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VOL. XLV. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1914. NUMBER 85
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COMMUNITY SERVICE DAYS
Tomorrow Will be Observed at Graded ; British Squadron Sinks German Cruis-; New Recorder Hands Out Some Sen
School Public Meeting at 10 a. m. j ers -in South Atlantic Turkish j iences One Negro Gets 12 Month
All Parents Urged to Attend this Army Surrenders to Indian Troops, i for Stealing Dogs and Another 10
Meeting Grounds and Building
Will be Put in Good Shape Games
in Afternoon and Box Supper in
Evening1--Ever body Asked
Clean Up Around Premises.
Tomorrow 'will he observed
''Community Service Day" at
graded school.
to
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the
A public meeting will be held in the and Nurnb?rg, made off during the
school auditorium at 10 o'clock tomor-; action and were beinrr pursued. The
row morning. Parents are especially ; greatest enthusiasm prevails in Lon
invited to this meeting. There will be j don over the victoi-y. It is ertimated
some exercises by the pupils and j that the Germans lost about 2,000
brief talks by Prof. J. R. Poole, Coun. : men, while the British loss was slight.
ey superintendent of schools, Dr. B.
W Page, county health officer, Mr.
J. P. Russell, president of the Cham,
ber of Commerce, and perhaps others.
After this the pupils will thorough-
ly clean up the building and grounds,
Every boy above the fourth grade has
agreed to bring a tool of some kind
and assist in cleaning up the school
yard and leveling up the surrounding
walka. The town authorities at the
reuest of Supt. Sentelle have placed
tfobr8oua4..tH
boys and they will put curbing air!
around the smiare. While the boys!
are doing this the girls will be busy
cleaning up the inside of the builing.
There will be specimens of school
work in very room on exhibition dur-
me the day.
In the afternoon there will be
games on the school grounds. There
will be a match game of basketball
between the Cubs and "Tigers. Ths
line.up will be a sfollows: . Goals
Cubs Helen Sentelle, Ruby Thompson;
Tigers, Sadie Rae Pope, aSdie Thomp
son, Guards Cubs, Marie ThompsT,
Margaret Pope; Tigers, Rosa Wishart,
Mary Wetmore. Centers Cubs, Eve,
lyn Sentelle, Myrtle Pope, Agnes Wet.
more; Tigers, Vivian McNeill, Leila
Bdwards, Sallie King. The game will
be called at 3:30.
In the evening at 7:30 there will be
two box suppers at the school build
imr. one in the auditorium for the
j '
grown folks and o.j downstairs for
the children. A musical programme
will be rendered in the evening.
At a meeting of the Civic Associa
tion yesterday afternoon it was sug
gested that the town also observe the
day by raking up and burning all the
trash raked up, because th town wag.
ongs may not be able to haul it away
promptly enough.
Meeting of County Medical Society
Officers Elected.
The last meeting for the year of
the Robeson County Medical Society
was held here yesterday. The attend,
ance was not large, but a very enthu
siastic meeting was held. The fol
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, Dr. J.' P.
Brown of Fairmont; vice-president,
Dr. N. A. Thompson of Lumberton;
secretary-treasurer, Dr. W. L. Gran
tham of Lumberton; board of censors,
rDs. T. C. Johnson of Lumberton, A.
B. Croom of Maxton and J. L. McMil
lan of Red Springs. rDs. T. C. John
son and R. D, McMillan were elected
delegates to the State meeting.
The next meeting of the Society
will be held here the third Wednesday
in April.
"White Way" to be Strung Around
Court oHuse Square.
At their meeting Monday the coun
ty commissioners, at the request of
Mayor A. E. White, agreed to pay for
electric light fifixtures similar to the
cnes which make the beautiful "white
way" on Elm and Chestnut streets, to
' be placed around the court house
square. The light stands will be plac
ed on the outer edges
of the sidewalks . on Elm
and Chestnut, to' line up with the
other other stands, and on the sides'
of the square between these streets
the stands will be placed on the inside
edge of the court house yard, lining
up with lights on Elm and Chestnut.
This will add greatly to the beauty of
of the court house square. The town
will furnish the current
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McAllister
have moved from their home on the
corner of Chestnut and Sixth streets
-and will spend the winter with their
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
H. M. McAllister, 700 oNrth Elm
sereet;
1 THREE GERMAN CRUISERS SUNK
It was announces offic-illy at Lcn
j don yesterday that the German cruis
ers Scharnhorst, Gndsenau and Leip.
zig had been sunk in the South At-
lantic, near the Falkland Island;, by a
, Biit':-'h squadron under vies Admiral
1 Sir Frederick SU;idee, Tacsdiy, and
ithat two other ves.-els, ha Dresden
i The same dispatch stat3s that Indian
troops on the Gulf of Persia
j have' compelled the surrender of a
' Turkish army. Reports of the serious
j illness of the German Emperor have
j not been confirmed. No striking news
i of events- on the Continent has been
j reported since the occupation of the
J important city of Lodz, in Poland by
I the Germans. Petrograd says this
city war- given over to the Germans
willingly, and without loss.
Mexican i roups -Must tease
Firing
in(" American lerruory
Washington Dispatch, 9th.
If the contending Mexican forcer-
opposite Naco, Ariz , do not eesse fif:r!4 months for stealing the hog, makes
j in nto American territory the three
batteries of field artillery sentfi to
the international line will be ordered
to" return the fire
BROAD RIDGE BREEZES.
"Community Service aDys" Observed
Many Porkers Change in Preach
ing Date Other Items.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Broad Ridge (Orrurti, R. 1), Dec. 9
Hog-killing is the order of the day
in this section. There are a good
many porkers on the "ridge" this
year.
Rev. J. I. Stone filled his appoint
ment here last Sunday instead of the
2nd Sunday, Kvhich is Ws regular
time, so there will be no preaching
here the 2nd Sunday in this month.
"Community Service. Days" were
observed proper here. The citizens all
met on Thursday, Dec. 2d, and cleaned
off the grounds of the church and
school and on the 3d everybody met to
hear Mr. H. E. Stacy. And Rev. P. T.
Britt deliver two addresses, which
were enjoyed by all.' There were also
some songs by the school and dinner
was served on the grounds. Everybody
seemed to enjoy the day.
We are informed that Mr. Red
mond Ivey has gone into the tobacco
business proper, not only raising it,
but has begun the manufacture of
it.
Mr. D. G. Lawsonr who has been in
the sewing machine business for 2
years or more, has given up the work
and will devote his entire time to his
farm on the "ridge."
Mr. Bulock of Lumberton, who re
cently purchased the J. I. Stone mer
cantile business her?, has cut prices
Delow the bottom and is carrying on
a rushing sale. We have not yet
learned whether Mr. Bullock will con
tinue in business here or not, but it is
hoped that he will.
Orrum Occurrences Paving Side.
walks.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Orrum, Dec. 9 Misses Dovie and
Edna Prevatte left Monday for
Raleigh where they will attend the
Baptist State convention. Miss Beu.
lah Prevatte and sister, Mrs. A. C.
McCullen, spent Saturday in Lumber
ton shopping. Messrs. B. L. Floyd
and A. H. Warwick were business vis
itors in Fairmont Wednesday. Mises
Daisy and Maggie Tillen of Mullins, S.
C, who had been visiting their sis.
ter, Mrs. J. F. Shepherd, returned to
their home Saturday. f
Much is being added to the looks of
our town by paving the sidewalks.
The work is under the supervision of
Mr. C. Lamb and they have already
finished a large piece on Main street.
Mr. John E, Floyd spent Thursday
and IFriday in YFayettleville with
friends. Mr. Strong Floyd of Fair
mont, route 2 was a visitor in -our
town Sunday. Mr. W. Gordon Pre
vatte, a traveling salesman, who has
been visiting his parents here for
some time left Thursday for some
point in oSuth Georgia.
WATCH POPE DRUG COMPANY'S
Window Sunday December 13th.
RECORDER BRITT TAKES HOLD
- 1 Mcnths for Lnderent Exposure.
I
Immediately after h; had taken the
oath of office Monday Mr. E. M.
Britt, who was elected recorder for
this district at the last election heard
his lirit case. The first to appear be-
fore him was Jasp:-r Bvyant. charged
with being drunk and
disorderly.
rraycr for judgment was continued
on payment of cost. Henry Ward,
colored, was the next to appear. He
was charged with indecent exposure
on tr(k streets of Lumberton for
which he drew a sentence of 10
j months on the roads. II. J. McLean
j was tried for issuing bogus ' checks.
Judgment was susponded on payment
of cost?. A trial of coniderable inter-
j est was that of Oscar Thompson,
colored, the same negro who was tried
last week for stealing a hog from Mr.
i Thomp Williams, who
lives near
Barnesvillt, and sentenced Ito four
months on the roads, mention of
which was made ,in a recent issue of
The Robesonian. The evidence was
that Thompson stole two dogs- from
D."J. II Regan, on which taxes 'were
paid. The dogs were valued at If 19.
He drew a sentence of 12 months on
the roads." This, included with tha
a total of 10 months. It is under
stood that there are 'still, other charg
es of the same nature against the ne
gro. In passing his sentence Mr.
Britt remarked that "to a man who
loves sport his dog, if a good one, is
loved next to his wife and children."
Everybody seemed to be well pleas.
ed at the sentence except the defen
dant.
MT. ELIAM MATTERS.
Preparing for Another Crop. A
Business Change Personal.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Mt. Eliam, (Lumberton, R. 4), Dec.
8 Some of the farmers in this com
munity are through gathering their
crops and are cutting their stalks and
preparing for another crop.
Rev. J. I. Stone preached an excel
lent sermon here Sunday p. m. to a
large congregation. We are ever glad
to hae Mr. Stone wth us.
The weather still remains cloudy
and rany. We are begnnng to want
to see the sun shine.
Mr. Norlie Britt spent part of last
week in South Carolina visiting.
Mr. Fulton Parker, who has held a po
sition in South Carolina' for some
time is on the Mount again. Mr.
Henry Hilburn and wife of Bladenboro
were visiting his sister and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Britt, last
week. Miss Emma Britt is visiting
herbrother Mr. Dudley 'JBritt, who
has a position near Red Bluff, S. C.
Mr. J. W. Bullock of Lumberton
has bought out the entire stock of
goods belonging to Miss Annie Stone.
He will conduct the same
business
here for a while. j
Several from around here have
gone gone to Lumberton today, it be
ing the fifirst Monday, among them.
Messrs. J. Z. Stone, Hezzie and
Donnie Phillips and J. G. Stephens.
Mr. Rossie Britt of Bloomingdale was
on the Mount Sunday p. m.. Mr.
June Ivey of Proctorville was also on
the Mount Sunday. Mr. Forest Stone,
spent a while Sunday p. m. in
the Bellamy section.
D. J. Hall Sentenced to be Hanged.
Mr. T. L. Johnson returned Tuesday
from Mayo, Fla., where he went to
defend D. J. Hall, who last week was
tried for murder in the first degree
and sentenced to be hanged. The
trial was over when Mr. Johnson
reached Mayo. An appeal was made
to the Supreme Court, and as the
jury separated while the trial was on
it is expected .that Hall will get a
new trial. Hall, who formerly lived
here, (killed an Atlantic Coast Line
operator some weeks ago. Hall had
some trouble with another man, and
when he shot at the other man the
load struck the wrong man
"The Man on the Box" will be
presented in five reels of motion pic
tures at the Pastime theatre tomor
row afternoon and night. It will be
recalled that- Bert Leigh presented
this attraction in the opera house 4
years ago, making a great hit. The
Famous Players regard "The Man
On the Box" as one of their very best
features.
CORN CLUB MEETING.
Many Robeson Corn Club Bnys Ex.
perttd To Attend Meeting Saturday.
Indications are that a large number
of the Boys Corn Club will attend the
Coi n club meeting1 here Saturday. Mr.
A. K. Robertson, assistant in the corn
club work in .North Carolina,
with
headouarters
at Kaieigh, in company!
wUh County Farm Demonstrator J.
i A. Boon?, Jr., who is also president
I of the Corn Club, traveled over a good
portion of the county last week for the
purpose of working up interest in
the meeting. Each member is expect -
cd to bring ten ears of corn from his
acre, to place on exhibition,
d r.o
doubt some
fine ears will be brought
in.
Mr. Robertson, Mr. Boone and Prof.
J. R. Poole, county superintendent of
public instruction are at work solicit
ing prizes and hope to have one for
every member who reports and. a gok1
medal for tha member makjng the
o'clock. The boys are expected U
best record. -
The meeting will becin at 10:?.0
meet at the court house and' -paradu
to to school building, giving veiis
es they go. They are- not expected
to co,mo."J'reski4'Up'- tHK meeting-
RUNAWAYS WEDDED HERE
U. S. Page, Son of E. E. Page of
Lumberton, Elopes With Daughter
of J. II. Rouse cf Lenoir Stolen
With iDHiculty and Marriage Per.
formed eHre After Exciting Chase
B.ide Fled Hatless but Happy.
A wedding under difficulties was
solemnized in the office of the LaFay
ette Mutual Life Insurance Company
this morning about 9:30, When U. S.
Page, a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Page of Lumberton, and Miss Le.
moine,, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
H. Rouse of Lenoir, were united in
the holy bonds of matrimony. Rev.
W. D. Combs, pastor of the Gosel Ta
bernacle, performed the ceremony.
Quite a number were present to wit
ness the occasion.
Mr. Page had no small amount of
trouble in getting away with his love.
He has had her clothes here ever since
Sunday, but had lost in all attempts
to get the girl until yesterday, when
he went into a store where she with
several other girls were conducting a
a church bazaar and gave her the
sign and she jumped into a car. They
made about 50 miles in the car, and it
is said that had the girl's brothers not
had a breakdown they would have
overtaken them in another car. A re.
ward of $50 'as offered for their ar.
rest efore mariage, but neither money,
law nor anything else stopped cupid.
They caught a train at Mt. Olive,
came to Wilson and changed, coming
on to ollpe Mills this morning, and
caught the V. & C. S. train for Lum.
berton. The girl made the trip with
out a :ifit, her ilothe:- getting hero
first by express.
Mr. Page had some trouble with the
girl's father some few months ago.
0j p.llc. v0 j t, p, i.di
in jail without cause it is said for
which Mr. Page has entered suit
against him (the girl's father) for $5,
000. It" is expected that the suit wa3
i improniised this merninj: when Mr.
Combs spoke the few words.
Mr. Page was honorably discharg.
n1 from .he U. S. Navv sose four
months ago, and for several weeks
has been serving on the olice force at
Kinston. He has many friends here
who wish for him and his bride a
world of joy and prosperity. The
bride is a beautiful girl. License for
the marriage was secured last week.
BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION
Annual Session in Raleigh This Week
Rjt. C. H. Durham Elected Pres
ident for Another Term.
The 84th annual session of the aBp
tist State Convention hald its first
session in the First Baptist church
at Raleigh Tuesday night and yester.
day the whole delegation went by spec,
ial train to Wake Forest College,
where the second day of the program
was carried out. At the first session
Rev. C. H. Durham, formerly pastor
of the first t Baptist church
of Lumberton, now pastor
of Brown Memorial church, Winston
Salem, was again, elected president of
the convention, which position of hon
or he. has efficiently held for several
years. .
WrATCH POPE DRUG COMPANY'S
Window Sunday December 13th.
TEACHERS MEET SATURDAY.
Robeson County Teachers Asoriatien
Will Hold Meetihg.nt Graded School
Dercmbei 12.
S-ipt. J.R. Poole is expecting-a large
number of teacher., to attend the
j meeting of the Robeson County Tea ch
ers Asociation which will he hrld
here Saturday at the .-ruded ,.'v,l
' building, beginning at' 11 oclock a. m.
i Following is the nmrm.
' ' Programme
Prayer-Rev. W. B. oN'rth.
! Vocal Solo Mr.. R W.' pa
I. The place of a Farm life school
in Our Edi.rtional System Prof. S.
J. Kirby of Philadelphus.
II. What to look for in observing
the work of other teachers. Mis.
Effle eNwton, of LuVnberton.
III. The ValJe of Dome-tie Scion 0.
in Our Public Schools Miss Maude
Brown of Philadelphia. '
IV. ollw to Croat? a School Spirit
in the Community Prof. S. E. Loon,
ard of Red Springs.
V. Successful Work in a Night
School in Robeson County. Miss
Belle Johnson, of Lumberton.'
VI. . Illiteracy in Robeson -County
and how to get rid of it. II.' E.
Stacy, Lumberton.
Violin Solo Miss Margaret Wj.
liams.
High School Department Prof. W-
Jones, Pres.
1. Are we neglecting English Com.
Position in Qjir High Schools Prof
H. JorPe, Pres.
II. Uniform examinations for en
trance to thefEighth grade Prof. S.
I.lexander, of Harmony.
III. eDnartmental work in the
Hieh School Grades. Fof. H. W.
Do"h. of Parkton.
IV. Tmprsionq gleaned from
Observation of th Departmental
Work done in the Wisconsin Schools
Miss Florence Jackion of Pembroke.
Orminr Grde Denartment
Mi Mamie Le A vent. Pre.
I. Correlation of Language with
other subiects.,or everv lesson a Lan
guage Lesson Sunt R. E. Sentelle,
of Lumberton II. An Attempt to
discover what Lanimage errors should
b? tflken un 'n each Grade. Prof. R.
F. Moslev, of Rowland.
IV. How to Identifv th Tearhinor
of Arithmetic with Life Prof J F.
Sinclair of Alfordsville.
V. Round table discussion on the
"Best Kind of Friday Afternoon Ex
ercises." Primary Department
Mrs. Minnie Brooks, Pres.
I. Language Work in the Primary
Grades Mrs. Minnie Erooks of Lum
berton. II. How to Interest Children in
Story Telling. Miss Edna Prevatt, of
Orrum.
III. Busy Work for Children.
Miss Alfreda Pittard, of St. Pauls.
Display and diseusion of School ex
hibits.
THE FINAL SUMMONS.
Mr. A. P. McLean of Laurinburg Did
Last Evening Brother of Mr. J. D.
McLean of Lumberton.
Mr! Alexander Purcell McLean,
aged about 34 years, died last evening
at 8 o'clock at his home at Laurin
burg. Mr. McLean had been sick for
several weeks with pneumonia and his
death was not unexpected. He is sur
vived by two sisters Mesdames C.
W. Regan and Thos. J. Dunn, both
of Laurinburg, and two brothers
Mr. J. Dixon McLean of Lumberton
and Dr. Allen McLean of Wagram-
He was a first cousin of Messrs. A. W.
and A. T. McLean of Lumberton. The
funeral will take place this afternoon
at 3 o'clock, and will be conducted by
Rev. Dr. J. M. Rose, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Laurinburg,
of which deceased was a member.
Those who will attend the funeral
from Lumberton are: Messrs. J. D.
McLean, who was with him when
death came, A. T. and R. A. Mc
Lean. Deceased was for about six years
cashier of the National Bank of Lum
berton, leaving here about seven years
ago, and was well and favorably
known to many Lumberton people. 7"
Miss Gertrude Bethune of Ten Mile
is a guest at the home of Mrs. Mol
lie R. Norment, oNrth Elm 6treet
Mr. R. C, Lawrence returned yes
terday from Richmond, Va., 'where he
spent several days on legal business.
! BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL" NEWS.
Middling cotton toilay, 0 5-8. Good
; middling 7 cents.
Rev. William Black of Charlotte
will spend Friday night here er. route
to St. Pauls, where he v.'.A conduct
a meeting next week.
License has been issned for the
, marriage of N. P. McAi th.ir end Ro.
berti Smith. This was. the fsfirst li-pwise-'i.-ed
by Mr. M. W. Floyd, the
new rs-gi-ter ' f deeds.
A table with paper and twine on
has been placed in the postoffice for
the convenience of tho.-c who wish to
wrap Christmas presents to send by
parcel po-t, and it's being used.
Dr. R. S. Beam, who went several
months ago to Philadelphia to -take
n ?p?cial course in medicine, expects
to return to Lumberton about the 20th
inst, when his practice will be limit
ed to disea-es of the eye, ear, nose
and throat.
Mr. i.ee Stone, who is .ofiftr"'?
of a hunter as weil as being a ball
player from "way hack," marched
into town Tuesday evening late with a
beautiful wild goose that he killed in
the. 'Ibis: de'ssert." ,
from ' uii mont was among 'h-- yi-itors
in town Tsday. " Mr. Wilkersom
anvo times are not what they have
iej.n ()0Wn hi- way, but not hard
1 enough for him to -top reading his old
i reliable county paper The Robeson
ian.
The following Lumberton firms
have a special sale on: A. Weinstein,
Townsend Brothers, R. D. Caldwell &
Son, Blacker Brothers, also White A
Cough areadvertising some "special"
bargains. Read their advertisements,
which are appearing in The Robeson,
ian.
There will be a box supper at the
Meadow school house, about 3 miles
from town on the Meadow road, Fri.
day night f this week. A good speak,
er will be present and there will be
some exercises by the school.
The
proceeds f the box supper
will be
used for the benefifit of school. Mis
Margaret Britt is teacher.
There was an entertainment at
the Raft Swamp school house Mon
day night. The exercises by the chil
dren were pronounced by those pres
ent as creditable to both children and
teachers. Mr. J. B. Bowen, assistant
superintendent of public instruction,
was present and made a talk on edu
cation.; Of course it was highly en.
joyed, as "Buck" always makes a gooj
speech.
An imitation airship which was
sent up from Fourth street, opposite
their store by Townsend Brothers,
caused quite a crowd to gather, and
watch this morning about 11 o'clock.
Several tickets worth 25 cent3 each
were attached to the "ship." Several
more of these ships will be sent up
while this sale is on. Tonight at 7
o'clock they will send up a balloon
with fireworks attached.
Mr. E. D. McLean of Bladenboro
is among the visitors in town today.
He brought in a wagon load of beef.
Mr. McLean formerly lived in Lum
berton, but moved about a year ago to
Bladen, where he is engaged in stock
raising. He says that he finds stock
raising far more profitable than rais
ing cotton. Robeson farmers would
profit by raising more cattle and Iesa
cotton. Plant your cotton acres in
rye, oats, chufas, peanuts and other
things that will grow meat.
Dr. W. A. McPhaul returned this
morning from Richmond, Va., where
he went Tuesday night to see Mr. Mal
colm Humphrey, who has been in a
hospital there for some time. Mr.
Humphrey's condition is improving
and it is thought that he will be able
to return home in a few days. It will
be recalled that his spinal column was
injured some weeks ago when he div
into a swamp where the water was
shallow and struck his head on the
bottom. Mr. Humphrey's father, Mr.
F. P. Humphrey of Saddle Tree, was
in town this morning.
STOP THE CHILDS COLDS
THEY OFTEN RESULT SERIOUS
LY. Colds, Croup, Whooping Cough are
childrens ailments which need imme
diate attention. The after-effects are
often most serious. -Doji'l-take the
risk you don't have to. Dr. King's
New Discovery checks cold, soothes
the Cough, allays the Inflamma
tion, kills the Germs and allows Na
ture to do her healing work. 50c .at
your Druggist. Buy a bottle to-day.
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