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STABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS COUNTRY. GOD AND TRUTH $1.50 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANC VOL XLVI. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1915. NUMBER 39 Heady for woodmen picnic .Large Crowd Expected at Woodmen Picnic in Lumberton July 5 ""- Greatest .Fraternal 'Order Celebra tion in History of County Ex pect-' ed Dinner for Members of the Order and Their Families. Indications are that a large crowd "will attend the Woodmen picnic in Lumberton, Monday of next week. It is expectej that 2,000 or more Woodmen, including .their families, will be here for the occasion.; . Dinner .will be served to members of the order and their families, and so doubt this will be by far the greatest , fraternal order celebration ver held in the county. A grand stand and seats have been erected in the park beside "the river at the foot of Sixth street, on Mr. J. P. Townsend's place,, at the over How well. In order to make sure of plenty rf w'ater to drink, water from another overflow well, near the pow r house, has been piped to this park, so that now there are two ov erflows." . ' - The Parkton band has been secur--jthe ed to make the music for .Monday. All the camps in the county are Te- quested to send 2 mounted- marshals. Every one attending this picnic is expected to bring his or her dinner. It lias been rumored that tthere would be dinner served to ,all free of charge but this is not true. Every one-is; invited to come and bring a well fille. basket. This is an elegant place for a pic jiic and no doubt the day here will be thoroughly enjoyed. While this is going ta.be a Wood men's day, there will be many here who are not sons of the order, and the town extends a hearty welcome to one and all. Tije following programme will bs carried out: T Programme ' '"10:30 a. m. Parade of .Woodmen. . 11:00 a. m. Addresses. 12:30 to 1:30 p. m. Dinner.' - ... 1 -100 yard Foot Race. 1st prize, Gold Button, 2nd, $1.00. 2 300 yard Bicycle Race. 1st prize, Gold Button, 2nd, $l.u0. 3 One-half mile Motorcycle Race. 1st prize, $2.50, 2nd, Gold Button. 4 SO yard Wheelbarrow Race. ' 1 sack of Flour by Gilmore. & Martin.; .5 Brood Jump, prize $1.00. ft High Jump, prize $1.00;"' 1 Family present with largest number members in the Order. Porch . Rocking Chair by Lum bertcn Furn. Store. 8- Poetry on Woodcraft by -girls under 12 years of age. 1 pair nice Slipper3 by John i Thomas Biggs. 9 Best; Cake by girl under ;years of age. .Nica picture by Stephens 15; & Barnes. . 10 Oldest Member of the Order present. $1.00 by C. B. Redmond, All participants must be members of the order. HEARING IN AN' OLD CASE Trying to Determine Surplus of Fund Created for Liquidating Bond In debtedness. The hearing in an ikl case, that of the bp-rj cf audit.. and finance vs the town of Lumberton, was. begun before Mr. L; R. Varser, referee, Tuesday. The hearing will be con- tinued Tuesday of next week. The uit is to determine the amount of - surplus" over what was used , of a lunci created lor. the liquidating of the bond indebtedness of the town nd was collected from the year 1893 .to and including the' year 1906. A part of the amount collected was,, paid cut, but there is a balance and the suit is to determine, the amount. Messrs T. A. McNeill, Jr., and R-; E. Lee represent' the board of audit and finance, of which Mr. Frank l,ougn is chairman, and Messrs. wwuDerry iennon and . J. unu 1Tl 11 T . rt t T Pi-itf represent the town. jgang has been busy grading the J ; Elizabeth road for seme time and Larly. Morning Fire Destroys Resi- were working about one mile from oence 'town this morning near Mr. Sandy .Fire of unknown origin practically Barker's place when the convicts es destroyed with its contents, the res-'caped. fhe'y.were near a corn field idence of Mr Charles M. Prevatt, ' and run into" thecorn. A posse is Cedar street, this morning about 3 busv hunting them but has not found -vC , ? 3 WaS ?but $1'500' them yet. Both of them hacL served jvitli $1,300 insurance. The alarm al)0ut fi months of a 3.year term. vumcfl in iium uox xo. oo, aec- ond and CedaFlitreets, but the house was burning all over when the fire company reached the scene. " Mr. Prevatt was sick, having been confined to his room' since . Satur day of last week, and when he awoke the kitchen and dining room were falling in. The flames were quickly extinguished after the fire-fighters arrived v r FARM PRODUCTS EXHIBIT IN LUMBERTON NOV. 10, 11, 12. Committees Are' Soliciting Premiums for Best Exhibits of Farm Pro ducts, Poultry end Live Stock In Lumberton Next Fall Exhibit9 Will be Held in Farmers' Tobacco ,. Warehouse Corn Club Boys Are Expected to Hold Annual Exhibit in Connection With This Event. A farm products, poultry and live stock exhibit will -be held m Lum berton Wednesday, Thursday and Friday November 10, 11 anj 12. The committees recently appoint ed by the Robeson County Poultry Association and the Robeson Division of the Farmers' Union to solicit prizes and look after the business end of the farm products, poultry and live stock exhibit for Robeson county, met . Monday afternoon ' and lin ed up for business proper. The committees are already at work so liciting premiums to be offered for various farm products, poultry and live stack exhibits and should re ceive the hearty co-operation of all people At a called meeting of the com mittee held yesterday afternoon the following officers were elected: pres ident, W. P. Barker; vice-president, Frank Gough; secretary-treasurer, L. B. Townsend, assistant secretary, F. Grover Britt: ..' Any one desiring to offer a prem ium for any kind of exhibit would do well to see or write any member of the committee, as somebody might be overlooked. . " A premium list will be gotton ouf in pamphlet form at an early data showing the different premiums arid what they will be offered for. Prem iums will be offered.for a large num ber of exhibits and you had better begin to. prepare fcr taking some of the prizes. The officers of the Farmers To bacco Warehouse have consented to lot the tobacco warehouse be vsed for the -exhibit free of charge. The warehouse is plenty large and. will exactly fill the. bill.' It is expected that the Corn Club boy3 will hold their annual - exhibit in connection with thi3 event, and fsct that Robcfon will have a wp!I grownoung fair next fall one that will grow no doubt, into onir of the best county fairs in the. State. 'The cemmittees are: Poultry com inittos Messrs. Frank Gough. E. B. Freeman, V. D. Baker, J. A Carlyle', M. F. Caldwell, J. Q'. Beck with, and Mrs. H. T. Pope; Farmers' -- Union committee Messrs W. P. Barker, F. Grover Britt, L. B. Townsend, and Mrs. Jno. T. Single- tary ""- . The purpoe of course is to stimu-'be improved. Iat3 interest in farm products,' - ; thorough-bred poultry and stock. ; Crops Not Good in Saddle Tree Sec Mr. Robertson. wKa lias charge of, tion. Boys' Corn Clubs for the State, and . Mr. J. J. Humphrey, who lives in Mr. L. E. Blanchard, county farm the Saddle Tree section, 10 miles from demonstrator, have promised the Lumberton, dropped into The Robe- 'committees to co-operate; in making the exhibits a success. Never Such a Wedding ln Missouri, Bowling Green, Mo., Dispatch, June , - Mis Genevieve Clark, 20 years told. daughter of Champ Clark, was one covers it up in plowing. Tobac murried today to James M. Thorn- co, too, is small and sorry, 'Mr. rn. publisher of the New Orleans Humphrey says, and on the way to Itnm. Lumberton yesterday, all along the Never before in the State has Carthage road, he noticed sorry crops there been a wedding like that of, all the way. Mr. HumDhrey does tk- Speaker's daughtr. A general invitation had been is-ja sud to the people of Missouri and irom an parrs oi me state tney came , .tra:n. carriage or automobile. Thousands of Missourians mingled on the lawn with social and political rotables from all parts of the coun- try. . . . . Tww Convicts Escape. SHng Green, colored, and Sandy Hunt, Indian, county convicts-, at chain anr No. A made a dash for frPPdotn this mnrmntr and were snc- .. . , . pPcfl in thir attpmrit: The rbain Outstanding Features of Day's War I point and forbid people from using New9. r . " 'these steps; .' " London Dispatch, June 30. ' ' The British advance on the Galli-1 First Watermelons and Cantaloupe8, poli peninsula and continued Austro- Mr. Hector Stephens of route"! German progress in Galicia and from Orfum brought in thi morning arfoss the Polish frontier are out- a two-horse wagon load of water standing features of the day's war . melons and cantaloupes. He is the hews. The armies in the West con- first to drive jn with any nf pither . MORE AMERICAN VICTIMS Nearly Score Americans Lost Lives When British Freight Liner Sunk by German Submarine First Case of L's of American Lives Since Sinking of LusUania. . . Washington Dispatch, June 30. -The Dominion freight liner Ar menian, flying the British flag and carrying mules from Newport News, Va., to England, was torpedoed and sunk Monday night by the German submarine U-39, off Cornwall, Eng land, ant neaily a score of Ameri can muleteers aboard are reported lost, sardine to messages to the State Department today from John fc Armstrong, Jr., counsul at Bris tol. . Twenty-nine men in all were lost and ten injured. The news created a sensation in of ficial quarters, as it was the first case of loss of American lives since the sinking of the Lusitania. The action of the Washington govern ment, however, depends almost en tirely on whether the Armenian was chartered by the "British govern ment and was, in fact, a transport of war, aboard which Americans would sail at their own risk, or whether she was an unarmed, mer chantman.. In the latter case, ev en though carrying; contraband, the ship should have been subjected to visit and search and those aboard transferred to a place of safety be fore the destruction of the vessel was attempted, officials hold. Yadkin River Power Co. Will Submit Proposition' for Current Soon. , Mr. C; N, Rackliffe, manager of the power department of. the Yadkin River Power Co., was in town yes terday. He said that his company would submit soon, in reply to re quest made by Mayor A. E.' White, a proposition to sell Lumberton elec tric current wholesale. The fixed rite for business of-this kind, he said, for towns that use the amount of "juice" Lumberton uses, is 2 l-2c per kilowatt hour. To manufacture the same unit it would cost the town, it is estimated, 5 or 6 cents. The proposition of - the power company will include an estimate of what it will cost the town to make, the changes necessary to take the cur rent wholesale and .retail it to citi zens. " Tiie Yadkin River Co. is prepar ing to move the subrstation built on the outskirts of the town four years ago to Laurlnburg. This will - i c ' . . . V in na wy lmenere wiui. we service, that will be given here, however, but jpn the other hand Mr.0 Rackliffe says it will mean that the service here will sonian office yesterday to say that I the reports men" have made to The Robesonian recently" about good crops don't apply to the Saddle Tree section. Cotton is mighty small, he said, and bushed out like it was done Browine so .small, some of-it. that not look for much more than half crop in his sectionlut-ie--thinks (faie crops have improved very much in the past few days. Danger Steps at Foot of Sixth Street Need Repairing. The long steps at the foot of Sixth street, leading to the overflow well and the park where the Woadmen picnic will be held Monday of hext week, are in mighty dilapidated con dition. They are liable to break down under extra strain. If" new steps are not built at this place before Monday of next week, when the Woodmen will gather for a picnic at this point, the steps are sure to break down under the heavy work that will be demanded of them and somebody will be hurt and maybe the town will have to pay- heavy dam ages. If these steps sire not re paired or new ones built before Mon day then efcourseHt yvillbeTieces- saryta- piitlEpaidangersign at this IN PHILADELPHIA SECTION Rowland Boy Scouts Camping Out "Aunt Becky's Hospitable Home- Personal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Philadelphus, June 30 Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Brown and Misses Amanda Brown and Mary Bell McMillan vis ited Lumberton Monday. Messrs. John' McLeod and W. II. Brown Visited Aberdeen Thursday, attending district conference, - which convened there last week. One of the best sermons that was delivered there was by Mr. S. E. Mercer of Caro lina College. - , ' :. Mr. Paisly McMillan, and Misses Lai ;raN Jones and Janie Humphrey visited Lumberton .Tuesday. The Boy Scouts from Rowland are spending this week at Philadelphus camping out near the pond. A crowd of Lumberton people came up to Philadelphus Tuesday evening to enjoy a moonlight picnic. .Wie are always glad to see the Lumberton people up our way.. They are the very best people. And a cordial welcome will always . await- them at Philadel phus. Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Brown and their little daughter, together with Willie Brown and Misses Laura and Maitz Jones, spent Sunday at the home fo Mr. Jim Pate of Clio, S.'C. On our way down there we had the pleasure of making a short buttmost interest stop at the home of Aunt Becky, who is known far and near for her kind hospitality, arid by the number of friends she has. It is nothing unus ual to. find this home full of visi tors. We hope to have the pleasure seeing these good people again before long. Among the best cotton that we have seen is on the farm of Mr. Paisly McMillan, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. McLeod of Buic are spending the week-end vis iting relatives 1 in Richmond county Mr. and Mrs. James Ray of Lau- rinburg visited Mr. Ray's brother, Mr. I. P. Ray, Sunday. Miss Kitty Jones returned to her position Monday after spending . the week-end with home folks. Misses . Mary C. and Nonie Bell Brown are spending today in Lum berton. Postoffice at Bellamy DiBcont'.nued. Mr. W. B. Parnell of the Bellamy section was amoner the visitors in town this morning. Mr. ParnVll says . . ... . .. the nostoniee at Bellamy has been discontinued, the office being clos ed last night. Mr. Rowland Mercer was postmaster at Bellamy, and en" dcred his resignation May 1, The Postoffice Department authorized him to appoint somebody to look after the office " tilt somebody could be per suaded to accept the postmastership, and Mr. Arren Branch was appoint ed by Mr. .Mercer to keep the of fice. The Department advertised for applications for the office, but none went forth," so the office was discon tinued for that reason. To be sure a postoffice is not much needed where no one will even accept the postmastership. ' Notices of New Advertisements. Notice of trustee's sale of bank rupt stock of goods Geo. M. Whit field. New supply of Waterman foun tain pens. Anything in jewelry line Holmes Jewelry Co. Several lots of choice summer goods on special sale at greatly reduced prices at R. D. Caldwell & Son's next Saturday, July 3. Good corn meal, mill near Dresden Cotton Mill J. A. Boone. Sr. Northrop Cottage, W"right3ville Beach. Comfortable- rooms and best table board. Welcome W. O. W Cartee's. Spend Monday at Pastime. Spend -Monday at Star. Big fans to keep you cool." " "Master Key" at Star today. Big feature Monday. Electric fans.' Almost a Flyless Town. Mr. C. N. Rackliffe. of Raleigh, who holds a prominent position with the Yadldn River Power Co., was in Lumberton yesterday and remarked uron the absence of flies. ': Ife said that Lumberton struck him asle ing almont a - flyless -town as com pared with other towns, and ms work carries him to a number . of . other towns each week. It isa fact that the larpe fly-traps on the streets in front of business' houses -have ma terially reduced the number of flies. Continued use of these traps and eternal vigilance in the ' matter of cleanliness will make Lumberton a UP RAYNHAM WAY Death of Mr. Ed Thompson Preach ing Sundajr Personal. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Raynham, June 29 Mr. Ed Thomp son died at his home last Tuesday, June 14, at 12:15 o'clock. He had been sick ever since last September, in bed most all of his time. He had been in poor health for about three years. He was 73 years old. He had been living around here for 18 years. The remains were laid to rest in the family burying ground near Ms home. -The funeral was conduct ed at the residence by Rev. Mr. Car fort. Deceased i survived by his wife, three daughters and two sons. Misses Viola Scott and Hattie Stone soent Sunday with Miss Ber tha Hall. V Mr. Graddie Huggins has returned to his home at Marion, S. C. after spending a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Zanie Harper. - Miss Naomi Ivey spent Sunday with Miss Bertha, Beatrice and Jessie Stone. r Miss Dovie Ivey is visitine her brother, Mr. L. J. Ivey, this week. Messrs. Thomas an Hubert Cnl. breth spent .Sunday afternoon at Fairmont. ' Sorry to report Mrs. Joel Ivev verv sick at present; hope to see her up again toon. There will be preaching at Ravn. hani next- Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. J.4 J.- Scott of Orrum will preach. .: ..: Elrod Echoe8 Movement of the Peo ple. Correspond ere a of The Robesonian. ElrodT June 30 Miss Leila Cul- breth rt Sellers,-S. C, is visitinz her aunt, Mr3. Jim Clark " Mrt'. R. H. Poole is quite si:k at t.ns writing. Miss Rosa Skipper r-'turne horir to Sellers, S. C, Sunday afternoon after spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. Jim Clark. 7 ' Mrs. Haddon McLean of MrDnnalrf spent a few day9 here with her mother, Mrs. R. H. Poole, last week. Mr3. J. M. McCall spent Satur day night with her brother Mr. Luke Paul. We were saddened to learn of the death of little Vera Clark, which oc curred at Shannon last , Tuesday. The remains were buried at Ashpole church near Rowland Wednesday af ternoon. The bereaved family have the sympathy of the community. Mjss Daisy McNeill of Rennert passed fhroughlElrod Monday - en route to Fairmont to visit friends for a few days. Mr. J. H. Jones spent Tuesday af ternoon in Fairmont to attend the ball game between Fiarmont and Lumberton and reports a nice. game. Presbyterian-Sunday School Will Pic nic Tomorrow. The Presbyterian Sunday school will picnic tomornorw on the left bank of the river just above the res idence of Mrs. F. J. Thomas. Supt M. G- McKenzie wants every mem ber of the Sunday school, and all members of the family of each mem ber to meet at the church tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. Conveyances will be provided from the church to the picnic grounds. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dunnie of Fairmont passed through town Tues day afternoon en route to New York and Bailtmore, where Mr. Dunnie will buy fall goods for his depart ment store. :. Mrs. W. B. North and daueh- ter, Miss Martha Lee, and son, Mr. Paul, returned Monday evening from Stem, Granville county, where they hp d been, visiting since Trinity Col lege commencement, when Mr. Paul was graduated, at the horneOIrs North's parents. Rev. Dr. North re turned Monday night from Aberdeen where he attended the annual confer ence of the Rockingham district. Mr. Paul North began work Tuesday as stenographer in the law office of .Messrs. McLean, Varser & McLean, taking the place of Miss Eva Mace while she is away attending the ex position. . The Pastime theatre offers this evening ''The Prince Party," a 2- reel Essany picture, ' featuring Mr. Francis X. Bushman and Miss Bev erly Bayne, and "The Making of Him," a 2-reel- Lubin. Mr. Bushman and Miss Bayne are Lumberton fa vorites and 'should be greeted' by -a larga, crowd this evening. - -Beginning next Monday, the Pastime will resume Paramount service, ' running two features each week. "That Tex as Quartet," one of the greatest mus ical attractions on the road, has been .secured for the Pastime for the week beeinnincr Julv 12th. 1 , Weekly weather forecast Issued bythe U. S. Weather Boreaa, Washington, D. C, for. the Week 'Beginning Wednesday, June 30, 1913. For South Atlantic and East Gulf States: A shower period during the first three days of the week win doubtless be followed. by a periods of generally fair weather with c?a ionar scattered showers. The tem peratures tendency will be upward. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEW8- : - . - Huckleberry pickers ay the nop is fine, but not many have been. orougnt in tor sale. The new fronF at the Pastime theatre makes that place of amuse ment look much better. - The Star theatre's 6 big elec tric fans, which were ordered some time ago and lost in transit, will ar rive tomorrow. Mrs. L. W. Edwards of Abbotta btirg was among the visitor in towa Tuesday She was here to have some optical work done by Dr W. W Parker. : '.Mr. W, k. Fields, a live mer. chant and farmer of Boardman, was among the visitors in town Tuesday. He reports crops good in his section, also on the road between Lumberton nd Boardman. State Senator Gso. B. McLeod hm been .appointed by the - State Highway Commission a . delegate from Robeson to the Good Roads Convention which wiil be helj atAshe vijle July 13, 14 e.nd 15. Dr. W. VV. Prker will leave Sunday for . Salisbury to attend a Teoting nf tl.e Netth Carolina Opto--rtiic Society. Dr. I'-'cr b tec retail of the society. The meeting V1,1(i" h;'U-V 5th and 6th. ' There are the most, and the larg est, potato patches in the country I ver saw," observes a man who haa been out in the rural districts. Rais ing somethincr to eat is what Robe son county farmers are doin g this year. Inez Dean, 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Caswell Dean, died It .the home of her parents in Britts township Tuesday evening at 8:30 of: colitis. Interment was made in the family burying ground, near Center church, yesterdrty afternoon at 4 o'clock. ; ' "I have the brightest' prospect for . a bumper corn crop I . ever had," is the remark made by several farm- ' ers who have been in town Tecently. That sounds good, even better than to hear them say that have the best prospeet for a bumper cotoh or to baco crop. May the prospect grow brighter. The first cotton blossoms were sent in two weeks ago toay. Dan iel W. Ellis, who lives on route 2 from Buie, found a blossom on his . farm yesterday and sent it to The Robesonian under the impression that it might possibly be the first, in which event he wanted The Robeson ian sent to him. Mr. Garland Conner of the Barhesville section Is among the vis itors in town today. He says Mr. John S. Herring of that section kill ed a large aligator one. day recently. . The 'gator was walking along a path, in the woods when Mr. Herring came upon him and tok n's 'e using a hoe to do the trick. TheJgatormeas-t ured 7 feet and 8 inches. -Mr. Fr'ed Townsend returned Monday from Baltimore, Md., where he went two weeks ago with Mr. and Mrs. L. H. TownsendL Mr. L. H. Townsend underwent an op eration not a serious one two weeks ago In the Uni- vers"ity hospital in Baltimore and is eetting along nicely. He and Mrs. Townsend are expected home next week. -The Lumberton' Male Quartet went Sunday to Maxton and Alma,, where they furnished music for special, church services. The quartet is com posed of Messrs Frank Gough, J. P. Stephens, E. B. Freeman and C. B. Skipper. Miss Lina Gough accom panied the quartet and presided at the organ. Ttiey report a most pleas-- ant tripj and say they were most royally entertained. 5lxs Ar-iSasliTTsliertives on east Fifth street, has' been 'enjoying nice , well-grown red - and -juicy tomatoes from her garden since June la. She has also been feasting' upon her own cantaloupes for the last ten days. and Monday enjoyed a good ;ripe watermelon , from her garden. Flor. Ma truckers' have not got much on her when it comes to early truck- t-PIus turn
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