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IN RE ELECTION OF J t I WHY NOT THE MUTUAL
SUPT. PUBLIC WELFARE j BUILDING COMPANY?
Mr. J. W. Ward Explains How Elec
tion Wan Conducted and States
His Position.
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
Durir? mv public life I have sel
dom asked for space to answer those
who saw fit to criticize my official
conduct. My attention has been call
ed, however, to an article appearing
in the last issue of The Robesonian,
and also in certain other papers
throughout the State, which is so
grossly unfair and so manifestly mis
leading that I feel it my duty to
make a public statement, setting forth
the facts. I do not know who wrote
the article. It appears to have been
aimed and aDDToved. and furnished
to the press, by Mr. J. N. Buie of
frririri t'AITTi nPCT FII? Places mein a better position to look
iVr.r.l lllllEl Tirll IjI C after and protect your best interest
A&ii&U iwwiiwui J .than ever before. So you see instead
AM Till?'. HIP D A AIMED I of me being out of the business, my, Red Springs. N. C.
till I tin mil DrtllllCIV hat is still in the ring. You just i The article seeks to leave the im
waicn us, Deiore we gei mrougn wun prtss'on mat a grievous wrong
il ' X- ?11 t -' a. I ... a a a . f
commuted oy me in noting twice -u
the recent election for superintendent
of public welfare of Robeson county.
Everv member of both the board of
eJucat'on and board ,f county com
WAREHOUSE
And when you are loaded for the
market don't forget to bring it to
yoH old friend E. O. Billy Brans
ford, the pioneer of this the Lumber
ton market, one of the best nd
second to none in this section of
South Eastern Carolina. Is now
headquarters for all the big com
panies. So sell your tobacco with us
at the Big Banner on the best mar
ket in the State
them it will be a plenty and then
some.
At any time I can be of any eer?
vice to you about your tobacco do
not fail to call on me. Send me word
and drop me a few lines' ani I will, n- f sioners, as well ns two cr three
be there. Am glad to report we ether gentlemen who were present,
must know that the charp-a 1 un
true. Immediately preceding cur
meetine I approached -Mr. Lucius
made a fine sale today and prices
fine on all good and colory, good and
ripe tobacco. Don't foreet to 1st vour
tobacco get ripe before trying to curelMcRae, chairman of the board of edu-
it, the trade wants ripe tobacco and cation, and requested that ne serve
all the color you can get. Do that! as chairman of the joint meeting of
and your prices will be all right., -the two beards. He refused to do
Come to see me with your next load
By the way, some of my competi- at ig Bamer
tors are telling it around to some of
the farmers that I am no longer in
the tobacco business. While it is
true I was left out high, and dry to
root pig or die" at my old stand, the
Star warehouse, I am still in the
business and being backed up by Mr.
Fleming, one of the best warehouses-men-
in the- -State, -whe- ..-hasMigot- the
judgment and backbone to put the
price on your' tobacco that pleases.
Yours to fight hard for your best
interest
E. O. BILLY BRANSFORD.
Keep your best eye on the Big Ban
so, but on the contrary, as I now re
call, he made a motion that I be elect
ed chairman, which motion was
unanimously carried. A member of
the board of county commissioners
made a motion, which was promptly
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Remedy. .
Now is the time to buy a bottle of
this remedy so as to. be prepared in
case .'that ; any'-one- of your family
should have an attack of colic or diar-
ner and don't forget vour old frfend carried, that the election be by bal
E. 6. B. lot. The county attorney had been
'. , asked to remain with the meeting,
Hives; eczema, itch or salt rheum! and upon request from some member
sets you crazy. Can 't bea& the tQUchl of the board, he ruled tnat a3 a mar
of your clothing. lioWs Ointment jier of parliamentary pracfce?rsihce
is fine for skin itching. All drug-' the voting was by ballot, each of the
gists sell' it, 60c a box. ; eight members snoum cast a vote ana
that in the event of a tie it would oe
the duty of the chairman by open
vote to break the tie. I objected to
assuming this responsibility, but was
told that this would oe my duty un
der parliamentary practice, and not
a man present objected to the ruling,
or made any suggestion that it was
not absolutely correct. I take it for
I granted that nobody thought at that
time there would be a tie vote,
j I am not a lawyer and not famil-
iar with parliamentary practice, but
j I am informed that the ruling of the
l county attorney was correct and is
I in accord with the practice both in
Congress and in the State Legisla
ture. I am informed that the speaker
votes on all questions and in the
event of a tie he vote again and
breaks the tie. It would seem that
whoever wrote Mr. Buie's article was
not informed as to 'parliamentary
practice, or else, he was somewhat
reckless in his statement of fact.
Now is conclusion permit me to say
a word as to the merits of this mat
ter. It would be hard to find any
thing more unfair than the sugges
tion that I am not a friend' of the
soldier. Everyone of the five men who
made an application for the position
is a soldier. Mr. Conoly, Mr. Wil
son, Mr. Stephens and Mr. Parke all
served in the great world war, and
Mr. McAllister volunteered and serv
ed throughout the Spanish-American
war. I can see very little difference
in the military records of any of the
men. Mr. McAllister went to the
Phillijtnes and the other gentlemen
went td France, but all in the hour
of danger laid their lives upon the
altar of their country. We could not
give the position to all five of them.
We had to use our best judgment, and
out of the five select a man who ap
peared best qualified for the duties
to be performed. The position of su
perintendent of public welfare is one
of great importance to the people.
He is not only charged with the deli
cate task of enforcing the new school
attendance law, but he is the chief
police officer of the new juvenile
court. The matter of handling
youthful criminals, separating chil
dren from their parents in certain
cases of parental unfitness, and per
forming other similar duties, requires
in my opinion not only tact, common
sense and a fair education, but it re
quires much experience, and I felt
that Mr. McAllister, who is, perhaps,
forty years of age and more, and is
also a college man, would be better
fitted for these duties than Mr. Con
oly, who is only twenty-three years
! of age, according to my information.
In deciding the matter I tried to use
the same judgment that I exercise in
my private business affairs.
It is a thrust below the belt to
charge that I am not a friend of the
soldiers, and to hint that Robeson's
fifteen hundred soldiers ought not
to vote for me. No man appreciates
more than I do the magnificent fight
for human freedom that these soldiers
made. Their sacrifices and suffer
ings were brought as close home to
me as to any man, for my own son
volunteered and remained in the ser
vice to the end of the war.
I desire to again repeat that it is
distasteful to enter into a - newspa- j
per controversy and that I shall have
ject. I only make this statement in
nothing further to say on the sub
order that both our soldier boys and
the public generally may know the
facts. I repeat that in voting the sec
ond time to- break a tie vote I was
simply performing a legal duty that
I could not escape, and one that was
thrust upon me by. the other members
of the two board who elected me
chairman. I also repeat that out of
five candidates, all of whom were sol
diers, I conscientiously selected, the
man I felt was best qualified for the.
position, and I can not believe that
when; the facts are known any honest
man, whether soldier ' or not, will
condemn me.
. J. W. WARD,.
Rowland,. N. C.y July, 19th, 1919.
Build Houses, Sell 'Em, Build More'
An Endleaa Chain The Way to a.
Bigger Lumberton. 1
To the Editor of The Robesonian. j
"The Community Building Co. r.asj
just sold the three dwellings under'
construction on Orange street. This
company is so pleased with the ven-;
ture it will commence work on oth-i
ers." !
"Rev. John Doe, the new pastor of i
one of the churches here, has been!
compelled to locate his family in ourj
sister town on account of no house
available."
Note, gentlemen. . these two items
from a paper. In which class is Lum-
berton to be placed? Would you like
one of your pastors to resort to this ? '
Would you feel enthused over things,
if any one of your eitnens had to do
this?
Don't let us pat ourselves on the
back with the thought that it is the
progressive town tha. has no house
for rent. Like all aphorisms, this
is only qualifiedly true. Th deadest
town I ever knew had no empty
houses. It hadn't built one in years.
It was so dead, strangers wept when
passing through. Also it was grown
as mature, in fact, as wa3 Jupitor,
springing fully panoplied from the
brain of Jove.
In juxtaposition to this, did youj
ever know an up-to-date town withi
dreams of the metropolis that was'
without an empty for long
at a time? Emphatically you
did not. They proceeded to build
them, if really progressive they at-!
tempted to keep a few jumps ahead i
of the shadows events ever cast be-i
fore them. J
Jump in, gentlemen, pull others in,
with you, the water is fine m Lum
berton. Why not the Mutual Building Com
pany, limited. Built four or five
hunaJas .selL-taiv Q .v njuch,.d03vn4
balance monthly payments. Thas
quick overturn can be put into oth
ers. It's an endless chain, with irre
descent shadings. Grab opportunity
by the nape of the neck, kick it along
ahead to point the way to a greater,
bipper Lumberten.
Hurry, too. We have a lot of oth
er things to do for this burg. Let's
get at it.
M. MONTE.
TOMORROW NEVER COMES
because every day is today.. .That is why one who would wait until
tomorrow to save, never starts.. Tiday is YOUR DAY. Come h
and open that account you were going to start tomorrow.
REMEMBER tomorrow never comes.
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FAIRMONT, N. C.
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Eat simply, take exercise, keep ci ?r"i,
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Tobacco Farmers and
Others
We will accept on deposit at par all checks drawn on other
BANKS. We cordially invite all our customers, and all people who
live in our section to patronize their HOME BANK. Carry your
mcney back home to aid those who helped' you hold your cotton for
TUiRTY CENTS, to those who have been carrying the load for you
through the hard SPRING month3. See t0 it that rne of you
ptcve to be unappreciative of the services and favors we have ren
dered you. We think that we -Reserve your patronage and your
.-earnest suppt.- Ware- anxisus to 5srve--y-nd- im'ka-yye a
count and your business and promise yftu we will do all in our
power to make and keep our relations both pleasant and profitable.
OUT FOR BUSINESS BASED ON SAFETY and SERVICE
THE BANK f PEMBROKE
Pembroke, N. C.
Resources
$165,717.27.
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to (50,000.00; Bobcson, Scotland and Tnk
counties. Bate of Interest 5 1-2 PES
CENT A. T. McLean, i.umberton, H. O.
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eye structure the various
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may confuse you. Our opto
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of his ophthalmoscope will
(examine the interior of the
eye for opacity and use type
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Lumberton. N. C.
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LoBbertoo, N. C.
Cause of 'Despondency.
Despondency is often caused by in
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UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
Walter D. Hines, Director General of Railroads, , - i
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Passenger schedules, subject t0 change without notice.
No. For Charlotte No- For Wilmington
19 Lv. Lumberton 7:35 a. m. 14 Lv. Lumberton 10:40 a. m.
13 Lv. Lumberton 6:25 p. m. 20 Lv. Lumberton 10:04 p. m.
No. 13 connects at Hamlet for points North and South.
No- 19 connects at Hamlet for points North.
A. P. MITCHELL,
Agent
J. T. WEST,
Division Passenger Agent
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Lumberton, N. C