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THE ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY. GOD AND TRUTH .;i.-.o yi;ar. due in advav s VOL XLVI. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1915. NUMBER 36 REVIVAL MEETING CLOSES Two Weeks' Series of Meetings at First Baptist Comes to End 35 Per8ons Baptized Last Evening Dr. Wilson's Sermons Resulted in Great Gofcd Anniversary of Rev. C. L. Greaves Pastorate. The revival which had been in progress at the First Baptist church for two weeks closed last night. There were no services Saturday. Dr. Lloyd T. Wilson, pastor of Grace Street Baptist church, Richmond, Va., who assisted the pastor, Rev. C. L. Greaves, in the meeting, left for his home Saturday morning. The pastor preached two powerful sermons yes terday and last evening immediately after the sermon baptized the 35 can didates for baptism and church mem bership who applied for same while the meeting was in progress. Four other members were received by let ter and restoration. Large crowds attended the meetings, especially the evening services, and all who attend ed were greatly stirred by the eloquent sermons by Dr. Wilson. Anniversary of Pastorate 125 New Members. Yesterday was the first anniver say'of Mr. Greaves pastorate of this church and during the year closing yesterday 125 new members have been re1RivMit the, church, 86 of thern without any services other than tne regular church services. Sixty-two have been received by baptism since the first of this year. Next Sunday morning at the regular church hour a "recognition service" will be held and all who have joined the church since Mr. Greaves began his pastor ate are urged to attend and will be seated together. A Strong Church This church is easily one of the strongest in the State, regardless of denomination and has an A-l Sunday school, alio a" a-1 B. Y. P. U. The people are highly pleased with tl. work of their new pastor anj he .seems to be pleased with his people. Onnnrlunitv. Friday evening Dr. Wilson preach ed a most powerful sermon on "Op portunity" He read as a Scripture lesson the 20th chapter of 1st Kings, and used as a text the 40th verse "And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, so shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decid ed it." . The opportunities we have in life are all God-given. Life, though short, is tilled with opportunities to do good. Ci A expects from no ma i nothing which he has not given hi' power to do. Gnat and Numerous Opportunities Vve have great and numerou8 op portunities to 'improve ourselves, physically, mentally and morally. To neglect means ignorance; to neglect physical oppotunities means bodily weakness. If we neglect to improve these opportunities we must surely suffer for it. Men waste many hours which should be used in im proving minds. No one will be able to stand in the judgment and say to God, "You did not give me an op portunity to prepare for eternity." Opportunities to Help Others Too many of us fail to grasp the opportunities we have of helping oth ers. We are daily having opportuni ties to speak a kind word, to sympa thize or to help carry another's load, but we too often let them pass un noticed. There are people all about us hungry for a word of sympathy and dying for the want of love. The man with eyes open to see and ears open to hear will often find oppor tunity to help the fallen. Fathers and mothers often see op portunity and responsibility after it is too late. We should ask ourselves the question, "Have I measured up to the responsibility of the oppor tunities as they have appeared in life"? If wa neglect them we are responsible to God for the neglect. Opportunities Often Unappreciated It is often the case that those with the greatest opportunities make the p-eatest failures in life. They fail to appreciate them. As an illustra tion of how people play with oppor tunities till they are gone forever, the preached told of a young lady on a boat who carelessly played with a string of pearls, dragging them through the water till at last the string broke and the pearls went to the bottom of the deep, and were gone forever. "Too many abuse instead of use their opportunities," the preacher de clared. "There are opportunity-makers, opportunity-takers and opportunr itv-breakers; and we are apt to break them." Neglected Opportunities. Opportunities neglected bring their own penalty. We shall be punished just as much for the sins of omission as for those of commission." How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation"? God deliver us from "it might have been and it is too late". Every man must suffer for the opportunitiea he lets pass him (Continued on page 4) , MRS. LUCY J. LEWIS PASSES Death Came Early This Morning at Home ctf Daughter, Mrs. A. Nash Funeral Tomorrow Morning at 10 O'clock. Mrs. Lucy J. Lewis passed away this morning at 1:45 at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. Nash, Fifth street, with whom she had lived fr some time. Mrs. Lewis had been sick for several days, but was thought to be better up until a few moments b?ore the end came. Her physician left her abo';t 11 o'clock last night and she immediately went to sleep and never waked. Deceased is survived by two chil ren one daughter, Mrs. A. Nash, with whom she lived and one son Mr. R. C. Lewis of Jacksonville, Fla. The funeral will be conducted from the residence tomorrow morn ing at 10 o'clock by Rev. W. B. North, pastor of Chestnut Street Methodist church, of which deceased had been a loyal member for years, and interment will be made in the Nor ment cemetery, near the Nash home. Deceased jas 81 years old April 13, this year, and was tne widow f the late Dr. R. F. Lewis, who de parted this life in the year 1901. Mrs. Lewis spent the most of her life here, and was well known, her lovely disposition having won the f midship of all with whom she ?ans in contact. Death of an Infant Tessie,V7-montihs-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Baxley, who live in the Ten "Mile section, died Friday of stomach trouble. ANTI-TYPHOID CAMPAIGN Dr. Page's Appointments for This Week for Free Vaccination Against Typhoid. Dr. B. W. Page, county health of ficer, who, as has been mentioned in The Robesonian before, will be gin today an active anti-typhoid campaign, has furnished The Robe sonian a list of his appointments for thi, week, as follows: Maxton, Tuesday at 3:P.O p. m. J. W. Burns' place, near Alfords ville, Thursday at 11 a. m. Oak Dale, near Marietta, Thurs day at 3 p. m. Marietta, Thursday, 4:30 p. m. Lurnberton all day Saturday up to 5 o'clock. Ten Mile Saturday at 6 p. m. All who wish, to be vaccinated aeainst typhoid will receive the treat ment free by meeting Dr. Page at the above places and times. Among the Sick. Miss Sallie Singletary ha'! her ton sils removed yesterday at th Thomp son hospital by Dr. R. S. Ber.m, the local eye. ear, nose and throit spec ialist. She is doing nicely, and will leave t.he hospital today. Mrs. Archie Ward left Wednesday fnr Washington. D. C. to be with her father, Mr. A. Davis, Jr., who is very ill and not expected to live. Mrs. S. A. Branch entered ny wei hnsnital. Richmond. Va., last week for treatment. Mr. Branch ac companied her to Richmond and is still with her. Mr. I. C. McClellan of Laurinburg passed through town this morning en route to hi3 home at Barnesville to be with his father, Mr. Duncan Mc Clellan, who is very ill. The condition of both Miss Jane von Glahn and Miss Flora Wishart, who recently underwent operations for appendicitis at the Johnson-Willis hospital, Richmond, Va., is improv ing. At the Thompson Hospital: Bennie Redfearn, son of Chief of Police and Mrs. H. H. Redfearn, had his ade noids and tonsils removed yesterday and is getting along nicely. Oliver Hunt (Indian) a tenant on Sheriff Lewis' plantation about 5 miles north nf T.nmherton ha an operation yes terday for tumor and is getting along as well as could be expected. Mrs. a. C. Haye of East Lurnberton, who had lippii in the hospital some time for treatment, was able to return to her home Saturday: Notices of New Advertisements. Trustee's sale of land Southern Life & Trust Co. Styles and prices of clocks to suit thfr buyer. Fresh shipment of Seth Thomas clocks Holmes Jewelry Co. Partner wanted. P.roker wanted. "Great White Event"; hot weath er goods at reduced prices R. D. Caldwell & Son. At the Pastime theatre. A Spell of Hot Weather. Yesterday the thermometer regis tered 96 in Lurnberton. It was not the hottest day, actually, of the sea son so far, for on June" 13 and 14 the mercury went to 97., but the intense heat yesterday no doubt caused more, suffering than the degree hotter ear lier. On Saturday the minimum tem perature here was 67 degrees and the maximum 91 degrees. - ! WILL MEET TOMORROW NIGHT Meeting of Chamber of Commerce ViH be Held at Court House at 8:30 Tomorrow Evening to Con sider Plans for Celebration July 5 : Hotel Matter Also Will be Con j sidered. President J. P. Russell asks The j Robesonian to state that a meeting I of the Chamber of Commerce will be held at the court house tomorrow eve ning at 8:?0 o'clock to consider plans for the celebration to be held here July 5. The Glorious Fourth comes I on Sunday this year and 11 wiH be j celebrated on tne following day, Mon day, the 5th. The Woodmen of the World are pre paring to celebrate the day in Lurn berton with a big picnic. They are going to have music, races and speeches. Every camp in Robeson, Bladen, Cumberland and Columbus counties is invited to send represent atives, and this no doubt will in itself make a notable celebration of the day. Hon. William Jennings Bryan has been invited to make the address of the occasion, but it has not yet been learned whether or not he will ac cept the invitation. It is for the purpose of formulat ing plans to co-operate with the Woodmgjij. t hathe meeting tomorrow Tevehin'-VfVe' held Every citizen of the town is urged 'to attend the meeting tomorrow evening and help prepare for this day, which can be made a celebration of much wider scope than the Woodmen had plan ned if all interests co-operate. At the meeting tomorrow evening the hotel situation also will be con sidered. Mr. H. II. Anderson made arrangements some weeks ago to be gin the erection of a modern hotel on the corner of Chestnut and Sec ond streets, a very desirable loca tion. Since then he has understood that the Lurnberton Hotel Co., organ ized last year to build a hotel on the lot on Chestnut street in rear of the stores of Messrs. White & Gough and A. Weinstein, but which has done nothing since purchasing the lot, the European war Coming on about that time and making it advisable to hold up for a while, Mr. Andersen has understood that this company has shown signs of activity lately and has passed out the word that it would Proceed with further assess ments on ctock subsorTption and erect a hotel, as he does not believe the town would support two such hotels. The Chamber of Commerce does not claim, it is understood, any pow er to decide this matter, but it i3 to the public interest that some definite decision be reached at once, and the matter will be brought up tomorrow night in order to see if the Lumber ton Hotel Co. has really decided to build. As the matter now "stands things are at a standstill. Mr. An derson and those associated with him say they will proceed at once with the work of erecting a hotel if giv en assurance that the Lurnberton Ho tel Co. will not build. TEN MILE TOPICS Successful Crop Year Expected Yields of Wheat and Oats Encour aging Rally of Sunbeam. Bands Personal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Ten Mile, (Lurnberton, R. 6) June 19 The people of this community are taking a great deal of interest as us ual in farming, and are looking for ward fr tms year to be a successful crop year. The heavy rains caused the farmers to get behind with their work and their crops have been de layed by the cool weather and bak ing rains, but if they can have a few weeks of hot weather they can get their crops in shape and put "general green" out of business. They are very busy harvesting their wheat and oats and the yield is very encour aging. Miss Dovie Britt returned Satur day from Wilmington where she spent three weeks visiting her sister, Mrs. J. C. King and cousin, Miss Virgin ia Munn. Ten Mile Sunbeam band will join with the Tolarsville, St. Pauls and Marsh bands and give a rally at St. Pauls Sunday p. m. Quite a number from here attend ed the children's day exercises at To larsville and Zion3 Tabernacle Sun day. Mi;s Katie Britt is spending this week with Miss Maggie Barrington of Maxton. Mis? Fannie Rozier of Fayetteville is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. A. Bethune. Miss Ruth Britt spent last week in Lurnberton visiting her brother nj sister-in-law, 11$. and Mrs. E. M. Britt. Ri-v. A. J. Groves is spending thi? week in Littleton. Messrs. John and Norwood Davis of Bladen Union were callers in this section Sunday. Rev. W. W. Willi3 of Fairmont is a Lurnberton visitor today. j TEUTONIC ALLIES CONFIDENT . Austro-Germans Cloe to Lemberg aa Were Germans to Paris Last Fall ; - Russia s Supreme Emergency" -This Week Expected to See Cul - mination of One of Mot Interest- i.ng Phases of War. . . . . , r ' conoon mspaicn. Mm. Thev report crops doing fairly we i After several week's batterine across ! down that way. : Galicia, during which the Russians' Mr. X. C. Long left Saturday for nave been tr.rown back more than 150 Davidson, where tomorrow he " will miles, the Austro-Germans today are be be-t man at the wedding of hi as dote to Lemberg as were the: brother, Mr L. B Long of that Germans to Pans last fall. Never. jt0wn. The name of the bride has perhaps, since the battle of the Marr.?. : not been learned, ihuve the Teutonic allies appeared so r.. T o rJ n , confident of success. I 3 ' B' an Ed "Pey Having failed in their original If Sadd,ef Tree were amonsr the v.si plan of crushing France and then t0rS ,n toJn SJltar.d?'- They Uurning to Russia, they have reversed ' Pd, and with a cause that the order of their strategy and now, uId b alIe t0 enW f 'he,r judging by the expenditure of life first S P yesterday, j and ammunition in Galicia they have and Mrs. L. Pate, who live j pinned their whole faith on paralyz- on route No. 6 from Lurnberton, about jing the Russian army to permit the 6 miles from town, passed through throwing of a tremendous weight of town Saturday morning on their way men and metal into the West, there either to break through the Franco British line or'force an interminable period of sanguinary warfare. A dispatch from Copenhagen to night says that the German Emperor himself hasaken supreme command j of the Galician campaign, establish- i ing his headquarters , in . bislicw, as Meanwhile the .German official ! cemmunication records the further 'progress of the Austro-German forces ! toward Lemberg, both to the north jar.d south of the city. It claims as I well that the Russians have been Uleare( from parts of the Dniester to 'tnr south. The question England and her Al ies are asking is whether Grandlek from Phuadelphia, Pa., where Yi-Y.'' Nicholas can emulate Jof fre's : tactics of last fall and check the Aus-j it-u-Gevmans at the gates of Lem - jberg. Optimists point out that the ; .'.'rand duke checked them almost at the gates of Warsaw, just as General i .loffre stopped the Germans before Paris and Field Marshal Sir J6hn : French stoppet them before Ypres, Dunkirk and Salais. It is argued further that even should Lemberg fall the Russians can : ctot) back to equally formidable po ' sitions, utilizing the rivers and wamps, and it is the British con- tention that they thus could hold outllon; S. C, reported to The Robeson for months, Englanfl and France in jan Saturday that Frank Oxendine, !the meantime sending to their aid ; Indian, discovered at his home at nu-n and munitions necessary. Raynham Friday a chick hatched that j Whether Russia has sufficient am-iday with two heads, four eyes and munition to meet the present strain (tw0 COmbs two heads perfectly I is a question which cannot be an- onuipped. Otherwise the biddie seem iswirH in England, although the Lon-ed to be normal 'don papers say the shortage is acute.! , t...,.. ...u. situation in Galicia as Russia s su preme emergency" and public interest i centered in that theatre, notwith standing the hard fighting in prog- , - . rrrC ress along the western front. The sound of guns is audible at Lem berg and possibly this week will see the culmination of one of the most interesting phases of the war. McADOO UNCOVERS FRAUD Violators of Olemargarine Law Have Defrauded Government Out of $27, 000,000. Washington Dispatch, 20th. How violators of the oleomargarine law have defrauded the government out of at least $27,000,000 due in stamps and special taxes was re vealed tonight by Secretary McAdoo in a statement based on a prelimin ary investigation conducted by Com missioner Osborn, of the Internal Revenue Bureau. Frauds committed as long ago as 1912, immediately after the enact ment of the new law have been un covered. The commissioner began his inquiry some months ago and since then unpaid taxes aggregating $851,000 have been recovered and de posited in the treasury "with the prospect of further very large collec tions." Fcj-ty-tUvo violators of the law have been convicted since the first of January and 29 of these have been given prison sentences. Fines ag-j Saturday night when the company gregating $149,000 have been as-j was called out for a small fire so sessed in addition to the recoveries j many non-members boarded the truck actually made and the announcement i that there was not room for the mem declare,, the investigation will be con-bers to ride. He says thi3 is strict- !tinued. jly against the law and though he 1 The announcement shows that since ; hates very much to prosecute any 11002 more than 200,000,000 pounds j or,-?, he will have it to do unless the I of colored oleomargarine have been thing is stopped. i manufactured and fraudulently soldi Mr g s Stephens reti.rr.ed as uncolored. . (Thursday night from Canton. Ilay- I . . ... ' woo,! countv. to 'which rdace he car- ; Sentence nf Leo Frank Commuted to ; r,e Mi s j, K Seme,-,e thi. L'fe Imprisonment. , (rQn throuch the COuntry jn an au- A wire was received thi3 morning to. The party left here Tuesday 'by Mr. S. H. Hamilton, local West-j morning, so Mr. Stephen-: made the em Union agent, to the effect that j trip of about 500 mi!es in three days. Governor Slaton of Georgia this'At the same time Tuesday Mr. W. P. i morning commuted to life imprison- j McAllister, Prof. Sentelle, Messrs. ment the sentence of Leo M. Frank,: Walter Bowdon and Knox Proctor who was under sentence to die for j left here in Mr. II. M. McAllister's Vile lllumcr yi jiai i Hawaii 111 miaii- ta in 1913. "Mr. Guthrie Rhodes of" the Bloom ingdale section spent the week-end in town visiting friends and relatives. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEW , Mr. j. T f;iover went Kjtur(lav j t0 Wilmington, where he ha, his eyes j treated by Dr. J. C Murphy. ! Messrs. k. m. ami A. I. 1'hillips tne Globe Swamp section were among the visitors in town Friday. to Raynham to see Mrs. Pate's moth er, who was reported very sick at that time. Jesse Merrick, an 16-year-old col ored boy, was placed in jail Saturday morning on a charge of assaulting Leslie Bullard, a small white boy, with a brick, or rock. He threw the stone at the.Jjov,.cutting a bkdjrasb., Mr. C. V. Brown, cashier of the National Bank of Lurnberton, was appointed a member of the committee on resolutions of the North Carolina Bankers' Association at the annual convention of the association at Wrightsville Reach last week. Dr. R. S. Beam returned last he spent 5 weeks in the different clinics of that city doing a special 1 work on disease of the eye, ear, ! nose and throat. He will continue j here his practice, liimted to these i diseases. Rev. R. A. Hedgpeth of Barnes ville passed through town Saturday en route to Abbottsburg, where yes terday he filled bis regular ap pointment. Today he went to Wrights vill Beach to attend the Baptist Sea side Chatauqua, which will be in ses sion there all this week. -Dock Oxendine, Indian, of Dil- . I . ici.ji juniioiriiu, v II J liven on route 6 from Lurnberton, about 4 miles out, brought to town Saturday a half bushel of green peas. These , . 4U- y ? The Robesonian this season as hav- ing been brought to town. Mr. Townsend found ready sale for them at 25c the peck, which he considers a good price. County Auditor J. M. McCallum has, at the request of the board of county commissioners, bought and placed above the court house a large United States flag 10 x 16 feet. The flag is made of pure wool, with army bunting, and the sight of it floating in the air makes one realize that he is living the land of the free and the home of the brave. The flag was bought through C. H. Cartee and Co., local flag dealers. Mr. Chappell Wilson, son of Mr. J. M. Wtilson of Howellsville town ship, was among the graduates at Mars Hill this spring. He has not yet returned home but states in a letter received by his father, who was in town Friday, that he may go to Jefferson City, Tenn., to spend the simmer. As has been mentioned in The Robesonian, Mr. Wilson also won the orator's medal at a contest at Mars Hill this spring. Fire Chief J. P. Townsend asks The Robesonian to say that all who are not members of the fire com pany must stay off the fire truck j when going and returning from fire 0uiu iuf i.iiutic"vii,iiic. Proctor and Bowden returned with Mr Stephens. Mr. McAllister will remain ome time in Heniersonville, where Mrs. McAllister is spending the summer. Y lilUIil IT E.MS OF LOCAL NEWS - I icen e has been issued for the mariaire r,f Melvin Walters and Thursday Rice; John Duncan and Bes sie Jean McLeod. Mr. Frank Gough made a Sun day school address at Saddle Tree Baptist church yesterday morning at 11 o clock a. m. and at Cedar Grove ;t 4 p. m. Mi,s Mary D. Connolly, a regis red rule- who has been doing pri vate nursing in Lurnberton for some time, has accepted a position in the office rf Dr. R. s. Beam and will be witn him permanently. Mr. Peter Barnes of Hamer, S. C, spent a while in Lurnberton Sat urday. He came over to ook after a farm he owns near Lum erton Mr Barnes was a pleasant caller at thw office and said he could not get along without The Robesonian, which gives him all the news. Mr. L. B. Martin of Maxton, who recently placed an ad in The.Robe sonian's penny column, says he gold the article advertised just after th ad made its first appearance, and could have sold many more from the same ad had he only had them. Robesonian advertising pays. Mr. Martin knows it does now. Jflsephus McNair, colored, charjr-!wrth- breaking "lntork -Moll' Norment's residence 5 or 6 weeks ago and stealing a lot of jewelry, was arrested at Rowland this morning by "-.ui i uiiceman j. n. Carper, and Chief of Police H. H. Redfearn' and Deputy Sheriff A. H. Prevatt have gone to Rowland this afternoon to bring McNair to jail. "Have we been torpedoed?" was the thought that flashed into the minds of Mr. P. A. Hamlet and Dr. Jno. Knox one day recently while Vowing along on the waters of Lum ber river when a big jack fish jump ed into the boat with them. Per haps it, a good thing the jack got sorry and jumped into the boat, as otherwise they might have come home fishless. Mr. W. A. Graham of Warren ton, president of the Epworth Lea gues of the North Carolina Confer ence, spent Saturday in Lurnberton in the interest of the Warronton school and yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock he made a talk at the egular Sun day service of the Jim. League of Chestnut Street Method: church He conferred with office. .. - f the Senior League after the regJar ier vicc at 7 o'clock. Mr. V. B. McMillan. assistant cashier of the First National Bank, Mr. A. P. McAllister and Mr. W. I. Linkhaw left Saturday morning for New York. They went to Wilming ton and there boarded the special steamer that left that place Saturday afternoon to carry a party of bank ers, who had been attending the State Bankers Association convention at Wrightsville Beach, to New York. Messrs. McAllister, Linkhaw and Mc Millan will we away a week or ten days Mr. J. A. Barker will leave to night for New York to attend a club meeting of the field men of the Mu tual Life Insurance Company of New York. The company offered to pay all the expenses of the trip to all agents who sold a certain amount of insurance last year. There were o ly four in the State who won the trip, Mr. Barker being one of the lucky four. Mr. Barker won a trif of the same kind in 19i2 which was offered the agent making the biggest sales of insurance that year. Mr. H. M. McAllister, cashier of the First National Bank, returned Saturday morning and Mr., K. M. Barnes, cashier of the Farmers & Merchants Bank, returned Saturday night, from Wrightsville Beach, where they attended sessions of the annu al convention of the North Carolina Bankers' Association. Mr. C. V. Brown, cashier of the National Bank of Lurnberton, who also attended this convention, returned home last night. Mrs. Brown accompanied Mr. Brown but will visit relatives at Clio, S. C, and Rocky Mount before returning home. The following nisrht letter, re ceived by wire Friday morning from his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Caldwell, who were mar ried in Pulaski, Va., o nthe 12th inst, will be of interest to many Robeson ian readers: "Pikes Peak Summit, "u!.. June 17. 1915. R. D. Caldwell, Lumbert'.n. N. C. Haven't heard frcn voj all unee '.ve left. Telegraph U'th care the New House hotel, Salt Lake City. V.'e are in the top of Pikes Peak new. fourteen thous and fect elevation. Completely sur rounded by sr.ow. Its awfully cold. Greatest trip imaginable. Hope you a:'j ail well. With love." 1. STARTS IT PLUS 0 & 0 f. IV. . Yrv.
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