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VOL. XLV.
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1914.
NUMBER 67
WAR REPORTS MEAGRE.
Little Information of Actual Ope
rations in Official Reports
Ground Lost One Day Regained
the Next Gen. Von Kluck with
Heavy Reinforcements Has Ta
ken Offensive and .V Violent''
Battle Continues Situation in
East Problematical.
- While the world awaits news of
the great battle in which the Brit
ish and French allied forces and
the Germans in Northern Franco
.have engaged in for twenty-six
days,' meagre official reports from
the front vouchsafe little infor
mation of the actual operations.
Today it is a small piece of
ground lost and tomorrow the
same ground has been regained.
Meanwhile, the French forces are
moving northward, but are gain
ing little to the east, which would
ke essential to the outflanking of
the German rights wing. r ' i
As a matter of fact, General
Von Kluck, in command of that
section of the German army, with
heavy reinforcements which have
reached him in the past week, has
taken a decided offensive and day
by day the announcement is made
by the French war office that the
violent battle..continiujes.,tv...i..
TheBritish official bureau re
ports Jhat the French Army is
fighting I with thei greatest' vdash
and' bravery, but is sileh't on what
the British are doing. The French
officials report an advance oh cer
tain points on the center and the
retaking of the ground previously
yielded in the Roye district.
Masses of German cavalry have
recently been seen near Lille, and
behind them German forces are
moving on a line between Tonr
coing and Armentiers. This im
portant unit of the German 'army,
which it Avas thought might servo
to break the French ,'line, the
French report, has been held in
check, arid to the north of Lille
has been driven back. On two
wings, it is added, the German at
tacks have been repulsed.
The Northward movement of
the French line brings it close
to the Belgian frontier and coinci
dentally. there have been engage
ments between, the Belgian:) ami
the Germans in the environs of
Yprs, twenty miles south of Os-
tend, and at Audenarde, 15 niiltM
southwest of Ghent.
While the East Indian troon.
have reached France and alreodv
may have reinforced Field Mar
shal French 's army, operating in
the neighborhood of Soissons. tho
whereabouts of the Canadians
numbering 33,000, has been a mat
ter Of conjecture. It is now an
nounced that they are to be land
ed in England and are to be sent
to an inland training camp.
The situation, as between the
Russians and Germans and Au
strian, is somewhat problematical,
but a very frank statement from
Berlin admits that the German
forces on the frontier of East
Prussia have assumed a strate
gical defensive movement and
have abandoned the bombard
ment Ossowetz, a fortress in Rus
sian Poland.
This statement adds that thi
fighting at Augustowo and Sn
walki was of a most sanguinarr
nature and that while the Ger
man machine guns finally turned
the scale of battle in favor of the
Germans, the slaughter of tho
German artillerymen was terrific.
The movements of the German
troops were greatly hampered by
the physical condition of the coun
try. .
The 43rd German casualty list
issued at Berlin contains 10,600
names in dead, wounded and miss
ing. Berlin also reports that the
fighting on the German right wing
in France has been successful and
that in the assaults on Antwerp
two more forts have fallen into
German hands.
The Belgian government has
been removed from Antwerp to
Ostend, several of the minister
and-many thousands of refugees
having reached there. The bom
bardment of Antwerp it is report
ed, already has begun, following a
notification from the mommander
of the German troops that non
combatants and others desiring
to do' so, should withdraw froi i
the city.
President Poincaire, accompa
nied by Premier Viviani and th
minister of war, M. Millerand, has
returned to Paris after a visit to
the battle front. It has been re.
ported that the French Govern
ment would return soon to Paris
from Bordeaux.
A British submarine has mad.
another raid tlose to the German
base in the North Sea and has tor.
TOWN AFFAIRS
Tie Town and School Boards Sign
Joint Note for School Other ,
Notes Given.
" The board of trustees of the
graded school met with the board
of town commissioners Tuesday
evening and asjted for aid in A
au6 .... ..jTr . .
axes come in .to "-
tion. There was a deficit last year
of something like $1200. The
two boards signed a joint note for
$1250 to be used in financing the
school.
The town fathers ordered that
the mayor and clerk-treasurer ex
ecute the following notes : to La
France Fire Engine Co., for $5
500; Bennettsville Brick Co., for
$124; Frederick Disinfectant Co.,
for $85 ; Osborne and Pritchett for
$250.
Jurors for November Term of
Court
-j While in session Monday the
county commissioners drew the
following list of jurors for the two
weeks term of criminal court
which will - convene Monday, No
vember 9
First week Allen Stanley,
Haynes'Ivey, W. A. Leggett,, k.
D Croom, J. K. McRae, Jos. A.
Campbell, .0. W. Britt, A-' D. Mr
Girt. W. P. McAllister, L. C. Da
vis, II. G. Britt. Wm. Phillip, F.
C. Britt, W. S. Wishart, 13. G.
Kinlaw, W. S. McMillan, M. L.
Marley, W. F. Bullock, D. F.
Grg. B. L. Britt, Tom Chason,
J. T. Phillips. H. Jones,'!. W. Ar-
.ers, J. W. Ashley. J. T. Arnett. II
S. Smith, Sandy McNeill, I). MeV.
Graham. J D.-McMillan, M. C.
MeTntvro, D. F. Israel, W. A. Grif
fin, M. R. Powers, J. T. Houston.
K-T. C. -Smith.
Second week W. C. Britt. T. B.
Mullis, E. MoQ. Surles, John M--Arthur,
M. M McKHinon. Fubr
Locklear; J. A. Stone, Alex Davis,
J. L. Mr-lver. Collier Cobb. Neil!
Raker, A. II. Morrison, W. K
Brock. C. A. Fairmont. M. J. Me-
Cormk-k, E. G. Cope, A. II. Se
I. S. Jones.
I ers.
Much Cotton Picked But Little
Being Sold.
Mr. 1). McP. McArthur, cotton
reporter for North Robeson, in
forms The Robesonian that up to
September 25. 12,514 bales of cor-
ton had been ginned in Robeson
as against l6,475 to sanie date j
4 :n i... I
ittsi year, ivs wm ue hccii nuiu uiu
report, there has been almost
twice as much ginned this year
to date as was last. Folks who
know say that it is not that there
is so much more cotton made this
year than last, but more because
of the early opening of the crop
and the good weather for picking.
While the number of bales ginned
to date is perhaps as large as in
Robeson's cotton-growing history,
there has not in many moons been
a year when as little had been
placed on the market at this date.
The farmers generally are holding
to it, some keeping it at home,
others storing it in bonded ware
houses, which seems to be the pro
per thing to do where a man owes
it.
Firemen Will Sleep at Fire St,
tion.
Mr. S. S. Stephens, chauffeur for
the fire truck, aud two or more
members will at an early date be
gin sleeping upstairs at the fire
station in order that they may oe
ready for business in case of a
nk'ht fire. Beds and furnishings
have already been placed in the
oom. -
Tax Books Turned Over to Sher
iff. As will be seen from the report
of the commissioners proceedings
published elsewhere in today 's pa
per, the tax books for the various
townships have been turned over
to Sheriff R. E. Lewis for col
lectin. Remember, "there are
two things you must do pay you-.-taxes
and die."
pedoed a German torpedo boa',
destroyer.. There is an unconfirm
ed report that a German cruiser
also was torpedoed.
The Japanese have occupied the
Island of Yap. of the Carolina
group in the Pacific, and at the
same time have notified the State
Department at Washinston that
thf opfMinaHon" is onlv temrorrv
?r-d soleh fnr military jmrposes.
COUNTY SCHOOL MATTERS.
Compulsory Attendance Law Ef
fective November 23d Except Jn
Schools Which Will Close Les3
Than Four Months From That
Date New District Created
New Buildings-Other Matters,
The county- board of education
,held its regular mouthly session
lMomlay m tne ottlce ot siipt. t
R. Poole, Chairman Lucius Me-! tobVr crop reuWt announced to-
XTl. T r Jrtl w:.1a
present. The following business
was transacted :
District No. il, Sterlings, was .;1 -
lowed a special apportionment or
$45 from the building fund, when
funds are available, for building
purposes and the district is allow
ed to use $45 ef the district funds
for the purpose of repairing h?
building in said district.
A special apportionment of $60
was alowed district No. 1, Indian,
Saddle Tree township, so as to
give the district an assistant teach
er. R. L. Leggett was appointed
school committeeman and attend
ance officer in and for district No.
3,. Britt '8 township, to fill out the
unexpired term of W. H. Prevail,
who failed to qualify.
The chairman and secretary of
the board were authorized to exe
cute its note in the sura of $2,
500 to the Bank of. Red Springs,
payable sixty days after date and
bearing interest at six per cent
per annum.
Contract for the erection of the
school building in district No. 1,
colored, Red Springs, was let to C.
E, Zedaker, his bid $1635, being
the lowest submitted.
The eompulsorv attendance law,
j requiring a continuous attendance
of four school months by all chil
dren betweeif the ages of 8 and 12
years will become effective on No
vember 23rd in all the schools of
this county, except those schools,
where the remainder of the term
jn om November. 23d shall not o.1
jfour f nil school months. In such
j schools the compulsory attendance
'law will become effective on suc:i
! a date prior to November 23rd,
jas will leave four full school
j months in the term of said school
' A new district was ordered cr;--jated
so as to include the Jennings
leotton mill village, that McKay
I Bird, 1). J. Jolly and Alexander
Dawkins be appointed as com
mitteemen therefor, and that J. W.
Stogner be appointed as the at
tendance officer for district. This
district is to be known as district
No. 6, white, Lumberton town
ship. R. N. Barnes was appointed, at
tendance officer for district No. 5,
Lumberton township.
Messrs. Mclntyre, Lawrence
and Proctor were ordered paid $10
for professional services rendered
in condemnation proceedings and
for the school site in district No.
1, colored, Red Springs, entitled,
J. R. Poole vs. Margaret McLean
et al.
On recommendation of the com
mittees of district No. 1 Burut
Swamp, and district No. 1, Red
Springs, it was ordered that the
children of A L. Farmer be trans
ferred from district No. 1, Burnt
Swamp, to district No. 1, Red
Springs. .
Sale of old school property in
district No. 5, Indian, Thompsons
township? for the sum of $20, was
confirmed.
Mr. Stacy Speaks at Parkton To
morrow Night.
Mr. H. E. Stacy of the Lumber
ton bar will address the voters
of Parkton township tomorrow
night at 8 o'clock in the hall at
Parkton. He will speak under the
auspices of the State and county
Democratic executive committees.
Mr. Stacy is a forceful speaker
and all who can'do so will do well
to hear him.
Road to New Iron Bridge Com
pleted. The chain gang has finished the
road leading out from the new
iron bridge at the foot of Fiftn
street. They are moving today.
They are going near Buie, where
they will work for some time.
Mrs. E. S. McNeill, who 3
few days ago underwam an. ope
ration at the Thompson hospital is
getting along nicely.
Piteg Cured In 6 to 14 Days
Your drunndst will refund money if PAZO
OINTVIENT fails to cure anv ease of Itching,
Blind, Bleeding '-r Protrudinr riles in 6 to 14 days.
JCn iir.t application give i.si: aud Keit. 5oc
A GREAT CORN CROP
Prospects Increased by 78,000,000
Bushels Other Crops. ,
Washington Dispatch, 7th.
Greater corn crop prospects by
78,000,000 bushels and great ltu
j gT
the prospect of that crop over the
forecast in September by 92,000,
j cOGpounds, were features of th
Dpnartmpnt of AmVii1tii.' O
An increase of 11,000,000 bush
els in the potato crop, 21,000,
0&0 bushels in the oats crop, and
10,000,000 bushels in the apple
crop also were forecasted.
Spring wheat showed a slight
decrease, being 4,000,000 bushels
under the September forecast, yet
the combined crop of winter and
spring wheat makes this year's
harvest of that grain a record
one.
NORTH CAROLINA'S SHARE
Cape Fear Gets $185j00& Allot
ment of River and Harbor . Ap
propriation Announced.
Washington Dispatch, 7th
A statement of the $20,000,000
appropriated by Congress for riv
er and harbor improvements thin
year - was announced late today
by the Board of Army Engineers.
The largest single allotment was
$3,753,000 to the MississippiMvar
ednTmission. Other allotments in
part, include :
Beaufort Harbor, North Caro
lina $5,000.
Beaufort Inlet, N. C, $10,000.
Fishing Creek, N. C., $1,000.
Pamlico and Tar rivers, N. C,
1,500.
15av river, N. C. $1,000.
Contenatnen creek, N. C, $2,000.
Neuse river, N. C.f $25,000.
Swift creek., N. C, $500.
Waterwav from Pamlico sound
to Beaufort Inlet, N. C, $3,400.
New river, N. C, including wa
tenvays between Beaufort harbor
and New river and Swansboro,
$16,000.'
Northeast, Black and Cape Fear
(above Wilmington) rivers, N.
C, $10,500.
Cape Fear river, above Wilm
ington. N, C, locks and dams,
$70,000.
Cape Fear river at and belo'
Wilmington, N. ('.,$115,000,
Charleston harbor, South Caro
lina, Ashley river channels, $15,
000; Winvaw bay, S. C, $15,000;
Great IVedee river, $10,000; San
tec. Wateree and Congaree rivers,
S. C, $30,000.
SPEAKING AT BACK SWAMP.
Commissioner Graham, Demon
strator Parker and Mrs. Hutt
Will Address Farm Men and
Women on Important Issues Oc
tober 17.
Correspondence of the Robesonian
Lumberton, R. F. D. 3, Oct. 7
Maj. W. A. Graham, chairman
State Board of Agriculture, Mr.
T. B. Parker, Demonstrator, and
Mrs. W. N. Hutt, Editor of Wo
men's Department of Ahe Pro
gressive Farmer, all of Raleigh,
will be at Back Swamp, Satur
day, October 17th, and will ad
dress the farmers and their wives
of that community on the vital
issues that are confronting the
farmers just now. The speaking
will begin about 11 o'clock a. m.
No farmer can afford to miss
hearing these gentlemen, lespee,
ially Maj. Graham, as the position
he holds makes him the best in
formed man in North Carolina on
the issues in question and his ad
dress will be of the utmost im
portance to the farmers, and Mrs.
Hutt's address will be of like im
portant to the farmers wives. So
let them all come.
The farmers of th Raft Swamp
section, Raynham, Pleasant Hope,
Centerville and other adjoining
communities are cordially invited
to come and bring well filled bas
kets. Public School Examinations
Forty -six teachers are taking
the examination given by Prof. J.
R. Poole, county superintendent
of public instruction today. Four
are taking the high school exam
ination. The examination is be
ing given in the commissioners'
room at the court house.
An Examination for colored
teachers will be given here to
morrow and one for Indians Sat
urday Washington, Oct .-7 ; Speedy yp
storation of harmony between
Gen Generals Villa and Carranza
through open conferences at A
'gUas Calientes was predicted tonic-Tit
in a statement issued by the
. itutioiifd aeencv here.
75 BALES FIRST DAY.
Stored in Farmers Bonded Cotton
Warehpuse of Lumberton
Other Bonded Warehouses.
It looks now like the farmers
are going to take advantage ,f
storing their cotton in the tobac
co warehouse, which has been
bonded by the Farmers' Union.
Mr. L. B. Townsend is manager of
the house and yesterday, the first
day it was opened, 75 bales were
stored. The farmers realize that
they cannot keep their cotton at
home and get money on it to pay
what they owe, and don't want to
sell it at the present prices, and
it seems that the best thing they
can do is to store it in a bonded
warehouse. Bring your cotton
along, get your receipt and bor
row what money you can on it,
pay what you can and in so doing
keep your cotton off the market.
In Monday's paper ,it was
stated in connection with the fact
that this warehouse had been pro
perly bonded that it was the onlv
warehouse in' the county that had
been bonded in compliance witn
the regulations laid down by thj
North Carolina Currency Associa
tion and the Federal Reserve
Board. It was the purpose to state
that this was the onlv warehouse
of its kind operated' bv and for
farmers strictly. The Lumberton
and National uotton Mills of
Lumberton have their warehouses
bondfd, and it is understood that
the St. Pauls Cotton Mill Co. has
its warehouse bonded, and there
is a bonded warehouse at Row
land.
MR. F. J. MEARES PASSES.
End Came This Morning at One
O'clock at Home Funeral This
Afternoon.
Mr. F. J. Meares died this morn
ing at 1 o'clock at his home, !12
East Fifth street. Deceased would
have been 66 years old had he liv
ed; until, December next. He ha I
been in poor health for several
years and had been seriously ill
for three weeks. The funeral was
conducted this afternoon at 2
o'clock from the home by Rev. W.
II. Davis, pastor of the East Lum
berton Baptist church, assisted by
Revs. C. L. Greaves and I. P.
Hedgpeth. Interment will b.
made at the old home in Wishart 'a
township, 8 miles from Lumber
ton on the Whiteville road.
Deceased is survived by his sec
ond wife, by two sons Messrs.
Jno. B. Meares of Lumberton
and LeRoy Meares of Richmond,
Va. and five daughters Mrs. J.
P. McNeill and Mrs. W. L. Thomp
son of Lumberton, Mrs. W. P. Oli
ver of Marietta, Mrs. J. F, Gra
ham of Florence, S. C, and Mr.
W. A; Riddle of St. Pauls. All
the children were present when
death occurred. Two brothers and
two sisters also survive Messrs.
Dwight H. of Brownwood, Tex..
and Moses of Oklahoma, Mrs. We'-
hngton Wishart of Lumberton.
and Miss Mary Meares of Rock
ingham. ' Deceased was a loyal and faith
ful member of the East Lumber
ton Baptist church, and those who
have known him all his life say a
cleaner life than his has never
been lived . It can be said a good
han has gone.
Among those from a distance
who attended the funeral were,
Mrs. L. J. Taylor and Miss Lucy
Lee of nope Mills.
Superior Court.
The two-weeks term of Civil
Court which convened Monday
morning, Judge C. M. Cook of
Louisburg, presiding, is grinding
away slowly. Quite a number of
cases have been compromised or
continued. The following cases
have been disposed of by jury
trial :
Bud Ellison vs. Beaufort County
Lumber Co., judgment in the sum
of $225.
Mittie McKinnon vs. Dunn Oil
Mills, judgment in the sum of
$.'500.
-Butters Lumber Company vs. O.
I. Floyd et ux, judgment allowed
Blacker Bros. vs. John Coley.
Non suit.
Bank of Rowland vs. John Me
Arn et ux, judgment.
Modern Publicitv Co. vs W. W.
Parker, udgment.
Hector Brooks vs. S. B. Wil
liams. judgment.1
American National Bank vs.
"Rowland Grocery Co., judgment.
Rev. W. B. North will be
gin a revival meeting Sunday
morning at Chestnut Street Meth
odist church, of which he is pa.v
tor. ;
WATCH W.tch th label on yor
paper if renewals are not in by date
on label paper will be topped. .
BRIEF ITE.HS OF LOCAL NEWS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lyde
Rodgers, Monday, a 12 ponn-l
girl.
It has been a long time sine.
all men of' all vocations had so
near the same look. "There's
a reason. "
Born, to 'Mr. and Mrs. Cle.n
B. Thompson of Fairmont, yes
terday morning, a 12-pound boy.
Mrs. Thompson is at the Thomp
son hospital.
St. Pauls Messenger : Messrs
Tew and McCorrnack, of this
itown, are building that new
school house at McMillan. Th'y
are rushing it along.
Jim Nowell and Jennie Hin
son, both of Bladenboro, were mar
ried in the office of register of
deeds Tuesday afternoon about 6
o'clock. Justice A. P. Caldwell
officiated.
Drs. B. W. Page, W. L. Gran
tham and W. A. McPhaul attend
ed the meeting of Robeson County
Medieal Society held at Red
Springs yesterday. They report
a very successful session.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Tinkham
are. moving today from the sma'I
I cottage belonging to Mr. A. ' V.
MCAjenn nexjio me oui namt
chtirch on Fifth street, to Mr. J. D.
McMillan's house on the same
sreet, just beyond the intersection
of -Pine and Fifth street.
Mr. Atlas Atkinson of Proc
torville was 77 years old yester
day. He, like many others, has
been a Robesonian subscriber sine
the first edition forty-five years
asro. Mr. Atkinson rightly believes
in one's reading his county pa
per. ! Mrs. Meile McMillan and
daughter, Miss Flora Neal, return
. d last night from Maxton, where
i t.ney spent ten days with Mrs. Mc
' Millan's sister,. Mrs. Kate McNair.
'Mrs. McNair has been fcick.'
; for some time and was still verv
(sick when Mrs. and Miss McMil-
land left Maxton.
! Rev. J. M. Fleming brought
j to The Robesonian office yester
day a sweet, potato vine with
leaves 8 1-2 inches across. The
vine came from a patch of Mr. N.
ArLa.vton of White Oak, Bladen
county. Eight and a half inches
is a diameter of which any swe:t
pota leaf might boast with entire
propriety.
Mr. Geo. C. Morton, State
commmander of the K. O. T. M
spent Tuesday night in town. The
Lumberton camp of this order
gave an oyster supper Tuesday
evening to something like 60 vis
itors, Mr. Morton being among
the number. Those present report
a very delightful time.
The Pastime theatre today is
running "Jno Barrymore," one
of the best Famous Players pic
tures yet seen bere in four reels.
Seats were placed on sale at
McMillan's drug store this morn
ing for "Fine Feathers," a high
class dramatic attraction which
will be presented at -the opera
house Saturday night of this week.
Mr. Clyde Martin has bought
the fixtures of the "Busy Be2 '
restaurant from Mr. Bill Barnes
and will continue to run a place
of eating in the same building,
West Fourth street. The Robeson
ian 's job department is preparing
some posters for Mr. Martin which,
h intends to distribute among
the farmers when in town. He
will cater to this line of trade.
Mr. Grady Garrett of Rocking
ham will be principal of the
school at Barker 's the coming
term, which will begin about the
first of November, and Miss Lena
Russ of the Barker's neighbor
hood will be assistant teacher. Mr.
Garrett was graduated at Trinity
College last June. He is among
those standing the examination
for public school teachers being
conducted by Supt. J. R. Poole
today.
Last night about 11 o'clock,
while standing talking near the
Seaboard station. Messrs. John
Edwards and John,MeLean hear!
something coming upTo them and
on investigation found it to be a
'possum. They say they are no:
sure what his business was as they
chased him down and killed the
poor fellow before he even had
tn -chance - to make his wishes
known This is the second 'pos
sum that has been killed on Elm
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