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to tte tic MMly pt Mb. SI I ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND: TRUTH $1.50 A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCB VOL XLVII LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1916. NUMBER 5Sfc DEMOCRATIC RALLY ALL ABOARD FOR BIG DAY Sreat Occasion Expected Promises to Eclipse Any Former Political Gathering Held in Robeson Gov, Stuart of Virginia Will Speak Town Will be in Holiday Attire and There win oe tug raruue All aboard for the big Democratic Tally which will take place in Lum berton Saturday. Everything is be ing put in readiness for the occasion, which promises to eclipse anytning along the line of political gatherings that has been known in Robeson county for many, many years. As has already been mentioned in The Robesonian, Governor Henry Carter Stuart of Virginia will be the principal speaker of the occa sion. Others are expected to speak. The big parade will be one of the features of the day. In the parade will be marshals from the various townships, floats, and all Democrats in the county are invited to ride in the parade. All who can do so are urged to ride a mule. i ine town wm uc uctwaitu ... iday attire for the occasion and will be turned over to the hosts which will gather for the day. Everybody and their families will be welcome -in fact, they are cordially invited to come. Arrangements nave been made for those who do not bring dinner to get sanawicn.es buu mimica at reduced prices. County Chairman T. A. McNeill has been informed that a delegation from Wilmington will be here for the 'occasion and imany prominent men from all parts of the State are expected. A dispatch sent out from Raleigh yesterday states that lead ing Democrats from various parts of the State will be here Saturday. The parade will start from the graded school Jbuilding aft 10:15 o'clock a. m. and the speamng win take place at the court house at 11:30 a. m. ' . ' . . There will be plenty of entertain ment throughout the day for every one. It will be an occasion no one who possibly can get here should Ttiiss. . Get ready and. come along. Ar will he seen from a news item eitewhere in today's paper, the Ral eigh & Charleston railroad will op erate a special train to Marietta, leaving here at 6:15 in the afternoon. The freight train coming in here on that" road at 9:30 will be provided with cars for the convenience of all who wish to come that way. ' V MARSHALS FQR HOWELLSYILLl;; Names of Some Who Will Represent Others Mr. T. W. Maxwell, chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Howellsville township, has sent County Chairman T. A. McNeill the names of the following who have hppn nnmpH to act as marshals for Howellsville at the Democratic rally; in Lumberton beptemDer : Jasper Edge, Bunyan M'White, Al fred Allen, Rowland Kinlaw, Baker M. Bryan, W. V. Bryan, Harry Kinlaw, Edward Smith, Mac McNeill, Walter Smith, Sam Ea:(t, iCharUe Barker, Dave Jones. One member of Mr. Mxwell's com mittee had not reported when these Tiames were sent in, and it is ex pected that Howellsville will be rep resented in the big parade by others besides those mentioned above. Superior Court No Court Next Week While Superior court has been in session since Monday morning, only one case has been disposed of. This was Elias Strickland vs. Mary Strick land, divorce granted. The case of F.. S. Walters vs. Butters Lumber Co. was begun Monday and . it will take all today to finish the case and perhaps longer. This was supposed to have been a two-weeks' term, but Judge Thos. J. Shaw, who is presiding, will not be here next week, so the term will close tomorrow afternoon. Witnesses and jurors summoned for next. week's term need not come. Care Necessary in Selecting Cotton Seed for Sowing Judging from what those who have Tiad cotton ginned this season say, it would be well for the farmers to be particular in selecting seed for sewing next year. Some say all the seed in the early cotton are sprouted, or have made a start to sprout. This was caused by the wet weather in July. It is not thoueht the late cotton seed will be affected. Educational and Political Rally at Rladenboro Tomorrow There will be a big educational and political rally at Bladenboro tomor row. Mr. T. W. Bickett, Democratic randidate for Governor, and Mr. L. R. Varser of Lumberton will be the principal speakers. Miss Marie Linkhaw delightful ly entertained the Fidelis class of the First Baptist church Tuesday evening at her home on West lhird street, from 8:30 to 11. A large number of young ladieswere present and pronounced Miss Linkhaw an ideal hostess. EDUCATIONAL RALLY AT PHILADELPHIA Third Anniversary of Opening of FarnrLtfe School Dr. J. Y. Joy ner and Mrs. Estelle Smith Prin cipal Speakers on Great Occasion at Philadelphus A County School That Means Great Things for Robeson Picnic Dinner School Opens Under New Management With Bright Prospects for the Year With Dr. J. Y. Joyner, State Sup erintendent of Public Instruction, and Mrs. Estelle Smith of Golds boro, county home demonstration agent of Wayne county, as principal speakers and with other prominent speakers, the third anniversary of the opening of the Robeson county Farm-Life School at Philadelphus was celebrated Tuesday with an ed ucation rally which bruoght to that favored spot more than 500 people of the far-famed Philadelphus sec tion and from other sections of Rob eson and the State. This occasion also marked the formal opening for the fall term of the Philadelphus High and Farm-Life School under new management and with bright prospects for the best year in its history. After the feast of reason in the large auditorium in the splen did school building a sumptuous feast in the way of a picnic dinner was spread on a lo- table in the grove that circles the school house on three sides, and here other cravings of the inner man were satisfied. The rally was a , success in every sense of the word, an occasion to inspire to their best efforts those upon whom the success of this school, nfli'.l maana an miirh to Robeson county, depends, and to inspire wun; confidence those who are looking fori rrroat thinco to come from the 4H-" " " . school. Dr. Joyner spoke in highest terms of the teachers who will have charge of the school this year and declared that if the school could not r . . i m 1:1,- i. nrmim win win a iurce u.g uuh p ( stand in need of special mercy. To illustrate how he felt about it he nM no etnrv nf the Rantist preach er whose bad son hid a deck of cards in his : faher'B baptismal robe and when, as the old man waded out into the creek and a royal straight flush floated out on the waters Dr. Joy ner paid Preacher Dixon back here for saying at the outset of the ex ercises that he was going to pull down by his coattail any speaker who spoke more than a few minutes by saying that he learned the se quence of the cards from Mr. Dixon when this royal straight flush floated out the bad son comforted his distressed mother by saying that if dad could not stand on a hand like that, the Lord have mercy on him. Even so it was with the Philadelphus High and Farm-Life School starting out with a winning hand. The exercises began at 11:20 with the auditorium, which seats 600 peo ple, nearly filled. At the instance of Rev. H. M. Dixon, pastor of Philadelphus Presbyterian church, the audience stood and sang "Amer ica", and then Mr. Dixon in a ring ing speech of less than 10 minutes extended a welcome and assured the teachers that the community was going to stand behind them and help them in their work. Mr. Dixon in troduced Prof. C. L. Cates, the new principal of the school. Mr. Cates was also brief. Ha said that he thought there should be 200 pupils in the school, instead of 100, the number 'last year, and that the great aim of the school this year should be to get a greater num ber of pupils and do good to as many people as possible. . Community Fair Proposed Mr. O. O. Dukes, principal of the Farm-Life School, the next man up, earnestly declared that th)a ' aim should be to carry this school out to the community and the entire county through the boys and girls, who will be taught practical farm ing and domestic work, to help the farm demonstration agent by form ing pig, corn and poultry clubs. And he said he wanted to nave a com munity fair at Philadelphus this fall, that the State would give $20 ,tor this purpose if the community wou;d give the same amount, and that they would have one big picnic day to which all the people of the county would ftu invited land the fjolks would be shown what a great work was being done there. Dr. Joyner Speaks Dr. Joyner, introduced by Prof. Cates, spoke for an hour and a quar ter in defiance of the threat of Mr. Dixon to , pull the coat-tail of any one who should speak more than a few minutes. But he made one of his best speeches and nobody want ed to stop him. He told the people what a great school they have at Philadelphus and painted, a glowing picture of what such a school should mean to the folks of the country. This he declared to be the ideal school in an ideal community. Men have come at last to realize that there must be two aims in education, namely, to instruct and train, to acquire knowl edge and to apply it to the everyday things of life. Knowledge must be hitched up to the duties and business of life. The greatest thing God ever turned loose in his fields, he de clared, is a thinking man, and it is the purpose of a school like this to turn men like that loose in the TOWN FATHERS MEET Ordinance Relative to Parking Au tomobiles All Traffic Ordinances to be More Rigidly Enforced Town Wants Government Expert - to Examine Water Shed ' At a meeting of the town fathers Tuesday night an ordinance was passed prohibiting the iparking of automobiles on Chestnut street be tween Sixth street and the S.A.L.rail--ond except on the west side of said street. The ordinance also prohibits the parking of automobiles on any of the streets between Chestnut and Water streets except on the south side of these streets, and prohibits the parking of automobiles more than six inches from the curb on either Chestnut street or any of the streets between Chestnut and Water street. The ordinance furher says that no automobile shall be parked on any cross street within 20 feet of either Elm or Chestnut streets. An ordi nance ,waa 'passed several .month8 ago prohibiting the parking auto mobiles on Elm street between Sixth street and the Seaboard railroad. Any person violating this ordinance is subject to a fine of $5 for each toff ense'. , A resolution was passed instruct ing all police officers to enforce all traffic ordinances relative to au tomobile speeding, riding bicycles on the sidewalks, etc. Mayor A. E. White was authorized to employ special officers to see that these or dinances are carried out if he sees fit to do so at any time. Some com plaints were made with reference to riding bicycles on the sidewalks about town and the officers are especially urged to look after those who break the ordinance against this. A license of $2.50 was attached to motorcycles. No town tax on motor cycles have been charged heretofore. Town Clerk and Treasurer I. B. Townsend was instructed to write Senator F. M. Simmons and ask that he put him in touch with the proper government department rela tive to sending an expert here to go over the water shed with the view of determining what is necessary to be done in order to put same in a more sanitary condition. New Road Which Means Much - to Folk of Globe Swamp Section Mr. R. M. Phillips of the Globe Swamp section left Lumberton Mon day afternoon with a brand-new axe to begin work Tuesday on the new road, recently authorized by the county commissioners, extension of the Phillips' road across Lumber riv er at Juniper island to the Creek road, about 1 mile. The folks of the Globe Swamp section have been try ing to get this road for some time. It will put. some of them 3 miles and others 4 miles nearer Lumberton, and about 2 miles nearer the railway station at Orrum. These people have been cut off, with no mail facilities. They have had to get their mail at Boardman, 4 to 6 miles away, and the only way to get there was to walk 1 mile of the distance across Big swamp. When this new road is opened they will get daily ' mail service on Tural route No. 4 from Lumberton. Thompson Hospital Notes Mr. D. J. Oliver of Marietta en tered the hospital Monday and un derwent an operation Tuesday from which he is recovering nicely. Mrs. M. B. Dixon of Fairmont was op erated on Monday afternoon for ap pendicitis and is rapidly improving. Mr. iT A. Stone, who underwent an operation two weeks ago last Friday, was able to leave the hos pital Monday. Little Lillie Mclntyre of Fairmcnt, who was operated on for appendicitis, made a rapid re covery and was able to return home Tuesday. Dr. N. A. Thompson is confined to the hospital for a few days, suffering from a mild attack of "malaria. fields. It is a wonder, he said, that we had not before connected edu cation with the everyday need3 of country folk, seeing that 82 per cent of the population of the State live in the country. The Farm-Life School should minister to the every day needs of the country folks, who live closest to the three greatest sources of wealth soil, plants and animals. Others have been getting the greatest profit out of these three great sources of wealth because the country folks have not been taught how to get the most out of them, cut the purpose of the Farm-Life School is to teach boys and girls how to get the most out of these sources of wealth, how to handle soils to make more crops for le?3 money, and then how to market and get most out of them. It is all wrong:, he declared, to have a school that does not touch life. Boys and girls should be taught how to make a living and how to make a life worth living, how to make the most of all that is within them and how to employ the best that is within them to make the most of all that i3 about them. He spoke eloquently of the noble work of wom en as hpme-makers, of how girls should be trained to know how to make the home beautiful and at tractive. The only way to save our (Continued on page 4) SENATE PASSES REVENUE BILL It is Designed to Raise $205,000,000 Annually From Taxes on Inherit ances and War Munitions Washington Dispatch, Sept. 5. I The administration revenue bill, designed to raise $205,000,000 an nually from taxes on inheritances and war munitions, and from in creases in the income tax, creating 5 a tariff commission, establishing a protective tariff on dyestuTfs, pro viding for protection of American firms from "dumping," at the end of the war, and giving the President authority to take drastic retaliatory steps against allied interference with American trade, was passed late to night by the Senate. The vote was 42 to 16. j Eliminating the usual formalities in order to insure adjournment of ; Congress by Thursday at the latest the faenate rushed the measure, the last on the administration legisla tive programme, immediately to con ference. To Increase government revenues the bill provides for doubling the normal , tax and increasing the sur taxes on incomes; an inhentance tax; a net profit tax on manufacturers of munitions of war: a license tax on ' stock of corporations capitalized at more than $99,000; excise taxes on beer, wines and liquors and miscel laneous stamp taxes. The bill also creates a United States tariff com mission of six members whose sal aries shall be $7,500 a year despite an effort made to increase them to $10,000; provides for increased tariff duties on dyestuff s to encourage their manufacture in this country and makes provision to safeguard against dumping of foreign-made goods after ' the European war into American mar kets 4 Drastic amendments to the bill Striking at the Allied blacklisting of American merchants, discrimination against American commerce, inter ference with American mails and em bargoes on American trade were in corporated in the . bill to arm vhe President with retaliatory weapons. These amendments have created con sternation among diplomatic repre sentatives of the Allied powers in Washington who assert that if fin ally enacted as now - seems certain they would constitute a .non-intercourse act. THE WAY OF THE AUTO SPEEDER Experiences of Party of Lumberton Young Men on Trip to Charlotte First in an Auto at 50 Miles an Hour, Then a Hay Wagon at 2 Miles Per, and Then Fords Fifty miles an hour, two miles an hour and Ford time was the exper ience of Messrs. H. M. McAllister, C. V. Brown, J. Dixon McLean, Jno. F. French, R. H. Crichton and R. L. Shelby in getting to Charlotte to witness the ball games between Lumberton and Statesville last week. The party left Lumberton eaily Thursday morning on board a Chand ler auto and made 50 miles an hour for a whiler However, while speed ing along in the country about 7 miles from Chesterfield, S . C . , the Chandler refused to go any further. After all inducements possible to offer way out in the country like they were had been offered, the Chandler still refused to go. The party, bent on seeing the ball game Thursday, then boarded a hay wagon and continued their journey for some distance, making the rate of 2 miles per hour. They soon saw that would not get them to Charlotte in time for the game so they finally board ed 2 Ford cars and arrived in Char lotte in time for the game. Surely they will not forget that trip soon. Mr. A. W. McLean Attended Noti fication Event at Shadow Lawn t National IDemocratic Committee man A. W. McLean returned Sun day night from Long Branch, N. J., where Saturday he attended the notification of President Woodrow Wilson. Mr. McLean was invited to take lunch with President and Mrs. Wilm at Shadow Lawn and he, with more than one hundred other prominent men from various parts of the county, accepted the invita tion. Mr. McLean says at least 20,000 people were present at the notifiaation and he was mtost fa vorably impressed with the Presi dent's speech., When asked how thin g3 looked in New Jersey for Wilson Mr. McLean remarked, "it looks mighty good". "Wilson is growing stronger every day," he continued. Warning to Auto Drivers : If you drive an automobile you'd better watch, or the policeman wiTJ eet you. Chief of Police Alf. if. McLeod says, he has been instructed by the town commissioners to en force the traffic ordinances and he is going to do that very thing to the letter. Especially is he going to "pull" those who fail to drive to the right on the principal streets of the town. He says it doesn't differ who violates the traffic laws in the future, he is going right after them. - Reports of the proceedings of the county commissioners and the county board of education are crowd ed out of this issue. They will be published an Monday's paper. MONEY FOR CANNING CLUB WORK County Commissioners Appropriate WOO anc 1300 Comes From An other Source Domestic Science Teacher at Farm-Lite School Will Devote 2 Days Each Week to Work At their meeting Monday the county commissioners appropriated $300 for canning club work in Rob eson this year. This will gjve a fund of $600, as a State fund dup licates what the county gives. Miss Nena Rhyne, teacher of domestic science and domestic art at the coun ty Farm-Life School, will devote 2 days of each week to this work, going about over the county and or ganizing canning clubs in every community. This is a progressive step that no doubt will mean the saving of thousands of dollars to Robeson county. Mrs. Estelle Smith, county home demonstration agent of Wayne county, appeared before the com missioners, in behalf of this work and it was largely due to her persuasive eloquence that the appropriation waa made. ; Rev. and Mrs. W. J. DuBois Will Return to Lumberton The many friends of Rev. and Mrs. W. J. DuBois will be pleased to learn that they will return to Lumberton in a few days. Mr. Du Bois will open up an up-to-date bak ery in the Caldwell building, Elm street. He spent Tuesday here making arrangements to open up the new bakery. He returned yes terday to Dillon, S. C, where Mrs. DuBois is visiting relatives and friends, and they will return to Lumberton within a few days. Mr. DuBois operated a bakery in Lum berton for a number of years and has had practically a life-time ex perience in the bakery business. Mr. and Mrs. DuBois have been making their home at Knoxville, Tenn., most of the time since they left Lumberton some 18 months ago. While in Tennessee Mr. DuBois waa licensed as a local Methodist preach er by the Holston Conference of that State. Before leaving Lumberton Mr. DuBois was an ardent church worker. Mr. DuBois says while he has traveled quite a bit he is con vinced that Lumberton is the best town of them all. Lumberton glad ly welcomes Mr. and Mrs. DuBois back as citizens of the town. Mr. C. A. McDonald moved Tuesday to McColl, S. C. Mr. A. W. Rogers has accepted a position as salesman in the groc ery 'store of Mr. M. N. Folger. Miss Reva Gold Hamilton, who will be Miss Josephine Breece's head trimmer this season, arrived this morning from Baltimore, Md. Miss Hamilton's home is in Orange, Va., and she comes highly recommended, having spent three years in New York city in the millinery business. Mr. Ferris Love of Red Springs fainted in front of the court house here today about 11 o'clock. Mr. Love was sitting down and fell over, causing quite a bit of excitement. Those who first reached him thought he was dead. Dr. B, W. Page, coun ty health officer, was soon on the scene and Mr. Love was soon better. He is not accustomed to fainting anJ it is not known what caused him to Lave the spell today. No more will the wild screams of the wild-cat fire whistle wake the peaceful slumbers of the weary when a night fire occurs. The bell re cently bought by the town has been installed and i3 now in good work ing order. The number of times the bed rings indicates the location of a fire, just as the number of blasts of the whistle indicated the box from which the alarm waa turned in. The bell alarm is turned in just the same as the alarm was turned in when the whistle was in use. There was no mistaking the fact that she was a bride. She proclaimed the fact (o all who could see across if t'jwn block. A pink band circled her dusky iiad, a white bridal veil streamed even to her blue-clad an kles. All about the man who walked by her tide, presumable hubby, spoke of sixty-five winters; she seemed in the blocm of 2 summers. Both were black as the ace of spades and neither seemed to care a darn about the attention they attracted as they marched down Elm street this morn ing. Mr. K. M. Barnes returned this morning from Greensboro, where he carride his two daughters. Misses Ga nelle and Myrtle, and Miss . Rose Jones of Fairmont to enter the Greensboro College for Women. This is Miss Ganelle's third year there. Mrs. Barnes and small children ac companied them to Antioch, Hoke county, where they stayed while Mr. Barnes was gone on to Greensboro visiting Mrs. Barnes mother, Mrs. Kate Brown. Mrs. Brown and chil dren returned with Mr. Brown this morning. They made the trip in Mr. Barnes' Maxwell auto. The national convention of the National American Woman's Suff frage Association opened at Atlantic City, Ny J., on the- 6th . President Wilson will adress the convention Friday night. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS Mr. S. S. Stephens has accepted a position as feaiesman for t tlie People's Garage. A new coat of paint has been added on the inside of the court house, which adds much to its ap pearance. License has been issued for th marriage of Robert T. Moore and rathnne Currie; Eugene Hajfnes and Ida Parham. Mr. A. L. McKenzie of Laoria burg was a Lumberton visitor Mon day. Mr. McKenzie waa here with the view of buying a farm near town. While he did not make the deal Monday he may decide to move to Robeson later. -- Mr. Dan Howell and brother, Mr. Henry Howell, of Clarkton are among the visitors in town today. ,This is Mr. Dan's first visit to Lumberton in two years and he says be hardly knew the town, it has grown so much since he was her. Reports from Wisharts township say one of the most enthusiastic Democratic meetings held in that township in many moons was held at Allenton last Saturday. Marshals were appointed for the big rally to be held here Saturday. J ' While on his way to Lumberton Monday Mr. W. McK. Glover of Buie killed a large rattlesnake In the public road near the National cot- ' ton mill. The snake had 7 rattles and a button. He brought the snake on to town and many took a look. Dr. B. W. Page, county health oif'cer, went yesterday to Pembroke, .here he vaccinated a number of school children against diptheria. One i use developed in the school there Tuesday and school was suspended for one day, but was opened up again this morning. Several news letters froni county correspondents must be held over for Monday's paper, partly on account of the crowded condition of the pa per today and partly because elec tric current was shut off for some hours yesterday afternoon and this morning, thereby) delaying typesetting. The main office of the Robeson Manufacturing Co., of which Mr. John S. McNeill is manager, has been moved from the plant, which ii located about a half mile from town on the Rowland road, to the McLeod building, West Fourth street. This company operates a cotton seed oil mill, fertilizer plant and cotton gin nery. Mr. Knox Proctor left this morn ing for Chapel Hill, where he wilt be a member of the senior class at the University this year. .., He goes a few days before the opening on the 12th for football practice. Middling cotton is selling at 14 3-8 cents on the local market today. It brought 14 3-4 cents yes- . terday. ' ' , Carrie Williams and Mose John son, ' colored, were happily married in the office of Register of Deeds M. W. Floyd here at 11 of the clock this morning. Justice F. Grov er Britt spoke the words that made the two hearts one. Only a few peo- . pie witnessed the marriage. The bride was handsomely dressed in bridal attire and wore a veil which reached the floor. -c - Vv An automobile collision joccut red on Elm street in front of the McLeod building, formerly occupied bv the postoffice, Tuesday about 12 o'clock when a car driven by Miss Mildred Mclntyre and one driven by Mr. T. F. Barnes collided. Mr. Barnes came into Elm from Fifth street and Miss Mclntyre was going up Elm. Mr. Barnes' car" was slightly broken up while the one driven by Miss Mclntyre was not damaged, v Dr. W. W. Parker was before U. S. Commissioner W. H. Kinlaw yesterday on the charge of violating the Harrison narcotic law. Dr. Park er was charged with having cocaine in his possession without being reg- r istered and paying the tax required of a physician to handle same. The case was worked up by Mr. Augus tus Bradley, a U. S. deputy collec tor of Burlington. Mr. Kinlaw with h:ld his decision for the present. He doesn't seem to think there was much evidence that Dr. Parker had violated the law. The Knights of Ezelah, composed of Messrs. McMillan Fisher, Ray mond Musselwhite, Eugene Mussel white, Walter Lee Jenkins, Marvin Seabolt, Harrel Humphrey, Max and Israel Weinstein, James Reeran.Regan Floyd.Carlyle Bethea andMr.F.L.Ford, Fuperintendent-in-charge, returned Friday evening from Lake Wacca maw, where they spent several days enmping. Through the courtesy of Mr. Oscar Hisrh of Whiteville, his cottage on the shores, of "the lake was used as camp. Sessions of the order were held each morning, and the remainder of the day given up . to swimmin?, boating and other Fnrvt. All report a delightful trip. Thcv made the trip by autos. ...My glasses were fitted by Dr " Parker, the only specialist In Lumberton licensed by State Eomri Examination for this Import aa v work.. HIS SERVICE -SAlls FIES
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