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ROBESONIAN lilxLi Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cento LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, AUGUST 18. 1913. VOL XUV NO. 52 WHOLE NO 2889 STREET OPENING DEFERRED Town Board Decides to Defer Matter of Moving Dead Bodies in Old Ceme tery in Order to Open First Street From Elm to Chestnut Cemetery Commission JLjneuited Warrants Will Be Issued Against All Who Re. fuse to comply With Ordinance Re. quiring Water and Sewer Connec tions School and Boarding House Ordinance. At a meeting Thursday evening of the mayor and town commissioners Messrs. Geo. L. Thompson and L. T. Townsend, the committee appointed to make -investigation as to the advisa bility of the town taking steps to open First street between Elm and Chest, nut by' removing the dead bodies from the southern edge of the "old Sea board cemetery," reported that there are 20 or more graves within propos ed street line that it would be neces sary to move, that it would cost .something like $400 to do this work, and that they consider it not advisable for this work to be undertaken unless there should be a general public de mand for it. It was ordered that the matter be deferred until some future meeting. Mayor White, upon authority given him by the board, appointed a ceme- tery commission as follows: C. B. Townsend, chairman; E. B. Freeman, Alf. H. McLeod, C.B. Skipper, L. C Townsend. It shall be the duty of the commission to look after the two cemeteries over which the town has control, as provided in chapter VII of the general ordinances of the town of Lumberton. Town Attorney Stacy was instruct ed to write to all parties who have not complied with the sanitary ordi nance requiring water and sewer con nection advising ' them that the re. corder will be requested to iss.ue war. rants against all parties who fail or refuse to comply with the terms of this ordinance. Messrs. D. P. Walters, L. T. Townsend, Geo. L. Thompson and J D. Proctor voting in the affirmative and Messrs. C. B. Redmond and S. H Hamilton voting in the negative, the following ordinance was passed: "Section 1. It shall be unlawful for .any person, firm or corporation hav ing in charge any school or boarding-1 house m the town of Lumberton on the. east side of Lumber - river, where more than twenty-five people are ac commodated at any one time, to main tain any surface privy for the use of said school or boarding-house, but shall be required to connect with the city sewer and water. Sec. 2. Any person, firm or cor poration violating the provisions of this ordinance, after having been giv en thirty days notice in writing by the town clerk and treasurer, shall be fined .$10, and each day thereafter shall constitute a new and separate offense." Harry K. Thaw Makes Sensational Escape From Matteawan Asylum. Matteawan, N. Y., Dispatch, 17th. Harry Kendal Thaw, the slayer of Tonight he was still at large and pital for the Criminal Insane here at 7:45 o'clock this morning. A dat for liberty through an open pats, a leap into the open door of a powerful . automobile that stood quivering out side and a flight like a rocket for the Connecticut State line, 30 r-.iles .away, accomplishel his escape. Stanford White, escaped from Hos tile hospital authorities felt certain that he was outside the State. Once beyond its boundaries Thaw is free. Only months, perhaps years Af liti gation can bring him back to Mattea wan and then only in one event that he be adjudged insane n the . State to which he has fled. Five confederates) manned tie car in which Thaw escaped and a big black limousine which trailed it past the asylum gate. The police have the . description of Thaws confederates and the names under which they registered at a local hotel Friday night and are . seeking them. The hospital authorities believed that Thaw fled to the Bhore of Long Island Sound and boarded a yacht waiting with steam up to rush hira to Europe. The Carolina Municipal Associa tion held at Wrightsville Beach Thursday and Friday its 5th annual convention. Mayor Charles A. Bland of Charlotte was re-elected president and Charlotte was selected as the next meeting place. . a skin itcher is a temDer tester. - Thp more you scratch the worse it itches loans uomtment is ior pnes, , i aesire. iney act. muaiy mu reu-ecaeinB-ny:kiq itching. . 50c atall late the bowels perfectly." Geo. B "7 drug stores.' KrauseltoonarPam- MAY BE RE-OPENED. Stocks, Ketc of Defunct Lumberton Drug Company Purchased by J no. M. Scott of Charlotte at $2,630 Store May Be Opened for Business Again. At the receiver's sale Friday at the court house of the Lumberton Drug Co, the entire stock, fixtures, accounts, etc., of the defunct company was bid in as a whole by Mr. John M. Scott, a wholesale druggist of Char, lotte and largest creditor, at $2,630 Sold as separate items. the highest bids totaled only $1,820. Besides Mr. Scott the bidders were Messrs. C. B. Skipper, H. H. Anderson, Jno. D. McMillan, T. A. McNeill, Jr., and A. E. White, all of Lumberton. The stock of drugs inventoried over $2,400. The unpaid accounts amount to more than $1,500. This sale was conducted by Mr. Jno. S. McDonald, receiver. Creditors probably will receive about 50 per cent. If no higher bid is made within the 20 days allowed by law and the sale is confirmed it is ver prob able that the store will be reopened by some Lumberton people with Mr. McDonald, .who was manager and druggist for the company for a short while before it was placed in his hands as receiver, in charge. WANTED IN FLORIDA. Popular Young Lathario Arrested On Serious Charge. Deputy SherifT Willis Britt and Rural Policeman Eli Phillips arrested Sat urday at Oakdale, near Marietta, Ar. thur Hance, a white man 23 years of age. Hance is wanted at Plant City, Fla., on the charge of rape. The war rant was received by Sheriff Lewis Friday. Hance made no resistance at all. He says he is guilty, in part, of the offense for which the warrant was issued. He says that his home is in South Carolina, and that his father has plenty of money to fight the case if he can only persuade him to spend it in that way. Hance was a favorite with the girls. He had been in the Marietta sec tion only a few days, and when ar rested no less than three girls in that section cried like their best and dear est friend was being taken from them. Hance says he has always had a good time, and this is the first time he was ever indicted for any offense Deputy Sheriff A. E. Brooks of HiUboro county, Fla., arrived this morning and will leave for Florida with Hance, who will go without re quisition papers, tomorrow. DROPPED DEAD ON STREET. William Jones, Aged Colored Man Falls on Elm Street Saturday Af. ternoon. William Jones, colored, about 65 years old, fell dead on Elm street Saturday afternoon about 3 o'clock in front of the Boylin Jewelry Store. A large crowd of the morbidly curious gathered around and completely blocked the sidewalk for some min utes and shut off the air while Dr. W. A. McPhaul tried to revive him, but he probably did not breathe after striking the sidewalk. Death is un. derstood to have been due to aplo. plexy.. He had been complaining of trouble with his heart for several days. Several daughters and sons survive. William had lived in Lum berton all his life and was a darky of good character who had the respect of all. Among the Sick. Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Groves of Bar. ker's will leave tonight for Richmond, Va., where Mrs. Groves will undergo a very serious operation at the John. ston-Willis hospital. Mr. Groves is pastor of the St Paul's circuit . . Mr. and Mrs. Geo. G. French and children returned Thursday night from Buffalo Lithia Springs, Va., where they spent some time for Mr. French's health, going there from Richmond, Va., where Mr. French underwent treatment for some time at the Hy. geia hospital. Mr. French's is con. sidered very much improved. Mr. T. R. Tolar, who is undergoing osteopathic treatment at Fayette. ville, returned home Saturday evening and returned to Fayetteville this morning. It is thought that he is deriving Considerable benefit from the treatment At the convention of the North Carolina State Firemen's Association in Wilmington last week Capt J. D McNeill was re-elected president, which position he has held since 1894. "I have been somewhat costive, nut Doan's Regulets give just, the results WIFE.MURDER AT HAMLfcr. Geo. S. Nance of Macon, Ga, Mur. ered Wife St Seaboard Hotel and Set Fire to Body. No Effort Made to Escape. Hamlet Special, 15th, to Charlotte Observer. In the middle of the floor of a room Sn which the furniture was blazing the body of Mrs. G. S. nce, registered at the Seaboard hotel here as being from Macon, Ga., was found at 6:30 this evening with the skull fractured in several places and the clothing burned off, while beside it lay an empty beer bottle, the weapon with which her husband is charged with causing her death. The head was beaten almost into jellly, 11 wounds showing on back, top and forehead. Her husband, who came with her to the hotel here this morn ing, was arrested within three rooms on the same floor, and told the chief of police how he killed his wife. Nance L: reported a saying that his wife told him that she was going to have him put m an asylum, that he was crazry and had been for years, that she was now as crazy as he was and intended to sto) at nothing. Then she seized him ov the throat, says Nance, and choksd him. Whereupon he freed himself and with the beer bottle fractured' her skull, and seeing she was dead pofired kerosene over her clothing and the furniture and fired the room. J. G. Scott, another guest of the hotel, met Nance in the hall before the fire had time to spread, saw smoke coming from Nance's room and getting an extinguisher attempted to enter. Nance tritd to prevent his do. ing so, but Scott opened the door far enough to permit his using the ex. iinguishe'-. N. M Surratt, another guest, came on the scene at this time and saw the body. The two men carried the dead woman into the hall, put out the fire in her clothing, made an examination and saw that the skull was . fractured and the woman was dead. They called Chief of Police Brazewell, who found Nance three doors from where his wife lay. He made no attempt to escape. Nance then told the chief, it is said, that he killed his wife with the beer bottle and set fire to the room. He was held by the coroner's jury for the murder and at once carried to jail at Rockingham. The man and woman arrived here on Seaboard train No. 12, and on go ing to the hotel registered and said they would spend the day here and go on to Norfolk tonight Nance is about 40 years of age. His wife was slighly younger, small and pretty. They were around the hotel all day and out on the streets at times. The dead woman was handsomely dressed and wore a large diamond. Among the things found in her hand bag was a receipted bill from S. H. George & Co., of Greenville, S. C, which was addressed to Mrs. George S. Nance, 321 Laurens street, Green ville, S. C. Her shoes have the name of a Knoxville, Tenn., firm. Nance is of medium size, slender, clean shaven. He had $536 in bills and coin on his person when arrested, a Government bond for $1,000 and a deposit slip from a Macon bank show. ing $1,100 deposited in that institu tion. A coroner's jury returned the ver dict that Mrs. Nance came to death at the hands of her husband, George S. Nance, and committed him to jail without bond. Chief of Police Braze well immediately hurried the prisoner to Rockingham. In addition to the charge of murder the charge of arson is made against Nance. It was only by the timely arrival of Messrs. Scott and Surratt, who were reinforced by other guests, that the hotel was saved from being burned down. An effort has been made by the authorities to locate relatives of the deceased and the prisoner, but at mid night they had been unavailing. The body of Mrs. Nance was delivered to an undertaker, who will hold it sub. ject to instructions Rev. C H. Durham Leaves Tomorrow On Trip to Pacific Coast. Rev. C. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church, will leave to morrow on an extended trip to the Pacific Coast. He will go by way of Atlanta, Montgomery, New Orleans, Dallas and Forth Worth, Tex., Okla homa City, Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, will - spend a week in Yellowstone Park, and will return via Chicago. Mr. Durham will be away five or six weeks, returning by the 1st of October. This trip is given Mr, Durham by a Lumberton friend whose name The RbesojRiarisot ON SERIOUS CHARGE. Jno. Carver Taken to Cumberland County to Answer Charge of At. tempting Assault on His Niece. Jno. Carver, who lives on ex-Sheriff G. B. McLeod's farm in Wishart's township, 7 miles from Lumberton, was arrested at his home Thursday afternoon by Sheriff R. E. Lewis, Deputy Sheriff Willis Britt and Rural Policeman Eli Phillips on a warrant charging him with attempting crimi nal assault upon his niece Lanie Car. ver, 13 or 14 years, old, daughter of his brother W. H. Car ver, who lives on the same farm. He was confined in jail in Lumberton un. til Saturday morning, when he was taken to Cumberland county, where the alleged assault was committed, by Deputy Sheriff Monaghan, and it is understood that preliminary hearing was to be held this morning at 10 o'clock before Justice Jno. Smith at Roslin. The charge is made by the girl's father. It is alleged that Tuesday afternoon of last week Mr. W. H. Carver's daughter accompanied Jno. Carver and his wife and children to Hope Mills, that Carver was drinking, that when they reached Hope Mills Carver would not let his niece get out of the carriage when his wife and children got out but drove away with girl, made her drunk and kept her out nearly all night. It is understood that he did not accomplish his pur. pose but the girl suffered considerably from the experience. PREACHER 140 YEARS OLb. So His Preacher Son Says Has Had Nine Wives. There is in this county, in the town of Proctorville, a preacher who says his father is a preacher too, and that his father is one hundred and forty years old, and that without a doubt of any kind so far as he is concerned. (Not so with everybody). He says his mother died at the ripe old age of eighty-four, and that his father has been the husband of eight women since his mother died. Insect Damaging Cotton. Mr. W. H. McMillan, who lives near Tolarsville, is in town today. He says some kind of insect is punch. ing holes in his cotton bolls and he fears that it is going to damage his cotton crop considerable. He does not know what kind of a looking crea ture it is that is doing the work, but it looks to him very much like the work of the boll weevil Mr. McMillan says that in some places in his field he can find as many as four or five bolls on one stalk that that have been damaged by this insect and in the damaged bolls can be found a little white worm. Messrs J. I. Townsend and E. W. M'White of Ten Mile are also in town today and say that this same insect is doing some work in their cotton fields. Recorder's Court Fines Imposed for Exceeding Speed Limit. The following cases have been di posed of in the recorder's court by Assistant Recorder R. A. McLean since the last issue of The Robeson, ian: Tom McLaughlin, colored, re. tailing, 6 months on roads. Harrison Rogers, colored, vagrancy, 30 days on roads. Harry McQueen, colored, vagrancy, dismissed. Dr. N. A. Thompson and Mr. H. B. Jennings of Lumberton and Mr. W. J. Beaty of Hope Mills, all for exceeding the speed limit with auto mobiles, $5 and costs each. Hugh M. Parham of St. Paul, as sault on Chief of Police M. P. New ton of St. Paul, judgment suspend ed on payment of costs. Mr. Dave Evans of Marietta. Mr. Dave Evans of the Marietta section died at his home Saturday of last week. His remains were laid to rest in the family burying ground Sunday p. m.. Mr. Evans was 80 years old and death was due to old age. Deceased is survived by his wife and one son, Mr. Sandy Evans of Ma rietta. Mothers! Have your Children worms? Are they feverish, restless, nervous, irritable, dizzy or constipated? Do they continually pick their nose or grind their teeth ? Have they cramp ing pains, irregular and ravenous ap petite ? These are all signs of worms. Worms not only cause your child suf fering, but stunt its mind and growth. Give "Kickapoo Worm Killer" at once. It kills and removes the worms, im proves your child's appetite, regulates stomach, liver and bowels. The symp toms disappear and your child is made happy and healthy, as nature intended. All druggists or by mail. 25c. KICKAPOO INDIAN MEDICINE CO. Philadelphia, Pa. St. Louis, Mo. WATER-WALKER WADES. Indian fanatic who Promised to Walk On the Waters Does a Wad- ' MilM) Edna Prevatt left this morn ing Stunt Much People Gathered ing for Union Spring, near Asheville, to See. where she will teach school. Many from here and other places went yesterday to Moss Neck to see 1 the Indian lady who was to have walked on the water a week ago yes-, terday but was, she said, told by the; Lord to wait till yesterday. And in- stead of one being present to walk yesterday two were on hand for to walk. One started and waded into the pond until the water almost ran up to her mouth, then the other said the Lord had not commanded her to walk, and so the meeting closed with noth ing done except a woman wet, and a arge crowd made to feel like they had gone for nothing. Mr H. M. Beasley says he rented eight horse for $3.50 each to folks who went to Moss Neck to see a woman wade in the pond. CHURCH NOTES. Quarterly Conference at Methodist Church Next Sunday Evening Rob. eson Union Meeting Postponed. Rev. A. McCullen, presiding elder of the Rockingham district, will hold the third quarterly conference for the year at Chestnut street Metnoaisi church next Sunday evening after preaching service. Children's day was observed at the Broad Ridge Baptist church, ten miles south of Lumberton, yesterday. Among those who attended from Lum berton were Messrs. Frank Gough and Grover Britt, who went by the way of Mt Eliam, Mr. Oough making speech, es both at Mt Eliam and Broad Ridge. On account of the intended absence of so many of the pastors tho meet, ing of the Robeson Union, which was to have been held with the Rowland church Aug. 28-30, has been post poned until Nov. 27-29. There was no preaching service at the First Baptist church yesterday morning, the regular service being held last evening. During the next five or six weeks, during which time Rev. C. H. Durham, pastor of this church, will be away on a trip to the Pacific Coast, as mentioned elsewhere in this paper, there will be no regular preaching service at this church, but the pulpit will be filled as often as possible by outof-town preachers. Church Picnic at Oakdale A Great Affair. The picnic at Oakdale, near Mariet ta, Saturday was a great affair. The program consisted of a speech by Mr. H. E. Stacy, a young attorney of Lumberton, in the afternoon, and an "Old Maids' Convention," by the girls of the community in the evening., be ginning at 7:30. The speech by Mr. Stacy was a gem. He took for his subject, "Character As An Asset," and handled the subject in a masterly way. Refreshments of various kinds were served by the young ladies, the proceeds to be used for purchasing seats for the new Baptist church, the i nicest we ever saw in the country, which was recently completed. It was this reporter's misfortune to have to leave before the "Old Maid's Conven tion," but he is sure it was a success as there are plenty of young girls in that good section to present a play ( of that kind. There are forty -four young girls in the Philathca class in the Sunday school at that place, wth only six young men to make up tk Baraca class. Oakdale is right in the heart of Black Ankle, once known as a place of rough times, but now known as one of the best and most prosperous sec. tions in the "State of Robeson." A Washington dispatch of the 16th announced the appointment of two fourth-class postmasters in Bladen county Edgar E. Craven at Abbotts, burg and Duncan W. Smith at Kelly. Miss Lucy Penny, daughter of Mr Tom Penny, and Mr. John Long, est, both of the National Cotton Mills village, were married yesterday morning at the home of the officiating officer, Justice Jno. H. McNeill, 3 miles east of Lumberton. Quite a crowd of friends of the contracting parties witnessed the ceremony. Miss Florence Jackson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Jackson, has resigned a position to which she had been elected as teacher in the Lumberton graded school to accept a position as teacher of Latin and Ger man in a high school at Washburn, Wisconsin. She will leave for Wash- i burn some time next week. Subsorihf t- BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITCHS. Cotton today. 11 ceiU. mewm t aam. A;baM No lU' A R A' M tomorrow License has been issued for the roanriage of Rare Mean ard A. M. Webb; Lucy Penny and John Longest Mr. N. C. Long of Davidson be gan work this morning in the grocery department of White & Cough's big department store. Mr. J. W. Smith, a veteran 79 years old, who for several years has been making his home at the Jennings Cotton Mill village, left this morning for the old soldiers' home at Raleigh. Capt A. B. Small attended Fri day an all-day picnic at Moss NV-k and says it was a very enjoy- .! oc casion. It was gotten up by Mr. E. Taylor, manager of the Red Banks farm, and wrfe. Mr. E. P. Ross, an expert in surance accountant of Greensboro, i spending some time here installing a new and modern system of bookkeep ing for the LaFayette Mutual Life In. 'surance Company. Miss Katie Stone of Mt Eliam is in town today. Miss Stone is hers for the purpose of securing a place ta board after September 1st, at which time she will take charge of the pri mary department of the public school at East Lumberton. George Washington Smith, col ored, came into the office the other day and passed out a slip upon which was written the information that he would leave for Raleigh today to lake "the operation. What for he did not say. Mr. J. A. Boone, Jr., will leave this evening for Raleigh, where he will attend the Fanners' Demonstra tion Institute, also the State Conven tion of the Farmers' Union, nr. Boone is manager of the demonstra tion work in Robeson county. "An Abbreviated Honeymoon," the story of a brand new husband andV a near-deserted wife, Cines, and fAt the Masquerade Ball," an Edison dra ma, will be the pictures shown at the Pastime theatre this evening. In ad dition to these two reels, a new reel, just out showing how Royal clothes are made, will be shown. Misses Cammie McNeill, Mildred Mclntyre, Amanda McDiarmid, Agnes McLean and Annie Neill Fuller expect to leave tomorrow morning for How. land, where they will be guests of Miss Berta McNeill. They will be members of a house party Miss Mc. Neill is giving and they will probably be in Rowland several days. Mr. Lewis Walker, who lives near Long Branch church, rural route No. 4 from Lumberton, is looking for a wagon. Somebody drove away with it Saturday from Lumbton without saying a word to Mr. Walker about it Mr. Walker is sure it was just a mis take and is ready to forgive the care less one if he will only return the wa gon. Dr. R.T. Allen received yesterday a card from Mr. Gerald Pitman, who left Lumberton more than a month ago with Mr. S. F. Caldwell for a. European trip. The card was mailed from London and brought the infor mation that they are having; a good time but have no time to write. Maybe that explains why these young- gen tlemen are not sending the promised letters to The Robeson ian. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Floyd of Fairmont passed through town today en route home from Statesville, where Mr. Floyd, who is chairman of the board of commissioners of Robeson county, attended the State convention of county commissioners. Since .the convention adjourned Mr. and Mrs. Floyd have bees in the mountains en joying the mountain breezes. Mr. Floyd reports a pleasant and profita ble meeting of the eormnissionefs . Announcements reading as fol lows have been received here: Mr. and Mrs. A- Bicheoey announce the marriage of their daughter Martha Josephine to Mr. John Gqy Hardie on Saturday, August ninth Nineteen hundred and thirteen Purcell, Oklahoma. Mr. and Mrs. Bidierey and their daughter moved to Purcell three r t ai i F taOP9 O fTY TViaw numv I friends here who will be interested In this announcement
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