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ONIA Established 1870 County, Cod and Truth Mngle Copy Fire Cent VOL XUV NO. 68 LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, OCTOBER 13. 1913. WHOLE NO. 2905 T1HTP KOBES N TENT MEETING CONTINUES. Interest Continues to Increase ia Browning-Chamberlain Meeting Tent Filled Last Evening Splendid Mass Meeting for Men Yesterday Afternoon Services Twice Daily. The largest crowd that has gather- ed at any service since the meeting began 2 weeks ago assembled last eve- mnv at the tent on Elm street where Evangelist Raymond Browning ia conducting a revival meeting. The- ' tent was almost full, the crowd bofng 5 estimated at about 1,600. Many indi- eated profession- of faith by coming forward last evening and others to the number of 118 stood up for pray- et. . A splendid mass meeting for men WES neiu yesteruay aiternuim ai .jv o'clock. Not less than 1,000 n'en gathered for this service, which was - . i . . i rather . remarkable considering inc long-continued and heavy rains all .during last week, breaking into the service and making it necessary to hold several services in Chestnut Street Methodist church. Mr. Brown ing preached a powerful sermon, burning into the souls of hh hearers the -evils of gambling, dishonesty, drinking and impurity. Such a ser mon cannot fail of doing good. Mr. Browning announced that he might preach to men only again next Sun day afternoon, though no definite an nouncement was made tothat effect. The service yesterday morning was held at Chestnut Street church, which was filled to about its capacity. This was a "Mothers' Day" service and Mrs. D. D. French and Misses Vashti White, Epsie Fuller, Amanda McDiar mid and Emma Higley stood at the entrances at tables piled high with roses and pinned a rose on every one who entered tkxhurrh, red rose in honor of , the mother living, a white rose in memory of the mother dead. Mr. Browning's sermon was builded on the life of Joseph, and he swept the heart-strings of his congregation at will, at times leaving few if any dry eyes. The singing, under the direction of Mr. J. H. Chamberlain, at every ser. vice is delightful and inspiring. Not the least of the helps to the mujic is the playing of Miss Vivian Townsend, who presides at the piano or organ, when services are held in the church on account of the weather. Among tho features of the music during tha pnst few services was a beautiful quartet yesterday afternoon by Messrs. 0. B. SkioDer. J. P. Stephens. R. R. Carlyle and W. Lennon and a solo last evening by Miss Julia Culbreth of the faculty of Carolina College, Maxton. Services will be held this week at 10 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. daily. REPORT OF PROGRESS Made at Session of N. C. Synod Last Week A Memorable Session Next Session at Hickory. The one-hundredth annual session of the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina adjourned Friday afternoon after a four day's-session. The next meeting will be with the Presbyter ian church at Hickory October, 1914. Gastonia and Red Springs also asked for the next extra session. Many things combined to make the session of the synod memorable. Chief among these was the observance .of the centennial of the organization at historic Alamance church October 7. No other session has had such splen did reports of progress and increase In Igiving. Nearly 2,000 members have been added to the church in the missionary "work and there have been more than 3,000 conversions. The in crease in gifts to missions has been tremendous. More than $30,000 in crease in contributions to foreign missions and more than $50,000 in crease in home missions is reported, with nearly a $50,000 increase in amount for Church extension. In ad dition to this the sum of $57,000 was -raised by Rev. R. Murphy Williams for the Barium Springs Orphanage. Resolutions were adopted looking 'for an even greater work in the home 'field, and each church was asked to maintain at least one mission point. . Many new churches will be establish , c ed next year. One rather revolution ary measure provides that no point f- will be helped from the home mission .'funds unless that church make pro s vision "for the church benevolences rand the every-member canvass. e Rev. D. I. Craig, D.D., of Reidsville ' was re-elected stated clerk of the Sy nod. He has held the place for 15 - years. ' The following resolution was adopt ; ed: "Resolved, That the Presbyterian Church of North Carolina does here "by through its Synod place itself on r record as favoring the reading of the 1 Bible in the State's educational sys- torn;" It is noticed that nothing is said asto whether a provision of this kind should be in the Constitution or general law, but instead the words "the State's educational system" are used. 'f The statistical report submitted . showed the total membership of the ,' Synod to be 48,253, the number of ad ditions to all churches during the past - year to be 4,601 and the total amount raised for all 'purposes $729,181. Rev. J. F. Gorrell Elected Pastor of Presbyterian1 Church. At a congregational meeting of the "Presbyterian church yesterday morn ing at 11 o'clock Rev. J. Frank Gor- - roll was elected regular pastor of the , church. Mr. Gorrell has been acting - pastor of the church for about six months, but he accepted the call, at the time of his coming, on stated sup ply of twelve months. Since Mr. Gor r ell's coming to Lumberton he has not only made favorable impression on his congregation but has won the esteem and love of the other denomi nations, and many Robesonian readers will be interested to know that he has beert elected as permanent pastor of the Lumberton Presbyterian church, HEAP MUCH FIGHTING Near Riot at Mill-Pond Fiahiag at Moaa Neck Indiana and Negroes Mix it Up at Great Rate A Bloody Time but Nobody Killed Canes Will Be Tried Friday. As the result of a near-riot between Indians and negroes Thursday at the j mill-pond drawing at Moss Neck, San. . dy and Lock McArthur of Pembroke and Dave and Rena McNeill of Raft Swamp, all colored, are suffering from injuries, and several Indians suffered some minor bruises. Sandy McArthur was stabbed with a knife in the neck just back of the left ear and Lock, his brother, received a bad lick across ' tne. forehead with a gun. Dave Mc- Neill was stabbed in the neck just . uin. wic id. cai mu incucu 'across his back a long cut on which a , physician had to take 38 stitches, i . . rs .. . 1 1 . f i i 'u ixci.iciii, u siater ui uawf was shot with a pistol, the ball taking ef- feet in the left leg a little below the Knee, Dreaxing Dom Dones. oanay McArthur and Rena McNeill were brought Thursday night to the Thompson hospital, where they re ceived medical attention. Sandy was able yesterday to go home, but Rena is still in the hospital. It is under stood that Dave McNeill had his wounds dressed at the hospital in Maxton, but despite the fact that he suffered two severe cuts he was in town Saturday afternoon getting about as if he had suffered but little damage. How the Row Started. Thi3 reporter had Saturday an in terview with Sandy and Rena at the hospitarand they say it was "warish" times at Moss Neck Thursday. Sandy says that he and several other colored fellows got Nancy McNeill and her daughter Rena to go to Moss Neck ihursday and put up a cooking stand for them, a place where fish could be cooked as- they caught them. He ' Presbytery of Fayetteville will be had a cord of wood placed at' the held next week in old Center church, stand and some of the Indians, who ' and will celebrate -on Tuesday, 14th, also had cooking stands, took some inst., the centennial of its organiza of the wood, Sandy says, and it was tion in that church. The exercises no about the wood that the disturbance doubt will be full of interest, is supposed to have started. Sandy The A. C. L. surgeons will hold says that Walter Oxendine, Indian, their annual meeting next week in was drinking and came to the stand Montgomery, Ala.,. The program for where Nancy was cooking and insult- I this session of the association, consist- ed her, but left then and later came back with another Indian, whom he did not know, and while Oxendine was talking to Nancy the Indian, whose name he did not know, took a breech loading gun that had been left in Nancy's keeping and started off with it. Nancy tried to get the gun away from him and in the strueele Nancv was thrown down, and Sandy says he steeped up then and tried to get Ox endine and the other Indian to stop and leve the stand; and the wrangle started. - In the Thick of the Fray. Sandy says that Walter Oxendine stabbed him and at about the same time stabbed and cut Dave McNeill. and while this was going on Herbert ! Lowery, Indian, who is a deputy sher- ltt came up and began shooting at him with' a pistol; said Lowery was right close to him and struck him with the pistol a time or two.. Lowery shot not less than three times, but is not certain that Lowery tried to kill him. It is supposed to have been one of the stray shots that struck Rena McNeill. Sandy says that he does not think she was purposely shot It was in these ups and downs that Lock McArthur got his blow and others re ceived minor scratches and bruises. Sandy and Rena says that this all took place sometime between the hours of 12 andl o'clock. Sandy says that once he got into the fight he fought until everything came to a up hugged together, that Lowery told the smoke of the battle cleared away he and Herbert Lowery were standing "Up lugged together, that Lowery told him to turn him (Tawery) loose. Safi dy said he made a similar request and it was all over. Sandy said he was bleeding bad from his wound and that he left shortly for a physi cian; that he had not gone far when he met Dr. Andrews of Pembroke, who did something for him but told him that he would soon be a dead negro. Papers have been sworn out against Lock and Sandy McArthur by some of the Indians. The papers were served Saturday oh Lock and San dy and they gave bonds for their ap pearance here Friday before Recorder J. A. Rowland. It is understood that the negroes will have papers issued bringing charges against several of the Indians. It is estimated that a crowd of 2, 000 or 3.000 people attended the fish ing at Moss Neck Thursday, when the water was drawn off Mr. C. H. Lewis' mill pond and when and where the riot occurred. The fighting was confined to Indians and negroes, the few white people there taking re fuge behind trees, under and behind church and in flight. Many incidents which now appear ludicrous occurred, but space forbids relation in this issue. It is said that there was no less than 50 gallons of cheap whiskey on the grounds. STEAMER BURNS IN MID-ATLANTIC; 136 LIVES LOST London Dispatch, 11th. Not since the Titanic sank has Eu rope been so thrilled as by a wireless message today telling of the burning of the steamship Volturno in mid-Atlantic with a loss so fas as is at pres ent known of 135 lives and the res cut of 521. The survivors -aie now aboard a fleet of steamers summoned by the Volturno's call for help, some of which were bound eastward and others westward. "'The Volturno cailed from Roterdara on October 2 for New York. Accord ing to the official statement she car ried 22 first cabin passengers, 53S steerage and a crew numbering 96. A later dispatch places the number of lives lost at 136 BEO SPRINGS REVIEWS. College and Graded School Open With Large Attendance Handsome Graded School Building boon Will Be Erected Fayetteville Presby- tery Convenes Tomorrow Coast Line Surgeons Meet This Week Death of Mr. A. D. McCallum Personal. Correspondence of The Robesoraan. Red Springs, Oct. 11 From open, ing of term the Southern Presbyter- ian College has been thronged with students many who com& for the first time and have cast in their lots with those, not a few, who have studied here from year to year and know well the advantages and excel - lent instruction this well-equipped col- cuivma. ; lawumj a awic for the most part as that of last year only a few new teachers having been ,j i i. . n .i. . nuucu. xuv wuiiv ui uraiiittiuii auu , classification has progressed rapidly ' and regular sehool work has been ; going on aiier ine nrsi iew uays. I Graded school has also opened with an unprecedented large attendance of boys and girls and with an adequate corps of good teachers. Plans have been decided on for the handsome ne-v building for graded school, which will soon be constructed and which when completed will be an ornament to our town, filling a long-felt want, and adding materially to the convenience and comfort of teachers and pupils. The Wm. Todd Company has been giving a number of entertainments this week in a spacious tent erected near Hotel Red Springs. The enter. tainments are said to be much abovi the ordinary and, in spite of very in clement weather much of the time have been attracting large crowds of people, young and old. Rev. J. J. Hill, D. D.. and Mr. I. W. Hodgin are attending Synod this week i in Greensboro. ing of papers, debates, discussions, etc., by several or the members, is quite an attractive one, and promises to be both interesting and helpful. ., Mr. A. D. McCallum a prominent atfid much esteemed citizen of this community, died on the 27th ult., and was hurried at Philadelphus the fol lowing day. GADDYSV1LLE GRITS. Why Cotton is Off Road Work Slack at Gins Fine Hay Crop. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Fairmont, R. 1, Oct. 10 It is just raining now while we try to write, and the farmers are all sick with the blues, as well as myself. The worst thing that now attacks the planters is the fall in" the price of cotton, which we hope will be better by the time this is in print But, Mr. Farmer, if you will notice it please, cotton always does fall a little about the fifteenth of this month owing to the fact that most of the liens, notes, contracts, are now due, and the farmers are selling their cot ton to settle these matters. It will go up if you hold it, sir! The meeting closed at Pleasant Grove church Sunday. This was a very successful meeting. Seven were added to the church, and the church was, greatly revived. Our rotds have just been worked under the new road law, but with all the work the law is very unfair. Our local gins are not having so very much to do, owing to the great shortage in cotton. Mr. R. G. Inman, of Parkton, was a guest in our 'community Wednes day The general health of the people of , Gaddysville is the best ever known. Hay is exceedingly fine and people i Are harvesting it, while the weather permits. HUERTA CONSTITUTES HTM. SELF DICTATOR OF MEXICO Maxico City Dispatch, 11th. Provisional President Huerta's cony last night whereby he rid himself of Congress and constituted himself dic tator of Mexico, has left the capital in a state of tense expectancy. It was rumored that three Deputies who were most active in precipitat ing the clash, had disappeared. Mexico City Dispatch, 12th. There has been endless speculation regarding the end of Provisional Pres ident Huerta's coup d'etat. Many ap pear to believe that the logical re sult will be a split in the army. which they assert has been held to gether only by the force of General Huerta's personality. They urge that there has been dissatisfaction over Huerta's course in general and that this will test loyalty to the daneer point. They look for startling de velopments in the near future. Charged With Whipping a White Child. Dumpsey Love, a negro girl, was arrested on the streets and lodged in jail this morning by Sheriff R. E. Lewis. The warrant was for whip ping a white child in town. Henry A. Johnson, a business man of L'Anse, Mich., writes: For years, Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds has been our family medicine. We give itto our children who like it on account of its pleas ant taste. It is a safe cure for coughs and colds." It contains no opiates. For sale by all dealers. HEBREWS' HOLIEST DAY. Yost Kinonr Observed End of the Season of 10 Holidays Annnal Meeting of Hebrew Congregation. Quite a number of visitors attend - ed services at the synagogue of the Lumberton Hebrew coneree-ation dur- ing the 10 holidays which began with Rosh Hoshanah. the Jewish New Year on the 1st inst.. and closed It aun- i - down Saturday, from sundown Friday to the same hour Saturday being Yom Kippur, or Day of Atonement, the holiest in the Hebrew calendar, The Statesville Landmark gives the following interesting explanation of this day: 1 "The Yom ha Kippurim, or Day of Atonement, on the 10th day of Tishri v jr rai irviuucr nuij, ia me noil- est day in the Jewish calendar gives expression to the subiimest . . r . i teairntiiKa uz tne Jewish rplicrmn I ( which are: (a) Sin is not an evil pow - : er ruling over man, but merely a weaxness subject to his control; (b) I man is a child of God. and is therefore i certain of the foreivine mercv of God, who will receive him in favor as soon as he returns penitently to mm; c, no priest or any other mediator is necessary to work atone ment for man's sin; he himself can make himself at one with his Maker; (d) one must be reconciled with his neighbor before he ask God's par don. "The Day of Atonement is known as the Sabbath of Sabbaths the Day ! of reconciliation and peace with all the world. The service of the Day, beginning on theeve of Atonement, is a continuous one tnrougnout the entire day. The spirit of the masterly sermon oi Isaiah (57:14), which is the prophetical portion of the morn ings reading, is manifested through out.." All visitors were provided for com fortably at the homes of Messrs. Moses and Joe Blacker and H. Dunie. Nearly all the visitors left for their homes last evening. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Hebrew congregation was held at the syna gogue yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock and the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Mr A. Weinstein president; Mr. S. Wetntein, vice president; Mr. Louis Weinstein, secre tary; Mr. H. Dunie, treasurer. All were elected by acclamation. A TRUE FISH STORY. Mr. John Singletary Disturbs the Meditations of a Trout Swimming in the Road and the Trout Escapes into a Cotton Patch. Mr. Jno. I. Singletary of Back Swamp, who was in town this morn ing, says that out on his farm last week after one of the many heavy rains he found a fish that looked to be a foot in length, and it looked like a trout, lying in road sunning. The fish, which Mr. Singletary thinks must have rained down, made good his es cape, going into a cotton patch, where there was both water and grass. Town Affairs Inching Up Toward Filter Plant. At the regular monthly meeting of the mayor and town commissioners Friday afternoon Town Clerk and Treasurer Page was instructed to communicate with Mr. Gilbert C. White of Charlotte with a view to having plans and specifications for filter plant drawn up. The order heretofore passed requir ing all officials of the town to give bond in regular bonding companies was rescinded, Messrs. Townsepd, Redmond and Thompson voting in favor tpf rescinding the order and Messrs. Hamilton and Walters voting against it. Following the rescinding of this order the bonds of Chief of ronce n. n. Kedfem, $2,000 official ! and $5,000 as tax collector, with iwessrs. u jk. Townsend, W. I. Li.ik- naw, u. M. Fuller and Alf H Leod as sureties, were approved. It wns nrHsruH that WIA r Portsmouth, N. H.. be Daid $3 fiu for loading the cannon balls recently re- cevea ior the cannons loaned the town by Secretary of the Navy Dan- Nefo Burglar Caught in the Act. John White, -colored, who for some time has been shining shoes in the Lumberton barber shop, was caught m, Mr- H- G- Meares fruit tent, on Llm street, last night about 9:30. Mr. Meares left the lights turned on in n nt'- havinE let tnem burn most all the time at night since some one tried to enter the tent some two weeks ago. Messrs Peace Meares and Giles Phillips passed the tent, saw somebody on the inside through the canvas and went in on the negro, who had nothing pocketed up to that time except one can of salmon. The door was unlocked in some way by the negro. It is supposed that he used a hickory stick which he had along, to beat the lock loose. The negro was placed in jail by Night Po liceman Woodberry Flowers to await the consequences. Some say the ne gro's mental capacity is not of the best grade. Death of Mrs. S. P. Alford. Mrs. S. P. Alford of Fairmont died Saturday after an illness of some time and her remains were interred near the home yesterday. Home-Keeping Women Need Health and Strength. The work of a home-keeping wo man makes a constant call on her strength and vitality, and sick ness comes through her kidneys and bladder oftener than 6ht knows. Fo ley Kidney Pills will invigorate and restore her, and weak back, nervous, aching joints, and irregulr.r bladder action will all disappear when Foley Kidney Pills are used. For sali by all dealers. LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS TO DAY. Rounds Oat Full 20 Days Work la tra.State Freight Rate Bill So ate ! Bills of General Interest, The General Assembly will adjourn today, roundin? out the full 20 din allowed. The House bill to orovida the Cor- . poration Commission with a rate ex- per and additional clerical help, to coat not more than $6,000, was passed by the Senate Saturday. Other bills passed by the Senate are: To increase pension of fourth-class pensioners from $30 to $32 a year, this being done without additional appropriation. , To authorize the Historical Com- mission to secure designs and pro- 'mic cnuumkcs iur a euiuiuie monu- II incui, iux iiuiiii -nruiuitt iroops on the Gettysburg battlefield. A bill introduced in the House re. , lating to the graded school district of Maxton, providing that the district e enlarged, taxing a certain part from Scotland county, nrovoked dia- i cussion in the Senate. Senator Mc- Lean of Scotland opposed the bill be cause it would take certain property from his county and tax it to sup port the Maxton school. Senator Mc Leod offered an amendment eliminat ing reference to Scotland county and it was held over to be investigated and agreed upon by the Senators in. teres ted. The Justice intra-State freight-rate bill, which passed the House several days before, passed the Senate Fri day with two important amendments. One of the amendments provides that if the railroads maintain that the rates established by this act are con fiscatory, within sixty days, during which time the operation of the bill shall be suspended, the Governor shall : . . t ; i 1 x . " appuini laree memoeri lo investigate- the claims of the carriers and report their findings to the Governor. The other amendment would exempt for three years any railroad company which within a year has built as much as twenty-five miles of new line, ex clusive of sidetracks and double-tracking, for the purpose of connecting up lines theretofore existing. This amend ment provides, however that, if within three years in the opinion of the Cor poration Commission, these rates should be put into effect on such roads, the commission may so order. The Senate Friday night passed the House resolution providing for the appointment of a commission by the Governor to investigate the conduct of fire insurance companies operating in the State. The Senate Friday in committee of the whole adopted section two of the proposed constitutional amendment on revaaue and taxation. This' sec tion provides for the classification of the subjects of taxation by the Gen eral Assembly; provides that all taxes shall be uniform within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax; and that no income shall be taxed when the property from which the in come is derived is taxed, and that the General Assembly may separate sub jects of taxation for State and local purposes. Also the committee of the whoje Senate adopted amendments Nos. 12, 13, and 14, proposed by the constitutional amendments commis sion, ihese (1) substitute the words "War Between the States" for the words "rebellion"; 42) prevent spec ial charters to corporations by the General Assembly, and (3) require six months school term. All three had beSh adopted by' the House. . Among the bills of general interest that have passed the House: To pro vide that in case of foreclosure of n.KLgcges on rel estate, the sclc shall not be deemed to be closed until 10 days after the advertised sale; that if within ten days the highest bid be increased as much as ten per cin on a sale of $500 or five per cent on sale of mre than $500, the sale shall be reopened and advertised for 15 days voted down by Senate. To give the Superior Court con current jurisdiction with recorder's and municipal courts, so that if the latter take no cognizance of a crime within ninety days after it is com mitted, the Superior Court, through the grand jury, may take cognizance of the case and bring the offender to trial. To provide an additional State bank examiner. This bill provides that the salary and expenses of the additional examiner shall be borne by the State banks and not by the State. Many Teachers Stand Examination. In the examination for public school teachers in Robeson held here Thursday,- Friday and Saturday of last week, 42 white. 25 Indian and 42 colored teachers stood the examina tion. Prof. J. R. Poole says this is the largest number he has ever given the examination at one time. Four stood the State high school examina tion. , Will G. Richmond, a resident of Inglewood, Cal., will answer any in quiries about Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. He says further "Foley's Honey and Tar Compound has great ly benefitted me for bronchial trouble and cough, after I used other reme dies that failed. It is more like a food than a medicine. Do not accept a substitute. For sale' by all deal ers. Mr. T. R. Tolar, who had been undergoing treatment in Richmond, Va., for some time, returned home last night. Hi condition is very much improved. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. Cotton today, 12 cents. Sheriff R. E. Lewis started his rounds collecting taxes today, g ing to Marietta this morning. License has been issued for tk marriage of B. C. Meares and Norn Sanderson, Grady Sessoms and Les lie Britt Mr. U. S. Pajre, of tho tf. S. Navy, who recently underwent aa ope ration in a New York honitAl tnr an pendicitis. arrived here Frid irht and will spend ten days visiting him parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Pare. Mr. A. W. McLean tielivmrA lecture before the literarv nnriotiM of the high school at Antiorh. Hoke county, Friday evenino-. hi anhi beine. Woodrow Wilson. A report of us lecture will be nubliahed in Thnr- day's Robesonian. Prof. J. R. Poole, countv xuoer- intendent of public instruction, will leave tomorrow for Kinston, where he will attend the meeting of the Sooth eastern Uistnct Association of tho county superintendents, which will be held Wednesday to Friday of this week. "Mother," a Pathe feature pie. ture in 2 reels, and "Ma's Apron Strings." Vitagraph comedy, featur ing John Bunny and Harry Morey, will be offered at the Pastimo theatre this evening. The 4th and 5th grades of the graded school will be enter tained this afternoon at 3 o'clock, and tomorrow afternoon all grades above the 5th will be entertained. Master Archibald Wilston, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. McLean, is very sick at the home of his parents, Norjh Chestnut street. It is feared that the child has diphtheria. He has been sick since yesterday. Misses Lilly Townsend of Ten Mile and Rosa Mercer of Bellamy, who recently underwent operations at the Thomp son hospital for appendicitis, left yes terday in their homes. Concert by Oxford Orphanage Sing ing Class Friday Evening. The singing class of the Oxford Or phanage will give a concert ia Lum berton Friday evening, beginning at 8 o'clock. The series of meetings which Rev. Raymond Browning is con ducting will give way for this occas ion and Mr. Browning has tendered the use of his large tent, on Elm street, which has been accepted by the committee having arrangements for the orphans in charge and where this concert will be held. This will give many more people an opportunity to hear the delightful concert these children will give than could be ac commodated anywhere else under shelter in town, and it is hoped that the tent will Re filled. No admission fee will be charged but a collection will be taken for the orphanage, as usual, and all who can do so are asked to give something to help along the noble work the Oxford Orphanage is doing, but no one who is unable to give should stay away from the concert on that account, for it will be free to all. A singing class from this institution, which since its organiza tion in 1872 has aided more than 2, 900 children, visits Lumberton every year and the children always give a delightful concert, are heard with pleasure and are given a good col lection. It is hoped that the record for the State will be broken Friday evenintr in the matter of attendance and collection. Messrs. Frank Gough, J. P. Townsend and W. J. Prevatt are the local committee having the care of the orphans in hand. Representative Clayton Will With draw From Race For Senate. Washington Di? patch, 10th. President Wilson today wrote a personal letter to Representative Hen ry D. Clayton, of Alabama, who is a candidate for the Senate, telling him that it wa3 indispensable to the carrying out of the Democratic par ty's anti-trust programme to have him remain in the House as chairman of the judiciary committee. Representative Clayton tonight is sued the following statement: "Recognizing the President as the head of the party, I do not see how I can refuse to accede to his expressed wishes. I will, however, make a for mal reply to the President's letter in a day or two." Mr. Clayton told friends tonight that he would withdraw from the Senatorial race. He was aDtointl bw Governor O'Neal to fill the unexpired term oi tne late benator Johnston. His credentials were held up, however, through the failure of the Leirisla- ture to provide proper electoral ma chinery. Special Train to ElizabefhHown. The Virginia & Carolina Souther will operate a special train from St Paul's to Elizabethtown tomorrow to accommodate those who want to at tend court at the latter place. The train to Elizabethtown will leave St. Paul's immediately after the arrival of the morning train from Lumber ton. Fayetteville Boosters Coming. A bunch of boosters who will visit 18 towns in this territory 10 in this State and 8 in South Carolina trav eling 191 miles, advertising their town, will leave Fayetteville in autos Wednesday morning. They expect to arrive at St. Paul's at 10 a. ra.; at Lumberton at 11:15, leaving at 11:30 and reaching Fairmont at 12:30, and getting dinner there. Other towns they will visit on the out-bound trip are McDonald and Rowland. On the return trip Thursday they will visit -Maxton and Red Springs, to mention only the towns in this county. wi I'm- for The Rohenor.ian.
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