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THE ROBESONIAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $1.50 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE LUMBERT6N, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1914. NUMBER 83 VOL. XLV. CAUSE AND CURE OF PELLAGRA Dr. B. W. Page, Health officer of Robeson county says tsat he has prov en that pellagra is caused by a bacil lus somewhat like the typhoid bacillus only larger. The germ lives in the in testines and develops by spore forma tion. It presents itself in many forms which have been described late ly in various medical journals asd at medical society meetings. The dis ease is mildly infectous and is carried by the common housefly. He says, that ichthyol when administered by physician? will cure almost every case of the disease. . Community Service Day at Graded School. Supt. R. E. Sentelle and the graded schel teachers and pupils are plan ning to have' a day of "community service" at the school Friday of nexc week, the 11th. At 10 a. m. there will be a meting of parents and oth ers who are interested at the school for the purpose of establishing a closer relationship between the school asd -the people-of 'the. community. At by the children, after which the pu pils will clean off' the school ground, level up the surrounding sidewaks, etc.. In the afternoon there will be tennis and basketball games. At night there will be two box suppers, one in the school auditorium for the grown people asd one downstairs for the children. The mney realized from the box suppers will be used to pay for shades, which have been ordered and are badly needed for windows at the school Red Cross Christmas Seals. Red Cross Christmas Seals are on sale here now at McMillan's drug store, McDonald's drug store and the Pastime theatre, and by Miss Emma Norment. A sunply of these seal's was sent Dr. W. A. McPhaul and at his request Miss Norment consented to take charge of their sale here, and the other places of business mention ed have agreed to handle them at Miss Norment's request. These s.ials are just the thin us for puttting on Christmas packages. They cost on m cent each. Three-fourths of the amount realized from their sale is used for the reliei of consumptives among the poor where the sales are made. By purchasing these seals one not only secures appropriate seals 'r,r Christmas packages but may be cer tain that the money will be used to Telieve suffering. Death of Mrs. Amanda Brown of Phladelphus. Mrs. Amanda Brown died about sundown this evening at her home, B:de-a-Wee farm, in the Philadelphus section, after being sick fof some time. She was more than 80 years old. As mentioned elsewhere in th:3 paper, her son Mr. W. K. Brown, who had been with her for some days, passed through Lumberton yesterday on his way to his home at Birming ham, Ala. eDceased was the oldest daughter of former Sheriff Reuben King and sister of Mrs. John Red mond of Lumberton. At the time of going to presg nothing had been learn ed about the funeral arrangements. Location of.Nvw Mail Boxes. Postmaster D. D. French received Monday 10 mail boxes, which have been plced on the streets of the busi ness and residential sections of the town as follows: at the court house, corner of Fourth and Elm, Tcird ond Elm, Fourth and Walnut, Sixth and Elm, Tenth and Elm, Third and Ce dar, Eighth and Walnut, Seventh and Cedar, First and Cedar, one on Cald well street nd one at the Seaboard station. Mail deposited in boxes in the business sction will be taken up at 8 a. m. and 4:45 p. m. in the residential Bection at 8:50 a. m. and 12:50 p. m. Store Broken Open Last Night. A robber, or robbers, entered Mr. M. M. Rozier's store on Elh street last night during the wee sma' hours by breaking a glass in the back door asd openng it. Mr. Rozier says he ha3 only missed about $30 worth of watches jand''somv Jeigarettes, but owing to the fact that he had just moved into .the building and- didn't have things straightened up he. didn't know just what was taken. There is so clu3 to the gui'ty parties. TO HELP THE POOR. Associated Charities Reorganized Town Will be Canvassed for Month ly Subscriptions Officers Elected. Pursuant to the call of Mr. M. G. McKenzie, treasurer of the old Asso ciated Charities of Lumberton, a num ber of the citizess of the town, most all the pastors of ,the town beine present, met in te commissioners' room in the court house Tuesday eve ning and as a result the Assciated Charities was re-organized with che following officers: President, W. I. Linkhaw; vice presidents, Chas. L. Greaves, pastor of the First Baptist church, W. B. North, pastor of Chest nut Street Methodist csureh, W. D. Combs, pastor of the Gospel Taberna cle, J. F. Gorrell, pastor of the Pres byterian church, W. R. Davis, pastor of East Lumberton Baptist church, N. L. Seabolt pastor East Lumberton Methodist church; s?cretary-treasur. er, M. W. Floyd. It was decided best to appoint 'a committee and make a canvass of "the town and see what' amount different would' subscribe to be paid- monthly into the treasury of tsis organizatoin to be applied where the President sees the need of aid. Effort will be made to rid the town of street beggars, or door beggars, and when they present themselves to any ose they should be referred to the board, and after proper investigation is made and it is found to be a worthy cause they will receive help. Messrs. L. E. Wsaley, Alf. H. McLeod, E. B. Freeman and A. E. White were appointed a com mittee 'to make,, this canvass. While this is considered a land of peace asd plenty, there are many in stances, especially during the win ter months, when a little money will relieve much suffering. The town is better that it has a live board of this kind, and it is hoped tsat the citizens will ake interest is this timely move and come to the aid of the offi cers in their efforts to eliminate want of food and clothes among the unfor tunates of the town. Another meeting of the board will be held Tuesday night of next week, by which time it is expected that tse committee appointed will have made its canvass and have a large amount of subscriptions to this worthy cause. O. Henry Bronze Tablet Presented to State. Raleigh News and Observer, 3d. North Carolinians last evening hon ored its most gifted son in literature, when through the North Carolina Lit erary and Historical Association there was presented to the State a bronze memorial tablet of O. Henry (William Sidney Porter) a native of the Stare who justly enjoys the distinction of being the greatest short story writer of the Nation. The tablet rests on the wall at the head of the first landing of the stairs ir. the State Administration building and is a handsome pece of work, the production of the celebrated Chicago sculptor, Loredo Taft. The Robesonian has been printing some stories by O. Henry recently and owing to the trouble that delayed the paper, mentioned elsewhere, two stories by this gifted writer are be ing printed in this ssue. Services at Gospel Tabernacle Sun day. Services at the Gospel Tabernacle next Sunday will be as follows: Sun. day school at 9:30 a. m., preaching by the pastor at 11 a. m. and 7:15 p. m. Morning subject: "Dispensations or God's" Figuring of , Time Between the Eternities." This subject was postponed from last Sunday because of rain. A large blackboard will be ued in explaising the topic. "At the evening hour eitser a blackboard drawing wil be used or some kind of an object lesson to illustrate the ser mon. Children's Missionary meeting at 3 p. m. Woman's missiosary meeting at 6:30 p. m. A cordial invitation to the pub lic. W. D. COMBS, Pastor. Former President Taft, now profes sor of law at Yale University, has teen secured to deliver a series of three lectures at the University, of North Carolina, the dates fixed being March IT, 18 and 19. COTTON AND COTTON - SEED PRICES. For the week ending Saturday, November 28, prices as reported to the iDvision of Markets, North Caro lina Agricultural Experiment Sta tion, West Raleigh, prices for ths South Eeasters part of the State are giyen. as follows: Chadborn, middling cotton 6 l-2c, cotton seed per ton, $17. Clarkton, middling cotton. 6 3-4 7 1.4c; cotton seed per ton $20.50 $21.25. Fayetteville, middling cotton 6 3-4c -cr-7c; cotton seed per tos $18 $20. Goldsboro, middling cotton 7c; cot ton seed per ton $16. Lumberton, middling cotton 61-2 6 3-4, cctton seed per ton, $18 to $20. Maxton, middling cotton, 6 3-4c; cotton seed per tos $20 to $20.50. TWO FIRES House Partially Bi rned Last Evening Early'. Morning Fire Destroys An other Residence-i-Xegro Narrow:? The fire alarm was turned in about 7:30 last evening from box No. 27, Elm and Second streets The fire was in a small residence belonging to the Geo. G. French estate just across ihe railroad in front of the Seaboard freight station. It was ovnly a short time before the fire truck and mem- I bers of the fire company were on the scene, and by iaithtul work the (flames were extinguished land the body of the house was saved. 'A ne gro by the name of Ed Love had some furniture in the house, having moved part of it out Tuesday. Only a few pieces of what was left in the house was saved. The I0.-.3 i covered by insurance. A house with all its contents except ? piano, belonging to Will Jones, col ored, near the oil mill was burned this morning about 2":30. The origin of the fire is unknown. Gjbarley Jones colored, the only one in the house, was asleop and had it not been for a neighbor who woke him he would have lost his life in the flames. When he awoke the building was falling in near him, and he plunged right through a glass window and saved his life. The loss was about $1200, part- ly covered by insurance. VOTE ON AMENDMENTS. The final lgures of the total vote for each of the 10 amendments to the State Constitutin as canvassed by the State Board of Canvassers at Ra leigh last week are: First, for 57,816, 61,013, against: second, 50,722, 68,191; Third 54,723, 62 983; Fourth, 57,321,. 60,220; Fifth, 56,255, 62,918; Sixth 54,414, 62,728; Sevents 50,520, 68,148; Eigthth 51, 358, 63,201; Ninth 53,887, 63,02?;; Tenth 59,519, 71,317. The total vote for United States Senator was: Overman 121,339. Whitener 87,101: "Community Service Days at Broad Ridge. Rev. J. I. Stone of Britt's was among th visitors in town yesterday. Mr. Stone says "Community Service Days" will be observed proper at the Broad Ridge school house. Tomorrow wil be the big day. Mr. H. E. Stacy f Lumberton will make an ad dress. Rev. P. T. Britt of Mt. Eliam will also make an address. It will be an all day affair and 0 large time is expected. Former Lumberton Man on Trial for Murder. News has been received here that D. J. Hall,' formerly of Lumberton, is being tried for his life atMayo , Fla., where some two weeks ago he killed an Atlantic Coast Line operator. He has quite a number of relatives in the county. Mr. T. L. Johnson, of the law firm of Johnson & Johnson, left this afternoon for Mayo to represent Hall. Recorder's Court. , ' J. E. Walker w"asTried this morn ing before Recorder R. A. McLean, af ter being locked up yesterday after noon by Chief of Police Redfern, on the charge of beinf; drunk and wr.. taxed with the costs, $5.85. Walk?r stated at the trill th t Redfern beit him up wih his club wihou provocation and took $12 away from him. Ref f era denied doirig.either, f ' . BESIDE DEAD VICTIMS HE PICKS BANJO Horrible Tragedy in Randolph Coun - ty Lowe Daniels Kills Three, Wounds Wife, then Unconcernedly Awaits Arrest fhe following story of a horribbs tragidy in Randolph county is told in special of Nov, 28 to the Charlottj Obesrver: Lowe Daniels of the Pisgah section "t Randolph county was today tak-ji fom the jail here back to ;us home for a preliminary hearing on the charge of the murder of hi si--t-"-, j C-con DanielL, his d.-V.r-if-law.j .ilthel l.n'Jer, " and El-ar Varner, all three of whom he is saul to hove shot throuch the head at his home last evening. Daniels' wife, who with a crushed fhoulder i; thought to be fattally wounded, was thot at the same time as the othor When officers, in response to mes sages stating that Daniels had made nis home a shambles, arrived at homo ner.r the Montgomery fount" li". Damil:' was found sit.tting in the is staged, Daniels laughed and telked incoherently, and denied having drunk r nything but some "still beer," a bev erage not noted for its alcoholic in ttns;iy. He iv- said to be a "moonshinet'.'' and has been before the courts more than once, having at cne time served a entonce for the illegal manufacture ci liquor. Details of the tragedy are meagr?, but information received here is to the effect that Daniels, who h-dd been away from home for three cays, suppoeily in Davids n count.', returned Saturday evening and found Varner and the two wor;-.i in the house with hi3 wife. Whe'i he began shooting "s aim, was .- thne instances deadly. Coon Dan'-X Ethel Luther and Edgar Varner ceiving bullets in the brain and dying instantly. Mrs. aDniels fell with a -.jhed shoulder. Varner, according to reports, was shot first, then he wife, sister-in-law and sister in turn. He made not statement here, where it is supposed that he will be returned as sdoii cs the preliminary hearing has been held Lowe Daniels is the son of Will Daniels who lives in Stanley county. Lis ivife is a member of a family well known in Randolph and Montgomery counties. Charlotte Dispatch, Nov. 30. It develcpeds from reports today that young Lowe Daniels, in jail at Asheboro charged with a triple mur der, had warned Edgar aVrner, Lora Luther nd "Coon" Daniels, his alleg ed v'ctims of Saturday night, to stay away from his home, charging that the nvomen were "eating up every thing he made," and thinking Var rer's visits unwarranted. At the pre liminary hearing held in the Pisgah section, on account of the critical condition of Mrs. Daniels, who ?s barely alive, Mrs. aDniels today toid her story lucidly, charging her hus band with the death of her sister, his sister and Varner, by shooting them witli a shot gun. After the sheeting, Mrs. Daniels said, tier husband built up a good fire, got out his banjo, and proceeded to entertain himself, ocasionally ad dressing a remark to her, and thus awaited the arrival of the sheriff. Danish i3 about 33 years old, his wife ';('. The ether women were just entering womanhood. Varner, it is reported in Asheboro today, had been warned by Daniels to stay away teem his home. Notices of New Advertisements. Luola gTape tvines for sale G. W. Lennon. Prices to suit the-times Britt Gx' eery Co. Lost, a watch. Don't forget your home bakery The Lumberton Bakery. Notice of commissioners "ale Appointments of Dr. Juliu3 Schaf. fei. . Cut prices on beef. -A. H. Hindi-. New goods at I. H. Warwick's stifS at Orrum. Consider efficiency Farmers and Merchants Bank. ; 1 Flour to be given away at the P -time theatre. Personally conducted tour of Cubi - Seaboard Air Line. Farm for rent. Vtifc. 11 it 11 fin vi'fitf "r-Ai ' 1 1 1 tit nJKi in .ii'nnn.'Tirti ; unconcernedly picking x. banjo and n lcacners mee erc A)a was among the visitors in town' sintrine- foolish sone-s. In iail hor ft. ""day of next week. .All the mem'bers . ' . :, UJ I j PAPER LATE AND WHY j A linotype machine will get lots and lots of type in a day if it is properly ' treateo and somebody who knows j,ow j3 operating it, but it will not set j a "stick" by itself; so when The j JJobesonian's linotype operator set j sick yesterday and could not work, t'ie machine quit too. That is why the paper is late going to press to-1 day. During the more than seven j years The Robesonian has been under the present management it has never missed r.n issue and nothing quite so '. delaying and disconcerting has hap- Pened to !t before. We hope nobody wil1 count this time and will overbik i X!)e ragged, appearance of the paper -Editor. Corn Club Boys Will Meet in Lumber- i ton Dec 12 t Mr. A. K, Robertson of Raleigh, as. I fistant in the boys' corn club work in j North Carolina, arrived here yest.cr-1 day with Mr. J. A. Boon?, Jr., f: rr.i demonstrator in Robeson, will travel I oyer Robeson working up interest n the meeting of Robeson Boy-,' Corn of the club are expected" to bring tan ears of corn from their acre and prizes will be given for the best ears. It is expected that quite a numbe" of fcrm boys, and older farmers as well, will attend this meeting. An Interest ing programme is being arranged. To Re-organize eDad locals, Mr. W K. Culbreth asks The Robe, scnian to say that he has been com missioned by the Stat? Farmers' Un i m to reorganize any local in Robes: n that may desire to be brught to lite. There are a num'jer f defunct loca! ,'n the county that should be regencra tid. Ott.er classes Tirori ' organiza tion. Why not the farmers? As one farmer you can ask for what you wish and you are not heard, but as a whle you can get almost anything you wish. Get the idea and then get to gether. Belgrade Occupied by Austrian Troops. London Dispatch, 2d. , Belgrade, until the outbreak of the war Servia's Capital, was occupied to day by Austrian troops. The Ser vians previously had evacuated the. city. Congress Opens Monday. The final session of the Sixty-third Congress will begin at Washington Monday of sext week. Democratic members hope that all necessary busi ness will be concluded by March 4 so that no extra session to usher in the newly elected Sixty-fourth Congress will be necessary. Gen. F. A. Bond, chief game war den of Robeson, who lives at Hunter's Lodge, near Lowe, was among the vis itors is town yesterday. The general noticed fin Monday's Robesonian ia news item about 3 meen killing 72 partridges, and thought they must have violated the game law, which says one man shall not kill more than 15 in ose day. However, the three men were two days killing tse birds, which puts them on the safe side. Mr. Frank Gough was one of the speakers at a barbecue and smoker giver by the Whiteville Commerciil Club at Whiteville Tuesday everting. In Whiteville correspondence of thi3 morning's Wilmington Star is the fol lowing in regard to Mr. Gough's re marks: Judge Allen was followed by Mr. Frank Gough, a well known busv ness man of Lumberton, whose ta-k from introductory to close literail teemed with the essence of "boosting.' and who pointed with no little prile to his home town Lumberton as a living example of some of the ideas advanced by1 him in connection wv.n his subject, "Boost." He ridiculed in ho uncertan terms the proverbi.il knocker whom "you must sooner or later knock out t win." 7 PERSONALS Mr. J. S. Oliver of Marietta was among the visitors in town this morn ing. : ' - Mr. W; H. Rozier of route 7 from Lumberton is among the visitors in town tcday. ' Mr. J. S. Thompson of Fairmont is among the visitors in town today. 1 . L. -lt---iiii.ttr. PRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS. Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Folger mov ed Tuesday into their handsome new home on Eighth street. The building is a modern fi-room structure. Mr. L. II. Caldwell has two lemon trees at hi home, Caldwell and 7th streets, that are bearing lemons of a large size. He was exhibiting one the other day that weighed 21 ounces. t Mr. Grover Pope ha3 bought the filxtur?s of the Sanitary Meat Mar ket from Birmingham & Company. Mr. Pope will conduct the business in the same building m Chestnut street. Vinie Munn, colored, was before Recorder R. A, McLean yesterday charged with stealing some clothea belonging to wmcm nonunion. colored. She drew a sentence of four n,onthf' in iail- ' The prize won by the child in the pony cotfct at the Pastime theatre last week will be given away at the Lumber thfatre tomorrow- night. Every ennestant should r.i , present. not forgetfing hi.s,. or her' number. ing ome time at" the home of nis mother, Mrs. . Amanda Brown, wh lives near Buie, and w.'o has been very ill for several weeks. 'Mr. Tom Myers, who is deaf and dumb, has sold some of the lo:al merchants some of the fisest apples that ever came tsis way. They are the wormless kind, ahd are ' grown by Mr. A. L. Silver, a deaf and dumb farmer of Yancey county. In mentioning in Monday's issue the retirement from the mercantile bi;s;ness of Mr. M. W. -Floyd, who will enter upon the duties of register of deed:; next week the building he has been occupying was inadvertently called the Proctor building. This building belongs to Mr. A. P. Cald well. Mr. A. W. Prevatt is right on the job when it comes to killing rabbits without gun or dog. One day recently Mr. Prevatt killed a full-grown rab bit in the heart of town with a small rock. He must have been a country rabbit 'making for ome of the stores in town that advertise in The Robesonian. ' -Mr. Rowland Mercer of Bellamy was amosg the visitors in town Tue. day. Mr. Mercer says the Russian who walked from Norfolk, Va., to Lumber ton and found ome people here who were raised near hi3 home in Russia, mentio.i 1 f wheh was made n a recen j-tue ' Th Robesonan, is a good farm hand, one he would not part with f r anything. A certain young man in town says he is shirtless and withoit hosiery becaue of the fact that un known larties stole what he had off the clothes line after they had beer, washed and hung out to dry. Owing to the damvmess of the weather the clothes were left on the line M in day night smd the clothes were taken during the caik hours. Not long ago Mr. Geo. W. Lennon ct Lumberton brought to the editor some of his delicious Luola grapes, grown on his farm in Columbus county, and mention wa3 made o it. Mr. l ennon says he does not wast to sell so many grapes from a sotic like that without paying the paper, so he ig carrying an adv. abou his grapes in this issue. Mr. Lennon says he had n idea an item in The Robe, sonian would be circulated so wide ly. He has no account of that item sold vines to people in far distant counties and in other States. The Simple Simon Musical Com edy Company which began a week's engagement at the Lumbee theatr-j Monday night, is the hit of the seasr, all who have attended the different performances declaring it the best they ever saw for the money. There are 11 people in the compasy ani every member is right there on his or her part. In short, the company is far Ehead of1 any similar attraction which has visited Lumberton. Tomor. row nigst a new feature here will be introduced. It will be. the"Country Store" feature in which it is said fus abounds in an unexhastible supply. Mattinee Saturday, 2 o'clock. "OR RENT Three horse farm near Lumberton, N. C, apply to Ashr boro, N. C. Box 441.
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