President Taft's
fourth annual message, sent to Con
gress today.
The message is the first of a se
ries of such communicatons he will
make to Congress in the early days of
the session, and deals entirely with
the foreign relations of the United
States. Beginning with the usual ref
erence to the existing good relations
with foreign powers, the President
adds that these have been strength
ended by a greater insistance upon
justice to American citizens or in
terests wherever it may have been
denied, and a stronger emphasis of
the need of mutuality in commercial
and other relations."
Methodist Appointments for Robeson.
Owing to circumstances over which
we have no control, as the late la
mented Wilkins Micawber would say,
The Robesonian could not give in
Monday's paper the appointments for
Rockingham district made by the
Methodist Conference which closed
Monday in Fayetteville. All the ap
pointments will be found elsewhere
in this paper. It was expected ar.d
desired that Rev. J. W. Bradley be
returned to Chestnut Street Metho
dist church of Lumberton, Rev. S. E.
Mercer to Maxton, Rev. S. T. Moyle
to Robeson circuit, Rev. A. J. Groves
to St. Paul circuit, Rev. J. A. Lee to
Rowland circuit. Rev. S. A. Cotton
had served out the four-year limit at
Red Springs and of course another
preacher was expected there. Rev.
R. L. Caraway goes to Onslow cir
cuit, Wilmington district. The par
sonage is at Mayesville. He and his
wife and child will go tomorrow to
Duke, where they will visit for a few
days, and thence they will go to their
new home next week. , Rev. N. L.
Seabolt, who succeeds Mr. Caraway
on the Lumberton circuit, is expected
to move to Lumberton with his fam
ily, consisting. of his wife and five
children, next week. They will occupy
a house near Mr. Joe Thompson's,
across the Virgina & Carolina South
ern Railway. Mr. Seabolt comes from
Candor circuit, this district, where
he spent four years.
"I have been somewhat costive, but
Doan's Regulets give just the results
I desire. They act mildly and ree
ulate the bowels perfectly." Geo. B.
Krause, Altoona, Pa.
COUNTY CLAIMS AUDITED.
Old Board of County Commissioners
Retires and New Board Transacts
Much Business Bonds of Sheriff
Lewis and Other Officers Approved
Sheriff to be Held Responsible
for Condition of Court House and
Grounds Commissioners Will "be
in Session Again 16th Inst.
The county commissioners were in
regular session Monday for, the
transaction of routine business. The
retiring board, Mr. J. W. Carter
chairman, met Monday morning and
at noon the new board took charge
of the county's affairs, Mr. A. J.
Floyd of Fairmont being elected
chairman and Mr. E. J. Britt being
re-elected county attorney, as stated
in Monday's Robesonian.
Before retiring the old board or
dered that the retiring sheriff, E. C.
McNeill, be paid $25 per month, as
mentioned in Monday s Robesonian,
for 15 months in addition to his stip
ulated salary, an itmized statement
showing that his compensation was
not sufficient. Also the old board ac
cepted the report of the joint com
mittee appointed to adjust financial
matters between Hoke and Robeson
counties, this report being given
elsewhere in this paper, and trans
acted other minor business.
The following claims were passed:
Court House and Court Town of
Lumberton, lights and water, $35.20;
Miss Minnie Lennon, court stenog
rapher, $55; Sheriff E. C. McNeill,
holding November court, $10.50, and
serving 36 jurymen in December term,
$10.80; A. Nash, work on index,
$36.14. Total, $141.64.
Willis Phillips was appointed court
house janitor at a salary of $35 per
month and $5 extra during court
week. The keeping of the court house
was intrusted to Sheriff R. E. Lewis,
who was empowered to employ and
discharge a janitor and he will be re
quired to protect the buildings and
grounds as required by law.
Jail and Prisoners Town of Lum
berton, lights and water, $23.19; J. H.
Carper $3, Walter Parham $12.60,
W. W. Smith $10.35, W. E. Parham
$3 all expense of arrest and taking
prisoners to jail; March Roper, re
pairs and material, $1.60; J. H.
Floyd, jailer, salary $65, feeding
prisoners $97 $162; E. C. McNeill,
jail fees in Columbus county in con
nection with Harlee Stickland, $3.75.
Total, $219.49.
It was ordered that all bills for
cost of conveying prisoners to jail
be turned over to the clerk of the
court and filed with the original bill
of costs. Nancy McEachern was or
dered hired for the balance of her
term upon the payment of costs due
the county.
County Home and Paupers F. J.
Meares, keeper, $92.53; Orren Flow
ers, work, 75 cts. Total $93.28.
F. J. Meares was re-elected keeper
and required to give $500 bond.
Nancy J. Long was reinstated on
pauper list at $4 per month; Jno. T.
Howell atr$l per month; E. Whitaker
at ?1. 50; Morilla Jacobs $2 per
month for 3 months, special allow
ance; Henry Carter $3 per month;
Minnie Roberts $2 per month; W. H.
King $3 per month.
Miscellaneous Robeson Drug Co.,
drugs, $6.25; H. F. Carter, nails, $2;
A. T. Parmele, 10 days work on com
mitte on Hoke and Robeson, $50, M.
L. Marley, 6 days work on same com
mittee, $22.20; E. F. McRea, 3 days
work as assessor, $12; B. W. Page,
county superintendent of health, sal
ary, $208.33; Marilda Flowers, burial
expenses of Marilda Flowers, a Con
federate, pensioner, $15; Lillie Grice,
burial expenses of W. B. Grice, Con
federate pensioner, $15; Robt. R.
Bellamy, drugs, $4.59; Freeman Print
ing Co., $50.35; C. B. Skipper, clerk
of court, salary $341.66, stamps $4.10,
holding court, etc., $57.05 (salary
fund); T. N. Highley, register, salary,
$358.34, stamps, etc., $5.50; G. E.
Rancke, coroner, holding inquest
over Cattie Morrison, $8.25, jurors in
above inquest $12, holding inquest
over infant child of Mary Quick $7.40,
jurors in above inquest $12; Lumber
ton furniture store $4, R. D. Caldwell
& Son $1.65, White & Gough $7.50
all. supplies: H. K. Mulford Co., drugs,
$6.50; F. Odum, work as deputy game
warden, $10; M. G. McKenzie, treas
urer, salary $200, stamps $1.96, extra
work on poll rebates $100; E. C. Mc
Neill, sheriff extra allowance of $25
per month for 15 months, $375, sal
ary $400, stamps $8.05; A. T. Parmele,
county auditor, salary $216.66,
stamps $1.05; W. W. Whaley, work
on typewriter, $3.50; A. Schwartz
berg, work, $4.55. Total, $2,530.44.
Sheriff McNeill's report for No
vember showed receipts amounting to
$52,789.02, disbursements, $46,553.43,
balance to State's credit $6146.34.
A number of rebates were allowed.
A. B. Small was appointed standard
keeper for the county and required
to file bond.
R. E. Lewis was duly inducted into
office as sheriff after the board ap
proved his bonds as follows: process,
$5,000; State tax, $10,000; local tax,
$30,000, with the National Surety
Co. as surety in each instance. Other
bonds were filed as follows: Jas. A.
Locklear, -constable for Saddle Tree
township, $500; T. N. Higley, register,
45,000, and required to file adVn
tional bond of $5,000 within 15 days;
M. G. McKenzie, treasurer, $100,000;
J. A. Honeycutt, $500; G. E. Rancke,
coroner, $2,000.
J. W. Ward and Rory McNair
were appointed a committee
from the board to make set
tlement with i county officers. The
question of printing the annual state
ments of the county officers was con
tinued until the 16th inst. It was
ordered that $3,000 be paid the bank
of Red Springs in full payment of
note due December 24.
. B. W. Page, county superintendent,
of health, reported county, institutions
in fairly good sanitary condition.
FINANCIAL SETTLEMENT
BETWEEN ROBESON
AND HOKE.
Hoke Should Pay $3,915.21 of Robe
son's Indebtedness Recommenda
tions of Joint Committee Accepted
by Robeson's Commissioners.
The report of the joint committee
appointed to adjust the financial set
tlement between Robeson and Hoke
eounties, Hoke county having been
formed of a part of Robeson, was ac
cepted by the board of county com
missioners at its meeting Monday.
This committee was composed of J.
W. McLauchlin and J. H. Smith for
Hoke and M. L. Marley and A. T.
Parmele for Robeson. The leport
of this committee is as follows:
That the total valuation of pro
perty for taxation in the county of
Robeson (including that portion not
cut off into Hoke), as shown by the
abstract for 1910, is $15,546,459.
That the total valuation of property
for taxation in that portion of the old
county of Robeson which has been in
cluded in the boundaries of Hoke (to
wit, nearly all of Blue Springs town
ship and portions of Red Springs,
Smith's and Lumber Bridge town
ships) is $16,824, and that the said
valuation is made up as follows: Val
uation of property in Blue Springs
township, $596,836; valuation of that
part of Red Springs taken into Hoke,
$102,228; valuation of that part of
Smith's taken into Hoke, $14,360; val
uation of that part of Lumber Bridge
I township taken into Hoke, $203J500.
nuxL wie pruporwon vi me inueuieu
ness of the county of Robeson which
should be assumed and paid by the
county of Hoke is .05898 per cent.
That the total indebtedness of the
county of Robeson is $75,000; that
there is on hand a sinking fund for
the liquidation of this indebtedness
the sum of $8,618; that the net in
debtedness of the county of Robeson,
after deducting the sinking fund on
hand ar.d applicable to the reduction
of the said indebtedness, is $66,382;
that the county of Hoke should as
sume and pay .05898 of the said sum
of $66,382, which equals $3915.21.
It was ordered that settlement be
made according to these figures.
TOWN AFFAIRS.
Matter of Selling Power Plant to
Yadkin River Power Co. Referred
to Mayor Caldwell and Such Com
mittees as He May Appoint for In
vestigation Meeting of Town
Fathers.
The regular monthly meeting of the
mayor and town commissioners was
held last night, having been postponed
from Tuesday night, the regular time
for the meeting.
A request had been received by the
board from the Yadkin River Power
Co. that its representatives be given
a hearing with a view to purchasing
the town's power plant and it was
rordered that Mayor Caldwell be em
powered to make such investigations,
with any sub-committees he may ap
point, as -may be necessary to secure
information necessary for the board
to consider the matter intelligently.
The several committees appointed
at the last meeting of the board were
continued until the next regular meet
ing in order to give them time to get
further information upon the matters
assigned them.
The following rebates and claims
were allowed: L. C. Mayers, I. J.
Moore, Luther Cox, Will Edwards,
$4.36 each, poll tax, error in listing;
Wade Wishart, allowance for water
leakage, $4; Jake Rogers, work, $5;
R. O. Edmund, C. H. Edmund, N. A.
Thompson, H. C. Rogers, A. Schwartz
berg, P. P. Greene, J. P. Townsend,
Jake Powell, C. A. Eaton, exemption
from poll tax as members of the fire
company, $4.36 each, this list includ
ing members of the fire company for
the past year only and not members
of the campany as now constituted.
Superior Court.
The time of the superior court
has been taken up since noon Monday
with the case In Re Will of S. A.
Edmund, the heirs-at-law seeking to
set aside the will on the ground that
deceased was incapacitated at the
time the will was made. The firms
of McLean, Varser & McLean and
Mcljityre, Lawrence & Proctor, and
E. J. Britt are representing the pro
pounders, the firms of McNeill & Mc
Neill and Britt & Britt of Lumber
ton and Sinclair & Dye of Fayetteville
representing the caveators. Drs.
J. L. McMillan of Red Springs, J.
W. McNeill of Fayetteville, W. W.
Early of Marietta and ' R. B.
Beckwith of Bladen county, and
the local doctors, are expert wit
nesse in this case. Judge H. P.
Lane of the first judicial district is
presiding.
Judge Lane Called Away on Account
of Wife's Illness None but Ed
mund Case Will be Tried This
Term.
After the paper had gone to press
and many papers had been mailed to
subscribers Jude Lane received a mes
sage advising him of the serious ill
ness of his wife, who is at Timmons
ville, S. C, at the home of her par
ents, and left at once for Timmons
ville, adjourning court until noon to
morrow. On this account no case will
be taken up this term after the Ed
mund case mentioned above, and the"
jurors for next week will not have
to come to court.
Thirteen inmates were reported in
the county home, 10 prisoners in jail
and 38 in convict camp.
The board will bt in session again
on the 16th inst.. to take up matters
that were not completed at this meeting.
COUNTY ROAD WORK.
Monthly Meeting of Road Commis
sioners Dr. J. P, Brown Seated
as Commissioner from District No.
2 J. C. Parish Re-appointed Road
Superintendent Bills Audited and
Paid.
As stated in Monday's Robesonian,
the board of road commissioners met
Monday in regular monthly session
and after old and new members tak
ing the oath of office, the board or
ganized by re-electing A. L. Bullock,
of district No. 3, chairman, W. P. Mc
Allister of Lumberton secretary. Mr.
J. C. Parish of Maxton was re-elected
superintendent of roads at salary of
$1,800 the year and H. D. Morrison
was re-elected keeper of the chain
gang at salary of $75 per month. Mr.
McAllister's salary is also to bo the
same as formerly, $25 per month.
The new members of the board, as
stated in Monday's paper, are J. I.
Townsend of Ten Mile, district No.
1; D. M. McRae of Maxton, No 4.
Besides Mr. Bullock, the old members
are Dr. J. P. Brown of Fairmont, Ni.
2, Paisley McMillan of Red Springs
No. 5, and Jas. A. Johnson of St. Paul,
No. 6.
Dr. Brown and Dr. W. W. Early of
Marietta both took the oath of oC.ce
Monday before Clerk of the Court
Skipper, but the board recognized Dr.
Brown, the former member. First
returns from the election in Novem
ber indicated the election of Dr.
Brown but when the board of can
vassers met the returns indicated the
election of Dr. Early by three votes,
and the board of canvassers declared
Dr. Early elected. Dr. Brown, how
ever, was able to prove to the satis
faction of the road commissioners
that he was duly elected and he was
seated. It is understood that Dr.
Early will bring suit.
The following business was disposed
of by theb oard:
Supt." Parish reported that he had
laid out as cartway across the lands of
Bizzell and others in Britt's township;
that he had been advised by the But
ters Lumber Co. that it would put a
bridge across Warwick's mill race in
Wishart's township; and that he had
investigated the crossing on Big
swamp at Smith's bridge and found
that it would be a rather expensive
proposition.
Chas. Huggins, colored, presented
a bill for damage to crops by chang
ing roads across lands rented by him
in Saddle Tree township, district 1.
The board was informed that Huggins
was notified that the road would run
where it was staked out before the
crop was planted and payment of the
bill was refused. A bill of W. R. Mc
Neill against the chain gang was
turned over to Supt. Parish to be au
dited before payment could be au
thorized. A petition of R. W. Livermore and
others asking for a new road begin
ning at Nealy Smith's in Smith's
township and extending to the public
road near New Hope church wjg pre
sented to the board and Supt. Par
ish was instructed to investigate and
report at the next meeting.
The secretary was instructed to let
out the printing of the report of the
board to the lowest responsible bid
der. It was ordered that $1,000 be credit
ed to the general fund and a like
amount prorated among the various
districts as per schedule to be fur
nished by the county auditor;also
that $939.25 be charged to district
No. 5 and a like amount credited to
chain gang account.
It was ordered that district No. 5
keep the chain gang one week from
the date of the meeting and that then
it was to be turned over to district
No. 1.
Formerly the keeper of the chain
gang was paid $1.10 per day for each
convict in the chain gang, the keep
er feeding the prisoners and hiring
his own guards. This practice was
discontinued some time ago by the
road commissioners and the" chain
gang placed under the road superin
tendent, the keeper was paid a sal
ary, and each township that used the
gang was charged $1.10 each day for
each prisoner. At that rate money
was made by the chain gang and later
the rate was changed to $1 per
day per convict, which is found to
be sufficient to feed and clothe the
ganr and pay the salary of the su
perintendent. Bills of various amounts for the
several districts and funds were or
dered paid, the totals being as fol
lows: District No. 1, $651.47; district
2, $1602.83;, district 3, $238.63; dis
trict 4, $208.58; district 5, $137.19;
district 6, $45,42; Bridge fund.
$305.89, $265.61 of this amount being
naid" Columbus county for repairs on
Ivey's Bluff bridge; general fund,
$351.05; chain gang, H. D. Morrison,
$156.39.
State Baptist Convention in Session
at Goldsboro Rev. C. H. Dur
ham of Lumberton Re-elected Pres
ident. The 81st annual convention of the
North Carolina Baptists convened in
the First church of Goldsboro Tues
day night, Rev. C. H. Durham, pastor
of the First Baptist church of Lum
berton, presiding. The annual ser
mon was preached by Rev. T. 0. Da
vis of Murfreesboro. Dr. R. T. Al
len of Lumberton was appointed a
member of the enrolment commit
tee. Mr. Durham was re-elected
president of the Convention.
Monument Unveiling.
The Woodmen of the World will on
Sunday, December 15th, at 2 p. m.
unveil the monument erected to the
memory of David Rogers, a member
of White Pond Camp No. 222, in the
Owens cemetery, near Piney Grove
Baptist church, Dillon county, S. d
The public is invited; a special invi
tation to all members of the W. O. W.
, F. R. HORNE, Clerk.
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
Cotton today, 124 cents.
The Rosary, one of the best at
tractions on the road this season, will
be' seen at the opera house Friday
night of next week.
Misses Juette and Alice Barker
went yesterday to Wilmington. Miss
Juette went to have Dr. Murphy treat
her eyes, which have been troubling
her for some time. They will prob
ably return this afternoon.
Tonight at the Pastime theatre
will be shown "Cholera on the Plains,"
one of Pathe's good Western pictures,
and "Trapped by Wireless," one of
Kaletn's best. Tomorrow night there
reels will be run, one of which will be
"Pathe Weekly" No. 34.
fr. F. W. Walters is having a
residence erected on a place he pur
chased recently near Mr. Wm. Stone's,
on rural route No. 2 from Lumberton,
about 3 miles from town, to which
he will move his family next week
from their present home at Barnes
ville. Rev. J. W. Bradley will leave this
evening for the western part of the
State, where he goes to visit his
father. He will be away until next
week and there will be no preaching
at Chestnut Street Mehodist church,
of which he is pastor, Sunday morn
ing or evening.
Dr. W. A. McPhaul and Messrs.
John French, Hector McPhaul, Earl
Thompson and Regan Mclntyre went
last night to Fayetteville to witness
"Miss Nobody from Starland" at the
LaFayette theatre. They made the
trip -in Dr. McPhaul's auto, return
ing this morning between one and
two o'clock.
Mr. Alex West, who lives on
route 5 from Lumberton, was among
the visitors in town Tuesday. He
says that last Friday her killed a hog
that weighed 488 pounds dressed.
The hog was 2 years old and belonged
to Mr. L. H. Caldwell, but Mr. West
raised it and bought the pork from
Mr. Caldwell after it was killed. Mr.
West thinks that it is going to be
hard for any one to beat this weight
on a "2-year-older."
Mr. Archie Collins, who has been
in the lumber commission business in
Lumberton for about seven months
past, representing several Southern
mills, will move on the 15th inst. with
his wife and child to Charlotte, where
he will be connected with the Caro
lina Lumber Co., manufacturers and
wholesale dealers. Mr. Collins is a
Proctorville boy who has made good
in the lumber business, and his move
to Charlotte is Lumberton's loss. He
made headquarters in Washington, D.
C, before coming to Lumberton.
Coroner G. E. Rancke held Tues
day at St. Paul an inquest over the
body of John Alford, colored, who
j was accidentally shot and killed Sun
day afternoon, mention of which was
made in .Monday's Robesonian. There
were no new developments as the re
sult of the inquest. There was
nothing in the evidence to show that
the killing was not accidental, though
it is understood that there is some
question about the killing being
accidental; and Coroner Rancke says
that he thinks something will develop
later that will place the blame on
some one.
Protocol Arranging Armistice
in
Turkish-Balkan War Signed.
London Dispatch, 3rd.
The protocol arranging an armistice
in the Turkish-Balkan war was signed
late this evening by the Turkish and
Bulgarian delegates, the latter repre
senting also Servia and Montenegro.
Prior to this there had been a long
sitting of the Turkish Council of Min
isters to consider fresh proposals
submitted by the Allies.
Apparently the Greek delegate did
not sign the protocol. At present
nothing is definitely known on thi3
point nor of the terms of the armis
tice as revised today.
Greece iH Expected to Sign Armistice.
London Dispatch, 4th.
No news has yet been received that
Greece has signed the armistice in
the Turkish-Balkan war, although she
is expected to do so, as the protocol
provides that the besieged garrisons
are not to be provisioned. Greece had
strongly objected to their beyig re
victualed. The fact that Turkey has ayreed to
this clause is held to indicate that
there is no likelihood of the imme
diate surrender of the fortresses.
It is possible that two Conferences
may be sitting concurrently at Lon
don after next week. The proposal
for an ambassadorial conference
reached the Austrian foreign office to
day and i3 said to have been received
sympathetically by the Austrian cabi
net. Greece Will Continue War if Neces
sary.
Athens Dispatch, 4th.
Commenting on the conclusion of
the armistice the Athens newspapers
express the conviction that Greece
will, if necessary, continue the war
without her allies.
According to advices from Saloniki
the Greeks are meeting with consider
able opposition in Epirus. The Turk
ish army, which retreated from
Monastir, has not surrendered, but
the submission of small detach
ments continue. ,
Mr. F. P. Humphrey, who lives on
route No. 2 from Lumberton, was
among the visitors in town yester
day. Any skin itching is a temper tester.
The more you scratch the worse it
itches. Doan's Ointment is for piles,
eczema any skin itching. 50c at all
drug stores.
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