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f: VOL LV—VOL. 28, SERIAL NO. 36. LUMBERTON. N. 0., SATURDAY. MAY 17,1924. OOVWTBY. OOP AHD TKOTB <*?* Everybody Heeds A Rehge Stephens TeHs Crowd !o Heart-Stabbing Message Last Night THE BOOSTER CHORUS SUCKS TO ITS WORK Win WILLINGNESS Woman In Audience Last Night With Burden On Heart Big Enough To Sink A Battleship, Stephens Says. M{) Conscience ts Awful People Are Passing Through Worlds of Disappointment Without A Real Refuge—Guilty Conscience Causes Keenest Suffering—Rich Man Took Nothing But His Conscience To Hell With Him—Desire To Sin Is A Heritage—A Heart-Stabbing. Tear-Welling and Conscience- Rak ing Story. "Every person needs a refage" was the subject of Rev. George Stephens' sermon, in the union taber nacle last night, *and he took as his text the 2nd verse of the 32nd chap ter of Isaiah, "And a man shaii be as an hiding piece from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary iapd". The man spoken of in this verse, Mr. Stephens said, was* the Son of Man, and it was a prophecy concerning Him. o The musical feature of last night's service was a male quartette selec tion by Messrs. E. W. Dunham, J. H. Teague, W. W. Davis and Ed. Rancke The booster chorus did their part in making the singing as a whole something worth while. So closely do they watch their lpader, Mr. Ralph Carr, that it seems they respond to h!s call as quickly as a light burns when the switch is turned. Their wil lingness to learn, their earnestness in the work, and their dear sweet voices singing in one accord, as if they were doing their bit, in saving souls, mdke tears well up in the eyes M *lMo3t everyone* hearing them. Without a Rea! ibif&ge. "There is a woman Somewhere ih this tabernacle who is going through this world with a burden on Her heart big 'enough to sink, ,a, battle ship", said Mr. Stephens, as he'spoke about everybody going through worlds o f disappointments, shames, decays and deaths without a refuge. "I pity men and women who are passing through this world without a real refuge", he said. He explained that he meant re fuge as a place of solace and quiet ness where one can get on their knees in prayer to God, who can for give them of their sins, a rea! refuge. He stated that so many people were claiming refuges which were falso and which would not save. His meipipp waa iuH of th^ra^; vages apd ^stardly yopk of the da vit, who, hesaid, was with him ali the time, and just because ha Was be hind that puipit was no reason why anybody should get the idea that the devil was pot tight at his heeis ali the time trying him in his unguard ed hour. Guiity Conscience. The power and condemnation of a guiity conscience was one of the most important things he mentioned, from which one needs a real refuge. He toid a story of a young man who came to the service every night and sat with bowed head. At last he went into the annex and Mr. Stephens sent one of the party in with him. The boy got down on his knees and went to praying. He had no more than started good wh3!P he jumped to his feet and ran out into the taber nacie. Again the next night the same thing happened? except he stopped at the rear of the annex. He was asked what was the matter, what burden was on his heart, and he said, "Everytime I get on my knees to pray the body of that boy I kiiied stands right up in front of me". Mr. Stephens said he inquired of some of the- lawyers in that town what the boy had done, and he found that he kiiied a gambiing companion in seif defense one hight when both were, drunk. He had been acquitted of the murder charge by a jury/ but the boy; couidn't get the burden off of his heart. Mr. Stephens said he read, him a message of Scripture which! toid of the wonderful saving of sin-' ners oniy through the Mood of Jesus Christ. Finally the boy surrendered everything to God and he was fiiied' AT UNION TABERNACLE. Tonight. Song service 7:30 p.^m. Sermon at 8 p. m. SUNDAY SERVICES No sunrise prayermeeting. Special sermon by George Stephens at 11 a. m. No afternoon service for men. Song service 7:30. Sermon 8. Young Men's Service. Young men's service at Chest nut Street Methodist church at 6:30 p. m. Woman's Meeting. Special service for all women, especially high school girls, working girls and home girls, in the First Baptist church at 3 p. m. This meeting will be conduct ed by Mrs. Dora C. Perkins and * Miss Nana Burbridge. * ***** *** *** with the holy spirit. "If everybody will be truthful with me, they will admit that the keenest suffering is with a guiity conscience", Mr. Stephens said. His next story was about a girl who had left home, mother and friends, and had wandered into the underworld and had lived a wicked life for 3 years. One night she, in company with 2 other women of the same gang, stopped in a theatre where the famous Fisk Jubilee singers were on the program. The singers sang songs and always ended them with "In Heaven once In Heaven Twice My mother shall rejoice. My mother once My mother twice ,- Jh Hgavon she'll rejoice". ' ' ,„;Fon.the'f&*t titne ih 3 years 'the gis! thought 6f' her dear mother, whom /she./ Had. forgotten and left to die a heart-broken death. She ' was battling with hen conscience and she rushed oat of the theatre, across the city sad toward her old home. She Was thinly clad, the night was chilly, and as she rushed on it got colder and colder. She never reached her mother alive. The next morning she was found unconscious, and she rallied just long enough to tell the people who had found her, what her name was and where she was going. She died an awful death caused by a guilty conscience. Can't Kill Conscience "You can't kill your conscience. You can so stun it and sear it over that you can go right on committing sin and hbt be worried about it", he teld his hearers; who had by this time realiz^. t^$ importance of the message he wap &ripgipg. There was evidence of tear shedding throughout the tabernacle, which was filled. i Here is a mpn m this audience to night who wrote me a letter, and who is suffering terribly on account of a guilty conscience", he stated, and continued, "there is only one thing the rich man took with him to hell, and that was his conscience. That will be hell enough, to go into eternity with a guiity conscience." He sSid that during a meeting several years ago he was preaching on the same subject he preached on here a few nights ago—records. An actor playing in a vaudeville in the town electrified the audience when he was about half through his ser mon by standing up and with his hand clasped to his head shouted "My God, my record". Mr. Stephens said lie turned the meeting over to the singer, and called to that man to get up out of his seat anti come with him into the. annex, that , he wanted to Prbach to that man alone. It was an other case of a guilty conscience be coming unbearable. He took Mr. Stephens into his confidence and told him that he ^didn't know what to do.! He had divorced a good Christian wo man for a woman of worldly was I and had married the latter woman. He was struggling with a problem. He wanted to go back to his first wife. Mr. Stephens told him to give his case to God and He would work a way out of it. It was not long be fore the actor was no longer a mem ber of the theatrical troupe. He and his former wife were Re united and today are living a happy life. He is United States Round-The World Fliers React) Japan Make Successfully Most Difficult Flight Ever Attempted—Places Them Near the Lead. Paramashiru Island, Kuriles, Japan May 17 (United Press)—The United States army's round-the-world fliers reached Japan when three army planes came winging their way into Paramashiru Bay after a successful flight from Chicagoff. It was the most difficult flight? ever attempted, leading through uncharted air lanes over icy waters of the northern Pa cific. It is the first time an airplane has ever flown from the North American continent to Asia. This jump places^ the American fliers near the leaa in the effort of four nations to gain long-distance supremacy in the air. Captain Doisy, French airman, attempting flight from Paris to Japan, is expected to start to Canton this morning. The British fliers reached Calcutta yes terday and are expected to remain until Monday. The Portugese fliers are held up in the Indian desert. Mrs. S. D. Townsend and little niece, Miss LiHian Townsend, passed through Lumberton today en-route to Wilmington, where the wili spend the week-end with friends and relatives. a successful business man of Cleve land, Ohio, and a teacher of a large Bible class in his city. In connec tion with this story, Mr. Stephens said, "Looking at your sins will not save you. You \nust look to Jesus". This man had looked at his record, but that didn't help him until he looked to Jesus Christ. He had di vorced his good wife on grounds which were not Bible grounds, the only Bible ground for divorce is adul tery, decldred the preacher. "Is there someone listening to me whose home has been broken up?", he asked, and ,plea^d ,%or. ;,„t^Rm ^ ..to stop lool^^t t^f iPW apd;lopk^ to C^fM'. ); M <-! ! Need Refuge Fpom.Sm tj ; { < - "There's a twist in our breast that gives.ps a.{le^re,.^o* sjn,*H. in us dhd ,hap<ie^.down from and We need a refuge from that power of sip within'^, he yaidf.:A man raised a tiger from infancy, giving it no meat or anything that contained blood, in an effort to make him lose his beastly instinct. The tiger grew to be an enormous-sized pet. One day his master was asleep in a chair. The tiger came up to him and began licking his hand. He licked it until he reached blood. The scent and taste of that blood made the jungle nature rise up in the beast and} had it not been for great help close-} by the owner would have been eaten up before he could have helped him self. . " * i Mr. Stephens said if there wasn't a devil, he wapted somebody to teli; Mm who it is that breaks up homes, mdkes gamblers kiH. ^ud causes so hhuch suffering on the part of inno-i cent people. "Why are the prisons almost always full of people who have committed Crime, if there is ho! devil? ', he asked. "Every time I see a prisoner I say "there's George Ste phens, except for the grace of God'". In closing he told a heart-stabbing tear-compelling, conscience-raking story of how a man who should have been on the platform with him last night committed suicide because of a guilty conscience on account of his days of gambling. He held a high position and was happily married. Mr. Stephens said that he decorated his little home for him as a wedding present. Everything seemed to be so well with him. He went to gambling, though, and soon his little home was mortgaged to the limit. He wasly ing to his wife. He finally left the cij ty disgraced. Mr. Stephens found him in a hotel in a distant city and told him of how his wife was heart broken, and how she mould help him again if he would go back ami get a) job and start all over again. He couldn't stand it, but he tried it. It seemed to work well again, but one day old remorse, the devil's handiest tool, began working on his now poor resisting mind. He had stood it as long as he could. He went by a drug store and bought a deadly poison, and in a few hours was cold in death.! Only a short time and Mildred, his wife, died broken-hearted. It was announced that the-meeting would close 2 weeks from Sunday night, which is June 1st. . . . . . * * . . . . . j * HOUSE PASSES BONUS OVER * * PRESIDENTS VETO 313 TO 78 * ' * Washington, May 17 * (United * * Press)—The House passed bonus * ! * bii! over President's veto today. * i * A number of members of the * j * house who voted fbr the bii! ori- * ; * ginally switched their vote to * * override. The measure goes to * ! * senate with a vot^ of 313 to 78. * ;*** + + * ^ * + * + * ———, Rev. R. Loti's Mtim is CoesMere^avcraMe He Suffered Broken Thigh But No Interna! Injuries—-Wet) Cared for at Georgia Baptist Hospital. DR. AND MRS. DURHAM RETURN Dr. C. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church, and Mrs. Dur ham returned this morning from At lanta, wheer they attended the ses sions of the Southern Baptist con vention. Dr. Durham spent imuch time with Rev. R. L Byrd, of this county, af ter the accident in which Mr. Byrd was injured Thursday afternoon, and reports that his condition is consid ered favorable. As stated in yesterday's Robeson ian, Mr. Byrd was knocked down and run over by a truck. He suffered a broken thigh and some minor injur ies, but the physicians say there are no internal injuries and it is believ ed that he wii! recover with rea sonable rapidity. Mr. Byrd is being well cared for in the Georgia Baptist hospital in Atlanta. Mr. Byrd's numerous friends throughout this section of the state, where he is well known, will be re joiced to learn that his injuries are not more serious. Midge Cancets Engagement On Account at A CoM Washington, May 17 (United Press)—President Coolidge has can cclled^all J)is engagements and re? ,main?, in hissoom tat the '' white housq, suffering with h cold. Bascom i $ldmp, the President's secretary,' says his (gndition is not serious. Mr. Coolidge expected to attend a hoise! phow thisi afternoon. He is believed' to havp paught cold ah a white house ! lhwn pafty Thursday when he stood (n the damp chilly air on the lawn without a hat greeting 2,000 guests who attended. SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION. . / - Atlanta, Ga., May 17(United Press) Further study of educational pro I blems of the Baptist church and act-, ion on resolutions made up the pro-' gram of the fourth day of the South ern Baptist convention. Action on proposal to the convention to take! over operation of George Washing ton university of Washington,.D. C., is expected today. Report of the com-! mittee of resolutions is expected this afternoon. Later—President Coolidge has been ordered by Brig. Gen. Sawyer to keep ; to his rooms until his cold is cleared.! Gen. Sawyer was uncommunicative after his visit, refusing to say whe ther or not the President has any fe ver. KEEP UP WITH GREAT EVANGELISTIC CAMPAIGN Sermons Reported DAILY IN THE ROBESONIAN Also Special Wire Service SUBSCRIPTION RATES TO REGULAR SUBSCRIBERS By Mai!— 15 cents per week when paid by the week. By Carrier in Lumberton— 17 cents the week when paid by the week. To Those Not Aiready Subscribers to the Semi-Weekiy. By Mai!— 20 cents per week when paid by the week. By Carrier in Lumberton— 25 cents per week if paid by the week. Hot) Weevil Speciatist To Address Coop Weetim) Dr. B F Bruce of Columbia Will Be Principal Speaker At Matting Here Tuesday—He Haa Made A Study Of Weevils. LARGE CROWD EXPECTED. At the regu!ar monthly meeting of the members of the Robeson County Co-operative Marketing association to be heid in the court house here Tuesday morning, May 20, at 11 o'clock, Dr. B. F. Bruce of Columbia, S. C , will deiiver a lecture on the bo)l weevil. Dr. Bruce is a specialist on the boll weevil and has studied the in sect since his first appearance in the cotton fields. A large number of the members is expected to attend the nieeting, and the local members con sider they are fortunate in securing Dr. Bruce to make the address. There will be other association officials who will make short talks, and the usual matters of business will be handled.. Harrison To Betiver Keynote for Democrats New York, May 17 (United Press) —Senator Pat Harrison of Mississip pi will be temporary chairman and will deliver the keynote address at the Democratic national convention. Harrison was unanimously selected by the convention committee on ar rangements at a meeting this after noon. He is considered sufficiently popular to insure a fair deal for all. Potest Against Persecution of Bap tists !n Rumania Atlanta, Ga., May 16 (United Press)—The Southern Baptist con vention will lodge a protest with the state department against persecution of Baptists in Rumania. The resolu tion adopted directs officers to take steps to see that action taken by Secretary Hughes in previous pro tests againMt Mhbntah treathiwt is given members of the denomination because they ard'tudh. ' , FIVE METHODISTS BISHOPS RE LIEVED OF PERMANENT DUTY. Springfield, Mass. May 17 (United Press)—Five bishops of the Metho dist Episcopal church have been re lieved of permanent duty by the Gen eral Church conference. Four bis hops were retired as follows: William Burt of Buffalo, Frank Bristol of Chattanooga, William Quayle of St. Louis, Homer Stuntx of Omaha. Bis hop George Bickiey of Singapore was placed on the supernumerary list. MCADOO CERTIFIED AS NORTH CAROLINA'S CHOICE. Raleigh, May 17 (United Press)— William McAdoo is certified as North Carolina's choice for the Democratic Presidential nomination in a certifi cate to McAdoo's manager sent by the president of the state board of elections. COOLIDGE AND MtADOO WIN IN OREGON PRIMARIES. Portland, Ore., May 17 (United Press)—Oregon gave Calvin Cooiidge 3 to 1 edge over Hiram Johnson in primaries yesterday, on the basis of returns. Wiiiiam McAdoo received the Democratic support, the oniy candi date on the ticket. Redpath Chautauqua Saturday. 4 p. m. Concert by Vierra's Hawai ians; dramatic entertainment by Vir ginia Siade. Admission 25 and 50 cents. 8:30 p m. "An Evening in Hawaii" original musical production by Vierra Hawaiians. Admission 35 and 75 qents. ***** ******* * DON'T FAIL TO REGISTER * * In order to vote in the June * * primary persons who have not * * registered are asked to do to at * * once. The registration books * * wiii ciose May 24th, and no one * * wiii be allowed to vote who has * * not registered. Mr. Ben. G Floyd * * has charge of the North Lumber- * * ton registration book and Mr. * * Ed. Giover the South Lumberton * * book. * See the registrars today and regis ter for the Democratic primary. Witton McLeart's friends JnbiianiOver Prospects Recent "Swing Around the State" Made Many Friends and Sapper tera fer the Lnmberton Man— Farmers of Davidson County Are SaM to Be Enthusiastic for Hits— Feopie Who Know the Candidate PersonaHy Are Unsnimoas for Him Everywhere. By L. J. Hampton Raieigh—Members of "McLean for Governor'' ciubs. county managers and friends of the Robeson county candidate from counties in which he has spoken or just "stopped over" for a short time in his swing around the state, continue to write in of the fine impression A. W. McLean is making upon the peopie wherever he goes. Ra'eigh headquarters force of the Lumberton man find them seives jubiiant over the reports. Hoyie Sink, one of the McLean managers in Davidson county, where Candidate McLean spoke three times !ast week—at Southmont, Church land *schooi and Thomasviiie, said:i "The farmers in my county who have met Mr. McLean, or who have heard him speak are enthusiastically for him. I never saw a man in my iife who took with the farmers so.j He is perfectiy at home with them and they with him—in the discussion j of farm crops and methods and other matters of rural interest. At! Southmont and Churchiand where there were espcciaiiy iarge crowds of farmers. I couidn^t get him away! from them." une rarmer aeoared to me , said; Mr. Sink, "and he expressed the con-; viction of hundreds of others, that,! 'Mr. McLean is a sincere man. He] doesn't promise anything he thinks' he can't do, and he understands our, probiems because they are his own and he has experienced them m con ducting his own farm. ! want to see him governor of North Carolina. He says he wiii put economy in the state's affairs, and I beiieve he means just that.' ' Men Who Know Him A significant feature in the. Mc Lean campaign, as shown by letters received at McLean headquarters, is 'he 'oractica'iy solid support of Mc Lean by every man or woman, hot oni% in his pwn county but in t many othqr counties in the state, who have known pirn personalty.. At Chapei Hii! the "Robeson Coun ty Ciub", made up of yogng men for McLean's home county, is solid for him and they toid him so and had him make a speech when he visited the! "Hiii" recently. At Dunn, at Mur-' freesboro, in Spencer, Salisbury and! many other piaces former friends and! boyhood acquaintances of the Lum-! bertpn candidate, have written piedg-1 ing their support and predicting his] success in the primary. Bee-inning with a speech at Fay-j etteviiie on May 5, where he was in troduced by Dr. J. Vance McGougan, a boyhood friend, and where Candi-' date McLean made a rousing speech! that drew enthusiastic cheering from! his audience, that fiiied the Cumber-! iand county courthouse, the candidate! for governor swung up into the wes-: tern part of the state. lie dropped everythmg to go to Richmond, Va., to attend a meeting! of the board of trustees on Thuesday, May 6, but on the morning of May 7,' he dropped off the Southern train at Lexington and spoke at the com mencement exercises of Southmont high schooi 20 miies from the David son county seat, then at Fork church - school, Davie county on the after noon of the same day, going 40 miies to Thomasviiie that night where he addressed an audience of Davidson county peopie again, this time in a rousing Democratic speech At Thomasviiie he was introduced by! Waiter Lambeth. Perhaps at no point in the state has Mr. McLean received a more en thusiastic reception than at Saiis bury, the Rowan capita!, where he spoke on the night of May 8 to a crowd of representative Rowan cit-j izens, with a sprinkiing from Char-' iotte, Kannapoiis and other nearby cities and towns, that fiiied the big courtroom. A downpour of rain faiied to. dampon the ardor of his hosts of Rowan county admirers and he was weicomed with music by the famous Kannapoiis brass band, which rendered a fine musicai program as a preiude to the poiiticai speaking and then piayed a ragtime jazz piece of music, iiveiy in iiit, as the audience Cotton Market Reported by J. H. Barringtos Middling cotton is quoted on the iocai market today at 27 3-4 cents the pou#d. "Mwning[nM"WiH ClaseCMaaitaaThisP.M. One of the Moot Enjoyable Numbers of the Entire Program Tonight— Splendid Attractions Haro Been Given Every Day. The Redpath Chautauqua will dose its Mays engagement here to night in its teat on the comer of Wal nut and Fourteenth streets with "An Evening in Hawaii", an original musics! production presented by Vierra" Hawaiian#. This production is said to portray most vividiy the mu sic and customs of Hawaii. Novel lighting and scenic effects, together with appropriate costuming and the artistry of the company, makes this one of the most enjoyabie numbers on the entire program, it is said. The performance begins at 8:30. This afternoon at 4 o"clock, follow ing a prelude concert by the Hawai ian#, Virginia Slade, entertainer and play reader, will be heard in a miscellaneous program consisting of a number of short sketches from the works of prominent authors, as weil as cutttings from well-known plays. Every one of the attractions has been of a high order and has been enjoyed. ' Yesterday afternoon the Laura Wcmo ladies Quartet gave a grand concert. Musical and dramatic sa nctions in costume, depiciting the dress, manners and songa of various periods in American history, were special features of this offering. Last night, foMowing a prelude by this quartet, Capt. T. Dinsmore Up ton, known as "The Big Brother of a Hundred Thousand Kids'", gave his inspiring address "The Four. Square Builder", which is a plea for ciean, wholesome recreation for children. Rev. George Stephens dis missed his tabernacle congregation at 8 o'clock for this lecture, and the tent was packed for one of the moat /Jto esome and delightful lectures ever delivered here. TWO HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS FOUND DEAD IN AUTOMOBILE Maryaviiie, Pa., May 17 (United Press)—Two high school seniors ware found dead in an automobile thia moming. Miaa Leah EHen Berger 19, of HoHidaysburg, and Haryy Ganster, 29, president of ^he senior, ^iaaa of MsryatiHn high school, are^^ the victim#. .%< The murder was committed with a aingie ahot from a rifle, fired from ambush, authoritiea investigating , th edeath have diaciosed. ,, f., AMMONIA TANK Ml PLODES AND FUMES EN DANGER HOTEL GUESTS Penaacoia, F!a., May 17 (United Press)—More than a score of the gneata of the San Carioa hotei were overcome thia morning when the huge ammonia tank in the refrigerat ing piant of the hotei exploded. The fumes quickiy spread over the faah ionabie hotei, endangering the lives of hundreds of residents. None are in a serious condition. POUR KILLED WHEN FAMOUS ORIENTAL EXPRESS WRECKS. London, May 17 (United Press)— The famous simpion orient express was wrecked last night when it cashed into a freight train at Adela terg. Italian Frontier News, Vienna says 4 were killed and many injured. A switchman committed suicide when accused of negligence in con nection with the accident. filed out after shaking hands with the speaker. Makes 140-Mile Jump From Salisbury, Candidate McLean made a 140-mile jump to Henderson, up in Vance coutny, where another magnificent reception was staged in his behaif and where he spoke to a crowd of Vance county peopie that fil ed the county courthouse auditor ium to overflowing, many standing in the rear throughout the entire time. In the Vance county capital were various other attractions, in cluding a schooi commencement, but these failed to detract from the ef fusiveness of the welcome and the size of the crowd that came out to hear the gubernatorial candidate. Candidate McLean conduded\. the week of strenuous campaign werk with a memorial address upon thh ife of Genera! Robert E. Lee at Ox ford on Saturday. In reverence of the occasion, termed by him in his address "dear to the heart of every Southerner", no hint of politics was allowed to creep in. Men and Women, boys and girls, representing every section and every walk of life in Granville county were present at the memorial day celebration, which was given under the auspices of the Confederacy.