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VOLXUVlO. 32 T" LUMBERTON. NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JIJE9. 191 3. WHOLE NO 2869
FOR PURER WATER SUPPLY.
Mayor and Town Commissioners Con
sidering Filtering Plant Sanitary
Pumps to be Installed Another
Amendment to Sanitary Ordinance
At a meeting of the mayor and
town commissioners Thursday eve
ing sanitary measures were princi
(pally up for consideration and some
steps were taken which may result in
securing a purer supply of water for
the town.
An order was passed authorizing
Mayor White to appoint a committee
to make a thorough investigation re
lative' to installing a water filtering
plant. Mr. S. H. Hamilton was ap
pointed on this committee. Water
furnished through the town's system
has never been fit for drinking pur
poses and the fact that water from
some pumps that has heretofore been
considered pure has recently been pro
nounced unsafe makes this an all-im
portant question just now.
Another important order was made
that the public pitcher pumps now
in use be replaced with up-to-date
force pumps so equipped as to make it
impossible to drink from them with
out using some drinking vessel. The
sanitary committee was given power
to act.
The dancing school recently held
escapes the tax with which it was
threatened this time, an order being
passed at this meeting revoking the
tax for this once.
The sanitary ordinance passed at
the regular monthly meeting last
Tuesday night forbidding any privy,
cesspool or other depository for hu
man excrement to be maintained with
in 200 fet of any sewer line was
mended so as to prohibit the main
tenance of any such privy,, cesspool,
etc., within 350 feet of any sewer line
on Elm street.
The ordinance relating to the busi
ness of bill posting was amended to in
clude all kinds of paper advertising
hung by paste, tacking, or other
means upon fences, buildings, etc.,
also all tin or cloth signs,
tacking, distributing of dodgers, cir
culars or samples, pamphlets or oth
er advertising matter within the cor
porate limits of the town, except that
any person regularly engaged in busi
ness in the town may distribute circu
lars, etc., advertising his own business,
or that any person may distribute cir
culars, etc., advertising any public
meeting or game without license.
The following ordinance was passed:
"It shall be unlawful for any per
son, firm or corporation, to give away,
deposit, or otherwise distribute any
sample package, parcel, box or other
quantity of any nostrum, proprietary
medicine, pills, or other material of an
alleged medicinal nature or claiming
to be a curative agency, by means of
depositing or leaving the same in any
hallway, private area or yard, or on
any street, alley or public place in the
corporate limits of the town of Lum
berton." Guns and Shells for Lumberton.
It has been stated in The Robeson
ian that through the efforts of Mrs.
A. W. McLean, Hon. Josephus Daniels,
Secretary of the Navy, was peisu.id
ed to set in motion rome machinery
thatwould result in bringing to Lum
berton a couple of guns and some
shells to adorn the court house square.
As a part of the red tape it was neces
sary for the mayor of the town to re
quest Senator Simmons to request
that these dogs of war be sent. Mayor
White made the request in due form
and Saturday he received a letter from
the Bureau of Ordinance in Washing
ton advising that at the request of
Senator Simmons "2 1-pounder M. N.
Mark I. V. guns" What do you know
about that "and 6 9-inch spherical
shells" are ready to be shipped on the
mayor's order; and Mayor White said
he was going to order them at once.
So that is settled. And they'll look
good munted they're going to send
"mounts" for 'em, too in the court
house yard on either side of the Con
federate monument brave and una
fraid. Lumberton will be mighty glad
to have them and the town ought in
some way to fittingly thank Mrs. Mc-.
Lean and Secretary Daniels.
In a display window of the Lum
berton furniture store on Elm street
can be seen the handsomest brass bed
stead ever shown in Lumberton. It
is a Bernstein and isa Deauty. The
McAllister hardware" store,- als66n
Elm street, has a window display
that is most attractive. A grassy
lawn- is.-rsho-wnr oit-amowerqa.kfi 1
and hose all things necessary to keep
it in trim condition.
A LITTLE TOO BUSY.
Collector Keith May Be Removed
For Too Much Political Activity
President Has Not Tried to In
fluence Senators.
Washington Special, 6th, Wilmington
Star.
Because he has displayed too
much activity in politics in that he,
without consulting any Democratic
Senator or Congressman, made re
commendations for collectors for
the ports of entry at Newbern,
Beaufort, Elizabeth City and Man
teo, B. F. Keith, collector of the
port at Wilmington, will in all prob
ability be removed from office in the
next 30 days.
It is certain that Senator Simmons
and Congressmen Godwin and Small
will recommend such action to Pres
ident Wilson and Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo, when the Secre
tary Teturns to Washington next
week. It is known that none of
the recommendations for appoint
ment by Collector Keith are agree
able to Senator Simmons, and Con
gressmen Small and Godwin. .It is
said that Keith has overstepped all
propriety as 4 Federal office holder
in recommending a man for New
bern, the home town of the Senior
Senator, without even asking Mr,
Simmons if he would be agreeable to
the Senator.
Senator Simmons said tonight that
the charge that President Wilson had
tried to influence Senators on tariff
matters was not rue. He said that
it was true, as most Sena
tors knew, that Mr. Wilson had
very pronounced view as to sugar
and wool. He did not in anyway,
However, try to use his power as
President to influence Senators in
their views upon the tariff.
JAPAN PROTESTS.
Claims That Land Bill Passed by
California Legislature Violates
Spirit Japanese-American Treaty
Tokio Dispatch, 6th.
The rejoinder of Japan to the Unit
ed States' note on the subject of the
California alien land ownership leg
islation reiterates that the land bill
passed by the California Legislature
violates the spirit of the Japanse
American treaty by discriminating
against a friendly power.
It points out that even if the ques
tion is an economic one, it enters the
domain of international relations,
and therefore becomes a political
question.
The note says that the California
land legislation violates Article 1, of
the .Japanese-American treaty of
1911, which authorizes subjects or
citizens of the contracting parties to
pwn or lease houses which are insep
arable parts of real estate.
It also declares that the new bill
violates the 4th amendment to the
United States Constitution, requir
ing State to grant equal protection
under its laws to all persons within
its jurisdiction.
Interest in the Japanese-American
land ownership controvery is una
bated in Japan. Several mass meet
ings of protest are being arrang
ed.
Tatsue Yamamoto, minister of ag
riculture and commerce, declares
the Japanese Government wants to
participate in the Panama-Pacific Ex
position, but owing to popular feel
ing on the California land question
it feels obliged to wait to determine
public sentiment.
The Japanese government has
postponed its reply to Secretary-
Bryan's proposed plan of interna
tional arbitration.
Among the Sick.
Recorder J. A. Rowland, who left
Thompson hospital a week ago after
a prolonged spell of sickness, is con
fined at his home on the western edge
of town, having suffered a relapse.
The following cases arfe reported
from the Thompson hospital: Mrs. J.
M. Morgan, of Dublin, who has been
in hospital for several days, is get
ting along nicely; Mr. J.' Alfred Green,
who underwent an operation for ap
pendicitis a few days ago, is getting
along nicely; Miss Lizzie McConnell,
who underwent an operation a few
days ago, is getting along nicely and
will return to her home at Troy this
week; rs. G. C. Rhodes, a traveling
sinesmanfromVirginia7 entered The
hospital Saturday for treatment for
fever; Mrs. Andrew Ivey,: who. had
been.undergoi.ng. treatment for two
weeks, returned ' yesterday to" her
home near Raynham.
FOR JUST FREIGHT RATES
Robeson County Branch of State Just
Freight Rate Association Organiz
ed Instances of Discrimination
Against North Carolina.
The Robeson County Branch of the
Just Freight Rate Association of
North Carolina was organized
Lumberton Friday afternoon at
in
meeting held in the commissioners
room at the court house. Mr. Hubert
Ramsaur of Fayetteville, organizing
secretary of the State Association
visited Lumberton on that day for
the purpose of organizing a local
branch and the meeting at the court
house, which was attended by quite
a sprinkling of business men of Lum
berton, was the result of his visit,
The following officers were elected:
President, Mr. Frank Gough of Lum
berton: vice president, Mr. R
D. Caldwell of Lumberton
secretary-treasurer, Mr. G. M
Whitfield of Lumberton; board of di
rectors Messrs. A. R. McEachern of
St. Paul's, J. D. McLean of Fairmont
W. K. Culbreth of Pembroke, C. A
Oliver of Marietta, A. E. White of
Lumberton.
Mr. Ramsaur, who was traveling in
his automobile, went to Red Springs
Friday night to organize a similar
branch there Saturday, and it was
his purpose to go to Maxton today
and to Rowland tomorrow to organize
other branches. Ordinarily he does
not visiting any towns except county
seats, but these being important towns
and Robeson being a large county he
thought it wise to organize these
other towns also. According to the
plan of the State Association, each
county is expected to contribute to
the expense of the fight to secure just
freight rates for the State $100 for
each representative the county, has in
the lower house of the Legislature,
Robeson has two representatives and
will be 'expected to contribute $200
which it will do readily enough. '
The meeting Friday afternoon was
called to order by Mayor A. E. White
and Mr. White was elected chairman
of the meeting, Mr. J. A. Sharpe,
secretary. Mr. Ramsaur addressed
the meeting at the invitation of the
chairman and explained the situation
at length with which situation, of
course, the men present were more
or less familiar. Giving instances of
the freight discrimination against
North Carolina which has hampered
the State for many years, has driven
business away from the State and has
kept industries out which otherwise
would have come, he said that grain
shipped from Cincinnati to Norfolk
is carried at a rate of 11 cents and
comes from Norfolk to Lumberton at
an added rate of 22 cents, making the
rate to Lumberton 33 cents as against
11 cents to Norfolk. A merchant in
Clarkton, for instance, just a few
miles down the Seaboard from Lum
berton, can get flour from Norfolk or
Richmond cheaper than he can get
it from Lumberton, on account of the
unequal freight rates, hence the
wholesaler is practically shut out
from Lumberton. Other instances
were given.
A meeting of the local branch of
the State Association will be held
within a week or ten days to decide
on what measures are favored by
the members of this branch in order
to attain the end desired whether
the suggestion that has been made
that a special session of the Legisla
ture be called be endorsed, or some
other suggestion offered. '
Jn this connection instances of
freight discrimination are of interest.
The Statesville Landmark says:"
"The Boykin Grocery Company, job
bers of Wilson, recently received a car
of fruit jars. The car was shipped
from Sand Springs, Oklahomo. The
freight on the car to Berkley, Va., was
$66.06 and from Berkley, Va., to Wil
son the freight was $105.60. This one
instance shows that the railway com
pany charged $30 more to haul the
car from Berkley, Va., to Wilson, a
distance of a little over 100 miles.
than was charged to haul the car
more than 800 miles. That is one in
stance, and these instances can be
multiplied by tens of thousands,
showing what the freight rate dis
crimination means to North Caroli
na and why it is that so great an
effort is now being made to remedy
this matter."
And The-Charlotte-Chronicle thus j
sumarizes an instance of freight rate
tiscriminatSon rhieh was recently
city by the HighPoint Enterprise: '
It cost a HigrT Point - merchant i
$128 more to get a carload of beans1
MOST RIGID TRY-OUT.
Many Changes in Tariff Bill Will
Meet Opposition of Democrats on
Finance Committee.
Washington Dispatch, 7th.
Before the tariff bill gets to the
Senate Democratic caucus, where it
will be submitted to the most severe
test it must meet before its passage,
it will have a parliamentary try-out
before the Senate finance committee
thai promises to be most rigid. Al
though the various sub-committees
have been at work on various changes
a month and are about to finish their
work, it was said tonight that there
would be opposition by Democrats on
changes. There is a prospect that
some of the subcommittee recommen
dations may not be adopted.
Chairman Simmons of the finance
committee tonight called a meeting of
the majortity members of his commit
tee for Tuesday morning. He hopes
to call the meeting of the entire, com
mittee next week but two of the sub
committees still are struggling with
schedules and cannot complete their
work before the middle of the week at
the earliest.
The Johnson subcommittee today
practically decided to keep the duty
on cut diamonds at 10 or 15 per cent.
The Underwood bill proposes 20. Dia
mond merchants filed briefs showing
that it was the opinion of customs offi
cials that an increase of duty would
increase smuggling.
The subcommittee also decided to
modify the clause prohibiting the im
portation of plumage of wild birds,
holding that it was too rigid and
would shut out feathers of birds not
protected in foreign countries. The
amendment will not, however, admit
aigrettes.
DRAINAGE BONDS SOLD.
Lake Mattamuskeet Project Will Be
Carried Through Without Further
Delay.
Raleigh Dispatch, 7th.
,Col. J. P. Kerr, private secertary
to. Gov. Craig, is just back from a
two weeks absence during which he
succeeded in selling the $500,000
bonds for the drainage of Lake Mat
tamuskeet, Hyde county, so that the
completion of this project which in
volves the reclamation of 100,000
acres of the finest farm land in the
world, will be carried through without
further' delay. The drainage is to be
complete!! within about two years.
The drainage commissioners are J. S.
Mann, chairman, C. E. Mann and
J. P. Kerr, the latter secretary of the
comission. The lake bed is owned by
the Southern Land Reclamation Com
pany, which is a North Carolina cor
poration in which C. A. Webb and Col.
P. Kerr are stockholders.
Currency Message Expected Tuesday.
Washington Dispatch, 7th.
Members of the House banking and
currency committee expect President
Wilson to send to Congress by Tues
day his message on currency reform.
They do not expect any specific de
tailed plan or administration draft of
a currency measure.
weighing 40,000 pounds from Cali
fornia to High Point than it would
have cost to reach Lynchburg. He
paid the freight upon the beans when
he received them and was later called
upon for the additional $128 which
through oversight had not been
charged to his first bill, this repre
senting the freight from Lynchburg
to High Point, a purely theoretical
proposition, since the beans never
went to Lynchburg. The rate from
California to Lynchburg was 85 cents
a hundred and the $128 was the ad
ditional 32 cents a hundred from
Lynchburg to High Point."
To which the Landmark adds:
"That is to say, while the charge
was 85 cents per hundred from Cali
fornia to Lynchburg, 32 cents more
than one-third the rate from Lynch
burg to High Point; and notwith-
tanding the beans were not sent to
Lynchburg, the High Point man was
made" to pay the rate. Could there
be a more outrageous discrimination ?
And yet this is only one of thousands
of such instances that are of daily
occurrence. The Chronicle continues:
"The difference is 20 cents a bush
el, which represents the advantage of
the J,ynehburg or Norfolk jobber over
the merchant at High Point or any
other North Carolina town And yet
the people of North Carolina are ask
ed to submit to such discrimination!"
Subscribe for The Robesonian.
WEATHER BUREAU
MEN BEING
DEMOTED
Reduced for Connection With Political
Activities Which Resulted in Dis
missal of Chief Moore.
Washington Dispatch, 7th.
Thirty-one employes of the Weather
Bureau have been reduced for connec
tion with alleged, political activities
which resulted in the recent dismia-1 . ,
i iir-ii- . . .. . More rain a terrific downpour
sal of Chief Willis L. Moore Henry L. '..j . u- iT.
. . . . , ' , yesterday afternoon,after which there
Reiskel, professor of meteorology and , ,a j . , . ,, .
i A i.. , , . . was a decided drop in the tempera
D. J. Carroll, chief clerk, have been ... , - , n
. ... ,- . ture- " 8 scandalous cool for June 9.
Buspenueu wiinout pay, pending an ln-
vestigation.
Charees have hepn
preferred
acainst KO pmnlnupcn in all alloo-inn-
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that they procured increases in salary
or promotions in grade in return for
promoting Moore's candidacy for Sec-
retary of Agriculture in President ' bwamP- and kdgar Nance, of Lumber
Wilson's Cabinet. Thirty-one already ton left Saturday afternoon for Char
have been demoted to their former sta- ; ,otte' wnere n a hospital they ex
tus, Secretary Houston announced to-1 Pect to undergo operations for appen
day. Copies of the charges and all
other papers in the cases have been
laid before the Civil Service Commis
sion. Fourteen cases are held in abey
ance. Moore was dismissed and Charles
T. Burns, his chief lieutenant, was
demoted after an investigation in
whjch Secretary Houston reportedj
that Burns had traveled about the
country at Government expense, os
tensibly on business, but actually do
ing political work for Moore.
Cutting Scrape at Jennings Mill..
In an affray at the Jennings Cotton
Mill Thursday afternoon Melton Bass
was carved up to some extent by Sid
ney Bland. Mr. W. Lennon, prose
cuting attorney of the recorder's court,
had a warrant issued for Bland to
appear for trial Saturday morning
but Bland jumped the straw bond
which was accepted and has disappear
ed. It is said that Bass cursed Bland
and that Bland began using a pocket
knife, cutting a 7-inch gash on Bass'
back and also cutting a gash 2 or 3
inches on his left arm. Bass used a
piece of machinery on Bland, inflict
ing two or three ugly scalp wounds.
Da. N. A. Thompson dressed the
wounds. It is understood that the
trouble started about a woman.
Mr. Giles Davis, .who lives near
Lowe, was in town Saturday. He
says that hog cholera is prevalent out
his way but that it has not gotten
closer than 2 1-2 miles of his place,
There will be a special meeting
tomorrow evening of St. Albans
Lodge No. 114, A. F. and A. M.,
for work in the third degree. The
meeting will begin at 8 o'clock and a
full attendance is desired.
Miss Lula H. Jackson, who for
about nine months had been in the
home of Mrs. Mollie R. Norment as
governess of Mrs. Norment's children,
left yesterday morning for her home
at Littleton for the summer vaca
tion. It is expected that Miss Jack
son will return next fall.
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Britt returned
F,riday night from Marion, where
they spent some time. Mrs. Britt
went to Marion three or four weeks
ago on account of the illness of her
sister-in-law, Mrs. J. C. Bowman, who
died about two weeks ago. Mr. Britt
had been at Marion about two weeks
Miss Anna C. Beck, who for sev
eral seasons has been a trimmer in
the millinery department of R. D,
Caldwell & Son's department store,
expects to leave this afternoon for her
home in Bloom field, N. J., the season
having closed. Miss Charlye Frye,
who is also a trimmer in this de
partment also expects to leave Wed
nesday afternoon for her home at
Satesville. "
Yesterday was Children's Day at
Zion's Tabernacle Baptist church,
Howellsville township. The occasion
consisted of exercises in the morning
and afternoon with big public dinner.
Rev. Paul T. Britt is pastor of the
church and Mr. Jim Kinlaw is super
intendent of the Sunday school. It is
said that the exercises were unusual
ly good. Messrs. Frank Gough and
Eli Phillips were among those who at
tended the exercises from Lumberton,
both of whom made talks.
Vice President Marshall delivered
the commencement address at Chapel
Hill last Wednesday, and upon him
the University conferred the degree
of doctor of laws. Dr. C. Alphonso
Smith of the University of Virginia
was similarly honored. The announce,
ment was made at the commencement
that President Venable had been
granted a year's' leave of absence and
that Dean "-Eh-K-Graham will act in
his stead.
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
Cotton today, cents.
The county commissioners are
holding a special session today to
revise the jury list.
Miss Bessie Clayton of Durham
arrived at the Thompson hospital Fri
day night to take a course as a train-
ed nurse
Capt. A. B. Small has been ap-
DOinted anitary inspector by the san
'tary
committee and is notifying
everybody to clean up. Good busi
ness. Messrs. R. R. Prevatt, of Back
dicitis.
Children's Day exercises will be
held at Cedar Grove Baptist church 4
miles from town, next Sunday after
noon at 3o'clock. An interesting pro
gram is promised and the public is
cordially invited.
Rev. F. A. Prevatt, returned this
morning from Dillon, S. C, where he
preached yesterday morning and eve
ning at the Second Baptist church of
Dillon. On next Sunday Mr. Prevatt
will preach at Olive Branch Baptist
church near Latta, S. C.
Mr. W. O. Thompson expects to
leave tomorrow for Winston-Salem,
where he will attend a meeting of
the Grand Lodge of Pythians. He
goes as a representative of the Lum
berton K. of P. Lodge No. 35. He will
probably return Wednesday or Thurs
day. Mr. James Hester of Lumberton
will deliver an address at Saddle Tree
Baptist church Saturday night of this
week on "How to become rich as
Baracas and Philatheas." Ice cream
will be sold for the benefit of the
Philathea class of Saddle Tree church.
The public is invited.
Mr. W. K. Bethune returned Sat
urday from Washington, where he
spent two days getting next as clerk
to the House committee on reform
in the civil service, of which com
mittee Representative Godwin is
chairman. Mr. Bethune will not have
to return to Washington until after
July 4.
"Broncho Billy's Escapade," by
Essany, a thrilling and unusual West
ern drama with G. M. Anderson in his
world-popular role of "Broncho Billy,"
and "The Miller of Burgundy," by
Selig, a dramatic story of the modern
French peasantry, will be the two in
teresting pictures exhibited at the
Pastime theatre this evening.
The Lumberton baseball team is
doing better. In a double-header on
the local diamond Friday Lumberton
won in games with Barnesville and
Orrum teams. The score with the
Barnesville team was 6 to 10 and Or
rum 4 to 6. Lumberton will play
Fairmont on the local diamond tomor
row afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
Mr. Hector McPhaul, who for sev
eral months had been a student at
Page's School of Pharmacy, Raleigh,
returned yesterday from New Bern,
where Friday he took the examination
for license before the State Board
of Pha rmacy. Mr. McPhaul says that
the examination was something fierce,
and he doubts if he passed.
Miss Mary Edens, daughter of
Prof. H. L. Edens. of Pembroke and
a former student at the Lumberton
graded school, was among the grad
uates of Trinity College at the com
mencement last week. She was among
the graduates who received the honor
"Magna cum laude," and she also re
ceived honors in English and Latin.
Capt. and Mrs. A. B. Small went
to Bladenboro Saturday in response
to a message to the effect that Capt.
Small's only sister, Mrs. Appie Ed
wards, was found beside the road
near Bladenboro, near which place she
lives, Thursday suffering from a
stroke-of paralysis. Mr3. Ewards is
81 years old. Capt. and Mrs. Small
returned home yesterday,
Mr. R. C. Lucas and family, who
for a year or so had lived in the Red
mond house, Elm street, moved Sat
urday to East Arcadia, near Wilm
ington, where they will make their
future home. Mr. C. B. Redmond and
family, who are living on the comer
of Chestnut and Fifth streets, will
move into the vacated house -about
the first of next month. Mr. Redmond
exDects. to havesome:xhanjres.made in
the house before moving into it.