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T7i KOBESONIAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENI COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH il. 50 A YEAR. DI E IN ADVANCE. VOL. XLV. , LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1914. NUMBER 76 NEGRO SHOOTS LANDLORD Mr. Crayton Prevatt Wounded in Knee by Tenant. Negro Preferred Hunting to Picking Cotton. Mr. Crayton (Prevatt, who ives near Back Swamp, was shot in th' knee with a shotgun in the hands of Junius Hooper, colored, Fridaj night. Twenty-five shots were taken from the knee, but owing to the fact that Mr. Prevatt had on very thick pants, it is thought that amputation will Jiot ba necessary. The negro farmed with Mr. Prevatt this year and it is understood that he was too fond of hunting to harvest his crop. Mr. Prevatt went to the negro's home and told him that he must pick more cotton and hunt less, and it seems that the negro didn't like the tone, so he shot Mr. Prevatt. Saturday morning Rural Policeman Eli Phillips and Deputy A. H. Prevatr went to the home of the negro and found him in the field picking cotton. The negro had his gun with him, but that didn't keep the officers from bringing him to jail. Superior Court. A two-week's term of erimiral court convened this marning at 10:30 Judge C. M, Cook of Louisburg pre- siding, The grajid. jury. was d jly. : -empaneled -wiinMiCW"' KGvWu foitman and Mr. Geo. Ba'.nes officer in charge. Solicitor N. A. Sinclai if Fayettevl.ie :s here to represent the State. This is the last court he he will attend in Robeson, as after this month Mr. S. B. McLean, who was elected to this position last Tues. day will enter upon the duties of so licitor of this district. The morning session was taken up in lining up for business. The judge's charge to the jury , was not aside from the usual. The following out-of-town attorneys are attending courti G. B. Patterson, S. B. McLean, J. E. Carpenter ar.d B. F. McLean of Maxton; J. S. Bnt !er of Si Pauls and E. L. Gavis of Iio.-cboro. Belgian Relief Fund. Mr. R. D. Caldwell announced at the Baptist Sunday school yesterday that Mr. E. L. Whaley, assistant cashier of the Farmers & Merchants Bank, has been appointed to take charge of the local fund for the re lief of the Belgians. Mr. Whaley took in 10.50 this morning. All win desire to contribute to help the starv ing Belgians, against whom one of the greatest crimes of the ages has bten committed and who are 'innocent sufferers in the great war, may hand it to Mr. Whaley with the assurance that it will reach the proper chan. nels. A movement is on foot to giro a musical entertainment by local talent here in the near future for thi3 cause . Rejoice and Thank God. The following from the sermon of a. well-informed Baptist preacher yes terday is well worth passing along: "American people should be rejoic ing and Thanking God Instead of talking hard times. We should thank God for the God-fearing, peace-loving men at the head of our gov ernment, men who must have been sent by God for the present time. There is no need for all the urest that is among our people today. Talk, about the love of God and stop talk ing hard times." More Small Grain Being Planted Flour Mill. In traveling through the country now one will see far more small grain planted than one usually sees at this season of the year. In many sections of Robeson the farmers are plant ing wheat, quite a bit of it. There's a reason. ' It is understood that the Farmers' Union flour mill, which has been lo cated at Pembroke, will be moved to St. Pauls at an early date. It's high time to diversify crops in Rob eson, where anything will grow. Raised Plenty of Corn and is in Good Fix. Mr. S. P. Smith, who lives near AIlenton, was among the visitors in town Friday. Mr. Smith says he didn't plant any cotton this year, but on a one-horse farm he raised corn a plenty and has more than 300 bush els to sell. More money in that than there is in raising cotton at most any price, considering the dif ference in amount of fertilizer used under corn and cotton THE VOTE CANVASSED. Official Vo'e of Robeson McLeod ' Ran Behind Ticket 252 Votes Democratic Vote Light Vote Against All Amendments Nearly Two to One. The official vote of Robeson county in the election last? Tuesday was can vassed here Thursday. (The xoU given below is complete with the exception of the vote for commis-; sioners for St. Pauls township, which the board of canvassers was unable to obtain and which is therefore left blank in the official returns. The majority of Geo. B. McLeod, Demo crat for the State Senate over Rev. D. B. Humphrey, Independent, was only 771, while the Democratic ma. jority as represented by the . vote for the House of Representatives was 1197. About two to one against was the vote for the amendments. It is a curious fact that the lowest number of votes cast for any of the amend ments was cast for the first. Robe son county voters seem much to prefer to have veterans of the Civil Wa"r called rebels. The tax amend, ment and- amendment for 6 months public schools received twice as many votes for as the fir.st, but the vote against was arsg highe'r the high- esnumber of "vofe5casr agarnt"a.?iy" beig against the tax" amendment 1171. The total vote of the county, with the exception noted above, was as follows: Unitjed ptates Venaltor -Overman 1823, Whitener 527. Corporation Commissioner Travis 1821, Parsons 527. Judges 1824 for all Democ-a-tic nominees except O. H. Allen, 1823, Geo. Rountree ,1821, and C. C. Lyon (this, 9th, district), 1782, and 527 for each Republican nominee except Judge Lyon's opponent, ,who receiv ed 526. Solicitor, 9th judicial district S. B. McLean, dem., (no opposi tion) 1870. Representative in Con gress, Cth district Godwin 1775, Da vis 480. State Senate McLeod 157, Humphrey 801. House of Represen tatives Sellers and Shepherd 1824, Purvis 627, Hall G2fi. County offices Clerk Superior . Court: Skipper (Dem., endorsed by Independents) 2450. Rgister of deeds: Floyd 2153, Hster 625. Coroner Dem., endors ed by Independents) 2505. Sheriff: Lwis 1882, Brown 594. Treasurer: McKenzie 1897, McRae 641. Commis sioners: Floyd 1737, McNair 1730; Atkinson 491, Currie 486. The vote of Sterling's township for county officers, which The Robeson ian was unable to obtain for publica tion last Wednesday was as follows: State Senate: McLeod 28, Hum phrey 9. House: Sellers 35, Shep herd 24, Purvis and Hall 8. Cleric Superior Court; Skipper 41. Regis ter of deeds: Floyd 33, Hester H. Coroner: Rancke 43. Sheriff: Lewi3 35, Brown 8. Treasurer: McKenzie 33, McRae 8. Commissioners Floyd and McNair 34; Atkinson and Currie 8. Vote for Amendments. The vote for the amendments was as follows: No. 1 -to substitute "War Between the States" for "insurrection or re. bellion against the United States" for 207, against 982; No. 2 to in crease pay of members of Legislature for 564, against 993; No. 3 re stricting local, private and special legislation for 655, against 1006: No. 4 fixing day of inauguration of Governor for 683, against 984; No. 5 to prevent delays in trials by pro viding emergefney judges for 623, against 1054; No. 6 removing obso lete sections from Constitution for 639, against 1014; No. 7 to revise and reform system of revenue anil taxation for 510, against 1171; No. 8 to prevent special charters to corporations by the General Assembly fo 625, against 1047; No. 9 to prevent special charters to towns, cit ies had incorporated villages for 596, against 1044; No. 10 to requirs 6 months public school term for 594, against 1118. Sheriff Finds Collections Slow. Sheriff R. E. Lewis completed his first rounds for Taxes Saturday, with the exception of Lumber Bridge, where he goes tomorrow, the date having to be changed from last Tues day on account of election day. Mr. Lewis says collections have been slow. However he has "fetched" in a little every day" except Friday of last week, when he went to Buie and didn't collect one penny. . GERMANS ARE ON DEFENSIVE IN BOTH THE EAST AND WEST' i London Dispatch, 8th. 1 The German and Austrian armks are now on the defensive both on I the east and west. They have given I up, at least for the present, their el- forts to break through the Allied linos ! survived by his wife and several ch;l around Y'pres, in Belgium, where the j drn- The funeral was conducted at Eritish and French have taken the the grave Friday afternoon at 3:00 offensive and according to ! o'clock by Rev. W. R. Davis and reports from French headquarters, I interment was made in the family have, have commenced to advance. In the east they have fallen back over their own frontiers in East Prussia and in Poland, while Russian cavalry has penetrated Silesia to the north of Kalisz and cut the German railway. The Russians also are following up their advantage in Galicia, and it is said have cut the retreating Aus trian off from Cracow, while the Ger mans are retiring through Poland At only one point at two battle fronts do the Germans claim succe,r-. I That is at the west of Argonne re-( ine lunerai was conducted yester. gion, where they have taken fromj(1;'' morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. J. I the Frenchman important height nenr W- Cobb ol" Lumber Bridge and in- Vienne.LeChateau. torment was made in tne iamily tj. French troops have re-taken the ! r'inS Rround. Deceased, is. survived positions which they had lost durirglby her husband and two children. the course of the week. That is no tably so in the Aisrve 'Valley aroun .So'isa6ngytoiaKth the ground which the Germans by fierce assaults had taken from then.. The Belgians holding the line reaching the coast also have made progress. Mayor and Assistant Kecorder in Court. Mayor A. E. White and Assistant Recorder E. M. Johnson were before Recorder R. A. McLean Thursdav afternoon charged with running their automobiles on Elm street without lights. Mayor White submitted, and gave as his reason for so doing: "Bo. cause I started my car on one of the most beautiful and best lighted streets in North Carolina, Elm street and forgot (.tbout turning on ',thc lights.". He was taxed with the costs. Johnson plead not guilty because of the fact that his lights went out af ter he got on this beautifully-lighted street and he didn't know about it till he stopped his car. His care was dismissed. Dr. W. A. McPhaul was also tried at the same time for allowing his automobile to leak on the paved streets. He didn't draw any fine, but was taxed with the cost. He appeal ed to the Supreme Court. Delicious Luola Grapes. Mr. G. W. Lennon brought some very delicious Luola grapes to The Robesonian office Thursday of last week. Mr. Lennon lives in Lumber ton, but picked the grapes from one of the 75 vines of this late variety which he has on his farm in Bladen county. The Luola is considered one cf the best grapes grown on the Ameri can soil, and Mr. Lennon has sold numbers of the vines from his vine yard to Uncle Sam. These grapes never get ripe till October, after other grapes are gone. Mr. Lennoi remembers the editor each year. Law Firm Dissolved. The partnership that has existed for the past year and a half between Messrs. W. Lennon and H. E. Stacy, attorneys, has been dissolved. Mr. Lennon will continue to occupy the offices formerly occupied by the firm Mr. Stacy'will occupy an office in the same building just to the rear of his former office. Dived and Struck Head Serious Re sults. , Mr. M. A. Humphrey of Saddle Tree was taken yesterday to Rich mond, Va., and placed in the Memo, rial hospital. On Augusfc 22 Mr Humphrey, while bathing in Raft Swainp, near his home, ran and jumped into the stream anc! owing to the fact that he didn't jump far enough his head struck the bottom and came very near breaking his neck He has been getting worse since that time and no wis almost paralyzed and cannot walk. Mrs. M. N. Culbreth of Wilming ton is a guest at the home of her son-in-law and daughter,' Dr. ani Mrs. B. W. Page. Mrs. Page's sh ters, Miss Julia, teacher of voice at Carolina College, Maxton, and Miss Rebecca, who teaches at Marietta, spent the week-end herev returning to their; schools this morning. . THE FINAL SUMMONS. Mr. Frank Brit of East LumberHm. Mr. Frank Brut dknl at his home in East Luniberton Thursday after noon at 7:.'!0 o'clock. Deceased h'ld , been sick for several months and his d.ath was not unexpected. He is uurymg ground at m. tliam. Mr. Britt was about 40 years' old and for a number of years had been a faithful member of the Mt. Eliam Baptist church. Mrs. Forest Page, of -Page's Mill. Mrs. Forest Page, aged 28 years, died at her home at Pages Mill, S. C., Friday about noon. She had been in ill health for several years. The re mains were brought to the home of her father, Mr. W. D. Prevatt, who j livts at Clyburn, Saturday afternoon. Mr. II, Q. McLean Succumbs to Stroke of Paralysis. TrpTTIcin died at his home about two mi'es from town on the Fayetteville roai Friday morning at 5:30. Mr. Mc Lean was in his usual health up to midnight Thursday night, when he was stricken 1-vith paralysis. De ceased is survived by his wife and four children. The funeral was con ducted Saturday morning at ten o'clock by Rv. W. R Davis, pas tor of deceased, and interment was made in the family burying ground :tar AIlenton. Mr. McLean was a member of An tioeh Baptist church, and in his death tne church loses one of its most lov. al members and RobesDn loses a va! tea citizen. Mrs. W. H. Shooter received a wire, message Wednesday to the effect thit hr father, Mr. oJhn Baker, formerly of Robeson, died that morning at 9 o'clock at h: rnie in Alapaha, Ga. lis wa. abouk J years old and g.u. fjred a stroke of paralysis, wnin caused his do :.t i State Banks for Cotton Loan Plan. Releigh News and Observer, 7th. The Banks of North Carolina are to be counted in on the Wade-St. Louis cotton plan and they are called upon to meet the subscriptions need ed to secure for this State such part of the cotton loan fund of $135,000,. 000 as may be found necessary for the loans on cotton required in this State, the State to receive from the fund three dollars for every dollar it places in the fund. This was the action taken here yesterday at the meeting of the spec, ial committee appointed by the North Carolina Banks' Association to con sider the plan and if it was favored to take steps to put it into effect so far as this State is concerned. Tombstone at Head of Cotton But k It is Dead No Longer. Mr. Fred Brown of Antioch, Hoke county, who spent yesterday in Lum. berton, says he saw the other day, in thej)lace of business of Mr. W. J . McLeod, cotton jbuyer, fit Red Springs, a tombstone "t the head of a sheet containing cotton. It just happened that way, Mr. McLeod handling tombstones f. well as cot ton. Mr. Brown told Mr. McLeod that was the most appropriate thing he had seen. But indications are that cotton is going to be the liveliest sort of corps in the near future. Mr. J. S. Thompson .of Fairmont Makes Assignment As will be seen from an adve-- tisement elsewhere in this issue, Mr. J. S. Thompson, who has been con ducting a general merchandise' basiness at Fairmont for ' the past year or so, has made an assign ment Mr. Thompson was formerly a clerk in the store of Messrs. White & Gough here and he and another bought on t a store of Messrs. White & Gough at Fairmont a year or more ago. Mr. Thompson bought out his partner some months ago and has since conducted the business alone. He and his family have many friends here where they lived for some tinv:. Mr. Sandy McNeill of Wakullah is a Lumberton visitor today. ( HI K( II NOILS. . : Protracted Meeting at Presbyterian Church Will Che Tomorrow Fi ning. The series of meeting? which has been going on at the Presbyterian church since Tuesday evening of la. i iweek will close tomorrow evening. .services are heing held at -i:-W and 7:30 each day. Rev. Dr. A. D. Me Clure of Wilmington has been assis ting the pastor, Rev. J. F. Gone!!. 1 Dr. McClure has been preaching some powerful sermons, large crowrs have been attending the services, and much interest has been manifest. The mission study class of Che-t-nt Street Methodist church will meet tomorrow afternoon at ":;) o'clock at the parsonage with Mrs .V. B. North. All ladies of t'.c church are invited. . Rev. W. R. I)avis left this morn ing for Hurgay, where he will as .'-ist Rev. E. L. Weston in a .series j of meeting -. Mr. Weston was f-r- mei-!v nnrstrir nf th linntist rh'.trrn ; . e. i. i i 4 i , gaw from that- place. i Rev. Chas. L. Greaves, pastor of; There was a temperance rally at j the First Bapti.-t church, -went yes-1 Lone Branch Baptist church yinUr i6rda. Jtft- tttffr,M--ft AWy ,--f day., .TTym:tKeMovdt1 hv' f-re he aided Rev. W. R. Davi-,!.rt and a beautiful and entertai-ifr. j pastor 'of the church, in ordaini ig ! I'togratnme was rendered. Mr. E. Messrs. A. E. Israel and J. P. West j J "J,itt of Lumberton was the prir I as deacons of the church. U"P' speaker. j Mr. Fred Brown who was amonjj Colored Baptist Association. 'the visitors in town yesterday, says The colored folks of Robeson held that Maj. A. J. McKinnon of Max their annual Baptist Association at i ton made an address on the cotton i the St. John's Baptist church here last week. The meeting was open- Friday night of last week that wai ed Thursday night. Mayor A. K (greatly enjoyed by a large crowd. White delivered an address of wel., a chicken hawk struck at some come Thursday evening. Largo chickens in Mr. W. C. Collins' back crowds of colored folks from everv way attended the association. Oxford Orphanage Singing Class nt! Opera House Wednesday. I The singing class of the Oxf ord j Orphanage will f;ive a concert at the opera house Wednesday evening! of this week. The concert will ba. I gin at 7:30 o'clock. The singing class j sent out irom tnis orpnanage every year always gives an excellent con cert and the vrsit of these children is always looked forward to with pleasure by the people or Lumber. ton. And no doubt the children and their teachers look forward with pleasure to their visit to Lumberton, for the people of this town have a justly-earned reputation of contrib. uting with opn-handed liberality to any orphanage that they have opportunity of helping. and the children are always entertained here royally. Mr. Frank Gough is chair man of the committee that has enter, tainment of the children and thoa who will come with them in- charge. Lumberton will no doubt turn out in force and pack the opera house for this co.icert. Notices of New Advertisements. Card of Thanks. A full dress suit for $35. R. D. Caldwell and Son. Notice of -solution of law part nership of Lennon and Stacy. Woodbery Lennon has law offices over Postofficn. - Execution for sale of land Mc Lean, Varser and McLean, attorneys. Notice of sale of goods, wares and merchandise.-4T. A. MdNeill, Jr., as signee of J. S. Thompson, Jr., Don't get tangled in the debt of ex travagance; bank your money First National Bank. Coal and wood Lumberton Wood & Coal Yard. All goods at small profit Boylin's Jewelry Store. Advantage of paying by check or draft. Farmers' anfd Merchants Bank. H. E. Stacy, office in First Na tional Bank building. Two Men Killed by Falling Tree. Two young men by the name of Fax and Tuberville, natives of Colum bus county, were killed Friday near Marietta, in the Southern part of Robeson, while sawing logs for the Butters Lumber Company of Board man. The boys, whose first names have not been learned, were sawing near where two othr men wre saw ing and a tree fell on the two above named, killing them instantly. An inquest was not thought t3 be it ks-sary. WATCH Watch the label on yow paper if renewals are not in by date " lahtl paper ill be stopped. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Born to Mr. and Mr. J. C. Max v. 1!. Monday of last wek, a 12-p.-'i nd girl! Mr. A. Weinstein left last night for Xew York. where he will pur- - chase goods for his department store. Mr. Duncan M'White and fam ily moved last week from the Wish- al"t p,nce ftt AIlenton to thp ,ra Flow. ers place. 3 miles from Lumberton. License has been issued for the marriage of J. C. Smith and Ophelia Gilmore; M. L. McLean and Meloma Willard; T. A. Brodeau and Lucy Watson . he Civic Association will ni:t 'A i resday afternoon at 3:0 o'-! k at. the home of Mrs. C. V. Brown North Elm street: All ladies of the Itown are cordially- invited to at tend. - -Messrs H. M. Beasley & Bro., have opened up a wood and coal vard near the Coca. Cola hottlin.fr plant in the eastern part of town. They have installed a mill and will cut their wood on the yard. ! situation at Antioch, Hoke county, yard one day recently at the wrontr place and wrong time. The hawk struck down and got tangled in soma chicken wire, which held him fast until Mr. Collins caught him. After ne was caught he would try to claw anyone who would get near him. Rcv rnas. L. Greaves, p.i'tor of thc r;.;t Bapti3t churchi ask, lh Rohesonian 10 aay that 0n account of the coming of the Oxford Orphans Wednesday evening the usual prayer. mactinn at Vila nhlirpVl uill hp flfr L ... , t of 7:3n in order that all who wish may attend prayer meeting and the . children's exercisej too. Mr. J. I . McNeill and two sons, Masters '"tov-.ee and Vernon, ani Chief of Police H. H. Redfe-n and' Er.n, Master James, visited ihi S:f.U Sanatorium a Montrose- yev; -irt making the trip in Mr. McNeiu's ac io. Mr. McNeill was much impress ed with the excellence of th'e roads in that section and with the sanato rium, where a relative of Mr. Red fern is a patient. Dr. Tom Norment, Independent, is spending much time these days smoking his long-stem pipe, passing his fingers through his Bohemian wtyskers fcnU Tweeting over the results of the election. Dr. Tom made three speeches for the Inde pendent ticket and says he is sura if he had started out earlier and de livered three more his ticket would have carried the State. A horse belonging to Mr. G. M. Whitfield and which was hitched to a wagon and driven by Mr. Geo. W. Thorndke, became frightened at a train near the Seaboard station Fr'u day afternoon and proceeded to do about. He ran into a post near th railroad after Mr. Thomdyke had broken one of his lines and threw him out against the railroad track, knocking him unconpeious f or some time. His head was somewhat bruis ed and the harness was torn up. Dr. W. A. McPhaul dressed the wound and Mr. Thorndyke went back to his work. The horse was not hurt. Judge II. E. W. Palmer of At lanta, chief counsel and Mr. M. B. Spier of Charlotte, district manager, for the Southern Bell Telephone Co., Messrs. McLean, Varser & McLean, local attorneys for the company, anj Messrs. H. E. Stacy and R. C. Law rence, attorneys for the town, met here Thursday of last week and held a consultation in regard to the re cent order requiring the Bell Com pany to remove its poles off Elm street. Nothing has been given out in regard to the conference but it is understood that a satisfactory settle ment of the matter will be reached soon. ir-- t I a-
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