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VOL XUV NO. 29 LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY,, MAY 29, 1913. WHOLE NO 2866
JULY 4TH CELEBRATION.
Lumberton Preparing to Make Thin a
Great Day for Robeon County
Olebration Decided Upon at Vot
ing of Business Men Yesterday
Committees Appointed.
At a well-attended meeting of bus
iness men in the commissioners' room
at the court house yesterday after
noon it was unanimously decided to
kave a big July Fourth celebration
in Lumberton this year.
The meeting was called by Mr. R.
D. Caldwell, who stated its object. Mr.
J. A. McAllister, ex-Judge T. A. Mc
Neill and others, in expressing them
selves as heartily in favor of making
this a big day for Robeson" county,
suggested that it would be well to
have some patriotic speeches and also
to have some good reader read the
Declaration of Independence. Judge
McNeill thought it might be well to
make the day educational in its na
ture. Of course details will be work
ed out later by the various commit
tees, this being merely a meeting to
get the sentiment of the business men
and other representative citizens of
the town as to the advisability of at
tempting such a celebration.
The large number who left their
business to attend this meeting in
' the afternoon was itself an indica
tion of the interest felt in the pro
posed celebration and decision to have
it was unanimous.
Mr. Caldwell was elected chairman
and Mr. J. A. Sharpe was elected
secretary. The following committees
were appointed by the chairman.
Program Frank Gough, chairman;
J. A. Sharpe, H. E. Stacy, E. J. Britt,
J. R. Poole.
Advertising W. K. Bethune, chair
man; C S. Parnell, W. S. Wishart, M.
W. Floyd, J. T. Biggs, A. E. Spivey
Decorations J. P. Townsend,
chairman; W. 0. Thompson, D. D.
French, Harry Weinstein, J. D. Mc
Millan. Funds C. V. Brown, K. M. Barnes,
H. M. McAllister, R. C. Lawrence.
Transportation M. G. McKenzie,
chairman; J. P. Russell, M. Beverly,
"Frank Gough.
Music R. R. Carlyle, chairman; C.
B. iJkipper, A. T. Parmele, W. Len
on, J. Pope Stephens.
Chairman Caldwell is ex officio a
member of all committees.
It is earnestly hoped that the ladies
will co-operate with the men in mak
ing this a celebration that will be
worth while, worthy great county of
Robeson. No pains or expenge will
be spared to make it a day long to be
rememBered, a day of pleasure and
profit to all who can come.
The committees will go to work
at once and plans will, take definite
shape within a it w days. Watcti The
Robesonian for further information
and make your arrangements as ear
ly as possible to be in Lumberton oh
that day. It will be worth your time
to be here. It will be a day you can
not afford to miss.
Lumberton Men in Automobile Mix
Up in Fayetteville.
Fayetteville Observer, 27th.
Mr. W. J. Jones of Campbellton was
run down this morning by an auto
mobile in front of Souders' drug store
on Hay street. The car, which was
driven by the owner, Mr. Stevens of
Lumberton, was not going at a rapid
speed and the driver tried hard to
stop, but Mr. Jones became confused
and could not get out of the way,
so he was hurled with considerable
force to the hard paving. The car
did not pass over him, but one arm on
which he fell, and his stomach are
very sore, caused no doubt from con
cussion. In the car with Mr. Stevens were
ex-Judge Thos. A. McNeill and Mr.
E. E. Page of Lumberton. Mayor
Underwood placed Mr. Stevens under
a bond of $400, pending the outcome
of the hurt man's injuries.
Messrs. J. Dickson McLean and R.
E. Lee were also in the car. The state
ment that Mr. Stevens was placed
under $400 bond seems to have been a
mistake. Mr. Stevens was going very
slowly and stopped the car immedi
ately after the man, who became con
fused and dodged directly in front of
the car, was struck. A large
crowd gathered when the accident oc
curred and some of the Lumberton
men thought their time had come,
seeing as how they were men from a
city running down a man in a small
village but they escaped with their
lives.
Tuesday afternoon there was a
heavy rain storm here and elsewhere
throughout the county and consider
able hail fell about 2 miles north of
Maxton. How much, if any, damage
was done to crops has not been learn
ed. .
PARKTON PARAGRAPHS.
The Final Summons A Rushing Time
Digging and Marketing Irish Pota
toes A Bold "Blind Tiger" Pinch
ed "Sump'n's" Going to Happen
Chickens Must Be Kept Up.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Parkton, May 27 Our town and
community were greatly grieved this
morning at the news that little Be
thune Malloy had died at 4 o'clock.
This was the only child of Capt. and
Mrs. Malloy and was the idol of the
home, aged about 2 years, a sweet
and pretty child, exceptionally bright
and interesting. He had been sick
for a week or more. Dr. Northrop
of St. Paul's was with Dr. Currie,
also a trained nurse, but all efforts
to save the child were in vain. The
funeral will be from the Presbyterian
church at Lumber Bridge tomorrow
morning at 10 o'clock and interment
will be made in the family cemetery
there.
At 1 o'clock this afternoon Mrs. E.
K. Campbell received a telegram an
nouncing the death of her father, Mr.
Alford, who lived near Wakulla. Mr.
and Mrs. Campbell left immediately
for the home of the deceased.
Mrs. J. G. Hughes was taken to a
hospital in Fayetteville last night for
special treatment. She had been sick
for some time. Mrs. Henry Welch is
very sick at the home of her daugh
ter, Mrs. T. W. Thompson.
Mr. M. B. Haywood returned home
Thursday from Savannah, Ga., where
he had been for some time. He is
also unwell. Mr. D. P. McMillan re
turned home Sunday from Perry, Fla.,
where he had been since last fall.
Misses Effie and Carrie McMillan re
turned home Wednesday from the
Southern Presbyterian College at Red
Springs, and Messrs. D. H. McCor
mick and Prentis Stanton returned
home Saturday from the A. and M.
College at Raleigh.
Since the close of the school times
have been a little dull, but the mighty
rush of digging and hauling and ship
ping Irish potatoes has started and
you never saw a more rushing time.
The crop is a little short but the
prices seem to be good. The head
office is on the second floor of the
Perry building with telephone office
and stenographers and a great many
operators who report at the head of
fice every night. This is a big firm
and thousands of dollars will be dis
tributed in our town and community
from this crop.
Our town was visited this morn
ing about 4 o'clock by one of the
heaviest rains that has fallen here
this year, also some hail, but not
enough to damage crop3 very much,
so far as we have been advised.
There were two or more arrests by
Mayor Odum Saturday afternoon.
Parties were caught retailing liquor
right in broad open daylight in the
back yard of the Parkton Mercan
tile Co's. store, one white man named
Prevatt and an Indian named L. B.
Chavis. It seems that Chavis had
brought a buggy load of liquor to
town with him to retail and sold out
in a few minutes' time. He was lock
ed up until Monday morning when he
was given a preliminary hearing in
a justice's court and was bound to
court in the sum of $250, which he
gave and was released. The evidence,
it is said, will be sufficient to convict
the Chavis fellow.
We wonder if this will not reduce
the retailing in our little town. Just
to think, people are bold enough to
drive into town in broad open day
light and retail liquors!
Another trial in town this morn
ing, D. E. Canady and brother plain
tiff, A. P. West defendant. The war
rant charged that West assaulted
Canady with a deadly weapon.
'Squire McCormick heard the trial
and released Mr. West on condition
that he pay the costs and vacate Mr.
Canady's house within 10 days.
Deputy W. E. Parham is on the
move nearly every day with some one
and he surely will bring them.
Mr. Editor, I must ask that you re
serve space a week hence, as there
will be something doing of a different
nature something that pleases "Hap
py Jack," and I wish he had my job,
or "Aunt Becky."
Watch Parkton grow.
Our chief advises that it will cost
50 cents a head for every chicken re
ported to him that is left to run at
large. This is no new law, but he
says it will be strictly enforced in
the future.
Dr. M. R. Gibson, -of Maxton, eye,
ear, nose and throat specialist, who
has been spending Thursdays in Lum
berton for the practice of his profes
sion, will go - the last of next week
to New York, where he will spend
some time taking a special course. He
will make his regular visit to Lum-
CAROLINA COLLEGE FINALS.
Literary Address by North Caro
lina's "Grand Old Man" Delight
ful Recitals by Members of Facul
ty and Students President's Re
port Shows That a Remarkable
Record Has Been Made, Receipts
During First Year More Than Bal
ancing Expenses A Modernly
Equipped Building Splendid Au
ditorium Just Completed North
Carolina Methodism's Youngest
College for Women Gives Promise
of Large Usefulness.
Special to The Robesonian.
Maxton, May 28 Beginning with
a sermon Sunday in its splendid au
ditorium which was completed the
night before, followed by a faculty
recital Tuesday night and ending
with a students' recital last night,
the first commencement of Carolina
College was featured yesterday at
11 o'clock by an address by ex-Governor,
Thos. J. Jarvis.
Out of a treasury of wisdom made
rich by a long life of public service
and usefulness, North Carolina's
"Grand Old Man," vigorous and
forceful despite his 77 years, held the
undivided attention of his audience
for close on an. hour as he delivered
a message that was a clarion call to
"Service." carried heavy burdens , rendered ser-
For "Service" the subject near- vice without parallel in achieving such
est his heart was his theme. When success on small means with the col
an humble woman, to him unknown, j lege and has served without salary,
recently told a mother in distress ' making possible the splendid report
over a wayward son to go to him ' that delighted and surprised trus
for advice, saying that "Gov. Jarvis j tees and friends. When a meeting
is always trying to do something for of the trustees was held last July he
somebody," the Governor declared he was skeptical about being able to
considered that the handsomest com-J open in September, said Mr. Under
pliment ever paid him. wood, for the building was not roof-
"This magnificent building," he ed and lacked much of completion;
said, "with no Stale behind it, erected but Mr- Mercer sa,d 14 must be done
by the generosity of the people of '. and was done and- marvelous to re
this and other sections, is a monu- late- the building has been completed,
ment to many who have been doing the auditorium has been erected
something for somebody a monu- without increasing by more than a
ment that will stand to bless future verv little the debt of 19'000 whlch
generations." rested on the college a year ago, the
The Governor followed this with 1 colleSe had Paid a11 its running ex
the statement that the only genuine, I Penses out of receipts and had $300
true happiness that can come to wo- j over which was expended on the
men and men is that that comes from grounds and on equipment. This was
having done something for some- j made Possible by reason of the fact
bodv else. And one does not have to I that President Mercer has drawn no
fro to China or the isles of the sea
for service, for all about us lie rich
opportunities. Very few of us are
oiio a k; fv,,v Tif
is made up of little things. It is the
little flower that blooms to beautify
the world."
Of the two greatest institutions for
the uplift of humanity the Church
and the school he was inclined, for
the nonce, to magnify the school. He
would have ' every teacher catch a
larger vision of his or her profession.
And his ringing declaration that
"no godless man or woman has a
right to go into a school room to
teach" was received with approving
applause.
It is not only the duty of the State
to see that its teachers are com-1 teacher of this department, xester
petent, but it is the duty of the State ! dav afternoon also there was a meet
to make school attendance compul- inS of Carolina College Club, a band
sory. A man has no more right to of Maxtor women, more than 100
starve the minds of his children than , strong, who are working to promote
he has a right to starve their stom-! the interests of the college. They
acns I have furnished the kitchen and' din-
Rarely has any section had so great
a compliment paid it. "Starting
with this building as a center, and
drawing a circle with a radius of
20 miles, you have as splendid a sec
tion of country as can be found any
where in the civilized world as
splendid an agricultural section and
as splendid a population."
But of those to whom much is giv
en much is required, and here- is the
ability and the privilege to make
Carolina College a great institution.
For the much that has been done here
he had words of high praise, but in
10 years he said he hopes to return
and find the grounds dotted with other
beautiful buildings and 365 students
instead of 65, the present number.
In conclusion the Governor painted
a beautiful word picture of Rio De
Janerio, where he spent 4 years as
Minister to Brazil, and the ascent of
a mountain he made with a party of
friends there, in order to draw a les
son for his hearers. In going up this
mountain views of dazzling beauty
were obtained at various heights and
at each succeeding stage some ex
presed themselves as satisfied not to
go higher; and some halted at "Dev
il's Br'dge," a dangerous-looking pas
sage; but those who overcame the
difficulties and stood at last on the
lofty summit 6000 feet above the sea
were rewarded with a vision of such
surpassing grandeur and loveliness
that all the beauty by the way and
danger of the upward struggle were
forgotten. And even so, here at Caro
lina College, where the first stage
has been reached, he urged that none ,
halt and say "this is good enough";
and let none halt at difficulties, but
press on to sublimer heights and the
dazzling splendors of the tablelands
above.
It was a great address, an inspir
ing message from a North Carolin
ian whose great heart is kept, peren
nially young by love and service for
his fellow men.
Governor Jarvis was introduced by
Hon. F. A. Woodward, of Wilson,
himself an honored son of the State,
a trustee of the college and the man
who wrote its charter. In a beautiful
tribute to the former Governor, Mr.
Woodward r referred to his honorable
record of 50 years of public service
and declared that now as a private
citizen he is rendering his greatest
service in ministering to the needs
of the children of the State.
Rev. J. E. Underwood of Golds
boro, president of the board of trus
tees, followed Governor Jarvis with a
few words about the college and took
occasion to pay a merited tribute to
its president, Rev. S. E. Mercer. A
wonderful record has been made.
This college has during its first year
paid all expenses and more, and Mr.
Underwood declared that if he has
ever seen service illustrated in the
life of any man it has been illustrat-
! ed in the life of Mr. Mercer, who has
salarv- St- Paul's Methodist church
! at Maxton, of which he is pastor,
Pavs a salarv of S1'200 and he has
turned back into the college all of
the SbOO additional a year ne was
to have received from that source
A chorus, a piano solo, a solo by
( Miss Julia Culbreth, teacher of vo-
I cal music Miss Culbreth charmmg-
! ly sang Eugene Field's "Little Boy
Blue" preceded the Governor's
speech and the morning exercises
were concluded with a chorus, there
being, of course, no graduating exer
cises as this is the first year. There
was an altogether creditable art ex
hibit yesterday afternoon which was
visited by quite a number of people.
Miss Burdette Joyner of Oxford is
' ino rnnm o ri A hoira Tonnorflfl VQlll.
able service in other ways.
The faculty recital given Tuesday
evening by Misses Beatrice M.
Knight piano, and Julia R. Culbreth,
voice, is spoken of in terms of high
est praise by all who heard it, also
I the recital given by the students last
night, both of which this reporter was
denied the privilege of enjoying.
Carolina College is owned and con
trolled by the North Carolina Meth
odist Conference and a truly won
derful and inspiring record has been
made here. The building was not
completed when the fall term opened
last September only one entrance
had been completed and there were
no porches; now there are beautiful
entrances in front and on each end;
and a large auditorium, the accous
tic properties of which are not sur
passed by any auditorium in the
State, was completed last Saturday
night. This has raised floors, main
and gallery, is furnished with opera
chairs and will seat 600 people, be
sides 75 or more on the stage.
The college building, located in a
campus of 20 acres in the northern
part of Maxton 8 or 9 acres a beau
tiful park is of red pressed brick
and gray stone. The recitation rooms
are large and well ventilated, fur
nished with comfortable chairs, and
all the furmture-4n all the rms-jsXffem-orida. an Alabama, and the
of the best. It is equipped with fire
alarms and hose and sanitary drink
ing fountains on every floor, also
toilet and bathrooms. The heating
plant is one of the best, installed at s
cost of $7800. Uniform heat is kept
(Continued on page four.) 4 J,
RED SPRINGS REVIEWS.
Bear Killed After Exciting Chase
Red Springs Defeats Aberdeen
Personal Mention.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Red Springs, May 27 Mr. T. A.
McNeill, Jr., of Lumberton was a Red
SYcMigs visitor Friday. Rev. S. A.
Cotton, former pastor of the Meth
odist church at this place, but now
at Beaufort, is visiting relatives and
friends here this week. Mr. Jno. J.
McGougan was in town Friday.
Mr. D. M. McMillan has just pur
chased a Ford touring car and is
running an auto livery.
Mr. Angus Hodgin, a candidate for
the ministry studying at McCormick
University, left Red Springs one day
last week to take up mission work
in Tennessee. Mr. Jas. Hall is at
tending commencement exercises at
Davidson College this week. Mr. I.
M. Clarkson of Maxton was in Red
Springs Saturday on business. Miss
Genevive McMillan returned Satur
day from Decatur; Ga., where she
had been attending Agnes Scott Col
lege. Mrs. Lou Fulmore and Messrs.
A. T. McCallum and W. F. Williams
returned Saturday from Hot Springs,
Ark., where they spent the past
month. Miss Hattie Smith and
mother of Elkin are visiting at the
home of Mrs. Smith's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Purcell. Mr. Edwin
Purcell, who has been studying in
New York has returned home.
A bear was seen in the vicinity of
Antioch church by a negro last Sun
day. As soon as they could, a crowd
of men gathered together a pack of
hounds and went after' him. They did
not get very close to him, but Mon
day morning the chase was taken up
again and the bear, being rushed pret
ty close, ran up a tree. Two or three
shots were fired at him in the tree
and he came down and started to
run, but before he had gone far he
was killed. It is not known who fired
the fatal shot as there were so many
shooting at once. Mr. B. W. Town
send brought the bear to Red Springs
and has the hide. The bear weighed
close to 400 pounds.
Yesterday the Red Springs base
ball club met the Aberdeen club on
the latter's diamond. The Aberdeen
boys, after having a 4-run lead, lost
to Red Springs by the score of 11 to7.
The batteries were: Aberdeen, Mc
Keithan and Campbell; Red Springs,
Ledbetter, Love and McLean.
Messrs. Ernest Graham, B. F. Wil
liams, Jr., P. M. Ezzell and D. M.
McMillan atteneded the recital at
Carolina College at Maxton last eve
ning. Miss Pattie Watkins left for
her home at Farmville, Va., this
morning. Mr. Edwin Marrow return
ed home from the Ai and M. Col
lege yesterday. Mr. Hector Brown
of Pembroke was in town today.
JACKSONVILLE NEXT.
Will Entertain 2ith Annual Reunion
Confederate Veterans Officers Re
elected. Chattanooga, Tenn., Dispatch, 28th.
Jacksonville, Fla., late today was
awarded the honor of entertaining
the Twenty-fourth Annual United
Confederate Reunion, and Commander-in-Chief
General Bennett H.
Young, of Louisville, Ky., with his
three department commanders, were
re-elected, at the last important busi
ness session of veteians during the
present reunion here.
The next reunion went to Jack
sonville after more than an hour's
deliberation in which the hospitality
and fame of that city, Nashville,
Tenn., Houston, Texas, and Tulsa,
Okla., had been proclaimed by elo
quent orators. When a vote was tak
en Jacksonville received 1,528 votes,
Nashville, the nearest opponent re
ceiving 405. The selection of the
Florida city was then made unani
mous.
Departmental officers who again
will serve under the command of
General Young are Lieutenant Gene
ral Theodore S. Garnett, of Norfolk,
commander of the army of North
Carolina; Lieutenant General Georgia
P. Harris, of Opelika, Ala., comman
der of the army of Tennessee, and
Lieutenant General K. M. VanZandt,
of Fort Worth, Texas, commander of
the trans-Mississippi department.
Other features of the second day
reunion programme were the impres
sive ceremonies attendant upon the
dedication of handsome monuments at
Chicamauga Park by delegations
parade of the Sons of Confederate
Veterans. A joint memorial service
in honor of the Confederate dead also
was held in the auditorium here today
aVwhich representatives from the vet-
e'lils and all other organizations at
tending the reunion took part.
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
I
Good middling cotton today lie
A fine horse, valued at about
$250, belonging to Mr. Prentice Bar
ker, died Tuesday. The horse had
only been sick a day or so.
"When She Was About Sixteen,"
a side-splitting comedy by Edison,
and "For the Papoose's Sake," an un
usually fine Western picture by
Pathe, will be the pictures shown at
the Pastime theatre tonight.
Tomorrow, National Memorial
Day, the local banks will be closed,
Sunday hours will be observed at the
postoffice and the rural mail carriers
will not make their rounds. The Rob
eson Rural Letter Carriers' Associa
tion will hold its annual meeting in
Lumberton tomorrow at 11 o'clock.
The Majestic range is being
demonstrated at the McAllister Hdw.
Company store this week. The dem
onstration began Monday afternoon
and will continue through the week.
The numerous features of this great
cooking stove are being demonstra
ted by Mr. J. F. Dowdy, of St. Louis,
Mo. All visitors are served free
lunch.
Misses Annie Ruth Caldwell, Mil
dred Mclntyre, Lina Gough, Mildred
Williams and Edna Prevatt, all stu
dents of Meredith College, Raleigh,
came home yesterday for the summer
vacation. Miss Lucile Arthur of
Morehead City, who attended the
Meredith College commencement,
came home with Miss Annie Ruth
Caldwell and will spend several days
in town as her guest. Miss Louise
Townsend, a student at the Greens
boro Normal, Greensboro, also came
home yesterday for the summer.
Mrs. D. M. Wishart, who lives
about four miles east of town spent
yesterday in town a guest at the
home of her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Wishart. Mrs. L.
J. Birthright of Wilmington, is a
guest at Mr. and Mrs. Wishart's and
these two old ladies had yesterday
a most pleasant time discussing the
events of days long since passed. Mrs.
Birthright will be 76 years old in Au
gust and Mrs. Wishart will be 76 in
November. They were born and rear
ed within half a mile of each other
and their homes of childhood days
were located on the Whiteville road
about 8 miles from Lumberton. These
old homes have long since gone down,
the fields grown up in trees and there
are no buildings at all on the sites,
where once were large homes.
Remodeling Building on West Fourth.
Contractor Sam Branch put a force
of hands to work, this morning on the
building on West Fourth street occu
pied by the Parlor Grocery and the
Western Union Telegraph office, re
cently damaged by fire in the second
story. The building will be cut down
to one story, a new pressed brick,
iron and plate glassfrojTtwilI be put
, in, and it will be extended back 30 "
feet. The building is owned by Mr.
W. W. Carlyle.
Debate Challenge Accepted.
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
We accept the debate challenge giv
en by Messrs. Barnes and McKay, con-
! ditionally that is, if we can agree
upon query and terms.
J ROWLAND SEALY,
! BERNICE PAGE,
Barnesville High School.
To the Edito1of The Robesonian:
We hereby accept the recent chal
lenge for debate, which was extended
by Messrs. F. M. Barnes and Sam
McKay.
WILLIE FLOYD,
W. B. IVEY,
Orrum, N. C, May 27, 1913.
"Light Horse Harry" Lee's Remains
Taken to Final Resting Place.
Savannah, Ga., Dispatch, 28th.
The body of "Light Horse Harry"
Lee, of Revolutionary fame, father
of Robert E. Lee, was disinterred to
day at Dungeness, Cumberland Is
land, where the remains had been bu
ried for almost a hundred years, and
tonight is on its way to Laxington,
Va. for final resting: place beside
that of his distinguished son.
A delegation from Virginia Legis
lature came to Cumberland Island af
ter the body, an appropriation for this
purpose having been made by the
Virginia Legislature.
The casket was taken to Fernan
dina aboard a private yacht, and
there began its journey to Virginia. It
will be buried in Lee chapel, on the
Washington and Lee University cam
pus, in Lexington, Va., Friday.
By gnawing1 through a dyke even
a rat may drown a nation. Edward
Burke.
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