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VOL XUV NO. 70 LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1913 WHOLE NO. 2907
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NEW BANK BUILDING.
Bank of Lumberton Will Erect Hand,
same Modern Home on Corner Elm
and Chestnut Streets Work of
Tearing Down Building on Site Will
Begin in About Two Weeks Exit
Waverly Hotel.
At a meeting Friday the directors
of the Bank of Lumberton decided to
erect a handsome home for the bank
on the corner of Elm and Third
streets on the lot at present occupied
by the McDonald-" drug store and the
Waverly hotel. The occupants have
been notified that the work of tearing
down will begin in about two weeks,
and it is expected that the new build,
ing will be ready in about six months.
The new building will be Corinthian
style of architecture, pressed brick
and terracotta front, 2 stories, 25x100
feet, 'i There will be 7 or 8 offices on
he second floor. The building will be
modern in every respect, steam heated
vacum cleaning system, modern meth.
od of ventilation. Architect Geo. E.
LaFaye of Columbia, S. C, is in town
today submitting plans for the build
ing. The lot on which the present build
ing stands is 75x125 feet. The bank
building will be on the corner occupied
by the McDonald drug store, 25x100,
and the balance of the lot will be
sold.
Mr. Jno. S. McDonald, manager of
the McDonald Drug Co., says that the
drug store will be moved to the build
ing now occupied by the Farmers &J
Merchants Bank, Elm street, as soon
' as this bank moves into its new build
ing now being erected on the corner
of Chestnut and Fourth, which will
not be before some time in December,
and will move into the McLeod build
ing, Elm and Fourth, when the Bank
of Lumberton moves into its new
home. Unless extension of time is
granted in which to get out Mr. Mc
Donald says it will be necessary for
' the drug store'to close for a while.
Mr. G. Y. Jones, proprietor of the Wa
verly hotel, says he has made no
plans.;
When the Waverly has to go out
of.- business on account of this
building being torn down the town
will" be without a hotel, with the ex
ception of the Lumberton hotel. The
need of the town for a hotel will be
more sadly in evidence than before and
J perhaps somebody will get busy.
The Bank of Lumberton is the old
est bank in the county and has had
a wonderfully successful career. It
has a capital stock of $100,000 and
numbers among its officers and direc
tors some of the best-known and most
successful business men in this sec
tion of the State.
OUT BARKER'S WAY.
Jack Frost Appears Quarterly Meet.
ing Fourth Sunday Personal.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, R. F. D. 1, Oct. 16
We are having some pretty weather
now which Is very much enjoyed
by all the farmers.
Mrs. D. M. Wishart of Lumberton
spent last week with her daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. M. R.
Powers of Barker's.
Miss Eva Powers of Powersville,
who is going to school at Carolina!
College, spent Sunday with her father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Powers.
We were visited last Tuesday night
by Jack Frost.
Mr. George Powers of Barker's
spent last Sunday with relatives at
Lumberton.
The quarterly meeting will bo at
Barker's Methodist church the fourth
Sunday in this month.
Miss Laura Meares of Barker's
spent last week with Misses Sue and
Alice Powers.
Mr. Joseph Russ of Barker's went
to Lumberton Thursday on business.
Mrs. D. M. Wishart spent Thurs
day with Mrs. Loody Powers of Bark
er's. News Letter From Claxton, Ga.
'To the Editor of The Robesonian:
Picking cotton is the order of the
day in this part of the moral vineyard.
Farmers are getting good prices for
their cotton and are well pleased. We
are glad to report the condition of
Mrs. Christian Oxendine as some bet
ter. She was able to go to church
Sunday.
We were glad to have Mr. Luther
Revels of Robeson county in our midst
Tasff week. He arrived in these parts
on the night of the 4th and returned
on the 8th. Mr. Revels is one of our
prosperous farmers, and came out
here with a view of locating a farm.
. We have preaching at Mt Zion
church first and third Sundays in each
month.
We are expecting some more of
our Indian friends with us next year.
We hope they will come' and help
"-build up our school, which we have
just started.
A. J. JACOBS.
Claxton, Ga., R. F. D. 1, Oct 13, 1913.
. License has been issued for the
marriage of D. H. Britt, Jr., and May
Hall. Both ,the contracting parties
riive at McDonald.
REVIVAL MEETING CONTINUES.
Browning-Chamberlain Meeting Will
Last Through This Week Special
Service for Children Yesterday Af
ternoon Other Church Notes.
The '"revival meeting being conduct
ed by Evangelist Raymond Browning
in his tent on Elm street, assisted by
Mr. J. H. Chamberlain, leader of mu
ic, has entered upon its third week
and will last through this week. Ser.
vices are held daily at 10 a. m. and
7:30 p. m. Practically all the mer
chants closed Friday and this morn
ing for the service and have agreed to
close the balance of the week for the
morning service. Housekeepers are
requested to co-oprate with the mer
chants by not placing orders for de
livery during the hour for service.
A wonderful service was held
Thursday evening. Just before he in
tended to begin preaching Mr. Brown
ing" txtended an invitation to all who
had determined to lead a new life and
were ready to profess faith to come
forward, and so remarkable was the
response, extending over half an hour
or more, while the choir and audience
sang several songs, that Mr. Browning
decided not to preach. Several times
Mr. Browning was on the point of
closing the invitation when others
would start forward. After this many
responded to an invitation to return
thanks to God for some special bless
ing and then the service, which
many pronounced the most wonderful
they had ever been in, was closed.
""fifesterday afternoon Mr. Browning
conducted another special service for
children. This service was attended
by about 1,100 people and was very
much enjoyed both by the children
and the grown-ups. A special feature
was. a delightful duet by two email
children whose names have not been
learned. Another special service for
children will be held next Sunday af
ternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
Another large congregation attend
ed the service last evening and many
responded to the invitations extended.
A feature of this service was a quar
tet by Messrs. F. Gough, J. P. Steph
ens, C. B. Skipper and E. B. Free
man. There were no services in
other churches in town last evening.
Tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock
the regular monthly meeting of the
woman's missionary society of Chest
nut Street Methodist church will be
held in the ladies' parlor at the church.
At the regular service at Barker's
next Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
Rev. A. McCullen, presiding elder, will
preach and then will follow the com
munion of the Lord's Supper. Mr.
McCullen will preach again Monday
morning at 11 o'clock, dinner will be
served on the grounds, after which the
fourth quarterly conference of St.
Paul's circuit, of which Rev. A J.
Groves is pastor, will be held
Rev. J. Frank Gorrel!, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, returned Friday
evening from Center, njar Maxton, at
which place he attended the meeting
of Fayetteville Presbytery. Mr. Ab
ner Nash, one of the elders of the
Fresbyterian church, went as the reg
jlar delegate from the Lumberton
chjrch, but he returned Wednesday
evening.
28 Persons Killed in Explosion and
Fall of Dirigible Balloon.
Berlin Dispatch, 17th.
Twenty-eight persons were killed
today near Johannisthal, in the ex
plosion and fall of Count Zeppelin's
latest dirrigible balloon, the "fi-H."
The twenty-eight men represented the
entire personnel of the Admiralty
Board which was to conduct the final
trial of the dirrigible looking to its
acceptance by the government as a
new unit of the German aerial navy,
the pilot and crew and the invited
guest3.
Every person that wet aloft in
the big airship is dead. Trenty-seven
of them were killed almost instantly
by the explosion of gas in tho big bal
1( n, or burnt to death ac "the flaming
wnvk fell to the und from a height
of W0 feet and anve'eped them. One
man,, Lieutenant Baron Von Bluel, of
the .'ieen Augu a Grenadier Guards,
a guest of the Admiralty Board was
extricated alive from the mass of
twisted wreckage. His eyes were
burned out and he suffered other terri
ble hurts. He died tonight.
The "L-H" had it proved suc
cessful would have been attached to
the aerial corps of the navy, which
after today's fatalities now has only
two men trained to command airships.
The official report of the accident
says the explosion was due to igni
tion of gas in or above the forward
gondola, but not within the body of
the airship.
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CONCERT BY ORPHANS.
Singing Class of Oxford Orphanage
Give a Splendid Concert to an Au
dience of More Than 2,000 Collec
tion A moan t a to $271.75 and May
Reach $300.
The singing class of the Oxford Or
phanage gave a concert here Friday
evening under Evangelist Browning's
large tent on Elm street. The enter
tainment was fine and was enjoyed by
an unusually large crowd. The capac
ity of the tent is about 2000 and it
was not large enough -for the crowd
that assembled; several hundred stood
on the outside. The sides of the tent
were lowered in order that those rn
the outside might see and hear.
Just before the entertainment start
ed Mr. Frank Gough made a brief
talk mentioning some of the great
things being accomplished by the Ox
ford Orphanage and other orphanages
of the State. As a member of the
committee on arrangements from the
local lodge of Masons he expressed
appreciation of the kindness of Mr.
Browning in tendering his tent for 'ie
concert.
The entertainment consisted of cho.
ruses, songs, solos, duets, recitations,
monologues and the like, and tverv
number was well rendered The -JSs
10 girls and 4 boys was in charge
of Mr. L. W. Alderman and Miss Max
well, teachers of the orphans ge.
In the midst of the program a col
lection was taken fo- the benefit of
the orphanage. Just before tn col
lection Rev. J. W. Bradlev. oator of
I Chestnut Street Maihodiut church.
made a few remarks in the interest of
the worthy cause the orphanage rep
resents. ' Before the collection wqas
taken he called fo" large contribu
tions and two $25 checks were receiv.
nJ. some for $15 and some for $10
nnd great number of checks for $5.
Trf-M general coilection was taken
Since the entertainment a number of
checks have been handed in to Mr. M.
W. Floyd, treasurer of the local lodge
of Masons, several small checks being
received this morning. The, total con
tributions amount to $271.75 and
they are still coming in. No admis
sion -was charged. The entertainment
was free for all.
At the conclusion of the entertain
ment Mr. Alderman expressed on
o.'h.ilf of the orphanage, his appre
ciation cf the hearty receptio ; sriven
the class, and the large conh ;hution.
He also expressed appreciation of Mr.
Bro.nir g'.s ndness ii. giving the
tent.
Mr. li'owping was nt p-esent at
the concert. He and M s Browning
and Mr. Cha berl-in, the sinrrer. went
rrifiny mining tc Bennett wille S. C,
where they atter-iled the ? '"in ser
vice of a m eting being conducted
l hero by Dr. Morrison, even -list, of
I entuncvr, and his singer Mr. Chas.
Tilman. This is the first opportunity
that Messrs. Browning and Chamber,
lain have had since starting their
meeting here to get away, and this is
tho reason they were not at the con
cert; but before going Mr. Browning
wrote a check for $15 to be given to.
the crphans.
The children of the orphanage while
in town were entertained in the p'i
vate homes of members of the local
lodge of Masons.
Negro Man Shot and Killed by 12.
Year.Old Negro Boy.
Alex McMillan, colored, about 12
years old, shot and killed Jack Mc
Leod, also colored, Saturday night
about 8 or 9 o'clock at McNatt's near
Shannon. A shot gun was used and
the load took effect in McLeod's chin,
killing him instantly. The killing took
place at the home of the boy who did
the shooting. McLdbd was a man
possibly about 25 years old and it is
said that he entered the McMillan
home through the kitchen window, and
that Alex, who, with two other smaller
children, was in another part of houes
heard McLeod in the kitchen, got the
gun and shot him. McLeod's object in
entering the house as he did is not
known.
Sheriff R. E. Lewis, County Physi
cina B. W. Page and Coroner G. E.
Rancke went yesterday afternoon to
McNatt's. An inquest was held and
Sheriff Lewis brought Alex McMillan
to town and he was lodged last eve
ning in jail:
Quite a gale today, and cold; feels
like fringe of winter.
LUMBERTON'S EXTRA
WATCH LUMBERTON
RED SPRINGS REVIEWS.
New Baptist Pastor Arrives.
Meeting of Fayetteville Presbytery
Personal and Other Items.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Red Springs, Oct. 17 Rev. A. C.
Sherwood, the new pastor of the Bap
tist church, has arrived with his
family and they occupy a cottage on
Church street. Mr. Sherwood has
made quite a fine impression. He
preached an excellent sermon last
Sunday in the Presbyterian church, in
response to an invitation from Dr. J.
J. Hill, pastor of that church.
Dr. and Mrs. J. L. McMillan re
turned today from Montgomery, Ala.,
where they attended the annual meet
ing of the A. C. L. surgeons on the
lth and 15th inst. They report a
good attendance, interesting program,
the most cordial hospitality on the
part of the local surgeons, and alto
gether a most enjoyable vacation. Dr.
B. F. McMillan and daughter, Miss
Genevieve, also attended this con.
vention and on their return trip stop,
ped over in Troy, Ala., to visit rela
tions. They will arrive at homo in
a few days.
Mr. James G. Williams and wife
have just returned from an extended
visit to their old home in Culpepper,
Va. Their many friends hope that
the report that Mr. Williams con
templates moving back to Virginia in
the near future is unfounded. They
would indeed be greatly missed in
Red Springs.
-Mrt-U-rt McEachern has just re
turned from Tarboro, where she went
as a delegate to State meeting of
the U. D. C, from the U. D, C.
chapter here.
The friends of Rev. Wm. Black,
who is well known and much loved
in this community are pained to
know of his affliction and sincerely
hope the threatened loss of his eye
sight may be averted. He is in
Philadelphia under the care of a spec,
ialist.
Presbytery of Fayetteville held its
fall meeting at old Center church and
on the 14th inst. celebrated the cen
tennial of its organization. The ex
ercises were quite interesting and the
addresses of a high order.
' Another circus is to arrive in Red
Springs on 28th, much to the de
light of the small boys and some of
the larger ones as well.
Several wagons filled with "jyrsies
are in or near town tonight. They
arrived late this afternoon and were
seeking a suitable place for camp
ing. Mrs. B. F. McMillan returned Thurs
day night from a visit of several days
to relatives and friends in Maxton
and Laurinburg.
An Exciting Runaway Double-Barreled.
There was quite an exciting runa
way on the streets Friday afternoon
when a horse hitched to a buggy be
longing to Mr Dan McNeill came from
somewhere, nobody seems to know
where, and went down Elm street in
a mighty big hurry. The horse went
down Elm street to the Seaboard tSa.
tion, and in turrufrg caught the buggy
behind an iron stake, which stopped
that part of the runaway. The buggy
shafts were broken to same extent, and
the harness needed some fixing. The
runaway puljed off' by Mr. McNeill's
horse got some life into ahorse be
longing to Mr. J. F. Graves", which
was hitched althe station, and it look
ed for a while like the runaway had
just begun. The Graves horse broke
loose and proceeded to runaway right,
going up the embankment near the
station which is something like five
or six feet high, tearing the buggy
to which he was hitched up to some
extent, and arranging for the harness
mender to get another job. This run
away steed waited at the top of the
embankment for somebody to come
and get him. Neither horse was hurt.
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LOCAL COTTON MARKET
Mill ia Lumberton on the Average
Pay More for an Equal Grade Than
Any Neighboring Market Often
Pay Above Real Price of Staple.
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
Noting your criticism of the local
cotton market, permit me, as one of
the buvers on this market, to sav
that you have written an article cat.
culated to injure your town; and, evi
dently, without getting reliable in.
formation.
I will admit that some of our neigh
boring markets paid more than we
paid, or could afford to pay, the last
week or ten days in September. Why,
I cannot sav. exeantintr that thev
were likewise paying more than New
York, and a few other well-known
markets. There is a suspicion that
they paid these prices because they
had made forward sales for Septem
ber shipmeat, and were forced to get
the cotton before the first day of Oc
tober. This speculative tendency is
far more prevalent imong the mer.
chants in small towns than most peo
ple suspect, but it is absolutely un
known in Lumberton.
Looking into the records the day
the article referred to appeared in
your paper, I find that the highest
price claimed for Fayetteville that day
wax 13.15. There is no doubt that
this was paid only for strict good
middling. This grade is worth any.
where from 40 to 70 points more than
middling the New York difference ct
this time being 68 points. Our basis
middling price the same day was 12.75,
or at least 13.15 for strict good mid
dling. On the same day, J Lougm
from Monroe 50 bales strict good mid
dling at 13.15, If you know enough
about cotton to safely criticiso your
home market, you know that the sta
ple and general body of Union and
Anson cotton is far superior to that
grown in this section, or any othei
section in the Carol inas. Nevertheless,
had there been any strict good mid
dling on this market on that day, our
price wuld have been at least 1314
to 1314 cents.
The cotton mills in Lumberton, on
the average, pay more for an equal
grade, month in and out, than any
of our neighboring markets, unless
that neighboring market has a lower
rate to ship side; and I believe I can
safely say that the mills I represent
(in their efforts to attract a large
amount of cotton to this market) cop
tribute more each year in excess cf
cotton's real worth, than all the nevs
pers of the State will contribute for a
like cause in a generation.
At times, when it seems that the
bottom is about to drop out of the
market, and these phenominal bull
buyers you point to receive wires di
recting them to get off the markets,
we continue to buy. and have not been
( guilty of taking undue advantage .f
such a situation. These instances
occur oftener than you would think.
H. B. JENNINGS.
Lumberton, N. C, Oct. 18, 1913.
Talk of Trolley Line from Red Springs
10 rinenurst.y
Moke County Journal.
The Journal zhet a story of a
p. riihle trollev line from Red Springs
to Pinehurst by way of Raeford and
Southern Pines, not because the pro
ject is coming with any authority for
the road, but because the talk fore-
8nadows what may be a possibility.
From Red Springs by way of An.
tioch to Raeford and from Raeford
to Southern Pines opening all that
vast country in northern Hoke, and
from Southern Pines to' Pinehurst is a
route not impossible. The scheme is
passed along for what it is worth.
Fayetteville Boosters.
Mention of the Fayetteville boosters
was crowded out of Thursdays paper.
They were here Wednesday about 60
strong, traveling in autos a jolly
crowd of good fellows out to boost
their town and draw trade. They
spent only a short while in Lumberton.
Mr. A. M. Moore, editor and owner of
the Fayetteville Index, came with the
crowd and remained all day, having
some type set up at The Robesonian
office for his paper, his lintoype opera
tor having pulled out and left him in
a hole.
Mr. and Mrs. Alf H. McLeod ex
pect to leave this evening for Wash
ington, D. C, where they will probably
spend two or three days, and from
there they will go to Baltimore, New
York and other Northern cities. They
expect to be away about ten days or
two weeks.
Rev. Wesley Thompson of McDon
ald is in town today.
A short business meeting of St.
Alban's Lodge No. 114, A. F. & A. M.,
tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock. Im
portant business.
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BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
Best cotton today, 13.3125 cent.
Miss Agnes McLean left Friday
for Baltimore, Mdi, where she win
take a course in music at Peabody'a
Conservatory of Music
Mr. Wallace Norment has accent
ed a position as salesman in the hard
ware department of R. D. Caldwell 4
Son's department store. He betran
work Friday.
Mr. H. M. McAllister, who with
Mr. G G. French for sce.al vear
has owned and conducted the opera
house, 6th and Elm Sta., has purchased
the French interest and now rli
owner cf the property.
Mr. L. W. Reddick of I.a mar. S
C, has been in town for several Hv
Mr. Reddick likes Robeson so well that
he is expecting to buv a farm nH
move his family here this winter. II.
couldn't do a more sensible thing.
-Mr. Charley Powers, who for
some time had held a DOsition ah
salesman in the grocery store of II
m n -
m. ueasiey and Bro., resigned Thurs
day to accept a oosition an travi;na
salesman for the Piedmont Tobacco
Company of Danville, Va.
Robert. 8-year.old son of Mr. ami
Mrs. N. P. Andrews, has been confined
with typhoid fever for the rat 9
days at the home of his parents on
East Fifth street He is getting along
as well as could be expected, his condi
tion today being considered favorable.
Mr. Geo. M. Whitfield returnmt
this morriing-from Wilmington, where
yesterday he attended the funeral of
Mr. A H. Morris, who died Savirday
morning at his home in Wilmington.
Mr. Morris wa the fatherinlaw of
Mr. Malcum Whitfield, son of Mr.
Geo, M. Whitfield.
Mr. J. B. Richardson U th rhm
pion Irish potato raiser of Lumberton.
Some time last summer he brought
the editor of The Robesonian
of the largest and most delicious po
tatoes he ever saw, raised by Mr.
1 Richardson in his garden, and Satur
day ne Drought the editor some beau
ties of his second crop. These second
crop potatoes raised by Mr. Richard,
son are about as large as most people
raise first crop.
Mrs. Geo. B. McLeod and daue-h.
ter, Miss Irene, expect to leave this
! evening for Baltimore, Md., where in
the womarj hospital Miss Irene will
J undergo an operation for throat trou
1 ble from which she has been suffering
I some time. They may stay in. Balti
imore until Christmas. If Miss Mc
. Leod's operation do; not prove too
serious she probably will take a spec
1 ial course in music at Peabody's Con
(servatory of Music.
I Prof. H. L. Edena and familv.
who had been living in Pembroke for
the past six years, have moved back
to Lumberton and are occupying Mrs.
Daisy Jenkins' house on East Fifth
street. Three of Prof. Edens children
are with him and his daughter Miss
Mary is teaching the eighth and ninth
grades at Forest City high school,
Rutherford county. Prof. Edens will
teach the Glennwood school, near
Pembroke, again this year, driving to
school from Lumberton daily.
School will open in about two weeks.
Downie & Wheeler's Circus Here To.
day Howe's Circus Last Thurs.
day.
Downie & Wheeler's big circus is in
town today and a large crowd is here.
There 'was a street parade about
11:30 o'clock and the performance at
the tent, Chestnut and Sixteenth
streets, began about 1 o'clock this af
ternoon. There will be no evening
performance on account of the con
dition of the lot on which the tents
have been erected. The ground is so
soft anJ boggy that the managers of
the circus are afraid that if they
should give an evening performance,
as they usually do, , they would not
be able to get off the lot in time to
make their engagement for tomorrow.
judging irom the parade the circus is
about an average of its kind.
Howe's Great London Show wan
here last Thursday, giving an after
noon and evening performance. It'e
tents were raised on the vacant pro
perty east of the V. & C. S. station.
between First and Railroad streets.
This is a large circus can-vine crpat
many animals. Its performances were
hardly above the average. A large
crowd was here Thursday.
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