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ROBE SOMAN ESTABLISHED 1870. COUNTRY, GOD AND THUTH SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. VOL. XLV. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THUSRDAY, JULY 23, 1914. NUMBER 45 SUCCESSFUL OPENING SALES Tobacco Market Opened at Lumberton Today A Large Amount of Tobac co Brought in Good Prices were Obtained Opening Sales at Fair mont Yesterday were Most Suc cessful Good Prices. The opening sale at the Farmers Tobacco Warehouse, Lumberton's new warehouse, was held today. There was between 20,000 and 25,000 pounds of tobacco on the market, much more than was generally expected would be on hand, considering the late crop. The tobacco was all primings, and of a low grade, but brought good prices. There was quite a number of farmers in attendance at the sale from all over Robeson county, and many from adjoining counties. Yesterday was the opening day of the tobacco market at Fairmont. There were 36,000 pounds sold on the markets there yesterday, which was a good showing for the opening con sidering the late crop. This reporter talked with several farmers who sold tobacco yesterday and they were well pleased with the sale. Mr. E. J. Davis, proprietor of the Robeson coun ty Warehouse, ' said that tobacco brought the best price yesterday, con sidering the grade, he ever saw on the opening day. Buyers frm Virginia were heard to remark that the crop was short in Virginia and all over North Carolina, and that good tobacco would bring the best price ever this year. Scraps, or lugs, sold for as high as 16 cents pp.r pound yesterday, while the aver age would have been from 10 to 14 cents. TYPHOID VACCINATION. Fifty-Six People Vaccinated at Row land Yesterday at First Appoint ment of County Health Officer Page 0her Appointments. Dr. B. W. Page, county nealth of officer, gave typhoid vaccination to 16 people at Rowland yesterday. Thi was his first appointment to adminis ter the free vaccination authored by the county board of health recently and the number who availed th.-m-selves of the opportunity was sur prisingly large, showing that the pec pie have an intelligent appreciation of the opportunity afforded them of taking preventive measures against typhoid fever. For the purpose oi administering this free vaccination Dr. Page is filling appointments at Proctorville and Orrum this afternoon. Tomorrow afternoon he will "be at St. Pauls from 12 to 2 o'clock and at Parkton from a to 5. Saturday alter, noon from 12 to 5 Dr. Pags will t.e in Lumberton to vaccinate il who may come to see hini. Lumberton Defeats Rowland-Raeford Teams Two Out of Three. Three very interesting games of ball were played on the local diamond Monday and Tuesday one Monday and two Tuesday between the home team and a team made up of the be players of the Rowland and Raeford teams. The score Mnday was 9 to 3 in favor of Lumberton; the first game Tuesday 12 to 13 in favor of Rowland and Raeford; second game Tuesday 11 to 1 in favor of Lumber ton. The famous pitchers W. Currie and Dan McKethan were easily bat ted by the home boys, who batted all their fame as pitchers away. Caviness pitcher for the Lumberton team, had the visiting boys at his mercy. They could not hit his balls. ROBESON TEACHERS' IN STITUTE Will Begini1 in Lumberton August 17 and Last (IVo Weeks. Prof. E. D. Pusey, superintendent of city schools, Durham; Miss M. M. Moses, an expert Ain primary teach ing and Prof. R. ENSentelle, superin tendent ofi !the Lumberton graded school, will assist Supt. J. R. Poole with the Robeson Teachers Institute, which will open in Lumberton, Mon day, August 17, and last two weeks. Supt. Poole says that he has already had many letters of inquiry about the institute and he expects this to be the best attended and most instruc tive ever held in Robeson. Prof. Poole takes gfeat interest in his teachers, and is anxious that they equip themselves in every way possible to make them more success ful in the school room. He says that he has been advised that Robescn has more than 20 teachers at the summer school for teachers at Chau el Hill, and is the third county in the State in the number attending the school. Death of Mr. Mack Wratts of Britt's. Mr. Mack Watts, aged about 50 years, died at his home at Britt's yes terday afternoon at 6 o'clock, after suffering for some time witi. pella gra. Deceased is survived by his wife and several children.. Interment was 'made in the family burying ground at Broad Ridge this after. noon7""" . Subscribe fr The Robesonian. CAMPAIGN BEGINS IN EARNEST An Old-Time Speaking at Raft Swamp Talkfest at 'Fairmont Yesterday Speaking Appointments. The campaign cannons exploded proper at Raft Swamp school house Tuesday night. Most all the candi dates for the various offices were on the scene with the goods, and judg ingfrom reports it was an "old-time" campaign speaking. , Some mud was scattered about, it is said, but no one man came out very muddy. All pres ent and that was many seemed to have been delighted with the meeting especially the candidates. The candidates 'gathered them selves together at Fairmont yesterday afternoon and proceeded to tell the good people of that section how they are standing right at this particular time. All the candidates present an nounced themselves and had a few words to say, but Mr. Geo. B. Mc Leod, State Senator, who is a candi date for re-election, made the speech of the occasion. Mr. McLeod spoke at length on many subjects. He told of what he was in favor of and what he was not in favor of. He said that he could not comply with the request of the few who gathered in mass meeting in Lumberton Saturday. He denounced the primary law, which has been drawn and which the next ses sion of the Legislature will be asked to pass. After Mr. McLeod had fin ished "Mr. T. A. McNeill, Jr., chair man of the. Democratic executive com mittee, rose and defended the pri mary law, assuring Mr. McLeod that some of the wrongs which he found in the law would be righted, if he would promise to help get it passed if he went back to the State Senate, and said that it was hard to draft any law that would suit everybody's fancy. The meeting was well attended, and it was good to be there. All candidates are invited to attend the following-, named places, to an nounce themselves and discuss the issues of the day: Saturday, July 25th Union Chapel, 10 a. m.; Red Springs, 3 p. m. Monday, July 27th Lumber Bridge, 11 a. m.; Parkton, 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 28th St. Pauls, 11 a. m.; Saddle Tree township, Piney Grove, 4 p. m. Wednesday, July 29th Wishart's township, Bellamy, 11 a. m. Howells ville township, Tabernacle church, 8 p. m. Friday, July 31st Orrum, 11 a. m. Saturday, August 1st McDonalds, 11:00 a. m.; Rowland, 4 p. m. Monday, August 3rd, Lumberton, 8:30 p. m. Tuesday, August 4th Alfordsvillo township, Hillside, 41 a. m.; Pembroke, 8 p. m. Wednesday, August 5th Gaddy's township, White pond. Thursday August 6th Smith's township, Old Prospect, 11 a. m. A CUTTING SCRAPE. The Woman in the Case Must Leave the County and Her Dusky Lover Goes to the Roads. Ed Williams, colored, was before Assistant Recorder E. M. Johnson this morning charged with carving up Giles Hayes, also colored, this morn ing. Hayes was cut severely on tha neck, but it is not thought that the wounds will prove serious. The evi dence was that Williams was living with Annie Jeffries, colored, claiming that she was his wife, and Hayes had paid a little too much attrition, to Annie to suit Williams' fancy, so he proceeded to use his knife on Hayes. Williams was sentenced to six months on the roads, and Annie, his friend, whom he falsely claimed as his wife, was ordered to be out of Robeson county before noon tomorrow. Messrs. McRimmon and McLeod An nounce Candidacy for Senate In Monday's issue The Robesolin carried for the first time formal a.i nouncement of the candidacy oi Mr. N . J . McRimmon of Rowlr.nd and Mr. Geo. B. MceLod of L' mberton for the State Senate but the usual mention in a news item was emitted of necessity because of a rush of other matter. Mr. McRimmon is one f the largest and mos tsuccessful faim-rs of the county, a man whose interests are closely identified with the inter est of the most numerous class 'if people in the county the farmers. Mr. McLeod served the county in the State Senate during the last session of the Legislature and thinks his ex perience will enable him to serve the people better than ever before. Robbers Enter Store at Parkton. Some unknown robber or robbers entered the store of the Parkton Mer cantile Company at Parkton Tuesday night and escaped with about $75 worth of goods; The entrance was made through a window. For Weakness and Loss of Appetite The Old Standard general streerthenlnff tonic GROVE'S TA?TRI.FSS chl!l TONIC, drte ont Malaria and builds nv the system. A true tonic tndaoreAretiir- -or adults and children. 50c COUNTY GOVERNMENT REFORMS Advocated At a Mass Meeting of Robeson Democrats Held in Lumberton July 18 Abolish Offices of County Treasurer and Rural Policemen and Reduce Salaries Where Feasible Legalized Pri mary Endorsed Other Reforms Advocated In Monday's Robesonian was pub lished the resolutions adopted at the mass meeting of Democrats heid in Lumberton on the 18th inst. The meet ing was fairly well attended and Mr. W. H. Humphrey of Lumberton and others who signed the call for the meeting expressed themselves as be ing highly gratified at the interest manifested. The call for the meeting stated that its purpose was u decide upon some means by which extravagances, n county government might be checked and the people re lieved of some of the burdens of tax ation. Mr. Humphrey called the meeting to order at 11:15 o'clock and asked Mr. T. A. McNeill, Jr., to act as tem porary chairman. This Mr. McNeill asked to be excused from doing on ac count of his position as chairman of tiie county Democratic executive corn nittee. Mr. Humphrey then called upon Mr. Chas. E. Zedaker of Red Springs to act as temporary chairman, vuich Mr. Zedaker consented to do af te'i his objection that he was not fa. iniiar with parliamentary rules was overruled. Members of the picas present were asked to cat as secerta ries and the organization was made permanent. In stating the object of the meeting Mr. Humphrey said that the number present indicated a wide spread belief over the county that too great a pace is being maintained and mat taxes can be reduced. He took occasion to State, too, that, the state ment made in Red Springs correspon dence in last Thursday's Robesonian tnat in the paper of the same issue he would announce that he was a candi date for the State Senate was unau thorized, and that he had no inten tion of being a .candidate for any of fice. Expressions were called for and Mayor A. E. White of Lumberton made the first speech. Mr. White said he thought it was a healthy sign for the people to get together for the discussion of public questions. He said he had no axe to grind except that he would, if he could, make sharper the axe of people by which they might get a square deal. Some luxuries he thinks might be dispens ed with. First, recorders' courts. You cannot have a recorder at every man's door. A better plan than the present, he thinks, would be to have one re corder for the county and pay enough to get a good man. Six rural police men are paid, he said, to ride around and do practically nothing. They do the work formerely done by deputy sheriffs, who did not make on an av erage of more than $300 each per year. He thinks $4,500 might be saved annually there. We have more than 100 office-holders in the county. By cutting off some of them he esti mates that some of the $7,000 or moii saved yearly by placing officers on salary basis might find its way into the pockets of the people. He con demned the road law and showed where it discriminates against the poor man in favor of the rich. A man worth $1,000 in taxable property was saved 40 cents by the reduction of 4 cents on the $100, but the tax of $: for labor makes his tax really $1.60 more; while the man with $10,000 worth of property pays a tax, includ :ng the free labor tax. of $2 less than he would pay under the former law. Referring to reduction of salaries paid county officers, he declared that it is poor policy to pay a man more, just because it is tax money, than you would pay of your own money for the same service. The men who go to the Legislature, he declared, should be pledged to correct some of these evils He recommended that treasurer's of fice be abolished and duties of treas urer put on auditor, saving at least $1,800 a year. Messrs. J. E. Carlyle, J. T. Single tary, J. W. Barker, A. J. McKinnon and W. N. McLean were placed in nomination as a committee Lo draw up a set of resolutions for considera tion. Mr. McKinnon asked to be ex cused from serving and Mr. W. H. Humphrey was named in his place. This committee's report, which was adopted with slight changes was pub lished in Monday's Robesonian. Mr. J. L. Monroe of Elrod spoke in favor of either enlarging the duties of magistrates or abolishing the office and cutting down the number of Su perior courts, now that the work of the :ourts is cut down by recorders' courts. Mr. T.. A. McNeill, Jr., spoke in favor of a rigid primary law, pointing out how the voters are influ enced and corrupted under the pres. ent system, and urged all to read the proposed law now being printed in (Continued on page 4) HOPE MILLS NEWS NOTES. Rev. J. J. Murray Goes to Scotland Protracted Meetings Close Hope Mills Defeats Massie Hill Per. sonal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Hope Mills, July 21 Bishop Hor ner of the District of Asheville will yisit the Episcopal church in Hope Mills Wednesday night and will preach and administer the rite of conformation. All cordially invited to attend. The meeting which was conducted in the Presbyterian church last week was brought to a close Sunday night The attendance was large and great interest was manifested. Dr. Sankey Smith Hutchinson, who has been in the mountains beyond Asheville for the past four weeks, spending his summer vacation, return ed to Hope Mills Saturday afternoon. Prof. J. B. Bridges, principal of the high school at Brevard, was a brief caller at Hope Mills last week. Rev. J. J. Murray, who has been pastor of the Presbyterian church in Hope Mills for nearly a year, has re signed that position and will soon leave these borders for Scotland, be. yond the sea, where he will take a special course preparatory to his life's work as a missionary to the foreign field. The third Sunday in August will be Mr. Murray's last' visit to Hope Mills as pastor, and he will be acompanied by Rev. Mr. Fairley, who will succeed Mr. Murray as pastor of his church. ' On last Saturday afternoon the base ball team or Hope Mills "played the Massie Hill team at the fair ground, Fayetteville, the score being 5 to 1 in favor of the Hope Mills team. Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Fisher were visitors in Hope Mills Monday. Rev. B. P. Robinson of Cary clos ed a very successful meeting at Cum berland on the 11th inst. OWEN C. ROGERS. UP PHILADELPHUS WAY Good Sanitary Work Beautifying Homes Work Will Be Begun On Farm Life School Soon Personal Correspondence of The Robesonian. Red Springs, R. F. D. 1, July la Dr. Absher is giving valuable infor. mation along the sanitary line. He is assisted by Dr. McRay. 'The civic league is coming to the front jin Jjeauufying (home. -Mis3 Minnie Brown of Oak Park farm won the prize for the cleanest house in the community. Mr. Paisley McMillan and daugh ter Miss Georgia are visiting-in Yh ginia. Dr. J. P. Brown was a gup-1 at the home of Mrs. Amanda Brown last Wednesday. Mr. and Air-; '. B. Mc Arthur and family spcii a few days in Jackson Springs last week. -Mrs. John Redmond of Lumbertor It visiting relatives in this comu-unuy Mr. W. K. Brown of Birmingham, Ala., will arrive next Tuesday to sec his mother, Mrs. Amanda Brown whose condition is not thought to be any , better. Mrs. A. C. McGoogan of Rennert is visiting relatives at hv: old home in this vicinity.. The Ladies Aid Society have secur ed money enough to buy a nice carpet for the church. Misses Nannie and Blue Belle Mc- Callum spent last Tuesday at Row land visiting at the home of Mr. Wil liam McCallum. A movement is on foot to begin work on the farm-life school. The high school will soon begin and things will take on new life with energy and intelligence. OUT BARKER'S WAY. Crops Needing Rain Great Picnic at Ten Mile Protracted Meeting Begins Sunday Social and Per sonal Correspondence of The Robesonian. Barker's (Lumberton, R. 1), July 22 Crops in this section are needing rain badly. The picnic at Ten Mile was a grand success, livery body seemea to en joy themselves fine. Miss Jennie Inman is spending some time with relatives at Laurin- burg. Miss Grace Johnson of St. Paul's, who spent some time with her friend Miss Amelia Powers, has re turned home. Mrs. Ira M'White vis ited relatives Jnear Allenton last week. Miss Beatrice Inman is visit ing relatives at Hope Mills. There was an entertainment at Mr. S. A. Powers' one night last week in honor of their guest Miss John. on of St. Paul's. The protracted meeting will begin at Barker's next Sunday. Annual Indian Picnic at Union Chape) Saturday. The annual Indian picnic will be held at Union Chapel, netfr Bate, Sat urday. This is a big affair which is always attended by a large number t-f Indians and by many of their white friends as well. The county candidates will have a talk-fest there that day. 7 . ' BARNESVILLE NEWS BATCH. Wonderful the Way the Crops Grow- Sunday School Entertainment the ! Fourth Sunday Partridge Adopts! a Chicken. j Correspondence of The Robesonian. i Barnesville July 20-It just seem wonderf.l to know how the crorJ grow Tk , . . ., . The tobacco crop in this sec tion seems to be doing fine, only the flea-bug is doing very much damage The dry weather has cut the corn) Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Stacy mov crop short, but it's wonderful how the I ei into the W. S. Britt house, North. crops stand the dry weather like they I do. The Barnesville Sunday school is ex pected to give an entertainment the 4th Sunday p. m., July 26. Sam Townaend, a farmer who is a citizen of this community, while on his fishing journey to the Lumbec, where all the fish have not yet been caught, was attracted by a bird (a patridge) which seemed to be making a peculiar noise and after investiga ting, be found that theJre was - a young ch)icken, looked to be two weeks old or more, following the the bird. He said he caught the chick and placed it under a bucket, but it seemed to want to follow its little mother, and it being the only one, the partridge showed great interest by' flying and running around the rob ber. After he had gone fishing he returned and carried the little chick home with him andput it among the others, but it seemed to be dissatis fied.' Mr. Townsend says he don't know how it could have been so ex cept the partridge robbed a hen of her nest after she had laid but one egg. Annual Reunion of Veterans at St Paul's July 30. Headquarters Camp Willis H. Pope, Jhly 21st, 1914. COMRADES: The annual reunion of the veterans 1 of Robeson county has been fixed fo July 30th, at St. Paul's. Special rates will be given on the railroads, a pic nic dinner will be prvided by the peo ple of St. Paul's, who have also pre. pared an interesting programme of entertainment for the occasion and extend a cordial Invitation to the Veterans and to the people to be pres ent The Commander desires a full at tendance of all the members of Camp Willis H. Pope. By order of J. A. M'ALLISTER, Commander. M. G. M'KENZIE, Adjutant. Executive Committee of Progressive and Republican Parties Will Meet in Lumberton July 28. The Executive Committee of the Progressive and Republican parties are requested to meet in the court house in Lumberton on Tuesday, the 28th of July, and all who are interest ed in establishing a progressive and economical government in the county are requested to meet with us on that date at 11 o'clock. W. K. CULBRETH, Chairman. News Notes and Personals From Clarkton. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Clarkton, July 21 Mr. D. B. McKee of near Rosindale spent Saturday night with his sister near here. Mss Bertha Gooden of Wilming ton spent last week with her parents here. rMs. II . L. Cromartie of Yorick is spending some time with her mother, Mrs. Kate McEwen, who is on the sick list. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Phillips of Boardman spent the week-end with the latter's father, Mr. D. F. Fields. Rev. R. A. Lapsley, Jr., spent one day last week near Rosindale visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. Duke Fields spent he week end near Councils with rela tives. We are having some very nice showers, which is very nice on old corn. . Mr. G. Tait Clark spent Sunday in Elizabethtown. Mr. J. W. C. Ballentine spent a short while in. town Saturday morning. Among the Sick. Mrs. S. E. Beverly, who lives with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. T. Bggs, Pine street, suf - fered a slight stroke of paralysis last j tional Democratic Convention will irv week. Her condition i3 thought to be I sert in its platform a "votes for wo as favorable today as could be ex pected. Mrs. Biggs, who was visit-1 ing relatives at Durham, was called ! home Sunday to be with her mother. Carl, 6-year-old son of Mr. Ed Taylor of Howellsville township, un derwent an operation for appendicitiV at the Thompson hospital last night. The operation was a serious one, as gangrene had set in, and Master Can is very sick today, but his condition is reported to be as favorable as could be expected. The Best Hot Weather Tonic GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC enriches the blood, builds np the whole system and will won derfully atrenrthea and fortify you to withstand to depreant eBect of the hot summer. SOc. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEM 8. Mr. H. S. Nye of Orrum was among the visitors in town Tuesday. Mr. Nye reports fine crops down his Way, but says rain is badly needed. vfr aA m t a m r n r' and 'Mrs; T A McNeill. Jr. TT yeterdZ new hom' .-xinin street, iney nad been lmnr ... ',,. . . 5 with Mr. McNeill's father, ex-Judge i A. McNeill. ' Elm street, Monday. They had been boarding at Prof. J. R. Poole's since they were married in early spring. Mr. J. S. Folger of Rockford ar rived Monday night and is a guest at the home of his brother, Mr. M, N. Folger. Mr. Folger says he likes tho looks of Lumberton and Robeson fine. Mrs. L. E. Smith arrived this morning from Maxton to join her hus band and they will begin housekeep ing in the Baggett house, Second street. Mr. Smith is an electrician, who recently opened up an office here. Work has begun on the new real dence of Mr. R. D. Caldwell. The building will be erected near the resi dence in which Mr. Caldwell now lives, North Kim street, and will be one of the handsomest in town when completed. A series of meetings will begin at Mt. Eliam Baptist church, neax Orrum, tomorrow at 11 .a. m. and will ast through next week, and perhaps longer. The pastor, Rev. M A. Stephens, will be assisted by Kev. Paul T. Britt. Rev. A. McCullen, presiding elder of the Rockinyham district, will hold quarterly conference for Chestnut Street Methodist church Saturday and Sunday, August 1 and 2. Mr McCullen will preach at Chestnut Street church at one of the services on the 2nd. The marrying fever continues to rage and unless something happen to prevent many lives may be happier. Register of Deeds M. N. Folger re ccived mail orders for three "pairs of license yesterday before noon all rush orders. Folk will marry and most any season of the year will de. Large crowds attended the opea ing yesterday of Mr. J. P. McNeill's big sale, about which a two page ad. wag carried in Thursday's Robesoniaa, and the sales were good. Large crowds are also thronging the store today. It pays to advertise in The Robeson ian. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Coley of St. Paul's, who were married at the First. Baptist church here a week ago las I night returned last night from Wrightsville Beach and are visiting at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Q. T. Williams, Caldwell street. They will gq to their home at tS. Paul's tomorrow night. Mrs. Lizzie G. Proctor and daugh ter, Miss Lillian, returned the first of the week from an extended trip to Niagara Falls and Canada. They were with the Gattis touring party and had a most delightful trip. A delightful porch party was giv en by Mrs. Irvin Jenkins Tuesday evening at her home on Caldwell street, complimentary to the members of the Young Matrons' Club and their husbands. A report of this event wiU be printed in Monday's paper. The Bright Jewels Society of Chestnut Street Methodist church realized about $10 for the cause of missions from their measuring par ty on the church lawn Monday even, ing. This was a delightful occas ion which was enjoyed by a large number of children and by quite a good many grown folks as well. Lit. tie Misses Margaret and Dorothy Fin layson and Lula Norment were in strumental in getting up the party. Miss Martha Lee North assisted them and acted as cashier. Mr. A. Weinstein, who with Mrs. Weinstein and their small son Robert left Lumberton Sunday for Baltimore, returned Tuesday night. Mrs. Wein stein and Master Robert will spend some time visiting relatives in Balti more before returning. Mr. Weinstein went to purchase goods for his large department store. . i ! A prediction that the next Na- men" plank was made Tuesday by Miss Kate Gordon of New Orleans in her address before the annual con vention at Atlanta, Ga., of the Geor gia Woman Suffrage Association. If Kidneys and Bladder Bother Theu Foley Kidney Pills. Overworked kidneys will breax down if not helped. When they can no longer protect the blood and the body from the poisons that come to them, then look out for Bright's dis ease, serious kidney trouble and blad der annoyances. Foley Kidney pili are your best protection, your .best medicine for weak, sore, overworked kidney and bladder weaknesses. For sale by all druggists.
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