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When seen last night-in regard to this by a repre - ' sen tative of The Robesonian Mr. Mc - Lean seemed surprised, not having! seen the reference in the paper, but! had nothing to say except that that! was the first intimation of anything of the kind that he had heard. Mr. McLean has been a member of State Democratic executive committee since 1896 and has long been one Of the most influential members of that committee. He has done good work! lor the party and his selection as chairman would give general satisfac- tino over the State over having such a well equipped man at the helm. Whether Mr. McLean would' accept h M f , Koa f 55of uu i, ib in 11111 w note in vnis iu.. -r , . Daniels cannot act as national commit " teeman while in the Cabinet, Mr. Mc Lean has been appointed to look', after "the work in his 6tead, and when Mr. ' Daniels resigns as national commit teeman, as he no doubt will do soon, "ft appears that Mr. McLean is the most likely man to succeed him. Any body, of course, would rather be na tional committeeman than chairman of the State committee. ; This is just what would occur to I '' anyone in considering Mr. McLean in "connection with the chairmanship. He I had nothing to say in regard to the I matter .1 Anyway, it is sometime yet before a I cnairman win te snosen. Mr. Webb! ft. a . . . I will have to resign as soon as he en ters upon office as marshal for the western district and a chairman will be chosen to succeed him next spring. As everybody knows, the leadership of the party would be in capable hands If the mantle should fall upon Mr. McLean. FARMERS' UNION MEETING. County Meeting of Robeson Division Held Here Today Officers Elected ' for Ensuing Year Next Meeting' in March. The county meeting of the Robeson Division of the) Farmers' Union was held in the court house here today. There was -quite a number of farmers in attendance. The following offi cers were elected for 1914: President, D. H. Britt; vice president, W. P. Barker; secretary-treasurer, Grover Britt; chaplain, E. N. Prevatt; lectur er, W. O. Blake; conductor,, ft. F. Townsend; Ioor keeper, Roy Stone; executive committee, Kelly Johnson, J. E. Carlyle, W. S. Johnson, V. A. Bul- lock, N. A. Townsend. The day of the county meeting was ordered changed from Thursday to Wednesday. The annual reports of W. K. Cul- breth, county business agent, , and Grover Britt, secretary-treasurer were ordered filed. Mr. Grover Britt was appointed a delegate to the .State Convention which will be in session in Shelby to- day, tomorrow and Friday. Quite a bit of other business was .transacted, but not of a nature to be made pub Kc. The next meeting will be held the third. Wednesday in March.! - Cumberland County Will Employ Ex pert Road Builder. Fayetteville Dispatch, 15th. That an expert road builder be em ployed by- the countyof jCnmberland as superintendent ' -and- builder of roads, was the determination arrived -at-by the Cumberland county com missioners and a committee represent , mg the the Fayetteville chamber of commerce and a delegation, from . - each township in the county, in a joint meeting at the court house. -" Dyspepsia is America'8curse.Tc rrstore digestion, normal weight. n good -health and purify the blood, use Burdock . Blood Bitters. Sold at ah - drug stores. Price $1.00 i PABKTON PARAGRAPHS L Still Picking Cotton Rtads Ne?d DraggingFine Hogs Killed New Building Change of Pastors at Methodist Church Death of Mr. Jno. D. Davis Other Items. Correspondence of The Robesonian, Parkton, Dec. 17 Messrs . B. A. McDonald A. A. Wright, F. N. Fish er and T. H.' Cashwell went to Ra- leigh Sunday. They left at 12 o'clock! M. and drove a Ford car and made the trip in a little more than three hours I and returned Monday p. m. Dr. D. S. J Currie carried Mr. Charlie Ross up I to Raleigh today. Mr. Ross will re- jmain in the hospital up there fora 1 while. Mr. G. L. Thomason who is on visit to his brother Mr. S. J. Thom - ason, had a fine coop of turkeys shin- J ped from Wayne county, which arriv- ed yesterday, and he has them enclos- I ed in a little foul house at his broth- er s. They are mostly gobblers I - We have but little sickness in our I town at present we are glad to say Cotton picking is still going on Mr. O. Stanley is moving to- the Rev. T. J. Baker place. Public roads in our township need a drae run over them hadlv" " week and aom vrv fin, ,n. i I aim iui. u. I MPoll v.Ui.. weiging over aw pmncr. I umbers of other citizens killed fine ones. We notice material on a fine build ing lot and a new house will in the near future be built. Will mention the particulars .later. Mr. F. N. Fisher has sold out his merchandise to Mr. T. W. Thompson and Mr. J. C. Lancaster is in charee I and businesa really looks like Christ mas is near at hand. All tHe stores of our tWI seem to.be doing a fairly Sod business. Some of the stores nave hfld special sales and have reduc- ed their stocks considerably. Mr. A. M. Stubbs is on a visit to nis brother at Purvis. H If T 1 Hi t 1 ir. joon diudds nas acceptea a position at the A. C. L. depot while Mr. G. D. Ammons who has filled the , , , I JJ0: 8CVeral yea" hBS h0n0r- Mr. Neill McNeill and daughter, iss Mary Jennett, spent Sunday in t tr t i- i Kev. Mr. Jenkins filled his regular o. mau , x . M, r uner. i vpouiuHiM at me capust cnurcn ou..uy -m. ana at nignc, preaching without a dissenting vote the commit two able sermons. Rev. E. L. Stack tee decided to make a rhar. in th. preacnea ai tne Methodist Episcopal cnurcn aunoay night to a good sized .oi.greganon. inis was nis last ser- mon for t'lis year, but he said he was uvi caning n nis larewell sermon, mie ne nas Deen changed he was only bh miles away and expected to come back again sometime and prob- States which provide that all dele ably would be called in to officiate at gates be selected at large, and accept the new pastor's marriage,. as the new ed the principle that delegates proper- pastor Rev. II. B. Porter is a young single man. Rev. Mr. Stack preached I a most eloquent sermon, a real spelL- binder His contrreo-ation reerets to ?ive him up as he has proven himself to be a fine pastor and thorough Christian worker and not only one of the finest preachers of this' community but one of the smartest men intellect ually. He has built a nice 8 room par sonage and there is less than one hun dred dollars debt on the. building out cide of the lot which the building is on. tie also has an interest intr fam. y which the community will regret to lose. He and his family- will leave Tuesday for Haw River circuit. " The choir at the M. E. Church Sun- dal night was very good. Miss Gain- ay, music teacher, at the organ, C: D. Williamson, cornet. Also two fine se lections from the Parkton male quar- tett Stubbs, McCormick, Williamson, and Hodges. llje graded school faculty went down to Lumberton Saturday. Mr. P. H. Fisher carried four of the l&dy teachers in his car, and" all report a fine trip. . Mr. Clarence Johnson of South Carolina, is visiting relatives in town; vuc.nBn, w a welcome visitor m our town Satur- TtrlT:- - -. . j bwuici UA mr. x. d. Mc Neill have been moved to new quar ter near the old mattress factory. News has just reached as that Mr. Jno.'D. Davis died last night sudden ly at 10 o'clock. He lived in the Mc- ougan neighborhood. Mr. J. J. Shaw of Rex was in town yesterday. " County, Cod LUMBERTGN, NORTH CAROLINA, WEONESDAY, Df CEMBER INDIAN INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL. Bill to Establish Industrial School for Indians at Pembroke Re-introduced in Senate by Simmons Godwin Hopes to Put it Through House This, Time. Senator Simmons has re-introduced in the Senate the bill which he intro duced at the last regular session and which passed that body to establish an J industrial school at or near Pembroke. - After passing the Senate at the last regular session this bill was sent I to the House and referred to the com mittee on Indian affairs. hTere was I a public hearing before this commit- tee, as readers of The Robesonian will recall several Indians of Robeson and some of their white friends, among altnem Mr- A- W. McLean of Lumber- !ton' appearing before the committee ,n the interest of the bill; but the ses sion oi Congress adjourned without any action hemg taken by the House. On account of the fact that bills which have not become laws die when session of Congess expires it was necessary to re-introduce this bill dur ing the new session, This Senator binimons has already done. The bill will be put through the Senate and senJ f.gain X House, and Repre- au"au,c wiwin Ilopes w put I fk..,.l. I 1 it- x wiiuuKi niiti, oouy mis lime. an appropna i i .l i , ,. a s s prouosea wouia a great thing for the Indians of this county. CHANGES DECIDED ON. Republican National Committee Takes Steps Long Agitated in the Par ty. Washington Dispatch 16th i After five hours of debate the Repub- 1!can national committee tonight de- termined that it was clothed with am- nle power to re-adjust the composi tion of the party's National cor.ven tion and . had authority to make re forms in convention rules and proce dure t.at have-been demanded by many demerits since the convention of :'.yi2 and the Democratic victory at the polls last November, " ISlbfcClilCSB BIIU JIO Will-' Ule evidence that differences which With V.."..nn- 1 x L,. Lj,i.h hava om-fof in L f on i v.-v i i . iw w wig wiu wiucn-ngre seen viiai factors in manv exritinp rnnvpntinna ;n jts latter day history. basis of representation in National conventions which will crtlv nffPf Southern States, gave full recognition Uo the principles of the primary in the election of delegates to such con yentions, approved law,s regarding such elections adopted by several y accredited by State authorities shall be placed in the temporary convention 'oil. Informally it had been agreed that the new basis of representation ould be referred to the Republicans ,n the various States for ratification Nogro Entered Home of Dr. A. B. doom, at Maxton Awaits Trial in Jail Ed. Jones, colored' was brought to ;uil here Monday night from Maxton by Rural Polieman Hugh Mceill to await trial on the charge of burglary. lie was committed by ecorder Sellers of Maxton. The charga is. that he en tered the home of Dr. A. B. Croom Sunday night. Shortly after 12 o'clock Sunday night Mrs. Croom was waked by a noise in the room and turning on the lectric light at the head of the bed saw a negro in the room, recognizing him as a negro who had been work- ng for Doctor Croom. Mrs. Croom screamed but Dr. Croom thought she was crying out in sleep and did not rouse at once. By the time Dr. Croom got -up the, negro had fled through a window. When search was made at once and, a "party .went to the house of ;Ed Jones, whom Mrs. Croom recognized as the ihtruderTits said that Jones me, them at the door with Pistol, .but denied being the gnilty man. ine negro naa a hand in a pocket of Dr. Croom 's trousers when seen by Mrs. Croom. The Pedneau Garage & Machine Company is installing Joday a Bow zer gasoline filling station for the benefit of ita-patrons. The company hap also installed a large gasoline en gine within the last few days. and Truth RATE HEARINGS BEGUK Before Commerce Commission Coun sel Thorn Urged Approval of Rates Proposed for North Carolina. Greensboro Special, 16th, to Charlotte Observer. Before Chairman Edgar E. Clark or rno ntr.vito . vw wmuiciu wimrais b.uh iu uic couniy court room here to- , x U(l (.. ptuuon or me carriers doing business in the State to be permitted to put into effect the proposed new rates from Western po;nts to North Carolina cities was begun. The morning session was given over to the opening statements of General Counsel A . F. Thorn of the ooumern itailway on "behalf of car- - ners, Tancis B. James, attorney for wie iour Virginia cities that have in tervened and are protesting against the rates, and Chairman E. L. Travis oi me sorth Carolina Corporation Commission. . . t General Counsel Thorn representing all of the carriers, made a snlpnHiH opening argument, in which he urged the approval of the commission of tJip rates proposed for the Stat. Ha iH that the. State had not received the rates at the hand3 of the carriers that had been accorded the Virginia cities i , ... , ... .. iiu virmany aamitLea everything that had been charged by representatives of the State when they were seekincr a fair deal at the hands of the rail- roaAa. Ha W1o-n,J .:v these rates Carolina cities would not then be on an equal basis with Vir- .v..u.U L11UL CVKII W I III ginia cities. . Mr. James for the Virginia cities de- dared that the new rates were unfair ior Virginia; that the reductions were . secured ror worth Carolina by means 4 . e a . i A , . .. I V1 i reumawry legislation and like means and that they now nad lower rates than Virginia. m s ...... iravis reviewed the history of the rate fight in North Carolina and citied u iuon oi me inter-state Jom- merce Commission seven years ago suggesting the very thing that had been done and cited authority and facts to show that Virginia cities will of H. A. Townsend. The question of that Jno' B- Locklear killed last Sat still be better off than North Carolina contention is rents involving some $5,- urdav a coon that weighed when when the new rates go into effect. 000 or $6,000. The hearinir betra'n dressed 7 pounds and that on this $500,000 for Confederate Soldiers and WJ. Raleigh Special, 15th, to Charlotte Ob- Brver warrants on the btate Treasury aggregating $500,000 have just been issued by State Auditor Wood in pay- J ment of the annual pensions to Con- f edsrate soldiers and widow nf vtr. ans. There are 9,275 veterans and 6.245. widows a f,;Nor,iy oi lawyers practicing in Lnm- S500.000 is to ho AiviAvA t 0AAt - , f , TT I1VII1 tUlO inn t Hq u c,t. . sr ::::2i rr. Diind veterans and pays $30,000 for the support of the Soldiers' Home. Recorder's Court. The following cases were posed I of this morning before Recorder J. A. Rowland: Joe Perry, assault, $5 and costs; Fife Isarel, assault, $2.50 and costs; Tom Walker, colored, tempo rary larceny four months on roads. Walker was also tried on charge of carrying concealed weapon a ra zor and in this case judgment was suspended on payment of costs. Washington, Dec, 16 If a recom mendation made by the House com mittee on postofhees and post-roads is adopted by Congress, every rural carrier in the Untied States will re- ceive an increase m pay approximat- i..K ov per year, ine action was taK- en uy a unanimous vote ot the com mittee and probably will become a law A- retire representative of the First National Bank informs The Robeson ian that the bank has on hand quite a bit of gold in denominations from $2.50 to $20 which will make lovely Christmas gifts. Mr; BeTrLovett,of Orrum route 1, was among the visitors in town yes. terday." " Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw will not be allowed to appear on the stage in Greensboro. Following vigoroas pro tests by ministers, teachers, club wo men and others the Greensboro com missioners, instructed the manager of the theatre of that town to cancel an engagement with Mrs. Thaw's com pany. ' . "T-- V- --l 17. 19.3 OVER EMBANKMENT Dr. R. S. Ik' am and Mr, O.'C. Norment Have Narrow Encape Auto Goes Over Embankment With Them Friendly Bridge Saved, Dr. R. S. Beam and Mr. O. C. Nor- mt?nt rAm llfBP hnvinor ft lariMii a i. cident last evening iu.t aS,.t HrV , - wnen me doctor s auto went off the embankment iust arrna th riv I aoout midway between the oil mil and the bridge over Lumber river at the foot of fifth street. Dr. Beam had been out in the Country to see a patient and Mr. Norment went with him. They were returning to town and the doctor. Tvho was driving started to nasn anm fniVa in n"1 road and in an effort to tret out of . - - aai some bad wheel ruts lost control of - This car and went off the embankment. If the bridge had not caught the car it would have turned comnletelv over. i - felling on the occupants; but as it was thpr th Hnptnr nnr Mr Nnrnnt neither Dr. nor Mr. Norment fell out. though it is said that Mr. Norment came near making his escape about the time the car was considering a stop againut or on the little bridge. Mr- Norment was on the side of the car next to the canal and says that the foundation towards which the car was h...J I l. -l. . J ..!. ..... r i "Cttuc" iuo.eu iur ways on. jno one was nurti or "kilt' and the car didn't have to lindega any repairs. Mr- Norment has long since passed I his 70th mil nost in Ufa Kut ha ; I r u V. V I U ,n nobody's old man and he is out on the 8treet Just as spry as if he hadn't got scared a bit last evs- nin2 PROF. GULLEY REFEREE' Law Professor at Wake Forest Hold- ing Hearing as Referee in Case of Townsend vs. Rowland. I prof. N. Y. Gulley professor of law at Wake 'Forest College, arrived this mom nsr and is unendino. t.h Av here as referee at a hearing in the case of Charity TownnH v .Tnhn a I Rowland, administrator f th .ct about 11 o'clock and is being conduct- commissioner s room in the court nouse. i ne plaintiff is repre-1 I fifntpH hv Maura Qintoi. t. n.. I of Fayetteville and Johnson & Johnson of Lumberton and the defendant by the firms ef Mclntyre, Lawrence and Proctor and McNeill and McNeill. ' Thi is Pro- Gulley's first visit to L,umDerton and he says that a man snouid not live in North Carolina yithout .voting Lumberton. The ma- joenon read law under Prof. Gulley . I ultant, umong siran-I ers here- , Business Transacted at Special Meet- in? of Countv riimmi..:. The countv rnmmimn.r. . -'.......w.w.tvi ntn; aim special session hre Monday. The following business was transacted: Insurance on the furniture and fix tures of the court house was increased to $5,000. - The annual reports of R. E. Lewis, sheriff, and M. G. McKenzie, treasurer, were ordered filed. The security of the bond holders of the county officers was examined, and tourd to be Sll ijght. ine following notes were ordered paid: Bank of Lumberton and Bank f ied Springs, $2,500 each, in full payment of notes due December 15. It was ordered that county treasur- er M. G. McKenzie be paid $100 on his salary for December Supt. C. Lane of the Raleigh & Charleston Railroad announces that locar freight trains Nos. 5 and 6 will .be .annulled on Christmas day and that no "perishable freight will be accepted for shipment oh that date. The business folk of Lumberton are, rapidly catching the Christmas spirit and many show windows along the town's principal business "-street are very attractive. The merchants have on display an unusual - amount of Christmas goods and it is hoped business will be good. Postmaster D. D French has ar ranged in the front of the postoffice a table on which is a roll of white wrap ping paper and twine, for the benefit of those who wish tlwrap'their Christmas presents there and ' send them by parcel post Mr. French is always doing things for the conven ience of patrons of the postoffice. Single Copy Five CenU WHOLE N0.2924 BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS. Middliog cotton today, 12 cent. License has been issued for the marriage of Monroe Edens and LtM Atkinson, Horton Macon anj Ti Stewart. Mr. F. O. Floyd of Fairmont be- i . Kn work yesterday as salesman for hi. hroth.p u, m xj . Miss Alma Goodear of Pages Mill. S. C, who had been in the Thompson hospiUl here for some time, was able to go home this morning. Mr. N. A. Ratley and daughter. Miss Quessie of Fairmont passed throutrh town vestrriav n r.. f I . 0 J vm W 1V Parkton, where todav thev will at tend the McMillari-Oduro wedding. Mr. Leroy Bullard left Mondar night for Johns Hopkins hospital, Bal timore, where he will undergo an ope ration for appendicitis. He was ac companied by Dr. W. L. Grantham. Mr. G. W. Fisher, who had been SPCOnd trick operator at the Seboard oUluon ror several months, has been iransierred to Kollocks, S. C. Mr. G u s' arPe succeeds Mr. Fisher here. . Register of Deeds T. N. Higley says a short cotton cron don't kon colored folks from tieing up. He says that theyare marrying much faster than both th Indian. nA whites in the countv . . . t ftoe various Sunday schools of the wn are PrePa"K to have Christmas i. or some oiner sort or unstmas doing for the young folks next week. Some account of what is proposed by the various schools will be given in Friday's or Monday's paper.' Girls and boys of East Lumber- ton are getting up a concert and box supper which will be given at the East Lumberton school building Sat urday night of this week, at 7:30 o'clock. A good time is expected. Everybody is invited. A. A." Mayner, who lives on route U from Buie, writes The Robesonian coon' neck was found a strop and . rK wm m snapper in it. -in entertainment given at the 0DT8 hoilRA MfinHaw of the graded school was witnessed br a laffce audience. The children of the nrst aeondf third and fifth grades had parts in the entertainment They did fine and about $35 or $40 was reanzea, wrucn will probably be used Ior ine norary lund of the school. The admission charged was 25 cents for S'"" and 10 cents for chu &ren w.nt .Fauo mc uku-.k inaue on cke6tnut st-et the new pastor ,Rev. W.B. North, and bin family. Mr. North is exnected here this week and will fill his first appointment here Sunday. He win be a guest at the home of Mayor and Mrs. A. L. White until the parsonage is ready. Mrs. North and daughter are not expected until about the first of the year. In Washington correspondence iah appeared in some of the State papers yesterday it was stated that Representative .Godwin had been promised by the Postoffice Depart ment that W. G. Fields, a Govern ment expert, would be sent to Lum berton right away to select a site for the postoffice building. r Tt was stated -in one paper that Mr. Fields would be here yesterday, but he failed to come and has not yet shown up. Mr. Furman Barnes, a student at Wake Forest, and a brother of the un fortunate girl who was burned to death at Maxton last week, an account of which was given in Monday's Robe sonian, was among the visitors is town yesterday. Mr. Barnes worked in the postoffice here before he went to W8ke .ForesUaslSeptem.bernd has many frinds here who were glad, to see him. He will return to Wake Forest after the holidays. In one of the large-show windows in White & Cough's department atwF can be seen a display that " !ook& right-much like meightore-Christir-maa. The scene is a room in which it a. bed on which is a large doll, it? shoes under the edge, of the bed anc both" stockings hanging up on the mantlepieceAnd Santa Claus is peep- - ing in apparently to see if the doi: is asleep. It is a beautiful windov ' and gives credit to the designer,. Mjr. Percy McKenzie.- L '.
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