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71 ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS- COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $1.50 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCB. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1915. NUMBER 94 VOL. XLV. ROBESONIAN rrn: LEGISLATION WANTED Farmers Union Favors Appointment by Legislature of Public Cotton Weighers and Graders for Markets of Robeson Union Also Favors Re peal of Lien Law President Alex ander to Speak in County. A very enthusiastic meeting of the Robeson Division of the Farmers' Un ion was held in the court house here yesterday. Most of the locals were represented. Several legislative measures vere discussed, among them being that of the Legislature's appointing public cotton weighers and graders for the markets of Robeson. The Union went oh record as favoring this, and appointed Messrs. F. Grover Britt and W. P. Barker as a committee to confer with the Chamber of Commerce in regard to asking the present Leg islature to appoint one for the town of Lumberton. The Union: also went on record as favoring the repeal of the lien law and all other measures asked for by the State Union. Mr. W. K. Culbreth was appointed a member of the executive committee in place of Mr. J. W. Hodgin of Red Springs, who resigned. Mr. E. W. Bass was also appointed a member of this committee in place of Mr.- J. E. Carlyle, who resigned. mittee were requested to meet here Monday at 11 a. m., as there is some important business for their trans action. State President Dr. H. Q. Alexander of Charlotte will speak at some point in the county on or about February 19. The exact date and place will be determined later. 112,000 PEOPLE PERISH Italy Visited by Earthquake of Wide Extent Villages Destroyed and 20,000 People Injured. Rome Dispatch, 13th. Italy has been visited by an earth, quake of wide extent, which, accord ing to the lates't advices, has resulted in the death of 12,000 and injury to possibly 20,000 more in towns and villages destroyed. The shock was the strongest Rome hag felt in more than a hundred years. The town of Avezzano, in the Abruzzi department, 63 miles east of Rome, has been levelled to the ground, and here 8,000 persons are reported to have been killed. In many small towns surrounding Rome buildings were partially wreck ed, while at Naples, a panic occurred and houses fell at Caserta, a short dis tance to the east. From below Naples in the south to Ferrera in the north, a distance of more than 300 miles, and across almost the width of the country, the undulatory movement continued for a considerable period. County Farm Demonstrator Boone Accepts Demonstration Work in Sandhills. Mr. J. A. Boone, who has been farm demonstrator for Robeson for the past two years, hag accepted a similar position as farm demonstra tor in the sandhill country about Ab erdeen, Moore county, at a larger saK ary than he has . been earning here. He will go tomorrow to Aberdeen to enter upon hi8 new work, his notice to report or duty being short. Part of the funds for carrying on demonstra tion work in the sandhill country is furnished by some wealthy men who are interested in the development of that section, hence the larger sala ry they are able to offer. Mr. Boone has done good work as demonstrator in Robeson and many will regret his decision to leave, while rejoicing also in his good for tune. Mr. Boone says he regrets to leave Robeson but feels that this is an opportunity he cannot afford to miss. At their meeting the first of the month the county commissioner vot ed to appropriate $600 to carry on the farm demonstration work in the county this year, the county paying half of the salary, so no doubt a man to supply Mr.. Boone's place will be appointed soon by the National De partment of Agriculture. Mr. T. D. McLean of Carthage who is supervis or of demonstration work for the east ern part of the State, is in town to day. dav. He says a graduate of an ag ricultural college, who is also a prac tical farmer will be put in charge of the work in Robeson. 60,196 BALES GINNED 16,765 Bales Ahead of Same Date in 1913. SDecial to The Robesonian. Red. Springs, Jan. 13 60,196 bales of cotton ginned In Robeson county prior to December 13,1914, as com pared with 43,431 prior to the same date in 1913. D. McP. McARTHUR, f9T& :r: .,"' 'Agent. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY State-Wide Dog Tax Proposed, Also State-Wide Primaries For Sani tary Railway Cars and Waiting Rooms To Buy Summit Mount Mitchell For More Humane Treat ment of Convicts. Yesterday bills were, introduced in the Legislature providing for a State wide tax on dogs, for a State-wide primary, and to amend Constitution eliminating the homestead exemption. At a joint session of the Senate and House held Tuesday at noon in the hall of the latter Senator Lee S. Ov erman -was declared elected to the 6 year term in the U. S. Senate begin ning with March 4, next, after the vote cast last November had been can vassed, and E. L. Travia was declared elected chairman of the Corporation Commission for a term of 4 years. Mr. Allen of Wayne county has in troduced a bill to domesticate the part of the Atlantic Coast Line Ry. formerly the Wilmington & Weldon. The Coast Line claims to be a foreign corporation and cannot be sued in the State courts for any amount ov er $3,000, so if a suit for more than this amount is brought they have the suit removed to the Federal court. Mr. Allen's bill would remedv that branch is concerned. A House, bill provides that a rail road shall furnish cuspidors for every seat in its cars and also for its wait ing rooms. Any spitting on floors of cars or waiting rooms shall be li able to a fine of $25, and a conductor is given authority to put any person who refuses to use these receptacles off a train. Railway companies shall also be compelled to keep "waiting rooms and toilets in sanitary condi tion and failure to do so will subject them to fine of $50. A bill to buy the summit of Mount Mitchell and convert it into a pari' has been introduced in the House. A bill has been introduced in the Senate to increase the holding ca pacity of Wake Forest College to $5,000,000, which will enable the trus tees of the institution to accept any gifts offered beyond the present ca pacity. . Mr. Laughinghouse of Pitt has presented a bill in the House that has as its object the breaking up of the pistol toting habit. The bill pro vides that every owner of a pistol shall pay a tax equal to the poll tax he has to pay and in addition to (this there is a provision fixing the min imum punishment of $50 fine and six months imprisonment for carrying concealed weaponsv Representative G. B. Sellers of Robeson has been appointed a mem ber of the House committees on Fed eral relations, institutions for the blind, and insane asylums. The first bill to become a law was one to relieve a young couple who! had been married in Franklin county by a justice of the peace whose term had expired at the time the ceremony was performed, which fact was not known at the time to either the mag istrate or the couple. j Senator Muse of Moore ha, intro duced a bill which provides that 'no boy under the age of 15 year? shall be sentenced to work on the public roads or shall be imprisoned in any county work Jhouse". Thia is the first part of the legislation recom mended by the Carolina Prisoners Aid Society. i Senator Snow has introduced a bill to make it unlawful for any person imprisoned in jail to be compelled to appear in any court for trial dressed in the unifor mof a prisoner or convict, or in any apparel other than ordinary civilian dress. j Enrolled for Ratification The House bill, introduced by Mr. Sellers Saturda yof last week and mentioned in Monday's Robesonian, to allow the treasurer of Robeson to give a personal bond and naming Mr. M. G. McKenzie, elected last fall, to fill out the term, passed all readings in the Senate Tuesday and was en rolled far ratification. Yesterday's News and Observer reports that the bill provoked some discussion. Sen ator Johnson of Hoke, upon inquiry of a Senator, volunteered the informa tion that the necessity for such ac tion came about when, following the election of McKenzie, the surety com pany declined to stand bond. Sena, tor McLeod, says the News and Ob server report, "declared that the bill, as it appeared to him, perverted one of the principles of the law, taking away the discretionary power of the commissioners of a county to judge of the satisfactory nature of a bond." But it was found the bill required the personal bond tobe sat isfactory in form and substance to the commissionersand it passed fur ther readings without a hitch. .- A- . . To feel strong, have good appetite and digestion, sleep soundly and en ioy life, use Burdock Blood Bitters. the family system tonic. Price, $1.00 MT. ELI AM MATTERS Swing TobAi:r3 R-'ds Galoic Sme Building Going On Fine Sunday School Personal Correspondence of The Robesonian. Mt. Eliam, (Lumberton, R 4), J?.-,. 12. Farmers a-e v .-y busy around here now sowing tobacco beds and getting ready for a-.ohe' crop It looks like from the beds being sown the tobacco crop will be a bumper. There is some building going on on the Mount. Mr. R. P. Store's res idence will soon be completed. Our Sunday school Sunday v-as th best and largest attendance ve have had in some time. -The Baraca and Philathea classes, organized some few weeks ago, are doing fine, we are glad to say. Mr. Fred Hilburn of Fayetteville spjent a week with his sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. P. T. Britt, last week. He returned to Fay etteville Sunday night. Mr. Grover Britt of Lumberton was on the Mount Sunday. Miss May Branch of the Long Branch section spent Saturday night and Sunday with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Stone. Sunday at Lumberton visiting their daughter, Miss Katie Stone, who is teaching at East Lumberton BROAD RIDGE BREEZES Severe Wind and Rain Storm Pros pects for Good Deal of Tobacco Personal. Correspondence .of The Robesonian Broad Ridge, (Orrum, R. 1), Jan. 12.A severe wind and rain stoma visited this section last week and did considerable damage. Mr. H. V. Amnions, who was in jured in a powder can explosion at Stone's store some time ago, and had since been at the Thompson hospital, returned home last week much im proved, but owing to a change since it has been necessary for him to re turn for treatment. We wish him a speedy recovery. Misses Nora and Sarah Stone of Mt. Eliam visited Misses Mary Surles and Clyde Howard Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Britt of Hog Swamp visited this section Sunday Mr. I. H. Warwick of Orrum spent last Sunday here with Mr. K M Britt. ' ' It begins to look now like there is going to be a good deal of tobacco raised in this section, judging from the number of beds being made. Raft Swamp News Notes. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lowe, Jan. 11 Rev. W. R. Davis filled his regular appointment here last Saturday and Sunday, A large crowa attended. Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Prevatt arp 1l smiles it's a boy. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. TownSfnrf at tended church at Oak Grove Sunday. Mr. Roy Townsend spent the week, end visiting friends near Wakulla Mr. Archie Johnson of Wakulla spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Townsnr1 Listen for the wedding bells. Elrod Echoes Movements People. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Elrod, Jan. llMr. W. H. Jones of Micro visited hL sons. Messrs R D. and J. H. Jones. Saturdav nio-lit and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Poole called to the home of Mrs. Pool's father at Rockingham by a telegram on account of the death of Mr Poole's mother Mr. H. V. Simpson of Rockv Mount spent a few days here last week vis iting friends. Mi Iola Hanror - of Charlotta is again visiting in the home of her aunt, Mrs. R. H. Poole, and will re main some time on ceount nf health. Mr. D. H. McCall wa in Rowland one day last week on business Mr. Zeb McCall has returned to Raleigh where he will resume his studies at the A. and M. College, af. ter spending the holidays with his parents here. Mr, and Mrs. Hadden McClain of AlcDonald spent Saturday and Sun day visiting relatives here. Mr. D. H. McCall was in Maxton Thursday. Mr. Leroy Miller is sick. Mr. Lawrence Wilson of Fairmont is amon gthe business visitors in town today. How To Give Quinine To Children. FEBRFLINR Is the trade-mark name riven to an Improved Quinine. It is a Tasteless Syrup, pleas ant to take and doea pot disturo tne st-uacn. Children take it and never know it j Q n'ne. Also especially adapted to adults wno cannot take ordinary Quinine. Does not nauseate nor cause nervousness nor ringing in the bead. Try it the next time yon need Quinine for any pur. pose. Ask for 2-ounce original package. T. ne BameFEBKXUKEUbJwtabctUe. esccau. BANKING HOUSES PROSPEROUS Annual Meetings of Stockholders and Directors Reports of Officers Show Local Banks in Good Condi tion Showing Made Exceedingly Gratifying, Conditions Considered. That the banks of Lumberton are safely managed institutions i3 indi caltd by the following re rts of the annual meetings of stockholder.-, and directors: National Hank of Lumberton The resr.ilar annual meeting of the stockholders and directors of the Na. tional Bank of Lumberton, formerly the Bank of Lumberton, wa held at the handsome new banking house on the corner of Elm and Third streets on Tuesday. The president's report showed the bank to be in excellent condition and all loans well secured. While the total amount on depdsit was somewhat les3 than it was a year ago, on account of the low price of cotton, yet the number of depositors has greatly increased during the past year. The total resources of the bank on January 11, 1915, were $644,954 887 as compared with $579,652.53 on aJn. uary 11, 1914. A dividend of 3 per cent was de clared, which, added to the 4 per cent paid last July, makes a total reduced on account of the fact that tne Dank had not made as much money as usual. In reference to this item the president stated in his re port: "This decrease in net profits for the year has been due not only to the general decrease in the volume of business, but more particularly on account of the fact that, for several months succeeding the opening of hostilities in Europe, and while the money and cotton market were in a very unsettled condition, we deemed it proper, in order to try to help the farmers, to lend them money on cot ton stored at 6 per cent, when the money we had borrowed for this pur pose was costing us considerably more than that rate. Your board of direc tors considered it roper to follow tor considered it proper to follow willingness to take care, as far as possible, of the unusual financial sit uation to the best advantage of those who had favored us with their bus iness in more prosperous times. Your bank was perhaps the only bank in this section which loaned money m any volume to the farmers and others upon cotton stored during the unfavorable period of the cotton mar Ket. ine aggregate amount of loa ins made upon cotton direct 000.00." $41,- The bank has a capital, surplus and undivided profits of over $130,000 . 00, and numbers among its officers and stockholders some of the ablest and wealthiest business men in section of the country. "Safety first" has always been the watchword of the management since the bank wa or ganized seventeen and a half years "6". All old directors and offi re-elected, as follows: DirectorsA W. McLean, C. B. Townsend, R. T). Caldwell. A. E. White, s. m,.t Oscar Page, R. R. Barnes, L. H ?IdTWew,r M- J???' E J' Britt' V. T. Williams. TT P t..j Norment. L. R. V,.. r t .fCeT:a-A- W' McLean, president; C. B. Townsend, R. D dents; C. V. Brown, cashier; S. K Nash, assistant cashier. farmers and Merchants Bank The annual meetino- -i. v l ij "ft iO BLOCK- holders of the FarmerB & Mew. Li !! bu,ldin' Chestnut and fourth streets, yesterday The re ports of the nresident " were very eratifvino" " stockholders were highly pleased with the showing made during the past coenadritieoriaI,y Under All the old board nf a; elected with the ; , . John Knox, whose physical condition w. nut anow hi mto serve on the board. Mr J. F!. rQ,i,.i r, ,! Swamp was elected in the place of Dr. Knox. The board is now com posed of the following: T. A Mc Neill, Sr., J. E. Carlyle. M. W. Floyd C. B. Skipper, A. P. Caldwell, D H Britt, Sr.. W. M. Bridgers, L. E Whaley, Geo. L. ThomDson. R P Barnes, K. M. Barnes. Immediately after the stockhold ers meeting adjourned the directors met and re-elected the following of. fleers; T. A. McNeill, Sr., president; R. R. Barnes, first vice-president: L. E. Whaley, second vice-president; K. M. Barnes, cashier; E. L. Wha. ley, assistant cashier. Among the Sick. " First National Bank. The annual meeting of the share holders of the First National Bank of Lumberton .was held on Tuesday, the 12th instant. Taking into consideration the fact MODEL HEALTH COMMUNITY Another Rural Community to be Se lected for Sort of Work That Has Made Philadelphus Community Fa. mous Dr. Page Re-elected Whole Time County Health Officer Free Anti.Typhoid Vaccination and Hook-worm Treatment to be Con tinued. The Robeson rounty hoard of health, which is composed of Mr. A J. Floyd, of Fairmont, chairman 'of birthday. the board of county commissioners; When you have any job work Prof. J. R. Poole, county superintend- you want done, remember The Robe ent of public instruction, Mr. A. E. jsonian can do the work and will ap. White, mayor of Lumberton, and j preciate your business. Drs. T. L. Northrop of St. Pauls and Mr. W. H. Kinlaw has moved nit H. II. llodgin of Ked bprings, met in;iaw office from the Coluo-bii hotel the court house here Monday after noon. The following business was transacted : Dr. B. W. Page was re-elected county health officer at the same sal ary, $2,5J)0 per year. Dr. Page was instructed, or allow, ed at his request, to continue the free vaccination against typhoid to all cit izens of the county who care to take ItAJoontinue the free hook worm treatment. Dr. Page was also instructed (to pick iout some ruraV community in the county and make of it a model health community in the same manner as the Philadelphus community was brought to its pres- State Board of Health. The Rankin system of quarantine was recommended. This method will be explained through the county press by Dr. Page. The people of the county generally now realize that the county health officer is the most necessary officer in the county, and no doubt the re election of Dr. Page will meet the hearty approval of all the citizens of the county. Notices of New Advertisements. Report of condition of Bank of Parkton. Report of condition of Bank of Pembroke. Report of Condition of Bank of Fairmont. l ine made-tio-meavi ? clothing, special man at store M ,n-V.v, Jan. 18 K. M. Biggs. Legal notice of sale of land--W. S. Britt, Commissioner. Leave your measure for custom tailored clothes Jno. T. B!?3 Co. Three big vaudeville acts between pictures at Pastime theatre tonight. Mule lost A. M. Kelly, Blanden boro. Excellent table board with private family. Buggies C. M. Fuller & Son Second-hand hog wire wanted. Big tailoring isaje (Monday, aJn. 18, at K. M. Biggs' store. Mules, horses, buggies, wagons, harness C. M. Filler & Son. "The Spitfire, a melodramatb iarce of laughs and tnrills" at Past mo the atre tomorrow. Groceries, fruits, country produce. etc. Gilmore & Martin. Mules, cash or credit C. M Ful ler. Second-hand Hupmobile "runabout for sale or exchange. Boarding house for rent W. W. Carlyle. Good assortment of mules C. M. Fuller. Battles Large and Small Raging London Dispatch, 13th. Battles large and small, all having an important bearing on the situa tion are raging at widely separated pointg in Europe and Asia. that cotton has been low, the presi dent s report wa8 considered unusu ally good. The following directors were elect ed to serve for the ensuing year: Geo. B. McLeod, J. A. McAllister, Jno. A. Ward. C T. Pate. A. H. Mc. Leod, T. L. Johnson and H. M. Mc Allister. At a meeting of the directors, held immediately after the shareholders' meeting, the usual semi-annual div idend of five per cent was declared. All o the old officers were re-elect ed for the ensuing year and Mr. V. B. McMillan was elected assistant cashier. The First National Bank of Lum berton is now ten years old, and this week pay its twentieth dividend. Over $40,000.00 has been paid out m cash dividends since the organiza tion of the bank, and it has a sur. plus of $23,000.00(; a record of which each of the officer, and directors is justly proud. What She Wanted. "I want to stop my baby's cough," eaid a young mother Tuesday, "but I won't give him any harmful drugs." She bought Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. It loosens the cough quickly, stimulates the mucus mem branes and helps throw off the chok ing1 secretion, easee pain and gives the child "normal rest. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Middling cotton today 7 1-8 cents. There seems to be much mov. coon- ine eoine on about over the try. License has been issued for the marriage of G. B. Guy and Fannie Baxley. All the banks of Lumberton will be closed Tuesday, January 19, Lee's building ir.'.u room 'No. 1 ccr Mr. J. H. Wishart's store, Chestnut street. Dr. J. D. Regan ha9 moved his office from the second floor of the Columbia hotel building to the sec ond floor f the McNeill building, Elm street. Annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce this evening at court house at 8 o'clock. Important meet ing. Election of officers. Prof. J. R. Poole, county sup intendent of public instruction, and Dr. B. W. Page, county health offi cer, visited the schools at Marietta and Oak Dale yesterday. theatre will offer a-io'-bor Famous"" Players' feature, four reels, long, in which Carlyle Blackwell will be the leading character. Four reels regular service will be run Saturday. Mr. J. C. Barnes, who for about six years had been a salesman in the drygoods department in Mr. L. H. Caldwell's department store, has resigned, hi resignation going in to effect yesterday. Mr. Barnes has not yet decided what he will do. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. C. Fuller mov. ed yesterday into Mr. W. M. Brown's house formerly owned by Mr. A. W. Peace North Elm street. Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Rozier, who, as men tioned in The Robesonian will move back to Lumberton from their home in the country, will occupy the Skip per house on Water street vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Fuller. Mr. W. A. McCormick of St. Pauls was among the visitorg in town Tunesday morning. Mr. McCormick got on the "God blessed" list oy pay ing his subscription a year in ad virice, taking advantage, as other farmers are doing, of the offer of ihe Progressive rarmer, a paper which every farmer should read, and The Robesonian both 12 months for $2. Mr. Ira B. Mullis, civil engineer who has been doing some work at Lillington, Harnett county, is spend ing a few days in town. Mr. Mullis, who has an office here, say9 it has been circulated that he intended leav ing Lumberton, but he denies the charge, saying there are two things he does not intend to do leave Lum berton and get along without The Robsonian. Rev. J. S. lljjdy of Fayetteville preached a strong sermon at Trinity P. E. church last Sunday at 11 a m. Mr. Moody will in the future preach at this church on the first and fourth Sundays in each month at 7:30 p. m. and on the second Sunday at 11 a. m. This new church, which was recently completed, is located on North Chestnut street. Sunday school ig held each Sunday afternoon at 3:30, to which the public is invited as well as to the regular church ser vices. SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX CARRIES Special Tax Voted Tuesday in Dis trict 2, Lumberton Robe8on Now Has 61 Special Tax Districts. A special school tax election for not over 30 cents on the $100 and 90 cents on the poll was carried in district No. 2, Lumberton township, Tuesday. This makes a total of 61 special school districts in Robeson. As has been mentioned in The Rob esonian before, Robeson easily leads the State in the number of special school tax districts. Camp Willis H. Pope Meets ajnn. ary 19. The surviving members of Camp Willis H. Pope are called to meet In the court house in Lumberton Tues day, January 19 at 11 a. m. There is some important business for transac tion and a full attendance is desir ed, i bIsZSnS J. A. McALLISTER, Commander M. G. McKENZIE, Adj't. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Mercer of Smith"? among the shoppers In tow:-, to.. ay. Mr. John 3t?phen3 of route 1 from Orrum ia among the visitors in town today. OS "Wra pn saara BorjaarpMa jam anr Pto9ih sjn.jaoipiinojaioaajtvMia'puiia aaiqi 0 ,3 Jioj oi sua, XXHWXfiio i I
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