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Meson chooBs Oomonencemenf in iu THE V loiiiiiv toil 9ft. ROBESONIAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTA COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $1.50 A YEAR. DUE IN ADYAHCB VOL XLVI. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1915. " NUMBER 12 BOTH LUMBERTON TEAMS WIN DON'T FORGET THE "HEN MEET" BROAD RIDGE SCHOOL CLOSES BIG CROWD EXPECTED ST: PAULS NEWS LETTER BRIEF ITEMS OK LOCAL NEWS High School BoysJVon Debate Fri day Night Both at Home and at San ford Laurinburg Boys De feated in Debate Here This Third Successive Time Home Btoys Have Won in Preliminaries and Last Year They Stood Third for Final, Which They Are Expected to Make This Year Reception After De bate. For the third successive year the debating team of the Lumberton graded school won both in the home debate and the one engaged in else where Friday evening. The query debated was, "Resolved, That the United States should adopt the policy of subsidizing its merchant marines engaged in foreign trade." The negative side of Laurinburg's team met the affirmative side of the home team here. The speakers from Laurinburg were Ralph Sanford and John Shaw. Rtobert Caldwell land Rufps Sanderson of the Lumberton graded school defended the affirma tive side here. Mr Lewis Shelby presided and in troduced the speakers. The judges were Messrs. L. C. Parker, R. C. Lawrence an W. K. Bethune. Pnhort Pnldwell led off the affir mative with a forceful and convinc- reasons why the United Mates snouia ciiKsidiyn its marines Ralnh Sanford made the first speech in defense of the negative, and onerea many con vincing points shelving that (there was no need for subsidizing the ma rines of the American Nation. Ru fus Sanderson was second for the af firmative. He made a strong and convincing speech and showed many avantages that -would be derived by subsidizing the marines. John Shaw was the last speaker for the 'nega tive an he, like all the other speak ers, had a forceful speech, showing why it would not be to the best in. terest of the government to adopt the policy of subsidizing the marines. Each speaker was allowed a brief rejoinder, after which the decision of the judges was rendered. This show ed two for the affirmative and one for the negative. The largest crowd that ever witness d a public debate in Lumberton irreeted the boys Friday evening and all were well pleased with the elo ouent and forceful arguments, pro duced by all the speakers, especial ly the home boys. . After the debate was over the girls of the graded school gave in honor of the debaters a reception which was "highly enjoyed. The Laurinburg boys were accom panied by Prof. Rabb, principal of the Laurinburg school. John Proctor and Robert Mclntyre represented the negative side of the nuery at Sanford, speaking against the affirmative team of the Sanford school, and judging from the fact that they walk ed off with the honor of winning from the Sanford team, they must have been there with the goods. The boys were accompanied to Sanford bv Prof. R. E. Sentelle, superintend ent of the Lumberton graded school. Prof. Sentelle says the boys did them selves proud. The fact that the debaters of the lumberton graded school have won in the first preliminary contest for three successive years 13 plenty of evidence that Lumberton has some star debaters. ' , . The bovs will go to Chftpel Hill April 8 for the second preliminary contest and no doubt they will win in this, which will give them a chance in the final debate for the Aycock Memorial Cup. This final contest will be held April 9. It will be remembered that the Lumberton team came out third in the second contest at Chapel Hill last April. Vaccinating Against Hog Cholera Will Sow Soy Beans. Mr. L. E. Blanchard, county farm demonstrator, spent part of last week in Maxton and vicinity for the pur pose of vaccinating hogs. He vac cinated 110 hogs and says that there are that many more in that section to be vaccinated. The farmers are tak ing advantage of trie cneap rate oi vaccinating against cholera. As has been stated in The Robesonian, the only cost is the pay for the serum rse'd Mr. Blanchard also states that about 40 farmers in the county hive agreed to sow soy beans this roar as an experiment and see if they cannot raise their meat cheap, cr With the soy beans than they can with corn. Getting Ready for Union Station. A force of hands began work Fri day nutting in a cement floor and a ticket window for the use of the Virtrinia & Carolina Southern Rail road Comnany at the Seaboard sta tion, which after April 1 will be a union passenger station. The grounds about the station have been raised and the V. & C. S. has extended its track to Elm street. Everything is being gotten ready for this impor tant change. "Mr. W. H. Bullock of Baker's chapel is among thevisitors in town today. Mr, Bullock says Messrs. Billie Bryant and H. J. Rosier of his section are very, sick. Meeting to be Held at Court House Tomorrow Night to Organize Poul try and Farm Exhibition ' Associa tion. Correspondence of The Robesonian. We are glad that so many are be coming interested in the organiza tion of a poultry and farm exhibit association. This article is for the purpose of extending a special invi tation to the ladies to attend this call for the purpose of organizing our association, which is Tuesday i night, March 30th, at 8 o'clock at the court house in the commissioners i room We men have long since learned that, to siirpeerl in nn iinHertakinr we must have the co-operation of the ladies, and it is especially true in this case. We are expecting an experienced poultryman from the Experiment Station at Ralegh to meet with us, and we want everyone who possibly can to be present and get the bene, fit of what this gentleman will have to say in regard to caring for poul try in its various aspects. Come out and assist in launching our association and let us create an interest that will result in a creditable exhibit this fall. read rn -he. Robesonian -where a gentleman set a hen with 15 eggs and took off 16 chickens. We be lieve this statement, but who will be ..." - lieve the statement that we are now going to make: We set a hen with 17 eggs and in 14 days this same hen had a brood of 21 chicks. Come to the meeting and if you wish an explanation we will give it. But what we want to say is, at tend the call for the purpose of or ganizing the association on Tuesday night, March the 30th. ED. E. FREEMAN. This meeting was first called to be held on March 31st but had to be moved up one night. Editor. CLEN UP. CLEAN UP This is clean-up week in Lumberton. Uncle Walt Mason tells how: Now let us give the war a rest, the rout, the siege, the sally, and gayly shed our coat and vest, and go and clean the alley! Let's gather up the dogs and cats which have this life departed, and let tin cans and bricks and hats off to the dump be carted. InWinter you may voice your views, which you believe important, and base long sermons on the news, butvin the Spring you'd orn't. Then every able-bodied man should whoop the "Clean Up" slogan, and chase the old to matoe can, the castoff hat and brogan. So let us clear our bulging brows of triffling thoughts and narrow, and gather up the old dead cows, and work the rake and har row. The rubbish left by careless men,, and lazy human cheeses, will bring a host of germs again, and they'll bring punk diseases. And forty bil lion flies will come, as many microbes bearing, and round our weary heads they'll hum, and keep us busy swearing. Clean up! Clean up! On every block let all the workers rally! No man should stand around and talk until he's cleaned his alley! RECORDER'S COURT Cleaning Out Nest of Evil-Doers To Answer Charge of Disposing 'of Mortgaged Property. Tom and Sue Rodgers, Geo Gil more and Fannie Smith, all negro women, were before Kecorder t,. M. Britt Friday. Sue Rodgers was charged with retailing and was giv en 90 days in jail. The other three were charged with an ufray and all drew a sentence of 90 days in the county jail except Geo Gilmore, who drew a 60-day sentence. Recorder Britt eays he is going to make a strong effort to do away with some of the "doings" in the "bottom." from where these subjects all hailed. Mr. Britt is giving good recorder ser vice, which is bringing about a change in conditions here for the better. Wade Wallace was arrested in Co lumbus rounty, wherV? hb recently moved from Robeson, Friday of last, week on the charge of disposing of property on which Mr. A. L. Bullock of Rowland had a mortsratre. Wal lace was brought here and plac3d in iail, but later was released under a if 300 bond for his appearance befor Recorder E. M. Britt Wednesday of this week, when he will be given a preliminary hearing. Forest Fires Down AUenton Way. Mr. Arelia Smith of Allenton was among the visitors in town Saturday. Mr. Smith says forest fires did con siderable damage in his section Fri day of last week, burning over sev eral hundred acres of the Smith land, which was well timbered. Lumberton Lodge No. 55, K. of P., will meet this evening at 8 o'clock. Important business. Friday Was a Memorable Day on the Gallant Broad Ridge Large Crowd Attcnded'School Closing Mr. E. J. Britt the Speaker Excelent Exer cises and Fine Picnic Dinner A Section That is Making Great Progress Along, All Lines. Friday of last week was a day long to be remembered by the citi- zens of the Gallant Old Brorad Ridge. They gathered themselves together to witness the closing exercises of the Broad Ridge public school. Early in lhe morning the folks began to ar Iri I a rive on the scene and by 10 o clock a lare crowd had gathered to wit ness the exercises by the children I Tne exercises consisted of dialogs songs speeches and pantomimes i mi The children displayed good talent and well trained minds. The manner in which they, each of them, display ed" their parts showed that Broad Ridge district was indeed fortunate in securing the services ttf their teachers, Miss Clyde Howard of St. Pauls and Miss Mary Surles of Or rum. After the children had entertain ed the large number present for' more than two hours, the crowd was dismissed after being invited to par tek which was spread on the grounds" To look at the ediSles that were dis played on the grounds one would for get that "hard times" were abroad 'in the larfd. After all present had feasted to their perfect satisfaction enough was taken up to have fed the crowd a second time. At 2:30 the crowd reassembled to hear an "address by Mr. E. J. Britt of Lumberton. Mr. Britt was in troduced in very appropriate words by Mr. I. F. Britt, who took occas ion to review in a brief way the ad vancement that had been made along educational lines by this district dur ing the last few years. He said that only a few years ago the boys and girls of that section were going to school in a small one-room house with a chimney at one end, and had to quench their thirst with water from a hole in a bay nearby in a hole where the boys and girls pre ceding them only a short time had washed their hands. He then called attention to the fact that the boys and girls are now housed in a hand some two-room building, surrounded by modern conveniences of every kind. He said that in days that have gone forever people of other sections of the county would scoff at "Broad ridgers," as they were then termed, but now this spot is fast coming to the front and no section ox the coun ty offers more desirable habitation. Mr. E. J. Britt was loaded with a speech chock full of good common sense, and no doubt his efforts to show why every boy and girls should have, "an open field and a fair chance" will mean much to the people of that section. Mr. Britt showed in plain terms why every boy and girl should seek an education and urged them to take avantage of their opportuni ties, which so far exceed those of their fathers. Mr. Britt expressed his appreciation of the fact that his old home, the Broad Ridge, had taken on new life and was doing things. -Supt. J. R. Poole was present and made a short but interesting talk, encouraging the children to go for ward. He explained the meaning of the county commencement and mvit ed the bovs and girls of that school to attend this great gathering of school children, and grown-ups as well, at Lumberton April 9. While the public school has clos ed, the patrons of the school will keep Miss Surles, the primary teach, er, for probably two months yet to teach the smaller children who are not large enough to be of much help on the farm. It was easy to tell from the ex pression on the faces and word3 spoken bv the patrons of the school that they were well pleased with the work done by the teachers during the season just closed, which was pronounced by them as one of the very best in the history of the school. The Broad Ridge section of Rob eson is not only making great prog ress along the line of education, but in many other ways as well. They have recently prganized a Baptist church there and now have a nice church building completed and have preaching once every month and Sun day school every Sunday. The peo ple are waking un along the line of agriculture and instead of "mess, ing". as they .usedto do, they , are now lining up with the most pro- rrressive farmers 'of the county, "ly of them raising more than a '-tie of cotton to the acre, making 'rom $100 to $250 per acre on to Vcco and last, but not least, they raise corn by the barn-full. They have caught the idea of living at home, and as one of the speakers re marked, "it would be a hard task to find a section where the people generally are living sat home and more happy than those who luckily call tlfis noted section jome". Messrs. Badger Biggs of Lum berton and Edwin Belch of Bellamy went Saturday to Raleigh, where they will enlist in the. United States Ar my, " Folks From All Over Are Coming to County Commencement in Lum berton April 9 Supt. Poole Sends Out 300 Diplomas. Prof. J". R. Poole, county superin tendent of public instruction, has ?ent out 300 diplomas to the differ ent teachers in the county to be giv en to the scholars that finish the seventh grade this year. The exam inations took place Thursday and Friday of last week, and numbers of them are coming in, which will be signed by the board of education and presented to the scholars at the county commencement here April 9. This reporter has visited several sections of the county during the last few days and indications are, judging from the way the folks talk, that the biggest crowd that has ever assem bled in Lumberton will be here on that date for the commencement. Prizes to be awarded to the win ners in the various contests to be held in Lumberton at the Robeson County Schools Commencement on Friday, April 9th: For the best schoofexhibit f 10.00. To the school having the highest percentage of its enrollment pres ent at the County Commencement $5.00. spelling contest (first to the seventh grades, inclusive) $5.00. To the winner of the high school spelling contest (eighth grade and above) $5.00. 100 yard dash $5.00. 220 yard dash $2.50 440 yard dash $2.50. Running broad jump $2.50. Running high jump $2.50. Standing high jump $2.50. Standing broad jump $2.50. Potato race (boys) $2.50. Potato race (girls) $2.50. Relay race $2.50. Each school in the county will be allowed to enter one contesetant in the elementary spelling contest and one conteseant in the high school "spelling contest. Only one representative from each school can be entered for the athletic events, wth the exception of the re lay race, where of course each school will be allowed four representatives. A BUSINESS MAN WHO KNOWS "A man who will not ad vertise is a dead business man, and the man who will not pay his advertising bill when pre sented is not much more alive. A merchant cannot realize what constant advertising is worth to him", were the re marks of perhaps the most successful business man in Robeson county one day re cently. Had you thought about the fact, Mr. Business Man, that the business houses that do the most extensive ad vertising are the houses that do the biggest business. "There's a reason". MASS MEETING THURSDAY EVE Meeting Will be Held at Court House Thursday Evening to Consider Mat ter of Selling Light Plant Offic ials of Yadkin River Power Co Will Be Pre8ent. To the Citizens of the Town of Lum berton: A public mass meeting of the cit izens of the town of Lumberton has been called for Thursday evening at eight o'clock, April 1st, sameto be held at the eourt house, for the pur pose of further considering the mat ter of selling or not selling the mu- nipical electric light plant to the Yad kin River Power Company. Col. Chas. E. Johnson, president, and Mr. C. N. Rackliffe, manager power depart ment, of the Yadkin River Power Company, will be present and it is desired that every citizen who is at all interested in this propositon, whether for or against, be present so that you may be enabled to pass more intelligently upon the matter. This 29th day of March. 1915. A. E. WHITE, Mayor. Among the Sick. The condition of Mrs. -A. H. Pre vatt, who has been ill for some time is improved today. Mrs. A. R. Carter who has been confined to her room for some time with grin is better today. Miss Janie K. Wishart developed.! a case of diphtheria at the home of lier parents, Mr and Mrs. J. H. Wishart. East Firth street, Satur day. Her condition was reported as very favorable this morning. Mr Austin McMillian wan taken to the Thompson hospital Saturday night about 11 o clock rf:er having drunk, some kind of poison, mistaking it for medicine. He is getine along as well as could be expected today and there is hope for his recovery Mt. Eliam School Closes Wednesday. The Mt. Eliam public school will close Wednesday of this week. The school will give a concert, consist ing of dialogues, speeches, plavs and music Wednesday evening beginning at 8 o'clock. The public is invited. Mr. S. T. Stone is the teacher. High School Boy s Won Debate at Home But Lost at Fairmont Re ceivers Appointed for St- Pauls Hardware Co. Graded School Ex pecting Big Day at County Com mencement Boy Scouts Organized Church Ladies Will Give a Din ner Thursday Evening Death of a Faithful Dog Per.-onal, Correspondence of The Robesonian. St. Pauls, March 29 A large crowd attended the public debate held here Friday night when Messrs. FJugene Howard and Glenn McArthur met Messrs. H. Thompson and Shocketie of Fairmont's negative. As stated in The Robesonian, this preliminary debate is held every year all over North Carolina to decide who will go to Chapel Hill in April to enter the Aycock Memorial Cup contest, conducted by the bureau of extension of the University of North Caro lina. St. Pauls belonged to the tri angle composed of Parkton, Fairmont and St. Pauls, but Parkton withdrew from the race some time ago and that left it between St. Pauls and Fair mont to decide who would go to Chapel Hill from this triangular cir cuit. The debating here was fine on both sides and it was very hard lor the judges to reach a decision, but after much consideration thev -tfettdeonavdr- Messrs. Gladyon Lyon and Walthon Usher of bt. Pauls negative were defeated at Fairmont by the affirm, ative of Fairmont's team. The de bating was close in both places and showed that the bovs had devoted a great deal of time to it. St. Pauls and Fairmont both are debarred from entering the final contest at Chapel Hill now. The judges here were Mr. 11. W. Doub of I'arlton, Rev. J'. A. Snow and Mr. J. B. Evans of this place While St. Pauls will not be able to enter the final contest at j Chapel Hill, this year, it is under stood that the boys will enter the preliminary debate again next year, when they hope to be able to enter the Aycock Memorial Cup 'contesit at Chapel Hill Messrs. T. L. Johnson of Lumber ton and W. C. Nance of this place have been appointed receivers for the St. Pauls Hardware Co. It is un derstood that the failure of this company is due to "war times". Mr. Nance is busy taking an inventory of the stock of goods. The graded school here is mak ing arrangements to have a big day on April 9, at the county commence ment. Let all the people come out on this day and make the commence ment one of the best ever held. The Boy Scouts, organized here a few weeks ago, are making fine prog, ress. There are now about 24 boys enrolled as members. Prof. L. B. Olive, the efficient "scout master", is planning to take them on a "hike" to White Lake, Bladen county, some time in May. The Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist church here will give a six o'clock dinner on Thursday even ing, in the Townsend building. The proceeds of this dinner will be used to help pay the expenses of furnish ing the pulpit of the church. One and all are cordially invited to be present. "Shep", the faithful dog of Mr. W. W. Livingstone, died Friday -after an illness of only -a few days. Shep was a friend to all and every one that knew him liked him. We are dogs that "Shep" is there. Miss Juliet Duke of Hamlet is Vis iting her sister, Mrs. W. D. Johnson Mr. L. L. McGoogan spent a few days in Wilmington last week on business. Mr. J. M. C. Denmark was a Lumberton visitor Thursday evening. Mr. W. C. Nance spent Ihursday evening in Lumberton on business. Mr. J. T. Bateman was a Lumberton visitor Friday. Mr. Gladyon Lyon spent Saturday and Sunday in Wilmington. THE FINAL SUMMONS. Mrs. Penelope McLean. Mr. John H. McNeilll and sisters, Misses Mary and Florence, attended the funeral of their aunt, Mrs. Pen elope McLean, near Raeford yester day. Mrs. McLean died Saturday and was about 80 years of age. Rev. W. C. Brown of Raeford conducted the funeral. Meredith Barnes, Colored. Meredith Barnes, a highly respect ed colored man, aged about 45 years, died suddenly at his home near Back Swamp church Thursday of last week. Miss Minnie Prevatt. Mis3 Minnie Prevatt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Prevatt of the Back Swamp section, died this morn ing. Miss Prevatt had been sick for some time and her death was not unr expected. Deceased had numerous friends who will be sorry to hear of her death. FidilUr8' Convention at Blandenboro Night of April 2d. An old-time fiddlers' convention will be held at the high school build ing at Bladenboro Friay night, April 2d. Prizes will be given. A great time and a great crowd are expected. A communication in regard to this wa3 received too late for publication today but will be published Thursday. Middling cotton is worth 8- 1-Z cents on the local market today. Good middling, 8 7-8 cents. The local chapter of the U. D. CL will meet Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Lizzie (.'. Proctor. No less than 9 boys have left f.'imberton during the last three day for Charlotte for the purpose of joining Uncle Sam's army. --A two-weeks term of civil court ,'n'ivened this morning at 10:30. Judge O. II. Allen of Kinston is pre siding. No case had been disposed f up to the time of going to press. Messrs. G. G. Phillips of Lum berton, C. C. Norton and W. S. Me Lenn of Bellamy, went Saturday night to Charlotte to enlist in the United -States Army. The Star Theatre entertained the children of the first and secoodr grades of the graded school her Friday evening by showing them five reels of motion pictures. They will entertain two grades every Friday evening until they get through the school. . The annual meeting of the Far mers Tobacco Warehouse Co. will be held at the farmers & Merchants held at the Farmers & Merchants m It is. important that everv stock holder e present or send his proxy. This meeting was postponed from Thursday of last week. A series of meetings which was to begin at the Presbyterian church at Maxton next Sunday was moved up a week and began yesterday. The meeting is expected to last 2 weeks. Upon the close of this meeting an other will start at St. Paul's Meth odist church at Maxton. Coburn's Greater Minstrels . de lighted a large audience at the op era house Friday night. The show was perhaps better than ever before here. Nick Glynn and Charley Gano, the premiers, are still fun-makers all to the good and they kept the crowd in a roar of laughter all the while. The Star theatre will how the 4th Episode of the Trey O' Heart today in addition to three other great reels of quality pictures. They hare a two and three reels photo-play every day this week. Wednesday wr the great feature day Julius Caesar in six parts. See their ad on anoth er page. The Maxton Chief deposes and says: Two of Maxton's young men went up to Charlotte Monday to join the United States navy, but the news of the German U family of subma rines was a litle too strong, and they turned up with the dry-ground brig ade Tuesday morning. Do not tell it to the marines. Miss Elizabeth Snead, a teacher in the graded school here, spent Fri day at Dunn visiting the school at that place for the purpose of ac quainting herself with the ways of teaching practiced by the teachers of that school. Prof. Sentelle allows the teachers of the graded school that privilege occasionally when they can secure a desirable substitute to fill heir places while away. Maxton Scottish Chief, 19th: V- McKay McKinnon, who resigned as rr.?.yor of Maxton a few months ago to accept the recordership. of the !M3xr?n district, after serving f.cceptaMy as mayor and c6mffii:?VMi i . m.w n lvr eigne years. retire to private .life next Monday. He leaves office with the confidence and best wishes of the people whomr he has faithfully served during these yeai . The Pastime theatre offers air interesting program today, present ing Alice Joyce in a 2-reel Kalenr feature entitled "The Show Girl's Glove," "The Little Captain," fea turing Bobbie Connelly, the VHo graph Kid, and a "Deal in Statuary.' an Edison, featuring Augustas Phil lies. Tomorrow the 6th episode of "The Perils of Pauline," will be pre sented, also a Lubin 2-reel, featur ing Joseph Smiley. Policeman U. S. Page of La Grange, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Page of Lumberton, was complete ly exonerated by the coroner's jury of all blame in connection with kill ing a desperate negro who shot and wounded Mr. Page when he attempt ed to make an arrest, as told in a news dispatch in Thursday's Robe sonian. Mr. Page is recovering rap idly from his wound, but the bullet, which struck his jaw and lodsred somewhere in the fleshy part of his head, had not been located at last account. Sihool at Oak Grove Owes Thursday lhe public school at Oak Grove will close Thursday of thi3 week. There- will be a public speaking in the af ternoon beginning at 3 o'clock. Mr. Irank Gough and Prof J. R. Poole of Lumberton and Prof. Owen Odum wi" Ve the speakers. The school will givo a concert Thursday night. The peblic is invited. Miss Anna Belle Humpr ey is the teacher. Children dry FOR FLETCHER'S CAST OR I A.
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