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ROBESONIAN 1 Jtlijj ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH $1.50 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCB VOL XLVI. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1915. 2 iNUMfaLR 34 MEETINGS CONTINUE Rev. Dr. Wilson Preaching Sermons of Great Power at Fir8t Baptist Church Services Attended ) by Large Congregations Many Pro fessions of Faith Services at 10 A. M. and 8:30 P. M, The series of meetings which be gan a week ago at the First Baptist church is expected to continue all this week. Great interest i3 being manifested and the services, especi ally the evening service at 8:30, are beiner attended by large crowds. Dr. Lloyd T. Wfilson, pastor of Grace Street Baptist church of Richmond, Va., who is assisting the pastor, Rev. C. L. Greaves, is preaching sermon3 of great power, sermons that move his hearers. Many have already made profession of faith and " a number have joined the church. Services are held twice daily, at 10 a. m. and 8:30 p. m. The Shepherd and the Sheep. Dr. Wilson preached a strong sermon (yesterday morning on the subject "The Shepherd and the Sheep." He preached the sermon two years ago here during a meeting and had been requested to preach it again. The Scripture lesson was from the 10th chapter of John, and the text was the 23rd Psalm "The Lord is My Shepherd", etc. Sheep were first considered, their characteristics, and why we .are like sheep. The idea that a shepherd, referred to in the Bible, was a man of humble calling must be dismissed. Wealthy landowners, kings and princes, were often shepherds. A b.'iter idea could be obtained bv pet ting an image of as great dignity a? tenderness in .MiHieclion with th s-hepherd. A sh.-ep suggests weak ness, stupidity, proneness to wan der. A lost sheep has less senso than anything else in the world, and . it will never find its way back alonj j ist like human beings. Seeming contradiction in passages of Scripture referring to sheep had puzzle him a long time, said P'". Wilson. One passage indicated that a sheep would follow anybody and go astray, but Christ said "a strang er will they not follow, but will fie 3 from him; for they know not tha voice of strangers". That is true of well sheep and Christ was talking about well sheep. But when a. sheep getn sick it will follow anybody. Sinners most resemble sick sheep. Bringing out further the resem blance between people and sheepvDi Wilson said there are three prinit'e classes of diseases from which she o , suffer diseases of the mouth, d - eases of the eye, diseases of the hf on can class all the sins men com mit under one of these three classej lust of the mouth, lust of the eye, vainglory of life. In discussing lusts of the eye glitter and glare and pomp Dr. Wilson related a little experience in which one of his church members, a wealthy- man, had found no answer to a question raised by his daugh ter, when he objected to some ex travagance on her part, "What is money for but to spend?" That is what it is for, declared the preach er, but it depends on how you spend it; you are responsible to God for how you spend money entrusted to you. He declared that in all his experience he had never knwn but one instance in which money left to children had not proven a curse to them. Dr. Wilson said he had quit de nouncing people for going to thea tres to ''excess, for dancing, card playing. Such people are sick sheep. If they were well they would see so many better things to do. People are to be pitted who waste time play ing cardg when they might be help ing somebody And only sick sheep drink. In a country where dew falls sheep need no water. A well sheep never drinks, but when a sheep gets sick it will drink out of every mud puddle. Turning to the Shepherd, Dr. Wilson raised the questioVi in the rdnds of his congregation as. to vhether they believed really that Jesus Christ as their Shepherd would take care of them "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not Want." The trouble is most of us don't trust God to that extent. There were few dry eyes in tb congregation when the preacher t d a beautiful sweet experience of his own with a widow,, helpless herself and with helpless children, who placed such a sublime trust in God and who though oft not knowing where the next meal was to come from, had never suffered real want, though she had never beg ged help from any human beimr. ! She did not need to; God took cari As ha3 been mentioned in The of her. "Those who are in close 0besonian, the quarterly meeting of touch with G0d don't need to beg," ie Robeson Division of the Farm- weakness, yet leves us. "Be care- j ROBESON'S FARM-LIFE SCHOOL ful what you say about ethers," warn-! cd the preacher. We do not know, , Some Facts of Interest People of we cannot see motives, we do not know what is back of any action we might condemn; the very one we j would condemn might be the person God approves. Our weakness is that we do not believe, we do not put our trust in God and rely upon the promise that we "shall not want." Sermon Last Evening. Dr. Wilson preached another pow erful sermon last evening. He used .s a Scripture lesson the 5th chap ter of Daniel and used the 23rd verse aa a text "But thou hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of Heaven; and they have brougtit the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concu bines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of sil ver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all the ways, hast thou not glori fied". The reason that Babylon was de stroyed, declared the preacher, was, first, infidelity, second idolatry, third ingratitude. He declared that every usaved ma nand woman was in a class with the King of Babylon and that God had imposed the same verdict against them that he had im" posed against the king of that proud city. Every sinner nas been weigh ed in the balances and found want ing and his days have been num bered, declared Dr. Wilson. He then showed that the only hope of such a person was to get Jesus on his, or her, side. The speaker described in fidelity as nothing more nor less than unbelief, and declared that the unbelievers of this time were more responsible than were they in the days of Babylon. To be a nonbe- liever today one has to wade through a tender mother s tears and pray ers, Christian influences, and walk under the shadow of the churches. Too many men are trusting other things than the true God. Some are worshipping self, some the dol lar. The thing a man loves is his master, and it's easy to tell from a man's life what his master is. The man who worships elf or money is a3 guilty of idolatry as the man who worships stone gods. The preacher showed how easy it was to be un grateful to God, who hold the life of every man in his own hand, ' for life and the blessings received. "Je sus Christ is the only council who cin plead tne case f the sinner," the preacher declared, and urged sin ners to acknowledge God's sovereign ty and trust in His Son. It is fool ishness in any man to sty out of the fold of Christ. God kn ws ev ery sinner, and has his days num bered. He may hide his s:ns from his friends, but he cannot hide them from God, and one may be sure his sins will find n'm out- In closing, Dr. Wilson urged sinners to stop trampling on God's mercy and ac cept Him as their Savior. MORE WHEAT REPORTED CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETS i.Ult:V ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS German Papers Comment on Ameri can Note. Berlin Dispatch, 13th. The Berlin morning papers gener ally comment more or less extend edly on the American note along the lines followed y the Saturday ev ening papers. While there is a general disposi tion to recognize the friendly tone of the note and the fact that it makes further negotiations possible, the press is divided roughly into two parties, one disposed to enter into negotiations looking to a com promise on a new basis while the other, by implication or expressly, rejectg any departure from the course heretofore followed. Among the representatives of the latter idea is the Tagliche Rundschau, which declares that while the note seeks a way to a compromise it seeks along lines "which must result to the dis advantage of Germany." Big Strike Ordered at Chicago. Chicago Dispatch, 13th. A strike of the 14,500 employes of the surface and elevated traction systems was ordered at midnight. The men were directed to finish their runs and return their cars to the barns. The strike was called hafter a nail day conference of trans portation officials, labor leaders and Mayog-. Thompson had "been shown the two interests were at odds on the question of increased wages which., the men insisted must be guar anteed before aribtration could be considered. declared the preacher . From his personal experience Dr. Wilson drew also a beautiful lesson of hw God takes care of those who trust in him. Christ said, "I know my sheep" He knows our helplessness;' ers' Union will be held in the court house here Wednesday of this week. State Organizer-Lecturer J. Z. Green will address the meeting, and all Union members are urged to attend our t the meeting. Philadelphia Cermmunity Loyal Practical Subject for Discussion Wednesday Night Corn .- Club Boys' Institute Exhibits of Agri cultural Products Suggested. To the Editor of The Robesonian: There are a few things which might be said at the present about the farm life school that may be of interest to the public. As is generally known, this is the first year of the school's existence and besides thejroue ether difficulties confronting any new school of this kind, this hap pens to be an unusual year for the cotton-growing sec;Ions of the coun try of the misfortunes of which Philadelphus section has certainly had its share. It was late in the year before, the land was available, making it at best possible only for general farming this year. How ever, notwithstanding all of this, the prospects for the future are bright and there is much to encourage us now. People of Community Loyal The school is fortunate in having the most hearty cooperation and lYm al support of all of the people of the entire communfty. This is very gratifying indeed and certainly com mendable for the community. An example of this splendid cooperation was shown in the erection of the school barn. It was built entirely by the people of the community and not by aidfrom the State. They gave the materials and did the work of construction almost at a sacfi fice of time and means. The barn is a model, having been built after the pla sent out by the State De partment. It is 34 -feet wide by 52 feet long, large enough to give ample room for al! the feed-stuffs produc ed on the farm, or storing all of the farm implements, for stalls for the hcrses and leaving one end of the building designed for the dairy barn. It provides the maxium space at a minimum of expense and would be a credit to any farm in the whole county. Farm Stock The farm stock at present con sists of two four-year-old brood mares weighing 1,200 pounds each, the kind that will eventually become very popular throughout the South cm States before .e can avail our selves of the use of the most mod ern and improved farm implements and the better methods of farming. In this type of horse we have com bined all of those qualities of weight together with ability and endurance, strength and vitality, making a horse that is capable of moving a heavy load at a good speed. Improved Machinery In the ' way of improved ma chinery we have" in use at thsi time one of the most mod ern and practical two-horse cultiva tors to be found anywhere. If you have not seen one these successfully demonstrated to be economical and entirely practical, you should come over and see this one at work. With it one man is doing with two horses Social Interests Philadelphus still has its social in terests. One of the strongest chap ters of the Farmers' Educational and Co-Operative Union in the county is meeting regularly on every first and third Wednesday night in its hall in the school building. In these meetings various subjects bearing directly upon farmers' work are dis cussed and plans for co-operation are devised. Thus it is very helpful to its members. On next Wednesday night I shall briefly discuss the re sults of a piece of work I did in re search while in the University of Missouri. It has to do with the ap plication of fertilizer., to corn and the period at which it can be ap plied most profitably. We most cordially invite members who are of good standing of the neighboring chapters to meet with us in our regular meetings. Active Civic League For the young people and the la- dies we have a very active and well organized Civic League which is di vided into three sections as follows: The Ladies' Department, Mrs. B. A. Ashley, president, meets on the af ternoon of the first Thursday in ev ery month; the Young People's De partment, Mr. Mack McArthur, pres ident, meets on the evening of the second Thursday in each month; and the General Department, in which all departments, are assembled, Mr. J. B. Humphrey, president, meets on the evening cf everv fourth Thurs day in each month. Definite work has been outlined for each depart- (Continued on page 4) Additional Farmers Report Number Riv m o b Und.. 1 ."VP ' v nCrCK.m Gardener-New Step to be will Ueat in Robeson. No Doubt- Built ,t WriP. Town', thia Wheat in Robeson, No Doubt j Flour Mill at Pembroke Wheat ! Crop Fine. The following Robeson county C . 1 ... . . I 1 luiiiicia nave rcpuricQ ine numuer jj Jan oi acres or wneat tney nave grow-. , , - , in nce the list of more than a ' RePorteil for The Robesonian. nundred acres was published some1 The regular monthly meeting 0f three weeks ago: The Lumberton baseball team meet the Red Springs team her afternoon at 4 o'clock. Ad mis- ion 25 cents. Built at Artesian Well Town Board's Actvon on Servant Ques tion Approved Maid Suggested: Regu)ar communication St. Ai re Lnicn Depit A Novel Clean-ban.s Lodj?e No. 1U A F & A M tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. Of ficers will be elected. Material has arrived for the which will be located hall, Water street. in on these at once. the Cmc Association a. held on tlish tnilft W. K. Culbreth, Lumberton, -route jJun 9tn at 4 o'clock in the library r,der the town , 2 acres; N. J. Page. Fairmont, ;of t'ne graded school building. Wrk will begii 1 3-4 acres; Monroe Tay-; n regara v me river ptot Mrs. . Inr F.irnnnt rmito O 1. n H I W. ( ar V e reDOrted that the miivnr .nr. n. .. oiium, wnu lives nwr Britt, 1 1-2 W. N Townsend 2,'j. G : authorized her to secure the services 1 Allenton, has m his possession Prevatt 2, Haynes Prevatt 2, E. M.'of a landscape gardener to submit j ,lve alligator, which he caught m Thompson 1 1-2, Odum & Sampson 1 Plans for the plot, which she ha.l ' a bra nch Lnear, hl9 home ne d? Ias a u t . JL dr.no week. .The 'gator measured 4 1-2 M. H. Warwick 2. J. G. Rhodes 2. Mrs. R. D. Caldwell reported hav- B. V. Rhodes 1 all of Fairmont j in 8een the commtite of gentlemen route 2: R. P. Bvrd. Sterlings town-iwbo were appointed to have seats ship, 2 1-2; Eli Hagins, Britts town ship 1, 1-2; S. L. Parker, Lumberton, route 1, 1-2; H. Morrison, Lumber ton, 3 1-2; J. A. Bass, Marietta, route 1, 1 1-4; J. T. Arnett, Marietta, 1 1-4; B. M. Hayes, Marietta, 1 1-4; B. W. Lee, Bloomingdale, 1; Jetter G. Rhodes, Nye's, 2 acres. From the large number of farm ers who have reported and judging! It is requested by the Association from the many who have not, there must be at least 1,000 acres of wheat planted in Robeson. As was mentioned, in last Thurs day's "Robesonian, the flour mill at Pembroke will begin operation at an early da-te. Those who have traveled over the county say the wheat crop is fine, and some farmers declare that they will plant quite 4 number of their cctton acres in wheat next year. FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER The Messenger Revived Personal and Other Items. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Fairmont, June 14 Dr. W. A. Bridgers is at "home for a few -days visiting Rev. and Mrs. D. P. Brid gers. Mr. E. C. Nye of Orrum was here on business Saturday p. m. Mrs. G. W. Thompson is spend ing some time at her old home vis iting her mother and friends. It is reported that we are to have another drug store soon, Mr. James Townsend of Red Springs, proprietor . The Fairmont Messenger has come to' life under new management. The first issue came out Friday and was very good. I'd much news of any note to rc; o;t. The farmers are busy and we d'n't see much of them in town. There is some sickness in town arc.l community but not of a serious nature. The Dixie theatre which has been open heretofore only on Saturday nights, is booked to run three nights in the week. Dimes and nickles must be getting more plentiful, or folks are beginning to shake off the blues, both of which are very good W. W. w placed in the cemetery park and finds them at work. The mayor promsie, to have new steps built at the artesian well at the foot of 6th street. The Civic Association highly ap proves of the movement on foot by the town board n the step8 taken in regard to the servant question. that the union depot be thorough ly cleaned and kept in a more san itary condition. It is also suggested to place a woman in attendance dur ing train hours. The editor of ''The Robesonian has been requested to copy an article taken from a ;Greensboro paper "Novel Clean-Up Plan" and also to comment on the article. The president asks that everybody take pride in beautifying and keep ing their sidewalks, especially dur ing the summer months. After all busines3 was attended to, the association adjourned to meet in September. MRS. R. K. CARLYLE, Secretary Pro Tern. NOVEL CLEAN-UP PLAN A New Way to Rid a Town of Mosquito-Breeding Tin Cans. Following is the news item re ferred to above, a dispatch of the 8th inst from Fayetteville, to the Greensboro Daily News: "The latest wrinkle in cleaning up cities and towns took its start in North Carolina from a Fayetteville moving picture theatre. Thi3 is the getting rid f mocquito breeding tin cans by allowing them to be used as feet, v Mr. Joel Stone, Sr. of McDon ald is among the visitors in town today. Mr. Stone says the root lie are killing cotton out his way. How ever, he thinks the hot weather will soon put them out of business. The local camp of the Wt O. W. will not hold a regular meeting Thursday night of thi week on ac count of the series of meetings be ing held a the First Baptist church, providing the meeting continues un til that time. Mr. M. C. Britt of the Smith's section iH among the visitors in town today. Mr. Britt ays he lost mule that cost htm $300 yesterday. The mule had colic. Middling cotton today 8 1-2 cents ner nound I Miss Florence E. Jackson went Friday afternoon to Williamsport, Pa., to be present at the graduating exercises of the Dickerson seminary, which began yesterday. Her sister. Miss Ruth Jackson, is a member of the graduating clas3 this year. Mr. A. W. McLean left last night for Washington, D. C., where he goes to appear before the United States Supreme Court tomorrow in behalf of the plaintiff in the famous case of the Citizens National Bank of Norfolk, Vo., vs. Mrs. M. C. McAr thur. Dr. R. S. Beam ts expected home tomorrow from Philadelphia, Pa., where he spent six weeks studying under specialists in disease,, of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Dr. Beam will continue here his rractice which will be limited to the :':seases men tioned above. Mrs. R. D. Cald vtl. -is the winner of the cuckoo cic; given admission tickets to .the movies, i away by the Holmes Jewelry Co- 1. STARTS IT PLUS 0 & 0 LONG WAR EXPECTED L'.kely to Last Year or More Longer Battalion Almost Completely Wiped Out Enlistments From Scotland Greater Than From Any Other Part of British Empire. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Mr. A. W. McLean receives let ters regularly from friends in Scot land and also receives every week several Scottish newspapers. In this way he gets considerable informa tion which is not available from or dinary newspaper accounts. To show the character of the right which is now going on between the Germans on the one side and the Al lies on the other, Mr. McLean has received infofnTation of a British battalion commanded by Colonel Colin McLean of Breeda, Scotland, and out of a total of fourteen hun dred, men in the battalion at the time it entered battel, only thirty-five were left, all the officers, including Col. MacLean, were killed, except the quartermaster. This reminds one of Pickett's famous charge at Get tysburg. The informatijoft "which Mr. jMc Lean gets direct is that the war is likely to last for at least another year, and possibly two years. The impression among well-informed cir cles in Great Britain is that the war will be of long duration and there is no -prospect now of any early cessa tion of hostilities. The record of voluntary enlist ments from Scotland is much great er than from any other part of the British Empire. When the proprietor of a local thea .er" advertised that 10 empty tin cans would be good for one child's admission to his show, he expected the movement to be a success, but even he did not imagine that 44, 000 cans would be piled UP in front of his theater within nine days. The movement started with indorsement of the city and county health of ficer, the Civic Association, and the county commissioners and the un qualified approval of the children. Almost every white child in the city immediately became an amateur health officer. They ransacked the town for tin cans, and ihe pyramid of empty tins in front of the thea ter grew until it reached twice the height of a man. Every conceivable kind of can was represented. One toy alone brought 1,230 of them The city health department offered to haul the cans far from incorpo rated limits and it required 21 wag ons to carry them off. When Dr. G. W. Cooper, of the State Health Board, came to Fay etteville to lecture before the Civic Association he was enthusiastic in his approval of the plan. As a re sult the State Health Board will use the idea in its work. Lantern slides made from a photograph of the py ramid of cans will be exhibited throughout the State." and Fi-rhting In East Tide Ebbs Fl0w. London Dispatch, 13th. In the Baltic provinces and along the Dniester river heavy fighting between the Russians and Austrians and Germans. The movement, for ward and backward along the battle lines in the Baltic provinces is al most continual and each side has at various times held the advantage. of Vete- Annual County Reunion rans at Rowland July 6. The annual reunion of the Robe son county veterans will be held at Rowland Tuesday, July 6. Rowland is making preparation to entertain "the boys" in grand style, and no doubt the -occasion, will be largely attended. . ' - Thursday As stated in The Robe sonian, Thursday was "opening day" with them and the clock was given to the one making the largest pur chase on that day. Mr. J. A. Livingstone, of the staff of the Wilmington Star, return ed to Wilmington tnls mroning after spending the J week-end with home folks at St. Pauls and Lumberton. Mr. Livingstone is a brother of Mr. W. F. Livingstone of the local staff of The Robesonian. Mr. W. S. Stone and son, Mas ter Walter, who live near Long Branch, were among the visitors in town Saturday. Walter wa8 carry ing a broken arm as a result of falling off a wagon Tuesday of last week. He started to jump off the wagon to chase a rabbit and stum bled and fell. State Senator G. B. McLeod sug gests that H would be well for the farmers to plant turnips, peas, cane and other things that they can eat on the land where they are cutting their oats and wheat. Mr. McLeod , thinks that with the chances of the Euro pean war lasting for several months the farmers should raise everything possible for foodattiff, for which there will be great demand. Mr. J. B. Bowen went yesterday to Maxton, where he filled the ap pointment of Prof. R. E. Sentelle at the Baptist church. Mr. Sentelle was expected to fill the appointment of the pastor of the church, who was away, but. was unable to do so. How ever,, Mr. Bowen made an address both in the morning and evening. Mr. Bowen is a forceful speaker, and no doubt the Baptists of Maxton enjoyed his addresses. . Mr. T. S. MeeXlns of Manteo, inspector for the migratory bird '3W for the district composed of the State of North Carolina, spent Friday in Lumberton. He travels about all Among the Sick. Mrs. Lawrence DavU of route 4 from Lumberton underwent a slight over the State, visiting each county, operation here Saturday. Dr. W. L. .'to see how the bird 'aw is enforced. Grantham performed th operation. ; Invjtationa have been issued readin? as follows: Mr. E. M. Britt returned Thurs day night from Salisbury, where he represented Lumberton Lodee No. 35 at the meetincr of the Grand Lodge" Knighte of Pythias. Dr. W. A. McPtiauI will leave this afternoon for Greensboro, where he will attend a meeting of the North Carolina Medical Association. Dr. B. W. Page, county health officer, and Dr. N. A. Thompson left this morning for Greensboro to attend thi, meeting. Mrs. Mary A. Warwick requests the honor of your presence at tbe marriage of her dauehter Mary Emma to Mr. Benjamin Green Suitt on, Wednesday afternoon, the twenty third of June nineteen hundred and fifteen at five-thirty o'clock Lumberton, North Carolina S24- First and Pine St. - " - I" v.
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