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A' ROBESONIAN A ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY.' FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TKUTH $10 EAR. DUE IN ADVANCE. VOL. XLV. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1914. NUMBER 66 BONDED WAREHOUSE READY. Farmers' Bonded Warehouse of Lam. .. berton Will Be Ready Wednesday Of . This Week Bring Along Your Cotton and Stare It Only Bonded Warehouse in County. ' The committee appointed by th3 Farmers' Union; on September 12, when the tobacco warehouse was turn. ed over to the Union by the citizens of Lumberton to be used as a bond ed warehouse by the farmers in stor ing i cotton, met Friday and comple ted the arrangements for opening the house. The bond has been received, and everything will be ready for cot ton to be placed in the house by Wed nesday of this week. - ' The house is under control of the farmers and the charge, including grading, insurance and storage fees will be only 30 cents per bale for the first month and-25 cents each month thereafter, .-; When the cotton is stored the own er will be given a receipt for same', which ; he can use as collateral and . borrow money from the ' banks, and when he wishes he can take the cotton and sell it. This seems to be the only "way out" for the cotton grower and the time merchants as well. , The house will not be used by mem bers 6$ the Farmers' Uni6n alone, but ' will be open te the public. . - ; If you haveot some 'cotton and don't want to place it. on the mar ket a thing that should be avoid. ed and need some money, the best4 thing one can do it seems is to store. it in a bonded warehouse, take the re ' ceipt .and borrow what money you cai on it and sell the cotton when there is a demand for it. The managers of the warehouse: W, P. Barker, chairman, N. A. Town, send, D. H. Britt, Sr., W. K. Cul breth, Jno. T, Singletary. These elected Mr. L. B. Townsend active manager, to look . after grading, weighing and storing cotton and sign ing certificates. The bond of this warehouse com plies in every way with the require, ments of the North Carolina Currency Association and the requirements of .the new Federal Reserve Board. This is the only really bonded warehouse In the county, so far as is known hers. Mr. H. .C. Boylin Finds It Necessary to Continue in Business. Mr. H. C. Boylin advertised some time ago that he would sell his jew elry stock and store fixtures at oo;r and that he would retire from business That advertisement was in good faith and much of the stock was sold at und below cost, but, as will be seen from Mr. Boylin's return to the ad vertising columns of The Robesonian, inability to sell his store fixtures, makes it necessary for him to continue in business . Mr. Boylin is especial, ly .anxious for the public. -t under stand that the advertisement of his in . tention to retire from business was entirely in good faith and that the goods he sold during the time he was trying to arrange his affairs to retire were sold at or below cost. Mr. Boylin has been in business in Lumberton for a pood many year.-: and he has many friends throughout the county who will be glad to -learn that he finds it necessary to continue in business. A Runaway Boy Has Miraculous Escape. There was quite a bit of exciteme-t on the streets Friday afternoon whe-i a horse hitched to a buggy and driven by Master Carson McNeill, the horse and buggy belonging to the Kin;? Gro eery Company, became frightened at he only knows what, at the foot of Fourth streeet, near the town hall, and came up the street at his limit, running into a telephone post at the corner of Elm and Fourth. The bug. gy was somewhat torn up, also the harness, but both horse and boy had a miraculous escape. The boy was thrown out on Dr. W. L. Grantham's automobile, which was standing near by, and bent one of the mud shields considerably. Folks who saw it say , it was a wonder somebody didn't get killed. Bank Capital Tax Will Be Retained. Washington Dispatch, 3d. s Retention, despite general and vig orous protests from bankers of the proposed tax of $2 a $1,000 "on bank capital and surplus and elimination of the proposed taxes on straight and industrial life insurance were deter mined upon by Democratic members , of the Senate Finance committee to . day in their deliberation of the war revenue bill which passed the hous.j. The committee determind to disre. gard th protests of bankers against the bank capital tax, believing it ne cessary and a better tax than the sub. . slitute tax on checks checks, draft? and other negotiable paper recom mended by a sub-committee. The lat ter tax it was argued, would fall upon the individual- SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETING Interdenominational Meeting Attend ed by Large Crowd at Court House YesterdayAddress or Sunday School Work by Mr. J. A. Brown Committee On Organization Named Other Church Notes. In spite of the low hanging clouds and mists of rain that fell yesterday afternoon, a large crowd gathered in the court house to attend the interde nominational Sunday school meeting. The meeting was opened at threo o'clock tnd after Mr. R. D. Caldwell, superintendent of the First Baptist Sunday school, who presided at the oneeting, made a few rmarks explain ing the purpose of the meeting the audience sang "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name,'' after which Rev. Dr W. B. North, pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church, led the open, ing prayer. The first speakers on the ' pro gramme were Messrs. Alf. H. Me Leod and W. K. Bethune, who were to tell of some of the impressions made upon them while attending the State international Sunday School Convention, which was held at Win- ston.Salem September 15-17. Both Mr. McLeod and Mr. Bethune made interesting and entertaining talk3, and made plain the fact 'that the meeting was well worth while and made some everlasting good impress ions on them "After they hail entertained the. large crowd present for more than an hour, Mr. J. A. Brown of Chad- bourn, president of the State conven. tion, which they attended, was intro duced by Mr. Caldwell. Mr. Brown, who has the Sunday school work at heart, made a" strong appeal for tha boys arid girls of our country and seemed to think that the Sunday school was the great hope of their salvation. He said in part: The Sunday school is the biggest subject in the world with more than 30,000,- 000 members and 1,700,000 officers and teachers The child can if start ed in time be moulded to suit your own will. Every man influences some child, and too many fathers turn the thaining of their boy over to. the moth er entirely, when he is the one the ooy is going to follow. Instill Chris, tian character in a child and that is worth more than wealth, for while wealth can get away with the swift. ness of a sparrow, the character in7 stilled in the young child is ever with it. If one-tenth of the money that has been spent in preparing for "war in the last ten years had been spent for religious training, instead of the great nations of Europe being in con flict peace would be reigning through out the world. The time has arriv ed when the coluntry is demanding men with Christian character. Some boy is forming his character from yours. What are doing to make it what it should be? The Sun day school is the hope of he Republic. The Nation's greatest asset is its boy3 and girls. Too many fathers and mothers send their children to Sun day school, when they should take them. He was well pleased with the fact that the First Baptist Sunday school has started a teachers' training; class', saying that too many teachers were going before their classes un prepared to teach the lessons. Some say that there are too many hypocrits in the iSunday school and church, fcut I had rather be in the Sunday :;chool with a few hypocrits than to J ns in hell with rothing' at all but hy pocrits. Get out vnd .ee to it that all the people attend, Sunday school, not the school of your choice but the -school of his or her choice. Man can build '"ity and it is easily ..de stroyed by man, but build a boy uup right and God himself cannot de stroy him. 'Mr. Brown's address was filled with the spirit of his subject and he held his hearers spell bound from start o finish. It is regretted that time and space forbids a fuller report of his addess. Messrs. . W. K. Bethune, of the Presbyterian Sunday school, A. E. White of Methodist, E. B. Freeman of the Gospel Tabernacle, J. Q. Beckwith of the Episcopal and Frank Gough of the Baptist, were appoint ed a committee to look after organiz ing Lumberton township and per. haps the county into art interdenom inational working force. After this, prayer was offered by Rev. Chas L. Greaves, pastor of the First Baptist church, (the audience sang "America," and Rev. W. D-. Combs, pastor of the Gospel Taberna cle, dismissed the congregation with a short prayer. - All present seemed to have been highly pleased with the meeting, which was a grand success, and no doubt great good will be the result. Quarterly ; Conference for St. Paula Circuit. To the Editor of The Robesonian. Monday, October 12, will be the oc casion of the fourth quarterly fonfer- ence on St. Paul circuit. There will PLAN FIGHT FOR AMENDMENTS Campaign Organization Formed at Conference at Raleigh to Fight toe (he Proposed Constitutional Amend- ments. An informal conference on the pro posed Constitutional f Amendments, called by J. W. Bailey, Clarence Poe and W . A . Hilderbrand and others to formulate plans for assuring the fullest possible vote for the 10 amend, ments at the November election, was held in Raleigh Saturday. R. R. Williams of Ashevilfe was made chair, man of the conference and was di rected to appoint a campaign com mittee and a press committee, tho committee later to name a central committee of fifty representa tive citizens to aid in the work for the adoption of the amend, ments. J. W. Bailey of Raleigh was appointed chairman of the campaign committee and Maj. H. A. London of Pittsboro chairman of the publicity committee. A. W. McLean of Lum berton was appointed a member of the publicity committee. The conference was called to begin aggressive work for the amendments, for the defeat of which there are enemies on the stillhunt. The taxa tion amendment was especially men tioned as being marked by strong ene mies for defeat and as being one of the very best of the 10. ' v j - WANT AID' AT &4ER CEKT. s Southern Congressmen Ask- for Loan of $450,000,000 for Cottoiu Washington Dispatch, 2d. Southern Congressmen appealed Ic President Wilson today not to consent to adjournment of Congress until thi financial situation facing cotton plant ers is relieved and tnat :4ou,uu(J,- 000 in Government funds be raised for loans to planters at 3 per cent inter- est. The President promises to dis cuss the situation with Secretary Mc Adoo and with other Congressional leaders. The delegation asked that money for loans to be raised through the saie of $200,000,000 worth of Panama Ca nal bonds, the issuance of $200,000, 000 worth of United States notes and the transfer to the South of $50,000, 000 of Government money now depos ited in National banks. It was pro. nosed that the loans to planters be made for periods of from nine to 12 months at three per cent interest on cotton at an average price of 10 cents a pound. The delegation contended that un der the National bank law, banks may be authorized to act as fiscal agents and trustees of the Government anJ that under this provision the Govern ment and not the banks would be re. sponsible for the money. The South erners declared that if $45(1,000,000 were available the situation would bi rlieved and a smaller amount would be actually called for. As a precedent for sending money to the South, the President's call ers referrd to th deposit of Govern ment funds in Dayton after the flood. Death of Mrs. William Stubbs. Rowland Sun, 2d. Mrs. Ethel Stubbs, wife of Mr. Wm. Stubbs, of Purvis, died Tuesday was buried Wednesday evening, and from Purvis Methodist church, her! Dastor, Rev. J. H. Lee, conducting the services. She was 76 years of age and had been a member of the church for 54 years. She leaves be- j sides her husband a large family of children and grandchildren. be preaching at 11 o'clock by the pre. siding elder, followed by communion of the Lord's Supper. Dinner on i ground, quarterly conference afturi dinner. All ocial members are urg. I ed to be pesent. i REV. A. J. GROVES, Pastor. Annual Meeting of Mt. Eli am Sunday School Institute Postponed to Octo ber 31. . Owing to the fact that the weather was so inclement that only a few braves dared to gather themselves to gether at Smyrna Saturday, Presi. dent E. J. Britt, of th Mt. Elian Sunday School Institute, has sent out betters to each of the Sunday o,f'nools that compose the institute saying that the annual meeting which was to have been held Saturday will be held just one month later, Saturday before the first Sunday in November. The meet ing will be held at Smyrna . Special . prayers for peace, in ac cordance with the proclamation of President Wilson, were made at all the churches in town yesterday. A dlightful and much enjoyed fea ture of the. music at Chestnut Street Methodist church at the morning ser. vice yesterday was a violin solo by Miss Margaret Bruce Williams of Red Springs, who is giving violin les sons at the home pt her brother-in-1w end Filter, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. McNeill, Jr ITALY MAY BECOME' INVOLVED Long Battle of the Aisne Still Being Waged Hard Fighting Ahead Battle Raging Along East Prussian Frontier Russian Victory Ruler at the Front. The long Battle of the Aisne con. tinues in France, Jwith indication pointing to a lot of fighting ahead for both sides. According to an offi cial communication issued late yester day at Paris, the French, having re pulsed the German attacks, presuu ably in the vicinity of Roye, have re 8umed the offensive at sveral points while other positions on their left have been maintained. Of ; the result of the , operations around the line of fortifications of Antwerp there seems to be consider able mystery. The battle is still raging along the East Prussian frontier and, accord ing to Berlin reports, the Germans have scored a victory over the Rus sians who had pierced their center at Augustowo. The Russian Emperor, the German Emperor, the King of Belgium and tho President of France are taking part in the battle or are on thei way to visit the toops in the field. A report from Rome yesterday that Italian sailors have occupied Avlona is considered to mean, if true, that Italy has taken action which will al most certainly involve her.-, Avlona, the "Gibralta" of the iWriatic, ha? lon&, been coveteff" oy oOtti TtSfy nd Austria- i A Petrograd dispatch of the 4th states: The official statement from th? Russian General Staff headquarters, issued tonight, reads: "The battle of Augustowo ended yesterday, October 3, in a victory for the Russian arms The German defeat is complete. STORE COTTON; REDUCE ACRE. AGE. Farmers Urged to Make Use of Bonded Warehouse Increase Food Supply Stop Feeling Blue and Ba Independent, Advises Farmers Un ion Secretary. ; ' Written for The Robesonian. As will be seen from a news item elsewhere in today's paper, the tobac- 'co warehouse in Lumberton has been bonded by a committee of farmers ap pointed by the Robeson Division of Jhe Farmers' Union, and by Wednes day of this week will be ready for use. We all know that it will not do to rush this year's cotton crop on the market when there is no demand for it. Common sense teaches man that when there is no demand for a thing there is but little price. And, too, we know that there will be a demand for cotton when the war clouds have faded away and business gets like it self again, so I write this to urge the farmers, especially Union mem bers, to store their cotton in a bond, ed warehouse, get what money you can, pay as much of what you owe as possible and resolve to reduce your cotton acreage next year, and and In so doing increase your food supply. Stop feeling blue, think of the fact that you are the most independent class on earth, either in time of war or in time of peace. You are the only class that can live at home. It's uo to you to be dependent on no one. Will vou trv in the future to be vour own man, and owe no man anything, but good will by farming in a way to make you that? Plant everything that will do to eat, and but little that jivill not; then you have . solved th ; oroblem. ' F. GROVER BRITT, Sec.-Treas. Robeson Union, : Campaign Opened Dr. Sykes of Wake Forest Speaks. Dr. E. W. Svkes. head of the de partment of political science at Wake I Forest College, opened up the 1914 political campaign in Robeson this afternoon at 1 o'clock when he ad ddressed a good sized crowd on the issues of the day, politically speak ing. A report of the address will be pubished in Thursday's Robe. soman. It was stated in Thursday's Robe sonian that Gov. Craig might speak here today, but the Governor could not come. Recorder Court. The following cases have been tried before Assistant Recorder E. M Johnson since Thursday: Cha3. Kin- law, retailing, not guilty; Osca Barnes, colored, embezzlement, four months on roads. Barnes has just completed a fifty day sentence for car rying concealed weapons. Superior Court. A two-week's term of civil courz convened at 10 o'clock this morning, Judge C. M. Cook of Louisburg pre siding. All cases on the calendar for today were disposed of at the morn, ing session. Among the out of town attorneys -who are attending court are Messrs. B. F. McLean and J. P. Wiggins of Maxton. NEGRESS HAS NARROW ESCAPE. Fell Across Track in Front of Engine Life Saved by Mr. J. O. Beard of Raleigh. Last evening as Seaboard train No. 13, due here at 5:40, was coming up to the station Hariet Cotton, a col. ored woman started to" run across the track, and had it not been for the heroic effort of Mr. J. O. Bear J of Raleigh, who was standing near and pulled her off the track she woul have never crossed the track ahead of another train. Mr. Beard had on hand full of letters, but grabbed he with the other and by his quick pull ing and the throwing of the brakes bn the train her life was saved. . The negress seemed to greatly appreciate the fact that Mr. Beard saved her life. and was heard to remark, "Lord bless you, honey, if I ever can do anything for you lemme know. Dr. Johnson On the Dot With Shovel to Work the Road. His Just before 7 o'clock this morning Dr. T. C. Johnson was seen tear ing out the Elizabethtown road in his auto and it was learned later that the reason he was in such a big hurry was not to make a professional call but to keep an engagement with Mr, Arch Spivey to work the road. Mr. Spivey, road supuerVisor for Lumber ton township, had summoned the Doc tor to meet him with a shovel at Sev. en Pines )lored church, on the north eastern edge gt- town, this a. m at 7 or fork over for the' road fund . one handsome wmoleon. Dr. Johnson did npt believe Mr. Arch would be there at 7 of the clock, and sure Mike Mr. Arch, did not expect the doctor: So both were surprised, Mr. Arch. .a. greably because the doctor did not catch him away, which he never would have heard the last of, and the doc tor not so agreeably, for he would have given a pretty not'to have found Mr. Arch there. Dr. Johnson was the only one there who came arm?d with the implement spcified in tha summons. He carried one of the smallest fire shovels they make, about the right size for a watch charm, and what he would have done to the road todav would have been a caution. But he decided to pay over the dollar In stead. Mr. Ellis Miller Again First to ray Taxei. Mr. Ellis Miller who lives on route one irorp rairmont is attain iur mc 19th time, the first to pay his State and county taxes. Mr. Miller, unlike many, takes pride in paying his just and honest debts, and is just as true lo pay his Robesonian subscription each year as he is his taxes. How ever, he paid his subscription this vear before he paid his taxes, only because of the fact that the books were not . ready. Mr. Miller is the kind of man that makes a desirable and profitable citizen. Death of Mr. English Nye. Mr. English Nye, aged 59, died Sat- dav mornine at 10 o'clock at ni? home near Orrum after suffering fo. some time with heart trouble. In. terment was made in the family bury. nir ground yesterday afternoon, tha funeral being conducted at the. grave by his pastor, Rev. I. P. Hedgpeti!. Deceased is survived by his wite ar.n eight children. Mr. Nye had been for many year3 member of Big Branch Baptist church, and wai a consecrated mem ber. In his death Robeson loses a good citizen. The county commissioners and the board of education are holding regu lar monthly meetings today. Mr. R. R. Carlyle returned Satur day from Nyack, N'. Y., where he spent several weeks for his health. Mr. Carlyle was broken in health when he went away but says he is much better and feels more like himself. Mrs. F.J. Thomas spent yester day at Southern Pines with Mr. Thomas, who is spending some time there for his health. She returned home last night Mr. Thomas' con dition is thought to be slowly improv ing. Mr. L. E. Tyner, who lives near "Lowe , sent to The Robesonian office this morning a very large sweet po tato of a variety unknown to any oi the office force. It has been attrac. ing the attention of every passer-by, everybody stopping and admiring is and wondering at its size, but it looks too good, despite its rugged outside to be allowed to stay in the office win dow. Somebody is going to get on the cutside of some of that potato soon. Positively Masters Croup. , Foley's Honey and Tar Compound cuts the thick choking mucus and clears away the phlegm. Opens up the air passages and stops the hoarse cough. The gasping, strangling fight for breath gives way to quiet breathing and peaceful sleep. Harold Berg, Mass, Mien., writes: "We give Foley's Honey and Tar to our children for croup and it always 'Sets quickly." or le r- tl! cH?0"f!t. WATCH Watch the label on paper if renewals are not in by 4aie on label paper wiO be stopped. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Boyd Shooter is now employed in the composing room of The Robe sonian. Mr. J. R. Kingston of Fayetteville an expert baker, has accepted a posi tion in the Lumberton Bakery. There will be a regular meeting of the K. of P.'s tonight. Degree work. All members requested to attend. Mr. Chaffin Blake's left arm waa broken one day last week while play. Ing football with some other boys. Regular communication St. AL ban's Lodge No. 114, A. F. k A. M, tomorrow evening at 7:30. Degree work. Miss Pearl Howard of St. Paula has accepted a position as saleslady in Mr. K. M. Biggs' store. She be gan work Friday. Miss Ruth Jones underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Thompson hospital Saturday. She is said to be getting along nicely. Mr. W. P. Davis of route4 from Lumberton was in town Friday. Mr. Davis got on the "God-blessed list by paying his subscription a year ' in advance. Let others follow. Jno ' Barrymore, one of the dis-. tinguished dramatic favorites ' of the Famous. Players Film Company will be seen at the Pastime theatre Thurs day afternoon and night. Rev, R. A. Hedgpeth of Baroes ville passed through town Saturday en route home from Shady Grov", Bladen county, where last week he assisted Rev. L. II. Johnson in a series ol meetings. Regardless of the "managers spat" in Wilmington Saturday, the "Dingbat Family" Co., arrived this morning and will play at the opera house this evening as has been ad vertised. Messrs. Richard, Ed and J. B. Humphrey, all of the Saddle Tree section, were Lumberton ' visitors Thursday afternoon. They say the farmers out their way are holding on to their cotton. Mr. T. H. Lindsey, humorist, it Durham will give a lecture in the school house at Proctorville Saturday night of this week. Admission charg es wm be lo and ih cents, ihe proceeds wilL be used for the benefit of the school. License has been issued for the marriage of McKenzie Davis and Blennie Singletary, B. C. Evans and Mamie Brisson, Luther Taylor and Bert Britt, J. C. Watson and Carrie Smith, Cordon Herring and Grace Lovett, Jimmie Britt and Nancy Pre via Mr. J.H. Wishart, who conducts an up-to-date grocery store, and who is a live wire at the business, has recently added another new delivery wagon, which is a beauty. Mr. Wishart re cetly began advertising in The Rob esonian, and who knows it is not the reason why the new wagon had to be added, ,, Mr. Rufus Sanderson left last evening for Candor this State, where he will spend several months with the hope of regaining hi3 health, which has not been good for some time. Candor is in the mountains of western North Carolina. He ha9 many friend? whose wishes are that he will soon re turn greatly improved. Rev. J. Neiman of Baltimore, Md., hac accepted a call of congregation of the Hebrew synagogue and Will at an early date move his family to Lum berton. Mr. Neiman will teach the Hebrew children in town the Hebre v doctrine and will also teach them to . read and write Hebrew. He will al?o kill the cattle and fowls for his con gregation. It has been reported here that while working in the woods near Buie Thursday of last week negroes dis covered $94.35 in postage stamps vhich apparently had been thrown ! wry. Most of chem were - fecial de. livery tamps, the same amount of .h; kind that was stoVn from the postoffice ..i St Pauls a few weeks :iz- vhtn, when the saf; was Ikwr rpoii Jt is probable thai they wore the same stamps. Mr AH. Hinds who lives, across the Seaboard railroad in front of the freight station, says some un known party, or parties, entered his kitchin last night and moved things about considerably. Mr. Hinds says the thief had two bags of flour, a bag of potatoes and a churn full if milk laying in the back door which as left open think of it taking his' edibles and drinkables, too! but Mr. Hinds started out at the back door about the time, he thinks, that the thief was ready to start with his luggage and prevented him from tak ing it along. Nothing was missed. Mr. Hinds says the deer was locked v Mr?. Hinds last nisrht. ' 1 ,1 J