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The Robesonian., 1897-11-10
Two Fine Organs at a Bargain,

l shipped two very fine KimbalI
Organs to Lumberton with a view
OF placing them on exhibition at
the Fair. On account of other
pressing matters I could not attend
These Organs-one in elegant Wal
nut and the other in beautiful An
tlque Oak Cases-are now in the
depot and will be sold at bargain
rather than to add the expense of
reshipping. Write at once to
W. FRANK BLoUNt,
Fayetteville, N. C.
Factory Representative for the w.
W. Kimball Co., Manufacturers
of Worlds Fair Medal Pianos
and Organs.
The Robesonian., 1897-11-10
Robson Swelis the List,

Robson swelIs the List.
Only two days session of tht
United States Court was held il
Wilmington last week, Judge Pur.
nell being called to Richmond
Among the cases reported in th,
Wilmington papers we find the
following;
United States vs.. Sydney Nc
Rae, of Roheson county, retailing
liquor without license. Verdic
guilty. Sentenced to sixty day.
in Jail and fined 800.
United States VS.. Eliza Lowrie
Robson county, retailing liquo
without license. Verdict guilty
Prayer for Judgment contin
ued
United States vs.. Rowan Lock
lear of Robson retailing Liquor
without license; defendant plead
ei guilty. Sentenced to thirt,,
days in Jail and fined 800.
United States VS.. Mack Harding
of Robson county, retailing liq
uor without license. Defendan
pleaded guilty and judgement wa
suspendended on account of hi
physical condition.
United States VS.. Rhoda Low
RE, of Robson county, retailin,
liquor without license. Verdic
guilty. Sentenced to thirty day
i'll jail and to pay q fine of 300.
United States VS.. Isaac Thomp
son, of Robson county, retailin!
liquor without license. Defend
ant recognized in the sum of $2O(
for his appearance at the mex
term, to abide the Judgment Of iii
court
The Robesonian., 1897-11-10
STATE OF OHIO, Cry OF TOLEDO, !

STATE OF OHIO, Cry OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY. 50.
FRANK ]. J.CHENEY makes oath that he
is the senior partner of the firm of F. ].
CHENEY & Co., doing business in the G.
ty of Toledo, County and State aforesaid
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev.
cry case of CArARRAH that cannot be
cured by the use of Halls CArARRH
CURE.
FRANK ]. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day of December,
A. D. 1886.
f-, A. w. GLEASON,
SEAL Notary Public.
N@~'
Halls Catarri Cure is taken internally,
and acts directly OIL the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. Send for
testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c. .
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Robesonian., 1897-11-10
A Little Shop Talk.

|
Throughout the dull summer
months, and up to the present
time, the RoBEsoNIAS has had lit.
lie TO say about monnv. Tn fact
it i. not the policy of sIle editor /,
| publicly ask his patrons to settle
esp, and he has always tried /,
conduct his business with rs littk
dunning through the columns OF
his paper as possible. And that
F"lll be his policy in the manage.
lnent of the RoBEsoa1AN. Some
thing else can be found to write
about without the continual and
persistent dunning of subscribers.
and we don't propose to do it if it
can be avoided, and We believe 1t
can.
It 10 necessary, however. to make
\ statement of ones needs some
times, and this is especially true
in our case. Having been q resi-
dent Of the county only short
time majority of the people are
unknown to US personally. There
are at least two-thTrds of the pat
rons of the paper whom we do not
know, and while We hope to meet
overy one of them, as we'll as a
majority of the citizens of the
county, it will take time for us to
know each other. And should we
wait until We had met each pat
ron of the paper to ask him per-
sonalIy for his subscription the
burden would become so great
from an accumulation of obliga-
tions that we would be unable TO
carry it.
Being thus handicapped we ask
our patrons to come to see us. A
majority of them are due for the
paper from the first of the year
and a remittance now, or in the
near future, will be greatly appre-
ciated. This means much to us
and we trust that every subscriber
who can will give it his immediate
attention.
We don't believe this appeal will
have to be repeated, for we believe
that every person to whom the
RoBEsoN1AN goes is honest. That
has been our experience with those
whom it has been our good fort
une to meet, and we cam only Judge
the unknown by the known. Hav-
ing stated our needs we leave the
matter with the patrons of the pa
per, feeling confident that they
will respond now as they have al
WAYS done in the wears before.
The Robesonian., 1897-11-10
A CURE FOR EVERY ILL.,.

Tr HAS BEEN CLAIMED THAT FOR cURR
campaign with and with
their
must buy Fall and Winter supplies for the home With the
dollar
the point that there better place the
OF all
the
found
Tariff
built while will
glance little
Goods
All the
Scotch Mixtures &C. with Gip Tn,uns
to match In Staple articles quote Calo Gngham
things Clothing
Children all
Child Plaid
in Wash Satnctes and Cheviots for
All Wool Cashmere
best value shown Mems Suits Think Wool
talk Shoes
is
Won1ens
them Wonen's
worth go 75c oa
and Special
and ToiaceosA
factory article for Sc buys
w. j. PREVA7
TWO STORES
The Robesonian., 1897-11-10
ApportIonment of the School Fund.

Apportionnient OF the School Fund.
AT the last session of the Legis-
lature an act was passed in Febru-
ary changing the time for making
the apportionment of the School
Fand of Robeson county from
January to October. The general
school law, subsequently passed
IN March-requires the apportion-
ment to be made in January in all
the counties.
The chairman of the Board of
Education, Mr. ). A. McAllister,
wrote to the State Superintendent
of Public Instruction, calling his
attention to this conflict in the
law and asking for his interpreta-
tion of the law and for instruc-
tions for the guidance of the Board
of Education. Below we give in
full the reply of Superintendent
Mebane to the letter of the chair
man. This reply settles the ques-
tion and relieves all anxiety as to
the apportionment, which, as in
dicated, will be made in January
RALEIGH, Nov. 8, 1897.
Mr.. J. A. MCALLIsTER,
I Lumberton, N. C.
DEAR SIR: 1t is my opinion
that the Special Act which was
ratified February 18th is repealed
by the general law which was rat
flied March 9th.
| advise you to make your ap-
portionment the first Monday in
January under the General School
Law.
Very truly yours,
G. H. MEBANE.
Farm machinery is not making
mistake when it says: 81 do
not care how big and rich and
widely known q concern is let it
take it's ads out of all papers for
say two seasons and it will never
again be able to catch up. Why,
some dealers take it to be q sure
sign that company is falling
back perhaps to make al assign
ment when it stops ads and keeps
out for a longer time than usual.
You can send him all the cata-
logues circulars, letters, ETC., you
please, but unless he can find your
ad in his paper lie don't count you
as being in tho front rank. No
business man can afford to let his
ads drop out of the papers that
reach his customers.
The Robesonian., 1897-11-10

hev. K. A. Hedgpeth, of Autry
vile, was here last week.
T. A. McNeill, Esq, is in Raj
elgh attending tho Supreme Court
G. Is. Mcleod, commissioner
has two notices Of sale in thi
issue.
j. q. Stevenson, Of Stevenson &
Taylor, of Wilmington, was her,
yesterday.
A special sale of fino tailor mad,
clothing and custom made shoe.
at Sherman & Weinstein'..
DO you want a. farm? Their
read the advertisement of F. w
kerchner, headed Farms for Sale
We are glad to have in this is.
sue interesting notes from Fai1
Bluff, and hope to get them regu.
larly.
Bill Arp entertained large and
appreciative audience at the opera
house Monday night with his pop
ular lecture, "The Cavalier and
the Cracker"
| Col. W. F. French spent por-
ton of last week in Wilmington on
business. He left Monday evening
for Raleigh to argue a case before
the Supreme Court.
| J. A. Mcmillan, of Clinton. was
IN town last week. He was a cal
ler at the RoBEsoN1AN Office to
have his name placed on the sub
scription book.
The North Carolina Presbyteri-
an has been purchased By stock
compuny and the publication
office will be moved from Will
mington to Charlotte.
Tho circus last week demoralized
the Office force, from editor to
devil, in consequence of which sew
eral errors crept into the RosEso-
NLAN without being noticed.
If there is better grape in
North Carolina than the James we
have not tasted it. These, as we'll
as other grapes, fruits, ornamen-
tai trees, flowers, etc., are sold by
Allen Warren & Son, who have an
advertisement in this issue.
Alf. BRITT, who sold his planta-
tion and took his family to Geor-
gia to live. has found out that he
don't like that State as we'll as
North Carolina, and returned Mon
day, bringing his family back with
him. He will remain in Robson
county, and thereby he shows his
good sense.
The many friends of Fred w.
Wilson, Esq, in Lumberton and
Robeson county will be glad to
learn that he was married on Tues
day, October Goth, to Miss Annie
e. McCort at the residence of the
brides father in Petrolia, Canada.
The Petrolia Advertiser gives quite
an interesting account of the event
and it is described as a most bril-
llan affair. VIZ. Wilson lived in
Lumberton a short time with his
mother and brother, Arthur Y.
Wilson, and made many friends
here. He is now q successful law
yer of Petrolia and is proprietor
of the leading newspaper in that
section.
AppOrtionment of the School Fund.
At the last session of the Legis-
lature an act was passed in Febru-
ary changing the time for making
Y
The Robesonian., 1897-11-10
A Son of Robson in Missouri.

A recent issue Of the Central
Baptist, of St. Louis, contains
a history of the Baptist church at
Mexico, in that State. A fine
picture of the church, a handsome
$14, 900 building, and a cut of the
pastor accompany the article.
The pastor Of the church is Rev.
n. R. Pitman, a native of Robe
son county, q former attache of
the RoBEsoNIAN office, and gen
tlemam we'll known to nearly all
readers of the paper. Of him and
his work the Central Baptist says {:
Few men are better known or
more favorably known in Missouri
than Rev. n. R. Pitman. He
drlfted this way some years ago
from North Carolina. He found
a good wife and q good field of la
Dor In the State Of his adoption.
His longest pastorate was at St..
Joseph, where he left monument
OF perssvering energy in Patee
Park church and where he still
holds large place in the hearts Of
that people. His stay in Mexico
has been fruitful. His preaching
is expository, instructive, and safe
ly original. His mind is penetra-
ting and extracting. His Ian
guage is chaste and forcefui. He
is great reader. He loves to
mingle among his brethren. He
can get acquainted with any re-
spectacle man in two minutes.
His fragments" have filled an
interesting column for years in
this paper, and his name is famil-
lar in this connection to the Bap-
lists of the entire country. We
predict that as newspaper cor
respondent he will write up some
of the visitors before they get out
of town and will solicit the most
pious of them to unite with his
church.
The Robesonian., 1897-11-10
LUMBERTON L MARKET.

Corrected weekly by D. w. Millsaps,
Dealer in General Merchandise.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-12
Put a Living Snake In Her Bed.

Putting live snake in his wife's
bed was one of the charges on which
r. S. Cunningham, a Slippery Rock
farmer, was recently arrested and en-
tered bail at New Castle, Pa. On an.
other occasion she says he put a live
toad in the bed, and later on some salty
stuff in her coffee She is afraid he will
kill her.
Cunningham about year ago adver-
tised in a Pittsburg newspaper for a
housekeeper, The advertisement stated
that she was wanted more as a compan.
ion than anything else A pretty widow
OF Pittsburg answered the advertise
ment and came TO live at the Cunning.
ham home. Mrs. Cunningham did not
like this arrangement. and on account
OF the attention bestowed upon the wild
ow by her husband family trouble fol.
lowed. Cunningham wanted his wife
to leave, IL is said. but she refused. Fl.
nally matters resulted in the pretty
widow going back to Pittsburg. Gun.
bingham subsequently, sued for divorce
on the ground of cruel and barbarous
treatment, but couldn't prove his
charge and the case was dismissed.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-12
The story of a Capture.

eff / hadn't seen ii with my own
eyes," said the old forty-niner, Il
wouldn't be a-tellin it. In our camp we
had got kinder civerlized an unless a
Teller was strung up immediate fur lift
III dust what didn't belong ter him or
ridin off with boss not havin title ter
tn same we locked him up an held
him fur a fair trial. We had reg Ter
officers an guards an tn convicts had
ter work gettin in wood an cleanin up
round camp.
Zone fine lookin Teller came in there
with his wife, an she war finer lookin
nor he was. / never knowed yet whether
he done it or not, but it war charged
that he was caught crawlin out from a
tent with his pardner's swag. We
caught him an put him inter tn work
in gang till the gran jury could set on
him. He had mighty fine boss that
lot of US wanted ter buy, but his wife
wouldn't sell him, an took care of him
as good as a man could do.
son a Saturday night that Teller
broke guard. While we was chasin
round q Chinerman Motorized us as how
tn man was at home with his wife.
They must have heerd us comm, fur
there was a rush frum tn back door,
there was as purity spring inter tn
saddle as you ever see, an all of us went
clatterin after tn big boss while his
rider waved hat an Knocked at us. We
follered fur miles, droppin out one by
one, till me an tn sheriff had tn trail
We could change bosses, but fur ten
hours that there big black kept tn road
an showed us his heels. Then his rider
jist coolly got off an set down on log
ter wait fur us. We galloped up with
guns in both hans an ordered SUR
render. Durn me if it wasn't tn purity
woman an We never see either of 'em
az in. detroit Free Press.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-12
Negro Help In Cotton Mi,ls.

For the first time in the history of
the south the experiment of employing
negro help in cotton mill is to be
tried. says the Atlanta Journal. Charles
ton. the most conservative of southern
cities and the last place where such a
radical departure might be expected. is
TO furnish the trial Some time ago the
Charleston cotton mills had to be closed
on account of the dull markets, and
since then the 500 men. women and
children have been out of employment.
The mills have one of the largest plants
In the south A large part Of the stock
Is owned by o II Sampson of Boston
ana other northern capitalists, and they
contend that had negro labor been Sc
cured months ago the mill would not
have been compelled TO stop. IL il
through northern Influence that il has
been settled that negroes alone shall be
employed when the factoiy resumes.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-12
ELEGANT PRIVATE CARS.
Built In This Country For President Diaz
and Cecil Rhodes.


The Pullman Palace Car company
has just taken contract to construct
for General Porfirio Diaz, president of
the Mexican republic, the finest train
that ever was drawn over Mexican soil
1t will consist of but two cars, but they
will be the best that money can buy.
They will contain all the latest i'm
provements, and, according to the plans,
Mexico's president and his friends will
be as comfortable when travelling as
when in President Diaz's own charm
ing mansion in the City of Mexico.
This train is to be constructed at the
expense of the Mexican republic The
contract calls for two cars, which will
cost when complete $3.50, 900 each. The
first of these will be the president s
private car 1t will be a third longer
than the longest Pullman coach. and
Just as wide as it is possible for rail-
road car to be constructed and be eligi-
BILE to passage over the ordinary tracks.
Another fine car built by the Pullman
Palace Car company goes to South AT.
RIGA. 1t is for the Hon Cecil Rhodes
and was completed, boxed up in Sec
tions and sent to South Africa a short
time ago With the car went compe-
tent constructor, who is to put it togeth-
er upon its arrival in Cape Town.
There are no broad gauge railroads in
Africa, and so this car is of the narrow
gauge type. 1t is 40 feet | inches long
over stills and 53 feet long over all. -
Exchange.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-12

It," So goes, and saw a set of ladies sitting
o. a table, and they looks at me, and one with
spectacles and vice like an 'andsaw arsks me.
s'wot's your namef" and " 'Ow old are your
and low many children have your and Are
your 'abits temperatef" and then she says, IF
you pay shilling, we ill put your nyme down
for work has an unskilled worker Il 'avn't
got a shilling, and Byby's dying for want OF
food" This amt a poOr'ouse says she.
s'This Is a Booro." When l was a-going down
the stairs, a lady comes after me. Don't cry,
Mrs. 'Awkes, for she had picked mp my name.
'1've some chari.g for you, andw i'll 20 TO get
something for Byhy." II ever thee wos han
gel in sealskin jacket and plain little bon
net, but the true lady hall hover, 'er name
wos Mrs. Trevor. Bill, nc looked mp from that
Dig ard wc3 on his keb in a week, and little
Jim Is the biggest Byby In the court. Mrs Ire
vor never rVs,cd ill ! got three hoHices TO
clean, TO say nothing Of 'olping at cleanings
and parties in Ouscs. She wos that kind too
and free, when she'd come hin with noos of
some hofiice. We're horganizing you, Missus
'Awlxes, just splendid" with the prettiest bit
smile. Bill, he used 10 say, a" Err 'usband's a
proud man. for never saw the like o her for
a downright lady in 'er wys, )" and @ knows,
does Bill, being kebman. When told i'm,
he wos that bad that e never put match 10
pipe the ole night. "Mariar," q says 10 me,
''you and me as seen somethink of her, but you
bet nobody knew wot saint she wos Except
'eF husband"
Trevor could read no more, for it had
dawned at last upon him that Christ
had lived with him for more than ten
years, and his eyes had been holden.
THE END.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-12
cRCP PROSPECTS GOOD.
An Abundant Harvest Now Assured
Throughout the Entire West.

Throughout the Entire West.
In a recent issue of the New York
Sun the following communication from
Eli Perkins appeared;
The east can prepare 10 rejoice. You
would rejoice now if you could see the
wonderful crop of corn and grain which
is now waving over drought region
which has missed crops for two or three
years.
Copious rains have come all over the
far west from San Antonio up through
the Texas panhandle and on through
Kansas and Nebraska to Dakota. West
ern Nebraska and Kansas are soaked
with water clear up to the Colorado
border. and the people are wild with
Joy
have passed over this entire country.
They nave already harvested 30, 600, :
900 bushels of wheat in western Texas,
and now the reapers in southern and
western Kansas are running in wheat
fields loaded with grain. Everywhere
wheat, corn, oats and rye could not look
better.
For three years western Kansas and
Nebraska have lost their crops. Ne.
braska stood the drought from Colorado
to Lincoln for two years, and then part
ed with her hogs and cattle. Last year
she had superb corn again, but no hogs
or cattle TO feed it 10. Miles Of corn
bins line the railroads. Corn is selling
for 10 cents a bushel and not hog in
sight. Last years crop is still in the
bins. They are waiting for the pigs TO
grow. By fall the pigs will be here and
then two crops Of corn will be turned
into pork.
The reason sugar is going all over
California is because beets do not freeze
in the winter there, and they can use
less machinery and feed out all the
beets TO stock after the sugar has been
extracted In Nebraska the beets have
to be harvested and treated before the
frost comes. Ten thousand dollars
worth of machinery in California will
manufacture as much sugar as $50, 600
worth will in Nebraska. Still Nebraska
is doubling her acreage of beets and
chicory. There is one chicory farm at
O'Neil, Neb., covering 1850 acres.
The prosperity which the big crops
will bring to the west will make rail-
roads pay dividends, set the so, 900 idle
railroad men west of the Mississippi to
work, make the farmer rich and happy
and kill Bryan's silverism as prosperity
once killed Weaver's greenback craze.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-12
Pudding the Royal Society.

The proceedings of the Royal society
of London were not taken So seriously
$50 years ago as they are now. A sail.
or who had broken his leg was advised
to send to the Royal society an account
OF the remarkable manner in which he
had healed the fracture. He did so. His
story was that, having fractured his leg
by falling from the top of mast, he
had dressed it with nothing but tar and
oakum, which had proved SO wonder
fully efficacious that in three DAYS he
was able to walk just as well as before
the accident. This remarkable story
naturally caused some excitement among
the members Of the society. No one had
previously suspected tar and oakum of
possessing such miraculous healing
powers. The society wrote for further
particulars and doubted, indeed, wheth-
er the leg had been really fractured
The truth of this part of the story, how
ever, was proved beyond the shadow of
a doubt. Several letters passed between
the Royal society and the humble sail
or, who continued to assert most solemn
ly that his broken leg had been treated
with tar and oakum, and with these
two applications only. The society
might have remained puzzled for an in
definite period had not the honest sail
or remarked in a postscript to his last
letter:
Il forgot TO tell your honors that the
leg was wooden one. " - Harper,s
Round Table.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-12

thoughtful women were required for
Christian service Today, and that we
must read up all kinds of books and
know all kinds CT painful things, my
heart sank. IL does not seem as il there
was any place left for simple folk like
me. Perhaps il would be better to give
| up going out altogether and live for
Edward and BERTHE. l can always do
something for them, and their love will
be enough reward.
November SOL have not slept all
night, for / made a dreadful mistake
about q new book that every one is read
ing, and Edward was so angry. He did
not mean all he said, but he never call
ed me fool before. Perhaps he is right,
and it is hard on him, who is so bright.
Sometimes l wish"- And then there
was no writing, only tear mark.
Afterward he opened the letters that
had come since her death, and this is
what he read:
My DEAR TREvoR--The intelligence of Mrs.
Trevor's death has given me "a great shock of
regret, and you win allow me TO express my
sympathy. Many men not given 20 enthusiasm
had told me of her face and goodness, and be-
fore / had seen your wife / knew she was a
very perfect type Of womanliness. The few
times / met her Mrs Trevor east n certain
spell over me-the nameless grace Of the for
mer days-and l felt myself unworthy in her
presence. Once wher a silly woman referred
10 one of the most miserable examples of de-
cadent fiction, your wife spoke so nobly of true
literature that was moved to thank her, but
1 gathered from her face that this would not
be acceptable. 1t seemed to me that the mask
had fallen from a beautiful soul, and one man
at least, in whom there is too little reverence
took the shoes from off his feet. Pardon me If
l have exceeded and believe me, yours faith
fully, BERNARD FYNIcAL.
The next was from the +. r. S.:
MY DEAR sIR-It is quite wrong for me,
stranger, TO intrude on your grief but am
compelled to tell you that old fellow who
only spoke TO your wife once had 10 wipe his
spectacles over The Times this morning. 1T
came about this way. The lady had taken in
TO dinner at the Browne-Smythes gabbled about
science till / lost my temper and told her il
would be a good thing if women would keep