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ROBESONIAN r A Established 187Q. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cento vdL3dlVNNO. 44 LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JULY 21.1913. T WHOLE NO 2881 : : : 7 '. " ' ' : ' ' : i ' : : .. UNION DEPOT CONFERENCE WOMAN KILLED BY TRAIN. EXTRA SESSION LEGISLATURE SIMMONS DEFENDS BILL REUNION DATE NAMED. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. . Superintendent of Three Railroads that Enter Lumberton Will Meet With Town Commissioners Thurs day Night to Discuss Demand for Union Depot. Superintendents W.A. Gore of Ham let, of the Hamlet-Wilmington divis ion of Seaboard; C. Lane of Marion, 5. C, of Raleigh Charleston, and J. P. Russell of Lumberton, of the Vir ,ginia & Carolina Southern, represent ing the three railroads that enter Lumberton, wil hold a conference Thursday night with Mayor White and the town commissioners in regard to the demand of the town for a union depot. It will be recalled that one of the things Mayor White recommended in his address upon assuming office in May? was that the railroads be re quired to maintain a union depot in Lumberton, and this would seem to indicate that the matter is being push-ed. DROWNED IN LUMBER RIVER Ben Todd Could Not Swim Nor Could Father, Who Saw Son Go Down' Drowned Thursday After noon and Body Recovered Satur day. Ben Todd, about 16 years old, of East Lumberton, Dresden Cotton Mills, was drowned in Lumber river "Thursday afternoon about 4 o'clock, .about half way between town and the plant of the Kingsdale Lumber Co. "There were several boys in bathing at the time. Young Todd could not . swim and got in over his depth. His father was watching the boys in bath ing and was powerless to aid when he .saw his son go down, as he also is a .stranger to the art of swimming. Persistent efforts to recover the body were fruitless until Saturday morning, when it was found about 50 .yards below where it went down. .Slapped Wrong Man. A Lumberton man's patience snap ped Saturday morning at what he -considered insolence on the part of a telephone employe his anger stood up in him when the telephone man .gave him some slack so he hung up the phone, hastened to the central office, and administered feeling re ' buke in the shape of some vigorous .slapaor blows upon the headpiece of a man whom he was sure was the offender, having taken the precaution before beginning operations to aslc for the long-distance operator and going for the only other man in the room, whom he naturally supposed was the man he was after. But when too late it was discovered that the wrong man . had been made the goat. Which may bring on more talk and maybe not. 'Cannons Have Arrived Will Be Placed on Court House Square. The two cannons which Secretary of the Navy Daniels agreed to lend to the town of Lumberton at the request of Mrs. A. W. McLean have arrived. ".They will be placed In the court house ."square, on the north and the south : sides of the Confederate monument. They will be mounted on concrete i foundations under the director of Mr. Elwood Whaley. The balls have not .yet arrived but are expected soon. These cannons are automatic dogs of war and are apparently up to date. They could knock anything smaller than a church into the middle of next week. With these on guard this good town on the banks of the Lumbee need .fear no harm. . Small Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Cox w ! c u i: Ui iTiariuii, swum uuvuim. Thomas, 21-2 year-old-son of Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Cox of Marion, S. C died Saturday night at 10:30 o'clock at the home of his parents. The child had been sick for about two weeks -and for a week death had been expect 1 ed most any time. The remains were taken yesterday morning to Rowland, where yesterday afternoon at four o'clock the funeral and interment took place. The funeral was conducted by the pastors of the Presbyterian and .Methodist churches of Rowland. T!r. and Mrs. Cox were formerly of Lumberton, moving a year or so ago to Marion, where they have since resided. Ty have here ahost of friends and relaf es that will re gret to learn of t..ir bereavement. Mr. Frank A. McLeod, Misses Em jna and Laura Norment and Mrs. Mol lie R. Norment were among those from here who attended the funeral. xney maue me uny m an bum. Mr. Wallace Norment has accept ed a position as clerk at the Waverly hotel. He began work Saturday. Mr. Norment is a hustling young fellow and will no doubt make an excellent clerk. Mrs. Fidelia Blackman Walked Upo Track in Front of Engine and- Re ceived Fatal Injuries Accident Ap parently Due to Carelessness and Absentmindednesa. While crossing a perfectly clear tract with nothing to obstruct the vis ion for two or three miles either way, at the National Cotton Mills, about 2 miles west of Lumberton, Friday morning about 9:30 o'clock, Mrs. Fi delia Blackman, 66 years old, was struck by the engine of a passenger train and sustained injuries from which she died two hours later with out regaining consciousness. It seems impossible to account for the tragedy happening as. it did on any theory other than that the aged lady, whose hearing was good ordi narily, was deafened and blinded by a sunbonnet she wore and that her mind was busy with matters far away. For it is said that the whistle was blown so long and so lqjid that the attention of several was attracted, even of some who were in the mill, and the engineer had slowed his train down so much in an effort to stop that when the woman was struck he stopped his engine within half the length of the train, which was a spec ial of Pullman cars bearing excur sionists from Birmingham and Atlan ta to Wrightsville Beach. Mrs. Blackman was crossing the track at the crossing in front of the mill. Another step would haxe tak en her across when she was picked up by engine, carried a few yards and tossed to one side. Dr. Archibald Smith of Atlanta, one of the excur sionists, was the first physician to reach her. Dr. John Knox of Lumber ton happened to drive up in his auto just about the time of the accident and reached her almost as soon as Dr. Smith. Mrs. Blackman was taken to the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eliza Swann, with whom she lived, and soon Dr. W. A. McPhaul, local Seaboard Air Line Railroad surgeon, accompanied by Dr. H. T. Pope arriv ed and took charge. It was found that Mrs. Blackman's skull was frac tured, a rib and her left arm broken, and that she could not possibly sur vive her injuries. Dr. McPhaul as sumed for the company the respon sibility of having the body prepared for burial by R. D. Caldwell & Son and the remains were taken Saturday Tto Bladenboro, near which place they were interred. Deceased was a sist er of Mr. Camden Pate of Bladenboro, who came to Lumberton Friday to make arrangements for the inter ment. This seems to have been an acci dent for which the carlessness and absentmindedness of the victim was alone responsible, if the testimony of an eye witness is to be believed. Mr. M. I. Garrell says that he was in plain view of the crossing at the time, that his attention was attracted by the prolonged blowing of he whistle, and that the engineer evidently tried to stop before reaching the woman, who deliberately walked on track in front of the engine, being entirely ob livious, apparently, to her surround ings. The excursion train was running about 30 minutes ahead of the regu lar morning passenger to Wilmington and the regular train came up before the special began its journey again after the tragedy. About two years ago a small boy was killed by a train at almost the same place. The fact that the cotton mill is situated on one side of and close to the track and the mill village on the other side makes this a danger ous crossing, despite the fact that there is a perfectly clear view for some distance each way. Drainage in Cumberland County. The Brett Engineering & Construc tion Company of Wilson, which is doing dredging in Back and Jacob swamps draining district in Robeson, has been awarded the contract to do the excavating work in connection with the drainage of the swamp lands of Flea Hill township, Cumberland county. The work will be begun as soon as the commissioners of the drainage district sell the bonds. Property will be assessed accord ing to the classification of the lands, which will be made before the sale of the bonds. The Brett Company was given the contract at 6.37 cents the cubic yard. Dr..W. W. Parker returned Satur day from Durham, where Wednesday, Thursday and Friday he attended the annual meeting of the State Optical Society. Dr. Parker was elected a member of the executive committee and also a member of the committee on ethics.' Called by Governor to Convene Sep tember 24 To Adjust Freight Rates and Receive Report of Consti tutional Commissioa Demand For Special Session From AH Sections of State. News and Observer, 19th. The General Assembly of North Carolina will convene in extraordinary session in Raleigh on Wednesday, September 24, 1913 for the two-fold purpose of adjusting the relations and obligations between the railroads of the State and people thereof, and to receive the report of the Constitu- tional commission with the view of submitting amendments to the Con stitution. Governor Locke Craig, with the ad-. vice of the Council of State in session in the Governor's office yesterday morning, issued the proclamation call ing the law makers in extraordinary session on the above mentioned date. In issuing the proclamation, by way of comment, the Governor in a strong declaration deemed that the represen tatives of the railroads and Corpora tion Commission had not reached a sufficient nnderstanding as to delay the call of the extra session. In con sequence, he declared that he could not do otherwise than submit ques tions so vitally affecting the people of the State than consult the people's chosen representatives. The procla mation of Governor Craig, with the seal of North Carolina, affixed there to, is set forth in the following admir able manner: Proclamation by the Governor. "By and with the advice of the Council of State, I, Locke Craig, Gov ernor of the State of North Carolina, in the exercise of the power conferred upon me by the Constitution, and in accordance with the resolution passed by the General Assembly, and ratified on the 6th day of February, 1913, do issue my proclamation on this extra ordinary occasion, convening the Gen eral Assembly in extra session. I do therefore ratify and request the Sen ators and members of the House of Representatives of the General As sembly of North Carolina to meet in their respective halls, in the Capitol, in the city of Raleigh, on the 24th day of Sepptember, 1913, at 11 o'clock a. m., for the following specific pur poses: To Adjust Freight Rates. "1. To provide for the people of North Carolina just transportation rates, and to adjust the relations and obligations between . the State of North Carolina and the railroads ope rating within the territory of this State. To Receive Report of Commission. "2. To receive the report of the Constitutional Commission, and to consider the submission to the people of amendments to the Constitution." Provision for Extra Session. Referring to the call for the extra session of the Legislature, Governor Craig said: "The last legislature passed a reso lution providing for an extra session of the General Assebly in order that amendments to the Constitution might be submitted to the people. The Gen eral Assembly created a Constitu tional Commission to prepare such amendments and report them to the Governor. This commission has com pleted its work. An extra session of the General Assembly is therefore ne cessary. Continuing, he said: "The negotia tions between the representatives of the railroads and Corporation Com mission have not in my opinion re sulted in any understanding sufficient ly definite to delay the call of of the extra session. Hopes for Adjustment. "These negotiations will not be in terfered with by this call, and be fore the meeting of the General As sembly on the 24th of September, there is ample time In which to arrive at an agreement. I earnestly hope that there will be an amicable adjust ment of our differences with the rail roads. Questions Submitted to People. "I cannot do otherwise than submit these questions so vitally affecting the people of North Carolina to their chosen representatives." Following the issuing of the procla mation for an extra session of the Legislature, Governor Crarig was asked last night concerning the date on which he had determined to issue the call for vacancies occurring in the House and Senate, since the adjourn ment of the General Assembly. He stated that full time would be ex tended in advance for the election of Senators and Representatives. The minimum limit required by law is 30 days and the Governor anticipates the (Continued on page four.) New Democratic Tariff Bill Satisfac tory Answer to Demands for Down ward Revision Special Consider ation Shown Farmer. Washington Dispatch, 19th. Debate on the tariff in the Sen ate began in earnest today with Sen I a tor Simmons, chairman of the finance committee, proclaiming the new bill a satisfactory answer to the demands for a downward revision and Senator .Cummins, speaking from a progress ive Republican standpoint, predicting that it would carry the Democratic party to defeat. Senator Simmons replied to conten tions that the bill discriminated against the farmer. Senator Cum mins asserted that the Democratic party had treated the farmer as an outlaw and vigorously assailed Presi dent Wilson for his participation in framing the bill. This he character ized as abuse of power that had been "coercive." Senator Simmons recounted the farm products, the measure would place on the free list, such as wheat, flour, cattle, sheep, swine, sugar, wool, eggs and potatoes and said: "Every man, whatever occupation, will be the beneficiary in some direc tion to a greater or less degree of this general system of reductions. In this respect the farmer has been shown special consideration. Practi cally everything he buys has been put on the free list or the duties have been greatly reduced. Benefit of Farmer. For his special benefit, cotton bag ging and ties and materials out of which sacks for grain, wool, fertilizer, etc., are made, wire for fencing, and baling purposes and similar articles, of farm consumption, have been put on the free list. For his special bene fit, plows, shovels, hoes, rakes, mow ers, reapers, planters and agricultural implements of every kind and descrip tion have been iut on the free list. He will be in a large degree the benefi ciary of free listing of building ma terials used in construction of roads, school textbooks, boots and shoes, low grade blankets, harness, sewing ma chines and other like products, "He will share general benefits from the reduction of duty on sugar and its -ultimate abolition, and finally he will share benefits of the heavy reduction. this bill makes on wearing apparel of every description, crockery, hardware, hardwood and kitchen furnishings and utensils." Chairman Simmons declared the free list under the present Payne-Al-drich law was in the interest of the protected manufacturers. "Undoubtedly there will be, increas ed importations under this bill. That was intended and provided for in the reductions in rates it makes. You cannot revise the tariff so as to give relief from present tariff burdens, ex cept by enlarging opportunities for importations. "Undoubtedly on the other hand there will be increased exportations under this bill. That was also intend ed by its framers and is provided for in such ways as was found possible and practicable. To this end it untaxes the things the farmer employs in making the products he sells abroad. It untaxes the raw materials of the manufac turer. Spirit of Comity. "In short, it seeks in such ways as are oDen to establish unon a broader basis that spirit of comity on which international good will rests, to re move hamering restrictions, to broad en the basis of international trade and enable the American producer to take advantage, in greater measure than has been possible under existing tariff conditions, of our great National op portunity in the market places of the world." Sunday School Picnic Tomorrow. The Lumberton, Presbyterian Sun day school " will picnic tomorrow at Pages Mill, S. C. It is expected that a great many of the members of this school will take advantage of this oc casion for a day of pleasure. The party will leave in the morning about 10 o'clock on the Raleigh and Charles ton train and return in the afternoon about 5. o'clock. For the school an ex tra coach will be attached to the reg ular train. Dinner will be carried and refreshments will be served. Some good entertainment is expected for those who goy An entertainment com mittee has been appointed. The street sprinkler was on the job this morning before 7 o'clock, not withstanding the fact that it rained copiously last night and Saturday night. Nothing like keeping up a good habit. Robeson County Confederate Veter ans to Hold Annua! Reunion in Fair mont August 28. Robeson county Confederate veter ans will hold their annual reunion in Fairmont on August 28. As was stat ed in The Robesonian at the time, the committee of veterans that had the selection of the place decided on Fairmont and it was decided that the date would be left for determination by the people of Chat town. It is learned from The Messen ger that the date named above was selected at a meeting of citizens held last Tuesday. The Messenger says that Fairmont is going to entertain the veterans royally. Mr. J. D. Andrews has been appointed chief marshal, and other marshals have been named as follows: Fairmont, A. L. McDaniel; Lumber ton, H. M. McAllister, W. K. Bethune; Rowland, A. C. Johnson, Angus Mc Kellar; St. Pauls, Dr. C. T. Poole; Red Springs, Douglas McMillan, Will Graham; Maxton, S. B. McLean, D. O. Houser; Marietta, Carl Oliver; Proc torville, Dr. T. B. Ayers; Orrum, Stin son PowelL McDonald, H. S. Mc Lean; Elrod, Jno. McCall; Pembroke, A. M. Breece. Lumberton Drug Store Closes. Mr. J. S. McDonald, appointed some weeks ago receiver for the Lumberton Drug Co., closed the doors of the store Friday night and will not reopen again, a3 the business was being con ducted at a loss. The stock of goods, fixtures, etc., of this company will be sold at public auction August 15. Mr. Colon A. Britt, who lives right on top of the "Mount," informs "Hap py Jack" that he has some corn that easily goes fifteen feet into the air which is a foot ahead of anything yet reported. Saturday was the hottest day in Lumberton, according to the official record kept for . the Government by Mr. B. M. Davis, his thermometer reg istering 101 degrees. The hottest previously recorded this summer was along about the first of this month, 00 degrees. Mr. B. M. Davis returned Friday from Rapidan, Va., where he and Mrs. Davis and their daughter Miss Claudia went last week to attend the funeral of Mrs. Davis' mother, Mrs. Mary A. Garnett, whose death was mention ed in last Monday's Robesonian. Mrs, Davis and Miss Claudia will spend some time in Virginia visiting rela tives. Mr. L. H. Caldwell has moved his gents' furnishings department into the part of his big department store heretofore occupied by crockery, etc., and the door to this part of the store, heretofore closed except during the Christmas rush, now stands open Messrs. Justin McNeill and C. A Crump are in charge of this depart ment. Miss Estell Bullock of Oxford, Nita Masten of Winston-Salem and Helen Weaver, Richsquare, are guests of Miss Annie Neill Fuller. They ar rived Saturday. Miss Mary Dosher of Southport will arrive this after noon and will also be a guest of Miss Fuller. Miss Fuller will entertain to morrow evening at home in honor of her guests. A little dickens of a pig, or a dickens of a little pig, about the size of your two fists, came by express to see Dr. N. A. Thompson Saturday night, but he got lonesome out in the box by himself, after the storm, every thing looking bleak like and left the hospital without even saying good bye. Whereat Dr. Thompson is griev ed. Pig-gie, peegie. plgpig. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. McDonald will leave tomorrow for Bryson City, where they will visit at the home of Mrs. McDonald's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Elmore. Mr. McDonald, who is receiver for the Lumberton Drug o., will return to Lumberton about a week before the sale of the stock, etc., of this company on August 15. Mr. and Mrs. McDonald expect to continue to make Lumberton their home. "No Fool Like An Old Fool," Se lig, and "The Filibuster's Ship," Pathe, will be shown at the Pastime theatre this evening. Tomorrow evening an other great feature film will be but on in two reels, the title being "The Wizard of the Jungle," produced un der the personal supervision of Capt. Jack Bonavita, the world's most fa mous lion tamer. The most sensa tional animal picture ever produced in two reels. An additional regular service reel will be run giving a three real show, but the prices will be as usual. 1 Cotton today, 12 cents. Mr. Frank Gough spent Friday In Greensboro with his sister Mrs. J. If. Johnson, who is very sick in a hospi tal there. Special Meeting of St. Albans Lodge NjoJJI4, A. F. & A. M. tomor row night at 8 o'clock for all degree work. A full attendance desired. -' Miss Rosamond Waddell of Wilm ington began work last week in the Bp-town office of the Lumberton, Dres den and Jennings Cotton Mills as ste nographer. The Indians will have their an nual picnic at Union Chapel, near Buie's, Saturday. It will be an all-day picnic and everybody is invited to at tend and carry a basket. Mr. W. H. Stalvey, who for several months had been in a barber shop at Mullins, S. C, has returned to Lum berton. He began work today in the Ciiy Barber Shop, Fourth street. Mr. H. F. Bissell, who lives down Orrum way and who always raises nice melons, had loads of nice canta loupes for sale in Lumberton Friday and Saturday and sold out readily. Lucy Thompron, colored, about 60 years old, who lived on Mr. J. G. Prevatt's place in Raft Swamp town ahipdied Thcrdey as a result, it is thought, of Lome ov?vcoma with heat in the fdd .Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. L.R. Varser and little daughter, Lillie Sneed, expect to leave Wednesday to visit relatives in Gates county. They will probably be away a week or more. They intended to leave yesterday, but Mrs. Varser has been unwell since Saturday. A terrific wind and electric storm struck this devoted town about 7 o'clock Saturday evening, lasting for an hour or more, but no serious dam age was done. Some limbs were brok en from trees in town and some trees were blown down in the country. Miss Altie Marsh of Red Springs has accepted a position as bookkeeper in the office of County Treasurer M. G. McKenzie. She will begin work August 1st. Miss Marsh was formerly bookkeeper for the Bank of Red Springs. Rev. J. M. Fleming left Friday night for Clement Baptist church, j Sampson county, where he will assist Rev. T. J. Baker in a revival meeting this week. Next week he will be in a meeting at Elizabethtown and the week following at White Oak church, Bladen county. Fairmont Messenger, 17th: Mr. M. B. Sutton, the well-known concrete contractor, was in town Monday mak ing arrangements to go to work next week putting down more cement side walks. The most of the work will be done on Main street from Mr. A. C. Thompson's store to the new Baptist church. Just keep your eye on Fair mont. Mr. C. M. Fuller of Lumberton, arrived in town Frriday afternoon enroute to Jackson Springs , Troy, High Point, Greensboro and other points beyond here. Mr. Fuller spent the night here with his brother, Mr. A. J. Fuller, continuing his journey Saturday Hoke County Journal, 17th. Mention has already been made in The Robesonian of Mr. Fuller's return home. "At the Risk of Her Life," shown at the Pastime theatre Thursrday night, is three reels of the most ab sorbingly interesting and thrilling mo tion pictures that ever happened. It's a story like one of these books that grip you with the opening sentence and hold you enthralled to the end, only of course the action is much more rapid in the story as told in pictures than as told in written word. Mr. James Cowan, who for some time had held a position in the McAl- lister Hdw. Company's store, has re signed, his resignation being effective Saturday night. He will be with his father in the insurance business un til early in the fall, when he ex pects to go away to school. Mr. Cow an is succeeded by Mr. James Bar ker, who resigned a position with Mr. Geo. M. Whitfield to accept this one. Mr. Barker began work this morn ing. At a meeting in Laurinburg last week of the East Carolina Dental Association, composed of the counties of Robeson and Scotland in North Carolina and Chesterfield, Marlboro, Dillon, Dalrington and Florence in South Carolina, Dr. R T. Allen of Lumberton was elected vice pres. Dr. Allen and Dr. J. D. Regan were the Lumberton dentists who attended the meeting. Dr. J. E. Funderburk of Cheraw, S. C, was elected president. Dr. R. L. Spense of Bennettsville, S. C, secretary-treasurer.
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