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OMAN M A ROBES ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TKUTH $1.5 A YEAR. DUE IN ADYANC. VOL. XLV. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1914. NUMBER 80 ' AP. J. M. Hall Succeeds A. McCullen as Presiding Elder McCullen to Durham Dr. North Returns to Lumberton A. L. Ormond Suc ceeds McRae at Maxton No Other Changes in Robeson. Special to The Robesonian from Daily News. Washington, N. G.f Nov. 23, 2 p. m. Appointments read out this morn ing: Rev. A. McCullen goes to Trin ity church, Durham; Rockingham district, J. H. Hall, presiding elder. Aberdeen and iBscoe, W. H. Brown; Caledonia circuit, J.- B. Thompson; Candor circuit, G. T. Simmons; Eliz. abeth .City circuit, G. H. Biggs; Ham. let, M. H. Tuttle; Laurel Hill circuit, D. B. Barker; Laurinbsrg, R. F. Bumpas; Lumberton, W. B. North; LLumberton circuit, N. L. Seabolt: Maxton, A. LL. Ormond; Midway and Roberdell, B. F. Watson, supply; Mt. Gilead circuit, N. E. Cdltrain, Mont gomery circuit, D. A. Watkins; Rae. oord -iircuit, S. T, Moyle; W.II Tj.w.i- sentL-sura H. M. Eure; Richmond circuit, '3. J. Barker, Robordel circuit, S. J. Mc. Connell, supply; Robeson circuit, B. E, Stanfield; Rockingham; J. B. Hur l:y, Rowland circuit, J. A.Lee, R. W. Townsend, isupernumeray; St. . John and Gibson, O. W. Dowd, St. Paul circuit, A. J. Groves; Troy circuit, J. T. Draper; Vass circuit, W. R. Tray, wick; Conference Evangelist, L. L. Nash; Carolina College, president, S. E. Mercer. REDUCED INSURANCE RATES Lumberton Advanced to Second Class in Insurance Rates Means Consid. erable Saving in Premiums. Local yjgents have (beeji advised thatLumberton has been advanced to a city of second class and that re duced fire insurance rates are now in (effect. : -;:; The reduction in rates will average from 15 to 35 cents on the hundr. dollars. Owing to changed surround ings, rates will not be reduced on some property, but in some instances the reduction amounts to as high as 65 cents on the hundred. It will mean a saving of $200 or $300 a year in premiums for some of the larg3 property owners. It is thought tha the saving for. the town in premiums will amonunt to aout $1,500 a year, Mr. J. P. Townsend, chief of Jie local fire department, has been work ing for some time to secure this re duction in rates an dto him the credit for it is largely due. Personally, however, he will profit very little by the change, as the reduction on the contents of the store building occa pied by Townsend Bros, amounts to only 5 cents on the hundred. Disastrous Fire at Whiteville. Whiteville Special, 22nd, to Wilm. , ington Star. Fire originating in the corridor of the Commercial hotel here this af. ternoon a little after 2 o'clock de stroyed that building completely to gether with the building occupied by the Star Pressing Club and the City Market located on tiie same lot, the 'warehouse of J. R. Gurganus & Co., Whiteville Hardware Company and J. G. Thompson; the bicycle establish, ment of Elry Smith, the bottling plar Jand machinery belonging tc B. E. Hill, the residence in which po. lice man D. F. Pope was living, one barber shop and one cafe and several out houses belonging to hotel entail. ing a loss estimated at from $30,000 to $40,000 parti covered by insur ance. Death of Mr. Claude Fisher. Mr. Claude Fisher, aged 20 years, died at his home in the north-eastern part of town yesterday at 9 o'clock a. m. Mr. Fisher had been sick only a few days. The funeral wa8 con,, ducted at the grave today at noon by Rev. W. D. Combs and interment made in the family buryirig- ground ,near St. Pauls." Miss Virgie Goodwin, a student aJL the Presbyterian College, Red Springs, and Miss--Mary Goodwin "of "Roxboro are spending some time in 'town visiting their brotheivMr. Ju nius J. Goodwin. Miss Virgie will .take a part in the programme that will be rendered for the benefit of the Belgian relief fund this evening. ROCKINGHAM DISTRICT POINTMENTS., TURKEY HAS EXPLAINED Shots Fired Merely as Timely Warn, ing All Danger of Serious Com plications Have Disappeared Ex. planation Voluntary. Washington Dispatch, 21st. Turkey has explained voluntarily to 'ythe Uned States Government, through Ambassador Morgenthau, that shots fired toward the American cruiser Tennessee's launch last Mon. day fwere !intjended merely as the customary warning that the port of Smyrna was fnined and closed to navigation. Although the explanation was in formal, it was admitted tonight at the White House and State Depart, ment and Navy Department that all danger of serious complicaions had disappeared. Ambassador Morgenthau reported that two members of the Ottoman Cabinet had fully explained the oc currence and high officials here said his message was filed before instruc tions sent to .him from -Washington to , discus the subject officially with ICLC1VCU. l.itaiuuiii, V noun iiiiu uia cabinet regard the informal explana tion as a certain precursor of a sat. sifactory formal explanation and gu arantees by the Turkish Governmer' for the protection of Americans an their interests. NO CHANGE IN SITUATION. Four Uneventful Days in War Zone Winter Has Set in Eearnest AI. lied Position Stronger Than Ever. London Dispatch, 22d, Colonel E. D. Swinton, British offi cial eye-witness with the expedition ary forces on the Continent, writes under date of November 20: "There is no change to record in the situation, with the exception of an attack in force upon our left on November 17. The four days from the 16th to the 19th have been unus ually uneventful. "The great change thft has occur red has been in the weather. Win ter has now set in in earnest. "Regarding the exact situation at Ypres it is well to state that Ypres is in the hands of the Allies and that no Germans have succeeded in enter ing the town or even getting near it. The Allied position there is stronger than it ever has been. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY. Doctors Claim New Compound Will Almost Instantly Stops Flow of Blood From Wound. Geneva, Switzerland, Dispatch, 19th, A preparation which it is claimed will stop almost instantly the flow of blood from a wound, has been in vented by Prof. Theodor Kocher of Berne, winner of the Nobel pme for surgery in 1912, and his assistant Dr A Fonce. The new preparation call ed Coagulen, is a powder, and it is dissolved into water before being ap. plied to a wound. The discoverers have made a gift of their invention to the armies in the field and have sent large quanti ties of the powder to i?ench and German surgical headquarters. Med ical men here declare that the lives of thousands of soldiers, probably will be saved by it. It can be applied by untrained hands it is said, or by the wounded man, himself. A Fast-Growing Farmers' Union Lo cal. Mr. W. J. Townsend tof Back Swamp -was in ttown jStttumay. Speaking of the Farmess' Union, Mr. Townsend says his local is frowning the fastest in its history, a dozen new member having recently joined the , ranks, and new ones coming in at everymeetirrg. LeLt other locals get busy and report likewise. Baptist State Convention. The Baptist State Convention will meet in Raleigh eDoember 8 and will be in session for four days. Among( the Sick. Henry, 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Lee, has been very sick with rheumatism for several days. The condition of Mrs. Sallie Nance, who suffered a slight stroke of pa ralysis about" two weeks ago, is im proving. . The condition of Mrs. D. W. Biggs, who has been very sick for se'vferal days. is greatly improved. THANKSGIVING SERVICES Services Will Be Held at All Church, es in Lumberton Thursday Morn, ing Dinner for Inmates of County Home and for the Poor of the Town and Community The Day Will Be Generally Observed Here. Thanksgiving Day, which comes Thursday of this week, .will be ob served generally in Lumberton, as us ual. Business will be practically sus pended, business houses will be closed practically all day, the banks will take holiday, rural mail carriers will have a day off and Sunday hours will be observed at the postoffice. The graded school will suspend from Wednesday afternoon till Mon day of next week, and Supt. Sen. telle and some of the teachers will attend the meeting of teachers in Charlotte. The Robesonian office will be open practically all day, perforce, though effort will be made to go to press sev eral hours earlier than usual Thurs day in order to have part of the day off. Dinner for thp Vnnr Street Methodist church is .preparing to make .gla7 the hearts of the poor of the town and community by fur nishing 'dinner for them Thursday. All who care to contribute something for this dinner are asked to bring it to . the church ;Wednesday evening during the prayer meeting hour. Ser vices wil be held at the different churches as follows: . Chestnut Street Methodist. Sermon at 11 o'clock a. m. by tfie pastor, Rev. Dr. W. B. North. Col lection for Raleigh Orphanage. First Baptist. Service Wednesday evening by lay men of the cruTtrh on the general top ic of Thanksgiving. Sermon at 11 a. m. Thursday by the pastor, Rev. C. H. Greaves. Offering for Baptist Orphanage. Jennings Mill Thursday Evening. Rev. W. B. Combs, pastor of the Gospel Tabernacle, will conduct a Thanksgiving service at the Jennings Cotton Mills jTbursday evening at 7:15 o'clock. Special Thanksgiving services will be held at East Lumberton Baptist church Thursday evening at 7:30. The pastor, Rev. W. R. Davis, will conduct the services. Thanksgiving Dinner for County Homp, Mr. M. G. McKenzie asks. The Rob esonian to say that all who wish to contribute to the Thanksgiving rin. ner for the inmates at the counly home are askes to carry it to his of fice in the corrt hohse not later than 10 o'clork Wehnesnay evening. The good lahies of the town always see to it that the inmates enjoy a good dinner on both Christmas and Ihanksgiving days. Mr. McKenzie will see to getting it to the home. Presbyterian. There will be special Thanksgiving services, to which the public is corr dially invijted, !atj the Presbyterian church atNll a. m. Thursday. The pastor, Rev. J. F. Gorrell, will be the principal speaker, and there will be short talks by other members of the congregation. Gospel Tabernacle. The members of the Gospel Taber. nacle will hold Thanksgiving services at 10:30 Thursday morning. The pastor, Rev. W. D. Combs, will de liver a special Thanksgiving sermon. Mr. J. H. King, .a veteran of St. Pauls, passed through Lumberton Friday on his way to the Old Soldiers Home at Raleigh. Thursday's issue of The Robeson ian was gotten out under difficulties while a new floor was being put down in the composing room and things were torn up in general. Jno. F. McCarthy, ex-convint, who wae pardoned by former Gover nor Glenn, gave a lecture, Ulustrat. ed by motion pictures at the Lumbee theatre Friday evening. The 'enter tainment was good but the crowd was small. -Delicious candy, furnished by a Lumberton lady who asks that her name be not published, i3 being sold at McMillan's drug store to raise money for the relief of the Belgians. A snjall amount invested will brinr joy to tlje sweet tooth and satisfac- tion to the heart at the same time. for all the. money will go to relieve 'suffering. FARMERS' UNION MEETING. Last County Union Meeting for the Year at Court House December 16. The last meeting of the Robe-.on Division of the Farmers' Union for tne year will be held in the ccurl house in Lumberton Wednesday, Vc. cMn'ier 16. The meeting will oen it 20 30. As this is the timt frr the election of officers for the ensu ingyear it is very important that each local in the county send a full delegation. It is a time like the pres ent that calls for co-operation and organization, and as the .time will soon be at hand for "paying up" we urge .that all old members pay their dues promptly and all farmers who are not now members join the throng and stand for justice to the "horny handed sons of the soil." We hope at an early date to be able to secure from the State Union a man who will reorganize the dead locals in Robeson. Kemember the date of the county meeting and be on the scene, e F. GROVER BR ITT, ' Sec.-Treas. Robeson Union M ETiHODIS'T CONFER ENC E NOTES. The 78th annual North Carolina Methodist Conference has jbeen in. session ait Washington since Wed. nesday of last week, Bishop R. G Waterhouse presiding. At the time this is written it is expected that the session will close today with the reading of the. appointments, as us. ual. Annual Sermon on - Methodism. In connection with report of the Laurinburg church Friday, Rev. R. F. Bumpas announced the gift of $500 by ex-Judge Walter H. Neai, the income of which "is to provide for an annual sermon to be preached at Laurinburg by a preacher to be chosen by the presiding elder of the Rockingham district on the subject of Methodism: What it Was, What it Is , and What it Hopes to Be." TIvs gifMs in Memory of Rev. Geo. Neal, father of the giver, a local preacher of the church and an honored and be loved educator. "A worthy gift from a " dutiful son and for a wise pur pose," was the comment of the bish. op, to which the Conference said "Amen." Editor Massey Re-Elected. Rev. L. S. Massey was re-elected Friday for a 2-year term as editor of the 'Raleigh Christian Advocate. Rev. M. T. Plyer, presiding elder of the Elizabeth City district, received the next largest vote. Next Year at Wilmington. The invitation of Grace Street church, Wilmington, for the next cor. ference to be held there was -unani mously accepted. Appropriations to Colleges. Appropriations were made to the conference colleges as follows: Trin ity, $5,000; LLouisburg Female Col. lege, $2,000; Greensboro College for Women, $2,000; Carolina College, $2, 000. Mr. P. C. Dunn of Lumber Brihga i3 among the visitors in town tonay. Duncan McLaurin, colored, was before Recorder R. A. McLean this morning on two charges for retailing. He was given four months on the roads in each case 8 months in all. Dr. W. W. Parker attended last week at Greensboro a meeting of the executive committee bf the jNorth Carolina tate Optical Society at which he is secretary-treasurer. He reports a most enjoyable trip. Rev. J. F. Gorrell, pastor of the Presbvterian church, exchanged duK pits with Rev. J. E. eBrryhill, pastofn of the Presbyterian churches at Park ton and Lumber Bridge, yesterday. Mr. Beryhill conducted a series of meetings at Baker's Chapel last week. At the Gospel Tabernacle church yesterday morning the pastor. Rev. W. Combs, read a letter from Rev. Mr. Van Dyck acknowledging receipt of check for $625 from the LLumber ton church for a church in the mis sion field in China, where Mr. and Mrs. Van Dyck are missionaries. Six hundred dollars will be sufficient for erecting and furnishing a church an I $25 goes toward equipping another missionary for that field. SANITARY LAUNDRY All war promptly and neatly done. When in need of work 'phone 62. C. W. Glenn, Manager. .. GOOD FIRE-FIGHTING FORCE Mr. Brockwell Pleased With Showing Made by Lumberton'a Fire Fight, ing Laddies. Mention wag made in Thursday' Robesonian of the fact that Mr. Sher wood Brockwell of the State Insjr. ance department spent a part of last week here, training the local fire fighters. Mr. Brockwell left Lum berton Thursday evening. The fol lowing taken from yesterday's News and Observer shows the fa vorable impression made upon him by the skill of members of the fire de partment. "Mr. Sherwood Brockwell of the State Insurance Department has just returned from Lumberton wh'ere he went upon request of the fire de partment and the officials of the town of Lumberton to give the fire-fightere the advantage of his training in the ark. "Mr. E3rockeivvll etated yesterday.) that after seeing the Lumberton firo j ritrhting force at work he was much pleased with the Showing they made. T A. A .1 t it is not a pain ioree, oniv one man tion for. his services. , "In twe&y.eight seconds by means of a fire escape a lime of hose wna placed into the third story of a build ing in Lumberton at an exhibition drill of the company. By the use of extension ladders another line was placed there in forty-eight seconds. Two lines were then placed at avork. ing point on the third story within one minue " ' Ads. Bring the Crowds. The stores of Messrs. White & Gough and R. D. Caldwell and Son, who are running large advertisemen'r in The Robesonian, were so crowded with shoppers Saturday that the large number of competent salesmen and salesladies could not accommo date them. "There's a reason." May. or A. E. White, senior member of the firm of White & Googh, told this re. porter that it looked like they would have to stop advertising in The Robe, sonian as the ads brought more peo ple than 'fcould serve, but later he decided to employ more help and continue to advertise. If it will not bother you too much, just notice the columns of The Robesonian and see who advertise most extensively and then compare the crowds that visit these, stores twith Jhose that visifc those that don t advertise Mr. T. L. Johnson will deliver a Thanksgiving bddress at Center Baptist church Thursday at 10:30 a. m. "The Redemption of David Cor. son," shown at the Pastime theatre Thursday evening, was one of the fin. est series of motion pictures ever shown here. Mr. W. C. West and family, who moved last year from Robeson to Bladen, on route four from Clark, ton, moved last week back to Robe on, to Mr. J. H. Wishart's farm about 1 1-2 miles from Lumberton on route 5. Mr. A. K. Hall, business mana ger of the "Peg O' My Heart To., which will give a performance at the local Opera House Friday nighr. nt this week, spent Friday in lumber ton making arrangements for the play here. The coming of thi attrac tion, which is one of the best touring the South this season, is an event to which Lumberton theatre-goers are looking forward with much interest. Mr. F. P. Hurlphrey of Saddle Tree was greatly encouraged when in town Saturday by a letter hs had just receiveed, advising him that the condition of hia sick son Malcolm, who is undergoing treatment in the iremorial hospital at Richmond, was very favorable, that his chanc? for lecovery were bright and that, he probably would be able to come home soon. It will be recalled thr.- Mr. Malcolm Humphrey received a severe injury on his head recently frirr. div. irg into a swamp, as mentioned in The Robesonian Foley Cathartic Tablets. Are wholesome, thoroughly cleans ing, and have a stimulating effect on the stomach, liver and bowels. Regulate you with no griping and no unpleasant after effects. Stout peo ple find they give immense relief and comfort.- Anti-Bilious. - For sale by all druggists. . ".' WATCH Watch the label oa paper if renewals are not in by on label paper will be stopped. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Middling cotton is bringing 7 cents per pound on the local market today. Cartwright Brothers, quartette, wjH give an entertainment at the opera house Wednesday evening. They are recommended ag fine. Sheriff R. E. Lewis wili begin Monday of next week his last roun l for collecting taxes. His appoint., ments will be found elsewhere in thij paper. Mr. A. W. Prevatt returned Sat urday night from Fairmont, whera he helped oujt with arranging the goods for the receivers sale of the J. S. Thomson stock of goods. Chief H. H. Redfern says he c 1- iected more money in one day aftir he inserted an ad in The Robsoni u than he did all the while before i ; did the stunt. That sounds reaonab. . .,--iThe Belgian benefit performer t 4x?-r?--J-J'l -n-Or-j T-.-r.-.- era house instead of at the LLumo theatre, as heretofore advcrti.sr. Tickets downstairs $1, gallery cents. Help Lumberton do ita pari . Mr. Glonnie WLshart rettfme I Saturday from Johns Hopkins hospi tal, Baltimore, where he went ex pecting to undergo an operation appendicitis, but to his delight h was brought around all right witho' -an operation. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Maxwell, who for several months had, been making their home at RobersonvihV returned to Lumberton Saturday and will make this their home again(. Their many friends are glad to we!, come them back. . Mr. Frank Gough will go Tuesday night of next wetk to Whiteville, where he will ad dress jthe Whijeville .Commercial Club. The request that he go wa- vtry urgent, so much so that he coulJ hardly refuse to show up. Rev. Father Thomas A. Powers of Steubenville, Ohio, who is spendinr some time at Gen. F. A. Bond's home. Hunter's Lodge, near Buie, hunting, conducted services at the opera house yesterday morning at 8:30 o'clock. He probably will conduct service? here again next Sunday. The Quarterly meeting of the Mt. Eliam Sunday School Institute will be held at Pleasant Hope, near Fair mont, next Sunday. As will be see: from the programme published else where in today's paper, good enter tainment will be furnished. Thes? meetings never fail to draw large crowds. Cold snap. There was a "skiff of snow Friday, but it melted as fast as it fell, Friday night was the cold est of the year so far, the mercury registering 20 degrees 12 belov freezing. The cold snap was genemi throughout the South. The lowest November minimum temperature ir 40 years wag reported Friday nigh in Georgia and Alabama. But thr Weather has moderated somewhat since Friday. The following members of fch' faculty of the graded school wil" leave Wednesday evening for Char lotte to attend the annual meeting ol the North Carolina Teachers Assem bly: Supt. R. E. Sentelle; Miss Ma mie Avent, fifth grade; Miss Winifred Rowland, third; Mrs. Minnie Brooks, first; Miss (Elizabeth Belk, high school department. Miss Avent is on the program to read a paper before the grammar grade teachers.. Prof J. R. Poole, county superintenden' of public instruction, will leave for Charlotte this evening. One night last week Night Po liceman Boyle found a young man- p.t the Seaboard station who looked wea ry and tired and on learning that h was a foreigner he escorted him u town to find some one who could tal to him. He proved to be a Russio who had left his native land befor the war broke out. He said he hn walked from Norfolk, Va., and jn happened to drop in here, and to h surprise he found people here who home was only 75 miles from his ow He secured a position .with Mr. Ro'a land fiercer Jit Bellamy md Mr, Mercer says the boy makes a goc ! farm Hand. - 4
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