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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21
BAILEY AND The DRESS SUIT
Charleston News and Courier.

The newspapers have been saying a
great deal about Congressman Bailey and
his rooted and determined opposition to
the swallowtail as suitable apparel fox G
Democrat Of free silver tendencies The
Memphis Commercial Appeal, i'll brill
liant article upon the subject, remarks:
"There are those who regard Mr Bailey
as something of a prig; others condemn
MIN as vulgar and unsocia5!c; others still
adhere to the opinion that the young
statesman is merely carrying out, with
admirable consistency, his ideas OF gen
lsine simplicity. There is probably some
foundation for allof these opinions. Mel
ther one is wholly correct. Mr.. Bailey
has 10 mean opinion of himself. In this
| lie is wise. People are more or less dis
posed 10 take 4 man at his own estimate
of himself. It is easier and pleasa1lter to
do this than to try and convince him OF
his error, and people usually do that
which is easiest and pleasantest. When
a man lays aside frigid dignity and is
yielding and conlplacent, he is voted
unanimously good fellow, and a good
fellow is only an ordinary mortal, OIL {
level with other fellows"
This is very well said, but in view o
evidence which has been accommodating
since the swalloW-tai1 incident in tht
Astounding career of the great Texa
statesman, it must be concluded that EIr
Bai1ey's ideas of "geliuine sinlplicity"a arr
of vague and indefinite character. Mr.
Bai1y was at the Hotel Vendo1ne, il New
York, last week, and was detected in I'll
act of drinking champagne at one of TIL
tables in the cafe of that house of enter
tainlnent. There is no simplicity" ii
champagne. It goes naturally with til
swallow-tailed coat. When the subjec
was discussed by the Southern newspa
per men, who were in New York at til
time of Mr.. Bailey's invasion Of the ms
: tropo1is, Herr Tompkins, of the Char
lotte Observer, whose views upon all puf
lie questions are e1ninently wise and cor
sentative, gave it as his opinion that
man who would not wear spike-tai1 COS
Oil principle should not with due regar
to his reputation for consistency, eve
? rise above the purely Democratic beve1
age of beer. This is a view of Bale
which we would like the esteemed Wasl
ington Post to consider.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21
INDIANS BOARDING MONEY
Washington Post.


Representative James Gnnn, of Idaho,
is in receipt of information that an un-
usual monetary condition exists on the
Nez Perces reservation in his State 1t is
said that the Indians are now holding,
secreted in various places, about half a
million dollars of idle money. The fail
ure of certain banks in which money be-
longing to some of the Indians was de-
posted some time since has made all the
members of the tribe exceedingly shy Of
banks. On the other hand the bankers
of Lewiston, Idaho, the nearest city to the
reservation, now refuse to receive money
on time deposits and pay interest there
for, at they formerly did These bankers
say that they have all the money that
they can use proftably without taking
interest deposits. These circumstances
have caused the Indians to hoard thei1
money at home. They are liberal in thei1
expenditures as rule, but the recen
heavy payments made to them by the
government for their lands has given eac1
head of a family fortune far beyond hi
needs.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21

The new board Of directors Of
the North Carolina Railroad met
in Greensboro last week for the
purpose of organizing and to de-
mand the surrender of the proper
ty into. their hands. The old
board of directors, who claim that
they hold office until July, we're
absent, as was the Secretary, MIR.
Rufin, whose office was locked.
At the meeting Of the new board,
at whitehall the members appoint
ed by Governor Russell were pres
emit, DR.. r. M. Norment, of Lum-
berton, was elected president pre-
tenn, and E. S. Walton, Of Nor
canton, Secretary. A recess was
taken until June It'll and notice
was served on the secretary anc
old directors to be present an{
turn over the books, etc.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21
PLAIN BUSINESS TALK.

Tie following advice from the Winston
Journal to the ladies of the twin city are
equally applicable to other towns in the
State, for there is scarcely one of them
which IS not guilty OF the folly COM
planned of. And in some instances men
those dependent for patronage upon
those who live III the conl11unity-are
equally as apt as the women to send
away from home for what they could buy
to equal advantage from the home .1l1er-
chants. It is more than probable that
persons here in Lunlberton come under
the category named by the Journal,
which is entirely right when it says:
I'VE wish to say a word to the ladies'.
If any Of yon are in the habit OF sending
ont Of town to buy your pretty gowns, OF
other apparel, we would ask you to take
the advice of Punch and don't" Why!
Well we will try to tell you. In the first
place right here i'll cur towns of Winston
and Salem there are as live, wide awake
merchants with just as varied, complete
and handsome stocks of goods as you CAT
find anywhere i'll the country, and they
will sell you just as good material at just
as reasonable prices as you can secure
elsewhere. But this is not the chief rea
son why you should do your trading al
home. The prosperity of your town de
ponds upon the prosperity OF its bushes:
nlen, of course. We are mutually de
pendent upon each other, and every dol
lar you send to New York, Philadelphia
or Baltimore merchants is unjustly de
privi1g your home dealer of the money
provided he keeps i'll stock what yol
want, and he nearly always does that
But to carry the idea little farther, ii
our plan of mutual interdependence, tina
merchant in all probability deals with o
in some way throws money, in the cours
: of business, into the hands of your fatlle
: or brother, OF husband. Then is it fai
to your home dealer to send away to
foreign merchant for something your 1o
cal tradesrnan may not have i'll stock
Why not let him order it for You? Eve
: if he does make small profit Oil it tha
will not amount to more than express C
: freight Remember that the butcher an
the baker depend upon the candlestic
maker and all Of them upon the merciaar
and he upon them. Then be patriot
and appreciative enough to spend yor
money at home and let's help to build u
those that build us up and in that way W
may build up town greater even tina
we dream of now.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21

e,- MIR. Mantle, Of Montana, in
presenting Il memorial from the
wool growers, who claim that the
wooden manufacturers are unduly
protected, made the interesting
statement in the Senate yesterday,
Chased on published report that
S. NJ. D. North, who is secretary
of the Wool Manufacturers Asso-
citation, is acting as secretary Of
the Finance Committee of the
Senate. 70 this Mr.. Hoar replied
that the wool growers were not
without their watchful represent
atives and he thought that the
argus eyes of Judge Lawrence
would see to it that their interest
shall not suffer. No wonder Mr
Gray was moved TO ask who was
looking after the people, who were
the consumers of these taxed
goodsl The marvel was that Mr.
Frye, in o burst of frankness (fol
which he will doubtless be discip
lined by the leaders), was impo
litic enough to admit: ''They (th'
people) are represented by thu
Democratic side" They are
| And they are also doing SOM
speaking for themselves at tn
polls these days.-Philadelphi;
Record.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21
HOW'S THIS7

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F
J. Cheney for the last IS years, and be-
ieve him perfectly honorable in all bust
ness transactions, and financially able tc
carry out any obligation made by the;,
firm. .t - Is.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists
Toledo, O.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mu
cous surfaces of the system. Price TIC
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Tes
timonia1s free.
Halls family Pills are the best.
Apr2I-4t.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21
a SAD WARNING.
Richmond Times.

A story comes from North Carolina
that Perrin Cover, wealthy-farmer liv-
ing near Raleigh, committed suicide the
other day because he had yotsd1 the Pop
u1ist ticket. 1t seems that Cover was a
Confederate, soldier, and was raised a
Democrat. Like MANY others, however,
he drifted into the ranks Of Popuiiijs1l last
fall, and even went so far as to vote for a
negro. The poor fellow brooded over
his troubles and notifications until life
became a burden, and he ended it by
swallowing quantity of 1audanu1n
This was the saddest case of Popu1isn
rernorse of which we have heard. 1t is q
dangerous thing for good Democrat te
stray away from his principles.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21

Among the many other things
done by the Legislature of 1897,
which provided for more "pic hun
tiers" than any similar body in the
history of the State, was the pas
sage of acts changing the charters
of the asylum for the insane and
our other charitable Institutions.
The object of these changes was
to get rid of the officers placed in
charge of the institutions by the
Democrats and to put in pets of
the Republicans and Populists.
New officers we're elected but when
q demand was made to turn the
institutions'o ver to them the old
officers refused, claiming that they
were elected for a specified time
and could not be removed except
for cause. A test case was made
up. by consent and was tried at
Raleigh last week before Judge
Spencer B. Adams, of the Super
Tor Court. Judge Adams decided
in favor of the old officers, the
text of his decision being as fol-
lows: "This cause coming on to
be heard upon an agreed state
ment of facts and complaint and
answer, and the Court being OF
the opinion against the right OF
the REALTORS or any of them to re.
cover, and 50 holding, it is there.
upon considered and adjudged that
this action be dismissed and the
| defendants 60 without day anc
recover their costs, to be taxed by
the clerk" The attorneys for thu
4 plaintiffs 1.-THE new Apprentices,
took on appeal to the Supreme
Court and decision is expected
lat an early day.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21
Tho quarrel within the Dem

Tho quarrel within the Dem
ocratic ranks III the House is get
ting to be tiresome. Mr.. Bryan,
Senator Jones, Of Arkansas, and a
number of Democratic newspapers
have been rejoicing greatly over
the recent municipal elections in
some Of the Northern States, III
which local Demoeracywas sue
cessful generally, and seeing in
them portent of Democratic vic
tory in 1900. And yet the Or
gained legislative branch of the
Democracy is in the midst: of civil
war. The Barley and McMillin
forces are daily clashing in the
House of Representatives, and the
possibilities OF municipal adjust.
ment growing less continually. Il
IS proverb that "a house divided
against itself cannot stand. :" Thu
party is in danger until this breacl
is healed. It is a bad break in tn
| levee Charlotte Observer.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21

The people Of the great North
west are beginning to realize that
as to climate and resources the
South surpasses all other sections
of the country, and no better evil
dence. need be offered of that opin-
ion than the following, from the
Wisconsin Press: ''The South is
richer far in natural resources than
men have yet realized. She has
wealth of sun and soil of fruit and
forest and mineral, and it is only
necessary that her tremendous en-
ergis: shall be concentrated and
directed to the development4of her
natural wealth to astonish the civ
ilized world. = Capital will go
with security as condition pree-
edent) wherever it shah find the
richest reward; and that, capital
is satisfied with. the prospect in
the South is made manifest by the
recent removal of manufacturing
plants from their fields in the
North to newer and richer fields
in the South. Population and
wealth will follow them, and it
is no wild freak of fancy that for
sees the time when the relative
strength of the North and South
in men and money shall be ma
teriaHy changed; when the fur.
mace fires of Alabama and Georgia
shall become the torches of indus.
trial victory and the spindles Of
South Carolina and Mississippi
shall have their song of joy fol
the Southern resurrection.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21

DR.. J. W Long, who went to
Richmond, Va, several years ago
from Randleman to take the chair
Of gynecology in the medical col
lege of Virginia, will establish a
hospital at High Point and engage
in a general surgery practice
throughout the State.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21
notice.!
VALUABLE LAND P0R SIIF

BY virtue OF decree of the Superior Court of
Roheson County in an action in which d. q,
Worth Is plaintiff, and Isaac Gateiy and wife.
signed will sell at tire Court House door in
Lun berton. y. G., on May Sd. 1897 that vaiuhI.
tract of land in Maxeon Toynship Ro,,rson
County, adjoining the lands of Estate Of Jss
9. Mclean, the Estate of James Mclean. the
lands Mrs 4; j. Cottingham and Others, dc.
Beginning alta stake about fifty yards south
81 smsit cypress pond and also about ons
nuhcrcu YARDS East OF another cypress pond
the last corner of fifty acre survey granted 20
Daniel Mclean November. a5. l1s5 and run n
. ". 22sI chains to , pine tnow a lightYEood
st1Scl ire hesinniBs.corner of said fifty acre.
also the beginning corner of sixty acre snrrev
granted To John Mefesn December 10: i3ei
chsnee WIN iirt Inc Of Sky acres r. g. W. l2ss
chaihs 10 Pine an the first line OF $50 acres sur
yey. granted 20 Elisha SweetinE March II
1888 thence parallel TO tile Northern and South,
I'm Fts 81 SAG iSp acres IS W 80 chains to
thS fistern -tiAe OF tract of 200 acres granted
20 John Hawthorn, November : Irs3 thence
With that lines 20 ". AS chains to tie south
eastern corner of said ECO acres. thence with
the southern lire of said tract s. 20 " abo,, I
CHAINS. thence S. 30 W. to with and bcvopd
me upper line OF 100 acres granted 70 John
G1h1pieiI- TO the run OF Shoe Heel Svamp
thence DEWITT various courses of The rnn n
SAID swamp until limo of s. IS K. will direct
n ne S gu pisnre fence. thence from said point
on said run 3 as f. TO acd with said psStnre
fence 10 the lire of an IL acre survey thence
MIN tnat me 8 IL w chains. to Maic.,m Me
laae NOW Jones linc) thea with his line \
- r. about SO chains To his corner tl,,sucs
:; q n abpntl chain to another corner Of said
Lie aete tract thence With anothr lire OF sai,l II
r .r''ct n; ~ n 80 Chains Ia the le.,innin,
CORNER OF JOHN Campben's 1al acre snrYcy
s s,.ier n 40 r with and beyond the line 81
S,Stt To acre acre survey in Elisha Swecting'
Mith his line $ IS F.. 3s9 Chains To rs enrner
y, lale second line of the John Mclean Co acre
~ Wy uehee with that lii.c 8 y " To-
ehains 10 its third corner Thence nc its nj ~
Hhe :. % e. "a chains to itS. corner near Inc
, T;u.,aMest corner of an old field am old dead
49, iothttr, p'i>foak and swect-,in and pine
Ivy MARKED. thence ~ its other Iin. "a =
tS a y 20 stake within two pine pniutcrs
silehec n ~ 10 w. 992 chains TO the thir,I cor,
pines and one ilacks,um pointers thence viii
81 - thl,a me OF the said 80 acre tract \ ~
49, 49,. rnalhs to the beginning containing AZ
IsltS more or less. this bciny the same tract =,
sai'i' e,nveyed 9Th day OF January. Issi by loan
| Gately. - Il Mr s sS,a nifty Ann
| Ncb sftss, %. .-, ComIs issioner.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21

Ths Scotland Neck Common.
wealth says 'sss5periihl it:slvda * Smith
of the penitentary, has af,'general
manager for the farms, new of.
ficer, and a private secretary also
two Offices that Superintendent
Leazar never had" And why
not? Isn't this reform admin.
istration9 And the way to reform
is to create mere-of6ces and fiji
them with hselers-al1 for the PEG
pie to pay for.-Raleigh News ant
Observer. :. - -
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21

Mrs. S. M. Hanna, mother ci
Senator Mark A. Hanna, whe
went to Askeville a short while
since for her health, died of pne1.-
monia last week. Mrs. Hanna
vas "a years old and was sick OH
ly about week. Senator Hanna
left Washington for Ashevilie III
response to a telegram announcing
the critical Illness of his mother
but lie reached there after iel
death. The remains were takel.
to Cleveland, Ohio, for burial.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21
3T6s American people suffe,

3T6s Kmefichin people suffer
undsr;se nsarfysweighter@evils that
they do not trouble themselves
much about the very old offence
of nepotism. in their. servants.
But the smiabie PRESIDENT Nc Kin.
ley puts severe strain on their
tolerance when he not only ap-
points his relatives and near
friends to the best offices-as in
the case of "Cousin Osborne" to
the LJndon Consulate and Private
Secretary Boyle TO LNefpool-but
permits Sfsvocation ii their in.
terest of an executive order limit
ing the pay to reasonable salary
and abolishing the fat fees. This
Is rather rubbing in the favorit.
ism ,New-York World.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21
ADOPTED T4E,R sonA SON,

The following strange story Of
q boys abduction and return 10
his parents comes from Akron,
iowa, and IS said to be true:
In 1876 careless nurse desert
ed the perambulator in which she
vas wheeling the 2-year old SOL
Of II. F. Britton, at Montreal,
Canada, while she went for short
walk with a soldier sweetheart
from the local English garrison.
When she returned her charge was
gone. The Britton family made
every effort to recover the little
one but without avail.
AS has recently developed, it was
stolen by a man named Myers Ill
the hope of securing a reward.
After the crime was committed lie
became SO much alarmed that lie
never dared to claim money from
the infants family and the child
reached the age of Z years unde,
his care.
In 1888 Myers died, and for +,
year his wife kept the boy Will
her. She was troubled la her con
science, and finally resolved to de
vise some plan CT returning tn
, lad to his family. She feared t
, SO directly to them with her ste
, ~, and by way of reaching then
secured employment as a dome:
S tic in their household.
: The Brittons were without chill
of their own, and when Mrs. My
ers suggested that they adopt he
"son,'' bright lad of ten at th
!, time, they readily fell in with th
: plan. Mrs. Myers soon after
wards left their employ. 81
kept up dasultory correapone
ence with them for several veal
: and finally. dropped entirely CT
i, Of sight. ,..
In the meantime the Britto1
,e and their supposedly adopted SC
II removed 10 a farm in northel
II New York and afterwards to anot]
e, er near Akron. A few days as
- they received a letter from NIr
Myers, in England, giving flu
particulars of the abduction
their child 81 years ago and Il
method she adopted to retu
a him to his father and mother.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21

-Chauncey NJ. Depew, the we'll
known president Of the New York
Central Railroad, and one of the
most prominent business men in
the county,, recontly remarked :
when l say that every enterprise,
every business, every institution,
must be advertised in order to be q
success, l only voice the opinion Of
every, thoughtful, sensible bust.
neEs nran.. = r7>,9 81 13S,..,'.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21
Potash.
The Supreme Court of Tennes

The Supreme Court of Tennes-
see has declared that the shedding
Of tears by a lawyer when plead:
ing on behalf of his client is not
only allowable, but is among "the
natural rights ef.eounsel wllichno
statute or constitution could take
away Indeed. says the Court,
''if counsel havetears at command
it may be- seriously questioned
whether,it is not his Professions
duty to shed them whenever prop.
er occasion arises" The cast
wherein this decision was rendered
was one for breach of promise
wherein the tears Of the plaintiff
attorney were alleged to have un
duly moved the sympathies of tn
jury in her behalf.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21

= Suicides is Justtfable accord
ing to Colonel. fngersollsand some
others, and the managers of the
Republican party seem. to hold the
sape. belief. They are driving
their party straight over the pre-
cipice with the lash of ''protec.
tion," and with the enactmeat Of
the new Mckinley biz its fate vii
seseafed Boston POST .<z~,.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21

President Mckinley has ap-
pointed Senator Edward 0. VOL
colt, of Colorado, .eS-Viee Presi-
dent Adlai E. Stevenson, of Hi
nois, and Hon. Chas. J. Payne,
of Bost ON, Mass, as commission
ers to an international monetary
conference. The appointment
are. made under the act. approved
March Ord last. .For the pro
motion of an international agree
ment for bi-metalism," and by
its provisions do not require con
frmation-by the Senate. Messrs
Wolcott and Stevenson are pro
nounced bi-metallists and friend
of silver, while Gen. Payne is SAIL
to be an advocate Of the gol'
standard.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21

The inpatient Western Re
publicans are beginning to conf
plain of the voracious appetite OF
Massachusetts. We fear lie West
ern people don't understand the
Massachusetts folks. The Massa
chusetts man never holds Office be
cause he wants it, but takes i
and its salary merely to saw
others from falling into the per
nicious habit. 1t was for thl
reason SO many Massachusett
men consented to cast their for
tunes with the Cleveland admins
tration. Washington Post. ~
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21

A correspondent of the Lon
don News, writing from Athens,
quotes the King of Greece as
speaking thus: eff Greece had
been a great power and had
walked into Crete long ago. her
action would have been welcomed
by the Powers, as we'll as by the
rest Of the world, as a blessing.
But she is only a small Power,
and seems unable to do anything
that will satisfy the great Pow
els" This is not the experience
of Greece alone: it is the expe-
rience of ali weak countries which
seem to have no rights which
strong Powers are bound to re-
spect. Let twoof the strong Pow
ers have q misunderstanding, CT
como into conflict IL any way,
land the cxpediehts of diplomacy
are exhausted before another move
is made, but let there be q nisun-
i:derstandihg between the weak and
the strong, OF conflict Of inter.
ests, and immediately a perempt.
DRY demand is made by the
strong; which if not responded te
las desired, is followed by some
thing in the shape of an s'ultima
tum,' or a warship. The ability
| of nations to resist and hit bacl
makes q vast difference in thei
/, demeanor towards each other
The strong are polite and concil
iatory towards each other, an>
arrogant towards the weak. TIL
J fact is that the great nations" ar
, great DULLES, but they do thei
bullying where it is attended witt
little Observation-Disclosures Star
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21

The probability is that the
present extrasressioh ofS Congress.
willprove as, fateful- 10 the Nc.
Kinleyyadmini the extra
session Of j s93 was to cleveiand's
Tlisfe as no reason why class leg.
islation should be more popular
now than it was then. -Richmond
Stata., Sc, 49, -......
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-04-21

-Postmaster Dayton, of New
York city, has forwarded his res.
ignation &c. President Mckinley. II
Is unGerstood his successor will be
Cornelius Wancott, who was post,
masterlt,pring5 the Harrison ad,
ministration.