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VLLIV NO. 84 LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1913. WHOLE NO.2921
FIRE AT FAIRMONT.
Stare House and Stock of Rouse Fur
Hoi Ce. Burned This Morning.
Fire early this morning destroyed
the store house and stock of goods of
Ae Rouse Furniture Company at
Fairmont. There was no insurance on
the goods and the origin of the fire
iuitt not been learned. The stocks of
tike Prttman Drug Co. and P. R. Floyd
k Co, which were in the same block,
sad next doors to the furniture store,
were right much damaged. The fact
that Fairmont has no waterworks
and the wind blowing a gale made it
ok' fearful for a while for the whole
block of ten or twelve stores that join
the one burned. The cable of the Bell
"telephone Company was burned, and
for while Fairmont was cut off from
. the outside world, but Manager Eu
gene Hood and Lineman Davis left
here early this morning for Fairmont,
and soon had things intalking shape.
B. NORTH NEW PASTOR OF
CHESTNUT ST. M. E. CHURCH
Rev. W. B. North succeeds Rev. J.
W. Bradley as pastor of Chestnut
Street Methodist church. After re
peated efforts this is the only news
that it has been possible to obtain
from the Methodist Conference at Ox
ford today. 1
Biggest Gams in History of Baptist
State Convention.
Raleigh Special 4th, to Wilmington
Star.
E. L. Middleton, statistical secre
tary of the Baptist State convention,
is preparing - reports for the conven
tion which convenes next Tuesday in
Shelby, finds the biggest gains in the
itistory of the convention.
There are 2,054 churches in th
State, a gain of 83 for the year. The
membership is 245,539, without includ
hig membership of 40 churches not
reported. Net gain in membership is
There are 1,934 Sunday schools
wtth, 190,886 members, gain of 10,-
Minister report 13,264 baptisms for
(he, year.
Directors for State School for Feeble
Minded Cut Off Employes.
Baleigh Special, 4th, to Charlotte Ob
server: The reorganization and enlarged
board of directors of the State school
for the Feeble-Minded, is moving in
the direction of strict application of
the policies declared by the special
session of the Legislature in cutting
eff employes of the uncompleted insti
tution, revolutionizing the manage
ment, completing the plant and open
ing it to 130 persons just as soon as
possible. The reorganization board, in
Ha session just held, adopted the fol
lowing significant order.
"It is ordered that the completion
f the State School for the Feeble
Minded and the settlement of its debts
be referred to the executive commit
tee with power to act, and that this
board meet February 17, 1914 for the
purpose of electing a superintendent,
and that in the meantime all other em
ployes be discharged and that the ex
ecutive committee take charge of all
property belonging to the institution
and of all business in connection with
fcae same."
A member of the Board said that
it is the policy of the board to open
the institution at the earliest moment
possible. Dr. Ira Hardy is superin
tendent. His services are retained
ntil the February meeting, princi
pally to sign vouchers, it developing
tfaat the law required that vouchers
ust be signed by such an officer.
Scores Killed and Hundreds Rendered
Destitute and Millions of Property
Destroyed by Floods.
Bryan, Texas, Dispatch, 5th.
A death list of more than 50 with
cores of flood refugees spending to
night m imminent peril, and possibly
a thousand others marooned and suf
fering from hunger and cold was in
dicated by tonight's reports from the
flooded Frrtr river bottom in this
section of South Central Texas. For
over 50 miles the Brazos was three to
nVsjnties wide and running with mill
.race speed. 1
The riders' reports indicated that
the property loss would total $4,000,
000 or (6,000,000 when the damage
along the Brazos is added to that
In other portions of the State.
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- To Prevent Blood Poisoning
Ky at once the wonderful old reliable DK.
PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL,! lar
ileal drcMtaf that relieve paia and heal at
8e aame time. Not a liniment 23c. 90 $1.00
CORN CLUB BOYS.
Will Meet in Lumberton Saturday to
Round Up Year's Work Corn Ex
hibit and Awarding of Prizes.
To the Com Club Boys in Robeson
County:
Supt. J. R. Poole has called a meet
ing of all Corn Club Boys for Sat
urday, Dec' 13th, to be held at the
graded "school building in Lumberton
at 11 o'clock. This meeting is for
the purpose of rounding up the year's
work, and haying an exhibit of ten
ears of corn grown from your acre
and awarding prizes. Mr. J. .- A.
Boone, Jr., will, be at the, , graded
school building to take charge of
your corn, and each member must
bring ten ears before he will be eli
gible for county -prizes. Bring ten
ears of 6ame size, color of grain and
cob and well filled out at both tip and
butt. Each member will tell his ex
perience in growing corn this year.
We want this to be a rally day
and shall expect each member to
come and bring one other boy for
next year's contest. Mr. C. R.. Hud
son, State agent, expects to be pres
ent and also others who are interested
in our work. A treat awaits you.
County Agent Boone also wants
other ten-ear exhibits of corn by any
farmer who has good corn. There will
be a few premiums for general va
riety exhibits. Read this and pass to
your neighbor.
A. K. ROBERTSON,
Assistant in Boys' Club Work.
News Notes from Mt. Eliam.
Correspondence of ,The Robesonian.
Orrum, R. F. D. 1, Dec. 3 The writ
er attended the quarterly meeting of
the Mt Eliam Institute Sunday at
Hog Swamp. It was fine and enjoyed
by about 1500 people.
Mr. Walker Clemmons of Bruns
wick county, who spent a week at th
home of Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Britt re
turned home yesterday.
Our school is progressing nicely
under the management of .Mr. S.. 1.
Stone' as teacher.
Miss Mittie Clemmons of Orrum
f-Dent Sunday with Miss Eva Britt
Miss Nora Stone, who. is a student
at Lumberton spent Thanksgiving and
a few days last week at home with
her sister Miss Sara Stone.
Small Son of Mr. and Mrs.
F. F.
Towns nd Badly Burned.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, R. F. D. 6, Dec 6
Master Forest, 5 year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. F. Townsend of Raft
Swamp, was badly scalded Tuesday
night. He jumped on the draft
door of the range and his belt caught
over the end of -a pot and turned it
over on him. He was scalded "badly
from his breast nearly to his knees,
the skin coming off with his clothes.
He is getting along as well as could
be expected.
Toll of Death in Texas Floods Reach
es 61.
Houston, Tex., Dispatch, 7th.
Tonight's dispatches increased the
number of known dead in the Texas
floods to 61 with the possibility that
a heavy toll of drownings reported
but hot yet confirmed at Sunnyside, in
Waller county, would increase this
number. The additional known deaths
in today's reports included four at
Hungerford and a like number near
Welborn.
Notices of New Advertisements.
Great Christinas Sale. A. Woin
stein's Department Store.
Stenographer wanted.
Fine hand-engraving frea on all
jewelry Boylin's Jewelry Store .
No. 75 Syracuse Middle Break?-
N. Jacobi Hdw. Co.
Many articles suitable fo,- gifts.
Boylin's Jewelry store.
low Christmas and New Year holi
day excursion fares via Seaboard Air
Line and Coast Line.
Duroe Jersey Hogs for sale.
Boarders and lodgers wanted.
Sale of land, E. D. McNeill, mort
gagee. '
Special pattern Pictorial Review of
"Minaret" doll free. Jno.T. Biggs
Co.
A Slit 8kirt on Streets Saturday.
A real slit skirt was seen by many
on the streets here Saturday, a skirt
that was slit to perfection and then
some, one that caused a young sensa
tion. Business was suspended in most
of the stores while it was passing.
Doan's Regulets are recommended
by many who say they operate easily,
without griping and without bad af
ter effects. 25c at all drug stores.
i N. C METHODIST CONFERENCE
W.8hington Next Meeting Place
Resolutions Regarding Presiding
Elderships Time Ripe for Nation
wide Prohibition Growth of Church
During Past Year Vote Against
Change of Name.
The North Carolina Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South which has been in session at
Oxford since Wednesday of last week
closes today.
The following were elected lay
delegates to the General Conference:
W. P. Few, C. S. Wallace, W. B. Coop
er, J. G. Brown and E. T. White.
Clerical delegates elected Saturday
were T. N. Ivey, M. T. Plyer and M.
Bradshaw.
, The report of the committee on
temperance recomended a law pro
hibiting delivery of liquor in
North Carolina, and declared time has
come to fight for nation-wide prohi
hibition as 70 per cent of the United
States is now dry territory and 53
percent of the population are living in
dry territory. Rev. R. L. Davis was
recommended for re-appointment as
superintendent of the North Carolina
Anti-Saloon League.
Growth for Year.
Statistics show that the number of
local preachers in the Conference at
this time is 96 a total church mem
bership of 4,149, the total net in
crease in membership during the past
year having been 2,026. During the
past year 1,094 infants and 2,424
adults have been baptized. The num
ber, of Epworth Leagues is 126, the
number of Epworth League members
4,991; the number of Sunday schools
699, the number of Sunday school of
ficers and teachers 6,008; the num
ber of Sunday school scholars 66,556.
The amount contributed by the Con
ference for foreign missions was $19,
642.24; for home and conference mis
sions $19,304.40; for church extension
$9,846.47; for the American Bible So
ciety $8f0.24; forhe sujorV f 'pre
siding elders $19,642.24; 'for support
of preachers in charge $174,334.65;
for the support of bishops $3, 323.55.
There are in this Conference 754
The value of houses of worshp is
The value of the house of worship is
$2,241,225.25. Amount of indebted
ness $137,832.45; the number of pas
toral charges 193; the number of par
sonages 175 1-2. The value of par
sonages is $411,913.71. The indebted
ness on parsonages is $26,364.91. The
number of districts in the Conference
is nine and the number of parsonages
nine.
The number of churches damaged
last year was 17 and the amount of
damage $5,994.25. The insurance car
ried on church property is $797,174;
premiums paid $3,416.07; losses sus
tained $5,594.25; collections on losses
$1,236.75.
In answer to the question "Shall
the name of the Church be changed
from Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, to Methodist Episcopal Church
in America?" which every bishop :.:
required to ask this year, the Confer
ence voted 122 against, only 14 vot
in favor of changing the name.
Rev. A. McCullen, presiding elder
of the Rockingham disbtrict, present
ed a resolution recommending that
the General Conference require all
presiding elders to devote three
months of the year to evangelistic
work, assisting pastors of mission
charges and weak circuits in pro
tracted meetings. This was referred
to the committee on memorials to the
General Conference.
A resolution touching the dissatis
faction regarding the prssiding elder
ship was presented "to the Conference,
reading as follows:
"Whereas, the growing dissatisfac
tion with the presiding eldership of
our Church threatens extreme meas
ures unless somewhat heeded and,
Whereas, the demand for pastors
exceeds the supply almost to a crisis;
be it resolved, First, that it is wise
to have presiding elder districts com
posed of at least forty ' charges.
presiding elder districts composed of
at least forty charges:
"Second, that the presiding elder
be required to visit each charge not
more than twice each year:
."Third, that this annual conference
memoralize our next General Confer
ence to make the aforesaid, resolution
the law of our Church
Sentiment in favor of continuing
presiding elderships as they have al
ways existed is n)t a unit in the
church and it is church and it is
probable that this will be among the
questions that will receive prominent
consideration at the session of the
CHANGES IN PARCEL POST.
General Reduction in Rates and In
crease in Maximum Weights Will
Be Effective January 1.
Washington Dispatch, 6th.
Important changes in parcel post
regulations, including general reduc
tion in rates and increase in maxi
by the Inter-State Commerce Com
mum weights, were approved today
mission. The revisions were made
upon the recommendation of Post
master General Burleson, and in a
majority of cases are effective Janu
ary 1, 1914.
Books are admitted to the parcel
post; weight limits are increased in
the first and second zones from 20 to
50 pounds, and in all zones beyond
the second from 11 to 20 pounds;
and rates are reduced in the third and
fourth and sixth zones.
The changes in rates to be in ef
fect January 1, 1914, follow:
List of Reductions.
To reduce the rates for the third
zone from seven cents for the first
pound and five cents for each addi
tional pound to 6 cents for the first
pound and two cents for each addi
tional pound.
To reduce the rates for the fourth
zone from eight cents for the first
pound and six cents for each addition
al pound to 7 cents for the first pound
and four cents for each additional
pound.
To reduce the rates for the fifth
zone from nine cents for the first
pound. and seven cents for each ad
ditional pound to eight cents for the
pound and six cents for each aditional
pound.
To reduce the rates for the sixth
zone from ten cents for the first
pound and nine cents for each addi
tional pound to nine cents for the
first pound and eight cents for each
additional pound.
"It seems obvious says a statement
by the commission, "that the service
to the public will be promoted by
these changes provided the revenue
from the service is not less than the
cost thereof. Experiences seem to
show clearly that the revenue will
not be less than the cost of the ser
vice. Robbed While He Slept
Mr. W. J. Powers of Powersville was
among the visitors in town Friday.
Mr. Powers says that somebody went
to the room in which his wife anH he
were sleeping Thursday night and got
two pocketbooks out of his parti'
pockets in which were $65 in bills,
quite a bit of silver, a small check and
a pass over the V. & C. S. Railroad.
Mi. Powers says that the pants were
hanging on the bed post right at hi:;
head. He had $101.70, in his coat
pockets, and on the day before he had
deposited quite a bit of gold; and glad
he did. Mr. Powers says he don't see i
how a man could do a stunt like that!
without waking him.
Deserter From Army Captured Here.
Russel L Rahlfing, a deserter of the
U. S. Army, was arrested here Thurs
day by Chief of Police Redfern. Rahl
fing was carried to Fort Cashwell
this morning by Mr. Arch Spivy and
placed in the care of Uncle Sam
again. Rahlfing deserted the army at
Fort Dupont, Del. A reward of $50
was offered for his arrest and it is
supposed that Chief Redfern is just
$50 in.
General Conference at Oklahoma
City next year. It is recognized that
the presiding eldership was a neces
sary factor in the formative period
of the Church, but many now believe
that some change is desirable.
In his annual report, Rev. J. N.
Cole superintendent of the Methodist
orphanage 'at Raleigh reported 83
boys and 99 girls in the institution
and health and other conditions en
couraging. Washington was selected as the
place where the next session of the
Conference will be held, Wilmington,
Durham and Goldsboro were nomina
ted but Wilmington and Goldsboro
nominations were withdrawn and the
contest narrowed down to Durham
and Washington.
Constipation Poisons Too.
If you are constipated, your entire
system is poisoned by the waste mat
ter kept in the body serious results
often follow. Use Dr. King's New
Life Pills and you will soon get rid
of constipation, headache and other
troubles. 25c at Druggists or by
mail. H. E. Backlen & Co. Phils and
fit Louis.
URGE UNION DEPOT HEARING.
Town Board Asks Corporation Com
mission to Take Some Action at
Once Want Public Water Supply
Investigated.
At a meeting of the mayor and
town commissioners Thursday night a
resolution was passed requesting the
Corporation Commission to set an
early date for hearing in the matter
of a union passenger depot and urg
ing the commission to give the pa
trons of the railroads here immediate
relief from Inadequate passenger de
pot facilities. Petition for a union
depot was filed with the commission
last August and no date for a hearing
has yet been set.
Chief of Police Redfern was in
structed to enforce the ordinance pro
hibiting people who have no business
at depots to approach within less than
8 feet of trains. The chief was also
instructed to push tax collecting.
Clerk G. T. Page was instructed to
write Surgeon General Rupert Blue,
of the Hygenic Labratory, Washing
ton, D. C, and ask that he send Prof.
E. B. Phelps to Lumberton to thor
oughly investigate the public water
supply.
Recital of Pupils of Miss Glasgow En
joyed by Large Crowd.
Pupils of Miss Mayce B. Glasgow
gave a recital Thursday evening
which was immensely enjoyed by a
crowd which filled the graded school
auditorium. All who took part show
ed excellent training, and each num
ber was enthusiastically applauded.
The variety and scope of the enter
tainment may be judged from the
program, which was as follows:
Chorus Sleep Dusky Babe.
Piano Duet Polka Bendel Hazel
Carlyle and Sarah Branch.
Piano Solo Les Myrtes Wach
Vashti White
Violin Solo Spring Song Tol
hurst Robert Mclntyre.
Piano Duet Hungarian Melody
Horvath Drana Hedgpeth and Ruth
Branch.
Piano Solo Sonata Mozart Ep
sie Fuller.
Vocal Du et Still as the Night
Go tze Shepard K. Nash and Pope
Stephens.
Piano Solo The Butterfly Laval
lee Carrie Mae Hedgpeth.
Sash Drill and Minuet Lucile Jack
son; Drana Hedgpeth, Vista Thomp
son, Anna Lawrence, Rosa Lee Tolar
and Annie Reynolds.
Violin Solo Nopoli Parker
Robert Caldwell.
Vocal Solo Out on the Deep Lohr
Shepard K. Nash.
Piano Solo Les Hirondella Zeck
wer Ruth Jackson.
"Bobby Shafto" Gladys Birming
ham, Helen Townsend and Isabel Mc
Leod. Piano Solo Sonata C. sharp Mi
nor Haydn Carrie Mae Hedgpeth.
Vacal Solo Bobolink Bischoff
Lucile Jones.
Piano Solo Sontag G Major
Haydn Ruth Jackson. .
Vocal Duet A night in Venice
Arditi Lucile Jones and Pope Ste
phens. Piano Solo Whispering Winds
(Mazurka Caprice) Wollenhaupt
Epsie Fuller.
Vocal Solo Love's Serenade
Mawson-Marks Pope Stephens.
Piano Duet Rhapsody No. 2.
Liszt Jackson and Epsie Ful
ler. (
Grand Quartet "Rigoletto" Ver
di Lucile Jones, Pope Stephens,
Mayce B. Glasgow and Shepard
Nash.
April 29th and 30th and May 1st
have been selected as dates for the
1914 reunion of the United Confed
erate Veterans, to be held in Jackson
ville, Fla., according to announcement
made Friday by General Bennett H.
Young, commander-in-chief of the or
ganization. Rowland Votes for School Bonds.
Rowland Sun.
By a small majority the voters of
Rowland school district on Monday
voted to transfer the Rowland high
school property from thetown to the
district, and at the same time voted to
allow the trustees of the school to is
sue bonds for not more than $25,000
for school purposes. ' i
Mr. Atlas Britt is very sick at
bis home in East Lumberton.
-License has been issued for the
marriage of Carl A. Thompson and
Christine Jones.
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
Middling cotton today, 12,c.
There will be an oyster suppe" at
Pleasant Hope school house, near
Fairmont, Friday night of this wee:.
The public is invited.
A party of twenty-two went from
here to Wrightsville yesterday for an
oyster roast They report much oyster
eating and a big time in general.
"The Hand of Fate," Essany,
"Love Before Ten," Selig, and "A
War-Time Siren," Kalem, will be th
interesJ.:Jg pictures shown at the
Pastime theatre this evening.
Messrs. Alf. H. and Sandy McLeod
are having steam heating plants in
stalled in their homes. The McAllis
ter Hdw. Company has the job of put
ting in the heating fixtures.
One bird dog was sold in Lum
berton Saturday for $125. Quiti a bit
of money to pay for one dog Mr.
C. M. Fuller says he could sell a male
that would last for years for that
much money.
Mr. W. L. Thompson of Long
Branch was among the visitors in
town this morning. Mr. Thompson
says he went to the beach on a w
gon last week and had a fine trip,
found plenty of fish.
A week's term of civil court con
vented this morning, following a
week's special term, Judge C. C. Lyon,
presiding. No cases of special inter
est were tried last week. Several
compromises were made.
The ladies of Chestnut Street Meth
odist church will have on sale some
Christmas articles at the Pope Drag
store Thursday and Friday of this
week for the benefit of the organ fund
of this church.
The school teachers of the county
are to meet in Lumberton next Sat
urday and there's no hotel. County
Superintendent J. R. Poole says he
certainly is up against a proposition,
and it is a fact, but the teachers most
be looked after and they will be. But
how?
Mr. J. B. Richardson left last
week for DeFuniac, Springs, Fla.,
where he will spend the winter. Mrs.
Richardson left this morning fW
Charlotte, where sh will spend the
winter. They expect to return to
Lumberton in the early spring. They
have rented their home in the eastern
part of town.
Revs. I. P. Hedgpeth and C. H.
Durham will leave tonight for Shelby,
where they will attend the Baptist
State convention, which will be
in feesfeion there from tomorrow till
Friday of this week. Mr. Durham is
president of the convention. Messrs.
I-. R. Varser, T. L. Johnson, S. Mc
lntyre and R. E. Lee will leave tomor
row to attend the Convention.
Red Springs Citizen: Ground
has been broken for the new public
school building with a promise of its
completion next Spring. Mr. J. L.
Cooper, who is an expert in the erec
tion of modern school houses, is in
charge, which is a guarantee that Red
Springs is destined to have a school
building the equal of any in Robeson
county.
Red Springs Citizen: While out
hunting last Saturday, Master Cohen
Love, the 14-year old son of Mr. J. A.
Love, accidentally shot himself
through the right hand, the injury
being so severe that the amputation
of four fingers wes deemed necessa
ry by attending physicians. The ac
cilent occurred Jy the premature
discharge of his gun as he was get
ting into an automobile to return
home.
Rev. B. Townsend of Siler City
has accepted a call to the Baptist
church at Raeford, and with his family
will move there about January 1.
Mr. Townsend is a Robesonian, but has
been pastor of the Baptist church at
Siler City for the past three years.
He was ordained at Ten Mile Baptist
church in the year 1901 by Revs. C.
H. Durham and I. P. Hedgpeth of
Lumberton. Mr. Townsend will be
welcomed back to the Robeson Asso
ciation. Dr. M. R. Gibson, eye, ear, nose
and throat specialist; who has been
located for some time at Maxton, will
be located in Raleigh after January
1st, for the practice of his specialty.
Dr. Gibson until recently filled regu
lar appointments at the Thompee
hospital here, where he treated many
patients. He left his practice last
spring to take an additional special
course in New York, and he is consid
ered an especially well prepared ens'
expert young specialist