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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-01
THIRTY ONE YEARS IN HARNESS.

The best equipped editor in
North Carolina, DR.. T. B. Kings
bury, of the Wilmington Messen-
ger, completed his thirty-frst year
Of editorial work last week. The
able Charlotte Observer, in refer
ring to this event, speaks in the
following language which is fully
endorsed by the RoBEsoN1AN:
His record during that time is
that of a good man. Clear strong
and convincing as writer, he
has done fine service in behalf of
his State, and has put up long
and continuous-a never tagging
battle, against carpet-baggers, bad
politics and Republican rule.
In these 81 years DR.. Kingsbury
has passed through many stirring
scenes, and at no time have his
services been more needed by the
State than now. 1t is these old
battle SCARED veterans who were
IN the thick of the fight in re-
construction days who knew the
condition of affairs under the We
nal and corrupt rule of Republic
cans, and who see in the present
government of North Carolina the
probability of record to match
that 0 f the Cos, who are more
lleenly alive than all others to the
great danger impending over the
the people and to the necessity of
overthrowing the reign of Russell,
Butler and their crowd. 1t is
their presence in the coming fight
with armor bucl1led on, ready for
the fray, that will inspire cour-
age and renew hope in the mas
7es. People who nave strayed off
sill return to the standards of
these old veterons, who have held
Underground and stood true though
at times all but deserted.
1T Is encouraging to know that
the vigorous and experienced Dir.
King3bury is in trim for the best
fight of his life during the coming
campaign. May he live to put in
many more good licks for his pco-
pie and his State.
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THE PEOPLE PAY TIE BILLS.

The Lexington Dispatch says
that as surely as that fellow on
his trip from Jerusalem to jericho
fell into the hands Of thieves and
robbers, just 50 surely have the
Taxpayers of North Carolina fall
len into the hands Of Il set of ex-
tortioners. We have, whereof
the memory of man runnoth not to
the contrary" had law which
compeis man to go to the list
taker and give in his property for
taxation and swear to it. But
these latterday reformers and hirh
tax advocates are wiser than the
old Lawmakers. They now saw
that 1T is not right TO take any
mans oath in the matter of tax
listing, and to show how little
they believe what taxpayers saw
proceeded, a few days ago, in the
city of Raleigh, to raise the tax
valuation OF horses, sheep, mules
and COWS. They raised cows ten
per cent, sheep thirty per cent,
horses twenty per cent. and old
mules forty-fve per cent. If any
taxpayer of this county wants to
know the tax value of his mule he
may find by adding forty-fve per
cent. to what he swore the mule
was worth the first day of juno.
They say its only little Oh each
man. A little on your cow, q lii
tie on that blind mule, a little on
that eve lamb, and u little on that
spotted steer, they say its so small
you won't miss it. The people
pay the bills, while the reformnrs
reform.
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misses Ida mckenzie and Katie
Cottingham visited Laurinburg
last week.
The wife of Rev. John T. Ray,
of South Carolina, is visiting his
mother, Mrs. Ann Ray, near town.
Cotton is done with and the
fine crop prospect of twenty days
ago is blasted. At least one
fourth off is the general estimate
III this section. RustI Rustl
Miss mabel Ramsay, one Of MON
roe's most accomplished young
ladies, passed through town Mon
day on her way to Tatum, s. c.,
where she will take charge of the
music department of Tatum High
School.
w. II. Phillips, Of. Antioch,
passed through town Monday on
his way home from Tatum, S. c..
where he had been leading the
singing in the revival meeting
being conducted by Revs. C. FL.
Hodgin and Wilson.
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TIE SOUTH.

The New Orleans Picayune con-
cludes leading editorial on "The
South for Farmers" as fol-
lows:
"As to the rich lands of the
Southern States, they will not be
filled up with young moa from
the cities, but by farmers from
the old States, or from those re-
treating from the harsh and Sc
we're climate of the NortlIwe,
Those are the people who have
1or several years ben coming into
Louisiana. They are escupinr
from the windswept plains of sew
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eral of the Northwestern States,
and are realizing that it is just as
easy to grow rice cotton and sweet
potatoes in the Gulf States as it
was to make wheat and rye in tie
States couple of thousand miles
north, while the ease and comfort
of living in the South are of them
selves sufficient inducements to
attract immigration from region
where they are engaged every year
in many months OF struggles with
the rude forces of winter.
There is going to be steady flow
of population to the rich lands
of the South, but it will not be
made up of young men from the
cities. They will live on their
friends, or by their wits and loaf
on the street corners and undergo
many many more hardships; but
they will not work on farms. The
agricultural country of the North
west is largely occupied by farm
ers from Germany, Denmark, Nor
way and Sweden and other coun-
tries of the north of Europe. |
They are accustomed to rude |
md harsh winter climates. As |
they will fill up that section of |
the country, the Americans who |
i've there will gradually move
southwark.
"ln the meantime, young men
rom the farms will continue to
lock to thescities as they have been
ioing for years in the past, and
he city population will continue
o grow at the same rapid rate
which has been the rule for the
'ast thirty years.
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while we may. We thank God
from the bottom of our heart for
the bounteous crops of this year J;
! and we thank Him the more for
the prospect of increased prices
for the tiIlers of the soil. There
may be famine in other lands
and while our heart bleeds for the
sufferers we thank God that we
have no famine. We may all be
dead or the world may have come
to an end before another crop is
raised, but we are not going to
lose any sleep about that now.
Therefore take no thought,
saying, What shall we eat? or,
What shall we drink? or Where
withal shall we be clothed? (For
after all these things do the Gen
tiles seek:) for your heavenly
Father knoweth that ye have need
of all these things
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-01

The RoBEsoNIAN ia indeed
glad TO notice the determined
stand being taken by prominent
Democrats all over the State with
reference to redeeming North
Carolina from the corrupt, degra-
ding and incompetent rule of the
Populists and Republicans. The
views of Ex-Governor Thomas J.
Jarvis are given on the first page
OF this issue and his opinion is
expressed by other strong leaders.
The editor of this paper believed
that this was the policy to pursue
last year, and so stated, but the
leaders of the party thought other
wise and offered compromise to
the enemy. For the first time IN
our life we were ashamed at the
cowardice and compromise of our
party and felt that the Democra-
cy of the State had Leen humilin-
ted. The attempt was q dismal
failure and we are glad that the
experience Is having good re-
suits and is restoring the party to
its old time solidity. Nothing
can be gained to the Democracy
of North Carolina by any sacrifice
of principle, and the straightfor-
ward way of the fathers is the only
cafe one. 1t seems that we are all
coming back to thus, and the
PoBEsoNIAN isrejoiced. We oppos-
edtusion and compromise last year,
we oppose it now, and shall ever
oppose it. This writer has never
voted for any one but Democrat
and without great change in his
political opinion, which he does
not at present apprehend, he will
never do go.
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Commissioners Sale.
WI. Linkhaw, Guardia OF Mrs M.EIinkhaU

WI. Linkhaw, Guardian OF Mrs. n E. Linkhaw.
MIS-. Ella j. Floyd. Lena Fioyd Jessie Roll
Floyd, Lucy Beyill Floyd.
By virtue Of decree of the Superior Co,,rt ~
Robson County in the above entitled cans.
entered at May Term. 1897, will. on Monday
october 4th. 1897. sell for cash to the highest
olQder at the Courthouse door in Iumberton
y. T., the following lands in said State and
county: First Tract-In Sterling Township. ON
the southeast side of Indian Swami. and on
ooth sides Of the public road, laid off from the
west end OF the plantation formerly owned by
samuel L. Floyd, and adjoins the lands of +
IT, FIoyd and Frank B. Floyd, on the West end
OF said Samuel L. Flcyd's lands and kno,,,p az
Lot No. i'll the division of the lands of samueI
L. Floyd. the East line of said tract beeipnir,,
Ii 5. l.. Floyd's outside line in the woods and
runs across his plantation to Indian Swami
ana across said swamp.to his other line. and
runs tar enough so as to include 100 acres he
Ing same land conveyed by S. L. FLOYD and
vie 70 f. T. Floyd by deed dated January :.
1854 recorded in Book T. F. f.. page is2. Regis
ters Office OF Robson County.N c.
Second Tract: One town lot in tba to,r :,
Lnm herton, n. c. being on the Eastern half Of
lot No %, in the plan Of said town. beainntng
al stake IN the West corner OF Chestnut straas
ana runs thence with the line of said street
ho0s'V North 80 feet to the south East corner ~
'he iot formerly conveyed hy J. 7. EulIarf; ami
WIG TO Nathaniel Mclean; then along the linz
OF SAID lot about West 100 feet to the East linz
OF fhe alley running midway through lots Nos
10 ana so' said alley running North and South
theh along the line of said alley about soutb
oo leet to stake IN the Hast line OF safd alley
thence about East with the line OF MrsI n
oali les lot loo feet to the beginning as win
i"ily appear by reference to a deed hearing
even cate herewith from W. l. Linkbew .pG
wife TO +. Z. Floyd for said lot.
This 18th day of August. 1897.
sept1-4t CD. SKIPPER cor,.,.a...
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500 Rawardi 500.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there IS at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
in all its stages and that is Catarrh Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
now known to the medical fraternity
Catarrh being constitutional disease,
requires a constitutional treatment. Hall s
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucuous sur
faces of the system, thereby DESTROYING
the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so much
faith in its curative powers, that they offer
One Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of Tetimo-
malls
Address, F. J. CHENEY s. CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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The failure of the crops of
India, Argentina, and Europe
would have been the same if silver
had not been demonetized, but
the East Indian would have had
twice as much money with which
to buy our wheat, and tho Amer
lean farmer would have received
twice as much for his crop a. he
can possibly obtain under the
British gold standard. And he
would have twice as much with
which to pay Off mortgages and
other Indebtedness contracted be-
fore "the greatest crime of the
nineteenth century was commit
ted, as ex-Secrotary Carlisle char
acterizcd the act of Congress by
which silver was demonetized.
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Dollar wheat is good enough.
We would not, Of course, grudge
the farmer higher price, but even
ii it holds that figure the result
will probably be an enormous in
crease in acreage, a consequent
over-production, and, unless the
European and some South Amer
lcan crops should fail again, very
low prices next year. Other
things being as usual it is ex-
tremely doubtful that wheat will
sell III Chicago for SO much as q
dollar the bushel at this time
next year.-Asheyille Citizen.
lt-is impossible to make eyery-
body happy at once. No sooner
had the price of wheat advanced
to ST. than wall comes UP from
certain quarters that the price of
bread Is increased in consequence
and that this will be a great
hardship to the poor of the towns
and cities. Then there are others
who say it is wicked to be glad on
account of the increased price of
wheat, because this increased
price, being the result of crop fail
ures elsewhere, is obtainable only
through the misfortunes and con-
5eqaent suffcrings of others
And lastly here comes the CITIZEN
and looks ahead for whole wear
IL sees then increased crops, over
production and low prices. All
tins makes the Landmark tired
We are sorry for the poor who
aaEe to pay more for bread: we
IRE sorry for those who suffer
through crop failures we shall re-
gret it if increased crops next
year reduce the price to what il has
been IN the past. But with aj]
this we are going 10 be happy
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Commissioner Sale.
e. B. Mcleod and wife, Kate Mcleod

u. B. Mcleod and wife, Kate Mcleod
vs..
'oih o. 6rlgman and wife. Annie Jane Brig
man. James E. Brigham and vie Jarr
III brigham, ". Riley Garter and wifi,
Eliza Carter and Elizabeth Brigham
bS virtue OF decree of the Sunerior Co,rt
OF hohesol County III tie above .itfefi ca,,.,
entered at May Term, 1897, 1 will, on uonaa,-
octooef i, 1887, sell for cash to the highest MA
ger at public auction at the Courthouse in
h"ihtefton. \. c., the following e;escrii,ad
lAhds In said State and COUNTY: in R,,r,.
swamp township adjoining this LANDS Of 1oh;,
tFeVatt' }. Henry Tyner, Riley Carter. James
oliiith and others, bounded and described a.
follows: Beginning at press stnr2r, l,;- f,.,,r
pines IN pond on the North side of rho W ~
a II. Railroad about chains and 81 links fraro
she1said road. and runs North 50 degrees Fast
Il chairs ami - links 70 stake. hy fc,,r ni,,a.
thehce South 30 degrees East o chains and =.
iihAs 10 q sake by four pines; thence So,rb
&C degrees East, ~ Chains AMI 20 links to
sake by four pines: thence soutb a. ia,--oo,
rest - Chains ard 20 links to a sta Ike by m.
i&liTcad; thence with the raiiroafi Norta 81.
o''sfees VAST, IS chains and ~ LINKS n
i-1e;ce North 1914 degrees East, s chain, and Al
ihis t. ire beginning, containing q. acre, a.
cepllhs So acres sold to Andrew MaSei!I. Ill,
acres sold 70 Richard SMITH.
This 25th day Of August. 1897.
STEPHEN MCINTYRE.
Commissioners
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Valuable Land Tor Sale.

GN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9Th,
- 1897, I will offer sale a the Courthouse
door in Inmberton. N. c.. the tract OF land
bounded and described as follows:
On the west side of Shoe Heel Swamp and on
the North side of Mill Branch, beginning al
the run OF said branch marked by stake and
Two pines, on II. NJ. McGreE.of's line and rams
east q Chains to stake hy pines: thence
south u degrees east, 35 chains to a light,yood
stump; thence east chains to Il stake by =
oaks; thence South with the edge of Shoe Heel
swamp II chains to pine, where Mill Branch
enters said Shoe Heel swamp, then up the run
OF sad branch TO the beginning. containing
ll8 acres. adjoining the lands of Hugh Ale
GreIGgor n L. Mcqueen and others, known as
the \. W. Gaddy land
Terms of sale CASH.
A. G. RICACD
Receiver First Natl Bank, Wilmington, \. C.
PROCTOR & MCINTYRE, Attorneys. sug1a-au
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Tom Watson After Butler.
Raleigh News and Observer.

Butler has begun his campaign
in North Carolina and Tom Wat.
son has commenced his in Geor.
gia.
They are both trying to line W
the Populists for the next State
campaign.
Both of them, in signed edito-
rails in their papers, say that their
party is in good trim and that the
rank and file is ''spilin" for a fight.
And then to prove it they draw
their swords and begin to hack
one another. That is, Butler de-
votes to Watson any time he can
spare from his war on Ohio Wilson.
But Watson lets nothing come
in between him and his enmity
against The Sly Fox.
Though his first attention in this
Issue OF his paper is given to the
local situation, Mr.. Watson does
not forget his pet aversion, Butler.
He takes up the Ohio bribery ex-
posures and charges the infamy to
what he styles ''Butlerism.' He
says it makes the situation ''smeI-
ly.' His treatment of this Incl
dent is in language peculiarly Wat
sonian. He says:
I'm Ohio, two Of the Butterflies
went to Mark Hanna's manager.
got some Of his money, then made
an outcry, and claimed that Hanna
was buying up the Middle-of-the
Road Pops. They hoped to stam-
pede the Populist convention into
the support of that apostle of love
and purity, John R. Mclean. The
scheme failed. An investigating
committee sifted the whole bust
ness-threw out a drag net and
seined the pool calmly and judi
clously-and the only fish they
could catch were those two Butler
ties.
advantageous forany such fish,
the Pops contemptuously flung
them back into the water.
"None but a Butlerite would
have sold out for $25. They have
ruined the price by selling too Of
ten and too many. Considering
the way they have glutted the mar
ket Its a wonder that they can even
get 1926.
'In Virginia, for instance, the
Butterflies couldn' t get any offer at
all. Nobody wanted to buy them.
"To Hessianize at S25 a Hessian.
Is bad enough, but what shall we
say of the Butler policy when it so
demorallzes the market that no.
body will start the bidding?
1.-The Virginia Butterflies who
wanted to Hessianize and couldn't,
ought to go home and fumigate.
"They make the situation smell
ly.'
lie says that no Populist who
was not a burden to his party has
deserted it, and the rank and file
are spelling for a fight.
Party names are going to have
less weight in 1898 than in 1896.
Economic questions are at the
front, and are going to stay there.
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Commissioner Sale.
R. r. Barnes, Administrator OF Thomas Evans,
deceased,

R. R. Barnes, Administrator Of Thomas Evans.
deceased,
Davidson Evans, Michael Evans, Needhsm
Evans, Cullen W. Evans, Abiah Rogers
and husband, -- Rogers, Catherine
Hodge, Eady Adams Mary Gray and hus-
band. Peter Gray.
BY virtue OF a decree rendered August %
1897, before 3. A. Edmund, Clerk Of tie Supe-
rior Court OF Robson County, in the above en-
titled proceeding, Will, OH October 9Th. 1897.
sell to the highest bidder foG CASH a the Court
house door in Lumberton, \. c., the following
described land in said State and county: In
White House Township, on the North side of
Alligator Swamp, containing IT5 acres. adjoin-
ing the lends OF Peter Ar.ett, Isaac Spiyey,
Bright Grantham, the lands formerly owned
by John D. Rogers.
This August 25th. 1897.
sepl1-4t k BARNES Commissioner
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Tie Flour That hIstees the Best Bread.

The soft, fine white flour will
not give as large an amount of mus
Gle, bone or nervemaking food as
the whole wheas flour, which con-
slltutes in itself q complete life
sostainer. In selecting flour
choose that which is dark in color
and free from bran. The best
bread fiours in the market are of a
yellowishw white tinge, rather gran
nlated, and do not easily pack.
They make q strong and elastic
dough. Though not whole wheat
Hours they are decidedly the best
OF the white brands. After select
ing the -four the next important
thing is to have good, strong,
sweet and pure yeast. The com
pressed cakes are good and conve-
nlent, and will do the work much
more quickly than ten times the
amount of homemade or bakers
yeast. When setting bread to rise
stand your bread-pan in another
OF warm water; cover the two so
that the moisture will pass over
the top Of the dough at an even
temperature of seventy-fve de-
grees Fahrenheit.-Mrs. st. Rorer
III September Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $500 A YEAR.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1897.

A prosperity boom which
hangs on the price of wheat alone
is n foredoomed failure. Level up
the prices of products and proper
ty to the wheat standard and
there will be something. in it.
Raising the price of wheat on a
famine and leveling other prices
down to the gold standard cannot
sustain a prosperity boom, says
the Louisville Dispatch.
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Commissioners Sale,
E. D. Mcneil
=.
W. T. Britt,


by virtue Of decree of the Superior Court of
Robeson County in the above entitled cause.
entered at May Term, 1897, will, Oh Monday.
october 4 1897. sell for cash to the highest bid
Ger at public auction at the Courthouse door
IN Lumberton, N. c. the following described
lands in said State and county In BIRTHS Town
ship, adjoining the lands of Buffers Lumber
Company, David Martin, Atlas Britt, on both
sides of the lvey's Bluff Road and being the
same land formerly owned by VIM. Britt and
the same upon which the parties of the first
formerly lived and which was convened TO
VIM. T. Britt By Lewis A Lawson, said tract of
land contains so acres
This 25th day Of August, 1897.
STEPHEN MCINTYRE
septl-4t Commissioner
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Commissioners Sale.
u. b. Mcleod and wife, Kate Mcleod.

u b. Mcleod and wife, Kate Mcleod,
VS..
William Lowry. Abner Chavis and wife, Mary
Ann Chavis
By virtue of decree of the Superior Court
OF Robson County in the above entitled cause,
entered at January Term, 1897. will. on Mon
day October 4, 1897, sell for cash to the highest
bidder ct public auction a the Courthouse door
III Lurberton, n. c., the following lands in
said State and county: In Saddle Tree Town
ship, adjoining the lands Of Bedie Jones. Alb
ner Chavis, William Oxendne and Ed. Bass.
and is part of the lands conveyed TO Abner
chaVis by Samuel Revels which will fully ap-
pear by deed on record and also fully described
by reference to Book of Settlements, page 49,,
in the Office of the Clerk OF the SUPERIOR Court
OF Robson County, n. G.
This 25th day OF October, 1897.
STEPHEN MCINTYRE
septl-u Commissioner.
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Ira huaselwhite, who lives in
the Reagan's church neighborhood,
was painfully hurt Saturday NOR
nlng. He attempted to jump in
wagon when the planks in the bot
tom slipped, throwing him violent
~ against the axle.
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commissioners Sale.
G. B. Mcleod ard wife. Kate Mcleod

W.
"'!!'am Lowry and wife, Lucinda lowry.
by virtue OF decree Of tie Superior csurt IF
A'oes"n County in Tie ai,ye entitled cans.
entered at Januar: Term, 1897, | will sell for
.aS'' !" ne highest bidder public auction on
Mohoay. October !, 1897. at the Courthouse
o'N'r ~ Lnrnh"r'on, \. G., the following lands
N SAG stat and county: In Saddle Tree Town.
mp adjoining the lands Of Hinson Rey.Is
i'dnle' L9cSl'aT and William Prevatt lands.
ana Z me same land conveyed to E. X. Proc.
'ot' ,r' and wife ana others to William Low
iuli description of which can be had tv rot
ere"ee = his deed for the same.
This August 9Th. 1871.
STEPHEN MCINTYRE,
Commissioner.
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Farmers in the neighborhood of
Oakesdale, Wash. are alarmed at
the prospect of an invasion of grass
hoppers this season.
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Robson Institute opened with
eighty-five pupils Yesterday and
more are to follow. This is a
splendid beginning.
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W. ]. PREVATI
ESCAPED THE FIRE.

| wish to inform my custom.
toners and friends gencralIv
that | escaped from the last
disastrous fire with small d,m
age to stock, and can be found
at the N. H. Jones Store with ,
Full and Complete Line Of
Goods at Lowest Prices.
You will also find DIR NJ
Lon Prevatt located in DIR