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E ROBE ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TKUTH $1.50 A YEAR. DUE IN ADTANCB VOL XLV. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1915. NUMBER 102 rm SOMAN MR. J. M. SELLERS DEAD Passed Awit at Hospital at 1:45 This Afternoon Funeral Tomor row at Mt. Eliam. Mr. J. M. Sellers, aged about 35 years, died at the Thompson hospit al this afternoon about 1:45 of can cer of the. stomach. . Deceased had been suffering for 'some time, but jwas not brought to the hospital till Tuesday afternoon. He underwent an operation yesterday afternoon, but the doctors entertained no hope for his recovery after the operation. The remains will be taken to the home at Mt. Eliam this afternoon and the funeral and burial will take place to morrow at 11 o'clock a. m. Inter ment will be made in the Ward cem etery near the home. H eis surviv d by hi swife and four small chil dren, one of them, a 10-year.old boy, being blind and in the State school for the blind at Raleigh. He was notified of his father's death and will arrive tonight. Deceased was a member of Mt. Eliam Baptist church, and had many friends in south Robeson, who will be grieved to hear of his death, FIGHTING FOR THE COUNTY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY A Delegation in Raleigh Fighting the Effort to Take Parkton Township Away From Robeon and Give it to Cumberland Hearing This Af ternoon. County Attorney E. J. Britt, rep resenting the board of commission, ers of Robeson county; Mayor A. E. White, representing the town Lum. berton; Mr. R. D. Caldwell, represent ing the Chamber of Commerce; Mr. T. A. McNeill, Jr., chairman of the county Democratic executive com mittee; Messrs. S. Mclntyre, Frank Gough, W, Lennon, A. W McLean, L.R. Varser and T.LJohnson are among the Robeson county folk who are in Ral eightoday. to fight the snide attempton the part of Cumberland county to take Parkton township away from Robeson. A hearing is being held this afternoon before the committee of the Legislature oh counties, cities and towns. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday evening these gentlemen agreed to go to Raleigh and others were asked who could not go. On motion of Mr. R. D. Cald well a resolution was passed request ing Mr. E. J. Britt, county attorney, to go to Raleigh in his official ca pacity to fight the proposed dismem berment of the county. Mr. Mcln tyre was made chairman of the del egation. This delegation will do all in their power to prevent favorable commit tee report on the bill to give Park ton township to Cumberland county and it is confidently expected that they will be successful, despite the fact that Cumberland has maintain ed a strong lobby in Raleigh for the past few weeks and no doubt has a large delegation in Raleigh today. Farmers Union Fever Spreading Local at Branchville. The Farmers' Union fever contin ues to spread. Mr. W. K. Culbreth, county organizer, informs The Robe sonian that he organized a strong lo. cal with 23 members at Branchville, near Elrod, Friday night of last week. The followin gofficers were elected: president, J. F. Sinclair; vice-president, R. T. McLean; secretary-treasurer, I. T. Paul; conductor, W. N. McLean; chaplain, A. L. McCallqm; d. k., Duncan ..Monroe. Were the farmers organized as they could be they would be a mighty band, and it looks now as if they were begin ning to see the light in Robeson. Mr. Lacy Barnes left Tuesday for Wooster, Ohio, where he has ac cepted a position as chauffeur for Dr. Stall, who spent some time re cently at Gen. Bond's Hunters' Lodge near Buie, hunting. There will be an entertainment at the auditorium in East Lumberton by the public school Saturday night of this week beginning at 7:30. The exercises will be very entertaining and the public is invited. An admis sion fee of 15 cents will be charged, the proceeds to be used for the bene, fit of the school. Misse, Cornelia Steele, Lillie Barker and Katie Stone are the teachers. t Noting the article in Sunday's Wil mington Star, Lumberton correspond dence reproduced in today's Robe, sonian about a Robeson county far mer going to Charlotte and selling 700 bushel,, of sweet potatoes at 80 cents per bushel, a Lumberton mer chant says he only sees one mistake about the whole affair, and 'that is going all the way o "Charlotte to sell the potatoes, when he would have paid that price and saved the ex pense and trouble of shipping them. Sure Rubeson needed those potatoes as it is seldom .one can buy a bush, et in Lumberton at any price. Yesterday's Proceedings The Senate Passes Bill for Uniform Examina tion and Certification of Teachers Substitute Child Labor Bill Will be Pepared .Sunday "Blue Law" Bill. Raleigh Special, 10th, to Wilmington Star. The Senate passed the Giles bill for the uniform examination and cer. tification of public school teachers today without material amendment, the vote being 29 to 13. Senator McRae of Mecklenburg, contended for the exemption from the operation of the bill of cities of 30,000 popula tion, but his amendment was defeat ed 37 to 8, along with numerous oth er amendments designed to exempt smaller towns down even to those with 2,000 inhabitants. The school bill displaced the Weav. er child labor bill as a special order for. noon under favorable minority re port and the latter was set for spec ial order again on Tuesday of next week when Senator Weaver and oth ers interested in whatever is to be gotten from this Legislature in the way of advances in child labor ma chinery admit that this bill cannot get through the Senate, so they are planning to avoid a vote on the adoption of the minority favorable report next Tuesday, but will "move for the re-reference of the bill to committee with instructions to pre pare' and report a substitute that will provide machinery for inspection of mills probably in connection with the taking oft census of the manufactur ing interests and retaining the $6,000 appropriation for this inspection fea ture. They admit that this is all that they can hope for if they can get this much through. Senator Cooper introduced a bill to day to prohibit the sale of all man ner of merchandise on Sunday. Senator Hobgood introduced a bill that amends the charted of the Greensboro and Northern Railroad Comuany, and authorizes the re-submission of the question of bonds to aid in the construction of this road by various towns and twnships in Guilford, Alamance and other coun. ties that the road would touch in reaching connection with the Seaboard Air Line or the Norfolk Southern from Greensboro. The House spent a couple of hours today in 'committee of the whole con sidering the revenue bill and passed upon the first 21 sections ef the bill in such way as that they were for mally adopted before the committee arose to report progress, the sections being adopted practically as they came from the finance committee. These include the State tax rate of 23 2-3 cents and the graduated inher. itance tax modeled after that applied in New York State, whic his estimat ed to probably yield $250,000 more annually in this State. TEN MILE TOPICS Farmers More Cheerful Moving In and Out School Improvements Baseball Literary Sociely Or ganized Corn Club Boy Wins Trip to Exposition Meeting Tomorrow o Organize Tomato or Poultry Club Social and Personal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Ten Mile, (Lumberton, R 1) Feb. 10. We are having some very pret ty weather at present and the farm ers seem to be a bit more cheerful. Rev. J. A. Snow filled his appoint. PARKTON PARAGRAPHS Death of Miss Mary Ann Smith Mumps Among School Children The Question of Giving Parkton Township to Cumberland Personal Correspondence of The Robesonian. Parkton, Feb. 9. Tae remains of Miss Mary Ann Smith,, who died Monday morning at the county home, near Lumberton, arrived here last night' on the Bennetteville train and were taken to the home of hr broth ers, Messrs. Dan and Archie Smith of this place, and the funeral will be MT. ELIAM MATTERS. rrienf Vioro Qnnrloir onrl ntoa stlwisl i i i . . ...... w - ) neia at tne grave at ten o clock this special sermon to the ladies of the j morning Mr. iWlliam Smith of Dil. Woman's Missionary Society. Among jlon s c artiVed last night to at the visitors present were Mr. and Mrs. ! tend the funeral serves whirh u-ill Cyyde Martin of Lumberton, Miss! ce conducted by Rev. H B. Porter, pastor of the M. E. church. Deceased was a faithful and consecrated mem ber of the M. E. church and only a few weeks ago became a victim of the dread disease pallagra, and as her brother, Mr. Archie Smith, also was suffering from the same dial ease, the family consented for Miss Mary Ann to be taken to the county home. The family have the sympathy of the town and community in their bereavement and distress. There is some mumps reported in town and several of the school chil dren are out of school for a while. Rev. J. E. Berryhill filled his reg ular appointment at the Presbyterian church Sunday to a large congrega tion, preaching a strong and interest. ing sermon, both morning and at night. Mrs. Lilly McKinnon and daughter, Jessie Mercer of Georgia, Mrs. James King and little daughter Mary of Wilmington. Mrs. John Bridges and little son, Master Jack, of Brevard . are visi tors at the home of Mr. S. E. Britt, Mrs. B. Frank Townsend, who un derwent an operation at the Thomp. son hospital a few days ago, is im. proving and it is hoped that she will soon return to us. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Britt, who were thrown from a buggy near Lum berton some time ago, are getting on nicely The choir practiced at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Townsend Sunday afternoon. Some of our neighbors are moving to other communities. We will miss them very much, but we have some new ones moving in and we feel that they will be a help to us. Misses Fonnie Britt and Tessie Lynk spent the week-end in Lumber. ton guests at the home of Mr. W. P. Barker. Mr. E. M. Johnson of Lumberton made a flying trip to Ten Mile Sun. day morning. Mr. and Mrs. Silas Martin were at home Saturday night to a number of friends in honor of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Martin of Lumberton. Ten Mile school is progressing nicely under the supervision of Miss es Fonnie Britt and Tessie Lynk. They have raised enough money to buy new blackboard, and pull the stumps off the baseball diamond which the boys have cleared. Ten Mile and Barker's are right much enthused over baJL They have Bayonet Charges Without Precedent in History. Petrograd Dispatch, 10th. Details of a desperate fight in the Caparthians, with ferocioua bayonet charges, described as without prece. dent in history, reached Petrograd today. Accroding to these reports, repeated German attacks finally were repulsed by the Russians and the German dead lay in great nlmbers in front of the Russian positions. The scene of the fighting was Bali grod, 30 miles south of Sanok, Galicia. The Russion staff claims the Hungar ian Caparthjan forces have been aug. mented by 300,000 Germans, whose officers are directing the movement. Dacia Expected o Sail This Morning Norfolk, Va., Dispatch, 10th. The last stumbling block in the preparations being made for the sail, ing of the American steamer Dacia for Rotterdam, were removed today when Custom Collector Hamilton and United States Shipping Commission. er A. M. Bullock boarded the vessel and informed the crew of the dan ger they are facing. They were told the whole history of the Dacia, in cluding the circumstances of her transfer from German to American registry. . The Dacia has 11,000 bales of cot ton on board and will sail tomorrow morning. played four games, Barkers winning first and Ten Mile the last three Our boy are right good-natured and seem to play in the right spirit, knowing how to take defeat and how to appreciate victory. The school here has organized a literary society -with Shelton Malone, president, Murphy Townsend vice. president, Katie Britt, secretary, Tea sie Townsend, Libbie Baxley and Vester Musselwhite program commit tee. We truly wish for the society much success. Nine of our boys are members of the Robeson County Corn Club. One of our boys, Master Leroy Townsend, has won a trip to the Panama Expo, sition. The girls of the community are requested to meet with our society Friday afternoon for the purpose of organizing a tomato or poultry club. We can't afford to let the boys get ahead of us. We have enrolled 58 students for the year with an average attendance of 45. SENATE FORCED TO ADJOURN The meeting of the stockholders of the Robeson Building & Loan As sociation, which was to have been held today at 11 a. m., ha, been post poned till tomorrow at the same hour on account of the fact that a number of the stockholders and of ficers had to be out of town today. How to Prevent Bilious Attacks. "Coming events cast their shad ows before." This ia especially true of bilious attacks. Your appetite will fail, you will feel' dull and languid. If you are subject to bilious attacks take three of Chamberlain's Tablets as soon a, these symptons appear and the attack may be warded off. For sale by all dealers. Longest Continuous Ses8ion in His. tory of Upper House of Congress Extra Session Seems Inevitable. Washington Dispatch, 10th. Republican,, and Democratic insur gents fighting the government ship bill, with the aid of Senators Norris and Kenyon, Progressive Republicans wno nave supported the measure, forced the Senate to adjourn tonight after the longest continuous session in its history. Debate had lasted 54 hours and 11 minutes. This made more uncertain than ev. er the fate of the bill which. the ad ministration has pressed so urgently on Congress. Many members of both houses conceded tonight that an ex tra session seemed inevitable. There were some, however, who still hop ed there yet might be time to dispose of appropriation bills and the ship purchase measure in some form be fore March 4. Mis, Maud, came in from Charlotte Friday jniglht (and iare spending a few days with relatives; also Mrs. McKinnon is interested in a real es tate case in Cumberland county this week. Sunday was an ideal day and many visitors in town. Messrs. P. R. Low. ery, Cary Powers, Hally Johnson and James McLean of St. PaulR visited our town Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Justin McNeill and little daugh ter, Helen Marie of Lumberton, spent Sunday in town. Mr. McNeill re turned home Sunday night while Mrs. McNeill and little daughter will re main for a few days' visit to rela. tives. The present Legislature i, the is sue up our way at present, as. doubt, less many of the readers of The Rob esonian are aware there is some in. terest being taken by the citizens of Parkton township to give Parkton township to Cumberland county. How ever, we are not losing any sleep ov er the matter, although the greatest sentiment seems to be in favor of the move. We like to see everybody satisfied, and in the above matter we say ditto. Highest Price for Cotton Received by Farmer8' Union Men, The men who have sold cotton for the highest price here since the Eu ropean war broke out were members of the Farmers' Union who one day recently sold something like 50 bales, middling, for 8 cents, and strict mid dling for 8 1-8. This cotton was bought by a Wilmington man, and part of it went on account, but some of the men who sold received as much as $50 in cash for their cotton at that price. It pays to be organized and sell in bulk. Loans Under $135,000,000 Cotton Loan Fund Have Been Closed. Washington Dispatch, 8th. Loans under the $135,000,000 cot ton fund plan haver,been closed and the plan virtually ended its existence today with an announcement from the Central Committee the Federal Reserve Board acting as individuals that subscriptions would not be called for. Applications amounted to bnly $28,000 and this was not ob. tained from the fund, but elsewhere on notes and collateral offered with 'the applications. "The beneficial effectte of the fund," says the announcement, "are not to be measured by the small amounts actually loaned. Its benefits consisted largely in the public knowl. edge that there was a source of as sistance which could be confidently looked to and availed of. When the organization of the cotton loan fund was undertaken, the exchanges were closed, fixed quotations for cotton were unobtainable, demand for the staple wa, light and sales were be ing made in some instances at prices as low as 5 cents a pound. The buy. ing movement which set in following the establishment of thi, fund has carried prices up to 8 cents and ex ports since December 1 have exceed ed those fo rthe same period of a year ago." Less Cotlon and Tobacco and More Home Supplies Reducing Salaries of County Officers Personal Men tion. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Mt Eliam (Lumberton R. F. D. 4), Feb. 9. It has been some time since I wrote to the dear old Rob esonian, the best news paper in the State. News has" been so scarce in this vicinity there was nothing to write of any interest, but things are brightening up some how.. Farmers are having vry good weather to work and some are poking good use or it. The talk k the farmers arcunJ here is plant ing more potatoes and corn and less cotton and. tobacco, and if all the farmers will do this and use less fer tilizers next fall the war and low price cotton will not hurt us 8o bad Abdut the best and most satisfac. tory thing to the people the boys are doing up at Raleigh is reducing the salaries of the officers of Robeson county, and the only place where they could make any mistake about that, they seem to tech them most too light. Sunday was a very unpleasant day for us as we were unable to leave our room all day, and it being such a fine day we would have been so glad to have enjoyed the Sunday school and preaching with the rest of the boys and girls; but in the f. ternoon nearly all the boys of our Haraca class came to see us and S made us feel that truly they were in sympathy with us, for which we feel very grateful to each and every one. We are very sorry indeed to re port Mr. J. M. Sellers very sick with appendicitis. Mr. Sellers is one of our best neighbors and church and Sunday school workers. He has been very unfortunate for some time One of his children is blind at the Staee School for the Blind at Ral eigh, and not long since was at the hospital and now it seems as if he must go to the hospital at once We greatly sympathize with him in al his troubles. Miss May and Mis8 Wilmer Branch of Long Branch spent Saturday night with their sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Stone. Messrs. Henry Warwick and June Ivey of Orrum were on the Mount Sunday p. m. Rev. J. I. Stone preached a fine sermon at Mt. Eliam Sunday. It was enjoyed by a very large crowd Mr. J. Z- Stone, Rev. Paul T. Britt and Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Stone are spending today in Lumberton. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Britt of Smiths spent part of last week vis iting Mr. Britt's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Britt of this place. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Middling cotton is bringing 7 3-4 cents per pound on the local market today. Judging from the fact that there are three Neill Browns in chain gang No. 1, Robeson county, one would think that the name might have something to do with placing a man on the county .roads. Jailer A. H. Prevatt says it's" a dead sure thing that there -are three Neill Browns serving sentences on the roads in Robeson at this time. Representatives of all the insur ance companies interested in the fire loss of the Jno. T. Biggs Co., Mr. R. R. Carlyle, proprietor of Carlyle Ladies Store, and Mr. W. W. Carlyle. from the fire which occurred. Wed nesday night of last week, are here today for an finvestigajtion. They began the investigation this after noon. ' ' Bellamy Briefs. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Bellamy, Feb. 9. The farmers are getting busy plowing these pretty days, trying to get ready to raise some more corn and potatoes to eat, but they are not preparing to raise much cotton. They say they can't raise cotton at present prices. A. B. Todd ha a young sow that brought him 15 pigs the 8th of this month, 2 of which died and he had to kill 3 more of them, and she has now 10 fine pigs. Sorry to report Miss Leach Nance on the sick list this week. Mrs. M. J. Mercer is visiting her sister Mrs. Rowland Mercer, Sr., of Lumberton, route 5. Miss Lillian Branch is also on the sick list. Owing to the hard times, Bellamy has not got much business now, the grocerymen say. Notices of New Advertisements. Something more than an ordinary sale on at L. H. Caldwell's. Large assortment of mules; up. to. date line of pleasure vehicles and harness C. M. Fuller and C. M. Ful ler & Son. Two good farm horses for sale at a bargain Whitfield & French. Card of thanks. Legal notice of sale E. J. Britt, commissioner. -'- W. H. Humphrey has qualified as administrator o festate of the late Susan C. Mercer. Beef and all other fresh meats at McNeill's market. Farm horse, and mules for sale R. D. Caldwell & Son. A present for every reader of The Robesonian. Legal notice of sale of land C. B. Townsend, trustee. "The Port of Missing Men Pastime tomorrow.. Watch to exchange for bicycle Wood wanted on subscription. at Quite a crowd of Lumberton folk are planning to go to Fayette. ville Monday night of next week to hear II Trovatore. The Virginia & Carolina Sodthern will operate a special train, as will be seen from a notice published in this issue. u Mr. J. V. Free i, working extra as second trick operator at the Sea board station. He began work last week. Mr. John BriCT, millwright for the Kingsdale Lumber Corporation, suffered the loss of the thumb on his left hand Tuesday when hi, hand was caught by a chain at the mill of this corporation. Mr. J. W. Currie, a local insur ance agent, attended the State meet ing of the Life Underwriters Asso ciation held at Charlotte Tuesday Mr. Currie reports a very successful and entertaining session. Mr. G. O. Rhodes, who repre sents the Leggett & Myers Tobac co Co., with headquarters at Golds boro, was sick at the Thompson hos pital last week. He and Mrs. Rhode. who had been visiting friends in town, left Lumberton Tuesday. Th Barnesville high school clos ed Friday of last week. Miss Dovie Britt, who was assistant teacher, will continue a private school there. Mr. Max L. Ponder, principal, passed through Lumberton Monday on bis way to Mar. Hill, . Madison county. Mr. Fred Brown of Antioch, Hoke county, who was in town yes terday, reports the condition of his sister, Miss Katie Brown, who is un dergoing treatment at Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, Md., as be- I ing very much improved. Miss Brown is a sister of Mrs. K. M. Barnes of Lumberton. Mr. Robert M. Oliver of Ma rietta was among the visitors in town Tuesday. This -was Mr. Oliver',, first trip to Lumberton in several months, having been confined at home on ac count of sickness. His health isgreatly improved. His many friends here were pleased to see him out again. The Robesonian has received an invitation to a musicale which will be given this afternoon at the Stieff auditorium in Richmond, Va., by pu pil, of Prof. J. McCombie Murray. Prof. Murray formerly taught at Maxton and is well known in Lum berton. Mrs. J. C. King returned yester day to her home at Wilmington af ter spending some time with her father, Mr. S. E. Britt, who was painfully hurt in a runaway some two weeks ago, mention of which wa. made in The Robesonian at the time. Mr. Britt's condition is great ly improved. Chief of Police H. H. Redfern re ceived a telegram this morning ad vising him of the death yesterday of his nephew Mr. C. T. Morgan of An son county. He was a victim of con sumption and had been under treat ment at Montrose. Mr. Redfern re ceived the telegram too late to go to the funeral. Mr. H. H. Redfern, chief of po lice, and family moved yesterday in to their house on Carthage street purchased some time ago from Mr. Joe Stone. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Beas- Iey, who have been boarding at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Stephens, North Chestnut street, will move Mon day into the house vacated by Mr. Redfern, a two-story house on East Fifth street belonging to Mis Jose phine Breece. Wilmington Star, 9th: Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Caldwell of Lumberton spent Sunday and Monday in the city, guests at the Hotel Wilmington. They came down Saturday night to spend Sunday with Mr. Caldwell's sister, Miss Lizzie Caldwell, who has been here several weeks under special treatment, and remained over until yesterday afternoon in order that Mr. Caldwell might have time to attend to some business affairs Messrs. A. L. McLauchlin, J. A. Browne, Timothy Currie, John Mc Kenzie and Fred Browne of Antioch, Hoke county, spent yesterday in Lumberton. Speaking of the annex ation of Red Springs to Hoke county. these gentlemen expressed themselves as being opposed to the annexation. Mr. Fred Brown left here last night with the local crowd from Lumber ton who go to oppose the rape of Parkton township by Cumberland. Mr. B. H. Wallace, local agent for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company of New York, says business is growing better about Lumberton, and he is in position to know as he deals with all classes of people. And, too, Lumberton is far from the worst place on the map financially, judg- A ing from the fact that Mr. Wallace leads all agents of this company in the South in the amount of industrial increase for the month of January : id stands ninth in the whole Unit ed States. This is learned from The - Intelligencer, a paper published by this company. j . KDEYSHOSETHrAR Guru Cotes t ?ravrta ?MnH
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