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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-08-11
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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-08-11

10 advertise judiciously, "" use the
columns of THE RoBEsoN1AN. 1t is pub
lished in one of the live and growing
towns of North Carolina and circulates
extensively among ali intelligent and
prosperous people, whose trade is well
worth seeking and having.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-08-11
A Prnmlnexi Minister Dead.

Rev. W. ). Black, ID. D., presl-
ling elder of the Warrenton dis
.rict, died suddenly at Littleton
last Wednesday morning. He was
one of the best known Methodist
in the North Carolina
and had been in the
~ years. He was ap-
pointed presiding elder of the
Warrenton district in 1894, sue
ceeding Rev. S. D. Adams, who.
died while serving i'll that capacity
The remains were taken to Raleigh
for burial.
The Raleigh Press-Visitor gives
the following sketch of his life:
DR.. William Samuel Black was
born in Cokesbury, S. c., Aug. 81,
1886. His father died when lie
was only four years old, and he
was reared by n pious Methodist
mother; was educated at Cokes-
bury conference school; was con-
verted when fourteen years of age;
received into the South Carolina
conference in 1855; was trans
| ferred to the North Carolina con-
ference in 1870, and continued an
active member Of that body. He
has served on missions, circuits,
and stations, and for many years
as presiding elder. He served dur
ling the war as chaplain of the
| 26th South Carolina regiment.
He was tor six years the senior-ed-
itor of the Raleigh Christian Ad-
vocate, retiring from that position
only to give his undivided atten-
ton to the work of the ministry.
He has been a member of the gen.
2 eral conference of the Methodist
: church, South, since 1874.
e When he was transferred from
e the South Carolina conference. to
+, this State, he was presiding elder
g Of the Wilmington district for
g four years, and afterwards pastor
y of the Edenton Street Methodist
n Episcopal church of this city for
+. three years. He has been presld-
q ing elder of the Salisbury, Dur
q ham and Warrenton districts. He
y was also superintendent of the
$. Oxford Orphan Asylum for thre
years.
el DR.. Black was known and loved
'd not only in Raleigh but through
W out the entire State. In fact, h
d has a host of loving friends
8 throughout the South. He ha
te been closely identified with th'
as Methodist church and has abb,
K served his Master in every position
~ he held. He was considered
er model presiding elder; his wis
et dom, frmness and consecratio
e never failed to wisely direct hii
d. people.
n DR.. Black was twice married
n His first wife was Miss Mary Flenl
eel ing. She was lovely woman, tn
OF daughter of Methodist ministe
we in the South Carolina conference
go His second wife, who survives hin
We. Mrs. Kate P. Bryan, the. widow {
fo- DR.. Bryan. She was, Miss Grant
les DR.. Blacks three children by b
igs first wife survive him. They al
OIL Mr.. William Black, of this city
get Rev. Benjamin Black, a memb'
ne of this conference, now locate
len near Littleton, and Miss Bird
IN Black. Mr.. William Black, was
ook Raleigh at the time of lls father
ere death and the other two childrl
ter had gone to Northampton on
urs visit. They did not learn of the
Lem fathers death in time to rea'
ere him.
the DR.. Black held a policy in t
'Mu Raleigh Council Royal Arcanul
axe No. 551, for So, 900, and also in t
Is Oak City Lodge, Knights of Hone
me- No. 419, for $4,000. These po
eek cies will be paid Immediately.
vii
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-08-11

The proposition to move the
court house of CASTOR county
from Dallas to Gastonia faI-
ed.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-08-11


cheroots, while I listened to their
exploits with interest. Suddenly |
four native Malays approached |
wheeling a live tiger in a clumsy |
wooden, cage, and halted before
the Oak. They were going to dis
pose of him to a naturalist down
on the coast, who had method of
killing and stuffing animals by
which the marvellous lustre of
their skins was preserved. The
forest king was certainly a mag
nificent specimen, and the officers
evidently thought so too, as they
concluded to buy him, perhaps to
swear that they had captured him.
They bought the animal for
good round sum, sent the natives
back rejoicing, and started down
toward the coast, while Punda-
Tsang not contented with exact
ins 5 per cent, commission from
the poor fellows for using his Oak
for a tiger mart, committed the
meanest act of his life. He slyly
sawed one of the hind bars nearly
through in four places. Then he
went to work planning to waylay
the tiger ON his way back to his
haunts after he should break
loose, which he knew would happen
| before the purchasers could get
many miles down the valley. He
quietly pursued his planning until
late that night, when he hearc
from a good authority that che ii
ger had broken Jail and nearl.
killed one of his owners. Thel
he prepared to put his plans in
to action.
Punda knew we'll enough tina
the instant q tiger smells bloc
he will drop fiat, and, even
the feast is mile away will be
gin slow, creeping journey to
ward it, wasting hours, perhaps
When he has approached With
twenty feet of the prize, quive
ing with desire and terrible wit
greed, he will leap into the a
I like a cannon ball and pluns
down upon his victim. Pund
Tsang knew all this; SO he dug
pit down the valley, constructt
a network of branches over it al
laid a quarter of bullock upC
it. Then he waited for the tig
l. to scent the blood and make /
slow, crawling journey, KNOWN
that when he made the graz
twenty feet leap he would go cras
p ing through the net work into t
OF pit below. Then Tsang plann
a that he would starve the bea:
a. let down a cage baited wiah me
tn fresh meat and sliding the bs
ad from above, haul the captured
a ger out and sell him over aga1
as All that might have have happe
MS ed, but events somewhat strang
at and more horrible for Punda- -Tsa
Sc interfered, doubtless as anotl
ar- direct visitation Of the vengea1
-er of the little clay gods in the bul
In allow corner, half concealed
La clouds of punk smoke.
on As little Iali was the inn ket
ere er's constant solace and comps
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27
THE KLONDIKE GOLD BUG.
Selected Editorials.

Patrons are cordially invited to call
and witness the printing of the edition
of the Bug" on our new Washington
hand press. The patent hanging roller
is a labor-saving device of great value
to the kid who inks the form. All read
ers interested in machinery should see
II work.
Colonel Bill Hawker received his solar
pleXus yesterday afternoon. Colonel Bill
drifted to this region from Kansas and
is said to have been an eX-grasshopper
sufferer. While ostensibly posing as a
book agent Colonel Bill has been en-
deavoring to do everybody at sight. His
persistence in soliciting loans finally be-
came unbearable and our citizens re-
solved to act promptly. Colonel Bill was
taken to the barber shop and relieved of
his whiskers and portion of his flowing
locks. and was escorted to the outskirts
of town and requested to stake out
claims elsewhere. With his usual gall
Colonel Bill attempted to demonstrate te
with the committee, but upon observing
rope in the hands of Ike Turner he
gracefully yielded the floor and departed.
We have been informed that a certain
lantern-jawed dyspeptic down the street
has alleged that the Bug discourages
immigration. This is not so; and we
hereby brand the originator of the idea
as malicious liar! The bug" extends
the hand of fellowship to all healthy
citizens who will assist in developing
the country. We do object, however,
to the influx of worn-out politicians from
the east, who come here calculating to
hold office. We want ii understood that
the editor of the bug" expects to be
postmaster when an Office is established,
and we don't propose to be side-tracked
by any knock-kneed has beens" from
eastern towns that have become too hot
for them.
The Bonegulch ghost story appears to
nave been founded on fiction. 1t turns
out that story Of the tall woman in
black originated with Zeke Carr, the
horse valet. Zeke was returning from
Skaters pavilion late at night on tie
evening that jag agent from Sitka
had been painting the town while intro
ducing new brand of whiskey. Zeke's
opinion of the liquor, as an expert, was
asked, and it was after the opinion had
been given several times that Zeke saw
the ghost. A reporter for the Bug
has demonstrated to the timid citizens
of Bonegulch that the ghost was moth
ing but a black pine stump. zeke has
since signed the pledge.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27
The State Conventions Work.

The work of the Republican state
convention will satisfy all those mem
bers of the party who desire to be sat
ished and give dissatisfaction only to
those who seek a preteXt to embarrass
the party. The nominees are clean,
able and representative men, whose
honors have been won in an open field
end under the vigilant scrutiny of an
element which would promptly have
detected and exploited any flaw in their
personal characters or public record.
They merit the party's undivided sup
port.
'The platform, while IT may not please
those who wanted verbal fireworks, will
generally be recognized as a fair eN-
preston of party sentiment and cam
did presentation of the issues upon
which the ensuing campaign Will be
conducted Especially to be commend
ed for it's frankness was the able speech
of State Chairman Elkin, a perusal Of
which is recommended to all who feel
lukewarm in the faith.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27

1t is well enough to appeal to Spain
not to be so ferocious in Cuba, but an
appeal may sometimes be best empha-
sized with a club.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27

lected and responsible representatives"
We do not, he thinks, want the system
changed; 1t is "only necessary that our
legislative bodies shall be controlled,
restrained and regulated by a proper
sense Of the solemnlty and responsible
ity that pertain to the power they exer-
else; that they shall learn to respect
the wisdom of conservatism, to value
stability more than experiment"
Biennial sessions, more legislators
with moral and legal backbone, "freer
public discussion of measures in their
incipiency and a larger cooperation by
representative lawyers in the drafting
of bills are advanced as feasible checks
upon Objectionable legislation; and in
conclusion the speaker offers these per-
tinent and specific hints to men called
upon to make laws:
Make sure that the old law is really de-
ficient. BE careful to consider whether
the Inconvenience arising from the de-
ficiency of the old law is of enough i'm
portance to des1rve an act CT the lcgis-
lature to cure it.
BE careful that the remedy be not worse
than the disease. Avoid experiments in
law-maliing, especially If recommended
by men or parties who are void of
knowledge or wanting in respect for es-
tablished customs.
DO not go on the idea that the world is
out OF Joint, and you were born to set
it right
Observe accuracy in the use of lang
uage and avoid the use of ambiguous ex-
pressions.
The address is n valuable contribu-
button to an important subject
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27
Unnecessary Sympathy.

The young man, William Rooney, who
killed Alphonse Pecard and nearly sue
ceeded in taking the life of Miss Sell
helm, to whom Picard was engaged, is
receiving much sympathy in the City
of Brotherly Love and elsewhere, on
the grounds that the deed was COM
mitted as the result of a cruel hoax.
A brother of the murdered man had
sent letter to Rooney, purporting to
be from Miss Selheim, and making an
appointment with him in response to a.
letter asking her for an interview. He
went to the place named and upon dis
covering that he was the victim of a
joke which made him ridiculous, fren-
zied with Jealousy and rage, sent the
fatal shot at his rival. 1t would appear
that sympathy is wrongly expended in
this case, since it is probable that the
crime was only hastened by the cruel
hoax, and would have been committed
at some later time. A man who takes
to drink because the object of his af-
fections refuses his addresses, or who
goes frantic with jealous rage at the
sight of her with his rival, is not likely
to postpone his revenge indefinitely.
The fact that the hoax was perpetrated,
adds horror to the crime, but is no JUS
tification of the murderer There is en-
tlrely too much Of the reckless shoot
ing of sweethearts and rivals by jeal-
Gus lovers and the one who thus takes
life deserves little pity from a tender
hearted public.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27

after the manner Of the sentry Of tradi-
tion, who refused to allow the general
to pass without the countersign. AS
Mr.. Mckinley had come to visit the
camp in response to special invita-
tion, the refusal on part of the Or
derly to let his carriage pass the lines
was q gross insult. Too much red tape
in times of peace is nauseating, and
even in military circles the opinion
that the officious orderly made an ass
of himself will probably be unanimous.
-.
Two enterprising Elmira men have
been disappointed in their ambition to
realize fame and fortune. They had
discovered a recipe for making splendid
whiskey out of several very strange
things, in fact not from familiar spir-
its in any sense. They never seemed
to realize that there could be any pos
sible legal objection to selling their
secret to other thirsty individuals at
twenty-five dollars a head, and were
probably the most surprised people in
the universe when the revenue officers
swooped down upon them and after
tasting their whiskey and pronounc-
ing it very good, indeed, proceeded to
arrest them. Verify, the way Of the
inventor Is hard.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27
Worthy to Look Upon.

An example of that fine enthusiasm
in labor which, in whatever field of
human toll It is manifested, always
adds to the sum of human advantage
is afforded in the case of General Duff
field. the present superintendent of
United States coast survey. In the
battle Of Murfresboro General DufIleld
sustained a wound which occasiontd
such intense pain that the only relief
he could get came from some form of
close mental application. He began the
preparation of a table Of logarithms-
to the average man doubtless as dry
task as it is possible to conceive. After
a time he became interested in his
work and, to cut the story short, now,
after thirty years of continuous labor
on this table, during leisure hours,
General Dufleld is about to give the
completed work to the public free, in
the form of a government report.
The magnitude of the generals under
taking will be appreciated by mathe-
maticians when they learn that the
tables in his forthcoming book will in
clude logarithms for each second of
every angle up to two degrees, and for
every 10 seconds from two degrees to
80 degrees, and the logarithms of in
tegral numbers up to 100000. These
are carried out to 10 places, although
the calculation was made to 12 places
the tenth figure being determined by
the last two. There has, it is said
been no computation of this sort made
since the tables of Won Vega, the Ger
man mathematician, which were pub
lshed in 1894. In comparing his work
with that of the German, General Duff
field has found more than one hundred
and twenty errors in his predecessors S
computations.
Very likely only a few Of The Tri-
bunes readers have use for logarith-
mic tables or understand the value of
such computations in certain lines Of
higher mathematical work. But we
suspect that every person who has the
ability to appreciate unselfish toll in
the behalf of the general welfare will
be interested in this little narrative of
one brave mans steadfastness in q
pursuit that offered no kind of incent-
| i've in the form of money rewards or
human applause. At a time when the
most frequently offered ideal of sue
cess is that of a career hewn from
poverty to commanding wealth and
pOmp and vainglory it will not do any
of us harm to contemplate briefly a
| different ideal which also has it's place
in the table of true values.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27

Resolved, That the platform adopted
at the National convention of Democ-
racy in 1896 be endorsed fully and
without rcserve."-Plank Second in the
Platform of the Lackawanna Democ-
racy, adopted Aug. "a, 1897.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27

There may be times when strikers
labor at a heavy disadvantage, but for
real safe, sure thing it would seem
that the occasion when a hotel propri-
etor is expected to furnish breakfast to
the president of the United States and
Mark Hanna. offer peculiar induce
ment to a striking corps of table wait
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27

There is every probability that
Scrantons public school buildings will
not contain the throng of children who
will demand admission next month.
The advantage of larger buildings and
less frills may be more and more ap-
preciated as time passes.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.

State Treasurer-J S. BEACON, of
Yves tr1oreland.
Auditor General--LEVI q. MCAULEY,
of Chester.
Election day. November s.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27

The fact that an Italian prince has
succeeded in scaling Mt st. Elias when
Americans have failed, is a proof that
the sunny land that gave to history
the discoverer of a new world and that
has produced the supreme creations Of
art, is not yet'eXhausted, but proposes
to distinguish herself along unexpected
lines Americans have always held to
the belief that they could breathe on a
higher plane than most people, but 1t
now seems that they must yield prece-
dence to the Italian.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27

Those who labor under the hallucin-
aticn that the Granger is dead in this
state may be surprised to learn that
ten thousand people were present at
Thursday.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-08-27

The Illinois orderly who denied Pres
ident Mckinley admission to the Grand
Army of the Republic encampment at
Buffalo yesterday because the preni-
dent came in carriage, doubtless int
agined that he was doing q heroic ac.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-07-29
TAOS NEWS BUDGET.
"A Shipment of 5000 Pounds of Wool
Consigned to Browne n ManZana-
res at Las Vegas.

Special Correspondence New Mexican
Taos, N. NJ, July 27.-A string of ten
wagons left here Saturday, carrying 10000
pounds of wool consigned by A. Gusdorf
to Browne Il Manzanares, at Las Vegas.
The arrivals at Mine Host Liebert's
will compare fevorably with those of
much more pretentious establishments
elsewhere, the arrivals for the past week
being Messrs. Miner and McKnott, we'll
known commercial travellers; Jno, s.
Clark and wife of East Las Vegas, with
Miss O. Browne of Texas, as their guest;
j. W. Lightbody, st. Joe, Mo-; l.. b. Dem
man and daughter, Lincoln, Neb.; W.
Thatcher, Folsom; A. Leitzy and brother,
Las Vegas, and Professor Geo. Reeves of
Boston, Mass, who has opened an Office
IL the hotel and is pleasing the public
with his photo-chromo pastel work by the
improved collodion process.
G. A. Scheurich of Santa Fe, with his
kodak was much in evidence at the pueblo
Indian dance on Sunday last, this being
one of their chief feast days in honor of
their Saint Santiago.
Death reduced our population by three
since my last writing. On Thursday last
were buried an infant daughter of Eplme.
MO Tenorio; also Sonora Teodora San
chez, aged 81 years, a resident of La
Iona.
In the Probate court, Mrs. Maria Apo
lonia Martinez of Arroyo Seco, was ap-
pointed guardian of her two minor ohil-
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-07-29
THE RIO GRANDE DAM.
A Number Of New Mexicans in Wash
ingtOn Headed by Governor OterO
Cali at the state Department to
Protest Against the Proposed
Treaty with Mexico.

The following Washington dispatch il
the st. Louis Globe Democrat concerning
the proposed treaty between this country
and Mexico providing for the building
of an international dam near El Paso is ot
great interest to the people of New Mex
leo:
| A number of New Mexicans In Wash
ington, headed by the governor of the
territory, Mr.. Otero, called at the state
department today. The purpose was to
file formal protest against proposed
treaty with Mexico about the Rio Grande
river. For seven years Mexico, through
Minister Romero, has been negotiating q
treaty intended to make clearer the pro-
visions of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidal-
60 in regard to the river. The use of the
water in the Rio Grande for irrigation
has been matter of international con-
tention long time. Mexico has insisted
that the damming of the river above Ell
Paso, in the United States territory is
forbidden by the treaty.
Recently the attorney-general ordered
the prosecution of the company which
had begun to dam the river at Elephant
Buttes. When the case came to trial the
Judge decided that there had been no vio-
lation of law; that the river was not a
navigable stream. Minister Romero has
presented to the department a first draft
of a treaty which Mexico would like to
have accepted. Against this proposition
the New Mexicans entered an emphatic
protest today. They say that, if it is
concluded it will render impossible the
building of any dam on the Rio Grande,
even as far up as Colorado.
In this connection it may be remarked,
that the case of the United States against
the Rio Grande Dam &c Irrigation COM
pany, which is to be appealed from Judge
Bantz' decision, adverse to the conten-
tion of the government, has not yet been
filed for appeal. There seems to be
difference of opinion between the attor-
neys for the company, claiming that
there is matter in the record not
properly belonging there and U. S. At
torney Childers insisting that the record
is all right and states nothing hut
the facts in the case. The necessary
stipulations to bring the case on appeal
before the present session Of the Terri
torial Supreme court have not yet been
signed and entered into and Hon. W. A.
Hawkins, principal counsel for the irri
CATION company has been telegraphed to
to here from Silver City for the purpose
of consultation.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-07-29
MARKET REPORTS.

New York, July 29.-Money on call
steady at l per cent; prime mercantile
paper, @ per cent. Silver, SIX;
lead, $3.50; copper, 104.
st. Louis.-Lead qolet, $3.671a; bid.
Spelter nominal $4.12H.
Chicago. Wheat, July 1873; Sept. 1925
Corn, July, 26a4; Sept. ~. Oats, July,
174; Sept. 171a q TN.
Kansas CitY-Oattle receipts $500, mar
ket steady to strong. Texas steers $500
q $4.10; native steers, $3.50 @ $4.90i
stockers and feeders, $3.25 @ $4.40.
Sheep, receipts, 1000; market today
steady; lambs, 1925 @ $5.15; muttons,
$2.75 q $3.50.
Chicago. Cattle, receipts, 5000; mar
ket steady to 10 cents lower; beeves,
So IS O $50; COWS and heifers, 81 80 @
$4.25; Texas steers, $3.50 q $500; stock.
ers and feeders, $500 @ $4.40. Sheep,
receipts, $4,000; market weak to 10
cents lower; native sheep, $500 @ SAILS;
westerns, $500 @ $500; lambs, $3.50 q
$5.40.