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1 ROBESONIAN h A Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cents VOL XLIV NO. 1. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1913. WHOLE NoT2838 WITH ROBESON'S LEGISLATORS Bills of Special Interest to Robeson ian Readers Introduced and Propos ed McMillan-McNair Recorders Courts and Rural Police Bills not Approved by Senator McLeod To Double Per Diem of Members of County Board of Education In Re County Auditor Bills of State Wide Interest Introduced or to be Introduced by Robeson Legislators. Special to The Robesonian. Raleigh, Feb. 19 It should be counted unto them for righteousness that Robeson county's Senator and Representatives have not mussed up things by introducing many bills. Frofii the way some of these same Senators and Representatives intro duce bills for this and for that one would think their conception of the ' duty of a Senator or Representative is briefly comperhended in this one phraze, viz., "Introduce bills" no matter what bills just get on the job and introduce bills; and so shall the sovereigns back home think that you are some "heap big injun" in the legislative works. But it is not so. This promiscous, eternal, cheerful and diabolical intro duction of bills is what clutters up things and and fritters away time that should be spent on weightier matters. No indeed. It is not a sign that a Senator or a Representative has neg lected his duty when he has not intro duced many bills. Far be it from any sane person to think such a thing. It is to be counted unto that Senator or Representative, as stated at the out set, for righteousness. They also serve who wait and weigh and delib erate and study and refrain from the merry pufti'ne of cluttering up things by inlroducing bills of little moniv.t. This is ;iot equal to sayinp that the useful. ss of a Senator ox Ucjtre sentative is in inverse ratio to the number of bills he introduces. It de pends altogether upon the bills. Representatives McMillan and Mc- Nair have introduced two bills of spec ial interest to the people of Robeson county one to provide recorders' courts and one for rural police and two bills of State-wide interest one to provide for a uniform system of accounting for all counties and a State examiner, another for a State-wide stock law. Recorders' Courts. The bill introduced by Messrs. Mc Millan and McNair to provide for recorders' courts for Robeson was not submitted to Senator McLeod before it was introduced in the House and it will be held up for a close inspec tion in the Senate in fact, it in all probability will not pass that body it of course will not without the appro val of Senator McLeod, who is in favor of recorders' courts but may introduce a bill differing in some par ticulars from the House bill. The bill introduced by, Messrs. Mc Nair and McMillian was drawn by Mr. H. E. Stacy, who was a candidate for the Senate against Mr. McLeod in the primary last summer. Mr. Sta cy, it will be remembered by Robe sonian readers, was superintendent of the Rowland graded school for two years before becoming a candidate for the Senate last summer. He has just received his license to practice law and will come to Lumberton next week to locate. He is a bright young man and many people in Robeson will be glad to know that he is going to locate in Lumberton. He is here now drafting some bills for Messrs Mc Millan and McNair. He also drafted for them the bill providing for rural police. But to return to the recorders' courts bill: It provides for the es tablishment of recorders' courts for Lumberton, Maxton, Red Springs and Thompson No. 1 townships to sit in Lumberton, Maxton, Red Springs and Rowland. These recorders shall be elected at the next town election in these towns by votes of the township named and every two years there after. The salary of the recorder shall be $50 per month, the county commissioners to have power to in crease this salary to not exceeding 50 per cent. Daily sessions shall be held at some convenient point in the town ship in which the court is establish ed, the first session to be held on the first Monday in June, 1913 These re corders shall have final, exclusive and original jurisdiction in all violations of town ordinances within the limits of the town where they are in ses sion; concurrent and original jurisdic tion of all cases in jurisdiction of jus tices vof the peace; and, not to go into details, which would be lengthy their jurisdiction is defined at length. The bill that is passed will be published in The Robesonian in full. This bill gives wide jurisdic tion and the recorders may sentence to the roads. It provides that the re corders shall file with the county com missioners on the first 'Monday of each month all fines and costs of their, courts and their salaries shall be paid from these. If they are not sufficient the county commissioners shall pay out of the conty funds. As has been stated, this bill was not submitted to Senator McLeod before being introduced in the House and it j is more than probable that Senator McLeod will hold up this bill and in troduce another bill that has received the approval of attorneys who are familiar with the affairs of the coun ty and will have to practice under it. Rural Police Bill. The bill providing for rural police men provides: On the first Monday in January, 1914, the county commis sioners shall appoint 3 or more rural policemen. Until these policemen are appointed by the commissioners, S. H. Dunlap of Maxton, Jas. A. Kitchin of Rowland, R. B. Lindsay of Red Springs are named in the bill to be appointed by the Legislature. The salary is to be $75 per month, the policemen to furnish their own billets, firearms, horses and conveyances. Under the direction of the sheriff they shall patrol and police the county, woking 10 hours a day and remain ing on duty at night when necessa ry. This is something new for North Carolina. Similar bills have been in troduced for Richmond and Scotland counties. This bill also may meet rough sled ding in the Senate, for Senator Mc Leod thinks that in its present form it gives too great powers to the po licemen. It gives a rural police man authority, for instance, to enter a man's house by force, if necessary, without a warrant, and most people will agree with Senator McLeod that this is going a trifle too far. As has been mentioned in The Rob esonian, Representative McNair has introduced a State-wide stock-law bill, allowing counties to exempt them selves by vote; and McLeod has intro duced in the Senate and McNair and McMillan in the House, a bill to allow certain civil cases explained in last Thursday's Robesonian to be dis posed of at criminal terms of Super ior court. The most important bill that has been introduced by Messrs McNair and McMillan is a bill providing for "the creation of a bureau of inspec tion and supervision of public offices and to establish a uniform system of public accounting and auditing.". It provides for the creation of the office of State examiner, on the order of the State bank examiner for in stance, to establish and maintain a uniform system of accounting for all the counties of the State. In commenting upon the bill Dr. McMillan says: "Approximately 15 States have a State examiner or trav eling auditor to examine and audit the books of every county official The law now requires officers to keep accounts and make reports but re quires no system or method of mak ing reports. Every public official should have his work audited by a man entirely free from any local in fluence. In a great many counties officers keep no books at all. All re turns fiom counties to the State 'au ditor are made by the county officers themselves and the State accepts them as correct without any investigation and it is estimated that the loss an nually to the Stite from the failure to list special licenses, insolvents, and property listed after the general ab stract is closed amounts to $150,00 or more a year and that an equal amount is lost to the counties an nually by reason of the crude meth od of keeping books. This system is the opening wedge for the equaliza tion of taxes and will in a large meas ure prevent any future deficit in the State treasury. The State undertakes to do'a termendous business without any uniform "system or method of auditing. Our financial system has not kept pace with our other depart ments. We have bank inspectors, in- surance inspectors, fertilizer and oil inspectors but the State has no dne to check up its revenue in each coun ty. The county officers will find this a great help." The bill provides that a State ex aminer shall be appointed by the Governor, upon recommendation of the Council of State. Salary $1200. The examiner shall appoint assistants to install a uniform system of ac counting in each county, the assis tants to receive $6 per day and ex penses, this to be paid by the county in which the service is rendered. It is hardly probable that Senator McLeod will approve this bill as drawn. He is inclined to think that the same results can be accomplish ed by delegating larger powers to the State auditor, without creating a new office.' There was discussion yesterday af ternoon - before agricultural commit tee of which Mr. McNair is a member, of an amendment to the fertilizer law, in which many Robesonian read ers are interested. The amendment provides that fertilizer manufactur ers shall place upon the bags the sources and percentages of ammonia and potash contained in the fertilizer. There was a large delegation of ferti lizer manufacturers here to fight the bill but it is probable that they have lost and the bill will be reported fa vorably. Many lawyers from all parts of the State were here Monday to appear before a joint snb-committee of the joint Senate and House judiciary com mittee in the matter of redisricting the State into ,20 judicial districts. .. (Continued on page four.) . SIX MONTHS SCHOOL TERM House Passes Bill by Almost Unani mous Vote Child Labor Bill Passes House. The most important bill so far pass ed by the House of the General As sembly was the bill passed Tuesday night to provide a six-months' term of the public schools throughout every county in the State. It wass passed by almost unanimous vote, 98 to 3. Mr. Majette, chairman of the commit tee on education, explained the bill as appropriating $250,000 for distri bution to counties per capita of school population. Then when all counties have assured four-months' terms an other State fund of five per cent of all State taxes is available to make out six-months' school. The Senate yesterday made this bill a special order for consideration to morrow night. It passed third read ing in the House yesterday. The House last night passed on its final reading the child-labor bill, which prohibits the working of wo men and girls of any age or boys under 16 years old in manufacturing establishments at night. It also pro hibits the working of children under 13 years old in such establishments in the day time except such as are 12 years old and have attended school 4 months of the last 12. MADERO ARRESTED. Forced Out of Presidency Huerta Provisional President Brother of Deposed President Shot. Mexico City Dispatch, 18th. Francisco I. Madero has been forc ed out of the presidency. He was ar rested at the National Palace short ly before 3 o'clock this afternoon by General Blanquet. General Victoriano Huerta comman der of the Federal troops was pro claimed provisional President. About the time Madero was arrest ed by Blanquet, his brother Gustavo Madero, the former Minister of Fi nance was arrested by General Huer ta, who was dining with him in a pub lic restaurant. All" members of the Cabinet were promptly placed under arrest with the exception of Ernesto Madero, un cle of the President, who is Minister of Finance. He was apprised of the intentions against the government and managed to make his escape. Mexico City Dispatch, 19th. General Victoriano Huerta was elected provisional President by Con gress at a special session tonight. Francisco I. Madero, deposed from the presidency of Mexico yesterday, will be exiled. Arrangements have been made for his peparture from the capital for Vera Cruz tonight. From there he will sail for some European port. Madero will be accompanied by his wife and perhaps by his father and other members of his family. The execution of Gustavo Madero brother of the deposed President, was the most tragic occurrenc of today. He was subjected to the "fugutive law" and was shot to death by his guards. A Bill to Appoint an Auditor for Rob eson Present Auditor Parmele Named in Bill. Spedial to ,,The Robesonian. Raleigh, Feb. 19 Senator McLeod has a bill soon to be introduded in the Senate, entitled 'An act to ap point an auditor for the county of Robeson." Section 1 provides for the appoint ment of A. T. Parmele (present audi tor) as county auditor, for a period of 2 years from the first Monday in March, 1913. Section 2 provides that the said ad- .ditor shall receive the compensation and shall perform and discharge all duties prescribed and set forth in chapted 346, public local laws of l5ll. Section 3 strikes out part of sec tion one, chapter 346, public local laws of 1911, and inserts the follow ing: "The auditor of Robeson coun ty shall be a citizen of said county and an expert accountant, and upon the expiration of the term of office of A. T. Parmele as county auditor as hereinbefore provided, it shall be the duty of the board of commissioners of Robeson county, by majority vote of the entire board to elect a suc cessor to Parmele, and to that end the said board of commissioners shall on the first Monday in January, 1915, and biennially thereafter, elect a county auditor, and the term of office of the person so chosen shall begin on the first Monday in March next fol lowing his election, and he shall hold his office for a term of two years and until his successor is elected and qual ified as provided by this act." .Try Laughing at Yourself In the February Woman's Home Companion in the course of a talk to girls, about friendship with boys, ap pears the following wise observa tion: 'It is not a bad idea at all to laugh at one's own failures. It indicates' at least that you have imagination; that you can imagine how funny other peo ple must think something you ha.ve done.". : . RED SPRINGS REVIEWS. Public Debate at Philadelphus To morrow Night Graded School Lit erary Society Organized Personal and Social. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Red Springs, Feb. 19 Dr. B. F. j Mcillan spent Sunday at Red Springs (with homefolks, returning to Raleigh j Monday morning. Mr. H. J. Single ; ton, principal of Bethel high school, spent Saturday and Sunday in Red Springs. Messrs. George Coley, Jno. Coley, DeBerry Ledbetter and John Byrne made up an automobile party that spent Sunday at Pinchurst. Mr. W. P. Covington was in Baltimore the past week buying his spring stock Mr. Archie McKay, who is teaching at Rockfish, was at home Saturday and Sunday, returning Sun , day afternoon. Mr. Luther Powell, of ' Seventy-first, was in town the first part of this week. Hon. G. B. Patter son, of Maxton was a Red Springs visitor Friday. Mrs. R. D. McMillan is Visiting homefolks in Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. George Howard, Miss Rosa McMillan, Mrs. J. L. McMillan and Mr. Dauglas McMillan spent Sunday in Pinehurst. v 1 Miss Lucile Cook entertained a number of her friends at a party Fri- ' J - t - 1 A aay mgnt. The Elmo Amusement Co., which played here all last week, had such crowds that they have decided to re- : main another week. Mr. Walter Smith of Maxton was a Red Springs visitor Friday. On account of the cold weather and the inefficiency of the heating appa ratus, there was no school Friday. Mr. John Gilbert Conoly spent Wednesday visiting relatives in Hoke. Mr. Will Graham and Mr. John Graham attended the show in Fay eteville Tuesday night. Mr. W. N. Savage spent Sunday and Monday in Hartsville, S. C, with his family. Mr. Clyde McCallum of Norfolk, Va., was in town on business Friday. Mr. Hiram Grantham spent a few days this week in Salisbury. Dr. C. G. Vardell is attending the laymen's meeting in Memphis this week. Mr. G. E. Cope and Mr. G. C. Mc Manus have opened up a grocery store and a meat market in Red Springs. There will be a public debate at Philadelphus Friday night, Rowland versus Philadelphus. The public is cordially invited. The graded school of Red Springs has recently organized a literary so ciety. At the election of officers Mr. Thomas Lovin was chosen president, Mf. John Graham vice-president, ; Miss Lucile Cook secretary and treas '. urer, Mr. DeBerry Ledbetter censor, I and Prof. J. E. Dowd critic. Before I long the society expects to give a I public debate and a good entertain ment. Mr. Fred P. Johnson, editor of the Hoke County Journal was in town Monday afternoon. , Miss Franceska Kaspen Lawson of Philadelphia gave a vocal recital in the auditorium Monday night. Dr. R. D. McMillan is spending a few days in Baltimore on business. Mr. Douglas McMillan and Mr. W. B. Townsend attended the "Spring Maid," at the Lafayette theatre in Fayetteville Tuesday evening. Mr. John H. Coble of Laurinburg, was in Red Springs Tuesday afernoon. Mr. Mack McArthur is at home for a few days from the University on account of sickness Mr. James Hall of Dun danach spent a few hours in Red Springs Tuesday. SHOOTING AT FAIRMONT. Mr. M. H. Mitchell Shot by Blaney Dawson, Colored Wound Not Thought to be Dangerous Negro Escaped. Mr. M. H. Mitchell, manager of the hotel at the Beaufort County Lumber Co.'s mill plant at Fairmont, was shot yesterday afternoon about 6:30 o'clock by Blaney Dawson, colored. The shooting took place at the edge of the village, near the Coast Line railroad. Mitchell was shot with a pistol, the ball taking effect in the right side and lodging jn the back. Lo cal physicians rendered medical at tention at once and the ball was re moved from Mr. Mitchell's back. He was taken this morning to High smith's hospital, Fayetteville, for treatment. It is understood that his condition was favorable this morning as could be expected, and it was not thought the wound will prove fatal. Mr. Mitchell is about 21 years old. The cause of the trouble btween Mr. Mitchell and the negro has not been learned. The negro made his escape and as yet has not been apprehend ed. To Enlarge Graded School District. At a meeting of the graded school board this morning a bill was draft ed looking to the enlargement of the graded school district. As the bill is drafted the people will be given the privilege of voting on the question. The school board directed Superinten dent R. E. Sentelle t take the bill and go this afternoon to Raleigh and ap jear before the proper legislative committee in t h e 1 nter estlflsanie NUMBERING RESIDENCES. Getting Ready for Free Mail Delivery Street Sweeper and Sprinkler Or dered. The mayor and town commissioners met Monday evening in a special meet ing to consider the matter of num bering the residences in town with a view to getting free city delivery of mail for Lumberton. A postoffice in spector recently made a canvass of the town with regard to putting on free city delivery, and from informa tion obtainable it seems that the ques tion of numbering the residences is the only thing that is standing in the way of this service for Lumberton. The contract for doing this number ing was let to Mr. W. V. Whaley. He is to make and put up all numbers for 8 cents each, the town to pay for ma terial. Mr. Whaley began work Tues day on the job, and it is expected that all residences in the tewn will be num bered within a very few days. The town authorities have placed an order for a Studebaker street sprinkler and also a street sweeper. Both the sprinkle and the sweeper are up-to-date and it is expected that they will be here within the next 15 or 20 days. Public Debate Tomorrow Evening High School Debating Union. As was recently mentioned in The Robesonian, the Lumberton graded school is one of 90 schools scattered throughout the State that constitute what is known as the "High School Debating Union of North Carolina." Each of these 90 schools has been placed in a triangular with two other schools, and each school puts out two teams one affirmative and the other negative. The subject to be diseas ed is "Woman Suffrage" and it will be debated in all of these 90 schools tomorrow evening, these, debates be ing preliminaries to a final, contest that will takelace at Chapel Hill on March 7th. The Lumberton school is grouped with Laurinburg and Gib son. For the debate tomorrow even ing all the affirmative teams will stay at home and the negative teams will visit. Lumberton's negative team, Messrs. Knox Proctor and Ertle Car lyle, will go to Gibson, Gibson's nega tive to Laurinburg and Laurinburg's negative to Lumberton. Messrs. John Warwick and Lewis Shelby represent Lumberton's affirmative and they will be battling here on one side ofthis momentous question while Messrs. Proctor and Carlyle will be fighting on the other side at Gibson. The debate here will take place in the auditorium at the graded school tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Every body is invited and it is expected that a large crowd will be out to hear the boys. In the event that both of Lum berton's teams should win tomorrow night they will have the honor of going to Chapel Hill March 7th and joining in the final contest; and this it is hoped they will be able to do. Palace Bakery Leased by Mr. W. J. DuBois Mr. J. W. Morris Goes to Sumter, S. C. Messrs. J. W. and J. R. Morris have leased the Palace Bakery for one year to Mr. W. J. DuBois, who con ducted a bakery at the same stand some six years ago. The deal was closed Monday afternoon after the parties concerned had failed to get together on a proposition to pur chase the businesss made by Mr. Du Bois. Mr. DuBois and wife return ed to Lumberton recently from John son City Tenn., where Mr. DuBois had been engaged in the same busi ness. Mr. and Mrs. DuBois are wel comed back to Lumberton by many friends. Mr. J. R. Morris, wha had been in active charge of the business, went yesterday to Wilmington to see his wife, who has been at the home of her people there for some time, and Sunday he will go to Sufnter, S. C, to take charge of the Grier Model Steam Bakery. Mr. and Mrs. Mor ris have many friends in Lumberton who regret exceedingly their decis ion to leave and wish them success in their new home. Senate Passes Immigration Bill Over President Taft's Veto. The Burnett-Dillingham immigra tion bill, vetoed by President Taft because it imposed a literary test on immigrants was passed over the Pres ident's veto in the Senate today by a vote of 78 to 18. The overwhelm ingmajority given at the end of a short debate in which President Taft's attitude was vigorously attacked, has strengthened the probability that the bill will be passed over the veto in the House when it is called up to morrow. House Refuses to Pass Over Veto. Washington Dispatch, 19th. The House today refused by a vote of 213 to 114, to pass the Dillingham Burnett Immigration bill over the President's veto. Five votes changed from the negative to the affirmative would have given the necessary two thirds to override the veto. Mrs. Douglas Hamer and three chil dren of McColl, S. C, arrived this morning and are crue-rta at the home of -MrandMr.H,-M.- MeA BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. WATCH Watch the latx-l on your paper. If renewals are not in by date on lab?) paper will be stopped. Middling cotton today, 11 cents. The local banks will all be closed Saturday, which is a legal holiday. At Chestnut Street Methodist church Sunday the pastor, Rev. J. W. Bradley, will preach on the following subjects: 11 a. m., "The Right Use of Money"; 7:30 p. m., "The Bow in the Cloud." An interesting picture to be shown at the Pastime this evening will be "Exposed by the Dictograph," by Selig. The second reel will be a ViUgraph containing two pictures, "Old l,ove Letters" and "Red Ink Tragedy." Mr. Giles Phillips, son of Mr. Warren Phillips, had the misfortune yesterday of getting his right hand badly ma.shed at the Kingsdaje lum ber plant, where he was at work. Ilia hand was so badly mangled that it was necessary to amputate the thumb and two fingers. Medical at tention was rendered by Drs. W. A. McPhaul and II. T. Pope. As stated in a special from Ra leigh to The Robesonian, Mr. H. E. Stacy, who was superintendent of the Rowland graded school for two years prior to last summer and who was a candidate for the State Senate in the primary last summer, will come to Lumberton next week to locate here for he practice of law. He was one of the successful applicants for license before the Supreme Court on the 3d inst. Smallpox Prevalent Many Being; Vaccinated. Dr. B. W. Page, county superinten dent of health, informs The Robeson ian that there are more .than thirty cases of smallpox broadly scattered over the county, the worst infected section being between Lumberton and St. Paul. The majority of these are mild, the patients suffering about as much as they would from a case of grip, while others have very high fever, swollen limbs, and are covered with sores. A few of those mildly afflicted with the disease are a source of great danger to others, since they scarcely stop for it, but visit stores and public places. It is this class of patients that continue to spread the disease. Many of them never con sult a physician for treatment and never report the disease to the pub lic. There were more than 300 cases of the disease in the county in 1912, with eight deaths. A few communities have about stamped the disease oit, either by having smallpox or being vaccinated. One renders a person as immune as the other. Any section can eradicate the disease in a few days through vaccination, when the people decide to do so. Quarantine for the disease is nothing more than a false security. Among the Sick. Mrs. Cynthia Britt, of route 4 from Lumberton, who for several months has been sick at her home, went this morning to Charlotte, where she will enter a hospital for treatment. She was accompanied by Dr. T. C. John son. Mrs. Sue McLeod went Tuesday to Dillon, S. C, on account of the illness of her daughter Mrs. W. L. Bethea, who Monday underwent an operation for appendicitis. Mrs. E. L. Holloway has been sick for several days at her home on Chestnut street. Her condition today is thought to be somewhat improv ed. Hubert and Alford, 12 and 8 years old, respectively, sons of Mr. John Smith, both of whom for some time have been bothered with throat trou bles, went this morning to Charlotte, where they will be examined by a specialist. They were accompanied by Mrs. Smith and Dr. W. L. Gran tham. Trying to Get LaFayette Mutual Life Insurance Co. Here. Quite a number of Lumberton's business men left this morning for Fayetteville in the interest of mov ing the home office of the LaFayette Mutual Life Insurance Co. t6 Lumber ton. At a citizens meeting held some weeks ago at the court house Mr. Frank Gough was appointed chairman of a committee to see that every thing possible be done to secure the removal of this company's home office from Fayetteville to - Lumberton. Among those who went this morning to Fayetteville with Mr. Gough are Messrs. L. R. Varser, A. P. Caldwell, R: E. Lee, J. H. Floyd and Dr. W. A. McPhaul. Mr. R. D. Caldwell and sev eral other citizens had intended go ing, but were unable this morning to get off. Marble and Granite Yard Proposed for Lumberton. Mr. J. T. Wilkins. of Dunn, is in town todav with a view to locating a marble and granite vard here. Mr. Wilkins for several years has con ducted a. marble and granite business at Punn, but has sold out there and jays he- will locate here if he c.n ir.;?t swtaMe-piaecTor huL.y-ai-Jr .--z
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