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LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1914.
NUMBER 10.
VOL. XLV.
LUMBERTON WINS DEBATES
High School Debaters of Lnmberton
Defeat Sanford and Laurinburg in
Contest Friday Nights-Will Go to
Chapel Hill in Second Battle for Ay
cock Memorial Cup Debaters Did
. WeH.
In the contests held throughout the
State Friday night of the North Caro
lina Debaters Union, of which 150
schools in the State are members, the
Lumberton graded school is among
the successful and the Lumberton
boys will have the honor of going to
Chapel Hill April 3rd to battle for a
place in the final fight for the Ay
cock Memorial cup. . The Lumberton
school last year was successful in the
first battle of the memorial-cup war,
but lost in the second battle
fought at the University. The boys
this time say that they feel sure they
will be in the third battle. The 150
schools in the union are divided into
groups of three schools each and this
annual memorial-cup contest consists
of three battles. The first is fought in
the group and the schools among the
groups that win both the affirmative
and negative of the question debated
go to the University to fight the sec
ond battle and the two schools that
win there will fight the third battle,
which also is fought at the Univer
sity. The Lumberton graded school is
grouped with Sanford and Laurinburg
Bchoobi. Lumberton's affirmative team,
consisting of Rufus Sanderson and
Earl Townsend, stayed at home and
argued the question for debate with
Sanford's negative team, composed of
Graham Dimmick and Julian Mclver.
Ertle Carjyle and John Proctor, Lum-
rinhnrc. and. as stated" a66vK . J
of the, Lumberton teams were success
ful. Friday evening at the graded
school auditorium was certainly en
tertainment worth while. The princi
pal feature of the occasion was the
debate,, but that wasn't all by any
means. The following was the pro
gramme: Song America.
Vocal solo I Love You Carl So
beski. Mr. Shepherd Nash.
Remarks Introduction by president,
Mr. R. Shelby Lewis.
Debate. "Query: Resolved, That
the Constitution of North Carolina
Should be so Amended as to Allow the
Initiative and Referendum in State
wide Legislation."
Instrumental duet Anvil Trovatore
(Verdi) Arr. H. Englemarin
Misses Mary Lee Caldwell and Mar
garet Pope.
Vocal Solo Sing . On Denza.
Miss Lucile Jones.
Report of Judges.
Messrs. E. M. Johnson, V. B. Mc
Millan and M. N. Folger were the
judges. Mr. Preston Cashwell acted
as secretary to President Shelby. At
the conclusion of the exercises the
votes of the judges were passed to
Mr. Shelby, who announced the re
sult. Ever since the early days of the old
Robeson Institute the Lumberton
school has had debating societies and
often had excellent public debates,
"but the debating Friday evening was
as good as any the town's school in the
fast has ever been able to boast.
Those who were present Friday even
ing looking for good sound argument
on the affirmative of a live subject
found Sanderson and Townsend with
the goods. Those boys were right
there with the stuff and they knew
how to hand it out with telling ef
fect but they had no walk-over, for
Sanford's representatives came to
Lumberton prepared to fight. They
were equally as well equipped for the
debate as the Lumbrton boys, but
they could handle so well their arms
of war. That's what won the victory
Lumberton's delivery.
The first speaker called was Rufus
Sanderson. He broke the ice. Graham
Dimmick, Sanford's ice breaker, was
the next speaker called. He was cool
and deliberate in what he did and hp.d
good argument. The president asked
the secretary to call the next speaker.
The secretary did as comnioded and
Earl Townsend, the second son of
Mrs. Fonnie Townsend, rose and with
as much ease and as deliberately as
one goes about the ordinary duties of
life he walked to a table on the center
of the stage and from a pitcher of
water he filled a glass and settled all
the dust along his avenue of speech.
He addressed the audience and meas
uring about six feet in the air, a white
carnation in the left lapel of his coat
and a lead pencil tightly lodged behind
his right ear, he began pitching out
strong points of argument with as
much precision as ever Abraham Lin
coln with his mall struck the wedge
in the days of his rail-splitting. Earl
did fine and he surprised many who
know him best. .Julian Mclver was
the last speaker. He was the young
est of the boys and was the only one
who wore trousers half way, but the
short breeches were no evidence that
anything else about that boy is
' short. It is true that he unbuttoned
and buttoned his coat several times
during his speech, but his hands, at
tended to that while he looked well
after his duties as a representative
of the aSnford school in this contest.
The boys each had a five-minut re
joinder and in this they all did well.
All four of the boys from the be
ginning to the ending of this con.
test did fine and reflected much credit
on the schools they represent.
Immediately after the exercises the
debaters, school faculty and a few
others were given a reception in the
library room by the girls' literary so
ciety. Delicious refreshments-were
served and it was indeed a pleasant
time. While here the representatives
of the Sanford school were guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. K. M.
Biggs. Miss Hassie Lou Ponder, for
merly a member of the faculty here,
is now one of the high school teach
ers in the . Sanford school and she
came with the Sanford boys. While
here she was a guest of Miss Ethel
Williams. She returned last evening
to Sanford. Dimmick and Mclver
returned Saturday evening. Miss Pon
der was for two years a member of
the faculty here and she has a host
of friends that were glad to see her in
Lumberton again.
It is said that Ertle Carlyle and
John Proctor, the boys who went to
Laurinburg, did some excellent speak
ing, but they, same as the boys here,
had no walk-over. They spoke against
against girls. Messrs. Thomas L.
Johnson, J. J. Goodwin, Eli Wishart
and Furman Biggs went to Laurin
burg with Carlyle and Proctor, . and
the Lumberton boys say that they
were treated royally by the Laurin
burg folks.
The Lumberton school certainly is
proud of its victory, but among all
those that constitute" the memebrship
of the school and faculty there was
hardly one that evidenced any more
real joy tjian did Supt. R. E. Sentelle.
He is proud of his boys.
The musical part of the programme
at the auditorium Friday evening was
fine and reflects much credit on the
work Miss Glasgow is doing in the
school. Every number was well ren
dered. Miss Lucile Jones had the last
number on the programme and she
was encored until she had to come
back and her second number ws
even better than the first.
here seem,s.tm.bp- rme, Jack-of in
terest in Lumberton on the part of
the patrons of the graded school. The
auditorium Jtriday evening was just
about half full, possibly a little bet
ter. It is said that the school audi
torium at Laurinburg was packed and
the same thing was so at Sanford. Do
patrons of other schools realize more
than Lumberton folks the real value
of the little. folks?, . .
And the Lumberton graded school
debaters will again have the honor
of going to the University , of the
State to try for the Aycock Memorial
cup. May tKey win.
DROPPED DEAD IN DRUG STORE
Capt. J. M. Turner of Raleigh Fell
Dead in Maxton Saturday Night
Well Known Here.
Maxton Dispatch, 21st.
Tonight at 8:30, while a group of
men were in Barnes Bros.' drug store,
talking,; Capt. J. M. Turner, of Ra
leigh, exsuperinterident of this divis
ion of the Seaboard Air Line, suddenly
dropped dead. Dr. L. R. Kirkpalrick
was present and immediately attend
ed the fallen man, but death had been
instantaneous, apoplexy being the
cause.
Capt. Turner was about 55 years old
and had been here since Thursday, in
vestigating a r.iifroad prcpov't'on. He
was a guest of Mr. A. j VI Linnr.n,
and ate a hwtity supper, coining on
up street afterwards.
Arrangements have been made for
taking his body to Raleigh on Sea
board train No. 19, in the morning.
He is survived by his wife, who is now
in Raleigh.
Capt. Turner was well known and
well liked in Lumberton. He wasTre
ceiver for the Raleigh & Charleston
for some time and made his headquar.
ters here during this time.
Church Servjees.
Rev. S. E. Mercer, president of
Carolina College, Maxton, preached
excellent sermons at Chestnut Street
Methodist church yesterday, morn
ing and evening. He came to relieve
the pastor, Rev. Dr. W. B. North,
who has been suffering with his throat
for some time and was unable to
preach. It is hoped that Dr. North's
condition will be sufficiently improved
for him to fill his appointments next
Sunday. ,
Mr. J. A. Brown of Chadbourn,
president of the North Carolina State
Sunday School Association, delivered
an address on Sunday school work
yesterday morning before the Presby
terian Sunday school and before the
North Lumberton Union Sunday
school, at the Jennings Cotton Mills
yesterday afternoon. Mr. Brown is
an enthusiastic Sunday school work
er and a good talker, and both ad
dresses were interesting and help
ful. At the First Baptist Sunday school
yesterday morning Rev. C. H. Dur
ham, pastor of the church, Mr. R. D.
Caldwell, superintendent of the school,
and Mr. S. Mclntyre made interesting
talks, giving the impressions made
upon them by the great Baptist lay
men's meeting in Durham last week,
which meeting they attended.
Episcopal Srvices Tomorrow Night.
Rev. T. P. Noe, an Episcopal minis
ter of Wilmington, will conduct ser
vices tomorrow Pvpnino- of 8 iVIaMi- o
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the residence of Mr. J. Q. Beckwith.
, I pet. ine public is cordially
invited. '
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BAPTIST LAYMEN'S CONVENTION.
Resolutions Adopted Opposing Deliv
ery of Liquor Inside State Many
Adopt Tithing as Minimum Stand
ard of Giving Large Crowds At
tended Convention in Durham Last
Week.
Large crowds from all over North
Carolina attended the Baptist lay
men's convention held in Durham 3
days last week Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday. Addresses were
made by many eminent Baptists.
Following an address Thursday by
Prof. J.T. Henderson, Bristol, Va., on
"Tithing as the Minimum Standard of
Giving," 144 men stood up when a
call was made for those who would
adopt a tenth of their income as a
minimum standard for giving. A hun
dred of the delegates to the conven
tion responded to the query as to how
many were already giving a tenth of
their incomes.
W. H. Weatherspoon of Laurinburg
presided at the afternoon session
Thursday and spoke of the "Laymen
and the prayermeeting." At one of
the sessions Wednesday, when the
method of working out the problem of
getting men to give for missions was
discussed, Mr. R. D. Caldwell of
Lumberton spoke of the "cvery mem
ber canvass" and gave interesting cx
perieuces of the result of this meth
od. Governor Locke Craig was one of
the speakers at the Wednesday night
session. He declared that President
Wihon's Mexican policy is the policy
cf a great Christian statesman. While
the Church and State are separated,
all laws and all policies should em
body the spirit of Christ, else it would
government.; Three influences, ac
cording to the Governor go to make a
man good or bad. These are heredity,
will power and environment. It is im
possible to change the heredity or will
power of most people, but it is and can
be made a function of the government
to change the bad environment of
some people.
The Governor approved the inter
est the preachers and church people
as well as Christian - organzatons
wre taking in governmental politics.
The fact that a man preaches twice a
week does not and should not pre
vent him being a citizen, interested in
upholding the law seven days in the
week.
.The convention Wednesday unani
mously adopted the following resolu
tion, offered by John A. Oates of Fay
etteville :
"Whereas, We believe that the total
abstainance from the use of intoxi
cating liquors is best for the individ
ual and for prosperity; and
"Whereas, The Baptist State con
vention and other church gatherings
last fall memoralized the general as
sembly of 1915 to pass an act to pro
hibit the delivery of whiskey for bev
erage purposes in our State; and
"Whereas, The Anti-Saloon League
following up the action of the various
churches through its exeecutive com
mittee has memoralized the next Gen
eral Assembly to pass such a law.
'"Therefore, be it resolved by the
North Carolina Baptist laymen's con
vention, held in Durham, March 17-19,
1914, that we approve of the proposed
legislation necessary to the proper en
forcement of the laws we now have."
Rev. R. L. Davis, secretary of the
North Carolina Anti-Saloon League,
addressed the convention and urged
that every man see to it that when
they nominated and elected members
of the next legislature that these men
be in favor of a law prohibiting the
shipment of whiskey for beverage into
the State. In this North Carolina
would be following in the footstep
of Mississippi.
Wilmington Woman Died Suddenly on
Train Yesterday Near Lumberton.
Mrs. W. F. Reeves of Wilmington
died suddenly yesterday morning on
the early east-bound Seaboard pas
senger train between Lumberton and
Lowe, which is only 5 miles from
Lumberton. She was found dead in
her seat by the conductor. Dr. W. A.
McPhaul local Seaboard surgeon, was
called to make an examination when
the train reached Lumberton and
found that deceased died of apoplexy.
Mrs Reeves was on her way home from
Jacksonville, Fla., where she had been
to visit a daughter. A child nhnnr. a
years old was with her. The remains
were taken to Wilmington. -
Important Committees Appointed by
Chamber of Commerce.
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce
Thursday night the following commit
tees were apointed:
Membership committee H. E. Sta
cy, chairman; Woodberry Lennon.'R.R.
Carlyle; new business enterprises A.
E. White, chairman; H. M. McAllister,
C. V- Brown; Parks and pleasure
grounds L. R. Varser, chairman; L.
T. Townsend, Jas. D. Proctor; county
fair, to arrange for a fair next fall
at Lumberton R. D. Caldwell, chair
man; R. E. Sentelle, Frank Gough.
These committees are expecte'd to
report at each regular meting of the
Chamber of Commerce and ask for
any assistance in the way of addi
tional members or any other help
which may advance the particular
work each committee has in charge.
Heavy, impure blood makes a mud
dy, pimply complexion, headaches,
nausea, indigestion. Thin blood makes
you weak pale and sickly. For pure
blood, sounds digestion use Burdock
Blood Bitters. $1.00 at all stores
MAI PEARL JONES LEADS.
Small Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Y.
Jones Received Greatest Number of
Votes in Pony Contest Last Week
and Wins One Dollar Many Chil
dren Working and Much Interest
Being Manifested.
Mai Pearl Jones, small daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. G. Y. Jones, received
the greatest number of votes in the
pony contest last week and wins the
dollar which will be given away each
week to the child receiving the highest
number of votes for the week.
Many children have entered the con
tst for the Shetland pony which will
be given away by the following busi
ness houses: POPE DRG CO., M'AL
LISTER HDW. CO., J. H. WISHART
(Grocer), R. R. CARLYLE (Ladies
Store), TOWNSEND BROS., (Gent's
Furnishings), THE PASTIME THEA
TRE and THE ROBESONIAN. Oth
ers are entering every day. It w not
too late .to enter by any means, and
the child that enters now has as g.'od
a chance of winning the pony as ary
body. Votes are given on cash pur
chases or money paid on account at
any cf these places of business For
job work and advertising The Robe
scnian gives the same number of
votes as the other houses 100 votes
for 1 and on subscription it gives
500 ctes for one dollar.
Get in the race an dwin a beautiful
Shetland pony free. There is ;ilenty
of time to win.
In older to obtain credit for votes
each vote must have written on it
the name of the contestant. In count
ing the votes for last wek several
were found with no name on them and
these of course could not bgdit3oM
A SURPRISE MARRIAGE.
Miss Lizzie Hamilton of Marietta and
Mr. Grover Britt Married Friday
Night.
A marriage which came as a sur
prise to many friends of the contract
ing parties occurred Friday night at
9:30 o'clock at the Baptist parsonage
at East Lumberton, when and where
Miss Lizzie Hamilton, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Hamilton of Marietta,
became the bride of Mr. Grover Britt,
local reporter and business manager
of The Robesonian. The groom is
known far and wide as "Happy Jack."
The bride has been Reaching at
Smith's, flowellsville township, her
school closing Friday. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. M. A. Steph
ens, pastor of the groom. The young
couple have the best wishes of a host
of friends. They went Saturday to
Marietta and expect to return to Lum
berton tomorrow or next day.
New Residences.
Mr. T. A. McNeill, Jr., will begin
next month the erection of a 2-story
9-room residence, English cottage
type, on the corner of Chestnut and
Ninth streets, on the lot in rear of the
residence of his father, ex-Judge T. A.
McNeill. The residence will front
on Chestnut.
Mr. F. J. Thomas will begin next
months the erection of a 2-story 7
room residence on his lot near the
river "Riverside boulevard," some
time, maybe northwestern part of
town.
Architect J. M. Russell of Lumber
ton drew the plans for both these
residences, which will be modern
in every respect, with all modern con
veniences. It is worth while to note
that one does not have to leave town
to secure the services of an ar
chitect. Mt. H. C. Jones, a local con
tractor, has the contract for building
both houses,
Mr. Russell's services are in demand
away from home. He drew the plans
recently for s handsome residence
which Mr. J. R. Gordon is going to
build at Hamlet.
District Office to be Located Here.
The district office of the Jefferson
Stanard Life Insurance Cp., the home
office of which is in Greensboro, will
be moved this week from Fayetteville
to Lumberton. It is understood that
temporary offices will be occupied in
the opera house building. Mr. J. W.
Currie is manager and will move his
family from Fayetteville to Lumber
ton. The company will find that it has
made no mistake in locating a dis
trict office here, and Lumberton is
glad to welcome it.
. Master Carlyle Bethea, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. A. Bethea, who live on
Cedar street, had the misfortune Fri
day morning of getting right
badly burned, though not seriously.
He was building the morning fire
when he carelessly threw a burning
match on the floor just behind him
self. From the match his clothing
caught. Carlyle called for help and
had it not been for quick work on the
part of Mr. Bethea the boy would have
have been seriously burned. Carlyle's
condition today is as good as could
be expected. Mrs. Bethea says she
thinks he will be able in two or three
more days to go back to school.
Lumberton Hotel Company Granted
Charter.
The Lumberton Hotel Cor. pany has
been granted a charter, SI'JO.OOO au
thomcd capital, $10,000 subscribed by
A. W. IIcLean, R. D. CaicVeli and
others. The stock is bein subscrib
ed by home folks. ' The hotel commit
tee of the Chamber of Commerce is
still soliciting subscriptions. Bids for
sites will be receved up to April 1.
Subscribe for The Robesonian'.
DEATH OF MRS. L. B. TOWNSEND. j
End Came Suddenly Friday Night
Funeral Yesterday Afternoon From ;
Methodist Church Attended by j
Large Crowd Floral Offerings
Beautiful A Lovely Character Who
Was Widely Loved.
The funeral of Mrs. May Moore
Townsend, wife of Mr. L. B. Town
send, whose death occurred at 7:30
o'clock Friday evening at their home
on Third street, took place yesterday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from Chest
nut Street Methodist church, of which
deceased was a member. Despite the
fact that the weather was extremely
inclement, a large crowd filled the
main auditorium of the church and
overflowed into the Sunday school
room attended funeral, bearing sor
rowful testimony to how wide and
deep an impression the deceased had
made upon this community by her
sweet and gentle life.
On account of the illness of the pas
tor of the church, Rev. Dr. W. B.
North, the funeral was conducted by
Rev. S. E. Mercer, president of Caro
lina College, Maxton, assisted by Rev.
C. H. Durham, pastor of the First
Baptist church. The songs used were
"Asleep in Jesus," by the choir; "I
Know a Place Where We Shall Rest,"
by a male quartet Messrs. R. R. Car
lyle, W. Lennon, C. B. Skipper and
J. P. Stephens; and "Abide With Me,"
by the choir'. On account of the
weather the services were concluded in
the church.
Interment was made at Meadow
brook cemetery. The casket was pure
white, and the floral offerings were
unusually numerous and beautiful, en
tirely coevringthe. ne.wmad grave
of her infant that was born a week
before the death of Mrs. Townsend,
died two days later and was buried
just a week ago yesterday.
The crowd at the grave was dis
missed with a tenderly beautiful pray
er by Rev. Mr. Durham.
The pallbearers were Messrs. W. O.
Thompson, L. R. Varser, Alf. H. Mc
Leod, H. M. McAllister, L. C. Town
send, R. H. Crichton.
p
Mrs. Townsend's death occurred
suddenly Friday night at 7:30 o'clock
and was due to eclampsia. For two
or three days following the birth of
a baby on the 13th, just a week before
her death, Mrs. lownsend s condition
was serious, but it was thought that
she was improving until a short time
before her death.
The maiden name of the deceased
was May Casandra Moore. She was
born at Warsaw, Duplin county, Jan
uary 14, 1883, and was 31 years oki.
For six or seven years prior to her
marriage in October, 1912, she was
stenographer in the law offices of Mr.
A. W. McLean and his present and
former partners.
Mrs. Townsend was a young woman
of such lovely Christian character, of
such sweet and gentle disposition, that
she won the profoundest respect and
sincere regard of all with whom she
came in contact. It is rare indeed that
any one is so universally and so sin
cerely loved. Her death was pecu
liarly sad. Heartfelt sympathy goes
out to the young husband who just a
short week ago buried his infant
daughter.
Deceased is survived bv one sister.
Miss Elizabeth Moore of Warsaw, and
five brothers Messrs. B. C. and J. M.
Moore and Dr. Wm. Houston Moore
of Wilmington, and Messrs. Chas. D.
and Thomas M. Moore of Valdosta,
Ga. All except last named, who could
not come, were here to at
tend the funeral. Others from out of
town" who attended the funeral were
Dr. Moore's wife, Mrs. S. E. John
stone, Mrs. Claude Murray. Miss
Sallie Bowden and Miss Lillian Fon-
veille, all of Wilmington; Mrs; A. B.
Banes and Miss Same Hill of War
saw; and Mr. Davis Powell of Rocky
Mount. y
Death of Mrs. Mallie McNair of Rae
ford.
Raeford Dispatch, 19th.
Mrs. Mallie McNair died Monday in
the hospital in Laurinburg. She was
carried to the hospital for an opera
tion and was apparently doing well
until Monday, when another operation
was necessary She failed to rally
from the last operation.
Before her marriage she was Miss
Marie Currie, daughter of Mrs. Cur
rie, who lives at Maxton. Two broth
ers, and three sisters and her mother
survive. She would have been 22
years old on th 28th day of this
month, and had been married about a
year and a half. She was a member
of the Raeford Presbyterian church.
Interment took place Tuesday at
Bethel church, the funeral being con
ducted by Rev. W. C. Brown, of this
city.
A New Industry for Lumberton.
The Robesonian carried an adver
tisement, on Thursday, and carries it
again today, that is of especial in
terest. It is th announcement of
the Freeman Printing Company that
it is now prepared to make rubber
stamps. Heretofore it has been ne
cessary to send -away from town to
get work of this kind done. It is a
great convenience to be able to give
your order for work of this kind right
at home.
For any itching skin trouble, piles,
eczema, salt rheum, hive3, itch, scald
head, herpes, scabies, Dean's Oint
ment is highly recommended. 50c ; a
box atall stores.
BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEMS.
License has been issued for the
marriage of Nora McKethan and D.
M. Hayes.
Fairmont Messenger: .Lumber iff"
being placed for the purpose of remod
elling Dr. Brown's residence. He ex
pects ui.o to build a garage on Matin
street and tear away the stable on
RedCross street
Antony and Cleopatra, said to be
the finest motion picture film made,
will be shown at the Pastime theatre
this afternoon, beginning at 2 o'clock.
and tonight. The indications are that
large crowds will attend.
Among the North Carolina items
carried in the Civil War claims bill
which was reported to the United
States Senate Friday was $L800 tor
the trustees of the Presbyterian
church at Lumber Bridge.
Mrs. R. D. Caldwell will leave to
morrow for Hendersonvitte, whire she
will attend a meeting of the Women's
Baptist Missionary Union. This is a
State meeting of the organization.
While in Ilendersonville Mrs. Caldwell
will be a guest of Dr. and Mrs. A. C
Tebeau.
Fairmont Messenger: Robeson
county seems to be making a good
stand at Wake Forest. Out of 3 mar
shals elected from the Philomathesian
Society all are from Robeson as fol
lows: R. L. Brown, C. C. Cashwell
and P. II. Wilson and two of them
Fairmont boys.
Cold snap very of a few days
culminated Saturday night in sleet
and rain which loaded down trees with
ice and made them beautiful yesterday
morning. About all the trees un-
terday, ana wnue mis morning was
cold there is now the promise of
spring in the air.
Rowland Sun: We believe that
Rowland right now has the brightest
prospects in its history. It's true the
short cotton crop last fall hit us hard,
but the town is going right along. In
a very short time we will have elec
tric lights, waterworks and sewerage
adn having these things will induce
manufacturing enterprises to come
here.
The fire alarm was turned, In be
tween 12 and 1 o'clock this afternoon
for fire at the residence of Mr. W. S.
Wishart, Elm and Seventh streets. A.
blaze which started in the roof of the
kitchen near a flue was discovered be
fore it had made much headway and
wag extinguished by a bucket brigade
before the hose wagon arrived. Not
much damage was done.
Speaking of hotels, Mr. W. O.
Thompson this morning ran across an
old ledger of the Williams hotel, which
was kept by his father, Mr. W. E
Thompson, 30 years ago on Fourth
street, near Deese's stables. On Octo
ber 29, 1881, the name of Mr.
J.L. JCean of Baltimore, Md., appears
registered on that ledger, and Mr.
Kean is among the visitors in town
today. '
Discriminating buyers were
highly pleased with the display at
Carlyle's ladies' store during the open
ing last week, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday. Crowds of ladies visited
the store and ladies who have been
North recently declared the suits dis
played equal to anything they saw
in the best stores in Baltimore and
other Northern cities. There is no
need to leave town to purchase any
thing that stores handle in larger
towns.
Recorder's Court.
Wesley Hardin, Indian, was convict
ed of retailing in two cases tried be
fore Recorder J. A. Rowland this
morning. In one case judgment was
suspended on payment of costs and in -the
other case he was sentenced to 12
months on the roads. He gave notice
of appeal. Hector Gilchrist, colored,
who was stabbed by his wife some six
weeks ago, will be tried before Recor
der Rowland this afternoon on the
charge of retailing. Chief of Police H.
H. Redfern seached Gilchrist's house
Saturday night and found 13 pints of
liquor. Ben Blount, colored, will also
be tried this afternoon on the charge
of being drunk and disorderly Satur
day evening.
Mr. C. N. Evans, who has been
prominent in banking and commercial
circles in Wilmington for the past
nine years or more, has resigned as
president of the Atlantic Trust &
Banking Co. of Wilmington and will
gc to Baltimore as assistant to the
President of the Equitable Mortgage
& Trust Co of that city
A warning is sent out by the State
Department of Insurance against the
North American Home Insurance Co,,
operating from Roanoke, Va., which
is not licensed to do business in thi3
State and for this reason its contracts
are null and void under the North
Carolina laws
Special "Health Warning" For March
March is a trying month for the1
trery young and very elderly people.
Croup, bronchial colds, lagrippe and'
pneumonia are to be feared and
avoided. Foley's Honey and Tar is a
great family medicine that will quick
ly stop a cough, check the progress of
a cold, and relieve inflamed and con
gested air passages. It is safe, pure,
and always reliable. For sale by all
druggists.
T .
For Weakness and Loss of Appetite
The Old Standard reneral itrengtheninf tonic,
GROVH'S TATTEI.RSS chi:i TONIC. drirea out
Maltria r nd ".'-lis up the rrtem. A Ine tonic
aadsureApi) I-cra-lulU and children. S0e
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