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ROBE A Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cents VOL XUV NO. 7. LUMBERTON, (NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1913. .WHOLE NO. 2844 rrn SONIAN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADJOURNS 1913 Session Closed Yesterday With Few Members Present Review of the Session. , Raleigh Special, 12th, to Wilmington ' Star. i The simultaneous falling of the ; gavels of the president of the Sen ate and the speaker of the House of Representatives sounding the close of I the 1913 session of the North Caro- ! lina General Assembly, took place ; at 4:15 o'clock this afternoon in the , presence of the fewest number of j members and spectators in many ses- J sions past, probably less tnan nity members of both Houses being pres ent and considerably less than that number of spectators. Final adjournment had been expect ed earlier in the day, but tardiness of the Senate in completing disposi tion of calendar bills and necessary ! wait thereafter for final batch of enrolled bills for ratification caused large numbers of members to have to take outgoing trains before ad journment was reached. I The last hour of the Senate was taken up largely with remarks by members on impressions of the ses sion. Senator Council of Catawba, a recognized leader, declared that in his opinion some very good legis lation had been gotten through this session and that a balance sheet will prove' very creditable for the Legisla tures "He had greatly enjoyed the session and his association with his fellow legislators. ' Senator Jones, of Forsyth, com mented that this seemed to have been a leaderless Senate, every Senator taking his own progressive or stand pat cause. He felt that the Legisla ture had been as progressive as the people demanded in some respects. Review of the Session. The Assembly during the past ses sion passed and ratified 1,527 acts and 60 resolutions, compared with 1, 460 acts and 55 resolutions two years ago. Overshadowing all others in impor tance this session was the matter of finance, the Legislature having to face the deficit in the treasury of ap proximately $800,000. This was met by an increase in the tax levy from $1.29 to $1.43 on the poll and from 45 to 47 2-3 cents on the $100 of pro perty, by raising the tax on corpo rations from the old graduated plan to one-twenty-fifth of one per cent, on the capital stock, increasing the income and inheritance taxes and enacting more stringent machinery for their collection, and putting on automobile manufacturers a license tax of $500. The recommendation of the Govern or and the Finance Committee for re assessment of property and a special State Tax Commission was disregard ed. A rather stringent measure en acted in this co met lion was on di recting sheriffs to cc llect unpaid priv ilege and license laxes for four yars back. Among the nr-re progressiva acts was one providing for a six-months' public school term in all counties; a compulsory school attendance law, ioptional, however, with the various counties; an act allowing women to serve on school committees, boards of trustees of educational institu tions and text book commissions; a special commission that is conferring with railroad officials as to discrimi nations in freight rates against North Carolina towns and expected to effect concessions solving to a considerar ble extent this long vexing problem. The question of amending the Con stitution was settled by a resolution calling for an extra session of the Legislature and the appointment hy the Governor, of a special commis sion to consider all proposed amend ments and recommend to the e.ttra session. The number of Superior Court judges and judicial districts was in creased from 16 to 20 and the State re-districted. A new automobile law imposed on owners of a graduated annual license tax from $5 to $15 in place of the flat tax of $5 with $1 renewal fee. Among notable bills killed were the measure for legalized State-wide pri maries, a bill calling for a series of State bond issues in aid of the coun ties in road construction, which would have meant the issuance of $24,600. 000 in State bonds in 41 years, with a provision for the county bonds to be taken as security at a higher rateof interest; a bill fixing the salaries of solicitors; bill providing for a uni form plan of examination and certifi cation of public school teachers. A State bond issue of $1,142,500 was ordered for the purpose of meet ing the deficit and permanent im provements at State institutions. Work of Last Three Days. The House killed Tuesday the Sen ate bill to provide engineering assist ance to counties in road building through a $10,000 appropriation out of the tax 'on automobile owners. A bill introduced by Senator Mc Leod providing for the collection of privilege and license taxes and the Corporate exesKjhpa four years, giving the sheriff the same powers for collecting these ar- rears as he has for the collection of other taxes was passed by the Sen ate Tuesday. The following' refer ence to the bill was made in yester day's News and Observer: Senator McLeod produced some startling figures as to the dodging of the special taxes. "I am saying nothing against the counties, but there is $50,000 now due this State from this tax upon professional men," he said. "Take Wake county for in stance, it owes $1,600 on this tax alone." Senator McLeod declared it his judgment that from $150,000 to $200,000 might be collected from the various professional and license tax es imposed. Senator McLeod's talk was so instructive that there began to be talk of taking up the House bill. He said so many things about the possibility of raising revenue that the question of incorporating his sug gestions in another amendment was discussed. The House Monday killed the solici tors' salary bill from the Senate by a reference to the propositions and grievances committee, which had no further meetings or reports. The House also defeated the Senate reso lution for a special committee to in vestigate and report to the special session as to the advisability of a State representation at the Panama Pacific Exposition. The Senate passed the House bill allowine the inmates of the Soldiers stead .of 50 cents. Governor Craig transmitted Tues day to the Legislature the names of his appointees on the Constitutional Amendment Commission of 18 5 ap pointed by the Gocernor, 5 appointed by the President of the Senate, 8 appointed by the Speaker of the House to pass on amendments to the Constitution offered at the session just closed and report to the special session to be held next fall. Governor Craig's appointees are: J. W. Bailey, Raleigh; A, M. Scales, Geensboro; D. Y. Cooper, Henderson; H. Q. Alex ander, Mecklenburg; J. W. Rouse, Lenoir. Lieut. Gov. Daughtridge, President of the Senate, named the following members: Senator Stubbs, Ward, Washington, Ivie, Grant. Speaker Connor of the House com pleted the commission by naming the following members: Representatives Justice, Doughton, Page, Devin, Woot en, Wallace, Williams of Buncombe and Haymore. The Senate took up again Monday and passed a bill to allow women on school boards, committees and as members of text-book commissions and the House passed the bill Tues day. The Senate Tuesday passed the compulsory school attendance bill, as it came from the House putting the ages of 8 to 12 and requiring at tendance for four months. Among the bills passed of special local interest is the following: To change the name of special tax dis tricts No. 1, in Pembroke township, No. 1, in Burnt Swamp township, and a part of special tax district No. 4 in Red Springs township, all in Robe son county and for the white race; to consolidate said school territory; to create a Philadelphus graded school district; to authorize the board of trustees of said graded school district to issue bonds; and to levy an addi tional special tax. Job of Numbering Houses Completed. The job of numbering the houses of Lumberton preparatory for free deliv ery of mail has been completed by Mr. W. W. Whaley, to whom this job was awarded at 8 cents the number. Be tween 400 and 500 houses were num bered. Elm street is the dividing line between east and west. There is no division of north and south. The numbering begins with 100 at the Seaboard station, Elm street, on the east side the numbers being even, on the west odd. Beginning with First street, each block is in a separate hundred. For instance, at Fourth street, beginning on the block between Fourth and Fifth, the first door in Mr. A. Weinstein's department store is 400, and on the west side of the street, directly opposite, the Bank of Lumberton is 401. The numbers east and west on each street begin with 100. It seems that no numbers have been provided for doors of stairways leading to upstairs offices, and where there are no doors a number is skip ped for every 30 feet. The thing now to do is to bring along free mail delivery. Among the Sick. Hinton, little son of Mr. and Mrs. Alf. H. McLeod, is very sick at the home of his parents. He has been sick since Tuesday. His condition this morning was but little, if any, improved. The condition of Mr. Ira L. Pope, who for several weeks has been very sick at his home, Third and Walnut streets, is no better in fact his con dition this morning was not as favor able" asTiP had been Much f ear- is being-entertained as to his recovery. PRESIDENT ISSUES STATEMENT. Policy Toward Sister Republics of Central and South America Will 'Cultivate Friendship and Deserve ., Confidence. Washington Dispatch, 11th. President Wilson today issued this formal statement of his policy toward the Central and South American Re publics: In view of questions which are na turally uppermost in the public mind just now, the President issues the fol lowing statement: "One of the chief objects of my Administration will be to cultivate the friendship and deserve the confidence of our sister Republics of Central and South America and to promote in every proper and honorable way the interests which are comon to the peo ple of the two Continents. I earnest ly desire the most cordial understand ing and co-operation between the peo ples and leaders of America and therefore deem it my duty to make this brief satement. "Co-operation is possible only when supported at every turn by the order ly processes of just government based upon law, not upon arbitrary or ir regular force. We hold, as I am sure all thoughtful leaders of republican government everywhere do, that just government rests always upon the consent -'6f the governed, .and thai! there can be no freedom without order based upon law and upon the public conscience and approval, we shall look to make these principles the the basis of mutual intercourse, respect and helpfulness between our sister Re publics and ourselves. We shall lend our influence of every kind to the realization of these principles in ef fect and practice, knowing that dis order, personal intrigue and defiance of constitutional rights weaken and discredit government and injure none so much as the people who are un fortunate enough to have their com mon life and common affairs so taint ed and disturbed. We can have no sympathy with those who seek to seize the power of government to ad vance their own personal interests or ambition. We are the friends of peace but we know there can be no lasting or stable peace in such cir cumstances. As friends, therefore, we shall prefer those who act in the in terest of peace and honor, who pro tect private rights and respect the restraints of constitutional provision. Mutual respect seems to us the indis pensable foundation of friendship be tween States as between individuals. "The United States has nothing to seek in Central and South America except the lasting interests of the peoples of the two Continents, the security of Governments intended for the people and for no special group or interest and the development of per sonal and trade relationships be tween the two Continents, which shall redound to the profit and advantage of both and interfere with the rights and liberties of neither. "From these principles may be read so much of the future policy of this Government a it is necessary now to forecast; and in the spirit of these principles I may, I hope, be permit ted with as much confidence as earnest ness to extend the governments of all Republics of America the hand of genuine disinterested friendship and to pledge my own honor and the honor of my colleagues to every enterprise of peace and amity that a fortunate future may disclose." Legislative Wheels Run Backward It was stated in Monday's Robe sionian that Fairmont folks had found it impossible to stop the Legislative wheels which they set in motion to enlarge the corporate limits of Fair mont, taking in North Fairmont - settled for the most part by em ployes of the Beaufort County Lum ber Co. afterwards deciding they would let well enough alone; for the bill went through despite appeals made to the county's Representatives at Raleigh. But it seems that they v.ave succeeoed since then in making the legislative whe.-.ls fol1 backward for Tuesday M. MeNair introduced a bill, which was rassed, repealing the act ratified last week changing the name of Union City to Ashpole. It was under that title, it seems, that the bill referred to in Monday's pa per was passed. Drainage Dredge Crosses Fairmont Road. The dredge which is working this section of the Back and Jacob Swamps drainage district crossed the road leading from Lumberton to Fair mont, about two miles from Lumber ton, Tuesday or, rather, it cuts its way right through the road and the canal has been bridged at that point. The dredge is making progress at the rate of 500 feet per day. It is an interesting sight to see how its enormous dipper brings up stumps and rocks and anything else that hapens to be in its path Several Xumber1n people-went out -to 'see the dredge at work Tuesday and yesterday. PROCTORVILLE POINTS. Bank of Proctorville Organized Adding to a Residence Personal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Proctorville, March 10 We are having some very pleasant weather now, which reminds one more of May than March. As a whole, we iave had a very mild winter season, and likely the remainder of the springtide will be mostly warm, and pleasant, thereby giving us good prospects for a fruit year, which of late years has not been so favorable throughout this country. The Bank of Proctorville was or ganized Saturday evening, March 8th, with capitol stock of $10,900, with a committee appointed to raise enough stock to make a total of $12,500 to open business with the time now in timated for opening will be about July first next. Rev. K. Barnes was wise ly elected president, and Mr. W. R. Surles, our distinguished traveling salesman of the W. B. Cooper Co. of Wilmington, was elected vice-presi dent. Several other officers were elected. The Legislature recently passed a bill incorporating our little town. This is a move we have long been wanting to see done, and a feature essential to our town's progress. . Messrs Jv K. Atkinson and H. Barries spent a few days in our State Capitol last week on business. The public debate and oyster sup per that took place in our sister town Orrum Friday night was quite a suc cess, we have learned. Mr. Remus Davis has been on the sick list, but is now convalescent. With regret we report the illness of Mrs. W. O. Barnes. Mr. W. A. Hedgpeth is building an annex to his home here, recently purchased from Mr. S. B. Graham, and will have a cleverly-arranged cottage when completed. If a fellow had one-fifth as much money as was expended on President Wilson's inaugural he could retire from the push and hardships of life's battle for a livelihood and afford the very choicest of everything. ATTEMPT AT HOUSEBREAKING Would-be Burglar Frightened Away by Pistol Shots Fired by Mrs. R. C. Lawrence. There was some excitement for a while last night between 12 and 1 o'clock at the home of Mr. R. C. Lawrence when Mrs. Lawrence fired a pistol three times out a window in the direction of a noise, which was supposed to have boen a burglar try ing to enter the house through a win dow to the pantry. Chief of Police Redfern lives only about 100 yards from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Law rence and being attracted by the re ports of the pistol was soon on the scene. The sash of the pantry win dow was raised and the screen had been removed and Chief Redfern says that he thinks there is no question but that a burglar had attempted to enter the house. A search was made but no burglar was found. Chief Red fern says that when he arrived Mrs. Lawrence still had her pistol, but she did not seem to be at all frightened. Mr. Lawrence was away attending court at Laurinburg. Mrs. Lawrence's mother, Mrs. W. L. Norwood, and Misses Mary Jeffries and Mary Wed dell, who board at Mr. and Mrs. Law rence's, were all with Mrs. Lawrence and all of them had just retired, but were not asleep, when the noise was heard. Young Man Charged With Entering Room of Senator McLeod at Yar borough. Raleigh Special, 12th to Wilmington Star. The police here are holding Geo. Gerken, a prominent young white man, 20 years old, on the charge of burglary, and he is making the plea that he intended to commit no crime and really was so intoxicated that he did not know what he was doing. This morning about 3 o'clock the cry of burglars was raised in the Yarborough Hotel, from the room of Senator Geo. B. McLeod, of Robeson county. Police officers came, and a search revealed the young man in hiding in the end of one of the hallways. He had been in Senator McLeod's room, it is alleged. He had nothing on his person to indicate burglary, and pleads that he foolishly drank until he did not know what he was about. The affair is set for investigation in the police court tomorrow. Young Gerken was a clerk in the Yarborough up to a few weeks ago. He came to Raleigh from Wilming ton. Pneumonia Follows a Cold. but never follows the use of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. It stops the cough, heals the sore and inflam ed air passages, and strengthens the lungrs. The genuine is in. A- yellow package with beehive carton! - Re fuse substitutes. For sale by all dealers. MORE BUILDING GOING ON. New Residence for Mr. K. M. Barnes Home For Farmers and Mer chants Bank Mr. S. Mclntyre Add ing to Residence. Mr. K. M. Barnes has had plans drawn for a 9-room two-story, resi dence to be erected on the lot, Eighth and Cedar streets, which he recently purchased from Mr. A. W. McLean. This home will be modern in every re spect and will probably coat between $4,000 and $5,000. Mr. Barnes ex pects to have work started on the house within the next thirty days. The plans for this home were drawn by Mr. John C. Stout of Rocky Mount. Mr. Stout was in town Monday and he is at work on plans for a house to be erected in North Lumberton, on Chestnut street, for Mrs. Sue Raw land. It is expected that work will be started within the next ten days on the Farmers & Merchants Bank's new building to be erected on the lot on the corner of Fourth and Chestnut streets which was purchsed recently from Mr. D. P. Walters. This will be a two story building, the second floor to be used for offices. This handsome structure will be finished in beautiful Roman brick. Mr. Stephen Mclntyre is having his residence, Walnut and Sixth, remod eled, the work being in charge of Contractor,. Jones. A room will be added ? the eend&xf-n74& fde next to Sixth street, the interior of the house will be remodeled and the front porch will be enlarged A NEW INDUSTRY. Foundry Operated by Lumberton Mo tor Car Co. Lumberton has a foundry. The Lumberton Motor Car Co. now has a foundry which is conducted in connec tion with its machine shop on Fourth street. The foundry is located down by the river at the Carolina Lumber Co.'s plant, and the first run of iron was made last week. Among the first things made at the foundry were some heavy locomotive grates. All this work is finished up at the ma chine shop, which is located on Fourth street. Mr. A. A. Pedneau is manager of the Lumberton Motor Car Co., and he says that the company is now in shape to do all kinds of machine work. About a ton of old scrap iron was run yesterday after noon. A Wayward Girl Rescued Hunting Happiness in the Wrong Way. A bit of tragedy revealing a seamy side of life came to light here last night. , A father came here hunt ing a wayward girl. She left her home in well, it will serve no good purpose to say where yesterday morning and upon investigation it was found she had drawn $25 from, the bank where her father keeps an account and it was also found that one ticket Was sold yesterday morning from that place to Lumberton. Also it was known to the father of the girl that a street carnival company which was in that town recently was this week in Lumberton. So the father came to Lumberton last night on the Seaboard train, immediately enlisted the services of Chief Redfern and thtey together went to the carni val, and there, in one of the tents, sitting on a box talking to one of the showmen, was found the girl. She made a dive to get under the tent and away when she saw her father, but of course that was futile. The father took the girl from the Lumberton hotel, where she had secured a room, with him to a boarding house and this morning they left for the return journey home. The girl became enamored of one of the show men when the carnival company visited her home town re cently. At the Pastime some time ago was shown a picture of a poor silly little fool who left home to go to New York "where happiness is," she wrote in a note she left behind for her heart-broken parents. Of course she found out and returned to have her own crushed heart healed of its hurt. The girl from was in the same line. If all such deluded seek ers after happiness would only learn that "the mind is its own place and of itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven!" From Along Route 5. ' Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lumberton, R. F. D. 5, March 11 The farmers are preparing for an other crop. Sand Hill school closed today. The closing exercises were attended by a large crowd.' Mrs. A. Mercer is visiting at Hope Mills this week. Mrs. M. J. Mercer has returned home after an extended visit at Mullins, S. C. Mrs. M. A. Meares and two daugh ters Misses Annie and Clauuie' of Lumberton, spent the week-end visit ing: in this section. Messrs. A. Mercer, E. W. West and J. P. Prevatt have been in Lumberton Quilting is the occupation of the ladies in this section.' BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. WATCH Watch the label on year paper. If renewals are not in by date on label paper will be stopped. Middling cotton today, 11 cents. Rev. Father Gallagher of Wilm ington will celebrate mass Sunday morning at 7:30 o'clock at the resi dence of Mr. John Redmond, No. 418 East Fifth street. Noting an advertisement in The Robesonian to the effect that it is necessary to discontinue sending the paper to those whose renewals are not in by the date on the label, and noting that his date was March 12, Mr. J. P. Thompson of Douglas, Ga., in remitting promptly writes that he cannot get along without the paper, that he claims to be the first subscrib er on the list and has been taking the paper for more than 40 year. In election of officers for the next two years by the North Carolina Woodmen of the World at their meet ing at Asheville this week Mr. JL E. Gilmore of Lumberton was elected head sentinel. Mr. Gilmore is an en thusiastic Woodman. He left here Sunday night with several other gen tlemen from different parts of Robe son, as mentioned in Monday's Robe sonian, to attend this State meeting. The free exhibits of Cameron stoves this week at the department store of R. D. Caldwell '&,.Son is at tracting mu,ch attention. They are conducted by Mrs. J. M. Whitted of Durham, one being given each day in the afternoon from 3:30 to 5:30 o'clock, during which time lunch js served all visitors. The exhibit Sat urday will be in the morning from 9:30 to 11:30 o'clock. Everybody is invited to witness these exhibits of this wonderful stove. Every man, woman and child with a fcrouch ought to see "Prof. Op timo" as he is portrayed in one of the pictures shown at the Pastime last evening. That picture is good for the blues and drives away ill nature as sunshine disperses gloom. It would be well nigh impossible for one to leave the house after seeing the pic ture without a smiling countenance and good will toward everybody. "You can't help winning if you smile." Prof. Optimo, you great apostle of sunshine and cheerfulness and smiles, Here'a how! GREAT STUFF. Kills and Cremates Rodents and Deer But Harmless to All Living Crea tures Else. The Only Gen-u-i-n-e. There was a fellow here the other day selling to drug stores a prepa ration that he claims will kill rats, mice, roaches and deer, but will not harm anything else. What do you know about that? This man sucked some of the stuff himself to prove that it would not hurt him. He says that rats, roaches and deer are trazy about it, will break their necks to get to it and if that's so of course it does the work just the same would give what-you-may-call-it parties but for the fact that the blasted stuff just naturally burns 'em up cremates 'em eats 'em alive or dead it makes no difference so that they don't make any perfumery when they lie down and die, as die they must and shall and do whenever they eat of this strange preparation. Mr. Jno. McMil lan says he saw the man try it on himself and it did not seem to pheaze him, but he did not see it tried on the other gentlement or beg pardon the rodents, et al, mentioned. This isn't intended as a free ad; it is merely mentioned all in the day's work as something out of the ordi nary. But if the stuff does what is claimed for it and it will help reduce the tribe of rodents why, all right. Why, when one man heard of it he came running and said he'd take a gross or so of it or them, whichever it is he wanted the entire output of the factory for a week that he had rats down at his place so big that they would sit down at the table and ask you with the utmost nonchalance to pass the butter, and would show fight if you kindly suggested that you ob jected to their company. And natur ally he wanted quite some of it or them. You can't blame him: but blame the stuff if it does not prove as recommended. Bank of Proctorville Organized Rob eson's 15th Bank. The Bank of Proctorville, located at at the recently incorporate-.! town of that name, has been organized. This makes the 15th bank for Robeson county. Capital stock of $10,900 was subscribed at the organization meeting-, which was held last Saturday night, and a committee was appoint ed to raise the amount to ? 12,500 with which to betrin business about July 1. Rev. K. 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