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ONIA A r ROBES N Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cents VOL XLIII NO. 102. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1913. WHOLE NO. 2836 SUPERIOR COURT. Term Will Close This Afternoon Dis position Made of Many Cases Jail Almost Emptied. The two-weeks' term of criminal Superior Court which really did not begin until last Wednesday will close this afternoon, all cases on the dock et that could be taken up at this time having been disposed of. The court has gotten through with a consider able amount of work, many cases having been disposed of, among them several for murder. There has been no long-drawn-out trial, in every murder case a verdict of manslaugh ter being agreed upon. The trial of Coot Patterson and the other negroes in jail for participation in the recent riot at Buie in which a negro was killed goes over to another term of court. These are the only prisoners of special importance left in jail. There were 34 prisoners in jail at the begining of the term and now there are only nine, or will be when all are out that this court has dealt with. Judge G. S. Ferguson, w ho presid-1 ed, presided also at a special civil . term of one week immediately pre ceding this, and he and Solicitor Sin clair, who appeared in the civil case at the special term which held over into the criminal term, have been in Lumberton nearly-three weeks. The following cases have been dis posed of since Monday's paper: . Hatiee Strickland, murder; plea of guilty of manslaughter through at torneys, McLean, Varser iz McLean, accepted by solicitor; 11.' months on : roads. Killed Sam Britt in Black An 4le section some months ago. Coro able homicide but grand jury found able homicide and grand jury found true bill. It was in evidence that Stackhouse was in a field stacking hay, that deceased came by and rais ed a (juarrel with him and shot at him twice before defendant fired. Carry ing concealed weapon; plead guilty; judgment suspended. Elijah Hunt, murder; plea of guilty of manslaughter accepted by solicitor; 12 months on roads. Shot Allen Hunt, Indian, in affray in Black Ankle sec tion of county January 26 last. Hunt died in hospital in Florence, S. C, the following day. Defendant, also an Indian, was shot in the left breast and through muscle of the left arm. Carrying concealed weapon; plead guilty; judgment suspended. B. B. Barnes, retailing; not guil ty. In another case for re tailing; plead guilty; $100 fine and costs, defendant to give $500 bond to appear at each term of court for 12 months and show that he has not vio lated the law in the sale of whis key. Will Douglass, resisting ollicer; ju ror withdrawn and mistrial ordered, bond to lie renewed. V. A. May nor, murder; nut guilty. Iefcndant killed his sun, Columbus, at his home near Pembroke on Decem ber 22d last. He made no atteir.pt to escape and the evidence showed that he shot in self defense, his son 'hav ing drawn a pistol on him and threatened to shoot. Before that he had had trouble with his sons and had been run away from home by them. The solicitor asked for ver dict of manslaughter in second de gree of manslaughter. Mclntyre, Law rence & Proctor appeared for the de fendant. Thurman Mclntyre, seduction; plea of nolo contendere accepted by soli citor; judgment suspended on pay ment of costs for which county would be liable. Jim Evans, retailing; guilty. Aaron Stackhouse, murder; verdict of manslaughter agreed upon; three years on roads. Defendant, a negro boy aftout 1 years old, shot and kill ed Henry Lilly, a negro man about 35 at Maxton. It was in, evidence that deceased forcibly took liquor away from defendant, went to his home and got his pistol, followed up defendant, who had gone away and gotten a gun, and shot at him twice before defendant fired. Mr. S. B. McLean of Maxton assisted Solicitor Sinclair in this case, Mr. G. B. Pat terson of Maxton appearing for the defendant. The judgment in the case of Mack McLaurin has been changed to .'i months on roads. D. E. Ivey, larceny; changed to for cible trespass and defendant plead guilty; judgment suspended on pay ment of costs. Miss Ida Prevatt and Mr. Jake Bax ley A Runaway Marriage. Reported for The Robesonian. Miss Ida Prevatt and Mr. Jake Bax- ley, of the Pleasant Hope section, near Fairmont, were made as one Tuesday. The performance was given in Mr. R. E. Lee's law office, in Lumberton. The words that made them happy were spoken by Justice John H. McNeill. It was a runaway affair and but few saw it happen. Wilmington Star, 12th: Mr. L. S. Swain, insurance agent, formerly of Wilmington, and a son of Rev. Eph raim Swain, of Shallotte, Brunswick county, committed suicide in the Lathan House at Washington, N. C, Monday night, by drinking carbolic acid. No cause is known for his act. ANOTHER TERRIFIC BOMBARDMENT Mexico's Capital Again Torn Asunder by Shot and Shell kebels Turn Aggressive Neither Side Seems to Gain Advantage. Mexico City Dispatch, 12th. Mexico's capital was torn asunder again today by shot and shell. It was not until 9 o'clock tonight that the fire in all quarters ceased. General Felix Diaz, in command of the rebel forces, fortified and en trenched in and around the arsenal, had held his ground against the Fed erals, and had subjected the city to a more terrific bombardment than that of yesterday. He had enlarged his zone of action, and had sent forces against the Na tional Palace. But tonight Madero was optimistic. Throughout the bombardment and the almost continuous rattle of the ma chine guns and rifles, the President went about his work in the Palace ap parently unperturbed. He took coun sel frequently with the Finance Min ister, Ernesto Madero. From time to time he was in conversation with General Huerta, the commander-in-chief, regarding plans of attack. His courage was great, his confidence re markable. Over at the arsenal General Diaz calmly directed the operations. He characterized them as solely defen sive. He,too, was optimistic. The number of dead and wounded cannot even be estimated, but it is large. For two hours during the forenoon rebel gunner rained .shot and shell at the lofty structures of the city, from the roofs of which Fed eral sharpshooters and machine gun men had attempted to rake the insur gents in the trenches and behind the barricades of the arsenal. Madero has promised to make a combined assault on the rebels' posi tion tomorrow, but the operations of today indicate that Diaz has much in reserve. On the first day of the battle, it was the government forces that burn ed their powder. Today it was the rebels' turn to be aggressive. Diaz brought forth heavier guns than he had used before. Two threatening features of the day were the appearance in the out skirts of the city of Zapatistas, who harassed the government troops, and the release from the city jail of sev eral thousand prisoners. Some of the latter have joined the rebel ranks, but others are foot free, and may turn to looting. PLUMBING AT JAIL. Terms of Contract With McAllister I'd'.v. Co. County Commissioners Recommend Some Legislation. An adjourned session of the coun ty commissioner.-' was held Tuesday. The only claim passed was one allow ing W. W. Smith $12.40 for convey ing a prisoner from outside the coun ty to jail. The McAllister Hardware Co. sub mitted written contract for plumbing work at jail, the contract having been awarded this company at the regular monthly meeting Monday of last week. The contract provides for the following: Plumbing consisting of one bath tub, one kitchen sink, one 40-gallon range boiler, one closet, tub to be 5 1-2 feet in length, porce lain inside, painted outside. All ma terial to be first class in every re spect and fully guaranteed. Com pany further agress to overhaul and put in good condition all the old plumbing in the jail and to run a new supply line for water from the city main, this line to be one inch instead of ?i-inch, as it is now, also to run a new sewer line from the jail to the river of G-inch cast iron, put in new drains in old jail (used as home of jailer), repair plastering in old jail, paint woodwork' in old jail, and finish with muresco or calcimine all walls in both jails; the company to furnish all material and labor and all work to be done in most approved sanitary man ner and subject to approval of inspec tor of town of Lumberton. The con tract price is $505. The commissioners discussed some legislation they would recommend and decided to ask the county's repre sentatives in the Legislature, in fram ing the road law, to provide that whoever has charge of the chain gang shall have authority to hire out any prisoners that are not able to work on the gang; also to ask that the de positing of county funds be taken out of the hands of - the county commis sioners and placed in the hands of the county treasurer. Commissioners John . Ward and Rory McNair volun teered to present these recommenda tions to the representatives, as they were going to Raleigh. Walked Through Plate-Glass Door. A man who couldn't see very well, or was not looking ahead, tried to walk through one of the glass doors in White & Gough's department store yesterday. He broke the glass, which was very thick, into shreds. He said he didn't think the door was closed. The wonder about it is how he escaped getting hurt to some extent. BAITIST MISSION INSTITUTE Being Held at First Baptist Church Began Last Evening With Splen did Addresses by Revs. Livingston Johnson and C. E. Maddry Three Sessions Today Interesting Ad dress with Stereopticon Views This Evening at 7:30. A Mission Institute of the Robeson Baptist Association began last evening at the First Baptist church with in structive and inspiring addresses by Rev. Livingston Johnson, correspond ing Secretary of the Baptist State Board of Missions, and Rev. C. E. Maddry, pastor of the Baptist tab ernacle of Raleigh. The Institute will continue through this evening. Beginning at 7:30 o'clock this even ing Mr. Maddry will give an illus trated address, showing with 175 stereopticon views tevery phase of mission work. This will be a most interesting and instructive feature of the services this evening. Following Mr. Maddry's address this evening the following appears on the pro gramme: 8:15-9 Report of commit tee on deliverance and discussion; 9:15Vhat shall we do about it? The programme for this afternoon is as follows: 2:00-2::i0 The Work of Our New Department. , 2:30-3:00 The Associational Cam paign. 3:00-3:30 The Formation of Com pact Fields. 3:30 to adjournment Open Confer ence. This morning's session began at 9:30 o'clock. The genera,l subject for discussion 'was "Scriptural -mciV?. of giving." This was divided up un der sub-heads as follows: 1. Who should give? 2. How much should we give? 3. When should we give? 4. What are the best plans for church benevolence. Discussion un der these heads was participated in by Revs C. A. Upchurch of Raleigh, A. A. McClelland of Maxton, A. T. Howell of Hamlet and others. This institute is the first of a series of conferences called to be held for i'ie purpose of discussing rv'hcJs of financing and otherwise promoting by ill n cans possible the Kingdom of God on earth. A similar conference will be held in Winston-Salem next week, in Charlotte week after next, and' in several other places later. The addresses made last evening by Revs. Livingston Johnson and C. E. Maddry were most instructive and in spiring. After a song and prayer service the pastor of the church, Rev. C. II. Durham, cordially welcomed a" visitors and turned the meeting over to Mr. Johnson, who is almost a Rob esonian, being a native of the famous Spring Hill section of Scotland coun ty. He is r.t home among the Scotch. Rev. C. J. Thompson, of Raleigh, a former pastor of the Lumberton church, had been put down on the programme for an address last even ing and Mr. Johnson explained his absence. Mr. Thompson had promis ed to attend as many institutes as possible and Mr. Johnson, in making out the programme for Lumberton, had "drawn a bow at a venture," not being able to communicate with Mr. Thompson at the time, and put him down. But it happened that a pre vious engagement conflicted and Mr. Thompson could not come. Mr. Johnson explained the purpose of the Institute as given above. He declared that the most tremendous menace to this age is our prosperity and that the supreme need is to Chris tianize a commercial age. Mr. John son drew some important lessons from some interesting figures. In 1902 there were in North Carolina 173.GGS Baptists and they contributed to mis sion work of all kinds $53,611.54-; in 1912 there 240,520 Baptists in the State and their contributions to mis sion work amounted to $128,285.40, an increase in membership of 45 per cent, and increase in contributions of 140 per cent. Of the 2,121 Mission ary Baptist churches in North Caro lina, 359 churches, with a total mem bership of 30, 1G3, did not contri bute a penny to missions last year. Assuming that the contributions to missions of the churches that did con tribute were made by one-third of the membership of tho.-e churches, of the 210,505 members of the contributing churches only 70,108 contributed to missions, leaving 170,500 who did not contribute. If all had contributed in the same proportion as those who did the total for missions whould have been $433,202 instead of $128,000. The speaker said that if all the Bap tists in the State gave a tenth of their incomes to God the amount raised by them for missions would be $2,000, 000. He gave as -remedy for this con dition the dissemination of informa tion and every member doing personal work. Rev. C. E. Maddry spoke on stew ardship. This is an age of intensive methods in farming and intensive methods should be applied in mission work. The plans that have been fol lowed have proven wholly inadequate to finance the great task of spread ing God's kingdom. The great prob lem is financing the undertaking. God has laid down rules for everything else important in our lives. Has he GRAND JURY'S REPORT. Janitor Work at Court House Criti cised and Recommended for Imme diate Attention Some Minor Re pairs Needed at County Home and Chain Gang Needs a Tent Im provements Needed at Jail Which Commissioners Are Preparing to Make. The grand jury was discharged with the thanks of the court Tues day afternoon after making the fol lowing report: To His Honor G. S. Ferguson, Judge Presiding: Your grand jury drawn for this term of the court, beg leave to sub mit the following report: We have found 62 bills of indict ment, 53 true bills and 9 not true bills. We visited the county home by committee and found ten inmates, eight white and two colored. The inmates are well cared for. There was no complaint for the lack of food or clothing. We did find panes of glass out of several windows and in two windows the entire sash was missing. We would especially re commend that the repairs be made at once. We visited the chain gang in Raft Swamp township by committee and found .23 prisoners at work. We found the camp well kept and all prisoners cheerful and satisfied, and stated that they were well fed and clothed. They also stated that they were well treat ed by Mr. H. D. Morrison and all semed to like him. ,t- We. also. -.visited, where the grading 'waygoing onand" inspected the- tcifm's and found th-m all at work and in good condition. We found the quar ters in fairly good shape. We advise that one tent 22x22 be furnished in place of one that is rotten and prac tically worthless. We visited the jail in a body and found conditions generally satisfac tory. We also found that several im provements were necessary, but un derstand the county commissioners are now investigating preparatory to making the required changes We also found that one prisoner, Hector Gilchrist, was in very bad physical condition, having a loathsome and contagious venereal disease, and would recommend that he be isolated. We visited the various county offi cers in the court house and found all affairs in good shape but we find the janitor has been negligent in per forming his duties. The cuspidors need attention as well as the floors. The chandeliers and lamps are cover ed with dust and dirt. We especially recommend that this matter receive immediate attention as same has been previously and repeatedly called attention to by former grand juries. J. M. BUTLJ&R, Foreman. The county commissioners being in session Tuesday, at the conclusion of the reading of this report Judge Fer guson requested them to come before him for consultation as to recommen dations of the grand jury. The com missioners were not censured for con ditions, His Honor merely impressing upon them the importance of hav ing needed repairs at the county home made at once, also the importance of seeing that the court house is well cared for. Mr. E. J. Britt. county attorney, stated on behalf of the board that at the first meeting of the present board the matter of caring for the court house was placed upon the sheriff, with authority to employ and discharge a janitor, the commission ers to pay the bills. Judge Ferguson remarked in this connection that the sheriff is so starved for fees that he has no backbone by which he did not mean any adverse criticism of the sheriff, but merely that having to bear all expenses of his office out of a salary that is hardly adequate the sheriff is naturally shy about taking hold of some things that he other wise might. not laid down a plan by which his work may be carried on? The speak er declared that God had laid down a plan. He quoted four passages of Scripture to prove that one-tenth of our substance .belongs to God and de clared that this plan would raise am ple funds for carrying on the work. And the Scriptures teach that this contribution ought to be brought to the church treasury on the first day of every week, not held back till the close of the year. Two-thirds of the population of the world are unsaved and only one-third of the one-third that profess to be saved contribute anything to advance the kingdom. Giving one-tenth of one's income to God is going into partnership with God and adds dignity and power to one's life. The above is merely a bare outline of the points brought out by these two speakers, who have at heart the great work they are presenting and make their hearers realize its tre mendous importance. Besides those mentioned above the visiting preachers attending the in stitute are: Revs. C. C. Wheeler of Socthport, J. II. Poteet of Whiteville, IT. B. Justice of Red Springs. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Senate Kills Divorce Bills Some Bills of Interest Recommendations for State School for Deaf and Dumb at Morganton To Investigate Collec tion of Inheritance Tax. The Senate yesterday killed the two House divorce bills, one to make five years abandonmen sufficient cause for divorce, the other putting husband and wife on the same basis in secur ing divorce on Scriptural grounds. The Jackson county bill passed third reading in the House yesterday amended so that a majority of the voters of the county must vote for the removal of the county seat from Webster of Sylva. A bill which sought to amend the statute making viola tions of the present Sunday law a misdemeanor punishable with fine or imprisonment instead of a simple penalty of $1 was lost in the House. A joint resolution by Representa tive Clark would memoralize Con gress to remove the Federal tax of eight cents a pound from manufac tured tobacco, "for the relief of the tobacco farmers." . A joint resolution by Senator Ev ans, of Bladen, would have the whole subject of working convicts on the State farm or on railroads in vestigated by a special committee to report to the General Assembly of 1915. Senator Weaver introduced a bill to abolish tenancy between hus band and wife." Representative McNair of Robeson introduced a bill in the House Monday to create St. Paul's graded school dis trict and authorize special tax. Among the important bills intro-dfc-d tliis week are the following: Seriate Bryant, to establish refor matory for women;; Ward, to amend the revisal relating to the removal of special proceedings from the clerks of the court and to amend the Revisal relative to the estate of life tenants; Williamson, to reduce salaries and ex pense funds of the Superior Court judges from $1,000 to $3,400 and to require that the judges remain at the county seat during the entire time designated for court, whether court is actually in session during theentire pe riod or not, unless providentially call ed away, and that the absence on the part of a judge shall be noted in the court record with the cause of such absence, on the ground that the in crease in the number of judges will reduce the amount of work imposed upon them and that the salary should be reduced also; to amend the amend ment to the constitution relating to prepayment of poll taxes in order to vote; to amend the law so as to re gulate the time of argument of co ;n sel before juries. House Mills, to regulate th'; prac tice of architecture and provide for a board of architectural examination; McNair and McMillan of Robeson, to create a State bureau of supervision of State taxation; Rector, to prohibit dispensing of dangerous and secret drugs; Miller, to regulate employ ment of labor in manufacturing es tablishments; Kellum, to provide for sale of beer in New Hanover coun ty; Bridges, to amend the lien law of the State. Both the Senate and the House took recess for a few minutes Tuesday in honor of a distinguished visitor, United States Senator Owen of Okla homa. The Miller "pure shoe" bill was killed in the House oi its second read ing by an overwhelming majority. The bill provided that all shoes offered for sale in this State not made entirely of leather should be so stamped, so that the purchaser might know when he is buying "adulterated" shoes, and would be protected against having shoes made partly of paper or fibre sold him as solid leather. Raleigh News and Observer, 12th: The report of the special visiting committee to the State School for the Deaf and Dumb at Morganton was made by Chairman Barnes. The re port was highly commendatory of the management of the school, and recommended an increased appropria tion for support and for an enlarge ment of the present buildings, many applicants for admission being declin ed for lack of room. The committee reported that in the financial depart ment it had made careful examina tion and found that not a dollar had been wasted. The House passed a concurrent res olution, offered by Representative Young, of Harnett, that a joint com mittee of three, two on the part of the House and one on the part of the Senate, be appointed by the pre siding officers of the two bodies re spectively, to investigate the books, records, etc., of the officers charged with the reporting and collection of inheritance taxes and report their findings to the Geneial Assembly. The resolution recites that the State Treasurer's report shows that $9,000 was collected from this source in 1911 and only $6,000 in 1912. Mr. Young claims that if the inheritance tax law had been rigidly enforced it would have produced a surplus instead of a "shortage" in the State Treasurer's office. Judge Council for the special joint committee appointed to investigate the condition of the Governor's man- BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. Middling cotton today, 12 cents. in. Paton correspondence of the Fayetteville Observer of the 11th it i stated that a petition is being cir culated about Parkton to annex that township to Cumberland county. The annual meeting of the stock holders of Robeson Building &. Loan Association will be held in the direc tors' room at the Bank of Lumber ton thiii afternoon at 4 o'clock. The Seaboard authorities dur ing the last few days have been mak ing some improvments in the tracks on the local yard by removing lots of bad ties and replacing them with tiew; ones. Mrs. J. Abner Barker of Roeboro, is spending a few 'days in town in the interest of a fund for a new Baptist rhi.rch at Ros- boi o. VV bile here .-.he is a L-uest ,tl the home of her parents-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Barker, Elm street. Prof. A. N. ('u'lurn arid daughter, Miss Florence, of Fayetteville, will give a music recital at Mt. Eliam Baptist church Friday night of this week. l'rof. ( oilum know.-, what to sing and how to sing it. N'o charge will be made for admission. Miss .M.iry Wed'lell, a music teacher in tne graded school, and her class will give a music recital tomor row evening at X o'clock at the grad ed .school auditorium. Some time has been spent in preparation for this uceusion and some good entertainment is promised. -Mr. ('. M. Fuller returned this Morning from St. Louis,, Ma., where he spent two or three days purchas ing mules for his sales' stables, Cmist t,i.t and Second streets. He brought two carload-, wi.ich are expected to arrive about Saturday night or .Sun day morning. The store building on Elm street, near the Seaboard .station, which was vacated fome days ago by tne Coca Cola bottling plant, will be occupied by Mr. S. T. Freeman. He will con duct a mercantile business and ex pects in a few days to be ready for business. The store is now being fit ted up with shelves, etc. Mr. Alf. II. McLeod has purchas ed a handsome new 5-passcnger White automobile. It is a 6-cylinder GO horse power car and cost over $5,000. The machine was driven in Sunday from Columbia, S. C, by Mr. R. D. Lambert, agent for the car. Mrs. I-ambert and Mr. Sandy McLeod, who hud been in Columbia since la.s Friday, came in the cur with Mr. Iimbert. Mr. J R. Morris, proprietor of the Lumberton Bakery, has placed an order for new furniture and fixtures for his shop. The new fixluies will consist of show cj - s, wall ca.-.e.-., etc., ar il quite a m.mber of thu gs have been bought for the baking room. The fixtures ordeied will cost nearly $1, 000 and Mr. Morris says that when all of these new things arrive and he gets th'-'m installed his place of bus iness will be right up to any of 'em. New Residences. Mr. James Sanderson is having a nice six room cottage erected in North Lumberton on Pine street. The house will be completed in a few days and will be occupied by Mr. Sanderson and family. Mr. Sanderson now lives about one m:le from the court house on the Elizabeth road, just within the corporate bmits. Mr. R. T. Sanderson is just com pleting a 9-rooin two-story residence in the eastern part of town. This new home is located near where the V. & C. S. railroad crosses Seventh .-.treet. Mr. Ja'ii's D. iVoctor's handsome new home o:i North e,lm street will soon be eon-pieted. This is a beauti ful modern tvvo-story building and when completed represent '.in in- ve.-trncr.t of proiwly 6,000 or .', 000. Freight Rate Committee Asks for Ad ditional Powers. Raleigh Special, 1 2th, to Wilmington Star. After a conference conti.wr.g from noon to 7 o'clock the special legisla tive commission and the oiT.cials of the railroad companies doing business in North Carolina reached ;he agree ment for the legi: lative commission to a.--k the General Assembly for powers beyond that of investigating as to the long and short haul principle, that is charged with being the cause of the discrimination against North Carolina shipping points, and then meet again with these railroad oifi cials February 2ith, when the whole scope of freight matters can be gone into. sion, reported. The report stated that the entire furnishings of the building need replenishing and renovating. This relates to carpets., rugs, furniture, kitchin arrangements, etc. It recom mends that a special appropriation of $2,500 be made at once to repair the building, it being reported in bad con dition. To properly supply the f-ir-nishings would require .?10.000. The Senate judiciary committee re ports favorably the Torfens land-title bill introduced by Daniels, the bill endorsed by the Bar Association. fib