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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-05-07
PERSONAL.

Mr.. L. Shaw, of St, Paul, was
in town on business Monday.
Mr.. r. f. Lee spent Monday
in Wilmington on professional
business.
Messrs. Atlas Prevatt and D.
McC. Smith, of Buie, were in
town Monday.
Mr.. B r. Rozier, Of Howells-
vile, was among the visitors in
town Tuesday.
Mr.. G L Page and son, Mas
Clarence, of GAINESVILLE, were in
town yesterday.
Mr.. Strong Floyd, of Fair
mont, was among the visitors at
this office Monday.
Mr.. Frank Cough returned
last night from Carthage, where
he has been on business.
Miss Margaret Williams, OF
Danville, Va, arrived Monday
night to visit her cousin, Mrs. R.
S. Sledge.
Mrs. H. A. Beard, of Winston
Salem, arrived here last night
and will spend some time with
her sou, Mr.. A. E. White.
Mr.. VIM. Tiddy, who lives
near Red Springs and who is
road supervisor in Maxton and
Smiths townships, was in town
Monday.
Misses Katie Mclean anC
Pate James, of Laurin burg
will arrive tomorrow to visit a
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. T
Mclean.
Miss Bessis Law, daughter o
Rev. P. r. Law, Of Charlotte
arrived here this morning and is
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. If
win Jenkins.
Miss Jenette Mcneil, who bat
been teaching school at Bacl
Swamp, left for her home nea
Maxton Tuesday. Her schoo
closed last week.
Mr.. Z II. FullenWider. Of Bal
timore. will arrive today to pay {
visit TO his neice, Miss Agne
McBrayer, who is d teacher a
the graded school.
Mr.. Il. B. Jennings, promi
nent cotton mill man of Lum Der
ton, spent last night in the city
stopping at the Selywn-Tues
days Charlotte Observer.
Mrs. Lima Mclean and daugh
ter, Miss Matte Williams, O
Maxton, arrived Tuesday nigh
and are guests at the home O
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Mclean.
Rev. P. R. Law, editor of tn
Presbyterian Standard, of Char
lotte. spent Tuesday and yester
day in Lumberton with relative
and friends and returned t
fCharlotte this morning.
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County commissioners Meetings
Iron StaIrways for New Court
House.

House.
Much business was transacted
at the meetings of the county
commissioners held Monday,
Monday night and Tuesday.
Mention is made elsewhere of the
matter between the commission
ers and the beard of audit and
finance in regard to the settle
ment OF the tax accounts Of ex-
Sheriff Mcleod. Owing to the
crowded condition Of the paper
it is necessary to defer publish
ing the claims audited and paid,
the regular routine business,
until Mondays paper. Besides
the matter mentioned the most
important matter that came be-
fore the board was a proposition
SD omitted by the B. F. Smith
Construction Co., which is build
ing the new court house, to furn-
ish material nd erect complete,
at a cost of $4,000, two iron
stairways, one in front and one
in the rear of the court house
building. The contract was Civ,
en- for this work. The contract
calls for polished brass rails, a
tile floor at each landing to cor
respond with the corridors and
halls of the first story; also for
a marble cap for the wainscoting
of the hall, instead of a wooden
cap.
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A GREAT OCCASION.
LumberBridge PubIicHighScEfOOi
Commencement Marks the Close
Of n Year of Great Progress "A
JOint Celebration by the Tive
Literary SOcieties-The Occasion
a Great Success.

a Great Success.
special Correspondence of The Rokesonian.
Lum Der Bridge. May 6.-Mon
day and Tuesday evenings wit
messed the closing scene of this
years work of the Lum berBridge
Public High School, and these
dates will ever remain as evil
dences of great strides in the
onward march of the people of
that community. 1t was not
The Robesonian mans good for
tune to witness the exercises of
Monday evening, which, from all
reports, were a complete success
in every sense of the word; but
he had the pleasure of seeing ex-
ecuted Tuesday evenings pro-
gramme, which was beyond
question another success.
! Monday evenings programme
consisted principally of songs,
Rotations and drills. Tuesday
evening" programme waa joint
celebration of the two societies,
the Rho Pr" named in honor
of County Supt. J. II, Poole, and
"Carlyle," named in honor Of
Prof. J. B. Carlyle, of Wake For
est. The stage was beautifully
decorated in the societies colors
one side of the stage being dec
GRATED with the colors OF thu
Rho Pi Society, and the other
side With the col0rS Of the Gar
) lyle Society. At the beginning =
the exercises all who were t.
take part in the programme
marched on the stage ami occu
pied chairs, the Rho Prs sijt!n5
Oll Vic sue uCCoI dlSN III eilSl
colors, and the Carlyle'4 dom
likewise. The first Of the pro
Z gramme consisted Of duets. solo:
u essays and recitations, all bein
D we'll rendered. MIR. Ernest Nj
u Cougar, of the Rho p, had
d we'll written essay on the subj =,
q of True Mobility" and Mis-
IL Fannie Ausley, of the Carlyl
81 had an excellent essay on u
II subject of perseverance," ar
she rendered it well. Miss Flo
N est Lancaster, of the Rho PI S
ly ciety, had a good recitation
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Don't cough your head off when
you can get guaranteed Remedy
in Bees Laxative Cough Syrup. It
is especially recommended for
children as it pleasant to take, is
a gentle laxative thus expeIling the
phlegm from the system. For
coughs, colds, Group, whooping-
cough, hoarseness and all Bron-
chial trouble. Guaranteed. Sold
by J. d. Mcmillan & Son.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-05-07

80 Days Trial Loo is the offer
on Pineules. Relieve Rackache,
eak Back, Lame Back. Rheumat
ic pains. Best on Sale for Kid
neys, E'a1der and Blood Good
for young and old. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded
Seld by J. D. Mcmillan & Son.
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Ex-Sherifr Mcleod Brings Suit
Against County Commissioners.

Through his attorneys, Messrs
Mcintyre, Lawrence & Proctor,
of mberton, and Mr.. G. B.
Patterson, of Maxton, Sheriff
Geo. B. Mcleod has brought suit
against the county commission
ers for a settlement of his tax
accounts.
Ex-Sheriff Mcleod says he has
been prepared for some time to
make settlement of his tax &C.
counts but every effort to obtain
a statement from the commits
siOners OftheamOunt he isduethe
county, has failed, hence the suit.
The COD missioners have been
trying to get the board of audit
and finance TO assist them in ar
irving at the amount due the
county - by ex Sheriff Mcleod,
the claim being made that the
amount stated in the findings of
the board of audit and finance is
incorrect, but the audit and
finance board claims that it is not
the duty Of the board to furnish
an estimate for this settlement.
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CaIIiornIan,sLuck.

''rhe luckiest day of my life
was when l bought a box of Buck
len g Arnica Salve, - writes Charles
+. Budahn. of Tracy, California
1.-TWO Doc. boxes cured me of an
annoying case of tching piles,
which had troubled me for years
and that yielded to no other treat
ment." Sold under guarantee at
all drug stores.
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Notice.

Lily Marie Leona Gray, colo ed, aged
IS years, usually gives name as Lily Gray,
left her home at Marion, S. c., Sunday
evening. Any one who knows her whore
abouts will please notify me.
NATHAN GRAY,
5-7.It* Marion, S. c.
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At q meeting Of the board of
com missions of the new county
of Lee Monday it was decided to
erect a court house and Jail i'm
nedlately. In accordance with
tbs hill creating the county the
buildings will be erected midway
!'et ween Sanford and Jonesboro.
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MIR. Ernest notwithstanding

When Mr.. Ernest Branch, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Branch,
who has been living in Charlotte
for some time, came home Tues
day morning he saw evidences of
preparation for his home-com-
ing which caused him consider
able surprise. And Mr. and
Mrs Branch were ,ery much
surprised, too, that there was
not more of Ernest. For, look
you, somebody wired down here
Monday to look out for Mr.. Err
nest Branch and bis bride, and
there was the greatest to do, 10
be sure. Until late Monday
night they did about considera
BILE at Mr.. Branch's home making
ready to receive the bride and
groom, and they were on the jot
betimes Tuesday morning. And
then they met the train with ;
carriage. But Mr.. Ernest Branch
, got off the train solus. He came
home kinder every day like, JUS
dry so, with no more bride thai
han't.
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-Messrs. Mcintyre, Law
renee and Proctor have put a
brand new carpet down on their
Office floor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander T.
Mclean will entertain tomorrow
ev ming NJ their home on Eigth
street in honor Of their guests,
Misses PATTI faces and Katie
Mclean, Of Laurinburg.
The Robson County Medi-
cal Socic.y met in Maxton yes
terday and quite a mum Der of
physicians we're present. DR..
W. A. McPaul was the only
physician who attended the meet
ing from Lumbcrton.
-Robcson Superior Court for
the trial of civil cases will con-
vcne one week from next Mon.
day, the 18th, Judge B. f. Long,
of Statesville, will preside. The
court calendar will De published
in Mondays Robesonian.
AT the regular monthly
meeting of the board of educa-
ton, held in the office of Supt. j.
r. Poole Monday, petitions for
special school tax elections for
Rowland and Howellsville, dis
trict No. Unknown as Ten Mile
school-were approved. These
elections are to be held on June
oh. This was the only bust
ness transacted at this meeting
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the Worlds Best Climate

Is not entirely free from disease.
on the high elevations fevers pre-
vail, white on the lower levels ma
laria ie encountered to greater OF
:PsS extent, according to altitude.
To overcome climate affections.
lassitudo, malaria, jaundice bill
tuusn' S., fever and ague. and gen
cial debility, the most effective
remedy is Electric bitters, the
great Alternative and blood purifier
The antidots for every form OF bod
i.y weakness. nervousness, and in
spml'ia. Sold under guarantee at
all drug stores. Price SOC.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-05-07
FACTS FER SICK VIC MEN.

For thirty years Lydia +. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands OF
womcnwho have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, tlatulency, indlges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostratlon.
Why don't you try it?
Don't hesitate to write to MRS.
Pinkham if there is anything
about your sickness you do not
understand. She will treat your
letterincOnfidenc and advise you
free. No woman ever regretted
writing her, and because of her
vast experience she has helped
thousands. Address, Lynn, Mass
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Quick Money Maker.

Fer SaEe-Two ten-br:c!5 cement ma
chimes and two cement mixing ma
chimes, complete with pallets f-r 5000
brick Price to quick uyer, thee hun
dred dollars, $500 These machines
will clear for hustli,ig man from fI2 90
to $1,000 per dav. Inquire new court
house building, Lu'nberto1l, n. &. 5-7-3t
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-05-07

After suffering for seven years,
this woman was restored to health
by Lydia H. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Read her letter.
Mrs. Sallip French, of Paucaula,
Ind. Ter, writes to Mrs. Plnkham:
Il had female troubles for seven
wears wa. aii Rundown, and so ner-
vous l could not do anything. The
doctors treated me for di fferent troubles
but did ne no good. While i'll this CON
dition wrote to Airs. Pinkham for ad-
vice and took Lydia Il. Pinkham's Nege-
table Compound, and l arm now strong
and WE'LL
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Adjntant.
Prohibition Rallies.


The following appointments
have been made for prohibition
rallies:
Mr. S. Mcintyre GAINESVILLE
2nd Sunday, May 10th, and
White Pond, 3D. Sunday, 18th.
Mr., E. J, Britt-White Oak I'd
Sunday, II a. IN Hog Swamp
End Sunday, / p. u.
Rev. p. 6. Britt Zjon's TAB
ernacle I'd Sunday.
At a prohibition and education
al rally to be held at Oakdale
Saturday Messrs. S. Mcintyre,
Geo. B. Mcleod, r. E. Sentelle
and j. r. Poole will speak.
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school--were approved. these
elections are to be held on June
6th. This was the only bust
ness transacted at this meeting
meetings. OF TOWN COUNCIL.
Town Officers Qualify-LasI Meet
ing OF Old Board and first Meet
ing of NeVv-AIeeiIDg TO be Held
Tomorrow Might.
The retiring mayor and board
of town commissioners held their
last meeting yesterday morning.
Mr.. G. B. Skipper, town clerk
and treasurer, presented his
quarterly and annual accounts,
which we're received ard ordered
turned over to the town board Of
audit and finance. Mr.. Skipper
was allowed 500 additional salary
for the year ending May /, it APP
pearing to the board thai his SER
vices during the past year were
worth 800. DR.. n. A. ThOmp-
son, superintendent of health,
made his report, which was &C,
cepted, and he was allowed $50
for his services to date.
1t was ordered that so much of
the money now in hand belong
ing to the bond issue account as
is not necessary to pay the inter-
est on bonds falling due before
the next tax list goes into the
hands of the collector be paid
over to the com missioner of the
sinking fund.
The newly-elected mayor, John
A. Rowland, and beard of com
missioners met in the mayors
office yesterday afternoon at 3
o'clock and qualified by taking
the oath of office before Justice
]. H. Mcneil. Mayor Rowland
appointed the following com nit
tees: Street, G. G French and
M, w. Floyd; electric light, e. B.
Freeman and J. D. Mcmillan;
water, J. H. Wishart and L. H.
Caldwell.
Mr.. f J. Mcclure was re- elect
ed superintendent Of the electric
light and water plant for one year
at a salary of 800 per month
A meeting will be held tomOr-
row night, when the other town
employees will be elected. A. B.
Fisher has made application for
the position of night policeman
Attention, Comrades.
Headquarters Camp Hope,
Lumberton. N. c., May I, 1908.
Comrades:
You are hereby direct.
ed to meet at the Opera House in
Lumberton at 10 30 a. M, May
18th, to elect officers and partici
pate in the exercises of Memoir
al Day. Robson Chapter, u. D
G. will bestow % Crosses o
Honor to veterans who have APP
piled for them, and will have al
address and other appropriate
exercises, including lunch fol
the veterans, Mem bers ofCam1
Hoke are urged to meet prompt
ly at the hour designated. Vet
Grams who are not mem bers @
the Camp are invited to join.
BY order Of
j. A. MCALLISTER
Captain Commando
J. s. Thompson,
Adjntant.
Prohibition Rallies.
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All women sing the praises of Crump's
smoothing iron heater.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-05-07

Mrs. Mi. Mcleod says every family
hcu.d have a smoothing iron hea .er.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-05-07

Mirs J. /. l'revatt says the smoothing
ron heater IS the very thing.
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RED SPRINGS NEWS.

w. X. 3.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-13
TWINS ROAST TO DEATH
IN BLAZE AT OAKLAND
Bodies Discovered Close to Range In
Kitchen, Where They Are
Thought to Have Been
Playing

By Associated Press.
OAKLAND, May 1.-two twin chill
dren under years of age were burned
to death in a fire which destroyed their
home at Howe and Mather streets,
shortly after o'clock this morning.
Ruth and Elsie, the two elder children.
had gone to the Piedmont school, and
the twins were supposed to be asleep
in the bedroom. Mrs. Nunemacher was
watering the grass plot in front of the
cottage, while the father, who is the
gardener of the city hall park, was
away at his work. Suddenly neighbors
called to the mother that smoke was
coming out of the windows. Turning,
she realized the danger of her children
and ran screaming toward the house
The shock proved too much for her
nerves, and just as she started in the
door she sank unconscious on the steps.
Before she could be dragged to a place
of safety her hair had been burned off
and one of her cheeks badly singed.
The bodies were found side by side
within two feet of each other. They
were taken out near the cooking range
in the kitchen, thus supporting the
theory that they had crept from bed
and started the fire by playing with the
stove.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-13
REST RANCH FOR
HORSES IS PLAN
S. p. C. A. WOULD PURCHASE
FARM FOR ANIMALS
DURABLE BEASTS TO BE TAKEN
AS PATIENTS
Great Work Was Done BY Organ
ization During Last Year, Ae-
cording to Annual
Reports

The purchase and improvement of a
good sized "rest ranch" or recuperating
pasture for old, brokendown and dis
eased horses, whose ailments are con-
sidered durable, was urgently adVo-
Gated at the annual meeting of the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals held in Chickering hall, SS2
South Broadway, yesterday afternoon
1t is among the many needs winch
the members of the society who at
tended the meeting in large body
yesterday hope to fill before the pres
ent year is over.
Among other steps advocated in the
interest of the soeiety's finances ana
general development is that looking
TO the purchase of an option on the
present animal home near Alameda
street on Seventh, the society later to
raise the money and buy 1t outright
as a much needed animal hospital.
ideally located, and as an investment
promising to multiply many fold and
yield the organization a goodly profit.
The annual report submitted yester-
day revealed that the Los Angeles So
ciety is making gratifying progress in
the protection of animals, and the
statement was made by directors of the
organization that under Officer Zim-
joyed the most successful year in its
history and has accomplished two i'm
portant things which distinguish 1T
from other similar organizations and
which, in the opinion of many present,
gives to Los Angeles an S. p. c. A.
much in advance of those in other
cities.
To Buy Home for Animals
The report brought out much enthu-
siasm, and the plan to purchase the
present animal home, which property
it is confidently stated would in ten
years be worth 100000, was enthusi-
astically received.
Officer thinner, Judge Tyrrell and
others pointed to the fact that in the
last year the society has instituted the
animal home, begun the great work
of putting in drinking fountains for
teams and bought fine ambulance for
sick or injured horses The animal
lives which have been saved by this
ambulance were enumerated and many
examples were cited of the promptness
with which injured or diseased animals
had been taken to a veterinary and
their death averted by such action.
Several stirring addresses were made
urging greater interest In the work,
commencing officer thinner for his
success in tiding the society over
financial stringency and reviewing the
achievements of the year.
In the annual report it was cited
that from May, 1907. to May, 1908, 1860
cases of cruelty had been reported.
2452 investigated, 1904 examined, 124S
relieved, S27 destroyed (of which 3SS
were horses 81 mules, 1902 dogs and
$50 CATS $50 horses and 40 mules sus-
pended from labor, 327 arrests made.
265 convictions secured and $4S34 in
fines paid in.
At the conclusion of the meeting new
directors for the ensuing year were
elected as follows w. j. Nariel, w. H.
Chamberlain j. w. Wilmington, NJ. L.
Godfrey l. w. Gardner and e. F. C.
Klokke.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-13
TALKS OF
MACHINE POLITICS
TELLS or SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S
GREED
Col Thomas E. Parish Addresses
Members of Democratic League at
Regular Weekly Dinner
and Meeting

Colonel Thomas E. Parish, veteran
politician and pioneer of California
at one time state senator from San
Francisco, made a humorous and I'M
pressive speech on Southern Pacific
politics at the weekly meeting and
dinner of the Democratic league at
the Westminster hotel yesterday. he
smoke in the absence of Judge McNutt,
who was called away.
Colonel Parish is a humorous talker'
and told several good anecdotes Illus
trative of the Southern Pacific greed,
He mentioned an epitaph, placed on
the grave of money lender, which
he said would fit the Southern Paclhc.
The epitaph he quoted read;
Here lies the dust Of old man Dent,
The more he got the more he lent
The more he lent the more he craved-
Great Scott can such a soul be saved?
He urged the necessity of laws
against the Capitalization of wealth,
and spoke of the disposition of GER
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-13

tain men who, while they oppose these
laws, take advantage of them
Tom Johnson of Cleveland" he said,
was once roasting the law fixing the
tariffs on iron and steel, and was asked
by a friend if he was not interested
in the iron and steel industry, and if
the tariff rates did not benefit him.
Johnson replied, Yes; but while L
am mean enough to take advantage
of vicious laws, l am not mean enough
to enact Them
In closing his brief address, Colonel
Parish spoke of the corruption of
many lawmakers, and said
Il have it on good authority that
every time the man in the moon passes
over the city of Washington, d. c.,
he has to hold his nose"
Preceding he address of Colonel
Parish there las a discussion regard
ing the status of some members whose
loyalty to league principles was ques-
toned, but no definite action was
taken.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-13
JEALOUS RIVAL STABS
GIRLS CHOSEN SWEETHEART

While Antonio Monies, with no
thought of danger, was leading his
dark-eyed partner through the intricate
steps of a Spanish dance at Sherman
last night, an unidentified assailant
crept upon him and stabbed him in the
shoulder
He ran from the dancing hall to his
lodgings and remained there all night.
When he was taken to the receiving
hospital yesterday morning it was
found he had a cash three inches long
and four inches deep just beneath MS
left shoulder.
Monies says his brother, who was at
the dance, saw the assault and knows
the name of the man who tried to kill
him. 1t appears to be a case or Jeal-
ousy. He will probably recover.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-13
BRUTAL ASSAULTS MADE
ON INOFFENSlVE MERCHANTS
Dealers in Second Hand Goods Vc-
tins of Thugs, Who Use Gas
Pipe and Black
Jack
BY Associated Press.

( PORTLAND, Ore, May 12.--Murder-
Gus assaults on inoffensive proprietors
of two secondhand stores in the north
end district have been perpetrated dur
ing the past twenty hours. II. Neu~
man, who conducts a secondhand cloth
ing and furnishing goods store at Sec
ond and Couch streets, was attacked in
his establishment just before noon and
so horribly beaten with gas pipe that
his life is despaired Of
The surgeons are unable to state
whether he will survive his injuries
Max Herman, proprietor of junk store
at 267 Couch street, was the first vic
tim of the thug or thugs, having been
terribly beaten last night. Hermann,
although in a critical condition from
blows rained on his head with a black,
jack. has an excellent chance of re-
cOVery
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-13
LOCAL NURSES ASSOCIATION
WILL ENTERTAIN VISITORS

The recent annual convention of the
Associated Alumnae of the United
States at San Francisco was attended
by 1900 trained nurses from all parts
of the United States.
OF this number about 1000 will visit
Los Angeles. Plans are being made by
the Los Angeles county association of
nurses to entertain these visitors by a
reception to be given tonight, from 8
to 10 o'clock, at the chamber of COM
merce.