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ONIAI ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENT COUNTRY, GOD AND TKUTH $1-50 A YEAR. DUE IN" ADVANCE. VOL. XLV. -T LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1914. NUMBER 57 HP TLX "IT? J. Mild ROBES N COTTON WAREHOUSES. Ample Cotton Storage Facilities Will be Provided in Lumberton Two Temporary Warehouses Being Con structed Now Insurance Rates Will be Low Lumberton Will Take Care Of All Cotton Brought to This Mar ket. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Monday evening it was de cided that the business men of Lum berton would build two cotton ware, houses at once for the free use of the farmers in storing their cotton. , A lot ha3 since been secured for these warehouses between the tobacco ware house and the V. & C. S. railroad 50 feet from the railroad. This will give a low rate of insurance. A man to take care of the warehouses will entail a very low cost per bale per month. Of course the insurance and warehousemen will be paid by those who use the warehouses for storing their cotton. The decision to build two ware, houses was reached after discussion by leading business men. It wa de cided that that was the only thing to do, for the tobacco warehouse, which can be used later on is' not avaU-,-able right now, and some farmer may prefer not to take their cotton to the cotton mill warehouses, in case these latter can be obtained for stor age purposes. Mr. J. P. Russell, nresident of the Chamber of Com merce, presided at theneetirig, and remarks were made by Mr. R. D. Caldwll, State Senator G. B. McLeo& Mr. T. L. Johnson, Mayor A. L. White, Messrs. K. M. Barnes, A. W. McLean, C. M. Barker, H. M. McAllister. Mr. McLean explained the plan by which money could be obtained if cotton is ) laced in bonded warehouses, and he and others said that the time for talking had passed .and that thee was nothing to do but build warehouses and get ready to comply 'with the requirements for getting the money. Mr. McLean of fered to give free use of as lot for warehouse purposes and Mr. E. J. Britt also offered free mse of a lot. An amount sufficient to build one temporary warehouse was quickly subscribed and it was decided to build two warehouses. Messrs. K. M. Biggs, L. H. uaiaweii, J. r. ttusseu and Jno. T. Biggs were appointed a committee to solicit subscriptions for second warehouse and they rais. ed the money quickly the following day. Messrs. R. D. Caldwell, A. E. White and T. L. Johnson were ap pointed to at once look' after forma tion of a company and build ware louse. Mr. Caldwell as chairman call ed the committee togther at once, Mr. T. L. Johnson was elected treasurer And instructed to collect at once sub. sciiptions that had been made. rT 1 n.nltAII.An ...ill VA VADlIlt Iflcae warcuuuscg win uc icaujf v i ce within a few days and will meet the demand until the tobacco ware house is ready. If more space is needed it will be provided. Lumber ton merchants and others will take curt of warehousing all the cotton th?t is brought to this market. ROBESON CO-OPERATIVE COT TON ASSN. MEETS SEPT. 12. A meeting me nooesun county Co-operative Cotton Association will be held in Lumberton on the 12th, just after Dr. Aiexanusr s aaaress. aii the vice-presidents of this association are requested to call a township meet ing in his township and elect dele gates to this meeting; There are some important things to be consider- j : rrl tn stnrincr f-nttxin . Kvrv ;ra 't it'" ' j farme" ::i Robeson county, let him be a one or a 100 horse farmer,-should attend this meeting. F. GROVtR ERITT, Sec. Superior Court Next Week. As was mentioned in Mondayy's iobesonian, a week's term of criminal court will convene Monday and wppW'r term of clv- i LfC iUV"vu " J -- il court. Judge C M. Cook will pie yude. There are now 47 cases on toe liAtftt for next week, and many oth ivvnvv - rs to come in. There will be at least he murder case tried, that of Sam Iwnsend, colored, who is. charged lh killing Mary Campbell, colored, .Lumber Bridge June 15, 1913. Ivnfiend escaped the officers for sev enths, but was arrested in th Carolina some four months ago, i Z in il t nA flinl Fng Dec" jau ucic cuuic - i j MRS. LINA A. MLEAN PASSES. End Came Tuesday After Long Months of Suffering at Home of Her Son Mr. A. W. McLean Fu neral Yesterday at Maxton Attend ed by Large Crowd Large Family Connection in this and Other South ern States. Mrs. Caroline A. McLean died Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of her son Mr. A. W. Mc Lean, where she had been sick for seven months with Bright's disease. Her death was not unexpected as her condition had been critical several times during her illness and it was recognized from the first that she could not recover. The funeral tooK place yesterday morning at 10 o'clock from the home of the deceased at Maxton, interment being made in Maxton Eastside cemetery. The fun. ral services were conducted By Rev. Dr. H. G. Hill, the veteran pastor of the Maxton Presbyterian church and fo many years pastor of thi deceased. He was assisted by Rev. W. B. Mcllwaine, co-pastor with him. Many friends of the family from Lumberton and other points attended the funeral. The floral offerings were remarkable for their ieauty and number, among rst!7?ClCie4Rfiful designs a "sunset" wreath attracting special attention. Mrs. "Caroline Ausanda McLean was a daughter of Alexander Purcell. and wife of Harriett Mclntyre Purcell. She was born in upper Robeson, now Hoke county, March 18, 1845, and was therefore a fw months more than 69 years old. She was graduated at Floral College in 1868, and on April 28, 1869 she was united in marriage to Archibald Alexander McLean, who died March 5, 1903 while treasurer of Robeson county. Mr. and Mrs. Mc Lean lived near Floral College, about 8 miles from Maxton, till 1895, when they moved to Maxton. Deceased is survived by two daugh ters, Misses Sallie and Mattie, who lived with their mother at Maxton; two sons, ' Messrs. A. W. and A. T. of Lumberton; and two brothers, Mr. Chas. A. Purcell of Hoke county and Mr. J. E. Purcell of Red Springs. Three of her children, Mrs. J. F. L. Armfield, Mary Jane and Hector and two sisters Mrs. Mary E. -Shaw, wife.of the late Dr. Daniel Shaw of Wagram, .and Mrs. Hattie Mclntyre McLean, wife of the late James Dixon McLean, (preceded deceased to the grave. Mrs. McLean came to Lumberton last January to visit at the homes of her sons. She was taken sick with acute Bright's disease in February and from then till her death was not able to leave her bed. Her life was despaired of from the first and noth ing but her remarkably robust con stitution kept her alive so long. She had a severe attack of grip several years ago and her health had not been good since. Mrs. McLean's grandfather, Rev. John Mclntyre, was one of the pio ner Scotch Presbyterian preachers of the Cape Fear section. The family connection is large on both sides in Robeson, Hoke , and Scotland counties, also in many other counties in North Caro lina and other Southern States. The Purcells are of Scotch-Irish descent, their ancestors coming over from Ul ster. The original settler, Jno. Pur cell, came over from the north of Ire land about 1765. On the mother's side, the Mclntyre's are of Highland Scotch descent, coming over from Arglyeshire, north of Scotland. Deceased was a woman of many virtues, loved and honored by a large circle of. kinspeople and friends. In order to conduct the funeral Rev. Dr7"HiH who is more than 80 years old, had to come from Barium springs, Iredell county, where he was visiting, and it was necessary for him to be up late and early in order to make train, connections, arriving at Ms x ton only an hour before the hour for the service. Dr. North Will Return This Week. Rev. Dr. W. B. North, who has been away on his vacation since the first Sunday in August, is expeted to return Saturday and will fill his pulpit at Chestnut Street Methodist church Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. North is in a hospital at Dur ham and Dr. North will come from there Saturday. They have been in Granville county with their children at the home pf Mrs. North's parents, Mr and Mrs. Jno. Stem. ; FRENCH GOV. LEAVES PARIS. Remccd io Bordeaux as Temporary Arrcn&vnunt, States Proclamation Silence a.i to Progress of Battle Ba.tle in Clouds Above Paris Russia Admits Serious Defeat in Eat Prussia Japan Has aLnded Troops at Chinese Port of Lung Kov. Press Dispatch, 2d. The seat of the French Government is to be removed from Paris to Bor. dsaux, 358 miles southwast of Paris. The proclamation announcing this action refers to it as a temporary ar rangement. Regarding the progress of the bat tle which the Germans are waging on French and Belgian soil, both French and British Governments are virtual ly keeping silence. The movements of the troops are meagerly reported and it has been impossible through these reports to form any adequate idea of how the tide of battle is flow ing. Direct advices from Russian Cap ital give the official report of a bat tle lasting seven days between the Russians and 'Austrians around Lem berg, Capital of Galicia, in which the Russians .were successful,, f orcigr the' Austrians to retreat and seizing lr.av ily fortified position. The Russians captured 150 gun3 and the-Austrians are said to have suffered enormous losses. In this battle three full Aus trian army corps and parts of two others were engaged. French aviators have pursued a German aeroplane over Paris. There was an xchahge of shots in the air, but the German escaped. Russia ad mits a serious defeat in East Prussia at the hands of the Germans. In this battle two Russian army corps were badly cut up and three generals and a number of staff officers were killed. An official report from Paris says a German cavalry corps marching to wards the forest of Campiegne, en gaged the British and the British cap tured 10 guns. Japan has landed thousands 'of troops at the Chinese port of Lung. Kow, 100 miles north of Tsing-Tau and the German legation at Peking has protested to the Chinese Foreign Office against this alleged infringe ment of China's neutrality. The United States cruiser Tennes see is to be utilized for the transpor tation of Americans from Havre to England. WAR NOTES Paris dispatch, 2d: The operations of the German aeroplanes over Paris have been watched with equininity by people. The first day of the opera tions caused some nervousness among the women; the second day it was an old story and the third day they pro voked for the most part sarcastic re marks for the inefficiency of German marksmanship'. The right of, the United States to buy mercant ships of any nationality for neutral uses cannot be disputed by any nation, declared Secretary Mc Adoo, of the Treasury Department, Tuesday before the House merchant marine bill. The ships are privately ownd, he said, and the purchase mon ey would not go to the government of Germany. A Belgian commission is on its way to the Unitd States to protest against alleged German atrocities . They read to King George in London Tuesday an address in which they stated, among other things: "Our adversary, after invading our territory has decimated the civil pop ulation massacred women and chil dren, carried into captivity inoffensive peasants, put to death the wounded, destroyed undefended towns and burned churches, historical monu ments and the famous library of the University of Louvain. All these facts have been established by au thenticated documents, each of which we shall submit to the Government of Your Majesty. "Despite all this suffering in Bel gium, which (had jbeen made the personification of outraged right, the country is resolute in fulfilling to the utmost her duties towards Europe. Whatever may happen she, must de. fend her existence, her honor and her liberty." "Louvain looks like a second Pom peii. Only the town hall and the city station are standing. The cathedral Continued on Page four. HEAR DR. ALEXANDER. State President of Farmers' Union " will Address the Farmers of Robe, con in Lumberton cn September 12 All Farmers Urgfd to be Pres ent. To tha Editor of The Robesonian: In this time when the European war clouds have darkened the skies of the United States, especially the cot ton growing States, the farmers are anxious to get information concern ing the present cotton crisis. You have had advice from many, advice that was good for you, but not yet have you had an opportunity to hear a man who is in position to know as much about the "whole affair,' ss Dr. H. Q. Alexander, State pres. ident of the Farmers' Union, who has attended all the meetings, both State and National, that have been held in regard to the cotton situation, and who will address the Robeson divis ion of the Farmers' Union at the Court House in Lumberton, Septem ber 12, at 11 a. m. Everybody is cordially invited to attend this rally, and by so doing you will learn something worth-while, something that will be worth money to you in days to 'come. Remember the date, take a day off, and. attend the meeting. There are no more in teresting speakers in North Carolina than Dr. Alexander, the man who threw the bomb into the meeting re cently held in Washington. He knows what to say, and how to say it. Hear himj and profit thereby. Mayor A. E. White will deliver the address of welcome and Se"hator G. B. McLeod will introduce Dr. Alex ander. This is a season when the farmers should be in a position to get away from their business for a day at least, and I am sure you have not spent a day this year that will bring you more profit than will next Sat urday if you hear the advice that will be i brought here for you. If you miss it it is your own loss. Remember the date and begin to make arrangements to be on the scene. F. GROVER BRITT, Sec.-Treas. Robeson Union. Lumberton is building two warehouses in which farmers may store their cotton free of charge. The only expense will be for insurance and a warehouseman. These will be bonded ware houses and on their re ceipts farmers may bor row money. Methodist Church at Barnesville Dedi cated. McKendree Methodist church at Barnesville was dedicated last Sun day, the sermon being preached by Rev. J. M. Ashby, pastor of the church for four years but now of Elm City. The church was built about 7 or 8 years ago. It is on Robeson circuit, of which Rev. B. E. tSan. field is pastor. Mr. K. M. Barnes and family went down from Lumber- ton to attend this service, Barnesville being their former home. They i their membership at McKendree be fore moving to Lumbrton and Mr. Ashby was their former pastor. Independent Candidates Map Out Campaign. The candidates put out by the Inde pendent convention last week were in confeernce here yesterday planning their campaign and getting things in readiness for the fight. Mr. W. Q. Varwick of route 5 from Lumberton was among the visi tors in town this morning. Mr. War wick is making arrangements to draw the water off his mill pond for fish Thursday and Friday of next week. Miss Eva Mayce of Marion, S. C, Las accepted a position as stenogra pher in the law offices of Messrs. Mc ' ' an, Varser & McLean, succeeding Miss Ollie Bacon, who resigned Mon day. Miss Bacon will leave tomorrow fw Albemarle, where she will spend a week before going to her home at Goluiboro. She has many friends in Lumberton who are sorry she is going to leave. It is understood "but that is another story," in Kipling's classic phrase. . ' MRS. F. A. PREVATT Diid Very Suddenly Tuesday at Home of Son-in-Law and Daughter, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Welch. i Mrs. F. A. Prevatt, aed 70 years, dietf at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Welch, Fourth and Walnut streets, Tuesday afternoon about 2 o'clock. Mrs. Prevatt had been in her usual health until Tuesday morning, when she complained of being sick, having been in bed all day. Just before she died she remarked to Mrs. Welch that she felt better and started to turn when she fell over dead. Mrs. Prevatt had suffered at times, for several lears with neuralgia, and it is thought that was the cause of her death. Immediately after her death her body was taknn to her home on Pine street and embalmed. De ceased is survived by her husband and nine children three sons Messrs. M. G. and J. C. Prevatt of Bethany and A. II . of Lumberton and six daughters Mrs. Judson Prevatt of Clibornville, Mrs. Lee Humphrey of Saddle Tree, Mrs. J. R. Boahn of Bethany, Mrs. R. L. Welch and Miss Orpha Prevatt of Lumberton and Miss Ida Prevatt of Morgantpn; and one brother Mr. Jackson Shaw of Lumber Bridge, who attended the fu. neral. The funeral was conducted from the Bethany Baptist church of which the deceased was a charter member, to day at ten o'clock by Rev. Chas. R. Greaves, pastor of the the First Baptist church of Lumberton. Mrs. Prevatt was a refined Chris tian lady, a loving, kind mother, who was evr ready to administer to the sick and needy and in her death Lum berton loses one of her moat highly esteemed ladies. NEW VOTING PLACES. East. West and N Serton WH1 Have Separate Voting Places in Fu ture Meetin- of Board of Elec. . tions. As was mentioned in Monday's Robesonian, the county board of elec. tions consisting of Frank Gough of Lumberton, McKay McKinnon of Maxton and E. G. Johnson of tS. Pauls, held a meeting Monday after noon. Mr. Gough was elected chair man and Mr. McKinnon was elected secretary. Registration was ordered for the new townships of Shannon and Gaddie. One of the most commendable things done by the board was the creating of three nw voting places in Lumberton township to be known as East Lumberton, which includes the territory covered by the Lumberton and Dresden Cotton Mill Companies; West Lumberton, which includes the territory in Lumberton township west of Lumber river; North Lumberton, which includes all territory covered by the Jennings Cotton Mill Company. This means that in the November election and in all future elections or primaries the people of these dis tricts will vote at the new voting places instead of at the court house as hretofore. The names of the registrars and poll holders appointed wili be publish ed in Monday's Robsonian. NEXT WEEK AT FAIRMONT "Happy Jack" Wants to Meet Friends There and Write Rceipts for The Robesonian. We hope to be able to spend next week at Fairmont and shake hands with all our friends there and all who sell tobacco there. We have spent some time in that good town during the tobacco season each year for sev eral years, and will as in the past be pleased to take your subscription, either old or new, to the old reliable county paper, The Robsonian. It's a time when the people in rural dis tricts as well as in the towns should read their county paper and keep up with the times, so if you are not al ready on th big list be prepared to give us your subscription. If you are already on, there never has been a time when we would write you a re ceipt with a gladder heart. Hoping to see many of my old friends at Fair mont next week, I rmain, HAPPY JACK. There will be a special meeting of Lumberton Lodge No. 77, Royal Arch Masons, tomorrow evening at eight o'clock for degree work. ; WATCH Watch the label on your : paper. If renewals are not in by date cn label papr will be (.topped. BRIEF LOCAL NEWS ITEM A License has-been insued for the marriage of Robert Spiro and Eoline I Shaw, Fred H. Ramsauer and Mary McMillan. Mr. J. P. McNeill is havine a mod ern eight-roomed residence erected on j his lot on Sixth street. Prof. R. E. Sente!la and family will live in the j house when completed. The East Lumberton school will open Monday of r.cxt week. Miss Cornelia Steele n principal, Miss Ka. tie Stone is intermediate teacher and Miss Lillian Barker is primary teach er . Mr. L. B. Martin, agent for Ford aufoB for Robeson county, ex pects to move with his wife from Maxton to Lumberton about October 1st and will make this his headquar ters:. Mr. Ertle Carlyle, who for some time had hejd a position in the Pope Drug Store; Tesigned Monday for the purpose of entering school. He has not yet. dacided what fcchool he will ente?. -. . - Monday will be a National holi day, it being Labor day, and all the banks in town wil be closed, Sunday hours will be observed it the post office, and the R. F. D. carriers will take a day off. Mr. A. Weinstein was prevented on account of a ame hip from going North, as he intended, last Saturday to purchase goods for hit department store, but expects to leave Saturday night of this week. Messrs. I. M. Thompson and B. W. Pittman of Fairmont are Lum berton visitors today. Mr. Thomp son says that lots of tobacco has been sold on the Fairmont market this weeek for very satisfactory price Bp to yesterday, when it waa somewhat off. The A-Mus-U theatre opened up Tuesday evening, and will be run reg ularly in the old Pedneau garage building, Second street. This picture show, of which Mr. Grover Pope is proprietor, is for colored folks. A lage cowd thronged the house Tues day evening. Mr. N. A. Ratley of Fairmont was among the visitors in town yes terday. Mr. Ratley says the same worm that played havoc with muh of the cotton crop in this sectioa last ycr.r has made its appearance down his way again, and is destroying many cotton bolls. Mr. and Mrs. E. I. Poole re turned Monday night from Norfolk, Va., and Nashville, N. C, where they spent two months. They report a very pleasant trip. Mr. Poole is a local cotton buyer, having been on the market here for several years. He rays he will be in the market for his part of the crop. Mr. W. C. Wishart of New York arrived Monday night, and will spend some time visiting friends in and about Lumberton. Mr. Wishart is a former Robesonian, who has made good in other parts. He is statisti cian the New York Central Railroad Company. He is a cousin of Messrs. W. S., J. H. and Wade Wishart of Lumberton. Mr. W. L. Parham, who for about three y&rs had held a position in the grocery department of Messrs. R. D. Caldwell & Son's department store, has been transfrred to the of fice as assistant bookkeeper, succeed ing Mr. Simeon Caldwell, junior member of the firm, who will do the buying and manage the business gen erally. Mr. and Mrs. Walker Floyd of Dillon, S. C, arrived yesterday after noon and spent last night in town guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Du bois. Messrs. Dubois and Floyd went fishing in Lumber river last night and caught plenty of nice fish. They -inped on the bank of the river, ; oked lish, ate them and had a great time in general. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd returned to Dillon todiy . Messrs. Lee G. Stone and Lee Correll, two Lumberton boys who played on the South Atlantic League during the ball season, returned home Tuesday morning. Mr. Stone pitched for the Augusta team, and Mr. Correll played with the Colum. bia, S. C, team. Mr. Stone will go in a few days to Miami, Fla., where he will pitchfa few games. He has the name of one of the best pitch ers on the lague. V
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