THE ROBES
OMAN
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VblTXUV NO. 71 LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1913. WHOLE NO. 2908
MASS MEETING FOB MEN.
OUT SADDLE TREE WAY.
EAST TO HAVE NEXT GOVERNOR
MR. ASHLEY HORN! PASSES.
UTMOST SECRECY OBSERVED
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
Evangelist Browning Will Preach to
Men Only at 3:30 O'clock Sunday
Afternoon His Subject will, be
"Victor or Victim- Revival will
Continue at Least Until Sunday
Night and Possibly Into Next Week.
Evangelist Raymond Browning will
preach to. men only Sunday afternoon
at 3:30 o'clock at his large tent on
Elm street. His subject will be "Vic
tor or Victim." All men and boys of
the community are cordially invited to
attend this service. Mr. Browning will
have something to say that will he
helpful.
Atendance at the morning service
this week has been better than here
tofore, and at every service, morning
and evening, the sympathy of the
congregation seems keener, the earn,
estness deeper, than at the preceding
service. Last evening a large num.
ber professed faith. Some forty odd
professed faith at the service Sunday
evening. Considerably over a hundred
have professed faith since the series
of meetings began.
The cool weather of the past few
days has cut down the congregation
somewhat at the evening service, but
stoves have been placed in the tent
and when they are properly fired the
tent is altogether comfortable. The
coolness last evening toward the close
of the services was due to the fact
that the fires were allowed to die
down.
Serivces will be held this evening at
7:30, tomorrow and Saturday at 10 a.
m. and 7:30 p. m. and Sunday at 11
a. m., and 3:30 and 7:30 p. m. No
Services have been announced be.
yond Sunday night.
Matters of Vital Importance to Be
Considered.
To the Members of the First Baptist
Church :
All the members of the First Bap
tist church who can possibly do so ore
requested to attend the services of
their church next Sunday. Matters of
vital importance to the church should
be considered and acted upon before
, the meeting of the Association, which
will convene next week. The demands
are urgent. I call for a large at
tendance next Sunday and confidently
expect a splendid response on the part
of our congregation.
C. H. DURHAM, Pastor.
TAXES REDUCED.
As a Result of Reductions in Rate
Amount of Taxes Due for This Year
is Less Tax Collector Redfern
Makes Clean Sweep.
Chief of Police H.H. Redfern, whose
duty is to collect the town taxes, made
yesterday final settlement with the
town for last year's taxes and at the
same time the books were turned over
to him for the collection of this year's
taxes and he is now calling on the tax
payers of Lumberton for this year's
dues.
The chief's final report of last year's
collection shows the following: He
was charged with $21,832.23, this be
ing the amount of taxes due tlie town
as shown by the books. Of this
amount $229 was uncollectable, this
being for property improperly listed,
etc. But he found unlisted $783.63,
all of which he collected; therefore
the amount he collected and paid to
the town totals $22,386.8if which :.s
$584.63 more than he was charged
with.
For this year the chief is chargsd
with $21,563.97, this being the amount
of taxes due for this year As will
Le observed, he is charged with S268.
26 less than last year, which is due to
the fact that the tax rate has been
lowered.
Chief Redfern did sorm- fine col
lecting on last year's taxes and he
hay. that the folks might just as well
get ready to pay this year's dues,
for he means to clean up what the
town has charged him with.
4)ver 200 Entombed in Mine.
Dawson, N. Mex., Dispatch, 22d
Two hundred and thirty miners, ac
cording to an unofficial estimate, were
entombed shaft No 2, of the Stag
Canon Mines here when an explosion
occurred in the property at 3 o'clock
this afternoon.
Two men found on an upper level
were taken from the mint tonight.
Rescuers were called from all parts
of the Southern Colorado coWfields,
-The day shift working in shaft No
2, numbered 230 persons.
The cause of the explosion is un
known. Fire has not broken out
though smoke was seen issuing from
the second level of the shaft. It was
believed by rescuers "that the smoke
came from the explosion and not
from fire.
Cotton Markets Public Schools
Starting Up Other Items.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, R. 2, Oct. 22 This
morning feels very much like winter
he came. There is plenty of frost
and ice. The time has come when the
poor children can drink ice water.
I was in town last Monday and saw
plenty of children there barefooted
and I heard one man say that he was
not able to get his little ones shoes,
but he was able to go into the show.
Rev. and Mrs. M. A. Stephens and
their children, Esther, Velma and
Clara, spent the week-end with their
son and daughter-in-law Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Stephens.
We have had some fine weather for
the last ten days and the farmers
are making good use of it.
As to the cotton market at Lumber
ton, at Red Springs it is always from
one-eighth to one-quarter higher than
at Lumberton, and cotton seed are
bringing five cents more per bushel at
Red Springs and have been a!' the fall.
I hear that free school is going to
start at a good many places the first
Monday in November and all the
children must go on that day.
The writer lost a very fine ho last
week. It would have weighed 350 lbs.
dressed.
Along Route 4.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, R. F. D. 4, Oct. 20
Rev. I. P. Hedgpeth filled his regular'
appointment here Sunday, but on ac
count of bad weather the crowd was
not very large.
Mr. Luther Carter of Maysville is
spending a few days with home folks
here. He is expected to start for
Graceville, Fla., tomorrow where he
will spend about two weeks before re
turning to his work.
Miss Mary Livermore of Red
Springs made a very interesting talk
here Sunday night. Her subject was
"The condition of the world.".
The wedding bells will soon be
ringing again. May the good work
continue until everybody is perfectly
happy.
There will be preaching here again
next Sunday night at 7 o'clock; every
body is invited to come.
Auto Turns Turtle as Result of Fast
Running and Quick Curves.
Going at the rate of forty miles
an hour Mr. Willie McGill turned his
auto completely over near Rowland
Monday afternoon. Mr. Sam D.
Strain and Miss Belle Townsend, both
of Lumberton, were in the car when it
turned over. Fast running and quick
curves was the cause of the car-wreck.
Jt looks like a miraculous escape that
nobody was killed. Mr. Strain was
somewhat shaken up and Mr. Town
send was treated in the same man.
ner. Mr. Strain says that the car
vas right on top of his body and still
in wonderful motion when he had time
to see what had happened; and the
first thing he saw of Miss Townsend,
she was way out "n a tobacco io!d
On being asked if she was hurt much
she replied that if she wasn't she
was mighty badly scared.
Aftermath of Moss Neck Battle.
Much hath been written concern
ing the now-famous battle at Moss
Neck on the 9th inst. when a crowd
gathered for a mill pond fishing. The
cases of some of those engaged in
the affray was set for trial today
before Recorder Rowland in Lumber-
ton; butthere was no trial; counsel ar
ranged matters as follows for their
clients: Walter Oxendine, Indian, as
sault with deadly weapon, 2 cases,
prayer for judgment continued until
November 20 on payment of costs;
W. M. Lowrey, Indian, simple as
sault, same; Sandy and Locke McAr.
thur, colored, assault with deadly
weapon, dismissed; Herbert Lowrey,,
Indian, assault with deadly
weapon, continued to November 20.
The last-named is a deputy sheriff
and is supposed to have fired the shot
which went astray and shattered a
leg of Rena McNeill, colored. The
woman is not able to attend trial
now.
Mr. Mack Byrd Dies in State Hospital.
Mr. Mack Byrd died in the State
Hospital at Raleigh Tuesday n orning,
was brought to Lumberton Tuesday,
day night, yesterday was taken tc
r'roctorville, and thence to hi: heme
near Fairmont, where the remains
were laid to rest in the family burying
grounds yesterday afternoon. Mr.
Byrd's health had been bad for some
time and he had been in the State hos
pital for some two or three months.
He was 62 years old, and leaves a
wife and four children to mourn their
loss.
Gubernatorial Situation Discussed
Four Men Whose Names Have Been
Mentioned.
In the news columi.s of Monday's
Charlotte Observer there was an in
teresting article about the guberna
torial situation in the State. Already
the names of four leading citizens
have been mentioned for the honor,
savs this article, and there are several
others "viewing the landscape o'er"
before they will allow their friends to
hazard the suggestion of their pusi
hie candidacy. "The name of M. T. i
W. Bickett, the present State Attor
ney General, has been talked of for
the ast year or so, and also t'-at of
Mr. A. W. McLean of Lumberton, one
of the foremost lawyers of the State."
Laely Mr. E. L. Daughtridge of
Edgecombe county and Mr. Jno. D.
Bellamy of Wilmington have loomed
up as possible candidates. Naturally,
being wise in their day and genera
tion, none of these gentlemen has
"been willing to vouchsafe anything
definite in the way of an admission or
denial of purpose so far as the nom
ination is concerned." The time is too
far off. It would not do to start a
campaign now. Of Mr. McLean the
Observer article says:
"Mr. A. W. McLean is a leading
member of the Lumberton bar and a
gentleman of substance and ability
which is recognized from one end of
the State to another. He has always
been a pewerf ul factor In the political
affairs of the State and has served
the party well in various capacities.
His name has been suggested for
months and in the general estimation
would be able to carry the territory
up and down the Seaboard from Char
lotte to his home town as well as
command a strong following in other
districts."
The writer concedes that, according
to time honored custom, the east will
have the selection of the next occu
pant of the gubernatorial chair, and
all these gentlemen are from the
' east.
It is noted, however, that there has
been talk that the central section of
the State should have the selection
of the next Governor, and the names
of several influential gentlemen resid
ing in the so-called Piedmont section
have been advanced. The writer con
cludes that it is hardly probable that
any of these gentlemen from the cen
tral section will enter the race this
time. "The only contingency that
migh bring this to pass would be the
inability of any one of the four al
ready suggested to secure a sufficient
ly strong following to win out in the
convention."
A material factor to be considered
is the leaning of those idready in
power the influence of Governor
Craig, of Senators Simmons and
Overman. Should either of these
throw his influence on the side of any
candidate it would be a powerful fac
tor. The wrier concludes, "it is expected
that the coming months will witness
much moving and shifting about of the
pawns on the political chesboard."
Collection for Orphans Reaches S300
Mr. M. W. Floyd, treasurer of, the
local Masonic lodge, mailed yesterday
a certified check for $300 to the Ox
ford Orphanage, Lumberton's collef-
tion for the singing class of that in-
stitiition which gave a concert here
last Friday night. In mentioning the
concert in Monday's paper it was
stated that the collection was grow.
ing and would probably reach $300
It reached that figure yesterday. Lum.
berton always contributes liberally
when the orphans come around, but
this time collection was larger than
ever before, owing largely to the fact
that the use of Evanglist Brorwning's
tent, where the concert was given,
enabled a larger crowd than usual
estimated at 2,500 to hear the con
cert. Charlotte, it is understood, is
the only other town in the State that
has beaten Lumberton's collection for
this worthy cause.
LUMBERTON'SIEXTRA
WATCH LUMBERTON
Well.Known and Wealthy Confederate
Veteran of Clayton Dies Suddenly
Once Candidate for Governor.
Raleigh Times, 22d.
The death of Mr. Ashley Home, fo
Bidden and .-startling, fr.m disease
r.i the hear at his home at Clayton
at one o'clock this mornm. gives a
great shock his friends in Raleigh
.-.id all over thw State. I7o had up.
pointments here today of an. important
cl-aracter. He wa:; a fo: tier president
of the State fair and wai r.ere Tues
day attending it. !;i company with
G. vernor Craig the exhibits in several
tS'u i liients we re in iv cU'ii. !
Mr. Home was 72 years of age, a
native of Johrson county and served
splendidly in the Confederate service
in a North Carolina infantry regiment.
When the war ended he had not a dol
lar but his pluck and business judg
ment, so he began life as a clerk at
Clayton, and later opened a small
store there. This was the beginning
of his great fortune, which amounts
to considerably more than a million
dollars.
He was one of the largest land
holders in all eastern North Carolina,
having over 9,000 acres of land in
Johnson county, lying for miles be
tween Clayton and Smithfield, and he
operated more plows than any other
man in the State. A great deal of
his land is worth $500 an acre, and
much of it is splendidly timbered.
He became one of the leading busi
ness men of the eastern section and
in his own town built up large enter
prises. His mercantilebusiness was
extremely important there and he was
the president of the Clayton Cotton
Mills, and the Clayton Cotton Oil &
Fertilizer Co. .
le had served in the Legislature,
i.r;d in 1908 was one of the three
candidates fo the Democratic r.omi.
'.ation for Governor, making a canvass
oi the Ftate. rT. felf a g'ca; interest
1.1 ikies and b ! j : .. .eral cri
..' i:: cr a gr .. t nv-' years to the
Democratic campaign fund. His lib
erality in various directions was mark
ed and whole-hearted.
In 1912 he gave a commission to
one of the best artists in the United
States for a group of statuary,, to be
placed in the Capitol Square here, as a
memorial to the North Carolina Wo
men of the Confederacy, setting apart
$10,000 for this noble purpose. This
memorial will be dedicated next May
and will face the new tSate adminis.
tration building. .
He was chairman of the tSate build
ing commission which erected the ad
ministration building. At the last ses.
sion of the Legislature Mr. Home
was named as the ehairman of the
commission to erect at FayettevHe, a
home for Women of the Confederacy
Mr. Home is survived by hi j wife
who was Miss Beckwith of Johnston
county, by a son, Mr. Charles W.
Home, and two daughters, Miss Swa'i.
nanoa Home and Mrs. McCulldv-, all
residing in Clayton.
messapr from CIar: states t!;at
the funeral will take place on Thurs
day afrpir-on at hal'-pss', three
o'clock.
Former City Officials Haled Into
Court.
St. Louis, Mo. Dispatch, 22d.
The indictment of 23 former officials
of East St. Louis, 111., on charges
growing out of an investigation of al
leged municipal irregularities, was
characterized by State's Attorney
Webb as the forerunner of other in
dictments to be returned by the grand
jury.
Those under indictment tonight in
clude a former mayor, a former city
treasurer, two former comptrollers,
two former heads of city departments.
12 former aldermen and the present
chief of detectives. All these were
a part of the administration of Chas
S. Lambert, who retired from the
mayoralty last spring, being succeed
ed by Mayor Chamberlain, who was
elected on a reform platform.
1
Nothing Likely to Be Given Out About
Mexican Situation Until After Elec
tion Oct. 26.
Washington Dispatch, 22d.
State department officials today de.
clined to discuss in any way the in
quiries made by Ambassador Page in
London in respect to Great Britain's
attitude in Mexico.
It was evident that hjatever is
passing between Great Britain and the
United States on the latest phase of
the Mexican situation, the utmost se
crecy is to be observed. At the White
House there was positively no infor
mation available and Secretary Bryan
who spent the entire day at home
working on foreign matters, displayed
extreme reticence. Diplomats were
of the opinion that there would be no
further conversations, but that they
were not likely to occur until after
October 26, the date set for the Mexi
can elections. A new expression of
policy is expected from the United
States immediately after that date.
No developments of importance in
the internal situation in Mexico were
reported except the arrival at Vera
Cruz of General Felix Diaz, which
John Lind promptly cabled to the
State Department without comment.
The dispatch of warships to Mexi
can waters by European countries
brought forth no comment from offi
cials here. It is known that this ac
tion is not regarded by the United
States as conflicting with the desire
of this Government for. a free hand
in dealing with the Mexican prob.
Hospital for Sore Head Chickens.
To the rear of one of the many mod .
em homes in Lumberton some br'ck
are being placed. A reporter of The
Robesonian inquired of the go 1 lady
of i his home if tl.?r are ro be any
changes made in this already lovely
home, but she says there is nothing
for publication says she might build
a flower pit, but thinks she will build
a hospital for sore-head chickens.
Many brick are being placed on the
lot and if a flower pit is built it in all
probability will be a nice one; and if
tho hospital is erected the institu
tion in all probability will be Veil pa
tronized, for many chickens of tht
town that aught to be good subjects
for a "fried chicken drah" are suffer
ing the agonies of this awful chicken
disease. If this good lady erects
this "chicken saver" and succeeds in
'striking a fatal blow to this monster
chicken disease she will have made
a step up the ladder of fame. "Hospi.
tal for sore-head chickens." It has
not been learned who will be '.he phy.
sician in charge or who will be super
intendent of nurses.
Judge Duls' will Resign Next Week.
Today's Charlotte Observer has the
following:
"Judge Charles H. Duls' formal note
of resignation, surrendering the office
to which he was appointed by Gover
nor Locke Craig last July, which has
been in the custody of friends in Char
lotte for the past sonth, will be for
warded to Raleigh Friday, October 31,
and the proposition willthen be pre
sented of who shall be appointed
to succeed him. The name of Mr. Wil
liam F. Harding of the local bar is
one of the most frequently heard and
unless all indications fail, he will
doubtless be tendered the office with,
out delay. It is generally regarded
as more than likely that Governor
Craig will act with dispatch in mak
ing the appointment, following the
precedent which he set in the naming
of Judge Devin to the honor. The fact
that Mecklenburg is far behind in its
court calendar will have the effect of
hastening this appointment. There is
every reason to believe that Charlotte
will have another judge by the end of
the first week in the coming month."
At Point of Death.
Just before The Robesonian went to
press this afternoon Mr. W. S. Wish,
art received a 'phone message from
Wilmington to the effect that Mrs.
L. J. Birthright, who has for some
time been living with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Neal Pitt
man, in that city, was at the point
of death. hSe had been unconscious
for two days. Mrs. Birthright lived in
Lumberton priorr to going to Wilm
ington to live and' is well known here.
She suffered a stroke of paralysis
some time ago. She is about 77 years
old.
Ii a wreck of a special troop icain
near State Line, Miss , Sunday 1?
oidiers were killed. Of the 174 sol
diers rn the train scarcely a half doz
fn ";rnned injury.
Best cotton today, 13.625 cental.
Heavy frost Tuesday morning,
the first really truly frost of th sea.
son.
Mr. G. S. McKenzie is confined
at his home with lagrippe. One of Mr.
McKenzie's children has also been
very sick for several days.
License has been issued for the
marriage of Earnest P. William and
Lillian McNair, John Pittman and
Kxie Pate, Alex. Killie and Fmma
Singletary.
Mr. Joe S. Thompson, who iom
time ago underwent a serious opera
tion for appendicitis at Thompson's
hospital, was able to return to hi3
home at Fairmont today.
Mr. C. C. Baxley of Buie was a
Lumberton visitor yesterday, and re
membered The Robesonian, which he
says he cannot get along without.
Mr. W. O. Blake, Farmers' Union
organizer for Robeson, will be at Long
Branch school house Saturday of this
week in the afternoon for the purpose
of reorganizing the Long Branch lo
cal. Mr. Blake is anxious that all the
farmers of the community go out,
whether in sympathy with the Union
or not.
Mr. A. Spivey of aSIters Depot,
S. C, arrived yesterday and is a guest
at the home of his nephew Mr. Arch
Spivy. Mr. Spivy has been away
from the county for some time and is
pleased with the advancement his old '
home county is making. He will visit
several sections of Robeson before he
returns.
Mr. John D. McMillan, is
having some changes made on the sec
ond floor of J. D. McMillan & Son's
drug store building. He has had some
slight changes made in the stair
way leading to the second floor, and
in the front of the building, second
floor he has some partitions changed
and is fitting up two nice offices, whltk
will be rented.
Mr. Francis P. eSares, vice-president
and comptroller of the Colom
bian National Life Insurance Co. of
Boston, spent yesterday with Mr. W.
H. Humphrey, local agent for the
company, looking over some farm
property with a view to making some
; loans in connection with insurance.
Mr. Seares was favorably impressed
with the property he looked over and
will recommend that loans be made.
Mr. Gilbert C. White of Charlotte
will be here tomorrow to meet with
the town board and go over the sit
uation with a view to drawing plans
and specifications for a filtering plant,
which, as has been mentioned in The
Robesonian, the town expects to in
stall in the near future. Mr. White is
a cwil engineer and he is the man
who had chnrge of ttqi engineering for
the town when Elm street was par.
ed.
Messrs. Frank Gough, J. Pope
Stephens, C. B. Skipper id E. B.
Freeman, a well known quarte! of
Lumberton, and a brass-band quartet
from Barnes ville, went to Western
Prong Baptist church, Columbus
county, last Sunday to furnish music
for a big Sunday school rally. Mr.
Gough was the principal speaker of
the occasion. The boys say there was
much people present and a number
one time was pulled off.
"The Little Millionaire" Good.
"The Little Millionaire" held the
boards at the local opera house Tues
day evening. The play is good and
was well presented to a good au
dience. It was presented by Howard
Leigh with Bert Leigh and Hazele
Burgess. The play was presented in
three acts and consists of eleven char,
acters, every character being well
represented. Bert Leigh played the
part of "Bill Costigan," a wine agent,
and Miss Burgess played "Miss Prim
per," the maid. Both of them were
fine, as they always are. This is Mr.
Leigh's third season here and he says
he will probably be here next season.
He was playing a part in "The Man on
The Box" the first season ho came to
Lumberton. He has always played
here to good audiences, the one Tues
day evening being the poorest, which
was due to the meeting being held in
town. Quite a number from out of
town witnessed the play.
The troupe consisted of about 39
people and all in all it was probably
the best company Mr. Leigh ever ap
peared here with.
Rio Janeiro dispatch, 21st: Theo
dore Roosevelt was received with mili
tary honors as he stepped ashore frora
his steamer here today.