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OMAN ESTABLISHED 870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TKUTH $1.50 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE, LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1914. NUMBER 81 VOL. XLV. ROBES GERMANS LOSE ARMY CORPS. Germans Reported to Have Met Crushing Defeat in Russian Poland. " Letrograd Dispatch (via London), 25th. Reports reaching here of the mag nitude of the German defeat west of Lodz, Russian Poland, whic hin some instances, place German losses at aa entire army corps, in a measure are confirmed by dispatches from, War saw. Fortyeight trains have been dispatched from JWansaw wjth the prisoners and wounded. They should carry between 45,000 and 50,000 men. Military men here belive the report ed defeat was due partially to tho failure of the German column frcm Wielun to defeat the Russians sent against it. Dead heads delayed this column, it is reported, enabling the Russians to concentrate a force to repulse it and turn the flanks of the main German column. There is great jubilation in army circles here, officers expressing the, conviction that the enemy, has receiv ed a crushing blow likely to prove de cisive in the Poland campaign. ORRUM OCCURRENCES. "Farmers Planting- More .Small Grain B. Y. P. U, Organized Personal and Oflier Items. Coirespondence of The Robesonian. Orrum, Nov. 24 We are having some fine weather and people are al. moft through harvesting their cro;js. Misses Grace Short and Flora Frink epent Saturday in Lumberton shop-Ping- ducted here Thursday in the church ducted, her; Thursday n the chi-ivn at 10:30. Let everybody come. Messs. 01 aide Fleming and Im Ny.- voi'O Liimberton visitors Tues day. --Mr. Roy lowers and pr,(. ''-it dr:i of Rirn. sv.'!le were pleasure vis itor? here Sunday p. m. Tha young people of Orrum have organized a B. Y. P. U. and it is pro. gressing very nicely. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. McCullen were business visitors in Fairmont Mon day afternoon. Mr. W. G. Prevatte, a traveling salesman is spending a few days here with homefolks. Tho farmers in this section are planting more, oats wheat and rye than ever before. We hope to see all of our farmers planting more grain in the future than before. Mr. Willie Y. Floyd was a business visitor in Fairmont last Wednesday morning. Dead F. U. Locals Want to be Re vived. Mr. Grover Britt, secretar.ytreas. urer of the Robeion Division of thi Farmers' Union, is receiving requests from various sections of the county for information as to how dead lo cals may come to life again. A re. quest from Red Springs says "A lo cal with at least one hundred mem bers can be organized. Never saw so many people desiring to get back in the ranks." That sounds good. Any defunct local that has a charter and wants to get on the live list again will be furnished with the particulars by writing Mr. Britt at Lumberton. Blease Releases 101 Prisoners From S. C. Penitntiary. Columbia, S. C, Dispatch, 25th. Governor Blease late today grant ed pardons , paroles or commutations to 101 prisoners now serving sen ten. ces in the South Carolina penitentiary or in the county convict squads. There will be fewer than 50 prisoners in the State prison here tomorrow. Clemency now has been extended to 1,430 prisoners by the governor since he assumed the office in January, 1911. His second term as the State's chief executive will expire January 12, 1915.. , A 10-Pound Norton Yam. The editor is beholden to Mr. F. M. Townsend of Fairmont for the larg est sweet potato he has seen. It ar rived this morning by express and it is a whale of a potato, weighing 10 pounds. In a letter notifying the edi tor of what a treat was coming his way, Mr. Townsend states that the potato is of the Norton yam variety and that it was raised on the farm of Mr. H. G. Stubbs, about 3 mile3 from Fairmont, by a colored,, tenant named Hi P. Thompson. Dr. R.J3. Rozier of Rozier'a was7 in town yesterday. . : MT. ELIAM MATTERS. Farmers About Through Harvesting ' Everything is Lovely and ePace and Plenty Abound. Personal Men. tion. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Mt. Eliam (Lumberton, R. 4), Nov. 24 The farmers are about through gathering their crops in this section. Some have already turned out their hogs to pick up the scattered grain. Rev. M. A. Stephens filled his reg-j-lar appointment here Saturday and Sunday, preaching two excellent ser mons, as he always does. We are glad to say Mr. Stephens' health is ebtter now than it has been in some time. Rev. and Mrs. P. T. Britt returned home last night from Brunswick county, where they spent some time, Mr. Britt has been preaching down there and his wife went to be witn him. Miss Katie Stone who is teaching at East Lumberton spent Sunday tit home with her parents, Mr and Mrs. J. Z. Stone. Mr. Kelly M. Britt of Broad Ridge attended church, here Sunday. Kelly i8 always a welcome visitor on the Mount. Britt spent a while Sunday j. m. in the Bellamy section. There is not much nqws on the Mount at present as nobody is sick, no one dieing , no getting married everything lovely and peace and plenty prevail on the Mount. ACCIDENTALLY KILLED. Young Avery Nye of Fairmont Sec tion Killed by Accidental Discharge of His Gun. Avery,' 18.year.old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe C. Nye, who live at Balti more, near Fairmont, was found dead with a load of shot in his abdomen On the public road near his home yester. Hay at 11 o'cTock a. m. by Lum White, colored. The young man left homo in the morning with a 8hot gun to go hunting, and as his gun was laying under his body, which was cold in death when found, with an empty shell in it, it is supposed that he was tripped in crossing a bridge and the gun was accidentally discharged Mr. Nye was a first cousin of Mr. Grover JBritt yf The IRobesonian's1. staff. Robeson Teachers to Meet December 12th. County Superintendent J. R. Poole advises that the first meeting of the Robeson County Teachers' Associa tion will be held in Lumberton Satur day, December 12th. An unusually intersting programme is being prepared. As has been the custom for the past few years, the ' first period of the meeting alll of the teachers will meet together for the purpose of hearing addresses and discussing matters of general interest to all. During" the scond period the meeting will be di vided into three departments, consist ing of the primary, grammar grade, and high school. Circular notices will be sent to all the teachers by the firsc of the month. Illiteracy Must Be Wiped Out in Six Years. Charlotte Special, 25th, to Wilming ton Star. At a joint meeting of the city and county superintendents of North Car olina schols here this afternon, at which 93 county superintendents and about 75 city or town superintendents were present, a resolution was unani mously adopted .deploring adult illit eracy in North Carolina, asking the hearty co-operation of the Junior Or der of American Machanics, the Farm ers' Union, the women's cluba of the State and every other patriotic agen cy toward removing that illiteracy, . A -i. a ana expressing tne aetermmauun xa show a clean Jelate for rthe State in that resepct by the 1920 census. Storing Cotton. The tobacco warehouse, which was bonded by the Robeson County Farm ers' Union several weeks ago, has been filled with cotton. There are about 1500 bales stored in the house. The Union has had the old public school building bonded and it will soon be filled. If you wish to store your -cotton you had better bring it along at once. HOPE MILLS NEW SXOTES. Young Man Injured in Boiler Explo sion Two Deaths Postoffice at Cotton Burned Bonded Warehouse. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Hope Mills, Nov. 23 Thanksgiving services willjbe conducted in the Pres. byterian church on Wednesday eve. ring at 7 o'clock by Rev. E. I. Olive. Special Thanksgiving services will he conducted at the Episcopal church Thursday evening at 7 o'clock by Rev. Mr. Moody of Faetteville. Mr. D. C. Rogers' sawmill boiler exploded this afternoon, and a young man by the name of Walker, of Cot ton, was badly scalded. His cordi. tion is not serious, however. Mrs. Sarah Ann Warner, wife of Mr. L. E. Warner, died in her home at McColl, S. C, o nthe 9th inst. and her :remains were brought to Hope Mills, where interment was made in Big Rockfish cemetery. Mrs. Warner was a faithful member of the Presbyterian church for a number of year?. Mrs. Louise Arnette, aged 44 years, died in her home at Hoce Mill., on the 12th inst. and the fune ral was conducted from the Sfcby. terian church the following day. Mrs. Arnett was the wife of Mr. Alex Ar ret! and"was a" member ' of ' tne" "Pres-I ... v byterian church during most of her life. She was noted for her piety and Christianlike spirit. She is survived by her husband and two daughters, Misses Ruth and Effi'a. The postoffice at Cotton was de. stroyed by fire Saturday a. m. Ncv. 14th, at 3 o'clock; also stables and grainery of Mr. J. R. Hall, including 75 bushels of corn. Since, the writer has been informed that Mr. Hall's horse has died. The postoffice build ing belongsd to Mr. E. W. Snead, on which he did not have any insurance. The Cumberland Bonded Warehouse Co., of Hope Mills, has been organ!-?. ed with authorized capital of $10,000, paid in $1,000, and bonded in the sum of $10,000. The company has storage capacity for 2,000 bales of cotton. Th-j rates are 25 cents a bale per month or fraction thereof. Negotiable ware house certificates will be issued, and the company will give the same pro tection and advantages as other regu larly organized and bonded compan ies. OWEN C. ROGERS. Methodist Preachers Returned Only One Change in one Change in Robeson. As will be seen from the appoint ments made by .the North Carolina Methodist Conference which closed at Washington Monday, all the preach, ers who served Methodist churches in Robeson county last year were return ed except Rev. W. V. McRae, who is succeeded at Maxton by Rev. A. L. Ormond. There is general satisfaction at the return to Chestnut Street church, Lumberton, of Rev. Dr. W. B. North. Dr. North has just completed his first year here and has greatly endeared himself to the members of his church and to the people of Lumberton out side this church. Dr. North arrived home from Conference Tuesday. This, the Rockingham, district, gets a new presiding elder, Rev. J. H. Hall, who comes from the Raleigh district. Rev. A. McCullen, who has just com pleted a 4-year service as presiding elder of this district, goes to Trinity church, Durham. ' Rev. N. L. Seabolt returned Tues day evening from Conference. Mr. Seabolt is delighted with the fact that he was let remain in Lumberton, but not any more so than was his many friends here. He is pastor of the East Lumberton Methodist church, al so of the other churches that com pose the Lumberton circuit. Lumber Bridge Girl Married in Fay etteville. Fayetteville Special, 25th to Wilming. ton Star. Married twice in one day was the fatje ot Sherman S. Falrcloth 'of Dundarroch, Hoke county, and Miss Lizzie Livingston, of Lumber Bridge, Robeson county, who came to Fay etteville with a Hoke county license Rev. A. II. Porter married them be for he discovered that the license was issued in Hoke. This made the cere mony invalid; so the young man rush ed to the office of Register of Deeds F. R. Ilall and got a license to wed in Cumberland, and Mr. Porter married the happy couple for the second time" THE FINAL SUMMONS. Mr. Chas. A. Purcell of Hoke County. Mr. Cha3. A. Purcell, aged about 7o years, died yesterday morning at his home just across the Robeson line in Hoke. He had been suffering for some time with heart trouble and his death was not unexpected. Deceased is survived by his wife, two daughteis Mrs. Preston of Virginia and Miss Hunter and three sons Messrs. Wil liam, Alex, and Augustus, all of whom lived with their parents and one br. ther, Mr. J. E. Purcell of Red Springs. Deceased was an uncle of Messrs. A. W. and Ahx. and J. D. McLean of Lumberton, also a first cousin of ex. Judge T. A. McNeill of 'Lumber ton. Messrs. A. W. and Alex. Mc Lean attended the funeral, which took place from the home today at 11 a. m. Mr. Purcell was a native of Robe, son until Hoke was formed, and was considered one of her most worthy and hiKhly respected citizens. SHARPE.MGILL Miss Ruby McGill Becomes Bride of Mr. Ralph Sharpe of Councils j A beautiful home wedding was sol- j ernnized at the home of Mr. and M. W. R. McGill, First street, yesterday! afternoon at 4:30 when their daufch. j ter Miss Ruby became the bride of Mr. Ralph Sharpe of Councils, Bla den county. Rev. Chas. L. Greaves, pastor of the First Baptist church, performed the ceremony. Only a few close friends had been invited, it was just a quiet home wedding. Immediately yifter thg ceremony the bride and groom left for Western North Carolina, where they will spend several days bforj returning to Councils, where Mr. Sharpe is man. ager of a large farm. Miss McGill is one cf Lumberton's most beautiful and highly respected young ladies, and has many friends here who wish for her and her hus band fife's greatest pleasures and blessings. , Mr P. M. Myers of Cynamel, Span, ish Hondorus, Central America, end Miss Mary Elizabeth Robeson of Tar Heel were united in marriage at the home of the bride's father. Mr. James Robeson, at Tar Heel Monday afternon at 1 o'clock. They passed through Lumberton late Monday eve ning en route to Cntral America. where they will make their home. There were two full-grown wed dings pulled off in Register of Deeds M. N. Folger's office Tuesday. The first was that of Carl Sweat and May Cook. The word3 were spoken by Rev. R. N. Cashwell. The last came to pass about 8 o'clock in the evening. The contracting parties were Evander West and Ida Lee, both of Harnett counly. Justice E. L. Whaley fixed them up. Important Meeting of Raft Swamp W. O. W. Camp. Mr. J. E. Carlyle of Raft Swamp was in town yesterday. Mr. Carlyle asked The Robesonian to say that it is very essential that all members of Raft Swamp camp No. 164, W. O. W. attend the meeting Saturday night. December 12, as new officers will be elected at this meeting. Union Meeting Begins Tomorrow. The union meeting of the Robeson Baptist Association wil! be held at Baltimore, near Fairmont, tomorrow. Saturday and Sunday. A rich pro g"am.ne has beii- prepirei ail those vho .fnd will not lose anyjv7.r by so doing. The Parkton Warehouse Co. of Parkton has been chartered with au thorized capital stock of $50,000. The incorporators are J. B. McCormick, J. G. Hughes and C. S. McArthur. A splendid concert was given at the opera house last evening by the Cartwright Brothers, from the Alka hest Lyceum Bureau of Atlanta. The crowd was small. The concert was not above the head of the average Philis tine and those who were present en joyed it immensely not meaning to say that there were any Philistines in the audince. Mr. j. Mt Munroe of Tar Heel was a Lumberton visitor yesterdSy. Miss Mildred Mclntyre is home from Meredith College, Raleigh, for BELGIAN BENEFIT DELIGHT Entertainment by Local Talent to Raise Money for Belgians AfTordH an Evening of Rare Pleasure to a Fair Sized Audience. The Belgian benefit entertainment given at the opera honse Monday ev. ning by local talent to raise money for the suffering eBlgians afforded an evening of rare enjoyment for a 1art,-e number of people. Besides help ing a good cause, those who attended this entertainment got the worth of their money. If any one enertained any doubts as to whe. ther there is enough talent in Lum berton to get up an entertainment worth while, this entertainment was sufficient to dispel all doubt. All who took part acquitted themselves ex. cedingly well, and there was notice, able absence of suggestion of ama teurishness; each one acted as though they were accustomed to doing that sort of thing every evening before j packed houses. And the spirit m which they thus dedicated their talent i for a noble purpose is altogether i commendable. - Reside. those whose names appear I on the" program 4elow, Miss Margaret Bruce Williams gave a violin solo, Mrs. II . M. McAllister playing piano IcedmpanTm the. place on the program of Prof. Wm Barnwell, who could not be present. Miss Irene McLeod wa3 on'the pro gram for two numbers but was not in town. Mayor A. E. White was called on for a few remarks and expressed the appreciation of tho people of the town for this splendid entertainment. Mr. William Sullivan was in charge of the entertainment and to his untir ing efforts is due largly its success The piano for the ocasion was fur nished by Mr. D. W. Biggs, proprie tor of the Lumberton Furniture Stor?, and the elegant souvenir programs were printed free by the Freeman Printing Co., and Mr. Sullivan public ly expressed thanks for these ser. vices. About $150 was realized from the ntertainment. An itemized statement has been given The Robesonian but it cannot be set up for this issue. It will be published in the next issue. Following is the program rendered: Bridal Chorus Mrs. L. R. Varser, Mrs. J. Q. Beckwith, Misses Mildred Mclntyre, Lina Gough, Bonnie Bar ker, Lillie Barker, Christine Gower, Eva Mace, Elizabeth Whitfield, Geor gia Whitfield, Mamie Lee Avert, Elizabeth Belk; Messrs. Skipper, Caldwell, Nash, Golden, Davis, Steph ens, High. Reading: "An Old Sweetheart of Mine" James Whitcombe Riley Mrs. J. R. Poole, accompanied on pia. no by Mrs. H. E. Stacy. Song: "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice" "Samson et eDliah" Camille Saint Saens. Miss Vergie Goodwin. Fiano Solo: "Romance" Sibelius! "Marche a la Turque" D'Albert. Miss Bonnie Barker. Song: "Faites Lui Mes Aveux Gounod's "Faust" Miss Mildred Mc lntyre. Mixed Quartette. "Medley of Na. tional Airs, English, French, German and American." Will C. Thompson. Mrs. L. R. Varser, Mrs: J. Q. Beck with, Mr. C. B. Skipper, Mr. J. Pope Stephens . Piano Duet: "Hungarian Rhao. sody" Franz Liszt. Mrs. L. R. Var ser, Miss Christine Gower. Reading: "Spartacus to The Glad iators" Wm. J. Sullivan. Song: "The Sands of The Desert" C. B. Skipper. The greatest loan in England's his tory 250,000,000 pounds ($1,750,000,- 000) has been successfully floated by the aBnk of England, both laree and small investors being among the buyers. San Francisco, Nov. 24 Forty threesurvivorg had been rescued to. niglfy from the Steamer Hanalei which went ashore yesterday in a dense fog on Duxbury Reef, nine miles north of the Golden Gate, and was shivered into splitners early to day by the pounding surf. Misg Lola Thrower, who had boon a guest since Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Britt, left ye terday -morning for Marietta, where she will spend some time visiting friends before returning to her home at Wagram. WATCH Watch the label oa y paper if renewal are not ia by on label paper will be stopped. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEW9 Cypress Camp No. 125, W. O. W. will enjoy an oyster roast this even in? in their camp in the postoffice lui'ding. A 4-year.old Indian child nanrwd Chavif, was burned to death at its home near Fairmont Tuesday. No particulars of ho wit happened has been learned. Early Tuesday morning Mr. L. H. Caldwell snt a large bag of cotton to The Robesonian office for the wounded soldiers in Europe. There was enough cotton in that one bag to relieve much suffering. The baby shew which opened at th1 Pastime; theatre Tuesday night is proving very popular. Regular prices, 5 and 10 ccnt.s, arc ijeing charged, and many of the little ones are seeknf? hrm'sclves as others sae them. - Rev. M. A. Stephens, who for sev eral months had lived at Orrum, ha moved to Evergreen, Columbus coun tyy, Mr. Stephens lived at Evergreen, befor.5 moving to Orrum. He is still pastor of several Robeson churches. aiBegt nrnrrg-nex t-ondHy vemngr "The Simple Simon Musical Comedy Company" will open a week's engage., ment at the Lumbee theatre. The company carries ten people-, most of whom are ladies. The prices will be 10 cents for children and 25 cents for adults. Rev. Father Thomas A. Powers of Steubenville, Ohio, will celebrate mass at the opera house Sunday mominjj, at 10 o'clock. The public is cordially invited. As mentioned in Monday's Robesonian, Father Powers is spend- ing some time hunting at Hunters' Lodge, near Lowe. , Mrs. Eliza Parker of route 3 from Lumberton was among the visitors in town yesterday. Mrs. Parker did as is her usual custom paid her sub scription almost a year in advance. She says "hard times'" must not keep The Robesonian, which she hag learn ed to love, out of her home. Mre. Parker looks at things in the right way. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Sessoms, who live in East Lumberton, have been married 26 years. When married they both weighed the same, one hundred and 63 pounds each, and they have both weighed the same number of pounds ever since. If one loses the other loses and if one gains the other gains. Now they tip the scaleg t 172 pounds each. Mrs. E. L Hamilton, received a message this morning announcing1 the death of her brother-in-law, Dr. R. H. Bradford of Burgaw, which, occur red at the James Walker Memorial hospital, Wilmington, yesterday. Dr. Bradford underwent an operation for appendicitis about three weeks ago, and yesterday had to undergo a sec ond one, which resulted in his death, Mrs. Hamilton left this morning1 for Burgaw, where she will attend the funeral, which will take place tomor row. A baby contest has been on at the Pastime theatre since Tuesday night and will last to and including Monday night of next week. Quite a numbr of the children in town are be ing shown on the screens riding on a little gray donkey. t You get cou pons with your tickets and can vote for any baby on the screen. A prize will be given the child which proves to be the most popular by receiving the most votes. The interior of most of the business houses in town is also being shown. Price same as us ual, 5 and 10 cents. The folowing people left Lumber ton last evening on a special Pullman car for Richmond, Va., where today they will witness the football game betweere the University of oNrth Car olina and the University of Virginia: Jno. F. French, Wallace Norment, T. C. Johnson, J. L. Hawes, Robt. Pre vatt, T. C. Barnes, Lumberton; J. D. McLean, Fairmont; J. L. Bridger, Bla denboro; J L. Lyon, N. P. Liles, E. F. McCullough, J. B. Clarke, Elizabeth town; T. L. Northrop, L. I. Grantham, A. R. McDonald, Raymond Jones, Dr. Smith, St. Pauls; W. J. Cox, J. O. Leach, Wadesboro; Max Ponder, Barnesville; A. E. Parnell, Whiteville. The party wa sin charge of Mr. L. C Parker, general passenger agent of the V. & C. S. the Thanksgiving holidays. ' .