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ROBESONIAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY. GOD AND TRUTH $1.50 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCB VOL XLVI. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1915. NUMBER 35 REVIVAL NEARS CLOSE Series of Meetings at First Baptist Church Will Close Tomorrow Night Baptizing Sunday Night 28 Can didates for Bapti8m Strong Ser mons by Rev. Dr. Wilson. The revival services which have been in progress at the First Bap tist church since the 6th inst. will close tomorrow evening. The bap tizing will take place Sunday night just after the regular church ser vice. Up to last night 28 candidates for baptism anj church membership had Deen received and two taken un der the watchcare of the church. The sermons by Eev. Dr. Lloyd T. Wilson, pastor of Grace Street Bap tist church, Richmond, Va., who is doing the preaching, are eloquent and powerful, and the services are largely attended. i j The Crcfes 0f Christ. Last evening Dr. Wilson preached a forceful sermon on "The Cross". His text was Galatians 6th chapter and 14th verse "But God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the, world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world." Men sometimes claim to be super ior in wealth, in ancestory or in wis dom. If ever there was a man who had this rightjt was Paul; yet he: was the humblest of men and never boasted. Paul was a man of worldly distinction and one of authority, but be glorified in nothing save the cross Of Christ. The ambition of his lif 3 was to know Jesus. The one thing that should control, our thoughts is the Christ, and Him crucified. Many of us fail to real ize the significance of the crass. Paul saw in the cross life and salva tion. Man not saved through the blood of Jesus Christ, which wan spilled on the cross, i3 not saved at all. Without his blood we are doom ed and !st forever. Man should live under the con trolling influence of the cross. The cross teaches sacrifice and self de nial. We should always ask our selves, the question, "Does the crosi of Christ uphold or condemn?" be fore acting. Christ died on the cross to sava us from death and hell. No other act save death on the cross coul i have meant salvation from sin. Jo sus paid the debt of sin, and w3 Should give Him the glory. Jesus will get the glory. He shall reign and to Him every knee shall bow and every tongue confess. In closing his sermon the preach-r urged sinners to accept Christ ar. 1 not despise God's love any longer. Tuesday Evening Service Man's In fluence On His Fellow-Man. Dr. Wilson's sermon Tuesday even ing on the subject of "Man's Influ ence on His Fellowman" was strong and powerful and had stirring ef fect on his congregation. He read as a Scripture lesson some verse J from the 14th chapter of Romans, using the 7th verse as a text "For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself". Every Life is a Bane or a Blessing Every life is either a bane or a blessing, and every man should live so that his life will help rather than hurt those with whom he comes in contact. We are all beings of in fluence; we cannot live or die with out influencing other beings. There are no other creatures as dependent upon others as human beings. They are so helpless that everyone must have years of training before he can get along without the help of oth ers. The human babe is by far ths most helpless being born into thh world. We are largely what others make us. This is not so in the ani mal kingdom. We are all beings of influence, and are never conscious of the va!ue and extent of our influence. Every One Has Some Influence Dr. Wilson told of a young man who insisted that he had no influ ence on anyone, and who at last was persuaded to go up and give the preacher his hand asking for prayer rnd right behind him came five oth- r bright young men. That act put away all doubts from that young man's mind as to whether or not he had any influence upon others. We all have unscious influence on others. It is impossible for one to live one day in contact with others without influencing them for good or bad. No One Can Measure His Influence No man can measure the influence his life has on others. Only God knows the extent. Dr. Wilson told how the influence of a saintly wom an who taught him in Sunday school had played a great part in causing him to give his life and service to Christ. Responsible to God We are not only responsible to Cod fr our acts n life, but also for our influence, which lives forever; it rolls on till the angel of God shall declare that time shall be no more. Man is not judged till the end of time. At the end God will total the acts of a human being's life with the influence of it that lives on for ever, let it be for good or b3d. It is then God can measure one's life. In view of these facts, What is mans duty? To live such a life before sin ful men as to influence them to da better and not evil. Oh, how the inluence of a business man, a merchant, a lawyer Or a doc tor must live on forever, as they come in contact with so many lives! How they should strive to make it influence for good! i-,'o man is able to meet the re sp:nsibility of a father without Ciaist. The mcst terrible thing in hell must be for a father to look a son in the face and hear that son say, "Father, I followed in your steps and Vt'e are both here." Yoing women have great influence. Many society ladie3 have, by serv ing wines, started a young man to a drunkard's grave and hell. The preacher showed how the pray ers and influence of Christian moth ers had lived on after they were dead and turned sinful boys to Christ. In closing the preacher urged sin ners to give their hearts to God and follow the influence of their mothers. "God only. can make your influence what it should be," he declared. After the sermon an opportunity was given all, both sinners and Christians, who desired to ask Cod to make their lives one's of influ ence for good to go forward, and a number responded. ESCAPED CONVICT RETURNS Negro D:vs Not Find Liberty Sweet Returns to Complete Term White Boy Escapes From Chain Gang. ) Lester Brown, a whiti aqy 19 years old' serving a sentence of 18 months on the road for larceny, escaped from chain gang No 2, which is stationed near Proctcrville, , Monday. Brown was convicted in the recorder's court at St. Pauls and only . served one week of his sentence. Last reports say that he has not been heard from since he left. A colored man by the name of McLeod, who escaped from chain gang No. 1 Thursday of last week, voluntarily walked hack to the gang Tuesday and wanted to finish his term of two years, of which he had already- served 16 months. He will be allowed to do so. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Prevatt moved Monday from Mt. Tabor where they lived for some time, back to their home in Lumberton. Mr. W. I. Stone of the Mt. Eliam section is among the visitors in town today. He reports good rains and crops moving along nicely on the "Mount". Two young men of Robeson coun ty were among the thirty-nine suc cessful candidates who passed .the examination before the State Board of Pharmacy last week, as announc ed Monday. These are Mr. Lacy M. McKenzie of Lumberton, son of County Treasurer M. G. McKenzie, and Mr. Benjamin F. McMillan, Jr., of Red Springs. Mr. McKenzie is working for the present at the drug store of J. D. McMillan & Son, where he was employed at Va rious times during his course in pharmacy. TRAFFIC ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSION ERS OF THE TOWN OF LUMBERTON: That all parties travelling upon the streets of the town of Lumberton on horseback or in anyjanimal-drawn, steam, electric or gasoli le propelled vehicle, shall keep upon the right side of the street, and upon turning corners to the left, shall be compelled to drive to the right of the center of said cross streets or intersecting streets. In turning a corner to the right, they shall not proceed as far as the center of the street into which they are entering, but shall turn' still keeping to the right of said street All persons entering from the East, travelling as above, from First street into Elm street shall come to a com plete stop before entering into Elm street. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall up on conviction, be fined $10.00' for each and every offense. SPEED ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSION ERS OF THE TOWN OF LUMBERTON: That it shall be unlawful for any person to drive any animal drawn, steam, electric or gasoline propelled ve hicle at a greater speed than ten miles per hour on any of the business streets of the town of Lumberton, or more than fifteen miles per hour on any of 'the residential streets of the town of Lumberton. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall upon convic tion be fined $10 00 for each offense. FARMERS' EXHIBIT DAY Committee Appointed by County Farmers' Union to Work With Committee From Cowty Poultry Association for Such a Day Be ginning df a County Fair Union Rally at Philadelplius July 17 State Lecturer Green on "Co-op-erat:.on." At the county meeting of the Robeson Division of the .Farmers' Union held in the court house here yesterday it was decided that a "Farmers' Exhbit Day" would he held at some time in the coming fall. Messrs. W. P. Barker, F. Grover Britt and L. B. Townsend were ap pointed as a committee to work with the committee recently appointed by the Robeson County Poultry Asso ciation in securing prizes, or prem iums, for the exhibition and look after the business end of the move ment. Prizes will be offered for the best display of farm products of various kinds in fact the occasion will be a young fair and will no doubt be made an annual event that will grow into one of the biggest county fairs in the State. The time and pther details will be given out later. It is expected that a Union rally will be held at Philadelphus Satur day, July 17. It will be a pubjie af fair and several noted speakers will be secured for the occasion. Mr. F. Grover Britt, who was re cently appointed by the executive committee of the Union to find out if any flour mills would be operated in the county during the next few months, reported tnat the Pembroke mill would begin operation about July 15. State' Organizer-Lecturer J. Z. Green of Marshville was present at the meeting and made a forceful and highly enjoyed address on "Co-operation". Mr. Green portrayed in a beautiful manner what might be ac complished in any rural community where the "community spirit" was what it should be. He told how in some rural communities in the West, which he visited several months ago, the farmers handled the situation in, a way that not only made farming oleusant. but profitable business. No ii.ubt hi address wiii be wovth much to the Robeson County Union. While the inclement weather, alng with the busy season, kept many members from attending this meet ing, it was one of the most harmon ious meetings in the history of the Union. Zeppelin Raid On England; 15 Deaths' Result. i London Dispatch, 16th. a ri 1: i - .1 l, , l. u ! northeast coast of England last even ing Fifteen deaths are reported fm that district and 15 persons" were wounded. Some fires were started by the bombs but by this morning they had been overcome. London dispatch, 16th: For the first time in weeks there has been heavy fighting over a comparatively extensive line of the British front in Belgium and France. Berlin de scribes it as an Anglo-French move ment synchronizing with Russian re verses in Galicia. IT SHANNON WAY Marriage of Miss Mary King and; Mr. G. I. klarpp Social and Per Rr nal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Shannon, June 15 Mrs. .1). D. Hinson and children, who had been visiting her father, Rev. Thomas Walters, have retui-ed home. Mr. and Mrs. John Shaw and chil dren, who had been visiting Mrs. Shaw's brother, Mr. D. S. Klarpp, have returned home. We are sorry to report little -Miss Vera Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Clark, who has been very sick for the past two weeks, still sick. Mr. G. I. Klarpp of this place and Miss Mary King of the St. Pauls sec tion were united in marriage on last Wednesday, the 9th inst., at the home cf the bride's mothers. Rev. A. J. Groves, pastor of the bride, officiat ed, assisted y Rev. H. M. Eure. We extend congratulations and best wishes to this young couple. Mrs. J. C. MjcPhail and children of Red Springs visited relatives here last week. Miss Bertha Currie entertained a number of friends yesterday evening at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Currie, in honor of her cousin, 'Miss Irene Currie, the oc casion being Miss Irene's birthday. Many games were played and much merriment and fun reigned during the evening. Dainty refreshmets were served. The guests departed at a late hour after an enjoyable evening and voting Miss Bertha a very charm ing hostess. Mr. Julian Hubbard of Wade spent Sunday here. Messrs. Elbert and John Currie and sister, Miss Esdale, ,f Parkton visit ed their uncle Mr. B. B. Currie yes terday and today. Mr. McN. Patterson and Mrs. Mary Hubbard, who had heen spend ing some time here, have returned to their home near EIrod. Mrs. R. J. Smith has returned from visiting her son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Alf. H. McLeod of Lumberton. Mr. T. K. Cobb has returned to St Pauls after a short visit here. We are glad to report little Miss Vivian Hinson, who has been sick in Rockingham for some time, improv ing and hope she will soon be well enough to come home. Mr. John Parish of Clio, S. C, was n business visitor here this week. Among the Sick. Mr. Charley Odum 0f St. Pauls, who has been very ill at the Thomp son hospital for several days, is thought to be slightly improved to day. Mrs. Geo. Sellers 'of Marietta, v. ho recently underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Thompson hos pital, is fast improving and will oe able to return home at an early date. The condition of Mr. J. D. Clark of St. Pauls, who was brought to the Thompson hospital for treatment Sunday, is unchanged. Mr. Van Skipper of East Lumber ton, Mr. Robert Leggett of the Be thesda section and Mr. Emory Ed wards of Proctorville all of whom recently underwent serious optra tions at the Thompson hospital for appendicitis, were able to return to their homes last week. All these were puss cases of appendicitis, and difficult to handle. GENERAL NEWS ITEMS Washington, June 16 Former Secretary Bryan in the first section of his statements on "The Causeless War" today prophesied that the great peacemaking opportunity in all his tory was certain to come to the United States, and declared there would be a demand for an interna tional conference, with the return of peace to change the rules of interna tionaMaw' which "seem to have been made for the nations at war rather than for the nations at peace." Atlanta, Ga., dispatch, 14th: The testimony for and against Leo. M. Frank, which was presented at his trial on the charge of murdering Mary Phagan and m subsequent court proceedings, was exhaustively re viewed before Governor Slaton at today's session of the hearing, on Prank's application for commutation of his death sentence. Early tonight the Governor adjourned the hearing until next Wednesday. When it is resumed WT. M. Howard will complete his argument in behalf of Frank and the case then finally will be submit ted to the Governor. Gen. Julian S. Carr has issued a statement in which he says he will not be a candidate for Governor next vear. 1. STARTS IT PLUS 0 & 0 SADDLE TREE TOPICS Farmers Busy Mr. Frank dough Middling cotton is worth 8 1-4 Will Make Sunday School Talk, cent per pound on the local market Sunday Mr. C. J. Biggs is Put- today. ting in a Corn Mill and Crusher .jcer,se ha been issued for the Social and Personal. marriage of John F. Bullock and Correspondence of The R()lesonian. i Ruth Alford. SadJle Tree (Lumberton, R. 2),' There will be a regular commun June 15 The farmers are all very ication of Lumberton chapter No. 7;. busy with their farm work this good R. A. M., tomorrow evening at 7:30. weather. Catholic services will be held n Messrs. J. B. Ward, Arch McDuf- opera house Sunday. Rev. Father fie. W. H. Powell and Ed Humphrey WVkins of Wilmington will celebrate were in town Saturday. mass at 7:30 a. m. Miss Clyde Regan of Hamlet is fr j, r Varser returned yes- visitmg home folks, Miss Nettie Jones and Stella Plum- mer is visiting Mrs. J. B., Humphrey. iviiss iuarvie earner snem me wccN-ciii witii iurr uiunici, tin. Aus tin Barker, near St. Pauls. Quite a number of the young folks i. . ...:.L v I . 1 A .. i enjoyed an ice cream supper at Mr. Ed Johnson s near St. Pauls, Friday. night. Messrs. M. C. Powell and L. A. Parnell spent Saturday in Red Springs on business. Among those who attended church at Rozier's Sunday from here were Mr. R. Humphrey, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Baxley and little son, Wade. Mrs. C. J. Biggs and Miss Annie Belle . Humphrey .will spend today in Lumberton on business. Miss Hattie Powell will leave to day for Greenville, where she will attend the East Carolina Teachers' Training School this summer, Mr. C C Baxley and family spent! Sunday at Buies with relatives Misses Lottie and Maude Rozier from near St. Pauls spent the week end at Mr. and Mrs. Mac. Prevatte's. Mr. John T. Biggs and family and Miss Mary Conoly spent last Thurs day with relatives here. Mr. J. W. McPhail expect3 to leave today for Chapel Hill where he will take a summer course. Mrs. C. J. Biggs and Miss Annie Belle Humphrey attended church at Rennert Sunday afternoon. Mr. J'. L. Humphrey attended church at Clybornville Sunday. Mr. Frank Gough from Lumber ton will make an address at Sunday school Sunday, June 19. Mrs. Nora Musseiwhite and chil-i Lewis took with her Mr. and Mr3. dren of Raeford have been visiting j McAllister's small daughte-, Nancy relatives here They are now visit-j Pope, which she has be n caring for ing relatives at Lumberton and Or-i for some time on acc unt of the rum and will return here again j poor health of the r- -ther, who about the last of the week. I went to Hendersonville ome time Mr. C. J. Biggs is putting in a 'ago to spend the summer, corn mill and crusher at his home. No Ies, than 21 houses in town I were in darkness last night as a re- MT. ELIAM MATTERS sult of the connection being cut off. At a recent meeting of the town corn Crops Look'.ng Fine Tobacco Worms missioners an ordinance was passed Busy Children's Day at Zion Tab ernacle Mothers' Day at Broad Ridge Personal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Mt. Eliam (Lumberton, R. 4), June 15 Crops are looking fine in this part of the country but the tobacco worms are doing their part towards gathering the tobacco crop. We are sorry to report the illness of Mrs. John W. Branch, who has malarial fever. Hope she will S(Jon recover. Mr. and Mr3. J. Z. btone spent Sunday in Evergreen visiting Rev, M. A. Stephens, whose condition, we are sorry to say, is still unimproved- Mis8 Oran Sellers of Brunswick county is visiting at the home of Rev. and Mrs. P. T. Britt. Mr. and Mrs. Grover Britt of Lumberton spent Saturday night and Sunday with Mr. Britt's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. I. V. Britt. Mr. Norley F. Britt attended the children's day exercises at Zions Tabernacle Sunday and reports an enjoyable time and the exercises good. Mr. Luther Britt of the Long, Branch section spent Sunday p. m. on the Mount. Mr. J. W. Stone spent Sunday p. m. in the Globe Swamp section. Mr. K. M. Britt of Broad Ridge was on the Mount Sunday p. m. A number of our Mount folks at tended the Mothers' day services on the Broad Ridge Sunday p. m. The service was fine. They sang old time hymns in the old-time way without any organ, and tfie sermon, preached by Rev. J. V. Stone, pas tor of that church, was fine Rev. P. T. Britt' filled s regular appointment at Zon's Tabernacle d wim meucui0u re io.m m and Singletaries X Roads Saturday f nighties crept about their homes tp and Sunday. Mr. Britt will leave what was the noise they heard. Fridav for "Brunswick county, where turnej out that the shots proved Saturday an a Sunday he will fill hi.al 3 ventursome possum who leular appointments. t,i.-i i i u- i, i , i v Philadelphia, Pa., June l - Form - er President Taft in an address here tonight outlined the plan for a pro posed league of peace which will be discussed in Independence hall to morrow. Mr. Taft was firmly of the oDinion that a lea cue nf neace could be formed which would enable nations to" avoid war by furnishing a practical means for settling interna tional quarrels or suspending them until the blinding heat of passion has cooled." 1 BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NS terday from Gates county, where he went the first of the week to visit an uncie) wh0 i, very sick. m vv,;. x, r,r.y . they would appreciate it very much if the persons who gave them check last Saturday for $1.50 and forgot t sign it ould call around and sign it. It was just a little mis take that could easily be corrected by the giver. Mr. A. P. McAllister will leave Saturday for New York. He will go to Wilmington and from there to New York on the steamer which will be run for the North Carolina Bankers' Association, which is hold ing its annual convention at Wrights vlile Beach this week. Dr. N. A. Thompson returned Tuesday night and W. A. Mc Phaul last night from Greensboro where they attended the annual con- vention of the North Carolina Medi cal Society. Dr. B. W. Page, county health officer, who also attended the convention, is expected home tonight or tomrrow. Mr. Stephen Davis of Buie, route 1, was among the farmers who at tended the Farmers' Union meeting here yesterday. Mr. Davis brought each member of the Robesonian' staff a nice bunch of beets, and beau ties they were. They were extra large and juicy and f couise Mr. Davis' act will be a long time re membered by those he remembered. Mrs. R. E. Lewis left this morn-, ing for Hendersonville, where she will spend some time with he sis ter Mrs W. P. McAllister. Mrs. to the effect that all light and water connection3 would be disconnected where bills for light and water had not been paid by the L5th of the month bearing date of statement. This means that in order to get on the line again each of the 21 will have to pay $1, cash, for reconnection. Mr. K. M. Barnes, cashier of the Farmers & Merchants Bank, wen this mornjng to WVightsville Beach to attend the annual convention of the North Carolina Bankers Associa- tio wnjch wm be held at the Sea- shore hotel today, tomorrow and Sat urday. Mr. H. M. McAllister, cash ier of the First National Bank, will leave tomorrow morning for the con vention. Mr. C. V. Brown, cashier of the National Bank of Lumberton, went to Wrightsville for the conven tion last night. Mr. C. V. Brown, cashier of the National Bank of Lumberton, went la- night t. V 'IgVtov'll Beach to attend the annual convention of the North Carolina Bankers Association. Mrs. Brown and their small son, Mas ter Charles, who had been visiting1 relatives in Wilmington since Tues day, joijned Mr. Brown at the beach last night. Mrs. Brown and Master Charles will go from Wrightsville Beach to Clio, S. C, t0 visit at the home of a brother of Mrs. Brown, and thence they will go to Rocky Mount to visit relatives. Mrs. Brown and son will be away about a month. Last night about "the dead vast and middle of the night" sleepers within several blocks of Mrs. A: R. Carter's boarding house, Elm and Seventh streets, were waked by pis- ; tol shots. Three shots were heard ' - . r. . U : .1 .. - rT' I, . . . U , f i.- u-ara fired by Messrs. H. T. Hux and Joe Carter Thev had tried in vain tor ; V .. ... . iaf. the possum alive, oiu a.- mey coui nut do that they decided to administer capital puni-hment. Washington dispatch, 14th: The Supreme Court today decided the ; Virginia-West Virginia debt case holding 'West-Virginia should pay $12,393.92.9 as its net share of the Virginia debt at the time of the par tition of the State's.
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