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ROBESONIAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH I1J50 A YEAR. DUE IN VOL XLVII LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1916. NUMBER 18 TOWN POLITICS DUE TO WARM UP Dr. W. A. McPhaul Says He is Out for Mayor Dr. W. W. Parker An nounces for Commissioner Other Candidates for Commissioner Ex pected to Come Out Town politics is due to take on life and movement from this date. Dr. W. A. McPhaul says that he is in the " race for mayor on a plat form of low taxes and a sanitary town. Mayor White is a candidate to succeed himself "and everybody knows that: Mr. Juddie Moore is in the racer" So there is to be a three cornreJ. race for this office, and the arathy that has prevailed up to this good hour will be known no more until after the primary on the 25th inst. Dr. W. W. Parker an nounces that he is a candidate for town ( commissioner, and others are expected to t:ome out for this cfficer There is a move on foot to put out an entirely new set of cimmission ers to succeed those whose terms ex pire. Town politics will liven up and get interesting from now on. VILLA AGAIN REPORTED DEAD His Disinterred Body ; Said to be in Possession of Carranza Troops Accounts Apparently Reliable But Accepted With Reserve by Amer ican Officials El Paso, Texas, Dispatch, Apr. 16. Francisco Villa is dead, and his body, disinterred some days after his burial, is in possession of the Car ranza troops, according to a series of telegrams received in Jaurez to day, by the Mexican officials For more than a week reports that Villa had died from wounds have been current here and in Jaurez. Today's accounts were the most circumstan tial and apparently reliable yet re ceived . They were , accepted vith reserve by American officials, includ ing General Bell, but , Mexican of ficials expressed confidence in their reliability. DECIDES TC TAKE MEDICINE Will Nance, Who Shot Up School Gathering, Begins Serving Sen ence On Roads Will Nance, who was sentenced to 4 years cn the roads by Recorder E . M. Britt for shooting four people at a school closing at Smith's school house, Ho wellsviUe township, on the night of March 31st last, has been carried to chain gang No. 1. After the sentence had been imposed Nance gave notice of appeal and the bond was fixed at $1,000. This Nance failed to make and he later decided to go on to the roads. Accounts of bcth the shooting and the trial have been published in The Robesonian. GROUND BROKEN FOR HOTEL Work Begun Friday Material for Building Has Been Bought and Work Will be Rushed Work was begun on breakine ground for Lumberton's new hotel Friday morning. When tli- work was be gun Mayor A. E. White drove two mules that were hitched to a scocn while a load was being carried off the lot. He also unloaded the scoop. It is understood that the , material "has been bought for the building, the dimentions of which have been published in The Robesonian, and the, work will , be rushed to comple tion. ORRUM HIGH SCHOOL FINALS Concerts Thursday and Friday Eve. nings, Commencement Proper Fri day Commencement exercises of the 'Ot rum "High, school at Orrum will be gin Thursday evening of this week with a concert, there 'will be ex ercise1? Friday and a picnic dinner, pnd commencement will wind up Fri day evening with another concert. There wijll be no admission fee to the concerts. The public is invito ed. Commencement address at 11 f . m. Fridav will be by Mr. Jos. W. Little of 'Wilmington. Shot Himself In the Leg Heath Hcrton, colored, was mon keying kind of careless like with a "big pistol lodged in his hip pocket yesterday morning and the weapon went off and sent a ball through his right leg. He walked fram across the river to the office of Dr. W. A. McPhaul and when Dr. McPhaul told him the ball narrowly m'ssed a hip prterv and that he would have bled to death if that "had been struck. Heath went pale and got suddenly weak. He said he threw the gun as far as he could when it treated him that way. Heath has been work ing with the force at theTfilter plant 'Slicht Change Seaboard Schi A slight change wnt into "feet yesterday onjQie Seaboard. Nu, 13. west-boundpassonger, is rano-oH now to 6:19 p. m. instead of 6:25; No. 20. eastbound. is due at :45 p. m. instead of 9:55. No other trains are affected. Cotton Up Big Enough to Plow On a trip to Pleasant Hope, near Fairmont, and Pleasant Grove, near Rowland, yesterday, Mr.Frank Gough of Lumberton says he saw cotton uo and growing to the extent that it has been plowed . - ! FEWER CASES MALARIA ! SAVES ROBESON OVER $12,009 ' 1600 Fewer Cases Malaria Last Year I Means Saving to County of Ov. j er $12,000 Efforts Should Not Stop 3 Ways to Prevent Malaria j (By Dr. B. W. Page, Robeson Coun-j ! ty Health -Officer.) j Correspondence of The Robesonian. i ! After visiting more than one-hun- j dred schools this session and collect- i t ing statistics in regard to malaria j j in various sections of the county I I find that there were about 1600 few j er cases of malaria in Robeson last i year than there were in 1912 or j 1)L6. Estimating that a person loses ! eight days time as a result of an at ! tack of this disease, we find that 12,b00 days were saved. Estimating each day's value at fifty cents we find a total of $6,400. The rfiedical attention, drugs, less of'time in nurs. ng, etc, would amount to an addi tional $6,400. Robeson saved, then, more than $12,000 last year, compar ed with former years, as a result of preventing- this disease . Let us remember that each season takes care of itself so far as' ma laria is concerned and that the same efforts should be put forth again this season in order to protect ourselves against the disease. There are three ways to prevent this mosquito-borne disease: by drainage, which means tin cans as well as ditches near the home; by screens to keep the mosquito from entering te home; and by taking quinine two, or three lames a week if, malaria js prevalent in the com munity . FIERCE FOREST FIRES One Man Overtaken on Road and Burned to Death Damage Will Run Into Thousands of Dollars A fierce forest fire has been rag ing for several days and at last ac counts Saturday was still raging in Beaver Dam and Cedar Creek town ships in Cumberland county. Thou sands of dollars worth of property has been destroyed Daniel B. Car ter, a. well-known farmer, while walk ing along the public road was over, taken by the fire and (burned to death . The home of Purdie Hall was burned with all its contents. AnJ- S. McNeill, M. W. Floyd, J. I area 10 miles long had been swept through those townships up to Sat urday and the fire had reached Clay Folk in Beaver Dam, where a largif, number of men had gathered to fight the flames. From other sections of Faster'n Carolina come reports of fierce f crest f ire3 , One of the old est churches in Beaufort county, St. Jamesr Episcopal, has been burned, j loss-$10,000. The mammoth storage j'vard and mill of the Roper Lum ..b"r Co. at Roper, one of the larg I st lumber nlants in the South, caught fire Saturday. The damage has net been learned . IF VILLA K DFD TROOPS WILL BE WITHDRAWN j Wahinrton Dispatch. Apr. 16. A , '11 1 . , 1 1 .' Amencan. troops win De wunnrawn from Mexica immediately if Francisco Villa is dead. Administration offic ials made this unqualified statement toniarht, commentincr on reports from Mexican sources that thei bandit's hov had been discovered and was beinsr taken to Chihauhau City by spp"ial train. The Stte and War departments were without confirmatory advices on the subiect from American sour c". Reports reach El' Paso and otbfr border points were forwarded for informaticn, neither Amer ican consuls nor military authorities in Mexico were heard fro SrnnH B-v Hurt Wfien Horse Falls, With Him Annie Lou, 11-vear.old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. II . Inman, who live in the eastern part cf town, was taken violently ill Saturday night about 11 o'clock. The child had beeni apparently in the best of, health up to the time she was so suddenly taken ill. Fay, a small son of Mr. of. find Mrs. Inman, got on a horsejt'v.? committee of White House town "nd rode uo town to call a phvsician. He made the trip uo town all right ard summoned Dr. W. L. Grantham, who hurried to the Inman home. The bov started back home and the horse he was ridinrr fell down on the pavement von Chestnut street. In the fall young Inman's left knee was severely cut, it taking 11 stitches to sew up the gash. Just after the arrival cf the doctor at the Inman home Chief of Police H. H. Red fearn arrived and told Mr. Inman his son was badly hurt. Mr. Inman says it was a trying experience with him. One of his children at home in a crying condition and another up town badly hurt, and he did not know how badly hi3 son was hurt. However, (the girl's condition 4was ereatlv improved and the boy is get ting along nicely. Box Supper at Regan's Wednesday Night There will be a box supper at Re gan's school house Wednesday night of. this week. The proceeds fromi the supner will gc to the benefit of T?pgan Methodist church. Mr. Ertel Carlvle of Lumberton will make an pddress in addition to the box suo rer. and nlentv of entertainment will be furnished those who attend. Mr. JoT-n T. Warwick of Lumberton is principal of the school. rnfev- i - - -yd County Commencement scene in Lumber ton April 7. Orrum High School which won prize in parade, in fore ground . , iO LUMBERTON TOWNSHIP DEMOCRATS MEET Executive Committee Re-elected Delegates to County Convention April 22 Committee Will See About Holding Democratic Rally At a well attended meeting called by Chairman H. E. Stacy of the Democratic committee of Lumberton township in the court house Saturday afternoon he old executive commit-, tee' was re-elected. The coriimittee is composed' of Messrs. H. E. 'Stacy, R. D. Caldwell, Eli Phillips, E. E. Page, W. S . ' Britt The followirtg men were appointed delegates to the county convention, which will be held in Lumberton next Saturday, beginning at 11 o'clock a. m.; A. E. White, T. L. Johnson, A. W .McLean, W. P. McAllister, S. Mclntyre, W. O .Thompson, R. D. Caldwell. Charlie Brvant. A. J Prevatt, E. L. Hamilton, J. A. Boone, A. B. Hayes, T. O. Britt, E. J. Eutt, R. A. McLean, T. A. McNeill, Jr., J. D. McLean, Frank Gough, C. M. Barker, L. B. Town-, s tud, D. B. McNeill, G. E. Rancke, Forest Alexander, Geo. A. Barnes, Barnes, R. E. Lewis, J. J. Good win. E. E. Page, K. M. Barnes, C. V. Brown, H. M. McAllister, E, 11 Britt, G . P. Higley, L. R. Varser, J . D. Proctor, J. M. McCallum, W V. -Marker, James E. Dial, T. A. McNeill, Sr., H. E. Stacy, W. Ar McPhaulr.W. S. Britt. - - - The matter of holding a Demociat- A contract made a year ago be ic rally was discussed and Messrs. tween the town and the S. A. L. H. E. Stacy, T. A. McNeill, Jr., Ry. Co. with reference to cleaning T. L. Johnson, E. J. Britt and A. out the ditches in the southern part E. White were appointed a commit--' of town, was renewed. This con tee to determine the advisability of tract deals with ditches in which holding a rally and at what time and both the town and railroad company report at the county meeting next are mutually interested. Saturday. I A petition was presented to the All the townships in the county board signed by a number of citi were called upon to hold like meet-', zens in town asking that the sec. ings Saturday and elect delegates to tion south of the Seaboard rsilroad the county meeting. j be not used in future for a. dump- ing ground for litter, and it was DEMOCRATIC PRECINCT MEET- ING ' White House Township Correspondence of The Robesonian. Marietta, Apr. 15 At three o'clock this p. m. Mr. C. A. Oliver, chair' man of the Democratic executive committee, called the meeting to or. der and stated the object of the gan, the former members of the ex erutive committee, were re-elected, viz: C. A. Oliver, G. E. Morgan, A. W .Harrington, Timothy Page, W. T. Jen ret t.p. Delegates to the conntv convention to be held in Lumberton April 22nrl were elected as follows: C. A. Oli ver, A. W. Harrington; alternates, G. E. Morgan, D. J. Oliver. On metion of C. A. Oliver, J. S. Oli- ver was unanimously endorsed for the Legislature. The executive com mittee met and elected C. A. Oliver chairman" of the Democratic execu. ship. Candidates for State Offices Getting Busy Mr. Jas. E. Carraway of Way nesville, one of the managers of the campaign of Lieut. Gov. E. L. Daughtridge for the Democratic nom. ination for Governor, spent Thursday in Lumberton. He seems well pleas ed with Mr. Daughtridge's prospects for the nomination. It is a fact pat ent to all observers that Mr. Daught ridge has made wonderful strides in ponular favor recently. Mr. J. S. Mann. superintendent of the' State prison, spent some time in Robeson last week in the interest of his candidacy for the office of State Treasurer to succeed Mr. B. R. Lacy and was in Lumberton Sat urday. Mr. Mann is making claim for the office chiefly on his record and the fact that Mr. Lacv has held the office 16 years and it is time to' give it to somebody else. Mrs. H. B. Jennings returned (Friday morning from the Union Pro. ! te?tant Infirmary. Baltimore, where she underwent an operation. Her hea H V i s gr e a 1 1 v i mp r o ved Rev. F. R. Lowrey's Indian prhool in Back Swamp township clo- ed last week. .Prof. Lowrey was in town Saturday. TOWN FATHERS MEET Satisfactory Settlement Made With Tax Collectdr Redfearn Ditch Cleaning Contract Renewed Wa ter Meters to be Put In Other Matters At a meeting bf the town commis sioners Thursday night the commit tee recently appointed to make set tlement with Chief of PolicewWL H. Redfearn whe is also town tax collec tor;, reported that a satisfactory Tftefe tlement had been made and the" re port was accepted . This committee, which was composed of Mr. Ira B. Townsend, town clerk and treasurer, Mr. iWoodberry Lennon, .town! at torney, and Mr. James D. Proctor, a member of the board, was appoint, ed at a recent meeting of the board to make a settlement with Mr. Red- fearn,it appearing that he? was due the town $226.50, an amount collect- Led by him for license from various persons in town between the dates of June 23 and November 20, last 1 year, and not turned over to the town clerk and treasurer. In settling the account Mr. Redfearn endorsed a salary check paid him by the town and turned it back to the town clerk and treasurer and gave his personal check for $26.50. Mr. Proctor ex plained that while Mr. Redfearn had not turned the ir.ji.ey over to tn to-vn that the town owed him $200 on his salary, which fact Mr. Redfearn says caused him. not to turn in the $226.50 collected by him . r .' -- ordered that the litter be carried to the southern end cf Water street and there burned. The petition was also referred to the street commit tee with instructions to see that such undesirable conditions as outlined in it be remedied. A request that First street be opened up from Elm to the Seaboard railroad was referred to the street committee for investigation. A complaint was made to the board with reference to a cow lot belong ing to Mr. W. H. Kinlaw in the eastern part of town. The matter was referred to the town health of ficer with instructions that he in vestigate and report to the board. Mr. H. E. Stacy, former town attorney, appeared before the board with reference to a bill the town has against the ' old firm of Lennon & Stacy for light, which he claimed had been paid in settlement with former town clerk and treasurer Mr. G. T. Page in settleing with him for his services as town attorney. The present cierk and treasurer was in structed to take the matter up with ,Mr. Page and endeavor to adjust it. It was made known to the board that in some instances two offices were using water and light from the same lines, while only one office was being charged for the same. It was ordered that meters be placed in all these offices as early as possible. A number of rebates was allowed, also a number of bills was approved. Recorder's Court Belligerent Col ored Divider of the Word "Reverend" J. D. Lewis, colored, was before Recorder E. M. Britt Saturday charged with assault with a brick upon another man of the same color. Judgment was suspended upon payment of the cost. Mexico Stephens, colored, who re cently hired horse mnd buggy from Messrs. Beasley Brothers liv ery stables to drive to Fairmont, and who drove to Bennettsville, S. C, and tried' to sell the horse, was bcund over to Superior Court bv Re- corder Britt). He was placed un.j der a $300 bond, which he failed to' make, and is resting in jail. L. L. Williams was before this recorder this morning on the charge of b-ing drunk on the streets; Judg ment was suspended upon payment of cost. BARKERS SCHOOL BUILDING .AND RESIDENCE BURNED IFire Caused by Kerosene Lamp Ex-! plosion Prof. Norman West Bad-1 ly Burned Misfortune Probably! 1 Wi" SchoS" f?r the Ter,m i Prof. Norman West, principal of the public school at Barker's, was , ! painfully burned about the face anl; : the school building at that place and! jthe residence of Mr. D. F Kinlawt near by were burned to the ground; late Thursday afternoon. The fire started from a lamp ex- plosion, the lamp being in the hands of Prof . West when it exDloded. Mr. i West was putting oil in some lamps "and preparing them fcr use Thurs- nay niK1!-. ncn ine pupus or me; niie is getting along nice school were to give a rehearsal ofb - the exercises to be given at the end ir p r rvn: t "" of the. school which was tc , ha ve out Jt Kmjsfted ItTout ! im "ffH and after it had been worked over! Von tV FlTi' f Tl' by Prof. West he tried to light it,! d ay" Lllzethtawn road, Sat- when it exploded. The farmes quick ly enveloped him, burning his face and neck vary badly. All his ef. fort3 to control the flames, which! spread rapidly, proved useless and he had to leave the building through a window. Frcm the school build ing the flames spread to the resi dence of Mr. Kinlaw. Mr. Kinlaw saved most all his furniture. The school building was a large wood structure, formerly used for a hierh school. The county bought the building, some three yars ago and since that time it had been used for a public school building. . The -res- 'Hi1-- t:S-mMmimn.j .:ygeia . Hospital, Kicb . ............. , ,.v . ly used for a of mPf. i'P;,-l--fmond, There was no insurance on tjj-e school building. Mr. Kinlaw - had j some insurance, but not near enough to cover his loss . The total loss is estimated at $2,000. - Mr. Kinlaw had the misfortune to lose his residence by fire about two years aero . . The school at Barker's is a two teacher school. Miss Lena Russ of hat section was assistant teacher. It is thought the school will oe dis. continued as there is no available building near except the McLnodist church, near by. BUIE AND PHILADELPHUS NEWS Baseball Farmers Have Made Good Use of Good Weather Much Small Grain, Cantaloupes and Watermel ons Planted New Store for Buie Play at Philadelphus Next Fri day Night Correspondence of The Robesonian. Buie, April 14 The .. Philadelphus high school beys defeated Raeford in a game of ball on the Raefrd dia. mond Wednesday evening, the score being 7 to 4. They are playing against the Red Springs boys this af ternoon . We have not learned now thev came out. On next Wednesday evening they will play a game with, Raeford at Philadelphus, Mr. J. E. Purcell was a visitor up in the Wagram community Fri day. Messrs. I. T. Brown, J. L. 'McMillan, .J. F. McKay and others are gone to Albermarle today in connection with the: road affairs. Mr. Alfred Britt Who had been con fined to hi3 bed for some time, is able to be up again. The farmers in this section have never enioved a better spring for farm work, and they have certainly taken advantage of it. Mr. Walter McMillan spent Satur day near Parkton. Mr Q. K. Nimocks of Fayetteville visited through this section last week in the interest of his candidacy for Congress . There is a gocd deal of small grain, cantaloupes and watermelons, being planted in this seJtlon this year. Messrs. W. M. Pate and Mr. J. F. McKay visited in the St. Paul section Saturday. Miss R. D. Buie spent Wednesday in Lumberton. Mr. C. C. Baxley will shortly, he says, build a new store in Buie. Having done busniess here before, he will, have a great many of his old customers. Rev. N. L. Seabolt filled his reg ular appointment here last Sunday. There will be given at Philadel phus next Friday night a play by the name of "Hiawatha". ' i Notice of New Advertisements Leonard cleanable refrigerators Lumberton Furniture Store. The following have announced for office: Town .commissioner '(Lum berton), W. W. Parker; recorder Rowland district, A. T. McKellar; for county commissioner, E. E. Page. Campaign lie nailed F. A. Wish art. . i Program at Pastime. Columbia grafanola Lumberton Music Store . Opening sale of fancy work and Eastern baskets Tuesday at New man's. Seaboard rates to Birmingham ac count. Confederate reunion. Top market price for -beef cattle - A, H. Hinds. Legal notice of sale of town prop erty under mortgage Mrs. Geo-. C. Mcm, admx., Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proctor, attorneys. Strong endorsement of Daughtridge for Governor. Notice of administration of late J. E. Price. Mrs. W. B. Mcllwaine of Max ton is a patient at the Charlotte san atorium. Charlotte Observer. BRIEFS ITEMS OF IOCW vmro UJtAli NEWS --Middling coton is selling on the ,rcal market today for 11 9-14 -cents t'e Pund. .-License has' been issued for mar- rare of H rr Ra.i.. u" Ethd Edge ' Y Md Mm8 f P v d movli t'-.T : freva" and family whJrV thlv Til!.H 1 Ke'svlI.Ie v- J vSJ 1 yeb,u;k U Sn J, m "6ar CybonT Mrs. T, L. Johnsonfetaraed 'ast night from Colnmhia c where she recently underwent a se oa operation at the Columbia hos- Mr. E. F. Lamb, who lives near nog swamp church, was among the v,a,tcrs m town Friday. Mr. Lamb says he set his tobacco cron on Ani-it 3 and the plants are alive and look, ing well. Mr. B. M. Sibley, bookkeeper for Mr. K. M. Biggs, returned last night from Albemarle, where he was called Thursday night on account of the death of his grandfather, Mr. L. Lowder. Deceased was 81 years old and was a Confederate veteran. Mr, A. P. McAllister went but ; i. . . . . .. . r - Va., for treatment. He was accompanied by his brother, Mr. C. P. . McAllister, who returned hom Friday. He said Mr. McAllister was getting along well when he left Richmond. Forty-three people left here on the early Seaboard train this morn ing for Whitney to work on a new alumnum plant at that place. Forty two left last Monday, making a total of- 85 for the two weeks . Common laborers are paid $1.50 per day to work, it is said. The many friends of Mrs. Sallie Thompson will be pleased to learn that her condition, which has been considered very serious for several days, is somewhat improved. Mrs. Thompson is at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. arid Mrs, W, 0. Thompson, Chestnut street. Mr. Archie Collins, formerly of Robeson, now a prosperous lumber dealer of Charlotte, was a Lumber ton visitor Friday. He says they are making: big " preparations in Charlotte for the May 20th celebra tion and that it is confidently ex- pected President Wilson will be there. One of the rnest pleasant trips one can take is down, or up, Lum. ler river ' with Capt. J. T . Glover in his large motor boat "May". , The , boat is. well made and equipped with the best rngine to be ViadJ. Mr. Glover can carry 10 passengers cn his boat, and has many calls for a ride on the Lumbee. The following stores in town will close at 6 o'clock, except on Satur days, after May 1: White & Gough, Holmes Jewelry Store, K, M. Biggs, A . Weinstein, Townsend Brothers, Stephens & Barnes W . W, Parker. R. D. Caldwell & Son, Lumberton Furniture Store, Jno. T. Bfggs, L. H. Caldwell, McAllister Hdw. Co. This i3 done in order to give the salesmen and salesladies a little time off in the afternoon during the hot summer months. A blaze on the roof of the wood en building, Fourth street, occupied by Sam Lee, a Chinese laundryman, was quickly extinguished by the fire company yesterday afternoon about 1:15 o'clock. The alarm wa3 turned in from box No. 31, located at the corner of Elm and" Fourth streets. It i3 supposed the roof caught from a spark from a chimney. Had it not been for the quick work of the fire company quite a bit of damage would have been a quick result. The iron foundry department of the Lumberton Motor Car Company is constantly receiving orders for castings of various kinds. Capt. J. T. Glover, who has charge of the foundry, ha3 recently cast a 1400 box solum. The job i3 as complete in every detail as if it had been done in any foundry anywhere. The town has recently placed an order with the foundry for 115 water meter boxes. They also have an order for 13 4twhite way" stands to be used in town. ' . The Planters Bank & Trust Com pany i3 distributing a beautiful and valuable calendar. On the front of the calendar is a splendid 'picture of the bank's Homey Fourth and Chestnut streets, also the likeness of many of the famous Confederate gen erals of the Civil War, the "White House" .of the Confederacy, one $100 a d one $50 Confederate bill. severa monuments, etd. On the back :r several poems relating to the Civil War. The calendar not on-, ly covers the balance cf this year, but ai. of 1917 as well. It make? a most beautiful 'calendar .- . My glasses were fitted by Dr Parker, the only specialist ir Lumberton licensed by State Boar Examination for this important work.. HIS SERVICE SATIS FIES
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