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HP "OT IC? ROBESONIAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY. GOD AND TRUTH SIJIO A YEAR. DUE IN, ADVANCE. VOL. XLV. ' LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1914. NUMBERsT" GOOD PRICES FOR TOBACCO Weed Selling Well On Lumbertou Market Considering Unsettled Con ditions. Tobacco has been bringing very satisfactory prices on the Lumberton market this week. There has been quite a bit placed on the market. This reporter attended the bales Tuesday and all the farmers who sold tobacco that day wer8 well pleased. Prices ranged from 2 3-4 on scrap to 17 1-2 j cents. Good tobacco is selling mighty well, considering the European war troubled. - PLAN TO TAKE CARE OF COTTO.V Mr. A. W. McLean at Cotton Confer . .tnce at Washington Suggests Plan to Take Care of Cotton Crop Full Explanation of His Plan Will Be Published in Monday's Robesonian. Mr. A. W. McLean returned yes terday from Washington, D. C, where he attended the cotton confer ence called by Secretary of the Treas ury McAdoo for exchange of views among those interested in the market ing and price of cotton throughout the South with regard to ways and means of preventing cotton from be ing sacrificed at the present time when there is no export trade. At tbu conference Mr. McLean suggested a plan which might be resorted to for the purpose of supplementing the plans of financing the crop suggested yJhe.SecrtjtaryMpf the Treasury. Mr. McTeanVplan was outlined irf Wash ington dispatches in daily papers yes terday. It commanded the atten tion of the conference and was most favorably received. Dr. H. Q, Alex ander, president of the North Caro lina Farmers Union, complimented Mr. McLean upon his plan and said that it was the best he had heard and that he believed it would solve thi problem of handling the cotton crop. Immediately upon his return Mr. McLean was asked to give The Robe sonian an interview in regard to thi confrence and especially his plan, and thi Mr. McLean readily contented to do, but owing to urgent business en gagements yesterday Mr. McLean was rot able to give the statement in time for it to be given in today't. issue. Mr. McLean's plan provides for a system of State licensed and bonded warehouses under State regulation and control upon the saipe lines that the State regulates and controls V.ate banks and insurances companies, re ceipts for cotton tored in these ware, houses providing for the delivery of the cotton repre sented thereby or th right to borrow upon the cotton a stip ulated pice per pound, payable noc in money but by the agency of th? Stat? in short-term 4 per cent State bonds of denominations from $50 to $500. Mr. McLean has given The Role sonian a most interesting and com prehensive . explanation of the plan, but it is necessary to .hold this over for Monday'3 issue on account of the fact that it could not be prepared in time to be put in type for this issue Committee Called Back to Raleigh for Conference With Governor Governor Craig has called back to Raleigh for another conference with him tomorow the committee of Rob eson county men appointed at the mass meeting here Monday to confer with the Governor about plans for warehousing cotton. This committee, composed of Messrs. R. D. Caldwell, G. B. McLeod, K. M. Barnes, A. J. McKinnon, D. H. Britt, A. L. Bul lock and A. R. McEachern, had a conference with Gov. Craig Tuesday, as will be noticed in another news item in this issue, and as a result the Govrnor called a conference to be held in Atlanta, Septembr 3. Mr. K. M. Barnes recived a wire from the Governor this morning and. it is ex pected that all the members of the committee will go to Raleigh tomor row. Light Turned On Good Service. Mr. Gerald Pittman, superintendent of the light and power plant, says the reason why lights were not on on side streets for a few nights was that they were having trouble at the rowerplant with a green fireman and bad coal, so that it was diffiult to keep up steam. Lights have been on all right since Monday night. It is a pleasure to state that the srvice given by the light and power plant is unusually good, . equipment considered, and it is a fact that the lights come on and stay on so regu larly that folks are apt to forget that it is not so with other plants. It is exceedingly rare, even during severe storms, that the lights are off here. The white way puts additional work on the plant, but it is carrying the load and the white way is worth all it costs. It malces Elm 6treet a thing of beauty at night. NATIONAL BANK OF LUMBER. TON. Bank of Lumber ton Decides to Convert Into a National Bank No Interrup tion in Business Same Bank I n der New System and New Name. As will be seen from a notice to stockholders published in this iss:ie, the bank" of Lumberton has decided to convert into a National Bank un der the Federal system. In a conversation with Mr. A. W. McLean, president of the Bank ol Lumberton, he states that while the State banks have had, under the laws as they have heretofore existed, prac tically the same advantages as the National aBnks, yet, after careful consideration, he i3 thoroughly con vinced that under the new system )f j banking and currency recently adopt ed by Congress the National banks will have the advantage, and for that reason and that reason only the directors of the Bank of Lumberton decided to enter the National system. The bank has had a long and suc cessful career. It was the first bank organized in Robeson county 1897 and when it commenced business had a capital of only $15,000. It has grad ually increased its capital as the bust, ness of the bank demanded until for several years it has operated ..with a paid-in capital of $100,000 and undi vided profits of over $30,000. The,only change will be the change of name. In stead of being known in the future as the Bank of Lumberton itwill be known as the National Bank of Lumber-ton and will have a capital of . $100,000, surplus of $20,000, and undivided profits of over $10,000. There will be no change in the officers and directors of the bank, and all cer ticates of deposit, customer's balan ces, savings, accounts and other ob ligations of the bank to its depositors and others will remain exactly the same. Checks drawn on the Bank 'if Lumberton will, of course, be paid by it, as heretofore. There wil oe no interruption in the business of the bank, not even for an hour. In fact, it will be the same bank under a new system and under a new name. As soon as the stockholdres approve of the change, which they will un doubtedly do at the meeting called for the fifth day of September, 1914, the bank will become a member of the new Federal Reserve System, and al so of the North Carolina Currency Association, and6 will be entitled io all the privileges accorded National banks not only under the Federal Re serve System but under the terms of the Aldrich-Vreeland Currency Act, including the right to issue currency guaranteed by the U. S. Government. National Bank Examiner Doughton of Raleigh completed yesterday the examination of the bank which was necessary before recommending the change It speaks volumns for the safe and conservative management of the bank that so few changes are necessary to make the conversion to a National bank. SMITH DEFEATS BLEASE South Carolina Primary Results in Re-nomination of Senator Smith by Large Majority Second Primary For Governor. Columbia, S. C, Dispatch, 26th. Ellyson Durant Smith was renomi nated for the United States Senate from S. Carolina over Gov. Cole L. Blease in Tuesday's Democratic pri. mary by a majority of between 18,000 and 20,000, according to partially complete returns received here to night. With a total of more than 123,000 reported, Senator Smith received 67, Wi against 52,380 for Governor Blease. L. D. Jennings polled 2,282 and W. P. Pollock, 1,262. With from 5,000 to 10,000 votes still to be heard from, it is not expected that Senator Smith's lead can be re duced to that point where a second primary will be necessary. Richard I. Manning, Robert A. Cooper and John G. Richards are leading in the contest for the Guber natorial nomination, although the offi cial tabulation probably will be neces sary to determine which of the two candidates will enter the second pri mary, September 8th. Late returns tonight indicase that all of the representatives in Congress from this State were renominated. QUARTERLY MEETING. Mt. Eliam Baptist Sunday School In stitute Mees at Mt. Eliam Sunday The Mt. Eliam 'Baptist Sunday School Institute will hold its quarter ly meeting at Mt. Eliam, near Orrum, Sunday. It will be an all-day affair, and a very interesting programme has been arranged. The singing con test between the schools that com. pose the institute will be well worth going many miles to hear. INDEPENDENT TICKET NAMED. Independents, or Progressives, Nomi- nate County and Legislative Ticket ' at Meeting Held Here Yesterday j L tandpat Republicans Will Support Nominees. The standpat Republicans and the Progressives of Robeson met in sepa late meetings here yesterday. The standpatters decided not to put out a tieket at all, but to support the tick ets put out by the Progressives, or Independents, as they class them selves. There was quite a number present, eleven townships being represented. The following ticket was put out, as an independent ticket not Pro gressive or Republican: Seftat, Rev. D. B. Humphrey, Saddle Tree; House; . II. Taylor of Fairmont and J. W. Hall of Lumber Bridge; clerk uf court, C. B. Skipper endorsed; sheriff, H. M. Brown, of Pembroke; register of deeds, C. R. Hester of St. Pauls; treasurer, J. N. McRae of Maxton; county commissioners, W. R. Atkin son of Center and A. H. Currie of, Maxton: coroner. G. E. Rancke en- , ' . dorsed; recorder, Lumberton district, . L. E. Tyner of Lowe; solicitor of re coder's court, Lumberton district, W H. Kinlaw. RECORDER'S COURT Yount White Men in the Toils for Stealing Clothes. Jim and Lee Purvine, two youn white men, wera arrested at Bladen boro Saturday and brought to Lum berton and placed in jail, where they rested till yesterday afternoon, when they were given a hearing before Re corder R. A.. McLean. They ware charged with stealing some clothes from a Mrs. Jones, with whom they boarded, on Second street. The boys told of how they had traveled over the country saying their birthplace was in Illinois. Jim said that he had a good wife who had gone on to Heav en and he couldn't afford to steal, as he wanted to meet her again. He only has one arm and said that he had been advised that he had tuberculo sis. He was ordered taken back to jail, to remain there until examined by Dr. B. W. Page, county physi cian. Lee was sent to the road fo six month3. AN EXCITING CHASE. Two Alleged "Blind Tigers" Outran Sheriff and His Deputies and Hid Themselves in a Swamp. Sheriff R. E. Lewis reports quite an exciting chase Saturday morning in Howellsville township when he, in company with Deputy A. H. Prevatt and Rural Policeman Eli Phillips, neared the home of Ennis Adcox, where Walter Wilson and Charlie Kin law for whom they were looking being charged with retailing were stationed. Both Wilson and Kinlaw "lit the rag" for a swamp near by when they saw the sheriff and hio posse coming. A few shots were fired to try and stop the fleeing men. but to no avail, as it only made their heels more active. They hid them selves in the swamp, and the officers came back alone. "Fatally Shot" But Gets Over It. Rich Rogers who was shot by his brother some two weeks ago at the Rogers home in the "Meadows," near town, and who was thought to have no chance to recover, is almost well, according to the statement of his phy sician, Dr. H. T. Pope. Dr. Pope says there is no hope of Rich ev?r dieing, as he never thought a man could have lived shot to the extent he was. $117 For One Curing of Tobacco. Mr. Swain Britt of route 1 from Orrum sold a barn of tobacco one curing only Tuesday at Fairmont for $117 dollars. That don't look so much like hard times after all. Trestle Burned at Alma and Trains Delayed. The Seaboard trestle across Lum ber river at Alma was burned yester day morning afte midnight. About seven spans were burned. It is not known from what source the origin o the fire was unless a freight engine started it. All the trains were run ning several "hours late yesterday, passengers, mail and baggage hav ing to be transferred as no trains could cross over the river till 8 o'clock last evening. Train No. 24, east bound, due here at 7:35, and train No. 13, west-bound, due at 5:40, were both annulled. Death of Mrs. Frank Townsend of St. Pauls. Mrs. Frank Townsend, aged about 35 years, died last evening at 6 o'clock at her home at St. Paul's of typhoid fever. She is survived by her hus band and three small children, the youngest an infant 4 weeks old. The funeral and interment took place at St. Pauls this morning.- ROBESON COUNTY CO-OPERA- j TIVE COTTON ASSOCIATION Permanent Organization Formed .it Enthusiastic Meeting in Lumberto.i ! Determined to Store and Hold Cotton Governor Calls Ccttoi Congress at Request .of Robeson j County Committee Resolution Adopted. A3 was mentioned in Monday'3 Robesonian, something like 1,000 peo ple, representing nearly every town ship in the county, attended the ma.3 maeting held in the court house here Monday for the purpose of devising plans to best handle the cotton and money situation. The meeting was harmonious and co-operation seemed to have been the pass word. The organization was made per. manent -and given the name of the Robeson County Co-operative Cotton Association. Mr. K. M. Barnes was elected president; F. Grover Britt, secretary, and one man from eacn township was elected as vice-president. The following were elected f.s 'vice-presidents in the various town ships: Alfordsville, J. L. Monroe; Back Swamp, D. H. Britt; Burnt Swamp, Alford Britt; Britts, Wade Lamb; Fairmont, A. J. Floyd; Gaddy, Robert Miller; Howellsville, Ira Townsend; Lumber Bridge, D. Z. McGougan; Lumberton, R. D. Caldwell; Maxton, McKay McKinnon; Orrum, H. F. Pur vis; Parkton, J. B. McCormick; Pem broke, J. A. McCormick; Raft Swamp, W. K. Culbreth; Red Springs, Martin McKinnon';" Rentier i? B. Tolar; Rowland, Graham McKin non; St. Paul, J.' M. Butler; Shan non, J. S. Humphrey; Saddle Tree, R. G. Rozier; Smiths, J. K. McGivc, Sterlings, R. R. Barnes; Thompson, Dr. Geo. Pate; White House, J. 3. Oliver; Wisharts, J. C. Stansel. Each vice-president is instructed to perfect an organization at once in his township to co-operate with the county organization. The committee on resolutions, con sisting of Messrs. J. W. Carter, A. J. McKinnon, Geo. B. McLeod, F. Bullock, D. H. Britt and J. E. Car lyle offered the following resolutions, which were adopted: Resolution No. 1. "1. That Governor Craig be and he is hereby requested to ask for an immediate meeting of the Governors of the cotton-growing States at some proper point with a view of consulta tion and conserting measures of leg islation, if necessary, to meet the necessities of the present cotton con ditions in the South. Second. That A. J. McKinnon, Geo. B. McLeod, D. H. Britt, R. D. Caldwell, A. L. Bullock, K. M. Barnes and A. R. McEachern be ap pointed a committee to present these resolutions to the Governor and ac quaint him with the views of the citizenship of this county in respect to measures of relief now urgentiy needed. "Third, That the Governors appoint leading citizens of each of the cotton States to meet and advise with the -"Governors at aforesaid meeting." Resolution No. 2. "Resolved that the citizens of each town and community be urged to pro vide bonded warehouse facilities to house at least one-half their prospec tive crops of cotton. Resolution No. 3. "Whereas the financial condition: demand the most rigid economy and whereas the public road work can temporarily suspended without ser ious injury. Therefore be it resolved: "First We recommend that the road trustees suspend all work, ex cept that necessary to protect life, until the financial conditions are cleared up. "Second. That this is not meant to apply to the chain gang. The committee appointed to present the resolutions to Governor Craig went to Raleigh Tuesday and present ed the resolutions to the Governor and as a result he issued a call to the Governors of ten cotton growing States to meet in Atlanta, Ga., Sep tember 3, 50 delegates to be appoint ed from each State to attend the meeting. The meeting Monday was called to order by Mr. K. M. Barnes and pray er was offered by Rev. R. L. Byrd of Tolarsville. i Mr. Barnes was well up on the sit uation, having gone to Wilmington last Friday to confer with some of the leading cotton exporters and oth ers who were 'Well informed on the situation. Mr. Barnes assured those present that quick action must be tak en, and co-operation must go hand in hand with the action . He advised he farmers to store the cotton in the home towns and not send it to the great cotton centers for storing, say ing that if this was done the exchan ges would have a better chance to determine the amount that would be Continued on pag four) GERMAN TROOPS SUCCESSFUL ; French and British Force Have Suf. fered Serious Reterss Fate of France Depnds Upon Issue of Bat-, tie Now in Progress Turkey May Side With Germany. The outstanding feature of the Eu. ropean war so far thi.s week is ihc success of the German operations i n Belgium and along their whole lino. I The easv capture of Namur seems 1 to have come as the greatest sur prise of the war, says the Baltimore Sun, and to be to the Allies the mo?t discouraging feature of the move ments of the last few days. Namur was surrounded by strong fortifica tions, was a strategic point of im portance, and the Allies massed their forces in the vicinity not merely for defensive purposes, but with the idt-a of attacking and driving the Germans northward. Instead of this, the stronghold "of Namur fell into the hands of the German and the Allies,, according to the theory of the corres pondent of the London Daily New:: had to abandon it to avoid being caught between the two German ar mies, one coming from the North and another from the east The French and British troops op posing the German army in Belgium have suffered a srious reverse, l.i he battle line, which extends from iiens to the Luxemburg frontier, several army corps, composed of both British and French, took the offen f ive on Sunday against the Germans, r.ut their plan of attack failed, owin t-viy:seeiljdifficulties," as describ ed by the official statement and troops retired on the covering positions. The losses on both sides are report ed as extrmly havy and the Fren:h officials describe the Germans as be ing obliged to establish themselves in fresh positions in Lorraine. French have abandoned those pos t.ons of Alsace and Lorraine, which they previously had occupied and now look for heavy fighting in French territory. Detachments of Germa-. nnnratimr on the extrenv l ight, have reached Roubaix a few mdec north of Lille. The great battle line along the French frontier and in Belgium con tinues to be the scene of engago. -ncnts between the opposing armie3 lhe Allies have abandoned the of fensive, according to official announce, rint Tuesday, and have assumed a purely defensive attitude in the hope of checking the advance of the vase mass of German troops endeavork.g to break through the line Upon the ability of the Allies to hold the Ger mans, the French war office admits, oepends the fate of France Little news has come concerning the operations on eithr front. The Rus sians, however, appear to be contin-J-ir.r their advance in East Prussia to wards Posen, with the Germans in re treat, states an early morning dn pitch of today A Washington dispatch of the 26tn states that tension is so acute in Con stantinople that diplomats there fear Ti'rkey may at any moment be drawn into the general European war on the tide of Germany and Austria. Mr. Evander Stone has accepted a position as salesman in the furni ture store of Messrs. Stephens & Barnes. He began work Tueday. Mr. I. P. Graham, cashier of the Bank of Proctorville, was among the visitors in town yesteerday afternoon. Mr. Graham says while the war clouds are dark down his way, whe.e all the farmers raise tobacco, the farmers are going to have pocket change. Mr. J. B. Parish of Maxton was in town yesterday. Mr. Parish says he lives with an old bachelor who takes The Robesonian, and while he reads his, he thinks he should send it to a friend, so he paid for the paper for a friend. He has the right idea. Don't read your neighbor's paper if it will inconvenience him, and if you ran't keep from reading it, subscribe lor a friends. Rev. Fred T. Collins passe 1 through town this morning en route to Clinton, Sampson county, where he has accepted the pastorate of the Baptist church. Mr. Collins has been assisting different Robeson pas tors with meetings during the last few weeks. He reports the condition of his mother, Mrs. Cynthia Britt, who lives near Long Branch, and who ha.s been sick for some time, improved. Mr. C. L. Lumpkin, a local con tractor who came, to Lumberton from Danville, Va., some three months ago, was painfully, and it is feared ser iously, hurt yesterday afternoon while working at the new residence which Mr. R. D, Card well is having erected on Elm street, when a boy dropped large board from the top of the build ing, striking Mr. Lumpkin on the back of the head. He was uncon scious for about two hours. Dr. R. S. Beam rendered medical aid, and he is thought to be getting along as well as could be expected. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEXr. Mr. J. P. McNeill is having a new floor put in his lartre store on Kim street. A new coat of paint has greatly improved the appearance of the home of Messrs. W. F. and Jno. French, Ea ;,t Fifth street. Mr. A. Weinstein will leave Kat- unlay night for New York and other Northern markets to purchase good? for ni department store. He will be accompanied by his small son, Master Max. Mr. H. H. Barnes of Barnesvil? was in town yesterday. Mr. Barnei reports things in 'fine working order down his way. He says nice rains are visiting his section and crops do ing well. Mr. J. M. Huggins, sawyer for tho Kingsdale Lumber Company, left Tuesday for Durham, where he will saw for the Chatham Lumber Co, while the Kingsdale mill is shut down. However, it is not thought that tha mill here will be closed down long. Rev. Kelly Broadwell, who ha just finished school out West and who will go to Nyac, N. Y., to complete his training, will assist Rev. W. D. which will begin this evening in a Combs in the series of meeting- brush arbor near Baker's chapel. Mjsss prpie ankl Ida Prevatt, Sarah and Lena Patterson, Caroline and Nona Parnell left yesterday af ternoon for Charlotte, where they will attend the North Carolina Deaf Asso ciation, which opened' this morning and will last through Saturday. fe-JR; vX -Allen had the right number for the loH which was given away by McMillan's drug store. He saw the number in The Robesonian, consulted the tickets he had gotten for purchases at the fountain and now the beautiful dolt has a hom-3 with Dr. and Mrs. Allen's children. Miss Amelia Linkhauer will leave this afternoon for New York, Boston and Baltimore, where she will pur chase fall and winter goods for the millinery department of Messrs It D. Caldwell & Son's Dept. store, of which she is manager. She will vis it Niagara Falls and other Northern points before returning. Rev. Chas. L. Greaves, pastor of the Fir.-t Baptist church, has re turned home from his vacation, which he (-.pent at Ridg.,cre'-t with his family, and will occupy his pulpit next Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. Greaves and the children are visiting relatives in Chatham county and will arrive next week. A housekeeper complains that she can't do a thing with her fall gar den because her neighbors' chickens are so downright mean that they will not let things alone. She will not say anything against the owners of the chickens, but she did say she oe lieved the early training Ipf those chickens had been sadly nejrlected, and she thinks them ver yill-bred or thoughtless. Mr. N.E. Rozier of Baker's chapel was a visitor in town yesterday. Mr. Rozier told a Robesonian repor ter that a puppy which was thought to huve had rabies bit one of hi3 child ren and four other children, also a colored man, Tuesday afternoon. The dog's head was sent to Raleigh to be examined. The dog also bit sev eral other dogs. While only a young puppy, would fight any size dog thai came his way. Messrs, R. D. Caldwell & Son are swapping their grocery and hard ware departments in order to have more room for their hardware busi ness, there being much more room in the department formerly used for their grocery store. They have haf to keep their automobile supplies and harness in their grocery depart men; heretofore on account of room. This ever growing institution is always or. the alert to do something to make t more convenient for their customers. Rev. Raymond Browning of Lit tleton, who has just closed a success ful meeting at Hope Mills, ran over to Lumberton between trains last Sat urday evening and took supper at the home of Mr. C. M. Fuller. Mr. and Mrs. Browning were guests at the home of Mr. Fuller during a series of meetings held for Chestnut Street Methodist church last fall and he said he could not get this close by without coming over to see Mr. Ful ler and his family. Mr. H. H. Stanley of route 1 from St. Pauls was among the visi tors in town yesterday Mr. Stanley says he has a fine crop, especially cot ton. He says he has 7 acres from which he U sure of ten bales. , Mr. Stanley has decided after reading the recent article in The Robesonian about naming farms, to name his and use printed letter heads and envelopes, also to let The Robesonian print them. He has the right idea Every farmer ought to think enough of his farm o give it a name, and use printed letter heads and envelopes; and be sure to remmber The Robesonian does jou work.
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