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HP1ES0NIAN r .... . ..... . .... - " - . (Established 1870. . ,r , - v Countiy, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cento VOL XUV Npia r WHOL g ' rr- : 1 "- : z : : : r : : : ' FIRE ON FOURTH STREET Barry Sunday Morning Blaze Cleans . Out National Pressing Club and Ne re RestaurantMr. C B. Red mond's Parlor Grocery Stock Dam aged by Water Robesonian- Ha Close Call-Western Union Office Out of Commission Yesterday Building Wil Be Repaired, j The fire alarm was turned in yester "iay morning about 2:30 o'clock for re discovered in the National . Press ing club room, conducted by Will F. Faulk , colored, over Mr, C. B. Red aaond's grocery store on Fourth street. The building is owned by Mr. W W. Carlyle and Faulk rented all the sec end floor," using it for. a restaurant and his clothes pressing business. The aire started in the pressing room and was all in a blaze when discovered by Night Policeman" Roach. The firft ighting force did . quick and effective work and within 30 minutes from the time the alarm was turned in the fire was out, but everything In J Faulk's apartments was ruined. The fire did not reach through, the. floor to "Mr? ' Redmond's store, but the water prac tieally ruined everything infiis store. The Western Union Telegraph office, which is next door te Mr; Redmond's, and directly under Faulk's restaurant, was also flooded with water, though the fire did not .reach it The Robe sonian office bad a close call, though o damage was done it except two window lights of a rear window were broken out by a stream of water that was unintentionally thrown against it. The Robesonian building adjoins the building in which the fire was, but it was protected by a heavy brick wall. Faulk says that he is unable to ac count for the fire. , He left his place ' of business Saturday , night about 10:3a o'clock and says that he put out all the . fire in his pressing room, where, the fire started. He had no insurance and estimates his loss at no less' than $1,000. He had just in stalled a new steam presser at a cost -of $300. Faulk opened up again this morning for business over Mr. V.. M'. Edward' bicycle shop, but on account of lack of room he will not conduct anything but a pressing business in his new quarters. . Mr. Redmond has $1,700 insurance on his stock of goods and $500 on his fountain. The store is closed and an inventory of the stock of goods is be ing taken today for insurance adjustment, pit. Redmond is fortu- nate in having another store' on Elm street, between the stores of Miss Josephine Breece and the John T. Biggs Co., and says that he is in - position to take care of all orders at this store. It has been only a lit tle over a year ago since Mr.' Red mond sustained considerable damage by fire on the corner of second and Elm streets, in O. C. Norment & 'Company's old store. The wires into Western Union office were burned out and all messages yes terday had to be handled at-the Sea board station, but the wires have been fixed and messages are being taken care of this morning at the . same old place. ,, It is understood that Mr. Carlyle will have the work of repairing the ; building started at once. Superior Court Cases Set For May Term. The civil term of Rebeson Superior Court which convened on; the 31st ult. came to an end Friday afternoon. Judge G. S. Ferguson, who presided, went to Raleigh Saturday and yes terday he went to -Whiteville, where he holds court this week. A number of judgments were signed and many oth er cases were disposed of "but none of special interest other than already mentioned in The ' Robesonian. The following cases' were set for trial at the May term of court, the next term of court that will 'be held here, a civil ' term of -one-week, which will convene May 19: Gatie Ann Locklear vs. W. A. Savage et al, "Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. vs. ! A.I. Floyd, et al, Murdock Smith vs. l Patterson & Ware, A. Weinstem vs. ' A. C. L. Ry. Co, J. B. JBndgeTS rs"J. F. McDonald, admr, M. B. Griffin vs A. C. L. Ry. Co., Butters Lumber Co. vs. Thos F. Walters, Sellers & Co. vs. R. C. Townsend (profesi'by de fendant), Geo. Rhody Western Union Telegraph Co., Tobias Hunt vs. L. Z. Hedgpeth, W. R. Mitchell vs. JV. C. L. Ry C.n W. C. Lewis vs. J. F. Pitman. , Mrs. FJorida J. Barnes and daugh ters, Misses Gladys and Ruth, pent Saturday and yesterday at Bladenboro "6if n ' visit to'friends CIVIL SERVICE FRAUDS. Many Employes Not Examined and Men Designated from States They Never Saw. v. - ,. Washington Cor., 12th Charlotte Ob- server. - ,-;:V:" -' Senator Overman's resolution 'aim ed at Federal employes who have been put in th Civil Service by execu tive order and who have never stood an examination that ' would entitle them to such protection caused an in teresting debate in .the Senate today. The Civil Service Commission admits that one out of five employes in the Civil Service, has been placed there without an examination. -. There was much triticism of the manner in which the service has been administered and the debate was sig nified as showing that the Democrats are not, going to tolerate inefficient Government employees who are inau gurating the "spoils system," qt the Civil Service rules . Even at the risk of the charge of inaugurating the "spoils system," they are going to revise thet Civil Service lists. ' In addition to theiames of those places under Civil Service by execu tive order, Senator Overman wants to know, thelnumber orCivil Service em ployees promoted . for -causes other than efficiency f and the -numbe'r and names of those detailed to clerkships without regard to their ability to do clerical work. ' ' ' y A letter was received from the Civ il Service Commission stating , that to prepare a report on the 297,000 in dividuals, would require an outlay for clerical work of. $29,000 and an addi tional. $27,000 for printing. "If One half the charges which are being made against the manner in which the Civil Service is conducted are true," said Mr. Overman, "the money will be well spent." Senator Smoot of Utah said that there were undoubtedly ,., many Civil Service employes designated from the various States, "wh ' had never seen those States. He joined with Senator Overman in the demand that this in formation be laid before the Senate. AROUND MT. MORIAH. Cotton Planting Time -Smallpox and Measles Break Up School Owing to Vaccination Disease Did Not Spread Personal Items. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Maxton, R. F. D. 3, April 11 Farmers m this community have planted corn but have not planted any cotton yet The coming week will doubtless be the "cotton planting time" with the bulk of our farmers, especially if weather conditions are favorable. - - A case or two of smallpox followed by measles broke up our school on Friday, the 28th of March, to the great sorrow of everybody. Some thing was missed this time, because we usually have & good com mencement at Mt. Moriah. And the sudden standstill caused it to be left off. The school has been a success. The principal Miss Glennie Kendall after spending a few days with her friends of this community left for a short visit with friends at ' Laurin burg. , We are glad to report that proba bly because of vaccination, smallpox has so far failed to spread further than -one family and only two of that family, those who had not been vacci nated had it, the balance of the family having been vaccinated a month or so ago by Dr. Page at school when he vaccinated other school children. "Josh Dooly" heard Rev. J. W. Bradly, of Lumberton deliver that masterful and eloquent commence ment sermon at Purvis Sunday a. m. at 11 o'clock. "Josh" was also among those of this community who attended the closing exercises of the com mencement. Theentertainment was anothr one of those kind that is char acteristic of those Purvis folks. Misrses Mittie and Bessie McCall at tended the commencement of the graded school at Laurinburg last week. Among those mentioned as desir- auie caiiuiuaies lor ruau trustees lur Alfordsville township, under the new : road law, are Mr. Arthur McLean Mr. B. S. McLean and' Mr. Fred Af ford. Mrs. W. ET. Thompson and little daughter 'Annie Lee spent a few days recently visiting relatives in Moore county. JOSH DOOLY. Immediate free' sugar was rejected Saturday, by the House of Congress Democratic caucus by an overwhelm ing vote after an appeal of the Demo cratic leaders to stand by the Presi dent and the ways and means com mittee. This leaves the sugar sched ule unclianged from the c6mpro mise-Jorm in which it was presented fo the caucus by Chairman Underwood and his colleagues of the committee after "conference between the White House and leaders of both houses of OjngTess''-..:::.-,. ,RED SPRINGS REVIEWS. Concert -This Evening A Marriage Only One Candidate for Mayor Personal and Other Items. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Red Springs, April 11 The enter tainment given by the Ladies Better ment Association last Tuesday night was a decided success. Miss Sallie Pearsall has returned from a visit to Mrs. Sparrow of Gastonia. Mr. M. A. Buie returned Wednesday to his home in Florida after a few days vis it to relatives and friends in Red Springs .Mrs . D. S. Stuart, of Maxton,' who visited her aunt, Mrs." J. H. Morgan returned to her home last week. Mr. John F. Brown and family have, moved 'to Florida. The people of this community are lorry to lose them as friends, and neigh bors. Miss Gertrude Bostick has re turned from Highsmith hospital,. Fay etteville, much improved after hav ing spent two weeks there under treatment Mr. and Mrs. A. G. McCallum and Mrs. Lon Fulmore ex pect to leave for Hot Spring, Ark., within the next few days ' for a month's absence. " The third quarterly concert of the Southern Presbyterian College takesiexPect to P"ng this comprehensive place next Monday evening. ?. The public is' cordially invited to attend. Misses Georgia Pearsall, Gladys Toon, Alice Hall, Beulah Edens ; and Vera Brench left Saturday morning for Charlotte to attend a meeting of 'Sunday school workers. Mr. Monroe McNeill and Miss Don nie Herndon were married last Sun day afternoon at the home of the bride's parents near Red Springs, Rev, Mr. Dixon performing the cere mony. Only the family and a. few friends were present. By request the name of Mr. B. W. Townsend has been withdrawn as a candidate for mayor of Red Springs, The withdrawal of Mr. Townsend leaves Mr. J. D. McLean, as the only candidate announced through the col umns of The Citizen; v; " ; vMrs. D. "P. McEachern returned from Porto Rico last Tuesday even ing after a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Geo. T. Bullock. She was accom panied by her grandaughter, little Mary Watkins BulJoch. Mrs. J.S. Jones returned this week from Winston where he was called to the bedside of his aged father. He reports his father's condition uri changed. The elder Mr. Jones il most pleasantly remembered here and his sickness willHe a source of regret to his many friends m and around Red Springs. . Captain J. G. Williams returned from Virginia last Monday evening. He reports the burning of the home of his brother, Mr. C. B. Williams, at Winston, Va., last Sundav niriit. As the family was at church at the time of the fire the destruction was complete, not even their personal ef fects being saved. The loss is esti mated at between five and six thous and dollars, . partially covered by in surance . The latter part of April, the data to be announced later, the Daughters of the Confederacy will present the Chinese operetta "The Feast of the tattle Lanterns," in the opera house. The entertainment is for the benefit M xt. .J l . . - - ui me aaugnters and should meet with the encouragement and patron age it deserves. Mrs. Marsh and daughter Miss Al- tie are visiting relatives in Richmond. They will go to Norfolk before re turning. State Trust Co. Whiteville. Agent Operated in Whiteville Cor., 12th, Wilmington Star. The recent disclosures concerning the affairs of the State Trust Co., of yyumingion, nas created considerable interest amone the" citizens n' H. Bowlds, who is now in the citv prison at Raleigh, was here a few weeks ago, and succeeded in gettine " ni lcx vi men interested in his pro position. r He claimed to have the backing of one of Wmington's most prominent business men, and on the strength of nis representations .several thousand dollars worth of stock was subscribed! The fact that there was not a suitable building available is probably respon sible for the deals not going through. Mr.' Alf. H. McLeod Withdraws From Mayoralty Race. X TO THE PUBLIC: I desire to say to the voters of the town of Lumberton that after care fully and more maturely considering the matter, I, have decided to with draw from the approaching mayoralty contest I desire in this connection to heartily thanked my friends who have pledged me their support and in fluence. Very truly yours, - ALF. H. MLEOD. ! RADICAL REFORMS PROPOSED. The Postmaster General has deter- mined te Effect Radical Re-organization of Postal Service Would Make Efficiency the, Test. Washington Cor. Greensboro H Daily News. . Postmaster General Burleson has determined to effect the most radical re-organization of the postal service ever proposed in the history of the civil service reform of this country The plan upon which he is at work is dis tinguished by these features: All postmasters shall be placed underthe civil service and required to pass an examination for admission, retention and promotion. Postmasters shall be appointed and transferred without regard to locality so that, for example, a resident of New York could be made postmaster at Greensboro and a resi dent at Greensboro could be made postmaster at San Francisco. The Postmaster General has reach ed the conclusion that politics is. a blight on-the postal service; that postmasters are appointed as a re ward for political services and not for their fitness to discharge the duties of the office. Mr. Burleson, however, does not plan on congress all at once. He will begin in a modest way to srive a dem onstration of his ideas, h his radical change by holding exam inations for the 36,000 postmasters which were placed under the civil ser vice by President Taft Those who pass the examination will be retained and those who do not will be removed. This examination will be open to out siders also and an eligible list of fourth class postmasters will be es tablished and vacancies will be filled from this list. It is Mr. Burleson's intention in the Appointment of fourth class post masters to experiment with the pro position of ignoring geographical con siderations. Whenever a vancancy oc curs the man at the top of the list will be, appointed regardless of the fabt that he does not reside in the community affected. If this scheme works well, Mr. Burleson will ask Congress to enact legislation placing first, second and third class postmas ters under sirfiilar regulations and subject to assignment without regard to locality. , NEW HOTEL PRACTI CALLY ASSURED It is now practically Certain that Lum berton Will Have a New Hotel But The Robesonian is Not at Liberty to Go Into Details. A deal will in all probability be closed this afternoon for a valuable piece of real estate on which the pur chaser will obligate himself to build a hotel. It is the purpose to build an up-to-date hotel with not less than 40 rooms. All the papers have not been signed for the real estate deal and The Robesonian is not at liberty to go into particulars on that account, though all the papers may be signed later this afternoon. Among Transgressors. Charley Dillard, colored, was before the mayor this morning to answer charge of being drunk and carrying concealed weapon. For the drunk he was fined $5 and cost3 and was bound over to court on the pistol charge, be ing required to give a $25 justified bond. Failing to pay costs and make bond he was remnaded to jail Dilliard was locked up yesterday. Gertie Ward was arrested at Proc- torville Saturday by Deputy W. C. Britt on a warrant charging him with jumping a board bill of $4.85 at W. M. Gray's at the Jennings cotton mlil, Ward is lodged in jail here, but as The Robesonian goes to' press the matter is being" settled and he will be released. Stores Will Close at 6 p. m. Nearly all the merchants of Lum berton have agreed to close their places of business at six o'clock in the evening every day except Saturdays, during the summer, from May 1 to Sept 1. This is the usual custom with Lumberton merchants. The ladies can help and win the lasting eratitude of clerks and proprietors by bearing this fact in mind after May 1 and doing their shoping before 6 p. m. President Wilson is in favor of ex empting labor unions and farmers' or ganizations from the operation1 of the Sherman anti-trust law as pro vided in the amendments attached to the sundry civil bill last session. Pres ident Taft vetoed the bill March 4 be cause of. these amendments which prohibited any part of the appropria tion of $300,000 being used to prose cute either farmers or organized la bor . - , . ., - - i WRITTEN AND SPOKEN WORD Old Songs aad Giddy new Tunes-Why Mrs Dr? Hello! Flower Seed An Inside-Sprouting Hickory Bark. The Robesonian man is not a fool about the "good old things" of long ago. He does hot want to cling to things because they are old, just If the new is better, all right; he wel comes' it. But is it always well to forsake for the new and unfamiliar a good old tune that has been associated always with one of the dear old hymns that has stirred thousands of contrite hearts? You don't pride yourself on being able to sing very well, maybe, and you don't dare lift your voice on anything difficult. Very well. You are sitting in church and the preach er gives out a hymn that you have lov ed all your life. You have never heard it sung to but one tune, that tune as dear as the song, fitting it so well that you can't think of the tune with out thinking of the hymn. You turn to tho number which isnt necessary, for you know the hymn by heart you turn to the number and intend to en joy singing that hymn with the con gregation whether those near enough to hear you enjoy hearing you or not And then the tune that is"histedM makes the familiar so strange that you would not recognize it if you had it under a microscope one of these tunes that makes the untrained voice fall off and break its neck, so to speak, when a sudden tumble is made off a high note a tune that it takes a vocal acrobat to compass. It's all right, of course. The choir sang it beautifully, aad : you're not kicking about it, but you did have a longing to hear the old familiar tune; and dogged if you don't go home' and sing it like your mother hd grand mother, and maybe mothers and grandmothers before that, sang it. Fancy doing violence to a perfectly respectable hymn that's been melting hearts of stone from time immemorial, when in company with its proper tune, but which has no more power for good than a seed on a rock when out of its companion tune. How'd you like to see your dear old mother in tight-fit-ing hobble doing the Turkey trot? New things are all right but you don't want somebody monkeying with the Lord's Prayer, for instance, put ting it up on stilts. The simple pray er as you learned it long ago is good enough. Same with some old tunes. In the name of all the doctors at once, why will people insist, without rhyme -or reason, in calling the wife of a physician or a dentist Mrs. Doc tor? If you are going to do that, why don't you put some face on' it and call the wife of a plain American sovereign Mrs. Mr? The Robesonian man always hesi tates to criticise telephone service, for he realizes that the "hello" girls have a pretty trying time of it sometimes and people are not always considerate. The Robesonian man fears he sins by being impatient sometimes himst during the heat and burden of tn i day when many things are to be done in short time. Users of the 'phone can help out a lot by remembering that the girl at the other end of the wire whom you are calling on for a connection is being called on by many others at the same time who are just as impatient and in as big a hurry as you. And the "hello" girl can. help by refraining from butting into the conversation after you get your con nection with the never-failing inquiry as to whether you are through or not Please let a body have a chance to get in at least a word before com ing in. If the Bell people would take out these sausage-grinder 'phones and put in up-to-date 'phones there would be no excuse for that annoyance . Congressman Godwin has sent The Robesonian office a whole mail sack of flower seed and any of The Robe sonian's friends among the ladies who want to try Borne of the seed the Gov ernment sends out will be welcome to all they want if they will call at The Robesonian office. Mr. L. E. Tyner, of Lowe, who was in town Friday, left with The Robesonian man what he said was a curiosity The Robesonian man is not versed in woodcraft enough to know. It is a hickory bark that has sprouted on the inside. This piece of bark was cut off the tree a year ago and a sprout has grown on the inside, the like of which Mr. Tyner says he has never seen before. It would not have been anything unusual for the sprout to grow on the outside. At a party at a school house in Pitt county Thursday night two boys, Wade Moore and Moses Tyson, both less tfian 17 Jears old, engaged in a fight, Tyson stnick Moore across the temple with a piece of board, and Moore died the npxt morning. Tyson was placed in jail at Greenville Fri- uay ... 4 BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS, Middling cotton today, 114 cent. Mr. C. M.Prevatt who had been sick at his home on East Fourth street for several weeks, is able to be out igain today. Besides those of local interest al ready mentioned in The Robesonian, Congressman Godwin has endorsed P. J. Caudall for postmaster at St. Paul. Mr. W. S. Wishart recalls that it snowed in Lumberton 40 years ago today And it's an eagre and mipping air in this neck of the woods today, which feels altogether out of place amid so much that is green and springtime in appearance. Mr. Paul Pettinger of Raleigh ias succeeded Mr. II. F. Lee as w perintendint -of the Yadkin River Cower Company's station on the edge f twn. Mr. Lee has been transfer red to Wadeaboro, where he will held! similar position. Maxton Dispatch, 12th: R. T. Maness returned from Charlotte, where he had been to consult an occa list in regard to an accident he had ft few days before. While superintend ing the erection of a house a nail flew out from under the hammer of one of the carpenters and struck him fa the eye. As a result he will lose the sight of the member. Mr. W. O. Thompson and family are moving today into their handsome new home just completed, Chestnat and Seventh streets. As has beea mentioned in The Robesonian, Mr. Thomnson sol dthe house on North Elm street from which he is moving t Mrs. Rosa Nance, of Back Swam, and she is moving in today . . Charity and Children: Rev, C. H. Durham, president of the Baptist State Convention and pastor of the church at Lumberton, will preach the sermon at dur annual meeting oa Tuesday evening June 24th. Mr. Dur ham is worthy of the proud name he bears, and Our people will hear him with delight To say that he is a fine preacher is not necessary; we need only remind our friends that his name is Durham. Prof. W. T. Jenrette, principal of the Marietta school, was in town Friday. He says that his school will close Friday, May 2, with a big picnic dinner. Mr. H. E. Stacy of Lumber ton will be the principal speaker for the occasion. On Thursday evening, ithe 1st, there will be a concert, and Prof. Jenrette says that they will probaoly havetheir commencneement sermon oSu-Jday, ?7th of this month. Mrs. B: W Page end her sis ter Miss utii CiJbrethof Raleigh, a member of the faculty of Carolina Col lege at Maton, sang a duet at Chest nut Street Methodist church last even ing which delighted the congregation, Miss Culbreth is a guest at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Page, East Fifth street. Mrs. A. E. White and Mrs. Page went to Maxton after her in the former's auto yesterday afternoon. She will return to Maxton tomorrow. "Half a Hero," Vitagraph, and "Lure of the Footlights," Pathe, will be the pictures presented at the Pas time theatre this evening These are among the best makes of pictures. The management of the theatre regrets to announce the failure of the arrival of the inauguration pictures which were booked several days ago to be shown tonight. The exchange fur nishing films for Lumberton gave no tice last week that this picture would be shipped on the 12th, but it has failed to show up. The dormitory at Barker's (school district No. 4, Saddle Tree township) was sold at public auction Saturday by Rev. S. E. Mercer, president of Carolina College at Maxton, and was purchased by Mr. Duncan M' White for $430. As stated in Thurs day's Robesonian, the school house at Barker's was purchased by the county board of education last Monday from Carolina College for $550. This school house and dormitory were owned by Drivate . Dartiea. whn hnilf th am tap the purpose of running a high school, and they were given to Carolina Col lege after the high school was dis continued. Word was received here last week that Mr. Rapp, who had charge of the work of constructing the substation of the Yadkin River Power Co. on the edge of town last fall, had been mur dered by a Spaniard in Spain, where he was sent from here to take charge of a contract for the company. The information is to the effect that Mr. Rapp was shot twice in the back, by a Spaniard with whom he hid evidently had some difficulty. Mr. - Rapp and Mrs. Rapp, who were from Pennysl vania, made many friends during their stay in Lumberton .--.V
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