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EOiMONlAW r A mBmSSMitim .mm-mm a'''--- Established 187 O. Country, God and Truth, Single Copies Five Cento VOL XL1V NO. 43 LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY L7. 1913. WHOLE NO 288Q AGAINST VETO POWER. HORRIBLE STORY OF MASSACRE RATE PROBLEM NEAR SOLUTION ! IN THE MOUNTAINS. TOWN AFFAIRS. Voted Down by Conttitutional Amend ment . Commission Many Pro posed Amendments May be Elimi nated Four Proposals Pass Final Reading Governor Opposed Initia tive and Referendum. Raleigh Special, 16th, to Wilmington Star. When the legislative commission on constitutional amendments assembled today to take up final parage of proposed amendments, Governor Craig spoke by special invitation. He opposed the amendment to re quire the reading of the Bible in the .schools, opposed the initiative and re ferendum amendment and advocated in an especially earnest manner the .segregation and classification of pro perty for taxation. He pleaded especially that the feaH ture of the present Constitution that permits the leaving of special local taxes over - the prescribed constitu tional limits be retained," so that the communities can levy such special taxes. The development in the cities and much in the rural sections as well that has already been achieved is due most largely to this. Chief Justice Clark, of the Supreme Court, pleaded especially for the ini tiative and referendum. He insisted that the people want it. After an hour's discussion the com mission tonight voted 9 to 7 against the Ivie bill to conver veto power on the Governor. Senator Ward expressed the sent iments of numbers of the commission ers in declaring that he wants half or two thirds of the proposed amend ments that have passed the second reading to be eliminated in this final 'Conference so that the commission can report to the Legislature only amend ment proposals that will be of the greatest importance, giving taxation reform and readjustment of the judi ciary the .right-of-way. In session until 11 o'clock tonight - the commission passed on final read ing ready for favorable recommenda tion to the Legislature the proposal to : relieve the General Assembly of con sideration of local, private and spec ial acts; the proposal on revenue tax ation including the requirement that poll tax "shall" and net "'may" be lev ied; the proposal as to judges and courts, with the Bar Association amendment that the Legislature may ; provide for emergency judges, and the proposal making possible the es 'tablishment of one or more Appellate "Courts. Governor Craig it was stated on the floor tonight, has asked the com mission to have its "report completed for him by Saturday morning, and the commission will work, to this end 'Thursday and Friday. It, is under stood that the Governor has in mind the possibly eajdy issuance of a call for the Legislature to, meet in spe cial session inN compliance with the act creating the constitutional amend ment commission. EXCEEDS PREVIOUS RECORDS Business Conditions of 1912 Better Than Any Previous Year. Washington Dispatch, 15th. Corporations of the United States earned $3,304,000,000 above all ex penses during the calendar year of 1912, exceeding all previous records .since the- enactment of the Corpora- tion Tax law by $400,000,000. i This banner showing was divulged by the compilation today of assess ments made by Commissioner Wil liam H. Osborn, of the Internal Rev. enue Bureau, under the Corporation tax law. The mci eased prosperity of the corporations is expected to yeild the Pederal Government more than $36, 000,000, including $3,000,000 of omit ted taxes for previous years. This represents the greatest amount of corporation taxes ever assessed by the Treasury, exceeding the returns of the previous year by $7,000,000. Most of the assessments already have been paid but some of them will be the suhject of litigation. L. F. Speer, chief of the corpora tion tax division of the Treasury, said today that earnings of the corpora tions indicated that business condi " tions of 1912 were better than in any , previous recorded year. The net growth of $400,000,000 was made, he added, despite increases in corporate indebtedness and in wage scales. The total number of corporations during 1912 was about 310,000, an in crease of 7 per cent over 1911 and compared with increases of 6 per cent, in 1911 over 1910 and less than 4 per cent in 1910 over 1909. About 15,000 corporations failed to make re turns for 1912 earnings and are sub ject to penalties. Reported Sacking and Burning of Macedonian Town Confirmed. SalonikiDlspatch, 16th. Full confirmation of the reported sacking and burning of the Macedonia town of Seres by the fleeing Bulga rian troops and of the crucifixion, hacking to death or burning alive of many inhabitants, has been sent to the Austro-Hungarian government by Consul General August Krai, of Sa lonika Three-fourths of the formerly flour ishing town of about 30,000 inhabi tants is a mass of smoking ruins, says the Consul General who has just re turned here from Seres, where he thoroughly investigated the situation. Aaotherhorrifying story of a mas sacre reached here today from Doir an, a town 40 miles northwest of Sa lonika Mussulmans there have made a written declaration, countersigned by three local Bulgarian priests, that the Bulgarians slaughtered $30,000 Mussulmans who had sought refuge in Doijan from the surrounding districts. Washington, July 16 Surgeon Gen eral Blue, of the public health ser vice is receiving reports of a malig nant epidemic of smallpox in East ern Bervia and of cholera ravaging the Bulgarian troops in Macedonia. As thousands of Greeks and Bulgars will return to the' United States at the end of the Balkan hostilities, the public health service is much con cerned. Cholera introduced into the Bulgarian lines by Turkish prisoners is reported to be causing the Bulgars heavy losses with prospect for a more serious situation should the war be prolonged through the summer. London, July 16 Both Turkey and Rumania are rapidly pushing the oc cupation of as much Bulgarian terri tory as possiblenot ostensibly with a view to permanent occupation, but in order to procure for themselves a weightier voice in the final settlement. King Charles of Rumania has gone to join his army headquarters; the Turks have occupied Luleburgas, Bu nar Hissar and Visa and are march ing toward Kirk Kilisseh. The Greek army has occupied Nevrokop. The Servian and Greek Premiers have held a meeting at Uskup and are agreed as to the terms to be im posed on Bulgaria. Horrifying details of alleged Bulga rian massacres and atrocities con tinue to pour in from Saloniki and the Powers have appointed Consular com missions to investigate these reports, Athens, July 16 The Greek army has occupied Nevrokop after an en gagement with the Bulgarians which lasted all Tuesday. The Bulgarians were completely routed. - Official dispatches report that only 120 out of 3,000 inhabitants of the town of Doxato escaped the Bulga rian massacre. Constantinople, July 16 The Gov ernment is determined to push for ward Ottoman troops as far as the stronghold of Adrianople which was captured by Bulgarians after a pro longed seige during the recent Bal kan War. The Government intends to take this bold action, not only because of the material advantages to bo gain- ed but because of the moral effect it will have on Turkey's internal situa tion. It is expected by this means the1 position of the government will be strengthened and it is felt that even if the Powe insist on bringing pres sure to bear to compel the mainten ance of the future frontier line be tween Turkey and Bulgaria from Enos to the Aegean Sea to Midia on the Black Sea, Turkey will yet be iri a position to enforce the autonomy of the Province of Thrace. Thus far, however, the Powers have not addressed any Communication to the Turkish Government on the- sub. ject of the northern advance of the Ottoman troops. " Mr. and Mrs. TheO1 Perrin, who, with Mr. and Mts. G. Y. Jones, for about three months had been manag ing the Waverly hotel, left Monday afternoon for Jefferson City, Tenn. Mr. and Mrs. Perfln have severed their connection with the management of the hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Jones will continue to manage the hotel and Mr. J. A. Green is temporary clerk. Mr. and Mrs, Perrin have gone to a farm" they have in Jefferson City. Actor Did the doctor stop you from eating meat? Poet No; the butcher. August Woman's Home Companion. Further Progress Made in Conference Dr. J. P. Brown Writes of An Auto at Raleigh Final Agreement Ex- mobile Trip to Western North pected at Conference Next Week. . Carolina. Raleigh Special, 15th, Charlotte Ob- To the Editor of The Robesonian: server. I R. D. McPhaul and I left Main Further progress was made today ' street in Fairmont accompanied by by railroad officials, the Corporation I W. C. Brown and McPhaul's chauffeur Commission and Governor Craig in an 1 R. M. Nelson, at 5 a. m. July 10th, effort to reach an amicable settlement were in Dillon at 6; Bennettsville, 7; of freight rate discriminations Cheraw, 8; breakfast in Cheraw, Mon against North Carolina shippers, and roe 10:30; Charlotte, 1 p. m. Dinner the Corporation Commission and ' gas and oil 7 p. m. Spartanburg, traffic managers will work out a joint S. C, 210 miles, no trouble at all. schedule for final agreement in con-' Left Spartanburg at 6:30 a. m. in ference at Old Point Comfort Tues- hard rain; Greenville 8:30, breakfast; day of next week. ! Hendersonville 4:30 p. m. 129 The Council of State paticipated in miles. First day was fine; last day the conference today, which was a ' 129 miles in rain up Saluda mountain, sequel to the three conferences held and up grade from Asheville was very recently between the railroad officials dangerous, as car would skid any and ' Corporation Commission. Gov-! old way and kept us guessing all the ernor Craig and members of the j time. The new road up Saluda moun Council of State, as well as the com- tain is all finished except about one mission, are much pleased with the , fourth mile. When that is finished progress made, and all are much more automobiles will have no trouble ex hopeful of early settlement without a 1 cept on rainy days, legislative fight. j I have met all my Waynesville Presidents and others of the high- friends, Prof. Sentelle with all the est officials of the railroad were here others. for the conference today which was held behind closed doors. Governor Craig made a 5 minutes talk opening the conference, in which hie reiterated the position of the State in expecting complete relief from discriminations and his deter - mination to exhaust the resources of his executive department in effort to obtain relief. Chairman Travis of the Corpora - tion Commission reviewed recent ef forts at agreement and the demands made in the interest of Carolina ship pers, making it clear that nothing less than 25 per cent reduction of present rates, these reductions to ap ply to the most generally-handled classes of freight, could be seriously considered by the State authorities. There was a response to these statements by General Counsel Thorns of the Southern Railway, in which he presented the matter from the view point of the railroad companies, their great desire to maintain most friendly and cooperative relations with the North Carolina authorities and ship pers and the necessity for maintain ing a parity in freight rate zones that would yield a living revenue. He feared that to comply with the de mands of the North Carolina ship pers would disorganize the whole sys- tem of rate making and bring speedy disaster to the carriers. There followed considerable infor - mal discussion in which President Finley of the Southern and President Harahan of the Seaboard Air Line participated, Then there was a recess for lunch and an afternoon session in which the conferees got right down to busi ness thrashing out the differences, with the result that it developed that the railroad officials and the State officers were so close together that it was decided to have the freight traffic managers and the Corporation Commissioners . confer next Tuesday at Old Point Comfort and work out a complete schedule of rates in detail vim various xvortn Carolina cities &s At. . . I basing points and these will be sub mitted to a later conference for final agreement. In the absence of any official state- ment as to the conference develop ments it can be positively stated that the railroad officials have come very close to the 2S per cent reduction de mand of the Corporation Commission and it looks like this can be worked out in the schedule of rates to be de veloped in detail next week. , Bank of McDonald Changes Cashiers; Mr. I B. Townsend has resigned as cashier of the Bank of McDonald, which position he had held since the bank began business some months ago in order to accept the position of district manager, with headquarters in Lumberton, of a health and acci dent insurance company. Mr. R. H. McMillan of McDonald succeeds Mr. Townsend as cashier of the bank. Mr. McMillan assumed his new duties Tuesday. Mr. H. M. McAllister, cashier of the First National Bank of Lumberton, is president of the bank. Mr. Townsend and his wife; who- was Miss- May Moore, formerly lived in Lumberton and have many friends here who- will' learri with pleasure of their determination to move back to' Lumberton. Just when' they will move has not been learned. Boylin Jewelry Store Opens Branch at Fairmont. Mr. H. C. Boylin has opened a branch of the Boylin Jewelry Store in Fairmont. The store was opened Tuesday with Mr. Henry Boylin. J son of Mr. H. C. Boylin, in charge. We have motored all around here and took a flying trip to Asheville yesterday accompanied by Mr. H. H. Love, C. S. C, as W. C. Brown left us for home. We had the honor of Judge Cox's company. We have via - 1 ited the assembly grounds and can't ' describe their grandu're. While in Asheville we visited Grove Park Inn, the million dollar hotel where Wm. . J. Bryan made one of his grand speeches at the opening banquet. We will visit Montreat tomorrow and hope to report that trip with others later. J. P. BROWN. Waynesville N. C, July 15, 1913. Banks and Cotton Mills Declare Divi dends. The regular quarterly meeting of the directors of the Bank of Lumber ton was held yesterday afternoon in the directors' room of the bank. The usual semi-annual dividend of 6 per dent ivas. declared. The "directors were well pleased with the business of the bank as shown by s report read. At a regular meeting of the di rectors of the First National Bank Tuesday the usual semi-annual divi dend of 5 per cent, was declared. Cashier H. M. McAllister says that the past six months have been tho best in the history of the bank, The annual rn6tinovf tha afrwlr- . holders of the Lumberton Cotton Mill , was held Tuesday in the mill office. The old board of director! was re- I elected and at a subsequent meeting of the directors the old officers were reelected Mr. R. D. Caldwell, presi dent, Mr. A. W. McLean, vice presi dent and Mr. H. B. Jennings secretary-treasurer. The usual quarterly dividend of 5 per cent was declared. The regular quarterly meeting of the directors of the Dresden and Jen nings Mills was held yesterday and the usual quarterly dividends were de clared, the Dresden 21-2 per cent and the Jennings 1 1-2 per cent. Rev. C. H. Durham Considering a Call to Winston-Salem, Rev. C. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church of Lumberton I has been extended a unanimous call to become pastor of Brown Memorial church of Winston-Salem and now has the call under consideration. Mr. Durham has been pastor of the church here for 13 years and is very popular with all denominations. The congre gation of the First Baptist are bring ing pressure to bear on Mr. Durham to induce him to remain in Lumber ton. Referring to this call, this week's issue of Charity and Children says: The Brown Memorial church (con gregation) are wise. They want Rev. C. H. Durham of Lumberton to be come their pastor. We don't blame them but Lumberton loves her shep herd and when Lumberton rises in her might she can do things. Among the Sick Mrs. J. Amanda Brown, an aged and much loved lady, is verysicfc at her home at Philadelphia, near Red Springs. Mrs. Brown is a daughter of the late Sheriff Reuben King and before her marriage lived in Lumberton.' . Mrs. C. J. Thompson, of Raleigh, arrived last evening and is a guest at the home of Mrs. Lizzie G. Proctor. As" has been mentioned in The Robesonian,- her daughter Miss Theo. Thompson arrived last week and is a guest at Mrs. Proctor's. Mr. Sam uel Thompson, soft of Mrs. Thompson, arrived Tuesday and is' also a guest at Mrs. Proctor'sl- Cow and Horse Stalls to be Controll ed Under Existing Ordinance Permit for Erection of Tent on Elm and Second Granted Other Mat ters. Mayor White and the town com missioners were in session Monday night at the town hall. - W. D. Johnson was granted per mission to erect a tent at the corner of Elm and Second streets for a fruit stand, etc., and it was ordered that no more tents be erected on Elm street. W. A. McNeill requested the board to assist him and other citizens of East Lumberton in defraying the cost of a well to be located on Watauga street, near the road leading to the Dresden Cotton Mills. The board granted the privilege and obligated the town to pay the cost of the pipe. A. R. Prevatt applied for a place on the police force but the board de cided that no more policemen are needed at present. It was ordered that the light and water department order a carload of terracotta pipe to be sold to citizens of the town at 8 cants per foot, paya ble in advance. It had been decided at a meeting of the board Monday night of last week to take some definite action at this meeting in regard to cow and horse stalls, but the petition for ac tion on this matter was withdrawn and the board decided that under the present ordinance the situation can be controlled by requiring regular in- , spection by the sanitary officer, so no special ordinance was passed. THE COUNTY'S BUSINESS. Tax Returns Received Whiskey Still Ordered Destroyed Commis sioners Borrow $4,000. The county commissioners held a special session Monday to receive the tax returns. The list takers who re ported were ordered paid for their services as follows: J. T. Singletary, Back Swamp township, $25.44; W. A. Smith, Burnt Swamp, $29.20; J. O. McArthur, Gad dy, $24.38; J. L. Shaw, Lumber Bridge, $33.38; A. McL. Morrison, Maxton, $75.80; M. Shepherd, Or rum, $26.85; Chas. Stewart, Pembroke, ! $33.78; T. W. Thompson, Parkton, $30.58; A. C. McGougan, Rennert, $20.86; G. L. Robertson, Rowland, $44; D. L. Stewart, Smith's; $46.78. Sheriff R. E. Lewis was ordered to CUP UP in tn presence of Commis 8iner C. B. Townsend, the whiskey sti11 recently captured by the sheriff ) and Placed in the county jail, a for mal order of confiscation having been passed by the commissioners It was ordered that R. A. McLean, assistant recorder for the Lumberton district, be paid $50, amount of costs collected by him. It was qrdered that the board bor row $2,000 from each of the county depositories, Bank of Lumberton and Bank of Red Springs, until December 1st, 1913, with interest at 6 per cent after maturity, to pay the necessary expenses of the county. fcunday School Picnc at Barker's Sat- urday" The indications are that a large crowd Wl11 attnd the jint Sunday school picnic of the Ten Mile and Barker's schools to be given at Bar ker's Satrday. It will be an all day picnic. Either of these schools could have a large picnic and with both combined an unusually large crowd may be expected. There will be some excellent speeches, Messrs. L.'R. Var ser and H. E. Stacy of Lumberton being the principal speakers. There will be a public dinner and all who will are invited to bring a basket. On Saturday night at Barker's after the picnic, the Baraca class of Ten Mile school will give an enter tainment for the benefit of the Mere dith College endowment fund. This en tertainment will be given in the school house and a small admission will be charged. Mayor White and the Bloomer Girls. Charity and Children. The action of Mayor White in pre venting the baseball game by bloom er girls at Lumberton by executive or der and without the aid or consent of any court ojr council, is deserving of all praise. A mayor without back bone is like a fiddle without a bow. 1 W. B. Graves was jailed Tuesday on a charge of perjury. He was one of the witnesses in the Barfield Pre vatt case, closed last week, and it is alleged that he swore to some things that are not true. He will b? eivc n hearing Monday before Assistant Recorder HI A. - McLean. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. Cotton today, 12 cents. Rev. Father Geo. A. Watson of Wilmington will celebrate mass at the opera house Sunday morning at 7:30 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. G. French, who had been at Virginia Beach for a week or so, are now at Buffalo Lithia Springs, Va. Children's day exercises which were good and very much enjoyed were held Sunday at Pine Grove and Bitfe Methodist churches. Lumber ton' circuit, Rev. N. L. Seabolt, pas tor. The Sunbeam Society of the East Lumberton Baptist church will give an ice cream supper Saturday eve ning, beginning at 8 o'clock, at the church in East Lumberton. The pro ceeds will be used in defraying the expenses of the society. Everyone is cordially invited. In publishing in Monday'j paper the acceptance by Messrs. F. M. Barnes and S. R. McKay of the terms of debate proposed by Messrs. Nor ment and Bridgers the names of the two last mentioned were gtven as Norment and Barnes, which was of course a mistake. "At the Risk of Her Life," thrill ing, spectacular and dangerous death defying deeds in 3 reels will be pre sented at the Pastime theatre this evening. This great feature film should be seen by all patrons of the show. It will only be shown one night. Regular prices of admission will be charged. ( Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Brown at tended the annual meeting of the State Bankers Association at the Bat tery Park hotel at Asheville last week. Mr. Brown, who is cashier of the Bank of Lumberton, is a member of the executive committee of the Association for this, the sixth, district, there being only one member from each district. Tomorrow night and Friday night of next week the Pastime theatre will give all receipts above expenses to the organ fund of Chestnut Street Methodist church, which church re cently placed an order for a pipe or gan. The pictures tomorrow evening will "Tbe Thrifty Parson," comedy, Essany, and "The Pity of It," Selig, a dramatic story presenting a strong moral. A report has been circulated to the effect that mail was taken out of the box on the corner of Elm and Third streets yesterday afternoon for the first time in about a month and that it contained letters that had been dropped into the box weeks ago. Assistant Postmaster Edmund says there is nothing to it, that mail has been taken out of this box regularly every day except the day on which Postmaster French was s.vorn in, when it was missed. In mentioning in Monday's Robe sonian the return of ex-Sheriff E. C. McNeill of Rowland from T-xas, it was stated on the authority of Sher iff McNeill that the first bale of new crop cotton was marketed in Houston Wednesday of last week. Elsewhere in today's paper is printed a dispat.'h from New York telling of the sale of this bale in New York. Sheriff Mc Neill has sent The Robesonian a clip ping from The Houston Chronicb of the 10th inst. in which a pictrre of this first bale is shown. It was prown by E. R. Sorrenson of Cameron county. -Dr. Thurman D. Kitchin, former ly of Lumberton, but now of Scotland Neck, spent Monday night and Tues day in Lumberton. He came to see Mr. J. A. Rowland, who tar hA past month or so has been very sick the greater part of the time. While he practiced his profession in Lum berton Dr. Kitchin was Mr. Row land's physician. While here Dr. Kitchin was a guest at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. McAllister and Mr. and Mrs. James D. Proctor. Dr. Kitchin with his family moved from Lumberton to Scotland Neck about three years ago. As mentioned in Monday's Robe sonian, Prof. Claude Robeson, teacher of piano and organ at Greensboro College for Women, Greensboro, is to give an organ recital at the Presby terian church Rev. J. Frank Gorrell, pastor of the church, has received a letter from Prof. Robeson to the ef fect that he can give this recital next Thursday evening. Prof. Robe son is unusually talented in music and it is expected that Lumberton's music lovers will be given a great treat on this occasion. It is expected that the program will be ,' prepared for the next issue of The Robesonian.
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