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Iclioois ommBncement in lumberton Mpril ROBESONIAN ' i - ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH 11.59 A YEAR. DUE IN ADTANCI VOL XLVI. LUMBERTON. NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1915. . NUMBER 10 PUBLIC DEBATE FRIDAY IGHT Preliminary Contests to Decide Who Shall Go to Chapel Hill" for Finals Lumberton High School Boya Will Meet a Laurinburg Team Here and a Sahford Team at Sanford Lumberton Debater Stood High Last Year. A public debate that bids fair to be one of the best ever held in Lum berton will be held in the Lumberton graded school auditorium on Friday night of this week at eight o'clock. The query is, "Resolved, That the United States Government should adopt the policy of subsidizing its merchant marines engaged in foreign trade." Lumberton belongs to the triangle composed of Sanford, Laurinburg and Lumberton. This debate is held for the purpose of deciding who will go to Chapel Hill in April to enter an other contest of the same nature which will decide who will be al lowed to debate in the Aycock Me morial Cup contest. This contest is held every year and a cup is given to the best debater. The high schools of the State are divided, up Into sec HOG CHOLERA SERUM CHEAP Appropriation Made by Legislature Reduces Cost County Farm Dem onstrator Blanchard Will Vaccinate Hogs Anywhere in County " Free, farmers unly Faying for Serum. County Farm Demonstrator L. E uiancnara nas on nana a lull sup ply or nog'cnorera serum and any farmer in Robeson county may have his nogs vaccinated ay paying mere ly the small cost of the serum. Mr Blanchard charges nothing for his services. And the serum costs less now than it did a week ago by rea son of the fact that an appropriation of $5,000 made for hog cholera work in the btate by the recent Lcgisla ture has become available. The cost now of the serum to vaccinate a pig about o months old is onlv 15 cents : The meetings held at Red Springs and Philadelphus Wednesday of last week, mentioned in Thursday's Kobe sonian, when State Veterinarian B B. Flo we and Mr. T. E. Brown of Ral eigh, the latter in charge of Boys' Corn Clubs in . the State, and Mr. Blanchard met with .a number of farmers were profitable occasions for COUNTY COMMENCEMENT tions and whoever wins in the pre liminary debates go to Chapel Hill. the farmers. There were farmers at TT. ' J 1 . it. -A A nlllA rf-VT I 1 . a r naay nigntwie hckhvc w 00tn places from all over the coun Laurinbursr's team will meet the SI-1 tv. nnH in the nftornnnn Mi- RlgnnVi. firmative of LumbertoriV team- here I .' 4 J" negative of Lumberton s team Hon ' Ha will vaccinate aa'- manv will uphold the affirmative' against more jn the same section this week Sanford's team at Sanford, at the An interesting account of the impres- same time, oaniora a oegauve sions received on this visit to Robeson unhold the affirmative against L,aU- Kv Mr. Rrnwn ia rnnrwWorl olcm- rinburg's teain. at Laurinburg, at the where in this issue from Friday's same time Lumberton'si line-up is as follows: affirmative. Rufus Sanderson and Robert Caldwell; negative, John Proc tor and Robert! Mclntvre. Messrs. RufuW Sanderson and John Proctor went tol Chapel -Hill last year and stood third in the contest, which goes to prove "that Lumberton has some fine speakers. Thei boys have News and Observer. LATEST WAR NEWS' Relations Between Italy an Austria y Believed to Have Reached Acute Stage Airships Raid Paris But Do Little Damage Allied Fleet Soon Will Renew Attack ort Dardanelles -RrH Fnmina in Vienna devoted more time to rt tms year London Dispatch, 21st than they did last year and there is The reiati0ns between Italy and no doubt but that they will give some a one a tight race W the final debate ed an acute stage. A Rome dispatch at Chapel Hill this year. says Austrian and German subjects 7 . . , . . . j have been advised by their consuls Dreamed of Fire and Waked to Find to eave Italy in the shortest possible It. ' - time and that a number of Germans Fire which started from a. coffee wno reCently arrived in Italy are be- stana unaer wmca a lamy wan iv mg watched because of a suspicion burning, was dicovered in the rear that they are military spies. of the Dixie cafe Friday morning There have been reports for some doui o:w ovs. j. vu"" ""-days that Germany's efforts to se ger of the Thompson notei. mr 1 cure the continued neutrality of Italy Crabtree went to the fire station and by inducing Austria to cede Trent aiiea out air. jasper Yi. "Zi an other territory to her were not of the fire truck, and they with Night meeting with success. Italy, it was Policeman Boyle put ou .the j fire saij demanded that the territory be which had not made much headway, to her immediately, but that -wiiiwuk i-uriuiiK ui Biijr " itne Teutonic allies desired to make Crabtree broke out a winaow ana the transfer after the war. went into the building and secured . a bucket of water and extinguished A Paris dispatch states that Zep the blaze. It was a dream that peiin airship raided Paris early yes averted a bad fire, no doubt, on this terday morning and dropped a dozen occasion. Mrs u-aptree, wno was bombs, but that the damage done sleeping over the cafe, dreamed that waa unimportant. Paris is said to sne openeu a uuu ui.ww nave remained calm while the invas f ound some ostrich plumeh on fire ion was in pr0gress, residents of the and on waking up she found her city exhibiting more curosity than room filled with stiffling smoke. She fear. Only 7 or 8 persons were hurt woke her husband and he began the investigation and found the fire. Admirals of the Allied fleet are This dream might have saved lives, believed to have decided unanimously as all the rooms in the hotel, which at a conference Friday to renew soon is located over the cafe, were oc- the genral attack on the Dardanelles cupied. , , . , . A Vienna dispatch of the 21st Election for Lumberton High School states: "Many districts in Vienna are District May 3. reported to have been virtually with-1 Mr. A. E. Spivey was appointed I out bread for a. week. The govern registrar ana wessrs. w. wnnon ana ment order curtailing production one J. B. Bowen judges lor the election fourth has been repeated, but the to determine whether or not a high situation is said to have shown no school district should be established improvement, bakers being unable to composed 01 iiiimoerwn wwnsmp, 1 obtain flour. said election to be held on same day! : of town election, May 3d, by the H. H. Riddle of McMillan's Siding -board 01 county wmmuBionen in 1 Killed by Train. special session here today. The dead body of H. H. Riddle, It is a Known lacs vnai, some gnange about 26 years old, bookkeeper for has got to Dc maue in orusr w meetitne McAiuian Tradine (Jo of McMil the demands for school facilities for Jan's Siding, this county,' was found Lumberton, ana as a special regis-1 yesterday morning between the dou tration for this elecion has been or ble tracks of the A. C. L. Railroad dered, it is very essential tnat tne 0ne and a half miles south of Fay voters fail not to, register. letteville. A coroner's' inquest -was A summary of this bill, which if held at Fayetteville yesterday af carried, will allow the board of ternoc-n and the verdict was that de- school trusees to issue bonds and! ceased came to his death by being levy a special tax ior mamvainin? struck by a tram about midnight the school, was published in a recent j Saturday night his watch stopped at issue 01 ine nooenian. but recommended rigid mves- : ; tigation by the, grand jury. Six wit- Among the Sick. nesses testified that Riddle was put The condition of Mrs. J. C. Max- down from an automobile at the Holt well, who recently underwent an op. Margan village Saturday night and eration for appendicitis 1 at the that Riddle was drunk; that two of Thompson hospital, is fast Jinprov- the witnesses, Melvin and Wervalee, ing. . and Riddle came back to Fayetteville At the Thompson hospital: Mrs. jn another car; that Riddle was left H. G. Jones, who recently under- at the gate of a house in the red went an operation is getting along t district and that the next heard nicely. Miss Ada Henley of Manet- 0f him was the finding of his body ta had her tonsils and adenoids re- The occupant of the house said an moved by Dr. N. A. Thompson Jthis unknown man tried to enter h"- mnrnini? June Holmes, Indian, who housa at that-, hnnr but wa rfnsp recently underwent an operation for admittance. W. C. Riddle, father of appendicitis, is getting, aiong niceiy. the deceased, carried the body to hi- Master Shelton McKenzie, Jr., had home in lower Cumberland yesterday his tonsils and adenoids removed a afternoon few days ago. He is getting along L. 1 as well as could be expected. Mrs. Chairman' Simmons of the finance Fred B. Johnson of Barnesville, who committee of the United States Sen recently underwent an operation for ate took issue-'Saturday with pro appendicitis, will return home tomor- phets of a large" Treasury deficit in row. a statement saying his investigations rr- at the Treasury have convinced him The annual meeting - of the the deficit will not exceed $26,000, stockholders of the Farmers Tobacco 000. There have been conflicting Warehouse Co, of Lumberton will be estimates of the pobable deficit, held at the Farmers & Merchants some of them as high as $130,000,000 Bank Thursday of this week at 4 p. and Senator Simmons decided to as tn. certain tEe real facts. Interest Increasing Daily in the County Commencement to be Held in Lumberton April 9 Some of the Contests Explained. Interest is increasing daily in the Robeson county commencement that will be held m Lumberton April 9 WITHIN THE STATE Items of Interest in Brief Form From All Over North Carolina. Officials of the Southern Railway Friday applied to the Corporation Commission for permission to discon tinue trains directly affecting service at Greensboro, Raleigh, Goldsboro, lurnam, Charlotte, Salisbury, Win it is expected that Robeson county's ; ston.Salem and Wilkoshrtrn rlniminn- commencement will be far ahead of j that war-time depressicn makes it the great Bladen county commence-, necessary and that the trains would ment held at Elizabethtown Friday! bo restored as soon ag conditions 01 last weeK, an account or wnicn is reach normal affain. The Coramis- published elsewhere -in this issue. Supt. Tools has furnished The Rob esonian the following explanation of seme of the contests that will be held at the county commencement: 'Spelling Contest Words for the elementary grades will be' selected from Reed's Word Lessons (Books 2 and 3). For the high school grades, Reed's Word Lessons, Book 3 and Part Four. Should there be a tie, an additional list of ' words will be selected and given out until the tie is broken. Relay Race. This race requires four boys from each school. Each school places a boy on the line with a small flag in his hand. As he is running the sion nas ine matter unaer advisement and will wait the filing of detailed statements. Burglars entered the posteffice at Chandler, Buncombe county, early Firday, cracked the safe with a charge of nitroglycerine, secured stamps and money to the value of about $700 and made their escape in an automobile. The twenty-fifth annual session of the Baptist Woman's Missionary Un ion of North Carolina will be held in New Bern March 23-26. The pres ent indications are for one of the largest and most interesting meet ings ever held. ' Hickory dispatch, 20th: . Garfield McGalliartf, Glenn and Dewey Yount, BLADEN COMMENCEMENT First County Commencement a Com plete Success Supt. Joyner Heard by 3,000 People Practically Every School in County in Parade of 1,500 Children. Elizabethtown Cor., 19th, Wilming ton Star, by J. Bayard Clark. Beneath the statelv long leaf pines which lend distinction to the grounds on which the high school building stands at this place and which self same pines on a dav gone by listen ed in majestic silence to a rnemor oHa contest between the immortal Vance and the forceful Settle, there formed in parade twlay fifteen hun dred bright eyed boys and girls gath ered from the schools of Bladen county and marched thence to the court house door where they were re ceived by Dr. J. Y. Joyner, the patri arch of education in North Carolina. This was a sight not soon to be for. gotten, the kind of thing to behold which makes a man's heart beat fast er, stirs within him all that Is best and gives one more confidence in the future of his country than the parade of marshaled armies. And the chil dren were not all. If 3,000 is not the correct figure fof the crowd that BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Middling cottcn is 'bringinar 8 today Pei' PUnd n the ,0(,a, Mr. Luther Cox is having a four- VeS,dence erectel on his lot on the 'town commons." akT; IUtIo sleet fel1 hereabouts about noon Saturday when there was a change of weather to colder. .Special communication St AL h-m's Lr-dgo No. 111. A. F. ft A M tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Work in third degree. Mr. A. VVeinstein' department store. Messrs. A. W. McLean, R. C Iwrence and E. J. Britt will leavi tonight for Raleigh to attend tbo nuyicme oourt mere this, week returned Fri- day from New York, where he spent several days buying goods for his Lumberton Lodge No. 245, I. O. O. F., will meet in the W O. W nail over the postoffice tonight at 8 oclock. A full attendance is desir ed. . Mr. Hardy Parnell of Buie was amonsr th viitrr in t,. ckj I Mr Parnell got on the "God-blesseJ t t " , 1 . "ins 1 kUL U block, another boy is placed on the Joe Bass,' Vance Lawrence. Car !i BlaJ pay,n. "'".subscription more line from each school, who takes the ; Brooks. Jodie Starnes. Ezra Rink. I it u aa omoii ceeds as the firSt. Thus it is on-! white ' b'oys arrested in connection , place that cculd be found here to ac tinued through the race. The school with the murder of Pink Goodson, a' commodate the largest crowd that has coming out a heard wins. negro 66- years of age, in his home gathered at this historic hill since on. fptato Race. near Hickory, last Saturday night Governor Aycock spoke here in the There will be six'or more potatoes were set at liberty at the nrelimin- famn,.c Rri swt ri., put in boxes which will be placed in a , ary hearing here today, the evidence . tiently and with apt attention they row. Thirty-five yards from this introduced bing insufficient to even I gathered around the court house, line the same number of empty boxes j cause the counsel for the State to ; SUch of them as could being seated, will be placed in a row. bach con-'ask that thev or anv of them be held ! unA lienor! r. nn v, tpst.flnt will navfi to carrv rne nota- fni. Qnr.oir.r. fnnt u...:. l . . r v, wym lerisnc speecnes or ur. joyners, a toes to the empty boxes one at a j Davidson county may issue bonds seech which it would be useless for ume. me poiaioes mu&i- ue pui. in j 10 tne amount ot $auu,uuu ana ma the boxes and not thrown on the : cadamize it3 roads, according to a ground near them. decision f Judge Lyon at chambers Each contestant must have at- J in Greensboro Saturday. He declin- tended school 30 per cent of the ' ed to make permanent the temporary school up to the time of the con- injunction he issued a few days ago enjoining the sale of bonds or other ;ts upon the part of the road com missioners named in the act of the last Legislature, known as4 the Leon ard act. Jesse C. Walker. now in 'jail at Southport awaiting trial on tests. Notices of New Advertisements. Bethune's annual educational tour of Washington will be made in June. It is for teachers and pupils. The "Cash Store" at St. Pauls in-. vites ladies to inspect its line of j the charge of murdering Sheriff Jack spring millinery. son Stanland of Brunswick county Are you looking for the tall dais- m the fall of 1908, is said to be the ies?" The Farmers & Merchants Bank asks you, and tell you how to make the violets 'surpass the daisies. Bargains in real estate L. B. Blackburn. ' House for rent L. B. Blackburn. Coburn's Minstrels at opera house Friday night. Pictures of uauty at Pastime the atre. Watch found. Big 10-days' sale of furniture at Fairmont began Saturday. Star theatre. Pocketbook lost. Hemp Growers and Importers Uneasy Washington Dispatch, 20th. A committee of hemp growers from Yucatan, Mexico, and representatives of American hemp importers laid be fore the State Department today an appeal for action by the United States that would terminate the rev olutionary troubles between General Alvardo, the Carranza governor of Yucatan, and an opposing faction. The committee probably will discuss the situation with Secretary Bryan next Monday. . Mr. Geo. T. Graham of Tolars ville is among the visitors in town today, Mr. Graham talks like a man who raises t plenty of food for his family and stock. same man who, in 1909, under the name of Paul Williams, killed a dep uty sheriff in Oklahoma, where he escpaed from the State prison after serving 3 years of a 30-year sentence. The identification seems to be com plete. escaped from the State prison after" The legislative commission which has-in charge the investigation of the charges against Judge Frank Carter in the Abernethy-Carter contempt case with a view to determining wnetner tnere are grounds to war rant impeachment proceedings against Judge carter, was scheduled to hold its initial meeting this morning in the, hall of the House of Representa tive at Raleigh. Mr. R. A.,. Dough- ton is chairman of the commission Charlotte's first celebration of Dol lar Day last Thursday is reported as being a great success. It is said that genuine bargains were offered and that thousands of purchases were maie by visitors who thronged the city, Today at the Star theatre they win snow the third episode of the Traey O' Hearts, most thrilling yet snown. in addition they will have three" other reels. Always a good comedy, a good laugh, assured daily See their ad on another page of this issue. CLEAN UP AND PAINT UP Mayor White Designates Week Beginning March 29 as Clean-Up and Paint-Up Week He Call" On AH Citizens to Co-Operate to Make the Town Clean and Beautiful And Don't Forget to Swat The Fly. To the Citizens of the Town of Lumberton: ' " I hereby designate and set apart one week, beginning Mon day, March 29th, 1915, as clean-up and paint-up week. Much has been done in the past to make Lumberton a cleaner and more beau tiful town in which to live, but we, as citizens, should not be ' satisfied with what has been done in the past, but should ever ' strive to make ours a more beautiful town. Let us, therefore, as officials and citizens, co-operate with each ' other to the end that we will ba satisfied with nothing but the ' BEST. Clean up all rubbish, tin cans. and other unsightly artcles 1 that have accumulated around the home, and place them on the ' side" of the street, and such rubbish ill be promptly removed by ' the town wagons. I would especially urge that, iii so far as is possible, all this work be done the first three days "of the week, so that when the wagons start on their rounds they may make a clean sweep ds they go. An extra force wil be employed in order that all re- ' fuse matter may be removed propmtly. It is also important that all stables and outhouses should be given-a thorough cleaning. I also appeal to the colored c irens of our town to join en- thusiastically'in this movement, and thereby give their premises a thorough cleaning, and do their best to njake their immediate surroundings more attractive. "Lest we forget," I would also suggest that now is the time to "SWAT THE FLY," and not wait till they have come by the thousands. The town has on hand a suoply of disinfectants, botiiiiquid and powder, that will be given free to all who will apply to Mr G. T. Page, town clerk and treasurer, at the town halL This 22nd dav of March, 1913. In. this connection, as mayor of the- town of Lumberton and in behalf of the city administration I desire to express to the ladies of the Civic' Association my sincere thanks for their splendid efforts in behalf of -civic improvements of our town, and ask their co operation to make Lumberton's "clean up" week a grand success . .. A. EL WHITE, Mayor. this feeble scribe to attemnt to eu logize. A picnic dinner was spread on the court house lawn on a table fully 300 feet long, a tabl laden to its capac ity with such good things to eat as only the good, honest and true heart, ed people of Bladen know just how to prepare. Practically every school in the coun ty was represented by colors of ev ery kind, and the rivalry of the keenest. Bt it also remembered that marshals mounted on frisky steeds and bedecked in such manner as the station demanded hurried hither and thither on missions the great import ance of which was known only to themselves. There was displayed on the court; house during the day exhibits from the various schools of manual art, sewing, drawing and letering work. The exhibits cannot be too highly praised, so high an authority as Dr. Joyner passing compliments on them that will long be remembered by the schools. In the afternoon athletic contests between the various schools were en gaged in as were also declamations, recitations and theme writing. In all of these the rivalry was keen. It is not possible to give in detail here the names of the various contestants or even the winners of the prizes. Suffice it to say that each contest was largely participated in, and that not one disgruntled person was found after the result of the contests was announced. I It, would not be meet to close this article without saying a word in praise of Prof. B. J. Cromartie, coun ty superintendent, and Mrs. Jessie Lee Clark, nrincioal of the school here, and who was in active charee of the formation of the county com mencement. Their untiring efforts has been abundantly crowned with success, and success is a big word Our understanding of the purpose of a county commencement is that it is to stir up interest in school and school work and create a friendly rivalry between schools for the pur. pose 01 aeveiopmg a local pride in each school, instill in them a desire to excel and give a broader view of what others are accomplishing. year in advance Mrs. R. C. Lawrence n-MW Minnie Lennon left thisWnmoV Baltimore, where Miss Lennon will consult a ppecialist. Mrs. Lawrence went for the purpose of shopping. Will Hall, colored, was given a hearing before Recorder E M. Britt Saturday on a charge of stealing a half-ton cf cotton ?eed meal. He drew a sentence of four months on tr.c roads Messrs. J. P. Newman and Shep Nash while returning tfrom Red Springs on an automobile had a break down about ten miles from town and had the "pleasure" ftf walking r. They came in on the "ankle express" about 9 of the clock last night. Rev. Paul T. Britt of Mt Elialn passed through town Friday en route to Brunswick county, where h is pastor of several churches, yester day and Saturday being his regular appointment at one of his churches: Mayor and Mrs. A. E. Whit re turned Friday night from New York, where they spent some time Mr White went to New York to buy new goods for the department store of Messrs. White & Gough, of whicfc firm he is senior member, Mr. W. M. Jackson and Miss Lucy M. Burney, both of Bladen county, were happily united in tb bonds of matrimony in Register of Deeds M. W. Floyd's office by Justice Lubin Prevatt about 11 o'clock this morning. Quite a number witnessed the ceremony. Mr. D. R. Rhodes of Blooming dale was a Lumberton visitor Friday. Mr. Rhodes says he has cut his coC ton acreage and will not buy any fertilizer, at all. He x says he has nlenty of the raised kind of fertilizer to make corn a plenty, with seasons and work added. If there be the purposes then county commencement in Bladen was a com plete success. All in all, it was i gala day for the county and the re sults of this day s doings will be heard from in the future. ' Missionary Day at Long Branch Next Sunday. Missionary day will be observed at Long Branch Baptist church next Sunday (fourth Sunday) at 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon. Mr. Frank Gough of Lumberton will make the address cf the occasion. The public is invited. Madam Eldon, the palmist, left this morning for Bennettsville, S. C., after spending some time here tell ing the folks who wished what had been their lot and what would be Some were pleased and made to be lieve she was a wonder, while others felt like they ought to have their half dollar back. , As one of the minis ters in town remarked yesterday, "Judging from, the way folks had money to have their palms read, times must not be so hard after all." J. D. Wallace, 64 years old, one of the men wounded in the pistol bat tle at Pageland, S. C, March 12 in which J. W. Arant was killed in stantly and five others were wounded. died at-lhe Presbyterian hospital at Charlotte Friday. r As an insurance man Mr. J. W. Currie of Lumberton, general agent .'or the Jefferson Standard Life In surance Company of Greensboro in "t district, stands in the front row. He mcved his office from Fayette ville to Lumberton just a year ago ind durir.-j the time since he moved" ere he has sold $275,000 worth of life insurance. Mr. Currie has aar office in the opera house. Mrs. E. J. Ketchum, mother of Mrs. N. H. MWhite of Lumberton. died at her home in Wilmington Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Mrs. Ketchum had been ill for some time and her death was expected Mrs. Mite left Thursday morn ing to be with her mother but she died before Mrs. MWhite could reach her. The interment was in Wilming ton Friday evening. Those attend ing the funeral from here were Mr. and Mrs. N. H. MTVhite and son. The basketball team cf the Lum berton graded school met the Fay etteville basketball team at Fayette ville Friday in a game of basket ball. Lumbertdn was defeated by a score of 64 to 4. This defeat was due to the lack of team work, how ever. Ihe fayetteville team will come to Lumberton at an early date for another game. The girls are getting in trim for this game and ex pect to prove that evert though they were defeated in Saturday's game. they will be victorious in the next game. The Pastime theatre offers its friends two picures today in which will be seen two Lumberton favorites. Alice Jovce will be featured in "Nina of the Theatre," a 2-reel Kalem, and Francis X. Bushman will be featured in lrinkets or lragedy, a z-reei Essanv. Miss Jovce won first prize in the popularity contest in the Mo tion Picture Magazine, Christmas, 19?", also finished second in popular ity t"test which closes in April is- . sue of the Ladies World. Mr. Bush man w i first prize in the hero con tent in the Ladies' World in 1914. and now stands second in the great artists contest running in Motion Picture Magazine. These twoplayers are among the very best in the mov ie world. ':
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