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Established 1870. T Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cents Vol xuv.no. 2S lumberton, north carouna, Thursday, may ist 1013. whole no 2862 OFFICER KILLS NEGRO. Harry McMillan, Colored, Shot and Killed at Parkton by Deputy Wal- ter Parham Neg ru Resisted Arrest and Drew Gun on: Officer Store Robbers Brought to aJil. Harry . McMillan," colored, was shot and killed at Parkton yesteerday by Deputy Sheriff WalteV Parham, who had a warrant to arrest the negro for some minor offense. 'The negro resist ed, leveled a gun at the officer and threatened to kill him. Inquest was held yesterday afternoon by Mr. J. B. McCormick, acting as special coroner, and .the verdict of the jury, was justifi able homicide. The shooting occur red about 8 o'clock a. m. Sheriff R. E. Lewis went to Park ton yesterday when notified, of the i shooting and ascertained the follow ing facts: When Deputy Parham went to serve a warrant on the negro, McMillan drew a gun on the officer and told him to leave or he would shoot. Mr. Parham left and returned later with Messrs C. L. Beard and J. L. MarsH. They tried to persuade the negro to give himself up without any troble, but the t negro swore he would kill the officer and leveled his gun at him, when Mr. Parham shot, using a shotgun. Store Robbers Jailed. J. H. West and Jas. Spivey, young white men, were brought Tuesday night from St. Pauls by Sheriff R. E. "Lewis and lodged in jail to wait trial on the charge of robbing the St. Paul's Cash Store. The store was rob bed Monday night of about $50 worth 'of goods. West and Spivey were, ar rested at Lumber Bridge Tuesday and taken back to St. Paul's, where they were tried before Justice f. A. Town . send, who ordered them committed to . jail to await trial in default of bond, ' The goods were fund on the men when they were arrested and they had be sides a suitcase filled with fine cloth ing which 'is .supposed to have been ; stolen elsewhere. Alive to Importance of Securing Just Freight Rates. At a meeting of the business -men held in the commissioners' room ' at the court house Monday evening State Senator Geo. B. MCLeod and Messrs. H. D. Caldwell, Frank' Gough, W. P. McAllister, J. P. Townsend and A. Weinstein were appointed to attend the meeting of the just Freight Rates Association in Raleigh this afternoon .and unite with men from all other sections of the State in the mpvement to secure just freight rates for North Carolina. Remarks submitted by Messrs. McLeod, White, Gough and K. M. Biggs indicated that the busi ness men of Lumberton are thorough ly alive to the importance of the con ference being held in Raleigh this af ternoon and want to co-operate in every way possible to bring about just treatment of North .Carolina shippers ' by the railroads. Dr. Anderson Elected Superintendent State Hospital at Raleigh. . ' Raleigh Special, I4th, Wilmington Star. V '. - - Dr. Albert Anderson, of Raleigh, former medical examiner for the Jef ferson Standard Life Insurance Co., is elected superintendent of the Cen tral Hospital for the Insane here, Dr. L. J. Picot having resigned the super intendency when the directors as sembled at noon in adjourned session to perfect organization for the Craig administration, the Governor having appointed a number of new directors. The board organized with the election of Dr. McDonald, of Carthage, chair man, and S. G. Daniel, Littleton, sec retary. The executive committee con sists of A. B. Croom, Jr., Dr. C. A. Woodard and Joseph G. Brown. Miss Juette Barker and Mr. A. J. Tinkman Will be Married This Eve ' ning. Miss Juette Barker and M A. J. Tinkham will be married this evening at 8:30 o'clock at the home of the bride-to-be's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James T. Barker, Chippewa street.' It will be a quiet home wedding and will be witnessed by only a few relatives and friends of the contracting parties. ' The ceremony will be- performed by Rev. J. Frank Gorrell, pastor of the Presbyterian church. They will occupy the home on East-Fifth St. recently ly vacated by Mr. J. L. Williamson and family after-a few days, which will be spent at the home Jf the . bride's father. . Some play the devil ahd then wfie a novel. Byron. SUICIDE AT RED SPRINGS. J. N. Savage Dies as Result of Self Inflicted Wound Yesterday No Cause for Deed Assigned. J. N. Savage, about 35 years old, shot himself at his home in Red Springs yesterday morning about 1 o'clock and died about 4 hours later, at 5 a. m. No cause has been given. Mr. A. B. Pearsall, acting as special coroner, held inquest yesterday and the verdict of the jury was that de ceased came to his death by his own hand. ' - Deceased was an energetic man of lively disposition and was apparently in good health. He had retired to his room .and was in bed when he fired the fatal shot. He is survived by his wife and two children, aged 4 and 10 years. Mr. Savage had been engaged in the furniture business at Red Springs since last fall, going to Red Springs from Scotland Neck". The re mains were shipped last night to Scotland Neck for interment. Sixty-seventh Annual Conference of Southern Baptists. St. Louis, Mo., Dispatch, 14th. The 67th annual conference of the Southern Baptists formally opened this evening. The Rev. Edward Charles Dargan presided. ' Officers for the ensuing year were re-elected with the exception of the vice-presidents. The officers are: Rev. Dr. Edwin Charles Dargan, of Macon, Ga., 'president;" H. M. Wolf, of Dallas, Texas; the Rev. A. G. Washburn, of McAUester, Okla.; Isaac B. Tigrett, of Jackson, Miss., and Wil liam Ellyson, of Richmond, Va., vice presidents; the Rev. Dr. Lansing Bur rows, of Americus, Ga., and Rev. Oli ver Fuller Gregory, of Staunton, Va., sevretaries; George W. Norton, of Louisville, Ky., treasurer, and William P. Harvey, of Harrodsburg, Ky., audi tor. The programme provides for three sessions each day, the closing session being next Monday night. It is shown in the statistical .reports that Texas leads all the States in the convention in the amount of money contributed to both home and foreign missions, giving $71,000 to home mis sions and $86,000 to foreign missions. Great Presbyterian Gathering in At lanta Begins Today. Atlanta Ga., Dispatch, 12th. Scores of delegates arrived here today and tonight to attend the "Pan American Pentecost," which will open here Thursday with representatives of the four leading Presbyterian church organizations of America in attendance. Nearly 1,500 commis sioners of the Northern Presbyterian Church, the Southern Presbyterian Church, the United Presbyterian Church, and the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, representing a total membership of approximately 2,000,000 persons, are expected to par ticipate in the joint assembly which will be in session until May 25. Atlanta Ga., May 14: Dr. Robert M. Russell, of Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa., tonight was unanimously elected moderator of the United Presbyterian Assembly in ses sion here. Dr. Russell succeeds Dr. Hugh H. Bell, of San Francisco. Trinity College Commencement June First to Fourth. Trinity College, Durham, com mencement will be held June first to fourth. Following is the program: Commencement Program. Sunday, June 1, 8:30 p. m., Bacca laureate address. President Wil liam Preston Few, L. L. D. Tuesday, June 3, 11 a.m., Bacca laureate Sermon, the Rev. George Peck Eckman, D. D. New York City. Tuesday, June 3, 1 p. m., Alumni dinner address, the Rev. Charles Car roll Woods, D. D. St. Louis. Tuesday, June 3, 8:30 p. m., Grad uating orations. Wednesday, June 4, 10:30 a. m., Commencement address, Rear Ad miral Robert Edwin Peary, U. S. N. Washington City. Conferring of degrees. . Ten Killed by Tornado in Nebraska. Seward, Neb, Dispatch, 14th. A tornado which took a toll of ten lives, injured 30-odd persons and de stroyed more than a third of this town,- occurred shortly before six o'clock this evening. Twenty-two res idences were destroyed and many more were partly wrecked, but the business "poff ioiTor IKepTaTe3io!':not suffer greatly. y r: mm Ui - y i Chestnut Street Methodist Church, Where District Conference will be Held. ROCKINGHAM DISTRICT CONFER ENCE. Will Be Held at Chestnut Street Methodist Church May 21 to 25 Large Delegation Expected All Who Coriie Will be Taken Care of Where the Delegates Will be En tertained. An important event to which Meth odists of the Rockingham district have been looking forward for some time is the district conference which, will be held next week in Chestnut Street Methodist church of Lumber ton, Rev. J. W. Bradley, pastor, be ginning Wednesday evening and con tinuing through Sunday. An elegant new church has recently been completed" by the Chestnut Street congregation. It is hoped and expected that a large delegation will attend this conference. Rev. A. McCullen of Rockingham, presiding elder of the district, will pre- side. There are 24 charge in the district 6 stations and 18 circuits and 24 pastors in regular work. The district includes Robeson, Scotland, Richmond, Moore and Iloko counties and parts of Cumberland and Bladen. The conference will begin Wed nesday, evening, the twenty-first with a sermon by Rev. H. M. Eure of Red Springs. There will be preaching Thursday and Friday, 22d and 23d, at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Announcements of other services will be made later. All are cordially invited to attend every service. The reception committee is compos ed of Messrs. A. E. White, W. H. Humphrey, G. M. Whitfield, N. P. An drews, K. M Barnes, L. C. Townsend, J. A. Sharpe. Mr. C. M. Fuller will take care of all horses of preachers and dele gates where the host cannot do so. Arrangements are being made to care for all who come and all who come will be heartily welcomed and entertained. The list which follows does not profess to be complete. No delegate or intending visitor whose name is not given below need hesi tate for a moment about coming, for they will be taken care of. A warm welcome awaits all. Where Delegates will be Entertained. Following is a list of those who will entertain delegates and as complete a list as it is possible to obtain of the delegates. Names of the hosts are given first, followed by names of the delegates they will entertain or by the number of delegates, where no parti cular assignments have been made. N. P. Andrews--Rev. C. C. Broth ers, Ellerbe circuit; Rev. D. A. Wat kins, Cameron and Johnson Grove circuit. ' W. D. Baggett Two delegates. J. T, Barker W. F. Adams, J. W. Barker. N K. M. Barnes Rev. S. T. Moyle, Robeson "circuit; Chas. A. Oliver. V. D. Baker Two at hotel. V C. L. Boddie -Two delegates. Rev. J; W Bradley L. A. Lentz, L. D. Warner? A Cameron, C. G. Bea man. Jenkins Bennett Rev. S. J. McCon neH, Montgomery circuit. C. -V. Brown Two at Mrs. Viola Caldwell's. Mrs. Annie Burney Two delegates. Mrs. E. M. Brittr Two delegates. . C. M. Bryan Two delegates. rsTloIa-Xardwell Two dele-" gates: - i . . i .rwii ."A ML' .' I". 4.- 1 W. L. Daugherty Revs. W. F. Trawick and J. A. Russell, both local preachers. C. M. Fuller Rev. A. McCullen, presiding elder; Rev. N. E. Coleirane, Mt. Gilead circuit. J. C. Fuller Rev. E. H. Davis, Rockingham station; Rev. J. A. Lee, Rowland circuit. M. N. Folger Rev. A. W. Dowd and wife, St. John and Gibson cir cuit. D. D. French Two at hotel. Mrs. F. P. Gray One at hotel (per haps two at home.) E. L. Hamilton Rev. F. T. Biggs, local; E. B. O'Brien. ' W. H. Humphrey Dr. H. B. Gib son, J M. Hoyle and two others. D. M Hollowell Rev F. D. McCall, and family, Laurel Hill circuit. G. Y. Jones Rev. H. A. Humble and family, Laurinburg station. W. H. Kinlaw Two at hotel. R. E. Lewis Rev. J.C. Humble, Cal edonia circuit; Rev. A. J. Groves, St. Pauls circuit; Rev. J. A. Daily, Hamlet station; Rev. C. W. Smith, Troy circuit. Mrs. J. A. McAllister Dr. L. L. Nas,h, missionary evangelist, Hamlet; Rev. L. S. Massey, editor Raleigh Christian Advocate. W. A. McPhaul Rev. H. M. Eure, Red Springs; Rev. B. E. Stanfield, Richmond circuit; Rev. Y. E. Wright, Roberel circuit; Rev. J. M. Ashley and wife, Elm City. Mrs. D. B. McNeill Two delegates. W. B. McGill Rev. J. A. Johnson, local; C. N. Johnson. Hardy M'White Two delegates. 0. C. Norment-Rev. D. B. Parker, Candor circuif; Rev. G. H. Biggs, Elizabeth circuit. Mrs. T. A- Norment J. B. McAr thur. Mrs. B. W. Page Two delegates. J. R. Poole R. T. Poole, J. B. Ew ing. Misses Rogers Two delegates. J. A. Sharpe H. A. Page, J. R. Page. E. I. Poole Two at hotel. Rev. N. L. Seabolt C. A. Thomas, R. L. Webb. H. E. Stacy One at hotel. Mrs. Mary S. E. Smith Two dele gates. J. W. Smith Jno. B. Regan, Isham Kinlaw. Mrs. Jas. Stevens A. S. Thompson, B. F. Wade. C. B. Townsend Two at hotel. L. C. Townsend Rev. S. E. Mercer, Maxton; Rev. T. H. Walters, local A. E. White Rev. L. Paris and family, Cornelius; Rev. L. S. Coving ton; H. E. Long, W. B. Harker, H. B. Ashley G. M. Whitefield Rev. C. L. Read, Aberdeen circuit, Rev. E. B. Craven, Raeford circuit. "Live-at-Home' Farmers.. " Messrs. N. A. Townsend and Ed. W. M'White, of Ten Mile, were among the business visitors in town yesterday. These gentlemen can easily be num bered among the county's best farm ers. Between them yesterday they sold $75 worth of peas and Mr. Townsend sold about $85 worth of home-raised bacon. A few weeks ago Mr. Town send sold over $100 worth of bacon and Jias some more yet that he can sell. Mr. M'White has quite a.bit of bacon that he expects to market in a "feweeTisT'ThSsoTrienre the Tumi of farmers that live at home. NATATORIAL CLUB. Ladies Will Have Large Reservoir at Light and Power Plant for Swim ming Poole. At last the large reservoir built at the light and power plant by the town some three or four years ago, and which failed to serve the pur pose for which it was erected, will be used. It will be used for a swimming poole. A number of the ladies of the town have clubbed themselves togeth er into an organization to be known as the "Natatorial Club." Permission to use the resrvoir has been obtain ed from the town authorities by the ladies and they are having it made ready for swimming. They have had a dressing room erected at the west ern end of the reservoir and a slanting floor put in the reservoir over which the water will be from 3 to 5 1-2 feet deep. The dressing room will be equipped with shower bath. The cxr pense of fixing up the place, which is borne by the ladies, will amount to about $100. Twenty young ladies be long to the club at present and it is expected that several more will join. The first swim will be Saturday. Miss Florence Jackson will instruct in the art of swimming. The ladies say the place is to be known as the "natator ium." COURT CALENDAR. Cases Set For Trial During Term of Court Which Convenes Next Mon day. A week's civil term of Robeson Su perior Court will convene Monday of next week, the 19th. Judge Garland S. Ferguson will preside. The fol lowing cases were set for trial at the last term of court: Monday Katie Ann Locklear vs. W. A. Savage, et al.; Murdock Smith vs. Patterson & Ware; Va. & Car. Chemical Co. vs. O. I. Floyd et al.; A. Weinstein vs. A. C. L. R. R. Co. Tuesday J D. Bridgets ts. J. F. McDonald, Admr; M. B. Griffin vs. A. C. L. R. R. Co.; Butters Lumber Company vs Thomas F. Walters. Wednesday Sellers & Company vs. R. C. Townsend, (Protest by defen dant); Geo. Rhody vs. Western Un ion Telegraph Co.; Tobias Hunt vs. L. Z. Hcdgpeth. Thursday W. R. McNeill vs. A. C. L. R. R. Co.; W. C. Lewis vs. J. F. Pitman. , Carolina College Commencement May 25 to 27. The first commencement of Carolina College aft Maxton will be heeld May 25th to 27th. Following is the pro gram. Program. Sunday, May 25, 11:00 a. m. Ser mon, Rev. T. N. Ivey, D. D., Nashville, Tenn. Sunday, May 25, 8:00 p. m. Mis sionary sermon, Dr. T. N. Ivey. Monday, May 26, 8:30 p. m. Fa culty recital. Tuesday, May 27, 9:00 a. m Meet ing of board of trustees. 11:00 a. m. Literary address, Gov, T. J. Jarvis, Greenville, N. C. 4:00 p. m. Reception and Art Ex hibit. 8:30 p. m. Students' recital. Disinfectants Furnished Free. Disinfectants may be obtained free of cost by any citizen of the town by sending after them to the town hall, where a supply is kept for free distribution. The cleaning up work that is being done all over town will be much more ben eficial if citizens will take advantage of this offer of the town fathers and scatter disinfectants freely about their residences. New Union Station for Pembroke. Raleigh Cor., 14th, Wilmington Star. A set of plans for an adequate pas senger station for both the Atlantic Coast Line and the Seaboard Air Line at Pembroke were submitted to the Corporation Commission today by the Atlantic Coast Line authorities and will probably be adopted by the commission without delay so that Pembroke can have an adequate union Station very soon now. Supt. R. E. Sentelle, of the grad ed school, and family have gone to their farm in Haywood county, near Canton,' where they will spend the summer. Miss Hassie Lou Ponder, ninth and 10th grades, and Miss Mary Jeffress, fourth grade, have declined to return next fall. The school board is not ready to announce yet who of "the other teacherswill return and ho teachers havetbeen"selected to suc ceed Misses Ponder and Jeffress. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. Good middling cotton today 11c. Quite a number of young folks picnicked yesterday at the Warwick mill pond, about 5 miles east of town. Mrs. R. C. Lawrence and Miss Leslie Proctor chaperoned the party. Mr. Lester Cashwell, who for about a year had held a position as a salesman with the J. T. Biggs Co., resigned Monday to accept a position at the Jennings Cotton mill. He be gan work at the mill Tuesday. Sheriff R. E. Lewis has purchased from ex-Sheriff G. B. McLeod a build ing lot on North Elm street, opposite the residence of Mr. Jas. D. Proctor. The deal was closed last night. Mr. Lewis is not contemplating building just yet. Rev. J. W. Bradley, pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church, will leave this evening for Elizabeth town, where he will hold the second quarterly conference on the Elizabeth circuit for Rev. G. H. Biggs. Mr. Bradley will return Saturday morn ing. MissSarah Allen and Mr. Jackson C. Blount, both of the (HowellsviIle section, were married this morning at 10 o'clock in the office of Reg ister of Deeds T. N. Higley. The cere mony was performed by Rev. J. W. Bradley, pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church. Mr. Frank Gough left last even ing and ex-Sheriff Geo. B. McLeod left this morning to attend the "meet ing of the Just Freight Rates Asso ciation in Raleigh this afternoon. Master Frank Gough accompanied his father to visit his sister Miss Lina at Meredith College. Mr. Ernest Alexander Branch, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Branch of Lumberton, and Mr. James Frank Stainback, brother of Mrs. F. J. Thomas and Misses Helen and Annie Burt Stainback of Lumberton, are among the graduates of the Atlanta Dental College this year. The grad uating exercises were held last even ing in the Atlanta theatre. Mr. Branch was a member of the commit tee on programs and Mr. Stainback was a member of the committee on music. Mr. Thomas L. Johnson will re model or practically build new his residence on North Elm street. The house will be changed altogether and made much larger. It will be a two story 12 room residence and will be equipped with all modern conveneinces Mr. H. GJones has contract for the work and expects to begin work Mon day. Mr. Johnson and family, while the work is being done, will occupy the house on West Fifth street re cently vacated by Mr. A. A. Pedneau and family. "A Juvenile Love Affair," Vita- graph, and "Picturesque Darjuling India," Edison, will be the pictures shown at the Pastime theatre thb evening. While the pictures shown at the Pastime have always been of a high grade, there has been a very no ticeable improvement during the past week or two, getting better all the time. "Nothing too good for Lumber- ton picture-show patrons" is the mot to of the management. Tomorrow evening three reels will be shown, the prices remaining as usual, adults 10 cents, children fro m5 to 10 yearp inclusive, 5 cents. Invitations reading as follows have been received here: Mr. and Mrs. John Hosea Turner request the honour of your presence at the marriage of their daughter Annie McDavid to Mr. Talbert Iredell Martin Wednesday afternoon, May 21st Nineteen hundred and thirteen at five o'clock Fair Bluff, North Carolina. -At home after June 1st', Florence, South Carolina. The bride-to-be is a niece of Mr. J. A.. Sharpe of Lumberton. J. L. Blackburn, the white man who laid down near the top landing of the stairway in the Bank of Lum berton building Monday afternoon to sleep, as mentioned in Monday's Sobe sonian, and was escorted to the coun ty jail by Chief of Police Redfern, was tried before Mayor A. E, White at 7 o'clock the same evening and taxed $2 . 50 and costs, a total of $5.05. He thought it a shame that his rest wast disturbed as he went off the street and picked' out a nice hard place on the floor up stairs to sleep off the load he had gotten on the out side ofTHe"naY his "Iffcal habit East Lumberton.
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