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THE ROBESONIA N - ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY. GOD AND TRUTH $1.50 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE VOL XLVI. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1915. NUMBER 7 TOWN WILL HAVE REST ROOM Arrangements Being Made by Cham, ber of Commerce and Civic Asso ciation to Provide Rest Room for Women and Children Visitors Committees to Prepare for Coun ty Commencement. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday evening it was decided to take steps at once to pro vide a suitable rest room for lad ies and children from the country. President J T Russell agreed to in vestigate what may be secured for rent, and if, no suitable place can be rented to ascertain what can be done in the way of erecting a suitable building on some centrally-located lot. The idea of' erecting a building was advanced by Mr. R. D. Caldwell and met with immediate favor. It was suggested that a temporary building could be erected on the hotel lot, Chestnut and Fourth streets, oppo site the Farmers & Merchants Bank, or on the opposite corner of the in. tersection of the same streets. As suitable places which might be rent ed, the small house on East Fifth street between Chestnut and Walnut, belonging to Mr. A. W. McLean, was suggested, also a rear room in the building belonging to Senator Geo. B. McLeod on Fourth 6treet, the large room formerly used by the Na tional Bank of Lumberton as direc tors' room. It is expected that definite ar rangements will be made in a short while to give the rest-room plan a fair tria'. Mr. Russell called the meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday evening to consider this mat ter and among the small crowd pres ent no voice was raised in objection to the plan. It was the consensus of opinion that the idea is a good one and that Lumberton should provide such a place for visiting wmen and children. Mr. Russell called the meeting at the suggestion of the Civic Asso ciation, which organization of Lum berton ladies has been keenly inter ested since Mrs. Jno. T. Singletary wrote an interesting letter, publish ed in The Robesonian, about it some time ago. Really the credit for starting the agitation belongs to Mrs.. Singletary and to the ladies 01 the Civic Association. Lumberton is to have a rest room soon. That may be put down as a certainty, it seems now. County Superintendent J. R Poole asked the Chamber to consid er the matter of entertaining the large crowd that will be in town on the 9th of April, when the county commencement will be held, and the following committees were appoint ed: On railroad rates, to secure spec ial rates on railroads (it will be not ed from a notice published elsewhere in this issue that the V. & C. S. has already announced reduced rates for this occasion) L. C. Parker, M. Beverly; music - committee F. eral agent; music committee F. Gough, W. Lennon, C. B. Skipper; advertising J. A. Sharpe, A. C. Johnson, J P nowem W K Methane was appointed mar shal on the part of the town to act with Supt. R. E. Sentelle of the grad ed school, who was some time ago elected chief marshal by the teachers. President Russell was requested to notify the Civic Association Vvhat action had been taken in regard to a rest room and also to ask that or ganization to appoint a committee on school exhibits for the county emmencement, and that was done at tfie meeting of the Civic Associa tion yesterday, as will be seen from a report published elsewhere in this issue. Small Fire This Afternoon. The fire alarm was turned in from box No. 25, corner Fourth and Elm, about 2:15 this afternoon for a fire at the home of Mr. Geo. W. Lennon, Third and Chestnut The fire start ed from a flue in the kitchen, but was quickly extinguished, the fire department reaching the scene in less than three minutes after the alarm was turned in. The building, which is owned by Mr. W. W. Carlyle, was damaged probably to the extent of $100 by fire and water and the fur niture was. somewhat damaged by water. Reorganizing Farmers' Union Locals. Mr. W. K. Culbreth, county organ izer of the Farmers' Union, passed through town Tuesday en route to Wisharts and Howellsville townships where he is organizing defunct locals of the Union. Any section desiring a, new local or to reorganize can se cure the services of Mr. Culbreth by addressing him at Lumberton, route 6. Messrs. R. L. Cox, P. P. Green, Jno. Gilmore and E. G. Sypher re turned this morning from Durham, where they attended7 the biennial con vention of the Woodmen of the World, held in that city on Tuesday and yes terday ' ; ' AMERICAN SHIP SUNK Geman Cruiser Limps Into Port at Newport News Sunk American Sailing Ship in South American Waters Jan. 28 Washington Re gards it as Unfriendly Act to be Explained. Newport News, Va., Dispatch, 10th. The German auxiliary cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich, after a marine wreck ing scouring of Pacific and Atlantic Oceans which culminated in the sink ing of an American sailing ship in the South Atlantic Ocean January 28 last limped into this port today and anchored for supplies and repairs. She brought with her rescued crews and passengers of American, British, French and Russian ships and lies at anchor tonight in Hamton Roads proud of her trophies of war that crunch the bottom of the sea but in a state of mechanical exhaustion from the strain of a 5,200-mile jour ney. The announcement stirred official Washington. No attempt was made to deny the seriousness of the inci dent and it was conceded that on its face it bore the appearance of an unfriendly act on the part of a Ger man ship of war which must result in diplomatic negotiations with the German Government. German Submarines Sink 3 British Merchant Steamers. London Dispatch, 10th. German submarines appeared ear ly Tuesday morning at three widefy separated points on the British coast a"d, it is stated officially, without giving warning to the crews, sank three British merchant steamers. In one case, that of the steamer Tangistan, which was torpedoed off Scarborough, in the North Sea, 37 men of her crew of 38 are missing! Only one man from the vessel was picked up. The attack which sent the Tangistan to the bottom was made half an hour after midnight. At 6 o'clock in the morning anoth er submarine sank the steamer Black wood off Hastings, in the English channel, while a third submarine sank the steamer Princess Victoria off Liverpool at a quarter past 9 o'clock. News of the latest exploits of Ger man submarines came just as the British public was congratulating themselves that the threatened sea blockade had been a failure. Miss Bessie McMillan and Mr. W. R. Hullock of Fairmont Married,, Here Yesterday s Yesterday was a busy day for cupid in Lumberton. As will be seen from another news item in today's paper, there was a wedding in Reg ister of Deeds M. W. Floyd's office yesterday morning. Yesterday after noon about 5 o'clock Mr. W. B. Bul lock and Miss Bessie McMillan, both of Fairmont, were married by Rev. I. P. Hedgpeth at his hme, Eighth and Cedar streets. Mr. Bullock is one of South Robeson's most pros perous and highly respected citi zens -and Mrsr - Bullock- was one.nf Fairmont's most highly respected women. They returned to Fairmont immediately after the wedding had taken place and will be at home there to their friends. Bladen County Couple Married Here Yesterday. Mr. Arthur Allen and Miss Mary Hilburn, both of Bladen county, rush ed into town yesterday morning and went direct to Register of Deeds M. W. Floyd's office, bought license and were soon made one, as Justice F. Grover Britt happened to be right on the scene. Quite a large number gathered themselves together to wit ness the ceremony. After Justice Britt had spoken the few words and asked the couple if they could exper ience any change in their state of feelings and they had replied no, they left happy in the knowledge of the fact that they had two hearts both of which must forever beat as one. It was supposed to have been a runaway affair. Primary Bill Adopted. The Senate Monday night adopted the amended Hobgood-Weaver State wide primary bill. This had passed the liouse a few minutes before and with its ratification Tuesday1 became the law for North Carolina. The measure is State-wide as to State officials and United State's Sen ator, district-wide ;as to congressional, judicial and State senatorial offices, county-wide except as to exempted counties for members of the House and county officers. Counties ex empted can come in under , the law when one-fifth of the voters so pe tition for an election and it is carried by the voters of that county. Messrs. Alfred Collins and Red mond Ivey of the Broad Ridge sec tion are among the visitors in town today. They report the farmers on the "Ridge" almost ready to plant, LEGISLATION FOR ROBESON Acts Passed hy 1915 Legislature Af fecting Robe8on County Salaries County Officers Reduced Office of County Treasurer Abolished at End of Present Term 4 Weeks of Criminal Court Lopped Off Road Law Amended Cotton Weighers and Graders. Below is given a summary of the acts that affect Robeson generally passed by the recent Legislature: To Protect Game. - Act to protect game in Robeson. rrw I'll I. L. i j j i i I his) ri I which wt lntmrfnrpH hvi ' .. ... , J , u in, n' ammo, to send ore cruiser :ind Representative M Shepherd protects om, k.lttleship to Vera Cruz. A Wash all kinds of game birds and fur-bear-i ton U;:patc.h last nipht ?tates that ing animals during all the months ofUhe food situation in Mexico Citv c0. the year, scju.rrels included except , Um,es mt that tmj Xmc.. from November 15 to March 1 A I note had dufed a d effect licmviia w iiu live vuijmuc Hie oiaic win be fequirred to pay a hunter's license of $15 if they hunt in Robeson ter ritory even during these months. The penalty for violating the game law was fixed at not over $50 or 30 days in prison. To Protect Fish. An act to protect fish in the coun. ties of Robeson, f-Ioke, Columbus and Scotland was introduced by Shep herd. This act provides that one can fish with hook and line at any sea son of the year and may set gill nets from October 1 to- March 31. All other means of fishing will be a vi olation of the law, and the act in cludes -all waters - in these counties This will also prohibit the drawing off of mill ponds for fishing with seins, gigs, etc. The penalty for violating this law was fixed at not over $50 and not under $10, or not more than 30 days or less than 10 days in pris on. The rural police force of Robeson will have a right to arrest anyone violating the fish law without war rants. For Indian Normal A bill introduced by Representa tives Shepherd and Sellers appropri ates $2,750. for the maintenance of the Indian Normal school located at Pates, near Pembroke, and $2,000 for permanent improvement. This amount will be used for building a dormi tory at the school. Game Fund. A bill introduced by Shepherd pro vides for the game fund now on hand, which amounts to $323,30 to be transferred to the general county fund. Abolish Office County Treasurer The bill to abolish the office of county treasurer after the present incumbent's time expires was intro duced by Shepherd, the money to be handled either by the sheriff or some bank or trust company, but this bill was amended in the Senate so as to leave the money in the hands of the sheriff. Number of Courts Reduced. A bill introduced by Shepherd re duces the number of courts in Rob eson four weeks during the calen dor year. This cuts off 4 weeks of criminal court because recorders courts make them unnecessary. - School Fund. Bill inrtoduced by Shepherd places the school fund under the direct con trol of the board of education. This fund has been heretofore under the direction of the board of county commissioners. Rural Policemen A bill introduced by Representa tive Sellers provides that the same number of rural policemen shall be maintained by the county; that the salary be fixed at $75 per month and they shall not receive any fees. New Recorder's District. A bill introduced by Sellers pro vides for a new recorder's district for St. Pauls, also that the recorders shall receive a certain fixed salary and not any fees, as they have been doing heretidjfore. The amount of the salaries for the various districts has not been learned. Witness Fees. A bill inrtoduced by Senator Mc Leod provides that all necessary wit nesses be paid on approval of presid ing judge. Heretofore only two wit nesses have been paid. Road Law Changed. A bill introduced by Senator Mc Leod changes the road law in Robe son as follows: Strikes out the free labor clause (the pole cat tax, as has been named), appropriates 9 cents on the $100 of the road fund to the chain gangs. Only 6 cents on the $100 has gone to the chain gang heretofore. It also provides that 2 cents on the $100 of the road fund paid by each township sharT remain in the township to keep up roads, this work a ht let out to tie lowest bidder. Cotton Graders and Weighers The bill asked for by the Robeson Division of the Farmers' Union, in troduced in the Senate by McLeod and in the House by Sellers, provides for a public cotton grader and weigh er for Lumberton and Maxon. "All cotton sold on these markets must be weighed and graded bv the men WARNED TO QUIT MEXICO Americans Get Another Notice From Washington Cruiser and Battle ship Ordered to Vera Cruz Amer ican Note Produces Good Effect. Warnings to American citizens to leave Mexico has been reiterated by the State Department at Washington. Secretary Brvan announced Tuesdnv utKui, urn, nic uiulcu ontv viuvtrrn- ment would do what it could towards providing transportation for those I Milieu in icavc. wiut-iM viciil. . . -4 , . i. I . , , f.l.. . . ,.,, fh &tUntit. fiw i..u ..wcinii. in. i i ei . . . Among the Sick. Mr. R. W. Shelby, who had been confined to his room with grip for several days, was able to be out yes terday. Miss Elizabeth Shelby has just re covered from an attack of scarlet fever. At the Thompson hospital: Mr. R. L. Whittington of Hope Mills, a brother of Mrs. A. H. Hinds of Lum berton was brought to the hospital Tuesday and Tuesday night under went , an operation for appendicitis. He is. getting along nicely. Mrs. H. G. Jones underwent a serious opera tion yesterday. Se is resting well today. Robert Glenn Lewis, son of Mrs. Martha I. Lewis of Moss Neck, who was recently brought to the hos pital for treatment for a burn receiv ed by falling into a tub of hot water, was able to return home yesterday. Henry Gavin, colored, who, as was mentioned in Monday's Robesonian, fell off a wagon loaded with wood at the power house Saturday, underwent an operation at the hospital Sunday. His hip was somewhat bruised up, several muscles being torn loose He is improving. Notices of New Advertisements. Opportunity is still knocking at your door at L. H. Caldwell's. Things to try for your table; week ly recipe J. H. Wishart. . Special arrangements, at Thomp son hospital for indigent poor. Best and cheapest canner on the market J. S. Thompson. Lady-broke driving horse, buggy and harness for sale at bargain. Best Jersey butt&vfcnd guaranteed fresh eggs by parcel post. Goose feather pillows for sale. Reward for return of lost bar pin. See announcement of great edu cational campaign launched by The Robesonian. Millinery opening March 17, 18 and 19 R. D. Caldwell & Son. Legal notice of stock, notes and mortgage for sale Bank of Pem broke. Madam Eldon, palmist, is in Lum berton for a few days. The "Quality Store," where only the best is bought King Grocery Co. Mary Pickford in Tess of the Storm Country at Pastime theatre tomorrow. Fresh shad at Britt Grocery. Germans Making Another Attempt n Russian Lines, London Dispatch, 10th. Balked at other points, the Ger mans are making another attempt to break the Russian line in Northern Poland. They are advancing from Khorjele on the East Prussian fron tier along the Orzsc river and by the roads leading southward to Przasn ysz. This is one of the routes they took in their great drive from East Prussia in February, which finally ened in their defeat at Przasnysz. appointed. Mr. John Smith was appointed to do this work in Lumber ton. There was also one appointed for Maxton, but his name has not been learned. All other towns that wish one appointed can get same by applying to the board of county com missioners, whichj)has power to ap point same. Salaries of County Officers. The bill introduced by Shepherd in regard to reducing salaries of county officers passed, but was so amended in the Senate as to allow the county com missioners the power to increase each not over 5 per cent in their discretion. The reductions were giv en in The Robesonian some weeks ago, as follows: clerk of court from $4,100 to $3,500; register of deeds from $4,300 to $3,700; treasurer from $2,400 to $2,000; sheriff from $4, 800 to $3,700; auditor from $2,600 to $2,250. - The bill as to superintendent of public instruction passed as follows: salary $1,800, clerk hire $900. The WH provides that he expenses of the superintendent shall not be paid by the county as heretofore.. The bill also provides, that the sal ary of the jailer shall be reduced from $65 per month to $50, or $600 the Year- "Beautilify" Work by Civic Aasocia- tion. The Civic Association of Lumher- ton is a live wire when it comes to doing things. Among the notable things recently done by this organi- zation is the cleaning up of the plot about the artesian overflow near the Seaboard station Mesdames J. A. Sharpe, L. T. Townsend, and E K. Proctor were appointed a committee to have this work done, Mrs. Sharpe being chairman of the committee. rn. . i. i i i i hi; grountis nave oeen cleaned up t'x ; uu ...: ... J . u lilui 111 Willi n 1 1 t: ttj M'CU inirUU , -y hi.iuj ers from tramping on the flower account oi tne county commencement leds. The Association paid for thh APr!l ovor tn V. & C. S. are hewn-k, which in a few months this publis'rM in The Robesonian to will make this one of the most attrac- (1;'v Special rate over the other tive spots in Lumberton. . roads no doubt will be announced ; soon. That is going to be a big day. Eay to Get Back Into F. U. Locals.! One of the finest Famous Play- Mr. AreliaSmith, secretary - treas - urer of,Antioch Local of the Farm ers' Union, was among the visitors in town yesterday. Mr. Smith ask ed The Robesonian to say that all who had ever been a member of that local can be members by paying their dues, $1, for this year just as if they had always kept paid up. The next meeting of the local will be held Fri day night, March 19. Here it might be added that this rule not only ap plies to Antioch Local, but all locals in the county. This offer Js being made to make it easy for all old members to come back into the fold while times are strenuous. Parham Gets 3 Years on Roads. Richard Parham, the young white manwho was charged with robbing F. H. Walters near St. Pauls some time ago, was given a trial Tuesday at Elizabethtown Superior Court and was sentenced to three years in pris- ou, with privilege to the Bladen com missioner8 to hire him out. Parham wSs at first brought before the re corder's court in Lumberton district but" when it was found that the al leged robbery occurred in Bladen county, he was sent to Elizabethtown fqr trial, as stated in Monday's Rob esonian. Mail Service Discontinued. The pouch which has been made up at 12 o'clock noon and given to the Raleigh & Charleston freight to be delivered to the mail train at Ma rion and worked on the return trip has been discontinued. Cause: lack of patronage. Paying 8 Cents for Cotton. Mr. T. S. Greyherd of McDonalds has been buying cotton on the local market for Sprunt & Son of Wil mington. He bought 58 bales yes terday and paid 8 cents per pound for most of it. Mr. Scott Stone, of McDonald was a Lumberton visitor yesterday and while here he suffered a severe attack of kidney colic, but was able to return home in the afternoon. As will be noticed from an an nouncement in this issue,- The Robe sonian is launching a campaign as a result-of which the paper, will give a ,trip to Washington to four Robeson county school teachers. Mr. W. K. Bethune is manager of the contest. Mr. Bethune's job as clerk to Mr. Godwin's committee on Reform in the Civil Service lasts only while Con gress is in session; that is, he draws no pay while Congress is not in ses sion, and as Congress adjourned on the 4th inst. Mr. Bethune is not draw, ing any salary from Uncle Sam now, hence he is free to devote his time to this special work for The Robeson ian. See page announcement. STATE NEWS Newton H. Smith, a prominent cit izen of Fayetteville, died at a hos pital in that town Tuesday after 3 days illness with pneumonia. Senator Hugh Chatham of Forsyth in an interview in yesterday's News and Observer says that Senator O. Max Gardner of Cleveland will with out doubt be a candidate for Lieu tenant Governor of North Carolina in the next primary. The General Assembly of 1915 ad journed sine die at 10:30 o'clock Tues day night, the gavels of the presid ing officers of the Senate and House, President Daughtridge and Speaker Bowie, falling simultaneously to pro claim that event. Arrested at Rocky Mount Tuesday because he displayed an unusual amount of money for a negro boy not 14 year old, Will Hollowell con fessed that he and 3 other negroes robbed the postoffice at West Dur ham last week and that the four were in the city to rob the safe of the Rocky Mount Savjngs & Trust Co. Tuesday night. His confession led to the arrest" of 3 other" negroes Nat Thornton, Arthur Haywood and Jas. Rouse, alias Jesse urner alias Jas. Robertson who were also arrested and upon who was found certain prop erty taken from the West Durham postoffice. - BRIEF ITEMS Or LOCAL NEWS . " Mr. M. N. Culbreth of route 1 from Ravnham was among the visitors in tpwn yesterday. Mr Cutbreth got on the "God-Messed" list by paying his subscription a year in advance, Mr h' J- Itean of tbe Center se- ! na? n,s tons,u removert bY R. S. Beam yesterday. Mr. Willi Bullvck of the Back Swamp section also had his removed recently by Dr. Beam. Both are getting along nice ly Special rates to Lumberton on j ers feature pictures that has been of- fered to Lumberton motion picture lovers will be shown at the Pastime theatre tomorrow afternoon and ev ening when Mary Pickford in "Tess of the Storm Country" will be of fered in five reels. After evading the officers sine last June, Frank Stephens, colored, wanted for stealing a bicycle belong ing to Mr. Daniel Webster here last June, was arrested at Laurinburjr; Tuesday and brought to jail here Tuesday night. The officers rrow fail to find the owner of the bicycle. . In the recorder's court proceed ings published in a recent issue of The Robesonian it was- stated that Geo. McNeill was tried for being drunk and disorderly. This was true. but Mr. Geo. L. McNeill of Lumber ton asks The Robesonian to say that he is not the "George," as some seem to think. And they say the pantalette style has come. Folk who gasped at the Pastime theatre the other night when a couple of maidens fair tripped out to meet their young lovers with most "beauteous" ruffled pantalettes show ing below their frocks as plain as plain may see that sight so often in the days to come that there will be no gasps left. Mr. F. A. Crabtree, manager of the Thompson hotel, seems to be making a hit with the traveling pub lic. In one of his lectures during the festival last week Dr. Sears spoke right out in meetin' and said that that young man was the most ac commodating and obliging hotel man 'ie had ever struck and that he hop ed he'd run the new hotel when it is built. Mayor and Mrs. A. E. White left" yestrday morning for New York, where they will spend a week or ten days. They stopped yesterday in Richmond, where they were, joined this morning by Mr. Frank Gough who left last night, who will accom pany them to New York, where Messrs. White & Gough will pur chase goods for their large depart ment store. Now a lady's fancy just, natural ly turns to thoughts of hats. As will be seen from their advertise ment elsewhere in this . issue, Messrs. R. D. Caldwell & Son will have their millinery opening Wednesday, Thurs day and Friday of next week, when the newest styles will be on display in their millinery department. Miss Josephine Breece's opening will begin next Wednesday and last through the week. The big "stock redaction sale" of L. H. Caldwell goes merrily on, as will be seen from his half-page ad in today's paper. This sale, which was opened several weeks ago, has proven a great surprise even to Mr. Caldwell, as even more people have been benefitted by taking advantage of the low prices offered than He ex pected would be. This sale will close- April 6th, and it will be to your in terest to visit this bargain empori um if you have not already done so. Mr. N. H. Jones, Jr., has been appointed registrar for the election to be held April 8, to decide whether or not the power plant how owned by the town will be sold to the Yad kin River Power Co. As was men tioned in a recent issue of The Rob esonian, Mr. Douglas McLean was first appointed, but since that time has left for Florida. The books will be found in Messrs. Townsend Broth ers store, and if you expect to vote in this election you had better not put off registering. Dr. Stirewalt, assistant medcal director of the Jefferson Standard . . Life Insurance Co. of Greensboro, spent Tuesday and yesterday in the office of Dr. W. A. McPhaul exara ihg free of charge people of tbis see tion who hold policies in that com pany. Many peple from the country came to town to be examined. Dr. Stirewalt will be at Red Springs to day and tomorrow and at Maxton Saturday and Monday for the same purpose. This is in pursuance of the recently-adopted plan of this com. -pany to examine its policy holders at intervals and help to keep them well. .. .
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