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1 OMAI A ROBES N Established 187 O. , Country, God and Truth, ' Single Copies Five CenU VOL XLIV NO. 46 LUMBERTON. NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JULY 28. 1913. WHOLE NO 2883 DRASTIC DEMANDS ON MEXICO. BALKAN PEACE CONFERENCE NOT QUITE TOGETHER. PARKTON PARAGRAPHS UP TO CORPORATION COMMIS SION. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. 'Calls for Arrest, Court Martial and Punishment of Soldiers Who Shot American Immigration Official. Washington Dispatch, 27th. Strong representations, the most drastic in phraseology that have been made since the present American Ad ministration came into power, were made to the Huerta Government in Mexico today. - The United States Government de manded not only the prompt arrest, court martial and punishment of the Mexican Federal soldiers Who shot Charles B. Dixon, an American immi gration official, at Jaurez, Mexico, but the immediate release of Charles Bis sell and Bernard McDonald, mining managers, imprisoned by Federal sol diers at Chihuahua City and said to be threatened with execution. So serious were the incidents regarded in official circles that they overshadowed large ly the theoretical considerations of policy, which the visit of Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson has brought to a climax. The Ambassador himself has been so exercised over the develop ments in Mexico that he dictated two strong telegrams, one to the Embassy at Mexico City and the other to the American Consul at Juarez, and while Secretary Bryan slightly modified their tone, they were approved and promptly dispatched. Ambassador Wilson declined to dis tcuss the affair but he , will probably explain his views on such happenings when he meets President Wilson at 2 :30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon for a general examination of conditions in Mexico. The President had Ambas sador Wilson's long report in hand today and studied it carefully and af ter an early conference tomorrow with Secretary Bryan will be prepar ed to. inquire of the Ambassador what remedies he would suggest. REPORT ON MEXICO. Filed by Ambassador Wilson Pres ident Will Confer With Embassa dor Today. Washington Dispatch, 26th. President Wilson had before him tonight the report written here today by Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson on conditions in Mexico from the time that a revolution overthrew the reign of Porfirio Diaz, through the stirring events of the Orozco revolt, the downfall of Madero, and down to the establishment of the Huerta re gime; a period of three years. This report was transmitted to the Secre tary tonight by Secretary Bryan, who had spent the greater part of the day in conference with Ambassador Wil son. The President expects to examine the report before Monday, when be will confer with Ambassador Wilson on a possible solution of the present difficulties. Peace Seems Nearer in China. London Dispatch, 28th. A dispatch to a news agency . from Shanghaj says the foreign naval de tachments have disarmed the Shang hai rebels andthat Chinese bluejackets . are patroling the borders to prevent looting. According to a dispatch to The Daily Telegraph from Shanghai, dated midnight Sunday, an armstice has been announced to permit nego tiations between leaders of the rebels and Government forces. The" corres pondent says there was no fighting Saturday or Sunday and that the Southerns are leaving Shanghai dis heartened. "It is now generally admitted," says The Daily Telegraph's correspon dent in Peking, "that the situation cannot be solved by force of arms. Pe king already has despatched all her possible troops and unless Mongolia and Manchuria are abandoned,' furth er reinforcements are impossible. Three Northern troop ships escorted by two gunboats are due any moment at Shanghai with reinforcements for the aresnal." Wm. G. McLaughlin, one of Meck lenburg county's foremost citizens, formerly a member of the board of commissioners of that county and Representative in the General Assem bly for the past three terms, died .suddenly Saturday at his home -near Sardis. This will make necessary a . special election to elect a successor ; for the special term of the Legisla ture in September. While packing away family laun dry in a trunk in which a revolver wa3 kept, Mrs. Beulah Aldridge, aged 17 years, was instantly killed by the . accidental discharge of the pistol at Salisbury Wednesday night A 6-months-old baby lay in a , cradle by the side of the mother when the ac cident occurred. Expected to Open at Bucharest Wed nesday Serious Fighting Con tinues. London Dispatch, 27th. ' The Balkan peace conference is ex pected to open at Bucharest Wednes day but meantime serious fighting continues. The Greeeks refused Bul garia's request for even a three-days truce and, after heavy fighting, have gotten through Krefina Pass, defeat ing the' Bulgarians at Simekle, cap turing three seige guns and driving the Bulgarians back on Djuma. The Greeks claim they annihilated the whole left of the Bulgarian Army and that they have forced the Bulga rians back along the Struma Valley to Djuma, on the Bulgarian frontier. Unless peace speedily is negotiated another great battle is likely, to occur at Struma. No news was received today of fighting on the Servian frontier but the large numbers of wounded men arriving in Belgrade indicate severe engagements. The concert of the Powers seems as powerless as before to adopt any united action against Turkey. The Porte however has disavowed the ac tion of its troops in penetrating old Bulgaria, and no further advance of Turkish troops has been reported. The Turks claim their spoils at Adrianople consisted of 150 guns, 50,000 rifles and 1,000,000 sacks of corn. There are frequent reports of atrocities and massacres by Bulgarians and Turks. Izzet Pasha, the Turkish commander-in-chief, reports that Bul garians murdered 200 Ottoman sol diers who had been taken prisoners near Kiziley Enidje, while an admis sion of Turkish massacres of Armen ians at Malgara and Rodosto comes from Constantinople in a report that a number of Moslems have been sen tenced to death or to long imprison ment for implication in the massacres. In the Recorder's Court. Jno. Oxendine and Curtis Jones, In dians, were tried before Assistant Re corder R. A. McLean Friday on charges of an affray and assault with deadly weapon and were taxed $20 and costs each. They were charged with being in a mix-up, at the in stance of the "old familiar juice," last Monday night about 5 miles from town on the Fayetteville road, as re corded in Thursday's Robesonian, when it was stated that Governor Bell, also Indian, had bee ntaxed $10 and costs for being mixed up in the same fight. Bell escaped without in jury. Oxendine was charged with using a knife on Jones, who had some bad cuts about his face, and Jones was charged with using a stick on Oxendine. Jasper Collins was taxed $5 and costs for cruelty to animals. He was charged with taking out a horse from H. M. Beasley and Bros.' livery and driving it unmercifully. Donnie Glover, colored and of the female persuasion, charged with ah assault on Janie Hayes, also colored, Thursday, 30 days in jail. The hearing of the case wherein Jack Edmund, a small boy, shot a gun, part of the load taking effect on three small children, as mentioned in Thursday's Robesonian, has been post poned until Saturday. The hearing was to have been this morning. Among the Sick. Mrs. Geo. B. McLeod, who for sev eral weeks has been sick at her home, Fifth and Elm streets, continues about the same. Her condition yesterday was thought to be much better, but today she is worse. She will leave for Waynesville just as early as her condition will permit. This is the first summer in several years that Mrs. McLeod has tried to stay at home. She has been spending the summers for about 11 years some where in the western part of the State. Mr. Azor M'White of Ten Mile since Friday has been in the Thompson hos pital sick with fever. His condition today is very favorable. Mr. David M'White also of Ten Mile, who has been sick with fever at the hospital for several days, is getting along nicely. "Aunt" Helon Canady, who is in the hospital suffering injuries as the result of an accident on the V. & C. S. railroad last week, as mentioned in Thursday's Robesonian, is getting along very well. Isabelle. McLeod, who for several weeks has been sick at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alf H. Mc Leod, is improving. She is able today to sit up a little for the first time since she has been sick. Subscribe fcr The Robesonian. Railroads Almost Meet Demands of State Agree to Modified 25 Per Cent Freight Rate Reduction. Members of the State Corporation Commission, returning to Raleigh Saturday from a 4-days' conference with railway traffic managers at Old Point Comfort, gave out a statement to the effect that the conference did not result in complete agreement as to freight-rate reduction and that the proposed adjustment will be presented to Governor Craig not with the re commendation that it be accepted but that the Commission will present the result to the Governor for his con sideration. The statement' made by the Commission says: "At the last conference in the of fice of the Governor the commission insisted that the proportion of through rates represented by the rate from the Virginia cities should be re duced 25 per cent., and presented a basis of working out the new rates titat would approach that average, t the conference this week this basts was finally accepted by the car riers with some modifications, result ing in a scale of proposed rates to the Winston-New Bern zone, twenty per cent, less than present rates, as a general average of the class rates and with the larger percentage of the reductions on the classes in which the heaviest traffic is handled, so that it is expected that the reductions as applied to actual traffic moving will closely approach 25 per cent. The most important commodities in vol ume handled from the west are grain and grain products, and under the scale now agreed to by the carriers the class under which they are han died would be reduced 28 per cent. . "The same measure of reductions in cents per one hundred pounds would apply to other zones in the State except those right near the northern and southern State lines and west of Statesville, rates to these points being workedout on a some what different basis. The railroads did not concede the position of the commission that Statesville rates should be the maximum for all points west of Statesville. The results in detail will not be announced until they are presented in formal report to the Governor, and as there are a number of important matters connected with it yet to be worked out it will be some days be fore it can be rounded out as a whole for such final report." CHURCH NOTES. Series of Meetings Begins This Eve ning at First Baptist Rev. J. N. Cole of Raleigh preached at Chest nut Street Methodist Yesterday Children's Day Exercises. A series of meetings which will con tinue a week or ten days will begin at the First Baptist church, this evening at 8:30 o'clock. Rev. Dr. Lloyd T. Wilson, pastor of Grace Street Bap tist church of Richmond, Va., who will assist the pastor, Rev. C- H. Dur ham, will arrive this evening in time for the eveningservice and will preach twice dailyaf 9:45 a. m. and 8:30 p. m. ' Rev. Jno. N. Cole, superintendent of the Methodist Orphanage at Ra leigh, preached an excellent sermon at Chestnut Street Methodist church yes terday morning. He presented the cause of the orphanage and secured about $140 for the second girls' build ing, which is now in course of con struction and will cost $10,000. On account of the meeting at the First Baptist church there will be no prayer meeting services at this church Wed nesday evening, and there will be no regular preaching services at this church during August as the pastor, Rev. J. W. Bradley, will be away on a vacation. , There will be a meeting of the board of stewards at the church tomorrow evening at 8:30 o'clock. There were children's day exercises at Barker's chapel, about 5 miles from town on the Elizabeth road, yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock. A program consisting of songs, dialogues, recita tions, etc., was well executed. Inter esting talks were made by Messrs. J. P. Russell and Frank Gough of Lum berton. A large crowd attended the exercises. The crowd was too large for the church, many having to re main on the outside. s Charles Hamlin of Boston has been selected as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of the customs service to succeed James F. Curtis, who will retire August 1. Doan's Ointment cured me of eczer ma that had annoyed me for a long time. The result was lasting" Hon. S. W. Matthews, Commissioner,' La bor Statistics, Augusta, Me. Wheat is a Good Crop to Raise Don't Quit Crop too Soon Mov ing and Building Personal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Parkton, July 24 Rev. J. E. Ber- ryhill is conducting a meeting at Rex this week. Rev. E. L. Stack is preach ing at Councils this week. Messrs Johnson and McDonald have an up-to-date gasoline wood saw that cuts the wood right and on short notice, while M. McMillan & Sons move from place to place an up- todate threshing machine run gas oline. This afternoon they thrashed 100 bushels of oats for Mr. J. D. Mc Arthur within two hours, and thence to Mrs. A. B. Williamson's and ere the sun had set had threshed 63 bushels of oats. I make mention of this so the farmers of this community might think before it is too late and get in line to plant their wheat. Hereto fore the farmer's excuse was he had no way to thrash his wheat. This is no longer an excuse. Nearly every far mer in this section has some land that would grow wheat. The local wheat makes the best flour and is much healthier. So why not raise your own flour. Look out, Mr. Farmer, and see that you do not quit your crop too soon Every farmer-should plow his cotton tlil August and then when he goes to pick his cotton the grass will not be there. The smart farmef always lays his cotton by clean. Last week was moving day here. On last Thursday Mr. W. Ll Stanton moved into his new house; at the same time Mr. T. N. Fisher ' moved into the house that Mr. Stan ton vacated, and Mr. W. T. Fish er moved into the house that his son Norman vacated. ' So the Messrs Fisher are in their own homes and so is Mr. Stanton. We observe there are some vacant houses in our town at present. Thfe seems a little strange but when the graded school opens I guess they will all be occu pied. Mr. M. R. Tolar has purchas ed the new house that Mr. J. D. Mc- Arthur is building, also Mr. Archie Campbell bought the other house own ed by Mr. McArthur. We have been informed that Mr. T. W. Thompson has material on the lot for a novelty works and garage. Mr. A. M. Culbrath left Wednesday p. m. for his home in Tarver, Ga. He spent ten days visiting relatives and friends. We were also pleased to meet our old friend Mr. Frank Un derwood of Quitman, Ga., but his stay was short Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Odom are all smiles because it's a girl. Sojourning at Wrightsville Beach. Folks gone to Wrightsville Beach: Mr. and Mrs. John S. McNeill and two children; Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Linnell and two daughters, Misses Philetus and Jane; Mr. and MrsF. Hall; Mrs. Lizzie Proctor and daughter Miss Lillian. Mrs. C. J. Thompson and daughter Miss Theo of Raleigh, who had been spending several days in town visiting at the homes of Mrs. Lizzie G. Proctor and Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Caldwell, also went to the beach. All the folks above mentioned left Saturday and will return' either this afternoon or tomorrow. Mrs. Thomp son and daughter will return tomor row afternoon and will spent a few more days visiting in Lumberton be fore returning to their home in Ra leigh. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Carlyle and five of their children are spending a few days at the beach. Mrs. Car lyle and three of the children left the first of last week and Mrs. Carlyle and two children left Saturday. They will probably spend a week or so at the beach. Miss Josephine Evans of St. Paul passed through town Saturday en route to the beach, where she will join a house party. The party is being given by Mrs. James Moore of .Atkin son. Miss Evans will probably be at the beach 10 days or more. Raleigh News and Observer, 27th: Alex. L. Blow, of Greenville, becomes clerk in the. United States Court for the Eastern District of North Caro lina, his appointment having yester day been announced by Judge H. G. Connor. This is to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Maj. Hi ram L. Grant, of Goldsboro. Mr. Blow will remove to Raleigh to take up the duties of his new position, upon which he will ' enter on the first Monday in August. When baby suffers with croup ap ply and give Dr. Thomas Eclectic Oil at once, Safe for children. A little goes a long way. 25c and 50c. At all drug stores. Union Depot Conference Results in Disagreement Railroads Admit That Depot is Needed but Fail to Agrees on Terms of Rent. ' The conference Thursday night be tween the mayor and town commis sioners and representatives of the three railroads that enter Lumberton in regard to a union depot, resulted in failure of the railroads to agree as to terms of rental and the matter will be taken to the Corporation Com mission for adjustment at once by Town Attorney H. E. Stacy. Superintendents W. A. Gore and C. Lane, of the Hamlet-Wilmington and Raleigh and Charleston divisions, re spectively, of the Seaboard Air Line and J. P. Russell, of the Virginia & Carolina Southern, were the railroad men present at the conference. They admitted that a union depot is need ed in Lumberton, but failed to agree as to terms of rent. Representatives of the Seaboard agreed to furnish the V. & C. S. with station facilities at a rental of $25 per month, but that figure Supt. Russell considered too high. He considered $20 per month ample rent. On a test vote, merely to ascertain the opinion of the com missioners, it being understood that neither side would be bound by the result, the commissioners voted four to one that the terms offered by the Seaboard were reasonable, one com raissioner, Mr. J. D. Proctor, being one of the local attorneys for the Sea board, not voting. Mr. Russell took the matter under further considera tion and Saturday notified Mayor White that his road could not agree to pay more than $20 rent. Town Attorney Stacy will take the matter up with the Corpora tion Commission at once and as the small sum of $5.00 per month is all that stands in the way it would seem that it should not take long to adjust the difftrence and secure the convenience of a union depot, which is very much needed. Organ Recital Gave Music Lovers a Treat. The organ recital given at the Pres byterian church Thursday evening by Prof. Claude Robeson, teacher of pia no and organ at Greensboro College for Women, was enjoyed by an au dience that filled the body of the church and overflowed into the gal lery. It was an hour's treat to music lovers. To one to whom what lies locked in the keys of an organ, ex cept as unlocked" by others, is as a sealed book, it seemed that Prof. Rob eson knows all the keys that unlock divinest melodies. He made it speak in all tones from softest whispers to thunder peals. He was assisted by Mesdames R. R. Carlyle and B. W. Page, and Mr. Paul N. Pittenger, each of whom rendered a vocal solo that added much to the pleasure of the hour. J. Rodney Pait of Bladenboro. Bladenboro Special, 25th, Wilmington Star. Mr. J. Rodney Pait, 22 years of age, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Pait, died here this morning at 2 o'clock. While not entirely unegpeeted. bis death came as a shock to hi3 family and friends. The young man up to the time of his illness about four weeks ago held a position with the firm of D. McNair & Co., at Hamlet, and was), regarded by his employers as an exceptional young man in many respects. Death came as the result of a severe case of typhoid fever. All members of the family were present when the summons came, including those from a distance, A. H. Pait, Esq., of the Bladen bar, and W. Dar- den Pait, of Hamlet. Ihe interment was at Galleed cemetery at 4 p. m. today. Heavy Rains Lumber River Up. Unusually heavy rains fell Friday night, heavier, it seems, through the Saddle Tree, Raft Swamp and Back Swamp sections, west of Lumberton, than elsewhere. Mr. Frank McKay of Red Springs was in town Satur day and said that during the 50 years he has been coming to Lumber- tort he has never before seen so much wateion the ground as he saw out Raft Swamp way. Lumber river has its back up today and is said to be within about three feet of the high water mark it set for itself during August, 1908. , i Mr. Lacy McKenzie went Friday to Jackson Springs, where he will spend some time. Caret C!l Sorts, Other liaeiiet Vtt't Ctrl The worst cases, no matter of how long Handing, are cured, by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter s Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves i'aia and Heals at the same time. 25c, 60c, tLOO. Cotton today, 11 cents. Mr. LeRoy Bullard. son of Mr. R. X. Bullard, is taking a business course at King's Business College in Raleigh. Mr. W. W. Singleta ry is improv ing the appearance of his home on E. Fifth street by having it repaint ed. The Lumberton baseball team went Thursday to Maxton for a game with the Maxton team. The score was 6 to 9 in favor of Lumberton. The plant of the Kingsdale Lum ber Co., which has been closed down for the past week for repairs, will start up again tomorrow morning. Mr. I. J. Flowers and family are moving today from their farm on route No. 5 from Lumberton to their home on the corner of Cedar and Sev enteenth streets. E-Sheriff Geo. B. McLeod re turned Friday from Norfolk, Va., where on Monday he attended a meet ing of the directors of the Ra'leigh & Charleston R. S. Co., Mr. Mc Leod is one of the directors of this road. Mr. Harry McGill began work last week with Mr. Geo. M. Whitfield. Harry succeeds Mr. James Barker, who, as mentioned in last Monday's Robesonian, resigned a position with Mr. Whitfield to accept one as sales man in the McAllister hardware store. The opening for business of Messrs. C. II. Cartee & Company's new 5 and 10 cent store Saturday was attended by large crowds all day. also the opening for visitors, but not for the sale of goods, Friday night. The store presents a most attractive and city like appearance. At the Pastime theatre this eve ning Pathe Weekly No. 16 will show the great storm and flood disasters in Ohio and Nebraska which occur red two or three months auro. Besides this interesting feature film the regu lar two reel service will be run, mak ing a three-reel show one hour lonir. Usual prices will prevail. Mr. W.E. Dillard of Clinton. S. C arrived Friday to relieve Mr. F. J. Thomas, local express agent, for two or three weeks. Mr. Thomas and family have gone to, Carolina Beach to spend the vacation. Mrs. Thomas and the three children and her sis ter, Miss Annie Burton Stainback. left for the beach Friday and Mr. Thomas went yesterday. Dr. Ernest A. Branch, son of Mr. and! Mrs. J. A. ;Branch, returned Thursday night from Birmingham, Ala., where he stood the examination for license to practice dentistry. Dr. Branch is now prepared to practice dentistry in North Carolina. Georeia and Alabama, having successfully passed examination before the exam ining boards of those three States since he was graduated last spring at the Atlanta Dental Colleee. He has not yet decided where he will locate. A Prize-Winner Overlooked. In writing for Thursday's Robeson ian about that big picnic the colored folks had at Seven Pines Methodist church Wednesday the reporter failed to write anything about the fact that Rob Morris, one of the col ored brethren, was among the list of prize winners for the day. Rob is a great singer, and for a fact he is great on a base solo and that is exactly what he won a prize for. He was in the singing contest, in hich there were two prizes,and won one a pair of shoes given by the firm of Town send Bros, American Victim of Fugitive Law. El Paso, Tex., Dispatch, 26th. Charles B. Dixon of Sao Diego, U. S., was given "ley fuega" by Mexican Federal soldiers today. He was shot in the back and may die. Dixon was in Jaurez on official business, investigating a white slave case, when he was arrested by a band of Federals who started march ing him away from the city in the direction of the. foothills where many executions have occurred. Dixon started to run and after getting a block away was fired on and hit in the back. r J. T. Seawell, who lives near Red Bluff, S. C, was shot by his small son, with whom he was hunting, last Monday, the load taking effect in his breast and one arm. It is thought the boy, who used his father's gun,- which he had placed against a tree while he went some distance away, was shoot ing at a rabbit. Seawell is recovering in a hospital at Laurinburg. 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