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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-07-27
Administrators Notice,

Having qualified as Administrator of
the estate of A. L. Shaw, deceased,
late of Robson county, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said de,
ceased to exhibit them to the undersign-
ed at Lumber Bridge, N. c., on or be,
fore the 25th day of June, 1909, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their re.
covery. All persons indebted to sale
estate will please make immediate pay
ment.
This 10Th day of June, 1908.
]. L. SHAW,
Administrator of A. L. Shaw, decd.
D. P. Shaw, Attorney.
6-22- 6mon
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LIST OF LETTERS.

Remaining in the Lumberton,
N. c., postoffice, July 9th, 1903.
If not called for in one week, will
be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
Washington, D. c. Parties call
ing will please say advertised.
Mrs B J Blackburn, Sandy AL
len, Miss Mary Addison, Frank
Clark, J D Glover, Ira Humph,
rey, Mrs Florence Lee, w D Nc
Lean, Eugene Nye, June Mellow
ell, M Thompson, Ransome Ward.
r. M. NoRMENT, P. NJ.
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Wade Mecum Hotel Burned.

winston-Salem Dispatch, oath.
The hotel at Wade Mecum
Springs, a popular Summer re-
sort in Stokes county, was struck
by lightning and destroyed at 8
O'Clock this morning. All of the
guests had narrow escapes.
Many of them lost practically all
of their clothing and other valu-
ables. The loss is placed at $780,
600 with very little if any in
surance. The principal stock
holder in the property is Mrs.
Sparks, of Ohio, widow of J. H.
Sparks, a well-known Snowman
who died at Wade Mecu m Springs
four years ago, as the result o.
bloodpoison whichdeveloped from
a bite on the arm by a younS
lion. DIR. H. P. Mcknight, O
Southern Pines, was managing
the hotel and springs this sea
son.
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Pineules for the kidneys. 80
days trial 81 90 Guaranteed. Act
directly on the kidneys and bring
relief in the first dose for back
ache, rheumatic pains, kidney
and bladder trouble. Invigorate
the entire system. Sold by J. D.
Nc MILAN & Son.
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I am sure, however, that he ex-
presses his own opinion when he
intimates that they are not the
choice of a majority of the voters
of this township, who will give
the n cordial support.
l. T. BROWN,
Red Springs, N. C. July, "a, '08
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BUSINESS BUILDERS

Try an ad in this column. Whether it
is house to rent, something yor nave
for sale, or something YOU want TO buy,
The RObeSonlaR Want Column
will bring the results
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For Rent-About 80 acres land, &C
minutes from Lumberton. Good house,
White man preferred. Apply to Box
1893, Lumberton, N. c.. 7-23-2t
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Lot for Sale One desirable lot in Lin
del for sale at reasonable price. APP.
ply to H. E. Carter, Lumberton, N
G. 6-18-tf
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For SaIe-One fine Jersey heifer calf,
about four months old. N. A. Nc,
Lean. 7-079+
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THE NORTH CAROLINA
College Of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts

Practical education in Agriculture;
in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical
Engineering, in Cotton Manufacturing,
Dyeing and Industrial Chemistry. TUT
ton $45 year; Board $40 month. 12C
Scholarships. Examinations for admis-
sion at the College on September End.
Address
THE PRESIDENT,
Gil West Raleigh, N. c.
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MaterIaI--Can furnish on
short notice, brick, laths, sand, floor
ing and ceiling. Selling agent for Bla-
denboro Planning Mill Co. See me be.
fore you buy your ceiling and flooring
Low prices. Geo. G. French, Lum
berton, N. C. 7-9-1m
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Wanied-Second hand bags and bur-
lap; any kind, any quantity, anywhere;
we pay freight. Richmond Bag Co.,
Richmond, Va. 7-I3
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Notice.

l forb bid anyone of hiring, feeding or
harborlng my son, Durant Locklear,
who is under age and left home July
Sd, 1908. LEMON LOCKLEAR.
7-6-1m*
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Dressmaktng-Miss M. V. ostello,
of Charleston, S c., wants family sew
ing. Prices and work guaranteed. Ap-
ply at c. B. R ednond's residence, old
Freemal home. 5-IA
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For Sale Cheap-One gin outfit COM
plete, with engine and boiler. Apply to
J. E. Singleton, Shannon, N. c 5-7tf
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Wanted-Room alone, accessible tc
bath, or board and room. Apply Rob
esonian office.
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Naturalization Steam Laundry
wants your patronage. Work guar
anteed. w. H. Stalvey, Agent, Lum-
berton, N. C.. 7-6-tf
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w. b. SHOOTER,
Contractor and Builder,
is Years Experience.

Have built over a hundred houses in
Lumberton. Never turned off job un
satisfactory.
1 keep Brick, Shingles and all Building
Material for sale all the time, at lowest
market prices.
See me before you build-I defy com
petition. always use every effort to
ease my customers. 3-2-6-2*
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Erterad ~ second-class matter at the Postofiice
at i.umberton N. c., under the Act of Congress OF
March 3rd, 1897.
MONDAY, JULY 27, 1908.
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In ordering the address of his paper changed ga
sui scrib should give tho address 10 WHICH II ''
been goi e, and the new address mi, nj
With the large circulation that it hiss The ROD
esnnian Is a frst-class advertising medium Rates
will be furnished promptly to prospective auNei
The paper wants to be fair to correspondents
and will yiye them as much latitude as 1t thinks
nmblc noiicv will permit. We are not responsible
Tor The views Of any correspondent. We require
that a writer ign his name to communication
II acking some one else or an institution In pup
Tia ing articles where the name of the writer Is
70 require t. be published, we reserve the right
for good reasons. TO give the name when asked for
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charges which were preferred.
They believe also that Geo. Nc
Leod has paid to the county all
the moneys which he was justly
due and has proper receipts
therefor for if he had not
something would have pounc-
ed on him quicker'n a duck
on a June bug and collected
it from him or his bondsmen.
They believe that the only money
which the county has lost on Geo
Mcleod was about fifteen hun
dred dollars expended in tryine
to convict him of charges O.
which he was not guilty as ap
pears from the joint report O
the committee of the board O.
4 commissioners and a majorit,
: of the board of audit and finance
K They know that technical viola
3 tons of law which work n
e injury, whether in public 0
J. private life, do not disqualify
| citizen for office.
/ Ben Lacy, State Treasurer
: says that Geo. Mcleod was on
l. of the best sheriffs in the state
: our people say that he was on
). of the best sheriffs the county hs
[. ever had; we believe he wi
n make as good a Senator as tn
IS county can ask and Red Sprins
Of township will do it's part in gil
m ing him the nomination.
lg In all sincerity think Mr.. M
of Eachern has done these gent
lg men grave injustice when
a. expresses the opinion that thu
are unfit for these positions al
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-02-06
CUPID RESTS
IN JANUARY
ONLY TWENTY-THREE LICENSES
TO WED ISSUED BY CLERK
IN MONTH.

County Clerk Phillips issued skid
do" number of marriages licenses dur
ing January THE first month in the
year" said the clerk, lis usually not
the most favorable time for the mus
ings OF cupid and in most instances
the least number of licenses to wed OF
any of the twelve is January's record"
Following is the complete list of the
parties granted marriage licences for
the month
David Hitler to Mrs. Rosetta Hitler
t. c. Musgrove to Miss Anna c..
Beaumaster.
William j. button to Miss Mabel E.
Raison.
Don NJ. Hadley to Miss, Louise
Abegg.
Fay Christie to Miss Martha Hart
Robert Cochrell to Miss Pearl La
Bell Eighmy.
Joseph A. Lutz to Miss Helen G..
O'Neill
Harvey Grooms to Miss Navy N.
Small.
Charles w. Morrow to Miss Celia
Frost.
John Grower Findlay to Miss Edna
2. Burnett.
George S. Santee to Miss Margaret
Lewis
A. F, Golden to Miss 2. H. Spilman.
Julius Fecht to Miss Flora B. Drake.
Earl Wagers to Miss Ef1ie Harding.
Samuel Johnson to Miss Louise
Hokanson.
Walter K Henry to Miss Genie B.
Dwyer
T. Frank Rice to Miss Ida M. Van
Gent.
Henry H. West to Miss Edna D.
Stuber
Chester E. Harrison to Miss Martha
Bcgardus.
John Turner to Miss Louise McCor.
mick,
John Warning to Miss Nancy j.
Thomas.
Walter E. Gardner to Miss Nancy c.
| Arnold.
Henry Ritcnie to Cora j. Lawson.
Licenses issued late Saturday and
Monday are:
Garfield Higdon to Miss Julia Don
ley
s. A. Thompson to Miss Emma F
Mick.
Oliver Collett to Miss Verla Brough
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one Of these COWS was a loser. even
without record, but the exact amount
of the loss could not nave been deter
mined otherwise. The smaller the
losses or profits are the more difficult
it is to determine them without indivi-
dual records
The chief objection urged against
securing individual RECORDS OF dairy
cows is that of time and expense in
! yolved. AS a matter of fact, these
are small factors compared with the
benefits derived. The necessary equip
ment consists of record sheets, spring
balance and Babcock test machine.
Record sheets can be ruled off on
plain white paper, providing spaces for
the weights Of the two milkings of
each COW every day for the week, or
| longer, as desired. The spring bal
ances can be secured at cost of So
so, and can be suspended from a
bracket attached to the wall of the
stable in some convenient location.
BY using the same pals continually,
| the balance can be adjusted so as to
Offset the weight of the pail, thus
avoiding the necessity Of deducting it's
I second or two to weigh and record
the weight of each milking Some
| cows may produce large quantities OF
| milk and yet be Improbable because
! OF the low fat contents of the milk.
| The butter fat can be determined by
means of composite samples of milk
| tested with Babcock machine, which
can be secured at a cost of from So
! TO 49, per S-bottle- machine Composite
samples of milk are secured by taking
a small amount, about onehalf ounce
from each milking, and placing the
same in a pint milk bottle containing
a preservative tablet to prevent the
milk from Guiding; bottle is needed
for each COW. Once week these sam
pies can be tested and the average per
cent of fat determined for the week.
1t is not a difficult matter to make a
record OF the food consumed by each
COW, providing the feed is weighed
about twice a month to get the aver.
ages of what the COW is consuming for
short periods.
There are some very decided bene-
fits to be derived from such system
Of records: "a the improbable COWS
can be detected and disposed of; GU
the offspring OF the best cows, only
can be selected for future use in the
herd; CD is a sudden falling off in pro
duction comes it is at once detected
and the cause may be determined ant
removed; ca when the owner knows
exactly what his herd has done one
year there is a stimulus to do even
better the next year. r. S. SHAW.
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EDDYViLLE.

Eddyville.-A party was successfully
carried out on Miss Ruth Morris Sat
urday night at her home on North
Second street. The surprise was given
by Mrs. Morris and Miss Emma Nor
ris About eighteen were present and
Miss Morris received many beautiful
presents. About 1920 a supper con-
sisting Of peaches. bananas and cake
was served The affair was in honor
of Miss Morris nineteenth birthday
anniversary. The evening was spent
in music and games. The guests left
about 11:30.
Mrs Della Harris of Eveland has
been visiting with her mother Mrs
Thomas Kali, for the past week.
Miss Rosa O'Conner. who Is attend
ing the Commercial college in Ottum-
wa, spent Sunday with her parents
Mr. and Mrs. M. O'Conner. She was
accompanied here by her little cousin
Miss Marie Meanie, who returned tc
Ottumwa Monday morning.
NJ J. Barns departed this week fol
Montez, Colorado, where he will re,
main indefinitely with his sons, who
have taken a claim near that place
Mrs. Jeese Swan was called to OF.
tumwa last week, owing to the serious
illness Of her mother, Mrs. Lhost She
returned home Friday evening and re.
ports her mother as not improved.
Miss Sarah Price and John Price
in company with their cousin, Miss
Pearl Williams. were over Sunday Wis.
itors at the home of the formers sis.
ter Mrs. Harry Bennett, returning t.
their home in Ottumwa Sunday even.
ing
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FLETCHER CASE
IS WOUND Up
MRS. FLETCHER is AMPLY PRO
VIDED FOR AT A RECENT
AGREEMENT.

From Tuesdays Daily.
At last the Harrison H. Fletcher
divorce matter has had it's final inning
in the district court. Today Judge
Roberts entered a decree upholding
the former divorce granted Fletcher
and Diminishing the entire proceeding
as regards the petition of intervention
of l. S. Pepper of Muscatine and G..
w. Whitnlore Of Ottumwa and Attor.
ney Rankin for Mrs. Fletcher. The
settlement is satisfactory to all par
ties interested and approved by the
court
Mrs Fletcher, it is understood, has
been amply provided for, at least the
court thinks so, and so does Mrs.
Fletcher, who is given a house and
two lots on the south side for the
children, and it is said that other
monetary considerations entered into
the settlement.
Answers to the petition of interven
ors was filed for Harrison H. Fletcher
by Smith & Lewis. his attorneys. The
instrument stipulates that the court
didn't have jurisdiction and that as
this is the first answer of the de
| PENDANT and as he has not had a day
| Ill COul Vic case W do 1ohCu W CoAue
for hearing in the next term of the
district court.
AS the parties got together or
January 80, as shown in the decres
and arrived at settlement salts
factory to all, the entire matter has
now been taken out of court.
Schaffer Insane.
John Schaffer, formerly of Soutl
Benton street, was examined by tht
commissioners of lunacy and adjudget
insane. He was taken to the hospita
for the insane at Mt. Pleasant thi
morning by Deputy Sheriff M. F
Garvin.
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ASK $4,000
FOR FEDERAL
COURT HOUSE
PLAN is TO RENT TEMPORARY
QUARTERS SHOULD BILL PASS
STRUCTURE.

Ottumwa is. in fair way to realize
its hopes of magnificent federal
courts ana postoff1ce building to be
erected on the government lot where
now stands the postoffice building.
Through the efforts of local repub-
,licans, Senator Allison has introduced
into congress a bill providing for an
appropriation of $4,000 for the cree
ton of the structure. which it is plan
ned will be of the latest of modern
style federal buildings, built of stone
and three stories high. This will &C.
commodate the postoffice, Office rooms.
of the United States marshal and
other court attaches and postoffice in
spectors and others who will be har-
bored there.
Tear Down Old Building.
1t is planned to rent quarters else
where for the postoffice and to dis
mantle the present federal building.
Definite plans of the structure have
not been made but it is proposed to
erect the building as near as possible
to the center of the government pro-
perty. 1t is not known just when this
work would commence should the bill
of Senator Allison become law which
it is reasonable to believe will, at this
session of congress.
Local Men Active.
Local republicans have been active
ever since the former appropriation
of $4,000 was secured for an in
crease in the amount. 1t was argued
| that a federal courts and postoffic e
building should be erected that would
be suitable for the purpose for years
to come and now just as the new
| federal court has been located here
and as the present postoffice is almost
| inadequate for present needs, it would
! be good plan to house the two gov
eminent departments under one roof
therefore an appropriation of
about quarter of million dollars
would be a fit amount to put into q
structure.
Federal Court Committee.
A committee appointed several
months ago to look after the matter
has as its chairman Major Samue
Mahon. The other members are Franz
w. Simmons, Marshal Frank Clark
Postmaster Fred Wilson. w. A. McIn
tire, S. H Harper, E. G. Moon, w. H
H. Asbury. j. G. Hutchinson.
A great deal of the committee WORK
was done by Mr.. Simmons and Franz
Clark. Conferences have been het
with Senator Allison, who heartily
agreed that Ottumwa should have {
/ quarter of million dollar building fol
federal purposes.
The error in the amount of the ap
preparation bill as published yester
day was due to the telegraph compan!
in not stating the correct amount. Be
lieving that the sum was in excess o
200 a verifcation of the message
was asked for but the correction came
too late for yesterdays paper.
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LONG FIGHT ENDS
Case of Doolittle Against J. c. Muir.
ray and Others Settled Out
of Court

The case of H. M. Doolittle against
J. c. Murray & Co., and others, in
which a drug stock at Murray and a
farm was involved in a trade and
which has been in the courts for five
years and reversed once by the SUI
preme court Of Iowa, has been settled
among the litigants and all Is satisfac-
tory except the costs in the case
amounting tosseveral hundred dollars.
A motion was taken under advise.
ment by Judge Roberts yesterday to
apportion the costs. Attorney Chester
Whitmore asked that two-thirds Of the
costs be taxed up against j. G. Muir.
ray, ct al, and that one third with a
few little exceptions, be charged up to
third party, Magner and others, who
entered the case to protect their
rights in former trial and who later
withdrew Attorney Tisdale for the
defendants said that the two-thirds
agreed upon by the counsel was all
right but the other one-third must be
fought out by Doolittle and Magnel
and others.
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From the standpoint of the dairy
man the dairy COW, or the producer, is
one of the most important factors in
the business. Though there are mil
lions of dairy COWS in this country, so
few exact accounts are kept with each
individual that little is actually known
regarding the profits or losses being
derived from them. Manufacturers Of
merchants are so exact in their ac-
counting that they can determine, at
any time, the profits or losses of their
business as a whole, or any part Of it
even to a fraction of cent Success
in business demands that a losing
proposition be either dropped at once,
Or reorganized Oh a paying basis. The
same is not true of the dairymen. Some
know in a general way, at the end of
each year, whether the herd has made
profit or loss, and approximately
the amount of the same, but the in
stances are extremely rare in which
records of the individual animals in
the herd are secured.
Individual records of the animals in
dairy herd are very essential Some
individuals may be paying a handsome
profit and others actually losing money
for the owners. exact determinations
as to which ones these are cannot be
made by casual observance 1t is ne
cessary to know, in pounds, how much
milk COW produces during each pc
riod of lactation, and the amount of
butter fat contained therein. 1t is
also essential to know how much food
she consumes and the cost of the
same. These needs are nicely illus
trated by the records of two grade
dairy cows in the Michigan agricul
tural college dairy herd, reported in
bulletin 23S. These two COWS were
almost Identical, as regards general
form, differing only Slightly in color
markings. Both had just been pur
chased before the beginning of the
years test, and, as, a result tner past
records were not available
The profitable COW, number l, in Il
months produced 1907 pounds of milk
making 1873 pounds of butter; the total
value of this cows products, figuring
butter at 20 cents per pound, and
skim milk at 20 cents per hundred
weight, was $9S.Sl. AS the total cost
of the food consumed by this COW dur
Ing the year was 1882, there was left
q net profit over cost of feed mot in
Guiding labor amounting to 6029 The
improbable COW, number 2, almost 6
perfect mate to number /, regarding
size, form, quality, etc, only produced
1905 pounds of milk, making As
pounds Of butter; the value of her pro
ducts was $11.59. AS food consumed
by No. 2 during the year cost S21.4
her account shows a net loss of S9.SS
OF course this COW is somewhat ex
IRENE one and if the facts could have
been known some unusual circum
stances In the history of No woul,
account for her low production, but al
such information is generally conceal
ed at the time of sale, the purchase
had no protection. In this extrem
case no one could help but see tina
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new MINIMUM
TARIFF Rate
INTERSTATE SCHEDULE HAS
BEEN RECEIVED BY LOCAL
ROADS, EFFECTIVE NOW.

The local freight officers are in re-
ceipt of a new tariff regulation gov
erning the minimum charge for inter-
state traffic The ruling became effect
i've February l and is an important
change in the former rate. 1t is inter-
state in its effect and covers several
commodities. The instructions as
given the local freight houses is as fol-
lows:
Interstate traffic-Tne minimum
charge on single shipments of one
class, classified as first-class or lower,
shall be for 100 pounds. At class
Or commodity rate to which the ar
ticles belongs; but is classified higher
than frst-class, the minimum charge
shall be for 100 pounds at first-class
rate, except on shipments Of powder,
the minimum charge will for 100
pounds.
If the shipment contains articles in
| two or more classes, none of which Is
| higher than f1rst-class, the minimum
charge will be for 100 pounds Of the
article taking the highest rate; but il
any of the articles is classified higher
than first-class, the minimum charge
will be for 100 pounds at the first
class rate classification.
In no case will the charge on a
single shipment be less than $3.50
twenty-five cents
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Omaha Postmaster Named.

Washington, Feb. 4-The President
today nominated Benjamin F. Thomas
as postmaster of Omaha, Neb
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FAIRFIELD.

Fairfield.-Th Young grocery on
the north side until recently owned by
Liehtfoot & Son. has been sold again,
this time to Mark Doughty
At O'Clock this afternoon was held
the funeral of A. l.. Chatterton. who
died Sunday afternoon at the county
farm after long illness with tuber-
culosis. The members Of Clinton
Lodge. No. Is, A f. and All M took
charge Of the body.
U. G. Faulkner. formerly of this
cftv, died Saturday night at his home
near Perry. Okla. after a long illness
Mr.. Faulkner lived near Fairfield fol
over forty vears and has two children
living here, Mrs. J. P. Cooper and
Charles E. Faulkner. The funeral will
be held in Perry.
After a months idleness caused by
the work of invoicing the Turney
wagon factory resumed work Monday
..,.-