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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-10-18
IN SOCIAL REALMS.
Young Mairons' Club Entertain
ed BY Mrs. L. T. Townsend

Mrs Ii. Townsend entertain
cd the Young Matruns' Club
Thursday Afternoon at ner home
on the corner Of Second andWal-
nut streets. Guests we're met at
the door by Misses Anna McLeod
and Mary McNeiII and were ush-
cred BY iss Rebecca Ward into
the library. which was beautiful
Iy decorated in ferns and cut
flowers. Here Miss Jessie Full
Ter presided at the punch bowl
and dispensed delicious punch.
When ali mad retired to the par
lor. acorn-shaped booklets, gilt
lettered with the words "Octo-
ber nuts we're distributed,
! these containing questions the
answers 10 which were different
kinds OF nuts. Mesdames A. H.
Mcleod, J. +. Poole, Irwin Jen-
kins and I. c. johnson correctly
answered every question. In the
cut for the prize. q beautiful
hand-painted picture Of a basket
| of nuts. Mrs. Johnson won.
A salad course and cream and
cake were served in the dining
room, which was lovely in its de-
coratlons Of autumn leaves, the
table. with its cen1erpiece and
overturned basket Of nuts. some
in hucrs. being especially pretty.
Miss Rehecca Ward gave much
pleasure by her music.
Mrs. Townsend proved herself
All ideal hostess and this was one
Of the most enjoyable meetings
the clab has ever held.
Large Crowd to Fayetteville Thi,
!! Evening to see the Famou
Play, The Lyon and tn,
, Mouse"
A large crowd Of Lumbertol
people will go to Fayetteville t
see the The Lyon and tn
Mouse. which will be presente'
} there this evening. Perhaps ney
Ter in the history Of the Amer
can stage has a play been pre-
: duced which has attracted sue
: worldwide attention as has thi
! famous production by Charlie
: Klein. It had the longest run i
4 New York Of acy play in the la<
= decade.
i. A large crowd will go frol
! Lumberton, St. Pauls and Parl
u u ton on a special train which wi
Z leave the V. & c. S. depot hel
- - at $50 o clock this evening. R
ee turning the train will leave F'a,
e etteville Immediately after Il
- show.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-10-18

thinking he could get the speech
entire in written form. Wherein
he was badly fooled, for when
asked for the copy later Mr.. Tay-
lor said he never wrote a speech
in his life.
Mr.. Taylor is an optimist; he
believes that prosperity has come
to stay, and in his short speech
of not more than so minutes he
made his hearers believe the
same way and enthused them
with a greater desire than ever
to push Lumberton to the front.
At the conclusion of Mr.. lay
lor's address crear. and cake
and cigars were served and many
too numerous to mention re
sponded to calls for speeches ano
the meeting adjourned at a late
hour. Mr.. Taylor returned te
Wilmington Friday morning.
It was a profitable and greatly
enjoyed occasion and the Lum
berton Commercial and Industri
al Club is now fully launched up
, , on it's work for the advancement
of the best interests of Lumber
, ton in every possible way.
If people with symptoms of kidney {
J, bladder trouble could realize their dal
. ger they would without loss Of tin
!. commence taking Foley sKidney Rem
h dy. This great remedy stops the pa
), and the irregularities, strengthens al
3, builds up these organs and there is !
5. danger of Bright's disease or other Sci
3 Gus disorder. Do not disregard Il
learly symptoms
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-10-18


the marriage Of Wilmer Hodgin
and ". 0. Williams.
Mr.. {. F. Krug. WHO
came to Lumberton several
months ago as stenoerapher for
the LumberJon Cotton Mills, left
Friday for Houston, Texas, where
he has accepted a position.
-West-bourd passenger train
No. 43, due in Lumberton at $50
a. m., was delayed yesterday on
account oftthe burning Of q tres
tie at Cronly. about ten miles
from Wilmington, and did not
reach here until about 80 . clock
yesterday afternoon.
A fire broke out in the en-
gine ROOM of the cotton millat St.
Pauls Friday night about mid
night but it was extinguished
before any material damage was
done. When the alarm was given
many people turned out Of their
beds and there was considerable
excitement for a while.
"A joint meeting of the town
commissioners and the graded
school trustees will be held to-
morrow evening, and some time
this week a representative Of the
Bell Telephone Co. will appear
before the commissioners in re-
gard to a franchise for that COM
pany.
Mrs. John Jones returned
this morning from Branchville.
is. c., where she went some
days ago to see her hus-
band, who was very sick at
that time. Mr.. Jones has recov-
cred and resumed his work as
engineer for the Southern Rail
road this morning.
County Superintendent J. r.
Poole held examinations for pub
lie school teachers in his office a,
the court house last week. Thirty
white teachers stood the ex'
! aminations Thursday. 40 coloreo
teachers Friday and II Croatar
teachers Saturday. Several Croa
tans besides the teachers stooC
! the examinations Saturday.
. -Lumberton Lodge No. 35
y | knights of Pythias, will institut
+ a new Pythian lodge at st. Paul
tomorrow evening and a specia
n train will be run to st. Pauls owe
the V. & c.. S. for the occasion
il The train will leave Lumbertol
o at 6 o'clock, pm, will return tt
= morrow night, and transports
ton will be free. All Pythians ar
q invited.
Invitations have been receiV
ed in Lumberton reading as TO
q lows:
Mr.. and Mrs. James Pate
request your press nee at the marrlae
is ceremony of their daughter
70 Alice Alma
to
is MIR. Benjamin Franklin Townsend
n Oh Wednesday afternoon. October
&c the twentieth nineteen hundred
~ and nine at half past tgo
at Home
AGs Fayetteville, n. c., Z. F. D.e.
at The groom-to-be is a farm
n at Ten Mile, this county. and
I. Weil-known in Luluberton. He
ne brother of Messrs. J. 2. al
m Lloyd Townsend. of Lumberto
,-r
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-10-18
BOND ELECTION CALLED.
Robson to Vote November 18th
on Issuing Bonds fer the South
Atlantic I'rans-Consin inc mt a
Railroad.


A special meeting Of the county
commissioners was held Friday
and an election was called for the
10th daE OF November next to
vote on issuing bonds for the
South Atlantic Trahscontinantal
railroad, which it is proposed to
build from the Goa! fields Of Ten
nessee to Southport. at the mouth
of the Cape Fear river.
1t will be recalled that Col. S.
A. Jones, Of Waynesvil!c, whose
darling dream the construction oi
this road is, addressed q meeting
of business men in Lumberton on
| the 5Uh inst. aud at Maxton on
the 9Th, securing enough signers
to a petition Tor the commission
ers to call the election. That Is.
it was thought that enough sign
ers had been secured. IS 30 names
appeared on the petition, but law
requires a petition Of this nature
to be signed by 50 freeholders.
and when the names were can
vassed it was found that there
were only 49 freeholders among
the 50. so it was necessary to Sc
cure another name, which was
done.
The proposition is to build a
road from Kn0XVillc, or the coal
fields of Tennessee, connecting
there with roads to the North
West, to Southport, which is tc
be made a great seapo. t. the
counties through which the roao
passes to vote bonds in the sun
cf 5000 for every mile Of roat
within their borders. these bonds
to be exchanged for stock in the
road. Col. Jones has secured thu
Z endorsement OF the State Lex isla
: ture for the plan.
Wherefore the county commits
sioners have called an election t.
be held on the 26th day Of No
D venber next to vote on the aues
: ton Of whether or not Robesol
I county shall issue bonds in tn
: sum Of So, 900 for every mile Q
railroad to be constructed within
I the county, the bonds to matur
0 in not less than 80 years, With
T per cent. interest, to be issued q
|, the completion Of ten-mile Sc,
q tons, which shall be accepted an
2 2 approved by the majority of tn
i State directors of the road, Whit
Il Il the law provides shall be II
u Governor, the Auditor and tt
n chairman of the Corporate
e Commission. Judges and regi
n trars, some 50 of them, were d.
e ly appointed.
/ All else needful for voters
g., know will be duly set forth
rs time shall serve and Col. Jon
- promises that into the hands
each voter shall be placed a pan
u I! ph!et setting forth the Alpha a.
H. Omega of this proposed road.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-10-18
MEETING or CAMP POPE

10 Wilmington Taft Day
Recitation by Mrs. Poole and
Address by DR.. Norment.
Quite crowd OF veterans at
tended the meeting Of CampWil-
lis II. Pope held in the opera
house Saturday. The meeting
was called to order at IL = clock
a. III. by Commander J, A. Nc
Aliister. About the only busi-
ness of Importance transacted
was the decision Of the camp to
go in BODY T. Wilmington No
vember 9, Iatt Day there. Ad-
jutant NJ. &. Mckenzie was in
s'lucted 70 obtain 4 special coach
and make all other necessary ar
rangementS, and to invite the
mem hers OF all other camps TO
go with this camp.
After the business meeting
MIS-. j. Z. Poole entertained the
veterans with a recitation, ''Mu-
sic on the Rapranannock, !"
which was exceedingly we'll ren-
dered and very much enjoyed.
Miss Laura Norment playing pi-
ano accompaniment where music
was called for. Dr.. Z. NJ. Nor
ment then delivered an address
on the lie and character otCapt.
WillisH.Pope,in in whose honor the
camp is named. DR.. Nornent
was stirred with deep emotion
while speaking Of this gallant
youth and the days Of the war,
emotion which found quick and
sympathetic response in the
hearts OF lis hearers. The speak
: er knew Capt. Pope when he first
, came to Lumberton in 1851, when
t that boy Who gave his life to the
= Confeleracy was only 7 or
4 years old, l. Capt. Pope entered
r Trinity College when OILY l:
. years old and two years late,
h. went to the Military Institute a
Charlotte, where he was under
]. Gen. II. Hill. After the bat
: tie of Bethel he was sent t.
d Yorktown to drill troops. Speak
: ing of his gallantry DR.. Normen
: told Of a brave deed at Charles
: ton, at Fort Wagner. The Con
y federate force had only one gu,
: that could reach the enemy. VIII
l. had 80 guns that could reach tn,
d Confederate fort. The Confed
d crate flag was shot down an
l. Capt. Pope called upon two me
d to assist him and in the face Q
t. what locked like certain deaf
4, mounted the sand battery an
IS replaced the flag. He was a
1T exceedingly bright boy who CAV
n promise of writing his name hig
ie on the scroll of fame had his lii
le not been snufed out at the ba
< tie of Drury's Bluff in May. 6
m when he was only about q yea
Id old. His last resting place is n
I'd known.
a DR.. NOrnient closed Els a
dress with an exquisitely beaut
ed full and touching tribute to hon
us which was nothing short Of
n poem in prose.
or A rising vote of thanks w
no rendered Mrs. Poole and Dr.. NJ
'ef ment and the meeting, whi
ri was a thoroughly enjoyable or
'e. was brought to a close.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-10-18
LOCAL BRIEFS.

License has been issued Tor
the marriage Of Wilmer Hodgin
and W. O. Williams.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-10-18

Many people delude themselves by
saying. "It will wear away" whed
they notice symptoms Of kidney ann
bladder trouble. This is mistake. Take
Foley's Kidney Remedy, and stop the
drain on the vitality. 1t cures back
ache, rheumatism, kidney and bladde,
trouble, and makes every trace of pain
weakness, and urinary trouble disap
pear. Sold by ali druggists.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-10-18
Frilhsful Fate Averfed.

Il would have been cripple for life,
IRON terrible cut on my knee cap"
writes Frank Disburry, Kelliher, MINI.
without Bucklen's Arnica Saive, which
soon cured me- J" Infaliible for wounds,
cut and bruises, it soon cures Burns,
SC AIDS, Old Sores, Boils, SkinEruptions
W"~'d's best for Piles. 25c. at all drug
gists.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-10-18

To help the Kidneys when they need
help, use Pineules-the new kidney
remedy. Pineules viii promptly relieve
backache, rheumatic pains, pains in the
bladder. urinary disorders, etc They
are for weak kidneys. Sold by J. D.
| Mcmillan & Son.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-10-18
CaaDD ed Skin.

Chapped skin whether on the hands
or face may be cured in one night by
applying Chamberlain Saive. 1t IS
also unequaled for sore nipples, burns
and scaids. For sale by all Druggists.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-10-18

The merchant who doesn't ao.
vertise stands in his own light
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-05
PIONEERS WIDOW
CALLED BY DEATH
Mrs. Ella McVay, Well Known
for Charitable Work, Dies
After Long Illness

OAKLAND, Dec. AIRS Ella Nc
Way, relict of Joseph McVay, a pioneer
and wealthy rancher of Princeton, Co
lusa county, died last night after an ill
ness of live months at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Vergie Donaldson, 541
Twenty seventh street.
Mrs. McVay came to California as a
child from her native state, Virginia.
She was member of one of the most
prominent southern families. Her home
was in Princeton for many years.
There she was married. She was act
lively identified with the Daughters of
the Confederacy and the Order of the
Eastern Star. Her life was devoted to
charitable work and she took a deep
interest in the Mthodist church South.
During the last 20 years Mrs McVay
had spent much of her time in Oakland.
Besides her daughter two sons, Irwin
McVay of Princeton and William N.
McVay of San Francisco, survive. The
remains will be taken tomorrow to
Princeton, where the funeral services
and interment will take place.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-05
SEMINOLE CLUB PLANS
ELABORATE RECEPTION
Will Entertain for First Time
in New Quarters

OAKLAND. Dec 4.-The Seminole
club will celebrate the opening of its
new home in Maple hall Tuesday
evening with an elaborate program
musical and literary, which will be fol-
lowed by a buffet supper. served in the
banquet room.
Preparation for the evening has
been made, and a large number of in
Vitations have been issued. The
decorations of the parlors will be
artistic.
The arrangements committee is COM
posed of the following members:
George Fallehy, chairman; c. A.
JudeHng, Thomas Clancy. C. A. Troth,
Jack Willis.
The officers of the Seminole club are.
Eugene Van Antwerp. president; Ed
ward German, vice president. Jack
Easslcr. treasurer: Charles Harvey.
secretary; directors-George Fanehy,
chairman, c. A Ludeking, Alfred Null
vsney. Charles Spangler and William
Hatch.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-05
MODERN CHURCH TO
BE PASTORS TEXT
Rev. Charles R. Brown Will
Preach on a Topic of Re-
IigiOus Interest

OAKLAND, Dec. 4.-"What is the
Modern Church For?" will be the sub
ject of Rev. Charles r. Browns dis
couse Sunday evening at the First Con-
gregatioal church
Rev. Frank J.. Goodspeed pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, will
administer holy communion and receive
new members Sunday morning There
will be brief sermon. "rhe Woman a
Young Man Wants for a Wife" will be
the subject of the evening sermon.
Rev +. Belden Hart will preach
Sunday evening at the Fourth Congre-
gational church.
Prof Charles S. Nash of the Pacific
theological seminary will occupy the
pulpit Sunday morning at Plymouth
congregational church.
union service of Centennial Metho-
dist and the Second congregational
churches will be held Sunday morning
at the latter church, Tenth and Peralta
streets
Miss Margaret Bradley has been ap-
pointed organist of ST. Andrews Epis-
copal church
The Woman's Christian temperance
union will meet Friday afternoon, De-
cember 10, at 2:30 o'clock, at Brook
lyn Presbyterian church.
Rev. Ernest f. Hall, a missionary
from Korea. will deliver an address
Wednesday evening at the First Bap-
tist church.
Tennyson's I'm Memoriam, the Cos
pei of Immortal Hope" will be the sub
Ject of a sermon Sunday evening by
Rev. H. j. Vosburgh at the First Bap-
tist church.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-05
ALLEGING CRUELTY.
WIFE GAINSDIVORCE
Father Is Accused of Ridicnling
Mother for Sending Daughter
to Sunday School

OAKLAND. Dec. 4.-Ridiculing her
because she insisted on sending her
little daughter to Sunday school was
one of the charges of cruelty that Mrs
Carrie A. Cannon made against her
husband, George. in the trial of the
divorce action that resulted in her Sc
curing final decree today. She said
that Cannon tried to induce the little
girl to lose respect for religion and
laughed at her when she left home
Sundays for the church
Mrs. Cannon made other charges of
cruelty against her husband. She said
that when she was i'll Cannon refused
to permit her to have medical attend
ance. brought her food to eat that was
filthy and permitted their child TO live
in squalor. Also she said that Cannon
had called her an old hen.
The court allowed her $40 a month
Tor the support of their child and per-
mitted Mrs. Cannon to resume her
maiden name. Carrie Ormsby.
Anna A. Barkely was granted final
decree of divorce today from Harry G..
Barkely on the ground of desertion.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-05
|ADMITS BEATING
| HIS INSANE WIFE
Husband Threw Chair at Neigh
bors When They Inter-
fered With Him

OAKLAND, Dec. 4.-With no appaf-
ent concern William Cook, native OF
England, living at 1444 Cottage street.
Alameda, told Judge Harris today that
it was his practice to beat MS VIC,
Lille, when he saw fit He also adj
mitted that he occasionally tied hcr
hands and forced food. down her throat,
his excuse for doing this being that she
refused to eat what he wanted her to
eat.
Mrs. Cook was adjudged insane today
by the lunacy commission and commit
ted to the state hospital at stockton
by Judge Harris.
Judge Harris became indignant at
Cooks cold blooded recital of his tfeas-
ment of his wife and interrupted the
proceedings to score him roundly- Cook
did not seem to think he had done any
thing out of the way, although 1t was
shown that on one of the occasions
when he forced his wife to eat she bore
black and blue marks as the result or
his treatment. He admitted that once
a crowd of neighbors congregated TO
demonstrate with him. for the way he
was beating his wife. Indignant that
they should presume to interfere when
a man was chastising his own wife.
he threw a chair through the window
at them, breaking the glass.
Testimony was taken to show tLat
Mrs. Cook had hallucinations, was mo-
rose and had tried to end her life. Cook
objected to her being sent to hos
pital, saying that she was getting
along finely at home" Judge Harris
told him that home was the last place
he would permit Mrs. Cook to oe sent
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-05
.ELkS WIN ANNUAL
GAME FOR CHARITY
Team of Oakland Lodge Defeats
One From National Union
in Drilling Rain

OAKLAND. Dec. Oakland lodge
No. III. B. P. O. E.. won the charity
baseball game which was played at
Freeman's park in a drizzle of rain this
afternoon against the National Union
team. Several professional tossers
played in the ranks OF the two orders,
and with the aid of DOC" Moskiman
and others the Elks piled up II runs
against / for the National Union play
ers.
The money taken at the gate and by
the sale of confections viii be part of
the EIks' Christmas fund. 1t is the
custom of the local lodge to send bas-
kets of Christmas fare, with fuel and
garments, to destitute families, and
two games of ball this year have been
utilized by the Elks among other at
fractions to gather the money for the
donations The first game was with the
Alameda lodge, when the proceeds were
divided.
James Stanley of the Elks was man
ager and the players for the National
Union were:
Robert Jordan and Jack Hedemark,
pitchers; Park Wilson, catcher; J. Pratt,
first base; Charles Hart, second base;
Fred Hersey. shortstop; George Fisher,
third base; George Schnobel, left field;
Ed Van Alstine, center field; L. Koch.
right field: George Hansen and TeG
Donahue substitutes.
The Elks on the diamond were: doc"
Moskiman, pitcher; William Dunleavy,
catcher; Lou Kennedy, first base;
George Blethen, second base; Beach
Dean. third base; William Devereaux,
shortstop: Harry Platt. left field Will
liam Knightly, center field; George Bar
do, right field.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-05
ANXIOUS TO HAVE
THE LAW IN EFFECT
Alameda County Horticultural
Commissioners Desire State
Board to Take Action

OAKLAND. Dec. 4-The present hor-
iculturaI commissioners of Alameda
county are making frequent inquiries
as to the reasons why no attempt has
been made in the county TO name q
horticultural board. in accordane with
the provisions of a law passed at the
last session of the legislature. E. o.
Webb, w II. Tyson and Fred Seulber-
ger. who are the commissioners, de-
clare that they are anxious to sue
eeed themselves ON the new board and
arc ready to pass the examination re-
quired, but that no steps have been
taken by the state board of horticul-
ture 20 put the law in effect.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-05
EVENTS BAY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Anti tuberculosis
Society Plans Work

n AKLAND, Dec. 4.-Plans
" are being made now by
the Alameda County So
ciety for the Study and Preven-
ton of tuberculosis to launch
campaign that has for its pur-
pose the increasing of the mem
bership of the organization.
Membership will be divided as
follows: Life, $1oo; active, SIS.
and associate, 81 per annum.
Active committees investigating
conditions are now at work.
The officers of the society are:
Kenneth A. Millican, president;
DR.. Edward Won Adelung, first
vice president; Miss Mary Page,
second vice president; George
P. Baxter, treasurer; DR.. r. o.
Moody, secretary.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-05
SENTENCES MAN FOR
BREAKING PROMISE
Judge Denounces Prisoner in
Court as Liar

OAKLAND. Dec. 4.-Theodore Kajoi-
mas, q Greek restaurant keeper was
branded a liar by Police Judge Sam
uels this morning and sent to the city
Jail for 80 days on a battery charge
because of his failure to wed Mary
Banovich. daughter of Mrs. Mary
Stanley. a gypsy fortune teller He
vas arrested on a charge of battery
and disturbing the peace several days
ago on the complaint of Mrs. Stanley
and was released after promising to
take out a license and be married. He
showed the license to the Judge, but
refused to be married by the magis-
trate. giving as his reason his desire
10 be married in the Greek church.
Hearing that the restaurant keeper
lad not kept his promise Samuels had
KaSofnas arrested again.
In the police court this morning the
prisoner declared that the wedding had
taken place.
You're a liar" retorted the Judge,
who was angry. Then the sentence
WAS pronounced.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-05
PLASTER FALLS IN
new COUNTY JAIL
Ceiling of Wing Finished Only a
Few Months Ago Proves
Defective

OAKLAND, Dec. 4-Ten square feet
of plaster. recently spread on the cell
Ing of the new county Jail fell on the
head of Jailer Charles Clark this morn
ing as he was seated at his desk. Clark
heard the crack that warned him of
the descending plaster and he was not
much hurt, as he put his arms over his
head, but an investigation, made by
him after the dust had settled showed
that much more of the plaster was
about to fall
Only one wing of the county jail is
finished, in spite OF the fact that the
contract for the construction of the
whole building was let about three
years ago. A few months ago the
jailers and prisoners moved into this
wing. which had taken more than two
years to build
The second wing, which is. to con-
tain the sheriff's office and home, is
only at the. beginning of it's construc-
tion. The total cost of the building is
TO be in the neighborhood of $500, ,000
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-05

. A0 w q , u w %
months, she had
letter or ecze-
ma on her face.
1t comm ence d
on her cheek s
and kept spread
ing till it was al
most all over her
f ace. / had a
doctor to treat it
but it still kept
getting worse. l
tried many kinds
of S salve but it
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-05

JOHN ]. KNIGHT DIEs-Alaneda. Dec. A.
John J. Knight. an employe of the United en-
gineering works who lost an arm as a result
died last night in local hospital He was go
years of age and the father of j. j. Knight.
Mary A. and Emily Knight and Mrs. j. Cor