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J: MAN 7 Established IS? O. . Country, God and Truth Single Copies Five Cents VOLXUV NO. 61 LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTMBER 18, 1913. WHOLE NO 2893 10BES0 . m LUMBERTON P. O. SITE, Bond Lot, Chestnut and Second, Re commended Final Actios Not Yet Correspondents Right Themselves. Washington newspaper correspon dents trail along behind The Robeson, ian and a time after The Robesonian publishes news they send dispatches to State daily papers containing the same information. The Robesonian stated some time ago that $10,000 was available for a postoffice site for Lumberton. Recently the Washington correspondents balled themselves up about it and got some Lumberton people to guessing, but now they find that The Robesonian was right and in dispatches published in daily papera today Washington correspondents state that- $10,000 is immediately available for a postoffice site for Lum. berton. Which important question having been disposed of, the Washington cor. respondent of The Wilmington Star proceeded under the date of yester " day to give out the following: "Hearing that the report of. the inspector had been made after inves. ligation regarding the location of the site for the public building at Lumber, ton, Representative Godwin had a conference today with Supervising Ar. chitect Wenderoth. "The inspector made a report on six proposed sites and recommended the 'purchase of 'the R. a. Bond site, as being the most desirable. Godwin learned from Wenderoth that the re. commendation of the inspector is not necssarily binding and that all parties interested will have an opportunity to be heard. Representative Godwin is taking no hand in the selection of the site and will see that everyone has a fair chance to be heard." The Bond lot is on the corner of Chestnutand Second streets and it has been known for some time that that is the most desirable of the lots that wereoffered and upon which the inspector made his report. It would have been surprising if the inspector had recommended any other of the lots offered him in preference to the Bond lot. Some interesting developments may tbe expected about the postoffice site within a few days. It may turn out that some other desirable lot is avail. able. Final action is not yet sight. in Thaw Case May Drag Along For Months, Even Years. Washigton Dispatch, 17th. Weeks, months, or possibly years might roll by before the Supreme Court would act finally, should Harry K. Thaw appeal from the decision in the habeas corpus proceeding now pending in New Hampshire. Of late however the court has disposed of such important cases quickly. Whether an appeal to the Supreme Court from the action of Federal Judge Aldrich, before whom the ha beas corpus proceedings were brought, may be granted, will rest entirely, it is said, with Judge Aldrich him self. A few years ago an appeal from the denial of the writ of habeas corpus was grantable as a matter of right. Practices grew up, however, which courts regard a3 travesties on jus tice, and the law was changed toxgive the judge passing on these cases the power to say whether there was suffi cient doubt as to the points raised to justify an appeal. The Supreme Court does not meet before October 13. There now are more than 700 cases awaiting disposition and it will take the court more than two years to pass on them. Upon request of either the State of New Hampshire or of New York, the court might advance the case for consideration about the first Monda"y in December. In the or. dinary course of events a decision would be handed down the following January. Much doubt is expressed here as to whether the New York authorities could find a way to have the higher courts review Judge Aldrich's action should he release Thaw from custo. dy. Monkeyed With Arc Light Chain; Killed Instantly. JMonroe Dispatch, 17th. Noting that the arc-light in front tot his home was burning feebly to. tight at 9 o'clock, C. H. Bivens, man. he chain supporting the lamp, intend. ng to shake down the carbon, so that t would burn more freely and instant, y received a charge of 2,300 volts f electric current, death being in. tantaneous. It is supposed that the :hain had become short circuited, probably caused by the heavy rains his af iernoon. BUIE NEWS BATCH. Movements of the People Out Burnt Swamp Way. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Buie, Sept 17 Mrs. R. D. Holder, field, of Petersburg, Va., is spending a few days at the home of her father, Mr. A. C. McLeod. Mr. James Mc Leod expects to return with Mrs. Hoi. derfield and enter school in a business college. Miss Effie Britt of Barnesville was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Britt last week. Mrs. W. R. McNeill and daughter, little Miss Hannah, spent the week, end visiting at Floral College. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Bethune and family of Fayetteville came down in their car Sunday and spent the day with relatives. Mrs. E. F. Parnell .re turned home with them. Misses Clelia and Vera Britt and their guest Miss Effie Britt spent last Thursday in Maxton. Mr. Wallace Prior left Sunday for Charleston, S. C, where he will again take up his college work. Mr. E. K. McLean arrived home last week from a visit to his - old home at Edinburgh, Scotland, and reports a grand trip. He left again the latter part of the week for Chapel Hill to enter the university. Mr. Mack McNeill "has accepted a position as salesman in Mr. W. R. Mc Neill's store. ,- . Misses Vera and- Nettie Britt re turned home last week after spending several days visiting at Barnesville. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Townsend spent Saturday in Lumberton. Mrs. Fodie Kenyon, who had been spending some time here visiting rela tives left last Wednesday for her home at Washington, D. C. Mr. S. B. Williams spent Monday in Lumberton on business. Whipping of Convicts Contrary to Constitution. Raleigh News and Obsener. The whipping of onvict? is con trary o the Constitution ol the State and against the law was the subpect ;f Judge Charles M. Cooke's charge to the jury yesterday n the trial of J. M Nipper and Jim Johns-.'?, which came to an abrupt end after Attorney R. N. Simms, for the defense, as So. licitor Norris was' not permitted to make their speeches. Instead the judge delivered his brief instructions to the jury and within a few minutes after they retired returned a verdict of guilty against the defendants. Each was fined $10 and his share of the costs. The sudden interruption of pro ceedings was unexpected. Only one speech had been made and two were scheduled for the morning. When Mr. Simms made his preparations for his argument, Judge Cooke informed the attorneys that undef the circumstan ces of what he would charge the jury there would be no further use of talking. His few words to the jury were to the effect that if the jury believed said Niper and Johnson whip ped the convict, Dan Gallagher, they should return a verdict of guilty. County Meeting Farmers Union. A county meeting of the Robeson Division of the Farmers' Union was held at the court house here today. All the locals in the county except two were represented with the larg est attendance of any previous county meeting held this year. This fact, considering the rain early this morning goes to prove that union in. terest in the county i3 fast increas. ing. Some very important measures were passed on but not of a nature to be made public The next county meeting will be held in the court house here on the third Thursday in December. A Young Man Who Wants a Wife. A certain young man who without the least bit of doubt wants help call, ed to a Robesonian reporter one, day recently and asked what it would cost him to get an ad in The Robe, sonian, and on being asked what kind, he said he wanted to advertise for a wife. He said he would have the ad. ready for Monday's paper, so if he don't change his mind it might pay you, if a girl and in the market to look out for the expected ad. He seems to think The Robesonian would bring relief; and no doubt it will. Raleigh Times, 16th: At the Su preme Court this morning the portrait of the late Judge Thomas C. Fuller was presented by Col. Charles W. Broadfoot of Fayetteville and accept, ed on behalf of the Court by Chief Justice Walter Clark. The portrait is in all an admirable likeness, and -is the work of Mrs. Williams of Duplin county. WITH AUNT BECKY." Cotton Crop is Below AverageMr. McLean's Campaign Job Residence Being Remodeled Old.Time Cook, ing The Old Slaves Re-Union Purple Heather from "Bonnie Scot land" Other Items. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Old Fork, (Maxton, R. 1), Sept 16 We are having gloomy weather these latter days, and some light showers of rain. It is about time for the September gales, but we have had so much wind this summer I hope they will pass us lightly by. The hay crop is good in the Fork, and some of our neighbors are har vesting. Cotton picking goes steadily on and the ginneries are kept busily engaged; and the farmers are market ing as fast as possible. It is the uni versal belief in this section that the crop will fall considerably below the average and on some of the farms some kind of an insect has appeared which is sucking the weed and turning it red. I hear that in the vicinity of Maxton a worm or weevil is destroy ing the bolls, and doing serious injury. Little Angus, youngest son of Mr. D. M. Stewart, met with a painful ac cident on Sunday a. m. last. He was on top of a grape arbor (the delight of the small boy) when unluckily a nest of wasps were disturbed, and threatened to sting him. In jumping from th6 harbor one foot became en tangled in the vinesfndhe hTinotJSusi pended for a short time, finally falling heavily to the ground. The little fel low was terribly jarred and stunned, and for some time was speechless. An elder brother, who had just arrived on the scene in time to witness the fall, carried .him to the house in his arms, and Dr. A. B. Croom was im mediately summoned, who found no bones broken, and at this time he is getting on very well. Grapes are enticing, even to old people, and to children are irresisti ble. I remember when I used to climb to the top of the vines too, wnen I was a little girl, and the scuppemongs overhead and out of my reach, in their golden beauty and lusciousness tempt ed me as the forbidden fruit tempted Mother Eve. And there I sat and ate my fill of pulp, seed and all (but the skins) which would at this day kill the average child; but I survived with never an ache nor a pain. I am glad to note the recent honor worthily bestowed upon your towns man Mr. A. W. McLean who I am sure will discharge the duties of the position ably and efficiently. Mr. McLean is a true pa triot as has been proven in many in stances, and one in whose clean hands the interests of his country are safe. There are two neighboring homes very lonely this morning, missing the presence of three bright young girls, the two Misses Hamer and Miss Doro thy York. The two former have gone to enter Littleton Female College, and the latter to Louisburg. They have gone on a grand errand, the result of which will have a great influence in shaping their future lives. Mr. D. R. Caddell of the Turn out section is remodeling and adding to his house, which will be a very nice and pretty home when completed. Mr. Thad Fletcher of Columbus county tvave us a pleasan call on Wed nesday last. He is a native of Marl boro county, S. C, but removed to Columbus some years ago. One day recently a little neighbor boy was here, and coming across a peculiar looking chain in the back yard, asked me what kind of chain that was.as he had never seen its like before, "Well Angus," I replied, "that is a relic of old plantation days. The pot rack that used to hang down in the big old chimney, holding above the fire the big dinner pot, in which was boiled vegetables enough to feed about thirty people. You see the fire place was so full of other cookery, that the pot was hoisted up to get it out of the way." I wish I could see once more that old familiar scene, the dear old "mam my'' moving busily around amid a brood of children both black and white, clamoring for "pot. licker" and bread, incited by the appetizing odors which reached our nostrils from the steam ing pots and ovens. That reunion of the old slave dark, eys in Rockingham was a well merited tribute to their former fidelity, and I think this worthy example should be followed throughout the South. Soon these loyal souls like the Confederate soldiers, will all have passed beyond the saUres of time, when it will be too late to show them the appreciation they so richly merit. Thereis literally nothing of interest transpiring in these parts. I am just now hearing the wails of two little pickaniniesnear by whse respective JUDGE FOUSHEE RESIGNS 111 Health Compels Retirement From Bench. Durham Special, 17th, to Wilming. ton Star. The expected resignation of Judge Howard Alexander Foushee was telegraphed to Governor Craig tonight the resignation to take effect Sep. tember 21st. Judge Foushee gives as the cause of his resignation his ill health, as he finds it impossible to keep up his work in the manner he would like to. The worded resignation sets forth the pleasure derived while serving, but according to his doctors' advice, hi must give up. the work on the bench in order to regain his health. Judge Foushee is a graduate of Wake oFr. est College and in addition studied in the University of the State. Septem ber 9th, 1911, he was appointed Judge of the ninth judicial district, vhich has nnce become the tenth. My 1st, 1912, he was unanimously nominated at the Democratic convention in Greensboro to succeed himself. In November of the same year he was elected to succeed himself. While on the bench Judge Foushee held court in some 20 or 30 counties and there was always a n6ticeable ab sence of friction among the lawyers. He has given great satisfaction as a justice and will be missed from the ranks. It is true that his court never taournd t '3ftf wnf iJwSKh&d 4vr cleared up. The next few months of his life will be spent in an effort to regain his health after which he will again enter the practice of law in this city with his brother, W. L. Foushee, Esq. GENERAL NEWS Albany, N. Y., Sept 17 The stage is set for the opening at noon tomor row of the trial of William Sulzer, Governor of New York, before the first high court of impeachment ever convened in this State to pass upon charges filed against its chief execu tive. Washington, Sept. 17 So far as the Washingtotn administration 5s concerned it became known tonight, no move is contemplated in the Mexi can situation at present. The elections of October 26th now are awaited with keen interest and the next step in the policy of the United States prob ably will make its appearance soon thereafter. Washington, Sept. 17 The Admin, is t ration Currency bill tomorrow will be passed by the House and sent to the Senate. In order to complete the detailed consideration of the measure and leave nothing for tomorrow but the formafvote, the House sat to night and concluded the voting on pro posed amendments. No material changes were made in the bill. San Francisco, Sept. 17 Two years in the Federal penitentiary on Mc Neil Island, Washington, and fine of $2,000 was the sentence today imposed on Maury L. Diggs, former State ar chitect of California, because of his flight to Reno with Marsha Warring ton, a Sacramento girl. Eighteen months in the same prison and a fine of $1,500 was the penalty given his friend and companion, F, Drew Cam. inetfct, son of Anthony Caminetti,, U. S. Commissioner General of Immi gration, for a like offense. Caminetti eloped with Marsha Warrington's friend, Lola Norris. mothers have been absent in a distant cotton field since early morn, leaving them to the care of two little girls and I suppose all parties are mutually tired out. Two little sons of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Hamer (John and Douglas) have been right sick recently with jaundice, but are both improving rapidly. Mrs. J. D. Edens of Red Springs spent yesterday with us. She is a na tive of the Fork and has numerous friends and relatives here who are al. ways glad to see her. I received from across the water yesterday a box of the beauteous and historic purple heather, from "Bonnie Scotland," as was stated by the donor, Mrs. McColl of Edinburg. I am not personally acquainted with this kind Scotch lady, but her son Colin- was with us several months, and she was informed by him of jny love for the "anld land" and the reported beauties of its scenery. "AUNT BECKY." Hives, eczema, itch or unit rheum sets you crazy. Can't bear the touch , 1 v- . . oi your ciotning. uoan s Ointment is & . , . m . i . . . . nne ior ucning sKin. All druggists sell it, 50c a box. For Weakness and Loss of Appetite The Old Standard general stremrthenmr tonic. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TOMC, drive out Malaria and builds tip the frtera. A true tonie nd lure Appetizer. For aUult aaj thiliireB. SOc. DEATH RATE REDUCED More Than 60 Per Ceat. from Pre. rentable Diseases Health Situation in Robeson. (By B. W. Page, County Physician.) By the co-operation of the people of Robeson county with the physicians and county board of health, the death rate from tuberculosis, typhoid fever, diphtheria, smallpox and scarlet fever has been reduced mors than 60 per cent, within the last eighteen and one. half months. There has been considerably less malaria or chills and fever, measles and whooping cough throughout the county this year than last, but since these diseases are not considered dan. gerous by the general public, health work leading to their eradication has been less effective. If they were more fatal we would have fewer cases of them. The mosquito theory of transmit, ting malaria, which is now recognized by medibal authorises throughout the enlightened world as being the only mode of transmitting the disease, needs more consideration on the part of the people in certain sections of the county. The malarial variety of the mosquito known as the anopheles, will not carry the malarial germs to others until it first becomes infec ted by biting a person who has ma larial germs in his blood. The greater the number of cases of malaria or ennts1 Jaid fevr"ttf 6 cbmniWiiy-'tmr more dangerous the mosquitoes be. come, if they are allowed to bite the diseased persons. If there is no case of malaria in the section to in. fecf the mosquitoes they are per. fectly harmless. Railroads Offer Further Reductions. Raleigh News and Observer, 17th. Rate reductions that will, as a whole save the State of North Carolina 2r 000,000, according to Chairman Tra vis, of the Corporation Commission, have been offered the Governor and the legislative commission. .Chairman Travis returned yesterday from Halifax where he had rested a tlay or two following conferences with officials in Washington. The Confer ence there was attended by nobody from North Carolina except Chair, man Travis, who wrestled single-handed the whole body of traffic managers and received a concession that rail road men declare mean a million dol lars more than any yet made. Mr. Travis has not prepared his re. port to Governor Craig, but yesterday verbally presented his work and talked the matter over. Neither would indi cate what would be the formal state, ment that he will make. Mr. Travis declared his belief that two millions will be saved in freights for North Carolina shippers, ani he was pleased to feel that his last conference had done something. Insurance Robbery Stateoville Landmark. 'A gantlenian who owns a dwelling in Statesville, on which the insurance ha.i been costing him $5 was notified a few days ago, when the policy ex pired, that the premium would be $16. rfarne house, same surroundings, same amount of insurance, same conditions. The town has just put in a motor fire truck, with a tpeed record of about a mile and a half a minut . vhich stands in readiness to go to f?r?s any minute ady or night, and a chemical engine that can put :'. an ordinary fire before you can wink an eye. All that and right on heels of be ing told that the coming of this motor fire truck was to reduce insurance, this citizen is called on to contribute $10 extra for the same amount of pro tection. Brethren beloved, the highwaymen who puts his pistol in your face and demands your pocketbook, is a gen. tleman and a scholar compared with such methods as these. Mr McLean Has Already Begun Work. (From Washington Cor., 15th, Raleigh News and Observer. A. W. McLean of Lumberton, was here today on his way to New York. He says his work as a representative of the National Democratic committee in North Carolina has already begun, though only in a small way. By the first of October he will begin soliciting campaign funds in earnest. Tom Pence, who is practically head of the committee, is already doing valuable publicity work in the doubtful States for the coming Congressional elec. tions. Adolph Roberts, proprietor of the Commercial Printing & Stamp Co. of Newbern, committed suicide Satur day by firing a bullet into his brain. Ill health. . BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. Cotton today, 13 cents. License has been issued for the marriage of Jula Duncan and Theodore! Johnson. Miss Gertrude Morris has accept ed a position as saleslady in. the big department store of R. D. Caldwell Jk Son. She began work Monday. Mr. Fred Townsend of McDonald has accepted a position as bookkeeper in the Lumberton Cotton Mills office. He began work Monday. Rev. Hight C. Moore, editor of The Bibical Recorder, Raleigh, will preach at the First Baptist churck Sunday morning and evening. The first attraction for this sea son at tbe local opera house will be Mutt and Jeff. This play is billed for October 3rd. Mr. Miles S. Baxley of St. Paul's township brought to The Robesonian office Tuesday a fine specimen of the Winter Keeper pear. It weighed one pound 6 ounces. shown at the Pastime theatre this evening. G. M. Anderson, as Bron cho Billy, is as great a favorite as Jno. Bunny in comedy. "Broncho Billy's Gun Play," and "The Light That Failed" will bo Chief of Police H. H. Redfern left. Tuesday evening for Wadesboro. where he was expecting to spend soma time on a vacation but owing to the Tact inal fie was taken sic "With" " chills and fever he returned home last night. By a change of schedule which went into effect Sunday it was stat ed in The Robesonian last week that the change (would takfe place the morning passenger train to Marion, S. C, leaves at 10:20 instead of 10 a. m. Mr. C. B. Skipper, Jr., left yes. terday afternoon for Waynsboro, Va., where he will be a student in the Fishburne Military School. This is his second year at Fishburne. Mr. G. Badger McLeod also left yesterday afternoon for Staunton, Va., where he will be a student in the Staunton Military Academy. Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Biggs left this morning with their son Master Chalmers for Fayetteville, where in Highsmith's hospital the child will an. dergo an operation. Dr. W. L. Gran, tham went with them. They left early this morning in Mr. Biggs' automo bile. Master Chalmers has been sick since Tuesday. Jesse Hayes, colored, who was sentenced during the last criminal court by Judge Lyon to two years in the State prison for stealing a mule belonging to Mr. L. E. Whatley, men tion of which was made in The Robe sonian at the time, was taken to Ra. leigh to the penitentiary yesterday by Mr. A. Schwartzburg, a special deputy. Master Truman Parmele, son of Mrs. A. T. Farmele, from whose wind pipe a quarter was extracted c the Highsmith hospital in FayeU. -ille Saturday and who afterwards c el-' oped pneumonia, continues to im . ve. Ilis mother and one of his aunt. ";ss Emrna N'orment, are with him. An other aunt, Miss Laura Norment, who was also vith him, returned home Monday night. Mr. Duncan M'White, who live:? near Barker's, has sold his home place to Messrs. White & Gough and has purchased from Mr. J. H. Wishart the old Eli Wishart place, about four and a half miles east of town. Mr. M' White gets $3,000 for the place he sells and pays $2,200 for the Wishart place. The deal was closed Tuesday. Mr. M'White says that he expects to move to his new place some time in December. fiifrel Flora Cashwell Becomes the Bride of Mr. Albert Britt. Mr. Albert Britt of route 4 from Lumberton and Miss Flora Cashwell of Hope Mills were married yesterday at 2 o'clock in the First Baptist church, Fayetteville, Rev. Mr. Snyder, pastor to the church, officiating. Mr. Britt is one of Robeson's most sue cessful young farmers. Miss Cashwell is well known here, having taught school in Robeson last year. They will be at home near Lumberton after September 20th. Tokio, Sept. 17 China's acceptance of Japan's demands in connection with the killing of several Japanese at Nanking thus far is confined to minor points. No answer has been re ceived to the demand for an apology for insults directed against the Japa. nese flag and uniform, or to the de. mand for the dismissal of Gen. Chang Hsun from the governorship of Kiang Su Province. 1 J
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