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LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1915.
NUMBER 101
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SOMAN
TO FIGHT ATTEMPTED RAPE OF
PARKTON TOWNSHIP
Meeting of Chamber of Commerce
WiU be Held .Tomorrow Night to
Appoint Delegation to Go to Ra
eigh to Resist Attempt of Cumber
land County to Take Parkton Town,
ship Away From Robeson.
A meeting of the Chamber
of
Commerce will be held tomorrow
evening at 8 o'clock at the court
souse to appoint a delegation to go
to Raleigh to resist the attempt on
the part of Cumberland county to
take away from Robeson county the
township of Parkton. All who are
interested in preventing this violence
to Robeson county are urged to at
tend this meeting.
The Fayetteville Chamber of Com
merce has already appointed a strong
delegation to go to Raleigh Thurs
day of this week, when this mat
ter will come up for committee hear.
ing, to do all in their power to on
tain favorable action on this proposi
tion to give Parkton township to Cum.
berland county. Besides tht influ
ential men of Cumberland have been
going to Raleigh for the past few
weeks on this mission. A strong ion
by has been maintained at Raleigh
for some weeks and every possible
-effort is being made to make this
ffort to take away a part oi icon
-eson'a territory successful.
It i a matter of importance to
every citizen df Robeson county,
Robeson has no territory- to give
Cumberland or any other county and
if the proper fight is made the coun
ty's territory will be held intact
One of the arguments used to in
duce a favorable report i, that Rob
son county is not fighting the prop
osition It is the duty of Lumber
ton to show9 that this a mistake
If favorable report should be obtain
cd on this proposition it is probable
that other propositions to take away
other portions of Robeson would be
made.
Lumberton wants to let the Legis
lature know that the county is strong
ly opposed to the rape of any por
tion of itB territory. A large crowd
should attend the meeting tomorrow
right .
AFTER ROBESON'S TERRITORY
Strong Delegation From Fayetteville
Will Fight to Take Parkton Away
From Robeon.
Favetteville Dispatch. 5th.
A delegation of Fayetteville citi.
zens, headed by a committee from
ko rkomW nf Pnmmorpn. is' cninir
to Raleigh on next Thursday to urge
the Legislative committee to make
a favorable report on the bill to
chancre the boundary between Robe.
son and Cumberland counties so as
tn nlace Parkton township of the for
mer county in Cumberland. The Fay
etteville chamber of Commerce is
mailincr to every member of the
Legislature copies of strong resolu
tions favoring the annexation. The
committee appointed by the chamber
to go to Raleigh to work for the bill
is composed of J. B. Underwod, State
tive emmitteeman; Dr. J. Vance
"TcGougan, and John Allen MacLean,
Jr.
Atlantic Coast Line and State Reach
Agreement.
Kileish Special, 6th, to Wilmington
Star.
The Atlantic Coast Line author!
ties having given assurances that
there will be no further removals of
suits against the corporation in this
State to the Federal courts on the
plea that the corporation is o non
resident Virginia corporation, the Al.
len bill in the House for the repeal
of the act of the Legislature of 1899
authorizing the consolidation of the
old Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
Company with other lines in the for
mation of the Atlantic Coast Line
will be withdrawn or tabled by con
sent; also the Gilliam bill in the Sen
ate to the same effect and going to
the further extent of directing the
Attorney General to sue for dismem
berment and for receivers to wind
up the railroad properties through
sales as separate lines.
Average Cost Per Bushel of Corn
48.7 Cenls.
Mr. A. K. Robeson, assistant in
Boys' Corn Club work in the State,
advises The Robesonian that in his
estimate of the work of Corn Club
boys of Robeson county given in
Thursday paper he was incorrect in
estimating the average cost per bush
el of corn raised by the 32 boys re
porting as 53 cents. A revised es
timate shows the average cost to
have been 48.7 cents per bushel.
Dr. Alexander Friday of Next Week.
t Friday of next , week is the day
that Dr. H. (Alexander, State pres.
ident of the Farmers' Union, will ad
dress the Farmers' Union of Rob
eson and the farmers generally, as
the meeting will be public, at Back
Swamp school house. . Better get
ready and go. v
STORE ROBBED AT ROZIER
Two Negroes Charged With Break,
ing Into Store of Mr. W. H. Ro
sier Floor, Snuff and Canned
Goods Taken Bloodhounds Used
to Trail Robbers.
Robbers entered the store of 'Mr.
W. H. Rozier at Rozier's Thursday
night and carried off quite a bit of
flour, snuff and canned goods. The
robbers didn't seem .to be in much
bf a hurry, as they took time
open several cans of goods and ate
them before leaving the store. They
poured the rice out o fa sack into
a box m the store in order to get
something to carry the things away
in.
The back door and a window in the
back end of the building, were open
ed with an axe. Sheriff R. E. Lewis
was notified of the robbery early
rriday morning and secured blood
hounds from Chadbourn, the same
ones used in capturing the Marietta
store robbers a few weeks ago, and
the dogs followed a trail just like a
rabbitt dog trailing a rabbit, or ev.
en with more ease, for over two
miles going right through the camps
of the Kingsdale Lumber Corpora
tion, and went to the home of two
negro women, where two negro men,
James Billings and Will Cooper,, were
boardjing. JThe npgroes say their
homes are in South Carolina, but
they have been working for the
Kingsdale Corporation for some
time.
One of the negro women with
whom the negroes arrested were
boarding told two different stories
about the whereabouts of the men
on the night of the robbery. First
she said they ate supper and left
about 9 o'clock, then said that they
never left the home unless they left
after she was asleep. None of the
goods stolen were found, but the of
ficers and Mr. Rozier think they have
the right men. These two negroes
were in the store Thursday after.
noon.
The negroes are in jail and wil!
be given a hearing in the recorder's
court tomorrow.
Another Suspect Arrested.
Neill Brown, colored, was broueht
to jail this morning by oPliceman
M. F. Newton of St. Pauls. Brown
is charged with robbing, or helping
to rob, the store of Mr. W. H. Roz
ier at Rozier's Thursday nisrht. Some
of the goods stolen were found in
Brown s possession.
CARLYLE WILL CONTESTED.
Caveat Filed to Will of Late Miss
Thesia Carlyle Mr. K. M. Biggs
of Lumberton Chief Beneficiary.
A caveat wa filed in the office
of the clerk of the Superior Court
here Thursday afternoon to the will
oi tne late Miss Thesia Carlyle. The
will which will be contested conveys
an estate of about $100,000. the orin
cipal part of which under the will
goes to Mr. K. M. Biggs of Lum.
berton. The caveators allege undue
influence on the part of Mr. Biggs
on procuring the signature of Miss
Carlyle. who was his aunt, also that
ne was her business agent and con
fidential advisor prior to her death
and that he had himself appointed
executor of the will, thus making
him a large beneficiary and exec
utor.
Miss Carlyle was about 75 vears
old at the time of her death and
was a sister of the late Prof. Jno
B. Carlyle of Wake Forest College
ine caveators are represented by
Mr. S. S. Tvson of Bennettsville. S
C, and Messrs. Britt & Britt of Lum
berton.
Death of Mr. E. M. SmalL
Mr. E. M. Small, aged 65 years.
cued at his home near Center church
Friday night about 12 o'clock after
suffering for adveral toears from
paralysis. The funeral was conduct
ed at the grave Saturday afternoon
at 4 o'clock by Rev. W. R. Davis,
pastor of Center Baptist church, of
which deceased was a member, and
interment was made in the Lewis
cemetery near the home.
Deceased was a good man and
though a great sufferer for a number
of yearR he bore his afflicitions with
Christian spirit. He is survived by
his wife and 7 children, among them
being Mr. Spurgeon Small of Lum
berton.
Recorder's Court.
The"" following cases have been
tried before Recorder E. M. Britt
since Thursday:
Will Evans, colored, disposing of
landlord's part of crop, eight months
on roads.
Charley Butler, larceny of boat,
prayer for judgment continued on
payment of cost.
Alvis Barnes, simple assault, judg
ment suspended on payment of cost.
The Girl and the Tramp, which
held the boards at the opera house
Saturday night, was not much of a
play.
FIRE INSURANCE RATES
New Bill Would Not Give State Pow
er to Make Rate Bill Regulating
Practice of Optometry Becomes
Law 128 Laws Pased, Over 1,000
Bill Introduced.
Another chapter was added to
pending insurance legislation in the
General Assembly by the introduc
tion of bills in the Senate Saturday
to authorize the State Commissioner
of Insurance to hear complaints of
excessive fire insurance rates and
declare what should be the just and
reasonable rate, makintr public rec
ord of the same, but not going as
far a sthe pending bill in the House,
which would empower the Commis
sioner to actually lower the rate
The insurance companies insist that
if the actual rate-making power is
taken by the State they will with
draw from North Carolina. There
will be a committee hearing on the
Senate bills Wednesday, when a rep
resentative of the General Fire Un
derwriters' Boards will discuss the
situation as to insurance legislation.
With the session of the Legislature
half over, 128 acts have been duly
ratified as laws, 748 bills have been
introduced in the House and 566 in
the Senate.
An indirect Statewide stock-law
bill introduced in the Senate Satur
day provides that live stock be pro
hibited from running at large ex
cept in territory where the neonle
vote to allow them to run at large.
r
The House Saturday defeated the
bill from the Senate for the cre
ation of arbitral courts to be com
posed of the clerk of the court and
two commissioners named by him to
settle differences out of court
The House Saturday nasspH the
Senate bill regulating the practice
of optometry. This measure now a
law will put an end to auack spec
tacle venders in the State. It pro
vides that a person must be 21 vears
of age before he can become a li
censed optometrist, must have at
tended an optical coUece or irtudierf
for two years under a practicing op
tician, De a nigh school graduate or
its equivalent and a person of rood
character.
A bill has been introduced to make
an appropriation for building a ware
house in Raleigh for the storage of
records and other valuable papers
for the State.
Valentine Party and Conundrum Sap
per at Bloomingdale School Fab.
12.
A Valentine nartv and conundrum
supper will be triven at the Bloom.
ingdale school house, near Barnes-
ville, triday night of this week, the
12th. The public is invited There
will be a charge for the supper, the
proceeds to be used for the benefit
of the school. Misses Fronnie Ken
dall, Kanella Braddy and Ola John
son are the teachers.
To THE Citizens
And of Robeson County.
A Special Edition Commemorating the Forty-Fifth
Anniversary of The Robesonian is now in Course of Com
pilation It will be a publicaton that will convey in a most
attractive manner to the outside world and to the people of
Robeson County, that right now is the time to awaken to
he fact that our entire community is emerging from a cri
sis of business depression, that
application of forethought be
Robeson County is abundantly blessed with natural
resources, soil, climate, and environment that only need"
thehandof men with progressive ideas, and modern meth
ods to make the earth yield bountiful wealth.
This result can easily be
spirit manifested by all, in the
crop idea", and using our most
versifying of crops that promise
tablishing a prosperous condition in all affairs of industry,
Tftis is the opportune
ing this progressive doctrine.
every firm and individual, who
on and Robeson County what
:o the success ofeundertaking that The Robesonian has
inaugurated.
Those who have not already been approached for
representation in the Forty-Fifth Anniversary Edition of
this paper will receive a call from our solicitor a! once-
LUMBER BRIDGE LOCALS
Woman's Club Organized New Fam
ilies Moving in For High School
Advantages.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumber Bridge, Feb. 6. The la
dies of our town met on last Wed
nesday afternoon in the Masonic hall
and oriraniaed a Woman' flnh
Those present were very enthusias
tic over the work which the club
hopes to accomplish. The nurnoses
of the organization are the social and
civic betterment of the community
in general and encouragement of the
young people in everything looking
towards their uplift. The meetings
of the club are to be held on Wed
nesday after the first Sunday in
each month and the next meeting
will be held at the dormitory.
The Lumber Bridge high school is
working smoothly. New families are
moying into the neighborhood and
consequently the attendance is much
larger than it has been in some time,
notwithstanding the hard times.
Prof. Woodward, our principal, was
called away to Raleich last week
and during his absence his place was
amy rilled by Mr. Browne Evans of
St Pauls.
Our truck farmers are planting
peas and there has been a much larg.
er acreage put in small Brain than
usual.
BROAD RIDGE BRIGES
Series of Meeting New Store Mr.
I. P. Ivey Moves Into New Resi
dence Personal.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Broad Ridge (Orrum, R. 1), Feb.
3. We have been having lots of rain
in this section recently. Our farm
ers have not done much plowing yet
on account of wet weather.
Rev. Alfred Stephen, of Mexico,
Degan a series of meetings here last
week which lasted till Sunday. Large
crowds attended and much good seems
to have been done, there being some
additions to the church.
On account of oreachin? our Sun
day school did not attend the quar.
teriy meeting Sunday.
Miss Donie Ivey and brother of the
Bethseda section visited Mr. D. C
Lawson here last week, returning
nome Sunday.
Mr H. V. Ammons. who was se
verely hurt some time ago, in a pow.
der explosion, has about recovered
we are glad to sav.
Mr. J. P. Mitchell of Fairmont wan
visiting thi section last Sunday.
Rev. J. I. Stone has onenod nn
a small merchantile business near the
business formerly run by Bullock
Bros., here.
Mr. I. P. Ivev has moved into bis
new residence near here.
Weddings seem to have ceased in
this section. Guess the war has ston-
ped them.
Let everybody remember our nrav.
er services every Sunday at 3 p. m.
and come.
of Lumberton
can with energy, and an
avoided in the future.
obtained by a cooperative
abandonment of the "one
strenuous efforts in 1 the di
profitable returns, and es
moment for strongly exploit
The united cooperation of
has helped make Lumber-
they, ere today, is essential
THOMPKINS.EDENS
A Brilliant Church Wedding at Red
Springs Miss Margaret Edens Be
comes the Wife of Mr. J. W.
Thompkins.
Correspondence of The Robesonian,
Red Springs, Feb. 6 A lovely
wedding, celebrated at 5 o'clock last
Tuesday afternoon in the Presbyte
rian church, was that of Miss Marga.
ret Edens, only daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Edens of this place, and
Mr. J. W. Thompkins of Colmubia,
S. C. The altar of the church was
banked with potted plants, ferns and
pine, whH .graceful ropes of ivy
draped the pillows of the choir loft.
M1S3 Mary Mchacuern at the organ,
gracefully rendered the wedding
marcnes,, assmed by the violin quar
tet composed of Misses Allison Pear.
sall, Dixon Vardell, Annie Johnson
Louise Dixon. Just before the hour
a choir of twelve trained voices sang
the Bridal chorus from "The Rose
Maiden," immediately after which the
bridal party entered to the solemn
notes of the march from Lohengrin.
Down the left aisle came Miss
Tompkins, sister of the groom and
bridesmaid, gowned in accordian
plaited chiffon en train over turquois-
chaumeuse with pearl trimmings.
Mr. J. D. Edens, Jr., came down the
right aisle and met her at the altar.
Next came Mrs. William Home, dame
of honor, in accordian plaited chif.
fon en tram, over pink satin, wjio
was met at the altar by Mfv Home,
entering from the opposite aisle.
Then came Miss Kate McLean as
maid of honor, gowned in blue crepe
de chene with trimmings of silver.
Each maid and the dame of honor
carried a basket of white carnations
and maiden hair fern tied with satin
bows of midnight blue.
The bride, lovely in her gown of
ivory satin with chiffon overdress,
her tull veil held in place with a
wreath of orange blossoms, carrying
a bouquet of brides roses and carna.
tions, entered the church with her
father, who gave her in marriage,
and was met at the altar by the
groom, who entered from the choir
room with hi best man, Mr. Presley
Thompkins. Dr. C. G. Vardell of the
Southern Presbyterian college (per
formed the ceremony, assisted by
Dr. J. J. Hill, pastor of the bride.
The bridal party left the church to
the strain, of mendelsohns march.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompkins left on
the six o'clock train for a trip south,
after whicS they will be at home at
1524 Henderson street. Columbia. S.
u.
Among the out-of-town guests who
attended the marriage were Miss Car
rie Sue Tompkins, Mr. Presley Tomp-
Kins, xwrs. k. D. Morton, Mr. H. D
Jennings of Columbia. S. C Mr. and
Mrs. William Home of Fayetteville,
Mr. j. u. Edens of Selma; Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Fields, Miss Moore Da
vidson of Boardman; Mrs. M. J,
Easterhng, Mrs. M. P. Watson. Row
land; Miss Sadie Stewart, Johns; Mr.
and Mrs. Marley and Mrs. McGoo
gan of Lumber Bridge.
air. c Nve. a nrocrefisive
mercnant or urrum, is among the
business visitors in town today. Mr.
Nye says things are moving alone
, - - ---
niceiy down his way.
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The annual meetinc of the ntn lf-
holders of the Robeson Buildi
Loan Association will be held Thurs.
day morning of this week at 11
o'clock in the directors' rnnm t th
National Bank of Lumberton.
Mr. Walter Nance recently in
serted a small ad in The Robeson
ian s penny column saying that he
had some fine chickens for sale. He
say, the ad sold the chickens, every
one or them, the day after it appear
ed. 'Nough said.
air. iv. Lawrence received a
wire Saturday advising ,him of the
death of his old black mammy and
he and Mrs. Lawrence left Saturday
night for Wake Forest to attend the
funeral yesterday. Mr. Lawrence re
turned this morning. Mrs. Lawrence
will return tonight.
The white teachers of Robeson
will hold a meeting here Saturday,
February 20. The prosrramme is be
ing arranged and will be published
in lhe Kobesonian at an early date.
It will be decided at this meeting
whether or not Robeson will have a
county commencement this year.
"Home Run Baker's Double", a
Kalem 2-reel baseball feature pic
ture, will be run at the Pastime the
atre tomorrow. Baseball fana need
no introduction to Baker. Four reels
of pictures will be run first four
days this week and five reels will
be run Friday and Saturday.
Whenever You Need a General Toole
Take Grove's
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable cs a
General Tonic because it contains the
well known tonic propertiesof QUININE
and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives
oat Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds op the Whole System. 50 cents.
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
Middling cotton is worth 7 3-4 on
the local market today.
' Mr. O. C. Norment is having his
residence on Sixth street remodeled
and enlarged.
There will be a special commun
ication of St. Alban's Lodge No. 114.
A. F. & A. M., tomorrow eveninjr
at 7:30 o'clock. Third degree work.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Civic Association will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock
in the library at the graded schoo,
building.
Dr. Paisley Fields of Boardman
r o ainl L. . i . ...
t.ancu nirouirn town thl mnnin
j en route to Bladenboro, where he will
oe located for some time. Dr. Fields
ii 4cuces dentistry.
Mr. E. W. Kinlaw has bought
the stock and fixture, of the fruit
stand near the Seaboard station on
Elm street, from Mr. H. H. Abbott,
and will conduct a fruit and groc
ery business.
Business conditions seem to be
improving generally. One Lumber
ton merchant remarked last week
that his January business was much
better than his December business,
Christma, thrown In.
K-ML.CVN)rment " celebrating
his 77th bfrthday today. Mr. Nor
ment is hale and hearty and
pas spry as a young . man. The rih
of his many friends is that yet many
more birthdays may find him enjoy
ing good health.
Mr. Stephen Mclntyre, senior
member of the well-known law firm
of Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proctor,
came to Lumberton to live just 19
years ago to a day Friday of last
week, February 5. He received li
cense to practice law 19 year aro
last Wednesday. "
Gen. F. A. Bond of Hunters'
Lodge, near Lowe, celebrated his
77th birthday (Saturday. Hfe 4
not look it; nobody would ever ac
cuse him; he is 77 years youne
Mrs. Geo. B MrJnA '
duii, mr.
Badger spent Saturday at Hunters
"ujre neiping uen. and Mrs. Bond
celebrate the event.
-"Uncle" Barney Floyd, colored,
or route 1 from Lumberton was in
town Saturday and sWH Tk t.
sonian to say that the congregation
of Pleasant Meadow Baptist church
colored, wish to express their thanks
to Mrs. Robert Collins of the star
route from Lumberton for a nice
cake which was sold for 9 4
K. vwvuo n, usea in Duiioing a
new church.
The price reduction sale which
Mr. L. H. Caldwell launched recently
in his big department store has sur.
passed his most sanguine expecta
tions. Hi, store or rather, his sev
eral stores under one roof has been
pretty well filled with bargainhunt
ers since the opening day; and still
they come. Big bargains pushed by
liberal advertising, Mr. Caldwell says,
make big business.
Mr. R. J. Jone, of Lumber Bridge
was among the visitors in town Sat
urday. Mr. Jones has recently bought
interest in the Wagram Mercantile
Co., at Wagram, and will move there
at an early date. Mr. Jones has
been elected secretary-treasurer of
the company. IIe has not sold his
"nterest in the Central Supply Com
pany at Lumber Bridge. His broth
er, Mr. J. H. Jones, will have
of the business there.
Mr. A. L. Stone of th !n
Branch section, about 7 miles from
Lumberton on route 4 was among:
the visitors in town Fridav Mr
Stone, who has been raising tobacl
co for a number, of years, is inclin
ed to doubt the wisdom of requiring'
farmers to grade tobacco before of-
renng it for sale for the reason that
not many tobacco srrowers. he snvs.
really know how to grade tobacco
and they cannot always get the nec
essary help.
Miss Nina Hamilton of ManVtfa
arrived Friday and i, at the home
of her brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. F. Grover Britt. wW
Saturday Dr. R. S. Beam removed
her tonsile and adenoids. The ope.
ration seems to have been very suc
cessfulthough Dr. Beam said it was
tne worst he ever performed as she
was able to be up yesterday Her
father, Mr. J. T. Hamilton, was with
r.er dunnsr the ODeration. lut re
turned home yesterday. Mis, Ham
ilton will return home tomorrow.
Mr. W. S. Wishart, manager of
the Pastime theatre, has secured the
Keystone Comedies, two reels to ba
run on Saturday of each week in ad
dition to the regular service. Those
who s-aw the first installment Satur
day fay they are something out of
the ordinary, and. jjdjriner from the
uproar of laughter that . filled the
building while these pictures were
being shown, they mu3t be sidesplit
ters. No doubt these nicture. will
draw large crowds, as the price will
remain the same, 10 cents for adults
and S cents for children.
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