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LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 22 1913
VL XLiV NO 89
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LADIES' ASSAULTED ON STREET
Misses LUlie and Bertha,Barker Badly
Frjghtened by Man Who Attacked
" Them on Street Saturday 'Night r
' Miss Bertha barker Choked by As
eailiant Before She Could Posh Him
' "Away New of Outrage Causes
Some Exeiteraent Neither of th
Young Ladies Injured No Clue to
Guilty Party.
There was quite a bit of excitement
in town for a while Saturday evening
v about 9 o'clock when the news went
out that some unknown man had at
tempted to assault Misses Lillie and
Bertha Barker, daughters of Mr . W.
P. Barker, while en route from Mr.
. T. Williams home on Tenth street,
i to their home on Elmstreet. They
-were walking, the sidewalk in front
of Mr. J.Q. Beckwith's residence, 10th
St., when an unknown white man step
ped from behind a tree and caught
Miss Bertha by;the throat. ; She push
ed the man loose and both of the la
dies screamed and ran into the house
of Mr. Alf H. McLeod, corner of
Tenth and Elm. , The ladies were very
much frightened and as soon as they
could explain the trouble to' Mr. Mc
Leod he grabbed " his pistol and ran
out in search of the man. Chief of
Police H. H. Redfern and Sheriff R.
13. Lewis were notified at once and a
diligent search was made for the un- j
"known party, but as yet no one has i
been arrested. The ladies say thy
saw only one man, but it is thought
that the second man was near by. Nei
ther one of the ladies was- hurt, but
both of them were very .much fright- J
ened.
Holidays With Graded School Teach
ers. The graded school closed Friday for
the holidays. The spring session will
begin Tuesday, December 30th. The
out-of-town teachers have left for
their respective homes: Miss Fannie
Knight, teacher of first grade, Ra
leigh; Miss Mary Henderson, fourth
grade, Davidson;. Miss Mamie High
smith, seventh - grade,':-' "Fayetteville;
'Miss Edith Pipkin 8th grade, Reids
ville; Miss Ruby Johnson, ninth and
tenth grades, Delway.
As has been stated in The Robeson
ian, Miss Knight, who for several
years has had charge of the first
grade, has resigned and will not re
turn. Her successor has not been
elected and Supt Sentelle says that
this room will be closed until a teach
er can be elected. It is understood
that Miss Knight is to be married on
the 30th of this month.
Agent of Post office Department Here.
Mr. W. F. Fields of the Postoffice
Department at Washington is in town
today with a view to closing up a deal
for a site for a government building.
As has been mentioned in The Robe
sonian, options were secured some
month$ ago on the property on the
corner of Seventh and Elm streets, but
Mr. Fields says that some other pro
positions are being made to the De
partment and that nothing definite will
be done until after his return to
Washington. It is understood that
the options secured on the above men
tioned, property, are only good to
January 1st. Mr. C. M. Fuller has
offered thelot on which his residence
stands, Chestnut and Sixth.
Petition in Bankruptcy.
The following item of news of local
interest is taken from yesterday's
Wilmington Star:
"Through its attorneys, Messrs. Mc
Intyre, Lawrence & Proctor, of Lum
berton, there was filed in the office of
the United States court, this city, yes
terday a petition in voluntary bank
ruptcy by the St. Paul's Mercantile
Co., of St. Paul's, Robeson county.
The petition will be referredjto Geo.
II. Howell, Esq., referee for this dis
trict, who will later adjudicate and
call for the first meeting of creditors.
Washington, Dec. 21 An all-day
1 conference of the. joint congressional
onynitte on the currency bill tonight
gashed that measure close to comple
tion. Problems involving the-re-
serve propositions, the size and char
""ijcfer "ofthe Federal Reserve -board,
the' redemption of 2 per cent Govern
ment bonds and the retirement of the
present National Bank'; currency,
proved troublesome, but the conferees
finally smoothed out most of the is
i sues betVVes the House and the Sen
ate. WhVl the two branches of Con
gress convene tomorrow it is expected
plans will be made for a long recess
Ibeginnjng beginning Tuesday. '
CHRISTMAS IN LMBERTON .
There Will Be Entertainments and
Trees Nearly Every Night This
Week Service Christmas Day at
First Baptist Church Dinner for
County Home Inmates Mills Will
Shut Down.
Christmas is in the air. Christmas
is everywhere. Most of all Christmas
is in the hearts of the children, and
every, Sunday school in Lumberton and
itf suburbs is making preparations to
bring .as much joy as possible to the
hearts of the "children this week by
having Christmas trees and Christmas
exercises especially for their benefit.
- The fun will begin tomorrow even
ing at Chestnut Street Methodist
church, where the. Epworth 'League
and the Sunday school will unite in
folks in the Sundav school room. be-!
ginning at 7:30 o'clock.
. On Wednesday evening Christmas
Eve thefiast Lumberton Methodist
and the North Lumberton Union Sunr
day schools will each have exercises
and a tree. 7.
Christmas exercises entitled' "The
Hope of the Aes" will be held at the
First "Baptist church Christmas even
ing, beginning at 7:30. The exercises
will consist of special Christmas songs
and recitations. There wil lalso be
some special instrumental music. It
is expected that the Sunday school
auditorium, in which the exercises
will be held, will be very, tastefully
decorated for the occasion. Four
hundred presents have been prepared
for the primary and intermediate
grades. ,
The Presbyterian Sunday school will
have aChristmas tree with same ap
propriate exercises by the little folks
on the evening of Christmas Day. The
exercises will begin at 7:30 o'clock. "
On Thursday evening there will be
the usual Christmas entertainment at
Baker's chapel. Good entertainment
is expected and Santa Clause will be
there. The exercises will begin,, at
7:30 o'clock."
" The Gospel Tabernacle Sunday
school will Also have a tree and exer
cises on the evening of Christmas
Day.
The EasJ Lumberton Baptist school
will have a tree and exercises Friday
evening and the West Lumberton Bap
tist school will have a tree and exer
cises Sunday evening.
There will be services Christmas
morning at 10:30 o'clock atthe First
Baptist church and a collection will be
taken for the aged ministers' relief
fund. There will be no services at
the other churches in town Christmas
Day. .
Mills Shut Down.
The Lumberton, Dresden and Jen
nings cotton mills will close down for
the week Wednesday at noon. Follow
ing their usual custom the manage
ment of these mills will send to each
of the families employed a basket
of fruits and candies Christmas morn
ing. The National cotton mills will
close down for the week tomorrow
evening. The Kingsdale Lumber Co.
closed down its saw mill Saturday
night and will , close down its planing
mill after today until about the first
of the year.
All business houses will be closed
Christmas Day for the most part, and
of course Sunday hours will be ob
served by the postoffice.
. Dinner for Poor.
Miss Lizzie Caldwell is looking after
providing a big Christmas dinner for
inmates of the county home; Those
who would like to contribute should
send to Miss Caldwell at once.
Mexico City,, Dec. 20 National im
poverishment and an increasing or
ganization among scores of rebel
bands have reduced the Provisional
Government to what appears to have
been a desperate situation, but conser
vative residents at the Capital profess
to see in the recent military, opera
tions and in the continuation of Provisional-President
Huerta to secure
money, even though in driblets, evi
dence that the Government may not
fall for many months unless there is
an Knexpected turn for the worse.
. a t-to -t
THese coughs are wearing and if
uiey nang on," can run one down phy
sically and lowe the vital resistance
uj disease. . air. cod rerguson, ssiy
Pin tnt. Creen Rnv Wiav writoa
"I was greatly troubled with a bad
cough that kept me awake nights. Two
small bottles of Foley's Honey &
Tar Compound completely cured me."
ror saie Dy ail dealers.
ALL BUT HAMMER LAND, j
h
Dortch, Webb and Winston Nominat
ed by President Senators Over
. man and Simmons Think Hammer
Will Win.
H. E. C. Bryant in Charlotte Obser
ver. Washington Dec. . 20 President
f Wilson today sent the nominations of.
W. T. Dortch . of Goldsboro arid
Chas. A. Webb of Asheville. candi-
dates for United States marshals, and ?
Francis D. Winston of Windsor, candi
date for district attorney, to the
Senate. hTe names were referred to
the Senate judiciary committee and
will be acted upon Monday
It looks now as if the confirmations
would be made late Monday after
noon. 1 .
Monday morning Judge H. G.
Connor will swear in Messrs. Dortch
and Winston and Judge James E.
Boyd will swear in Mr. Webb, at the,
requests of Senators Simmons and
Overman.
Attorney General McReynolds en
dorsed Messrs. Dortch, Webb and
Winston this morning, and the White
House acted promptly. Senators Sim
i
mons and Overmen started the bi l 1
rolling yesterday by urging Mr. Mc-'
Reynolds' to act at once.
The appointment of Mr.
W. C,
Hammer will be delayed until after ,
Christmas, but both Senators Overman
and Simmons think that Mr. McRey-'
nolds will finally endorse Mr.
mer.
Ham-
LUMBER BRIDGE GUARDS.
Praised for Manner in Which
They
Turned Out. for Service.
Raleigh-Dispatch, 21st.
.
the
Adjutant General Young of
North Carolina National Guard, just
back from Robeson and Hoke counties
where he went to take a hand in the
prevention of any mob violence as the '
outcome of the murder of McCormick I
Brown at Dundarrich, Hoke county,
by a negro named Dupre, says that the j
manner in which the militia at Lum-
ber Bridge turned out for service was
most gratifying to the State authori-
tie$ and demonstrated the efficiency
and utility of local militia for special
service of this sort. This was the first ,
time in a year that there had been oc
casion for such a test. There were
44 of (he 52 members of the company
on duty.
The negro Dupre has not been cap
tured, and it is now believed that he
has gotten completely away from that
section. He was last heard rpm pass
ing into Cumberland county.
General Young could neither con-J
firm nor denythe reports tHat the
crowd of indignant citizens soundly
thrashed the two negroes who were
arrested on the charge of encouraging
Dupre in his fatal attack on Mr.
Brown. Also, the wife of Dupre, who
is said to have also urged her .hus
band to his awful crime, was soundly
flogged, it is reporteed.
School Entertainments at Barker's
and Saddle Tree.
There was a pleasant time at Bark
er's school house Friday evening in
the nature of a school exercise and
a box supper. The exercises by the
school consisted of some songs ,and
a few recitations by the little folks
with an excellent reading by Miss
Link, principal of the 'school at Ten
Mile. Mr. H. E. Stacy of Lumber-
ton was speaker of the occasion, and
as he always does, made a fine speech.
The sale of the boxes and the voting
contest for the prettiest girl were con
ducted by Mr. W. K. Bethune of
Lumberton. The prize in the voting
contest was a large cake which . -was
won by Miss Annie M'White. The
amount realized rom both the .boxes
and the voting contest totaled $44.86,
This was a good time. Mr. J.. F.
Johnson is principal of the school,
Miss Parish is primary teacher and
Miss Lucile Straughn music teacher.
, The school at Saddle Tiee had an
entertainment Friday evening. The
entertainment consisted of exercises
by the pupils, a speech by Mr. J.
Buck Bowen of Lumberton and an oy
ster supper. " J
r"wasnncTniced-Friday-by--alIy
ceum bureau at Chicago that Vice
President Thomas R. MarsjialLJiaa
signed a contract to lecture at leatt
four weeks, after the close of the
present session of Congress. The
vice President will receive $300 a lec
ture according to the announcement.
His lecture tour will cover cities in the
Middle, West
SENATE PASSES CURRENCY BILL
Proposes Revision of Financial Sys
tem Six ' Republicans and One
Progressive Join Democrats on Fi
- nal Vote Senate Names Confer
ence Committee. j
Washington Dispatch, 19th.' '
The Administration currency re-
form bill, proposing a revision of the
financial system of the United States
and. the creation of regional reserve
banks to act as stabilizing elements
in the banking and financial world, of Mr. Davis set fire to some fodder
passed the Senate tonight by vote of , in the building, which burned very
54 to 34. rapidly, there being no chance to ex-
Forces that had fought together for tinguish the .fire. Mr. Davis says he
improvement and amendment of the Mould have saved his car easily had it
measure to the last divided when the not been for the fact that lie worked
final vote came. Senator Hitchcock, I tryingtd get the horse out, but failed
who had led the opposition; to the bill,to do so tiljjhe firewas so near the
returned to the Democratic ranks and j car that he couldn't get to it. Theloss
Senator Weeks one. of the leaders on ' was something like $800, with no
the Republican side, with five other i insurance.
Republicans and Senator Poindexter I Mr. Davis moved into the parsonage
(Progressive) voted for the measure.
Wide differences exist between the
form of legislation passed by the Sen
ate tonight and the bill that passed
the House several months ago. Demo
cratic leaders already have partly ad
r - t I
justed these differences, however it
was predicted tonight that the bill
would be completed by a conference
committee and sent to President
Wilson for Jus signature by Monday
night. The adoption of the Adimnis-
tration bill, known as the Owen bill,
followed the formal defeat 44 to 41
of the Hitchcock bill which had been
endorsed by Senator Hitchcock and
the five Republican members of the
evenly divided Senate committee that
, passd on the legislation. The Senate
j had previously rejected without a roll
call, a "central bank" bill, offered as
a substitute by Senator Burton.
To hasten final enactment of the
bill the Senate named tonight its con-
ference committee which - will work
with a House committee. ,to" compose
tb differences between the two bills.
The members are Senators Owen,
O'Gorman,' Reed, Pomerene, Shafroth
and Hollis, Democrats; and Nelsoi,
Bristow Jtfid Crawford, Republicans,
The members of the House Con-
ference Committee already determined
upon are epresentative Glass and Kor-
bley, Democrats; and Representative
Hayes of California, Republican.
Chief Points of Difference..
Among the chief points of differ
ence between House and Senate are
the following:
The House provides for 12 regional
banks; the Senate for "from 8 to 12,"
discretion being left to the Federal
Reserve Board. .
The Senate added a provision creat
ing a fund to guarantee the deposits
of failed banks that axe members of
the reserve associations.'
The House limited the rediscount of
commercial paper at the , regional
banks to that of maturing in 90 days;
the Senate provided that 180-day agri
cultural paper could be accepted under
certain limitations.
The gold reserve required of the re
gional reserve banks, against circulat
ing notes, was placed at 33 1-3 per
cent by the House and 40 per cent
by the Senate.
Banks would be permitted to loan
on 5-year farm mortgages by the
Senate bill ; ' on one-year mortgages
by the House bill.
Students Home for Holidays.
The following are among the stu
dents home for the holidays: Misses
Lma Gough, Annie. Ruth Caldwell,
Mildred Williams, Mildred Mcfntyre,
Louise Townsend, Marie Linkhaw,
Meredith College, Raleigh; Lillian
Proctor, Converse College, , Spartan
burg, S. C; Annie Neill Fuller,
Greensboro Female College, Greens
boro;Agnes McLean, Peabody Conser
vatory f Music, Baltimore, Md.; Ja
nie Carlyle, Missionary Training
School, Nyack N. Y. ; Janie Lennell,
Saint Mary's, Raleigh; Loretta
Spivey, Statesville Female In
stitute, Statesville; Messrs. Robert
Prevatt, Knox Proctor, J. A. Green,
University, Chapel Hill; David Fuller,
Trinity College Law School, Durham;
DbuglasMcLean, Davidson College,
Davidson; Luby Prevatt, Kentucky
Maitary,lnstitutet XyndonKy.; C.
Basil Skipper, Fishburne Military In
stitute, Waynesboro, Va.; James Cow
an, Oak Ridge Institute, Oak Ridge.
Several students returned about the
midle of last week mention of which
was made in Friday's Robesorifari. Mr.
Frank L. Nash, who is a student ai
Davidson College, is expected home
this -evening. . --
HORSE AND AUTO BURNED,.,
Rev. W. R, Davis Heavy Loser in Fire
-Year-Old Boy Set fire to Fod
der. Fire Saturday about 12 o'clock de
stroyed the barn and stalls at the
East Lumberton Baptist Parsonage,
in which was a horse and almost new
Ford automobile and quite a bit of
feed all belonging to Rev. W. R.
Davis, oastor of the East Lumberton
Baptist church. A 6-year old son son
which was recently completed, Friday.
Red Cross Seals are on sale at the
drug stores. They make attractive
stickersLfor Christmas presents and
by buying them you are helping to
m m b
stamp out tuberculosis. Help a good
cause along.
Saturday Mr. W. D. Prevatt, who
lives three miles from twon on the
Carthage road, killed a hog what was
a hog. .It weighed, when dressed,
750 pounds. One ham weighed 127
pounds and the hog's head weighed
60 pounds. Mr. Prevatt says that he
was offered .$95 for the hog before
he killed it.
There will be fun at the Pastime
theatre this evening when "The
Scratch," a riot of mirth, by Essany,
goes on the screen; The other two
reels will be "A Youhful Knight,"
comedy drama, Edison, and "Pedro's
Treachery," Western, Lubin. Good pic
tures are promised for the entire
week.. -
The residence of, Ex-Sheriff Geo.
B . McLeod, which has just been mov
ed from the side of the lot fronting
on Elm. street to the side fronting
on Chestnut, mention of rhich was
made in a recent issuewof The Robe-
sonian, was the last job' completed by
Contractor G. P. Higley,. father of
Register of Deeds T. N. Higley, be
fore he enlisted, in the Civil War,
which was 64 years ago.
Rev. W. B. .North filled his first ap
pointments us pastor of. Chestnut
Street Methodist church yesterday,
preaching morning and evening to
large congregations. There was spe
cial music for both these services, the
regular choir being assisted by Miss
Julia Culbreth, who is in charge of
the music department of Carolina Col
lege, Maxton, and who is here for for
the holidays at the home of her brother-in-law
and sister, Dr. and Mrs. B.
W, Page, and Messrs. R. R. Carlyle
and E.d Freeman. Dr. North left this
morning for Stem, Granville county,
to "spend Christmas with Mrs. North
at the home of her father. . He will
return the last of the week and fill
his appointments here Sunday.
Announcements reading as fol
lows have been received here:
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Hutchins
anounce marriage of their daughter
Leila Cobb
; to
Mr. Joseph H. Chamberlain
on Wednesday, the 17th, of December
one thousand nine hundred and thir
teen.
. Augusta, Maine.
Mr. Chamberlain during the month
he spent in Lumberton at the end of
last summer assisting," as leader "of
music, Rev. Raymond Browning in a
piuuucieu meeting, made many
friends who will wish -him .and his
bride all the happiness possible
WashinfaHVDec. 21 President
Wilson intends that his vacation at
Pass Christian, Miss., shall be a com
plete rest from official activity, but in
leisure moments be will apply himself
to the task of choosing tentatively
memDers of the Federal Reserve
board to be created by the new cur
rency law.
.Sidney. N. S. W, Dec. 21 Incom
ing steamers bring terrible detiiTsTof
iW . a. a
recent volcanic eruptions on the
island of Ambrim, in the new Heb-
naes group, m which 500 natives lost
their lives.. ; Witnesses, of the disturb
Dance describe it as ha vine- been r
sudden and violent that they expected
i? see me wnole western side of th
island disappear.. ,
BRIJF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
-Middling cotton today, 113-4c.
-Regular meeting of the K. O. T.
M . tonight. There will be some degree
work and all members are' requested
to be present.
License has been issued for the
marriage of W. A. Bracy and Willie .
V.rSrvey, B. B. Burrows and Flora
Pratt, Troy Hester and Blanche Pow
ers., Mf. Lee Caldwell has resigned the
position he held with the Seaboard at
Laurinburg on account of his health.
He returned home sick Thursday night
but his condition has improved since
then. s
No freight will be received or
delivered Christmas day by the Caro
Rha Southern after JUL o'clock a. m.
The freight depot wiil be closed for
the day after that hour. The passen
ger service will be carried on as us
ual. r" '
The following cases have been
tried in the recorder's court since
Friday:- Wilk Rozier, colored, resist
ing officer, judgment suspended on
payment of coat; John Hardin, Indian,
resisting officer, judgment suspended
on. payment of cost.
Deputy Sheriff Willis Britt com
pleted his last tax collecting round
Saturday. Mr. Britt says that col
lections were favorable on this last
round, but still there are those who
haVen't done the stunt.
When the Virginia . A Carolina
Southern Railroad, Lumberton toy
Hope Mills and Elizaoethtown, began
carrying mail two or three years ago
the Government made contract for
two bags of mail a day; now the road
is. carrying 15 bags a day.
-A card from Rev. J. W. Bradley,
former pastor of Chestnut Street
Methodist church, advises that he ha
reached his new appointment, Hooker-
ton circuit, all right and that he""wanta
The Robesonian to follow him there
in order that he may keep up with
Lumberton. ,
Although he hasn't been officially
commanded to do so, Postmaster D.D.
French is at his own experse
having, all parcel post packages de- .
livered in town..- This is only an act
of kindness to the patrons of the post
office on the part of Mr. French, and
will only be in effect during the holi
days. "Eleven marriage license were Is-.
sued by Register of Deeds T. N.
Higley Saturday for three white
couples, 6 colored and two Indian.
That is something of a record-reaker.
Nor hard times nor high cost of liv
ing nor height nor depth nor any
other creature gives pause to couple
matrimonially inclined. They should
worry.
-Mr. Grover Britt attended the
annual meetig of the North Carolina
Division of the Farmers Union at
Shelby last week and has written an ,
account of his trip which will have to
to be held over for next Monday's pa
per. A dispatch sent by Mr. Britt.
who is a reporter for The Robesonian
giving principal business transactec
at this meeting was published Fri
day. Deputy Sheriff W.C. Britt and Ru
ral Policeman Phillips went yesterda;
to the home of Mr. Stephen Townsent!
near Raft Swamp, and took three chil
dren belonging to Mr. Townsend anf'
'i AI : i a 1 T ' i l
stnt mem 10 ine capusi urpnanag
at Thomasville. It was a sad time
The children were crying and had t
be held in the car. Mr. Townsen'
is mentally deranged, was the caus
of the children being taken.
-The McAllister Hardware Co. ha
a most attractive window display o
the Ingersoll watch. Columns thic
with $1.50 and $2 watches support a
arch of $2 midget ladies' watches, and
from this arch is suspended a larg
wheel with $1 watches all around th 1
circle; and in the middle of the circl
is this: "The watch that made h
dollar famous." What do you kno
about that "that made the dollar fr .
mous!" Wouldn't that astonish you?
It's a dandy display. .
All unsuspecting, Mr. Floyd Bar
ley, a young roan who lives near St
Paul's, rode into town this morain -on
a bicycle which was stolen a mom
or soago from Joe Carter, Wester
Union- messenger here. MT.Baxlr?
bought.jthe wheel 3 or 4 weeks "ap"
from Fuller Harris of Woodmore, ar "
he is out about $12, whjch he is goir -after
Harris to make good. Them
chine was identified by number, too '
el, 4c, and Mr. Baxley was convinc '
that he had unknowingly bought x
wheel that somebody stole.
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