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THE ROBESONIAN ESTABLISHED 187ft. COUNTRY. GOD AND TKUTH SINGLE COPY FIVE CEN I VOL. XLV. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 30,. 1914. NUMBER 47 RUSSIA CONSIDERS DIE CAST. 1 WAR FORMALLY DECLARED. MRS. J. L. WILSON PASSES CALL FOR MASS MEETING. GETTING DATA ON INDIANS 1 BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEM Onljr Political Miracle Can Avert War Russia Will Suport Servia and Partial Mobilization Has Been Or dered All Diplomatic Efforts to Localise Trouble Fail. St. Petersburg, Russia, Dispatch, 29th. In Russian eyes the die is cast. Only a political miracle can avert war. Russia 'does7 not swerve from her determination to support Servia, and partial mobilization has already been ordered. There is every indication that the whole vast military machin ery of Russia soon will be set in mo tion. An imperial manifesto is awaited tonght. Should Emperor Ncholas become generalissimo of the forces, as it is understood he will, an immense wave of enthusiasm will sweep over Rus sia. The political parties have sunk their differences. The general atti tude is not "jingoistic," but one of rtsolute confidence in the justice of the country's cause and readiness to make all sacrifices. Proposal attributed to Austria to discuss terms when Belgrade is occu pied is regarded as impossible, It is pointed out that before opening of hostilities Russia proposed to Austria a direct exchange of views which Au stria rejected. .. " The foregoing St. Petersburg dis patch was passed by the censor with out revision a fact which is consider ed highly significant. Lordon Dispatch, 29th. The day's events brought no relief to the suspense, nor any diplomatic achievement to restrict the Austro Servian war to those two nations. The feeling throughout England and the Continental feeling, as reflected by the correspondents of the London papers tonight, is distinctly more anxious than yesterday Two events have made for pessim ism. Direct negotiations between Russia and Austria, which gave the other governments hope of a compro. mist', have failed. Russia is mobiliz ing four army corps, consisting of 1, 2X0,000 m;n in the four districts along the Austrian frontier. Russia's resolution to stand by Servia appears to Ikt fixed. , A manifesto by fie Russian Em peror making his policy clear is ex le"td hourly. The diplomatic repre sentatives, though, all say there is yet hope, and base their belief on the tact that Germany, France, Great Uritain and Italy, the last two named most of all do not want war, and don't think the Austro.Servian qua rei important enough to justify it. St. Petersburg messages say Ruo sui asked Austria for a direct ex change of views, and that Austria has declined. The' refusal appears to have been to extend the much discuss ed negotiations, which yesterday were considered in the chancellories as the principal known basis for optimism. Servians Blow Up Save River Bridge. Vienna Dispatch, 29th. The Servians at 10:30 o'clock this morning blew up the bridge spanning the river Save, between the Austrian town of Semlin and Belgrade. The Austrian infantry and artillery sta tioned at Simlin, in conjunction with monitors on the Danube, fired on the Servian positions beyond the bridge Tle Servians retreated after a short engagement with trifling losses. A small detachment of pioneers in co operation with the customs officers, after a ihort encounter yesterday captured from the crews two Servian steamers laden with ammunition and mines. The captured ships were tow ed away by one of the Danube steam, err.. Engineers Prepare Plans for Termi.' nun at Charleston. Washington Dispatch, 27th. Confirmation of the intention oi tho Southern Railway to build im mediately at Charleston, S. C, an in dependent coal terminal, largely for Panama Canal traffic, was given to day by President Fairfax Harrison before the special Senate committee investigating the coal rate situation in the South. President Harrison said engineers were now at work preparing plans for the construction of a terminal to accommodate the loading of one ship at a time at Charleston, and that H would take from nine months to a year to complete work. He said he had desired to arrange to use the pro posed Clinchfield road terminals at Charleston, but after months of con sideration he had found in May or June last that this was impossible, be cause of objections of shippers. Mr. Harrison estimated that it would cost $11,300,000 to put his road from the Appalachian coal fields to Charleston into proper shape for pro. fttable coal transportation and com plete the terminals at Charleston.' Brief Manifesto by Austro-Hungar. ian Government St. Petersburg Holds Decision As to Genreal Euro pean War. London, England, Dispatch 28th. The Austro-Hungarian government declared war against Servia today by a manifesto which is one of the briefest of history's momentous docu ments. Germany paved the way for this declaration by announcing her rejec tion of the British proposal to Bring four powers together in conference for mediation. Germany explained that her ally could not be expected to submit her acts to a European coun cil as though she were one of the Bal kan States. Thite Announcement preceded the declaration of war by only two hours and showed the harmonious working of the partnership between the two Nations which stood firmly together through the Bosnian crisis of 1909. The center of interest has shifted sharply to' St. Petersburg, which holds the decision whether a European war which probably would shift the balance of power if not rearrange the entire map of Europe, is to break out. Negotiations are afoot there between the Russian Foreign Minister and the Austrian Ambassador which are de signed to "localize" the conflict. Text of War Declaration. Vienna, July 28 The text of the declaration of war follows; - "The Royal Government of Servia not having replied in a satisfactory .manner to the note remitted to it by the Austro-Hungarian Minister in Belgrade on July 23, 1914, the im perial and royal Government finds itself compelled to proceed itself to safeguard its rights and interests and to have recourse for this purpose to force of arms. "Austria-Hungary considers itself from this moment in a state of war with Servia." OUT ROZIER WAY. Corn Drying Up Tobacco Stubborn Death of Mr. Archie Willis Per sonal Mention. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Rozier, July 27 We are still having dry weather. We have not had rain since July 4, but just enough to lay the dust one time, and some of the corn is dried up and falling down. The farmers are having a pretty bad job getting their tobacco in order to take out of the barn. Almost all the farmers around here carried their tobacco to Lumberton the opening day. We think Rural Policeman Mr. Eli Phillips ought to come through here and get after the road men for not fixing bridges. Some are almost pass ed crossing. Mr. Archie Willis died Tuesday, July 21. Mr. Willis had gone out and worked some that morning and aboui. 7 o'clock came back home and said he was sick, and Dr. R. G. Rozier was called at once, but Mr. Willis was dead before Dr. Rozier could get there. Deceased leaves 7 children to mourn their loss, and a host of friends and relajttves. Mr. Archie Britt and sister, Miss Sadie are visiting in Cumberland coun ty. Mr. H. Bullock and son of Proc torville spent the week-end with Mrs. J. C. Carlyle. Mrs. Frank High tower and Mrs. Lizzie Watson and Daughter, Miss Annie of Fayetteville spent a day visiting Mrs. M. J. Barker. Mr. H. H.. Hayes of Po mona, Fla., is visiting his friends here. Mr. Hayes is traveling for his health. Misses Mary and Marve Barker ex pect to leave fo Wilmington Wednes day, where they will spend a week with their sister Mrs. H.J. McRae. Mr.. Cary-McDonald attended the picnic at Mount Tabor Saturday and reports a nice time. Miss Margaret Pope of Lumberton visited Miss Jeannette Biggs recently. Tremendous Cotton Leaves. Did you ever see a cotton leaf that measures 12 1-4 inches across? Hon est, now? Mr. F. A. Wishart brought one to The Robesonian office Monday that measured that much, and thrre were plenty more, he said, in the field where that came from, on the farm of Tom Hayes on the Strong Wishart place about 3 mles west of Lumberton. Seven or eight inches is a pretty good size for cot ton leaves, so you can see that these cotton leaves have attained an unus ual size. Among the Sick. The condition of Mr. H. B. Mc Fhaul, who has been sick with ty phoid fever in the James Sanatorium, Laurinburg, is not much improved. Billie, infant son, of Dr. and Mrs. H. B. McPhaul, who had been sick for several months, is greatly improv ed. Subscribe -for The Robesonian. Loveable Christian Woman of Tar Heel Funeral Attended by Large Crowd. Mrs. J.J,. Wilson, aged 32, died at her home at Tar Heel Sunday at 5 o'clock a. m., after an illness of seve ral days. The funeral was conducted at Zion Tabernacle Baptist church Monday by her pastor, Rev. Paul T. Britt, in the presence of perhaps the largest crowd that ever attended a funeral in that section. Mrs. Wilson was known by all her friends as one of the best and most lovable and kind Christian women that had ever lived in her section, and her death brought sadness to many hearts. Mr. Silas Griffin at Home Near Fair mont -"An Old-Time Southern Gentleman" Passes. Mr. Silas Qriffin, aged 80 years, died at his home near Fairmont Tues day morning at 6 o'clock, after an ill ness of several weeks. The funeral was conducted yesterday at 11 a. m. by his pastor, Rev. D. P. Bridgers, pastor of the Baptist church at Fair mont, of which deceased had been a faithful and devoted member for many years, and interment was made in the family burying grounds. Deceased is survived by his wife and a number of children, among them Mrs. J. A. Thompson of Lumberton. Mr. J A. Thompson and family, Mr. Geo. L. Thompson and Mrs. R. E. Lewis of Lumberton were, among the large number that attended the fun eral. Mr. Griffin was a man of sterling worth and his friends were numerous. As one man remarked, "He was an old time Southern gentleman," and in his death Robeson county loses one of its best citizens. MARIETTA MAN IN TROUBLE. H. L. Powers Charged With Violating "White Slave" Act Girl in Case Pretty Brunette of Lamar, S. C, Discovered at Fairmont and Brought to Lumberton Powers Under Two Other Charges. H. L. Powers, white, aged 31 years, was arrested at Proctorville Monday by Rural Policeman W. C. Britt, charged with violating the "white slave," or Mann act. Powers, who has a wife and three children, one only a few days old, living at Marietta, is charged with furnishing Jessie Hug gins, 22 years old, money to get away from her home at Lamar, S. C, and meet him at Maxton, during the month of February. Powers was brought to Lumberton Monday night, but waived examina tion and was bound over to the No vember term of Federal court at Wilmington under a $500 justified bond. It is understood that Powers took the girl from Maxton to Baltimore, Md., where he left her after a short time, and her father, R. K. Huggins of Lamar, was notified of her condi tion by the Associated Charities of Baltimore; but before he could get her money to go home with she left Baltimore and the next time he heard of her she and Powers were at Kin ston, so he went to Kinston to learn that fche had left for Lujnberton. When he arrived here he found that though his daughter had been here, she had left. In some way Policeman Britt learn ed that she was at Fairmont waiting for Powers, so he, in company with Sheriff R. E. Lewis and the girl's father, went over to Fairmont Mon day night, and when they arrived there they learned that the girl had registered at the Thompson hotel, under the name of Jessie Smith, the same name she was using a few days ago when she was in Lumberton. Mr. Huggins went to the hotel and going to the room in which the woman was sleeping called her by her name and she, thinking it was Powers, answer ed, but when she learned it was her father instead of Powers she refused to open the door and her father had to break the door open in order to en ter the room. She was brought to Lumberton, where she remained until yesterday morning, when she, in com pany, with her father left for Lamar. The woman is a beautiful brunette, with eyes that are dark and winning. She said she loved Powers, and she didn't think she had done wrong, and would die before she would tell any thing on him, and that she was wil ling to swear that she paid her rail road fare from Lamar to Maxton with her own cash. She remarked, that if she was taken back home she would not stay. She has nerve enough for two. From the time her father entered her room at Fairmont till she left for home she did not seem the least bit unnerved. Powers seems to be in the middle of a bad fix. - He is charged with jumping a board bill and disposing of mortgaged property, in addition to violating the white slave act, but he seems to be taking everything easy. He says that he is a traveling sales man, and that he only visits his wife at intervals. Progressives Will Hold a Mans Meet ing in the Court House August 12 to Adopt a Platform and Nami Candiates Platform That Will lie Submitted for Approval of People In Favor of Radical Reduction in Salaries Paid County Officers, Abol ishing Some Offices and Other Re forms. Sixteen people met in the court house Tuesday morning in responst to the call of Mr. W. K. Culbreth for a meeting of the executive commit tees of the Republican and Progress, ive parties of Robeson county; but no part of the Republican executive com. mittee was present. It was a meet ing of Progressives. Mr. Culbreth presided and the result of the delibe rations was the folowing resolutions and platform and call for a mass meeting: "We, the undersigned citizens and taxpayers of Robeson county, believ ing that it is the wishes of the peo pie of the county that salaries should be reduced, unnecessary offices abol ished, and taxes lowered; and believ ing that those who have been admin istering the affairs of county govern ment and making our laws are. not friends to the people, as shown by their acts in voting for the wage earn, eers to be allowed only 50 cents pti day for their services and board themselves, and other- acts which amount to eminent proof of infidel ity to the interest of the common peo ple, hereby suggest the folowing rec ommendations as our platform, and call upon all citizens who are'rh favor of same to meet at the court house in Lumberton in a mass meeting -on the 12 day of August, 1914, at 11 o'clock, a. m., for the purpose of adopting same and naming a ticket, which may be pledged, to embody the paltform into a law for the county, if elected. Platform. "First. We favor the abolishing of the Robeson County Road Law and the enacting of a new one which will be in conformity with the best inter est of the people of the county. "Second, We favor allowing the sheriff for his services as much as $125.00 per month, and $75 per month in adition for his deputy. "Third, We favor allowing the Clerk of Superior Court $100 ptr month for his services and $50 per month clerk hire. "Fourth, We favor allowing the Register of Deeds $100 per month and $50 per month clerk hire. "Fifth, We favor allowing th; su perintendent of public instruction ilOO per month and no clerk hire. "Seventh, We favor allowing the county commissioners $3 per day with mileage of 5 cents per mile one way, mileage only allowed for 12 meetings in any one year. "Eighth, We favor allowing the superintendent of health $100 per month, with no clerk hire. "Ninth, We favor abolishing the of fice of treasurer of Robeson county. "We favor rural police for districts, salary set by county commissioners. "We pledge our earnest support in favor of the reforms as above set forth and solicit the hearty co-opera, tion of all who are in favor of same in the naming of a ticket that will enact same into law. W. K. CULBRETH, C. R. HESTER, J. J. SHAW, NEILL M'NEILL, W. H. HOWARD, Eggs Hatched On a Car of Rocks. Eggs will hatch in most any kind of a place without the aid of a hen, or bo it seems of late. Only a few week ago some Robeson county eggs hatched in a shoe box, and Monday, while unloading a car of rock near the V. & C. S. station, the hands kept hearing something make a noise, and the noiso sounded very much like that of a biddie. And that was just what it was, for up in the corner of the car which was not covered over was a paper sock in which had been six eggs, but three of them had been broken, two of them had "pipped" and the biddies were almost ready to hop out, while the other was broken and a third biddie was on the inside, not quite, but almost, ready to come out too. Poor things, in the world without a mother! But not so sad after all, for Mr. Willie McGill took them home and6 gave them to a hen, a good mother, which had been want ing to set for some time. It was thought that some of the hands who loaded the car which was loaded at Granite Falls, bought the eggs and left them on the car uninten tionally, and the sun hatched them. Thigs Will happen, and eggs will hatch. Bride 90 to 100; Groom 85. License was issued yesterday for the marriage of Stephen Thomas, aged 85 and Bedie Jones, aged not nnder 90, and some think not under 100, both Robeson county Indians. The giddy young things! Special Agent of Interior Department at Washington Investigating In dians of Robeson County. Mr. O. M. McPherson, special representatives of the Bureau of In dian Affairs, Washington, D. C, ai. rived in Lumberton yesterday for the purpose of investigating the status of the Indians of Robeson county. He will probably be in the county two or three weeks, seeking informa tion as to the school facilities, educa tional means, and also the origin and tribal relations, of these Indians. He will attend the Indian mass meeting at Pembroke on August 11th. Mr. McPherson has recently finish ed an investigation for the govern ment of the Cherokee Indians in Western North Carolina. Mr. McPherson spent Tuesday in Raleigh and yesterday's News and Obesrver had the following in regard to his visit: "Are the Croatan Indians of Rob eson county a branch of the Choro 1 ees ? is a question which the Inter ior Department of the United States Government is attempting to solve. The- North Carolina Legislature has decided that the Croatans belong to the Cherokee tribe but your Uncle Sam is from Missouri and wifl have to be shown. "Senator Simmons has become in terested in this much mooted question and to this end has had Congress pass a resolution to make an investigation into the lives and history of theje strange Roteson county citizens. "Armed with a letter of instruction from Hon. Cato Sells, United States Indian Commissioner, Mr. O. M. McPherson, special Indian agent from the Interior Department at Washing ,ton spent yesterday in the city mainly in the State Library getting all the data that he could find regard ing the Croatans. "He looked up the published infor mation regarding the "Lost Colony and secured much valuable data that will help him in his work which he expects to complete within the next month or so. "Mr. McPherson left yesterday af ternoon for Lumberton and will live among the Croatans for the two or three weeks and get all the informa tion possible concerning their mode of living, their wealth, educational ad vantage and such other facts as will enable the department to prosecute intelligently the inquiry which has been set on foot by the Senate reso lution, fathered by the North Caro lina Senator. "Should the fact be established that the Croatans are actually a branch of the Cherokee tribe they will be en. titled to a share of the government funds which amounts to quite a snug sum. Many Attending Reunion. The old soldiers reunion is being held at St. Pauls today. A large number from Lumberton are attend ing, and judging from the number that passed through Lumberton en route from other parts of the count), there must be a record breaker crowd in attendance. There were nine who came in the morning tram from Wilmington en route to St. Pauls. Good Meeting in Progress at Mt. Eliam. Folks from drown Mt. Eliam wa report a good meeting in progress at the Mt. Eliam Baptist church. The meeting started Friday of last week and will last through this week and perhaps longer, Rev. Paul T. Britt is assistang the pastor of the church, Rev. M. A. Stephens. Fine Peaches. Somebody, whose name was not learned, was selling some very fine peaches on the market here yesterday. They were by far the targ ets ever seen by this reporter.. Two dozen just made a nice peck. As one man remarked, "they had Califor nia peaches in the back-ground." Seashore Excursion to Norfolk-Portsmouth August 4. The Seaboard Air Line will operate an excursion to Norfolk-Portsmouth and Virginia seashore resorts Tues day of next week, August 4, from Wilmington, Lumberton, Marion, Hamlet, Sanford, Raleigh and all in termediate stations. It will be a day light trip. Two whole days and 2 nights will be spent in Norfolk. The train will pass Lumberton at 7:13 a. m. and the rate from this point is $4.50. Contract for Building Hotel Will Be Let This Afternoon. The directors of the Lumberton Hotel Company will meet this after noon for the purpose of accepting bids for .building the new hotel. There are several architects in town who will submit bids, and it is expected that the contract will be closed this afternoon. -License has been issued for the marriage of Kmory M'White and jOr.ey Johnson, Andrew Edwards and J Addie Ross. j There will be an Epworth Lea I gue social at the Methodint parton. I age this evening, beginning at 8:30. All who are interested in the leagu are invited. Mr. Lacy McNair returned Mon day night from St. Stephen, near Charleston, S. C. He reports a great j trip, and lively times down in the land of Bleage." j Mr. Donnie Phillips of Stephens i Crossing, near Orrum, was among the visitors in town yesterday. Mr. Phillips reported a good rain in his immediate section Tuesday night. Mrs. W. D. Baggett and two. children left Sunday for Timmons ville, S. C, where they will join Mr. Baggett, who recently accepted a po sition in a hardware store there. Mr. J. S. Oliver of Marietta is among the visitors in town today. Mr. Oliver says while his section had just a little rain Tuesday, it was not sufficient to stop the crops from burn ing. It is expected that another record-breaking crowd will go from here to the beach next Sunday morn ing. A large number of people In this section are taking advantage of the $1.25 rate. . The oatlook for a large crowd from this section to go on the Nor folk excursion next. Tuesday is. good The train passes here at 7:13 Tues day morning, the round trip fare be ing $4.50. "The Girl From the Hills," one of the Famous Players, but three-reel feature pictures, is running at the Pastime theatre this, afternoon and tonight. An additional reel will be run, making a four-reel show. Chief of Police H. H. Rodfern went yesterday to Charlotte, where he will consult an car specialist. He is expected to return the last of the week. Mr. A. E. Spivey is subbing for him while he is away. .- Mr. J. T. Wilkins, who lives oo route 6 from Lumberton, was among the visitors in town Tuesday. He brought a load of nice melons along and gave this reporter one that was up to the standard in every respect. St. Pauls Mesesnger: Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Coley returned from their bridal tour last Friday evening. A reception was given them at Mayor J. M. Butler's, where they will board until they go to housekeeping in their own home on Broad street. Revs. I. P. Hedgpeth, W. R. Davis and R. L. Byrd left this morning for Northfield, Mass., where they will attend the summer school at the Moo dy Institute. They will be away three weeks, and will visit Washing ton, New York and Boston before they return. Mr. W. L. Dougherty, engineer on the R. & C. passenger train, who had been at Blowing rock for several days returned Tuesday and made his run yesterday. He was relieved by Mr. John Jones while he was away. Mr. Dougherty reports plenty of rain in the section of "the land of the sky" where he had been sojourning. The Robesonian received recently a handsome illustrated booklet gotten out by the Atlantic Coast Realty Co., of Greenville, this State. This picto rial review is gotten out on a high plan and is a credit to this well and favorably known company. The booklet contains an account taken from The Robesonian of a land 6ale by this company last fall at Powers ville. Messrs. John F. and W. F. French, Ed Pope and Robert Pre vatt went yesterday to Marion, S. C, where they witnessed a ball game be tween Dillon and Marion. The game was won by the Dillon team. They made the trip in an auto. They re port crops suffering much worse for the lack of rain between Rowland and Marion than they are in this sec tion. j Baltimore, Md., is preparing for a I great celebration in September in j honor of Francis Key, author of the I Star Spangled Banner, and Balti ' more Star Spangled Banner Centen. j nial Celebration boosters, headed by James H. Preston, mayor of Balti more, who are making a tour of the I South, have visited Charlotte and Ra ! le'gh thi-; week. The Weather. Good rains were reported in sooik sections of the country Tuesday, and it looked very favorable for rain here, ,but only a slight sprinkle fell, and reports from many sections of the county say that the rain was light, not heavy enough to do the parching crops any good. However, the weath er has been much cooler since Tues da night, and the farmers seem to think that will make it better for the crops.
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