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r KOBESOMAN - - - - ; ; 'i ..: :. . . Established 1870. ' - Country, God and Truth, , i Single Copies Five Cents VOL XUUI NO. 103. . LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1913. WHOLE NO. 2837 MADERO REFUSES TO RESIGN . Declares He Will Yet Crush Forces of Dial or Die Fighting Battle to a Finish -Signed Armstice Brakes by Noon Yesterday w l;' ' Press dispatches from Mexico ' City Friday night stated that President "Madera had resigned and waited only the action of the " Senate, but . dis patches in yesterday's papers contain ed positive denial of this statement and told of renewed fighting between the forces of Madero and Diaz. The fighting in the streets of the Mexican ' Capital has continued every day since ; a week ago yesterday - with great loss of life. A censorship has. been established and effort is being made by - Mexican government - officials to prevent news of the happenings in the revolution-torn city from reaching the outside world and also to shut off the city from news "of the outside world. However, several dispatches escaped the vigilance of the censorship, it seems, among them the following: Mexico City Dispatch, 16th. Hostilities were resumed with re newed fierceness in the Mexican cap ital today after a truce which lasted only a'few ho urs. , The armstice signed at 2 o'clock Sunday morning bj; . the representa tives of both sides agreeing to sus pend operations for 24 hours, was broken before noon. Soon the sound of hea vy' cannonading and the whir of machine guns announced the-;, return of the Federal troops to their position in front of the aresnal. " , - - It appeared as if the words of Ma ' dero and Diaz might prove prophetic and that this time the -battle would be to a finish. ;-''".'. President Madero this morning re iterated his refusal to comply with the suggestion of the Senators that he resign. He declared that he was still' able to dominate and that if given time he would crush the rebel forces. General Diaz has not shown himself to be greatly in favor of the armsti:e - but consented to it out of respect for the efforts of the American Ambas sador and the Ministers of the Powers to bring about a cessation of hostili ties until foreigners and other non combatants, still within", the zone of the fighting could 5be removed to a position of comparative safety. - Diaz regarded the truce as mere ly a delay in the accomplishment of his fixed purpose to drive Madero out of the presidency. The fighting SaU urday had undoubtedly gone in favor of the rebels, who, had resisted all assaults against them, and had re ceived into their ranks several hun dred Federal deserters and had ob liged the Federal commanders to ad mit for the present, at least, the rebel position was impregnable. General Huerta, the commander of the government troops, a hard fight er, who has been through many cam paigns, also was opposed to the arm stice and chafed under the terms it imposed upon him. Nor did he wil lingly agree to the sending of a large body of his soldiers back to the Fed eral base near the National Palace last night President Madero's attitude was one of exasperation, but as he had requested the American government to ' withhold ' intervention he - could do no less than consent to an., arm stice, when the question was sub mitted directly to him, but he iet it : be known without equivocation that he was determined to retain the presi dency. . ."- , Following is a part of the story told in press dispatches of the 14th: ' -Mexico City Dispatch; 14th; President Madero has . resigned. De La Barra will likely succeed him temporarily. De La Barra is now at the British Legation. Rafael Hernandez, Minister of the Interior, has also resigned. The resignation of President Ma dero is announced on the authority of the British Legation, where Francisco De La Barra took refuge yesterday, after having urged President Madero to compromise with the rebels. Arrangements for the succession of De La Barra are now being made at the British Legation. ' - - - The Mexican Congress is expected to meet tonight to receive Madero's resignation, this being necessary un der the law. Because of this the re signation has not been officially con firmed. ' ' ; A detachment of the Twentieth In fantry, stationed between the Palace and the arsenal,' revolted, shot its own ! officers and made a break to join Diaz. The mutineers were overpowered and 40 men were taken as prisoners to the National Palace. ' " It was the advance of the Federals down Bladeas street early in the day. which provoked the firsk sharp, reply from the mutinous zone. . Diaz wait i ed until the federals were far down the line, then threw into their ranks a hail of shrapnel and swept them with machine gun fire. Few left the street alive. - : -' - The government troops attempted to carry the rebel position from the other directions, but always with the same results, the soldiers fell under a (Continued onrpage '-toht.-y-j TJIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. '' r ' -; . "Search and Seizure Bill Passes House McNair Introduce State wide Stock-Law Bill To Restrict Sale and Use of Concealed Weap onsOther Bills of Interest. - The House Friday night passed the "search and seizure" bill on its final reading. The bill applies to the en tire State and was passed as adopted by ;the Anti-Saloon League with the exception of three slight amendments. The first of . the amendments makes "the second offense under the law a misdemeanor ' instead of a " felony, as in the original bill.' A second makes the punishment "fine ", or ' imprison ment," instead of "fine and imprison ment,' and the third provides that search of residences, shall be made on warrant made under oath, of a reputable citizen or information "un der oath by an officer.." . : Representative McNair of Robeson introduced in the House Friday a bill to protect farmers against stock run ning at large except by vote of the people of certain localities. It is in effect a State-wide stock law. The House killed Friday the bill to create a fish "commission. The special committee for the revis ion of pending legalized primary bill for all parties madd report through Representative Page and the commit tee bill was ordered printed and pub lished at once. . Jt retains the prefer ential clausebut leaves optional with the counties the matter of including county officers in the operation of the act. It must apply in all counties as to National, district and State officers. It is set as a special order for next Thursday. , . InJ the Senate Long introduced a resolution for the appointment by Governor Craig of five Confederate soldiers, at least three of whom are to have been participants in the Bat tle of Gettysburg to visit the battle field with the Historical Commission, and mark the positions occupied by the North Carolina .troops, expenses to be paid by the State. The purpose is that the part borne' by the North Carolina troops in the battle may be seen by the crowds at the fiftieth anniversary. Senator Nimocks' bill restricting the sale and use of concealed weap ons requires dealers to keep com plete records descriptive of weapons sold and the purchaser, and prohibits sale to persons under 16 and requires persons to show permit from town or county authorities certifying to the trust-worthiness of the purchaser and granting him permission to possess the weapon. - This bill passed the Senate Saturday. The Senate Saturday passed the Thorne bille to establish a home for Confederate widows. This bill was drawn by a special legislative com mittee appointed two years ago and was endorsed by the State organiza tion of the Daughters of the Confed eracy. - Also a bill by Jones giving any citizen and taxpayer the right to bring suit against county and city au thorities for voting "bonusses" or ad ditions to salaries of subordinates not strictly allowed by law, and the House .bill to extend the ' limit of placing State convicts in thepeniten tiary reformatory department from 15 years to 18 yearsv-C-, Among the important bills intro duced Saturday are: by Senator Bel lamy, to allow a deduction of time for good behavior for county road convicts and the authority to board of county commissioners to make some allowance of the value of , this labor. to destitute families of con victs; by Senator Gilliam, to 'protect minority stockholders : of industrial and commercial corporations; by Rep resentative , Ma jette, to provide for uniform examination and certifica tion of public school teachers; to pro vide for enlargement of drainage dis tricts. , . i Representative McMillan of Robe son introduced 2 purely local bills Sat urday, one to change name of Pem broke special tax district, to consoli date districts, etc.; another to change name of, town of Union City to Ash pole.. Important Real Estate Peal New Store Building to Be Erected. Mr. N. P Andrews purchased last week from Mr. Q. T. Williams the va cant lot between the Waverly hotel and Mr. John P. McNeill's store build ing. The size of the lot is 31x125 feet and the consideration was about $6,000. Mr. Andrews says that he expects to begin at once the erection of a store building on the lot. The building will be two-story with a frontage of 29 feet, leaving 2 feet for an alley between the store and the hotel property, the owners of the hotel property agreeing to leave the same amount for this purpose, which will make a four foot alley. ." Archie H. Caudle, a young plumber of Raleigh, was instantly killed in Wilson Wednesday, his neck " being broken in a fall from a building on which he was at work. For any itching "skin trouble, piles, eczema, salt rheum, hives, itch, scald head, herpes, scabies. Doan's oint ment is highly recommended- 50c a dox at air storesr INDIAN TRAINING SCHOOL Robeson County Indians and A. W. McLean Before House of Congress Coranirtee Ask for Appropria tion of $50,000 -- Senate Has Al ready Passed Simmons Appropria tion Bill. ' - By L. A.. Brown. . Washington Special, 14th, to News and Observer. v The mystery of the origin of the Indians of Robeson county, North Carolina, who are variously believed to have descended from the lost col ony of Sir 'Walter Raleigh .or from the Cherokee tribe of the . western part f the State was brought to the attention of Congress today when A. W. McLean, of Lumberton, and six of these Indians appeared before the House committee on Indian affairs for a favorable report on Senator Sim mons' bill to appropriate $50,000 for the improvement and maintenance of the Indian school at Pembroke. Senator Simmons fought to provide this sum for the Pembroke school by amending the West Indian appropria tion bill. His amendment passed the Senate but was stricken out in the House on a point of order. The Sen ator then introduced a separate bill appropriating the same sum. - This bill has passed the Senate and is now pending before the House commit tee . ' . ' . Congressman Godwin was in charge1 of the delegation whicha ppeared be fore the committee today. ,-Mr. McLean addressed the commit tee in part as follows: v Only Common Schools Open. "The Robeson county Indians have limited school facilities. Only the common schools supported by a small and inadequate State appropriation are open to them". They are not per mitted to attend the State University, Normal and A. & M. They have no facilities for industrial education or for higher academic education ' now afforded other races in North Caro lina. ' . "This bill seeks to establish an in dustrial school at or near Pembroke for these Indians. The United States government has never shown the In dians of Robeson county any atten tion, except as to recognize them as Indians in the census returns. The contention of the supporters of this bill is that this government spends annually large sums of money in sup port of Indian schools all over the country twenty-two of them are non-reservation schools, such as we propose for the Indians at, Pembroke. The failure of the government to pro vide for these Indians would be a dis crimination against them and would necessitate that the State government bear an unnecessary burden." The Indians who accompanied Mr. McLean before the committee were A. S. Locklear, Preston Locklear, A. N. Locklear, James A. Locklear, W. R. Locklear and B. F. Loud. Mr. McLean secured . permission to incorporate in the record of the hear ing an article on the history of the Robeson county Indians, which he is preparing. . The Indians were former ly known as Croatans. Hamilton McMillin, in a pamphlet published by him in 1885, sought to establish that they were descendants of the lost colony! Mr. ' McLean believes that Mr. McMillin was inaccurate- and in his article will bring out evidence of their Cherokee origin.- Case For the Indians as Stated by One of the Locklears. : Washington Special, 14th, to Char lotte Observer. One of the Locklears stated the case for the Indians as follows: "In making this statement I want to refer you to the history of the In dians of North Carolina first that part of the Indian history of America that has never been extensively gone into, simply because the tribes of east ern North Carolina are very small and very scattering and they were never taken up by the National gov ernment and never required so much attention as the Indians of larger tribes. "Those people were in eastern North Carolina at the( , time of the French and Indian wars; they fought side by side with the white soldiers, and fought in the French and Indian wars and the War of 1812.' The ros ter shows the enlistment from Robe son county of those same Indians. Some of their ancestors were soldiers in the War of 1812. They went under the American flag into the War with Mexico, and they were also in the CnvilWar several of them from South Carolina. They have ever shown a patriotic disposition. Fur thermore there has never been a clash between them and the people of east ern North .Carolina. They have ever remained faithful and true to the white people, and have always tried to emulate their example. That has been their watchword "The tradition of our people is this: That the 'Scotch . Highlanders' and early white settlers taught them that in order to be great they must emu late the examples of the white peo ple and lay down their Indian way of living, break up the tribal relations andVJtoomft;cUse DRAINAGE DREDGE BURNED. Dredge at Work Near Pembroke on Back and Jacob Swamps Drainage District Destroyed by Fire Thought to Be Work of an Incen diary. Dredge No. 1, located just above Pembroke in the Back and Jacob Swamps drainage district, was de stroyed yesterday morning about 6 o'clock by fire. The origin of , the fire is unknown. The dredge was owned and was being operated by the Brett Engineering & Construction Co. The loss is estimated at over 1 10,000. An order for new machinery has been placed and work of erecti'; a new dredge will be started at nce. After the crew of employees tnat bad been operating the dredge stop ped work for the week .-?at'rday af ternoon about 6 o'clock the fire was all taken out of the boiler in order that it might be cold for Fomo re pair work on the flues yesterday. At 12 o'clock Saturday night the.-o was no sign of fire about the drudge, so say some of the employes, who vere sleeping in tents within 200 yards of the dredge. The fire was not dis covered until the dredge was all in flames. There is hardly any ques tion but that the destruction of the dredge is duo to the work of some in cendiary. IMPROVED FARMING METHODS Mr. J. A. Boone, Farm Demonstration Agent for. Robeson, Hopes to Have Over 200 Demonstration Farms in the County. Mr. J. A. Boone, who recently sold out his interest in the Woodlawn dai ry, is working now in the interest of the farm demonstration work in the county. He "is farm demonstra tion agent for Robeson and works un der the supervision of Mr. T. D. Mc Lean of Carthage, who is, district agent. Mr. Boone began work about the middle of last month and has canvassed a great deal of the coun ty. He was in town Saturday and said that he spent last week working through the northern part of the county. He has already listed be tween, 40 and 50 farmers, who will cultivate from one to three acres each under the instructions of this work. He says that he hopes to have over 200 of these demonstration farms in the county, and expects to visit each farm' at least once a month. Mr. Boone is a practical farmer himself and if his instructions are followed there is hardly any question but that much will be accomplished with regard to improved methods of farming in Robeson. Superior Court Closes. As forecast in Thursday's Robeson ian, the 2-weeks criminal term of Robeson Superior Court, Judge G. S. Ferguson presiding, closed Thursday afternoon, everything on the docket that could be reached at this term having been disposed of. Besides those reported in Thursday's paper the following cases were disposed of Thursday: Daniel Locklear, false pretense; plead guilty; judgment suspended on payment of costs. ' James Britt, retailing; plead guilty; prayer for judgment continued on payment of costs. The sentence of Dan McLeod was changed to 3 months on roads. Joe Edwards, assault with deadly weapon; plead guilty; judgment sus pended during good behavior on pay ment of costs. John Byrd, colored, was shot and killed by Levy Strong, also colored, in the kitchen car of a track-laying Coast Line train at Fayetteville Thursday. It was in evidence before the coroner's jury that Byrd attacked Strong, who shot in elf defense, and a verdict of justifiable homicide was rendered. would be great like white people; they would know more of agricultural and mechanical arts. They have to an extenWimulated the example of the white people. We have some good engineers and some good farmers and mechanics among- our people. There is one drawback that we want to im press on your minds, and that is. that domestic science among, these people has never been taught The women among our people have never been taught the domestic science, and yet it is wonderful to see how they emulate the conduct of the white wo men , wherever they go. They have mingled with white ladies and have learned cooking and domestic science in many cases, although they have never had a full chance at it at all. "We have somewhere near 6,000 people in one county. We have no demands to make, gentlemen, at all, but we present this matter to you and ask you to take it under' favorable consideration and help us, and we surely do believe that you will be helping a worthy cause. . We do think that in view of the many people that we have, higher education is essen tial to citizenship and better development." .Subscribe .for BAPTISTS MOVE FORWARD. Mission Institute Held at First Bap . .tiat Church of Lamberton One of Most Important Steps Taken by Baptists of North Carolina in De cades for Advancing Work First of a Series of Institutes. Reported for The Robesonian. One of the most important steps taken by Baptists of North Carolina in decades for advancing their work systematically, was the Missionary Institute at the First Baptist church of Lumberton, held February 12-13. The opening address Was made by Rev. Livingston Johnson, correspond ing secretary of the Stats Mission Board. The object of the Institute was clearly set forth, showing the needs for Improvement of gathering funds for mission purposes. The de nominational' leaders have for a long tn-t grappled with th-a probbm .of preventing the high-pressure methods and financial strain at the close of the year, the results of their plan ning to hold district institutes in dif ferent parts of the State. The move ment will be gradually extended throughout the entire South. Lum berton for many reasons was chosen as the most fitting place to begin this work. Mr. Johnson was followed by Rev. C, E. Maddry, pastor of the Taber nacle Baptist church of Raleigh. Mr. Maddry's theme, was, 'The Steward ship of. Money." The speaker force fully presented the thought that what we have is not our own, but simply by us held in trust, that we must render an account of our stewardship, and it behooves us to make the best pos sible returns when the accounting day comes. Thursday morning was devoted to the subject, "Scriptural Methods in Giving." This subject was treated under four separate heads, a speaker having been previously appointed to lead off in a ten-minute discussion. The first subject, "Who should give?" was presented by Rev. A. A. Mc Clellan of Maxton. The speaker em phasized the need of impressing the individuality of giving, that each wo man and child had the same right to worship with man in giving, that they had in singing and praying. The next subject, "How much should we give?" was opened by Rev. A. T, Howell of Hamlet. Mr. Howell took the rather advanced position that one-tenth of our gross income be longs to God, and in giving this we are not making an offering to God at all. In order to really give to the Lord's cause, we must give more than one-tenth. , There were none present who thought we should give less than one tenth. A poll of the delegates at tending showed nearly all of them practising the tithing method in giv ing. Rev. J. H. Poteet lad in the discus sion of the question "When should we give?" The weekly plan of giving was laid down as the best and most scriptural. Even where there is only preaching in the church once a month, or where men receive their salaries inontIy, or where farrcero have no money until the crop is sold," it is urged that envelopes should be filled weekly from an allowance laid aside for th-nt purpose. "What are the best plans for church benevolences?" Rev. T. B. Jus tise of Red Springs explain many of the plans now in use in the churches. There was a general agree ment, however, that the duplex en velope system was the best with an every-member-of-the-church canvass . The chairman here introduced Mr. R D. Caldwell, of Lumberton, who was asked to discuss, "Tithing from a Bus iness Viewpoint." Mr. Caldwell urged the ministry to present to their , respective congregations more fre quently the duty of tithing. He de clared he did not look upon tithing so much as a duty for the performing of which the Lord would reward him, but that he found real pleasure in giving, and to him it was indeed a privilege. He thought if it were thus presented to the people generally there might be many more induced to practice it. During the afternoon, Rev. C. A. Upchurch of Raleigh addressed the Institute on the work of this new de partment, explaining more fully in detail just what would be expected of it, and how it would reach the churches. A kindred subject, "The Associa tional Campaign," was discussed by Rev. L. Johnson. The need of forming compact fields engaged the attention of the dele gates next. It is believed the work of many ministers could be very ma terially helped, and many churches much more developed. This was very ably shown by Rev. D. P. Bridges of Fairmont After some time devoted to an open conference, in which there was quite a tree discussion, adjournment was taken until the evening hour. At night Rev. C. E. Maddry address ed the large congregation present on the work of the Home Mission Board. His lecture was illustrated by a large number of stereopUcon . slides. This address was very informing, showing the real conditions and work in its BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. WATCH-lWatch the label on yoar paprr. If renewals are not in by date on label paper will be stopped. Middling cotton today, 11 cents. Rev. T. P. Noe, an Episcopal min ister of Wilmington, will preach it the Presbyterian church tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock. There will be a regular meeting of St. Alban's Lodge No. 114, A. F. and A. M., tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock. Work in third degree. Mr. R. C. Birmingham returned Saturday night from Richmond, Va., where he spent some weeks under going treatment in -the Hygeia Hos pital. He is much improved in health. Mr. Wm. Phillips resigned Satur day night effective at once, his posi tion as janitor at the court house and Henderson Roper, colored, a former janitor, began work on the job this morning. Mr. A. T. McLean returned last Wednesday evening from Columbia, S. C, where he attended the big corn show. Mr. McLean says that the show was indeed a "big" one and was a source of great education for farm ers. The ground hog was on the job Thursday and Thursday night there was hail. Trees and other objects were loaded down Friday and pre sented a beautiful sight Spring Beems,,. to be 'gemW'mil-XM hog again today, however. Miss Louie Allen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Allen, and Mr. Sam Arnett were married yesterday after noon at 4 o'clock at the home of the officiating magistrate, Justice John H. McNeill. Both are of Wishart's town ship. At the Pastime theatre this even ing "Alkali" Ike's Boarding House, by Essany, promises side-splitting laughter from, start to finish. "The Lesser Evil," a Biograph, will also be shown. The Essany and Biograph pictures are among the best made. Mr. D. D. Hilburn, who has been traveling for some months for the American Tobacco Co., will leave to morrow for LaGrange, where he will open a music house. Mr. Hilburn was formerly with the Eagle Furniture &. , Carpet Co. here and is well equipped for the line of business in which he will engage and in which he will no doubt make a success. Friday night some boys were out with some Valentines and a spirit of fun and innocent mischief prevailed. On many porches a terrible racket was made and those who went to in vestigate found Valentines for some of the inmates of the house. Some on devilment bent got on the trial of the fun-makers and tore down some panels of fence for Messrs. O. C. Norment and W. G. Reynolds. Invitations reading as follows have been received here: Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bullock . request the honer of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Annie Bell to Mr. F. Jackson Barber Wednesday afternoon, February 26th nineteen hundred and thirteen four-thirty o'clock at the home of the bride's parents' Fairmont, N. C. At home after March 15th, Fair mont, N. C. Joe French Captured in Norfolk Brought Back by Chief of Police Redfern Last Night Chief of Police H. II. Redfern re turned last night from Norfolk, Va., bringing with him Joa French, color ed, wanted here on charges of larceny and resisting an officer. Sheriff R. E. Lewis received a wire from Nor folk Thursday night advising him of the arrest of French and Chief Red fern left for Norfolk Friday night French came without requisition pa pers. French is the negro who beat up Night Policeman Roach here about a month ago when he tried to arrest him as he was climbing aboard an outgoing freight. The negro suc ceeded in. wresting- the officer's gun away from him and beat him over the head with it until he freed hiin self, making good his escape. Credit for the arrest is due Chief Redfern, who spent considerable time onthe case and succeeded in having French arrested in Norfolk. During the chief's absence Deputy Sheriff Willis Britt subbed for him. French is lodged in jail to await trial. Music Recital Tomorrow Evening Operetta at Opera House Thursday Evening. The recital which was to have been given Fridayvening by the music class of Miss Mary Weddell was post poned until tomorrow evening. It will be given in the graded school audito rium and will begin at 8 o'clock. Miss Weddell's music class will also give at the opera house Thursday eve ning an operetta, "Cinderella in Flow er Land!" This will be for the bene fit of the graded school piano fund. The performance will begin at 8:30