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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-02-10
IMPORTANT MEETINGS.


Meetlnwsaa ROkeSSnThIs Weak:
Presidens W. r Barker Of the
Robson Cotton Growers Acssos
citation, is issuing the following
announcement today. y. ~ ,~
. Cotton growers business and
professional men, come cut and
hear Diseased the most -impor
tant issues confronting the South
today. Cd. Smith, national or
sanizef, and C. G. Moore, State
president, OF. the Cotton Associa
ton, have agreed to be with as at
the following times and places. =
Marietta, Thursday. y, noon:
Maxton, Thursday night.
Red Springs, Friday, II =. m
Rowland, Friday night. r.
Lumberton, Saturday, II a. NJ
Fellow citizens,this is your OPP
portunity to bear prcbsbls3 sh'
most forcible speader I'm TN
ranks OF our 4 8 olrglanliigatioirn, Max ll
ANY sacrifice necessary a.. come lSS7
and brfnd the ladies with yen.
T. WP. Barker -,
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3 A store house at GAINESVILLE
10 offered for sale or rent.
x: Der Wing, the Chinaman, is
ready to do your laundering.
= One hundred acres of land near
Barker's high school for sale.
willis Kinlaw has qualified as
administrator OF the estate Of d.
L; Kinlaw.
J. A. McAllister has qualified
Az executor Of the estate Of Win
gate n. Edmund.
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No need to fear coughs snd colds
this year as you can obtain Bees
Laxative Cough yIup now from
your dealera-. This is good news to
mothersswh fear croupand whop-
ping cough. 1t is n gentle Taxa
tive that expells the poison from
the system in the natural way
Cuts the phIegm and clears the
head. Guaranteed, Sold by J. D.
Magellan h S0A. Is
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-02-10

Builds up waste tissue, pre-
.inotes appetite, improves diRes-
len, induces refreshing sleep, civ.
ing renewed strength and health.
That's what HOLSTERS Reeky
Mountain Tea will do. 35e, Tea %
Tablets. J.sD: McMiifan Il edn.
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LIST OF LETTERS.

Remaining in the Lum berton,
n, c., postoffice. Feb. 10th, 1908.
If not called for in one week, viii
be sent to the Dead Letter Office,
Washington, D. c. Parties. call
ing will please say advertised.
Be Adams, Elijah Blackman,
Miss Cernia Baldwin, | " Her
ring, R DsDfy, 6 W Kea, Sam
|. Lowry, NJ J. Thompson, Miss
McNeill,M A@McEean, Miss Wiz
| ginia Melvin, Miss N ) Pest
Purdie. Prevatt, E NJ Patrick
Mack Reaves, Miss Fredonis
! Rowland, Haywood Thompson
Mrs F L Smith, F A Serbs
hChas Tarlton, Horace " rlson
I Miss Maggie Williams. ..,..,-s +.
f........, r. M, NORMBNT, p: ,M:r .
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Executors Notice.

Having qualified as Executor of the
last, will and testament of Wingate E.
Edmund, deceased late of Robson
county, this is to notify all persons hav-
ing claims agai st the estate of tn. kaid
deceased, to present them to the under
signed, properly authenticated, on or be-
fore the nth day of February, 1909, or
this notice will be plead in bar of their
recovery. All persons indebted to said
estate will please make immediate pay
Inent. -
This Febr AIRY Sth, 1923. ..
J. A. McALLISTER,
+: s.2sIGS6mon =. Executor.
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Administrators Notice.

Having qualified as Administrator up
OH the state of H l.. KIM w, deceased
this is to notify all pers ms having claims
against the said estate to pr. sent same to
me at my residence or to my attorney al
.Lumbe1ton, 0 or before the 9TH day OF
February, 1909, or this notice-~ill be pied
in bar I their recovery. All persons in,
.debted to the said estate will pl ase make
immediate payment to Ell her of the un.
dersigned. ~:
+: This 9TH day of February, 1898.
WILLS kINLAW, Administrator.
-.i-5>'-- w. H. kINLAw, Attorney.
2-Io-5mon
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For Sale or Rent.

Agood new store hou>e at Barnesville,
24x6o. we'll countered and sheived, con-
tanning about one acre Good garden and
barn and pump and enclosed Terms, one
half cash, balance on time. Apply to
]. c. MCKENZIE,
2'Io 4mon-2i* Lunberton, N. c.
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To stop that pain in The back
that Stiffness OF the joints and
muscles, take Pineutes. They are
Guaranteed. Don't suffer from
Theumatipln, backsche, kidney
trouble, when you get 30 days
treatment for 500. A single
dose at bedtime proves their merit,
Get them today. Sold BY J.D.Ne-
Milhn& @on.
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If you suffer with indigestion,
constipation, feel mean and CROSS,
no strength or appetite, your sys-
tenn is unhealthy. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea males the
system st4Ohg and healthy. S5c,
Teaor Tablets J. D Mcmillan &
Son.
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AFTER s. YEARS experience mil
lions Of u6srs Of f: & NIL PAINTS claim
First, it wars 10 to IS ysare-Seeond
1t epl, costs 81 "a Haifosi Third, 'its
the hi they have. ever. used Fourth.
sixtes1 thousand agents certify to these
facts. - ~ :Fz.l;.s ,s>..,. :
t&' L & N. Paint Agents. !.
, NcAIliSter Hardware co, LurltsttOn
N. e., AESHGs. 1<344w
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:jno. I, Biggs &Co.
Plant d Cent Cotton.

X 1 can furnish cotton seed that will yield
as much per acre as the short staple vari-
cites and will pull So in staple ginned
With saw gins and sells from 20 to 16c per
pound. Will instruct growers where to
End best market, etc. Price, i peck,.75c;
1z5hashel, $I.25; bushel, $a.oo, + o b. Try
it and be convinced. 1t made 400 pounds
seed cotton per acre Fastsseasofl. =
+-..=s JIM, BUTLER,
z-6-4t ST Pauls, N. c.
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WP.FB Barker
Pres. Rob. C,ot'n. Asso

Messsa: Rs.P DicksenT. ~
Parker, J. ". Herdan: Jr and
j. G. Ellington, of Raleigh, were
among the guest'at the wasefIyl
Friday. 1922, i , -. .:
. Mr.. R. F. Roberts and daueh,
ter, Miss Pennie, OF. TolarsVille,
were in town Friday. Miss
Roberts was on her Vaylto Mar
ion, S. c., where she will spend
two, or three weeks, visiting
friends. 49, - - :
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BoBtParks, carrying conceal,

'C0ndary Harden, c0nbamptfOts
court;f approached and: talked
with three jurors and asked.
them to help him ont in his case
and get hip of out his trouble on
State. docket; fined s. and; costs
and to prison for ten days, !.
Jacob Watson, aiding escape;
not guilty.
Rill FLOYD. retRilipetasc counts;
continued. -
Asbury Carter and MalipdaR,
Fields, toEpicatioR and. I'd nltrys
mistrial and new triaIordsred.s%;a.
H. Hunt, burglary; plead guilty.
of forcible trespass; three NOR" ba
on roads and costa: ,4s.s. =.
Robt. Roper. larceny; guilty;
z months on roads, s...,...-, ....:..
Condary Harden, assault with
deadly weapon on wife; defend
ant in. jail for. another offence;
Judgment suspended on good be-
havior TO wife; rseScog IN sun
of 800 for appearance at next
criminal term and SHOW compli-
ance with ORDER. 80 :
The trial Of .Robt, Locklear, .
Croatan indian foE killing Clay.
ton Oxsndine. also q .Croatan,
WAS begun Saturday morning.
This. jury had been selected Fri
day morning and the bill was
changed from murder in the
first degree to the second de.
gree. The defendant was repre-
scented by MesBrs. Mclean 4
Mclean, Messrs. Mcintyre. Law
renee 4 Proctor assisting SoIici:
tor Sinclair. Itwas il evidence
that the defendant-ned the State
Immediately afser the killing but
after several months returned to
stand trial. The plea of self-1le-
fence was entered. The ease
was given. to the. jury at las
: Saturday night and about II sc
Sunday a verdict Of manslaugh:
|. ter was rendered. AT the time
Of going to press sentence had
not been passed. ....
: When court sc0aysned thiI
: morning Judge LonRtaaia*that i
, tits entirely satisfactory total
: the members OF the bar she9s aEil
. ask the GoveEnors to change khall
! June term Of court To- May il
AS theseaIendar; now stands on
: term Is to be held taS weak he
!, ginning May ls and another tn!
t. week beginning June. asa s@ssslti il
q practically certain that the laN
: yers will agree to the propose,
r change, 80 that a Two weeks tern
}. will be held beginning May Il.
s MIR. r. a. McNein. u, VII
II was granted license. By the 81
i preme Court Saturday, va
sworn in as a mem Der Of the ba
1t thig morning. ~ -
e Judge Long stated this I morn
l. ing that the court froomshad bee
: in a very filthy condition on *
a count Of the factthas ths'mensha
lebeen splitting on the stoves IN
y door, and be warnsdsRll who d
1t not want TO pay D. 2 fl y ~
q, also get . bowl Of Wa 'at.rr. and \ d, q
n s6ms cleaning to srefraia 3 fro'
ID splitting on, the aoor :, and !a.1 sto :'s
St He ordsred the sheriff 70 shrin
id any one Who Should @Pe: egs9drA
atthis o8ense befoee:shs court
'e Court may continue in sesgic
Vs the maiesr paEA+or atef this wee
ua a. Z - ~,
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" Mr.. J. Edgar Dupree has given
up his interest in The Whiteville
Echo, of which be was editor, and
has moved to Tarooro, where be
will publishs new afternoon dali
1v. "
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Beach Hargis, who killed. his
father, Judge James Hargis, at
jackson, Ky, Thursday, made a,
statement Friday in which he,
said that his father attempted to
assault him in the store before
the shooting. He expressed no
regret over the tragedy 9.g= s::- 3
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LOCAL BRIEFS.

MT hurry ii"h|Ii - "'lN
family have moved from Tolar>-
Vile TO Florida.
Mr.. A E. White returned
Friday from Mooresviiie, where
he purchased $1,000 stock Of
goods.
"A meeting of the Teachers
Association OF Robson county
will be held in Lum berton on
Saturday, the Goth.
There will he an important
NEE ing Of tn l. Q. o. F. Thurs
day evening. Nj members are
requested to be present.
An pmcnGm mt has been
granted 20 the rl a.ler Of the
Pembroke Piani ~ Mills Com.
pany, If P.mtrol'. increasing
the capital f,.'m $1,000 to $780,
600.
Miss Marry G. Mcneil en-,
tertained the graded school
teachers and Miss Eva Harrison
Saturday Afternoon from 4:30 to
6o'clock at her home on Main
street.
The De Koven Male Quar-.
tette is the attraction at the opera
house this evening, 1t comes
highly recommended and will
doubtless afford an evening Of
rare pleasure.
Master Robert Correll gave
a birthday party al his home on
Main street Saturday afternoon.
The main feature Of the occasion
was peanut hunt. The game
was to see who could find the
most peanuts. Master Clinton
Norment won the prize.
-The grlp-la grippe, as some
correspondents of The RobesoL
ian are fond of writing it-num
bers many among it's victims al
over the county Among those
who have been afflicted at Bar
nesVille are Rev. r. A Hedge
peth, Mr.. R r. Barnes, land apt
and Mrs. J. H Murray.
Mrs. Elizabeth. Davis, f Raj
Swamp, mother of Mr.. Gle:
Davis, narrowly escaped serious
injury from burning Thursday
While near fire her clothes
caught and her outer garment
were burned off, Tut fortunatel.
the flames we're ex tinguished be
fore her flesh was burned.
Among those who wer
granted license as attorneys Sat
urday by the Supreme Court ar
the following: Thomas A., Nc
Neil, Jr., son of eX,Judge T. A
Mcneil, and J. a bner Barker
son of Mr.. w. P. Barker, both c
Lum berton; and w. S. Britt, so
of Mr.. S e. tritt, of Huwellsvill
township.
Mr.. w. G, Durham, age
about 20 years. a Well-'o -do far
mer, died at his home. at Tia
Heel on the 4sh. The, decease
had been a victim Of what wa
supposed to be consumption fc
some 40 years, His wife So
wives. The remains were interr4
at Bethcar Pres6! terrain churcI
near the hone.
The Young Peoples Misssol
airy Society of the PresSyteriS
church gave a Feat of the SIEVE
Tables Friday evening from z to
o'clock in the corner store of ii
Colum bia hotel building. A d.
-. ferent course was served at eat
table. They also gave dim
Saturday from u to z o'cloc
Both occasions were well pGtro
lied. The amount of MON
raised was $62 80.
Prof. John Duckett, of r
eigh, superintendent OF Sta
Croatan nor NAL schools, spe
Saturday and yesterday in Lu
berton with his son-in law a
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. K.
Biggs. Prof. DuCkett visited
Croatan normal school at Pa
last week and was very mt
Rratified at the progress OF
school, which has been very mi
improved. Seventy five puE
have been enrolled since Chr
mas. On Thursday, the
:sProf. Duckett visited the sch
80 we're present, the largest
tendance he has ever found th
on his visits.
:; -
Notice Of New Advertisement
-. A ahora bouso at RarnpRV
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Rennert, N G., Feb. $685.

The North Carolina deleeat on
in the E ,use of Rrnresenta 45iy.
at Washington met TIL, rsday ard
elected W W Kl"chin memb, r
of. the congressional -caa'PaiE n
c mmittee 20 succeed hiln>. ]
There was a desire Oh I'll. pat q
a m*j'li'y Of the Moth Es:'r; :
ians to give Ills l:oi:or 10 A.,
Page, but when Mr. Kl'ehin MAGE
it known that be felL,that;it mia hit.
hlrt him in his cam paisn for. tie
Democratic nomination for Coy
ernor, talk of another man ceas-
ed. If Mr.. Kitchin holds on TO
the position he will serve year
after he is out of Congress, but
it is thought he will res ign. before
his term is out.
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THAGARD-McNAIR.

A Pretty Home Wedding at Rem
! Rert-Asss Della McNaIr Be.
comes the Bride Of EIr. Girden
sTha0ard.
B ported for The Ro.esonian.
/; A very pretty marriage was
solemnized at the country home
of Mrs. Elizabeth McNair. Thurs
!. day / Afternoon at four O'clock
when her daughter, Miss
Della McNair, became the bride
Of Mr.. sGirden r. Thagard. The
ceremony was performed by. Rev.
! b. j. Harrell, pastor of the
groom.
The parlor, was very tastefully
| decorated. the. color scheme be;
ing white, pink and blue, while
in the middle of the room was
an arch of bank boo. Just before
the bridal party entered the
room, Because God ade thee
Mine" was sweet.y sung by Miss
jamie Tyson. To the strains Of
the "Tannhauser March, played
by Miss Elma johnson, the bril-
dial party entered.
The attendants we're: Mr..
1 Leslie L. Shaw with Miss Mamie
McNair, of McColl, S. G.; Mr..
Henry Jones with Miss Emma
Cnrrie; Mr.. Dan. S. Marley with
Miss Leitha Lancaster; Mr.. Row
land M. Lancaster with Miss Lin
} ME Cobb, of Partition; Mr.. Lacy
McNair with Miss Bette Thag-
ard, of Pembroke. Next enter
/ ed Misses Katie Hill Mar
ley and Forest Lancaster
and opened the blue and pink
: doors. through which came the
flower attendants, little Arthur
Lancaster and Naomi Fletcher,
each carrying a kasket of flow
ers. Miss Berta McNair, sister
of the bride. entered as maid of
honor; then entered the groom
with his best man, Mr.. Johr
ThaNard. his brother, while the
= bride entered upon the arm O.
n her brother, Mr.. M. E. McNair
I of Wilmington.
lTE The bride was becominglS
j fdressed sin white chiffon ovel
. white taffeta and carried abou
:. .quets Of ferns and white carna
n teps. The maid of honor ant
bridesmaids wore white organ
die and carried bouquets.
:, During the ceremony Morri
sons "Meditations" was softI'
played. The bridal party lei
. the room to the strains of Mer
10 delssohn's March! The bride
>" going-away gown was of blu
g. broadcloth. with hat and glove
o.: to match. :::s.>s =, Il
= A large circle Of friends an
s. relatives witnessed the ceremc
IL ny and many beautiful and use
full presents were received.
r. Immediately after the cerem,
g.. ny all repaired to the home {
: Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Lancaste
70 of Lumber Bridge, where a d.
a. lightful reception was given.
: 7 The bride is one of Robson
= charming and popular youn
ladies, while the groom is a oun
man ofenoble character.
- We N.fsh for them mach fa1
through life as
l. 1'&Lnm htDegPr Bridge, N: c., Feb
:. 1905. t.. ..... ~. -.>.....:
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1t will be unnecessary foF y4s=
togo through a painful expensive:
operation for Piles if you ace MAJ.
Ian. Put up in ccllapSible tube
With noz Gle, ready toappiy tose !.
soreness and inHam nation. For
any form Of Piles, price SOC. guar
anteed. WIa by IaR Mcmillan
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Get A Transfer.

If you are on the gloomy line, =
..... Get transfer.
If you're inclined to fret and pine,
- Get a transfer.
Get off the track of doubt and gloom,
Get on the sunshine train, there's room,
~ Get transfer.
IF you are on the worry train, =.
q-i- Get transfer.
Your must not stay there and complain;
:. Get a transfer.
The cheerful cars are passing through, :
And there islots of room for you
/ 1I. Get transfer.
f3you are on the grouchy track.
T 49, Geta transfer.
Just take the happy special back,
,...->..: Get transfer.
! lump on the train and pull the rope
That lands yon at our store!
+ 80 Get transfer to
Inn T Riggs &Go
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The yield will be
a ccordin G. to the
amount of plant food
you give your trees or
plants you can de-
pend on it The better
they are fed the greater
and more valuable will
be your crop. = Fertil-
ize sparingly and you
reap sparingly.
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when the returns therefrom
show an increase of $4,000 to
S25O.O0 per acre? ....
The big Magnolia Fruit
Farms at Durant, Miss, tested
the well-known Virginia-Car-
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Plain Talks on Fertilizers
A Talk to Fruit Growers =.

You use a fertilizer
of course, but. de'you
use enough : g.
The yield per acre,
and theproft therefrom
increases in far greater
proportion than the cost
E of additional fertilizer.
: What is an increase in
cost of $500 to $1,000
Der-acre for. fertilizer
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-02-10

subseribofor TSe fOesia ..j and Al. h's :.
AeMsth the exgw2
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The fact.that over a million
tons of. Virginia Carolina
Fertilizer were sold last year
proves them to be without
equal. Every fruit farmer,
no matter what method he
now uses, should get the Vir-
oinia Carolina
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-02-10

DINA + ertlllZer
in different.
quantities on
t h cir straw
berry crop.
Result when
1000 lbs. per
acre were used
the profit was
$500 moreper
acre than when
500 lbs. per
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, R. M. NoRMBNT. p: M
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Com pany's
new Year Book
or Alma Rac1
1t is free to all
who are inter-
. ested enough
: TO write for it.
Address us to
the nearest city
below. - .
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acre were used. 49, $.
EiHs is modern intensive cuf-
ture, the method that is doub-
ling. and.trebling the crops Of
Ill l,..T e t. -.
The Jewish outlook., 1908-04-03
ALL MUST LEAVE vLADIvOSTOK, GROIN
STADT AND SEvASTOPOL.

ALL MUST LEAVE VLADlVOSTOK, CRON-
sTADT AND sEvAsTOPOL.
St Petersburg is officially an
nOunced that four-hfths of the Jewish
residents of Vladivostok have been eX-
PEELED from the city, and that all those
remaining must leave before April ].
This wholesale expulsion is in vio-
lation of Russia's own regulations,
which gives the governors of the
ports the power to discriminate and
allow Jews to remain in ports on Il
special permit from the ministry of
the interior.
BY the middle of April all the Jews
will be expelled from Cronstadt and
Sevastopol.
Further veXatiolS measures are
being considered against the kieff
Jews. attributed to the influence of
the Odessa prcfcci. Gen. Tolmatch-
eff. who has become the Cars chief
advisor on the Jewish question. Tol-
matcheii advises that expulsion
measures be extended from the for
titled ports to all maritime towns.
New York News of the expulsion
received with indignation and sorrow
by prominent Jews here today, al
though they all agreed that Russia, by
reason of the order. was merely strik
ing another death blow at herself.
s.' Russia is merely breeding and
fostering misery by such measures,
said Cyrus l.. Sulzbcrgcr, one of the
most active workers for the Jewish
cause. depend upon it, the Jews
in this country will do all they can to
aid their Russian co-religionists who
are driven from their homes.
Samuel Mason. manager of the
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, said:
''Tolmatcheff. who is responsible
for this order. is one of the most
bitter enemies the Jews have. More
than that. he is an enemy of all en-
lghtencd people in Russia. That is
the chief trouble-the Jews have be-
come enlightened. They have real
lied they must take sides either with
or against the government. and their
The Jewish outlook., 1908-04-03
Why We Are Not Converted

These are the main reasons why we
are not converted to Christianity: Ii
does not appeal to our reason. we
don t. need it spiritually. and it would
not improve us morally. The meth
OILS of cUlrtship are not such as win
our affection. nor conviction. or even
orr respect. and we just can bear the
match-makerS. the missionaries. 1t Is
better to err as Miles Standish did.
than to send an intermediary who
calls forth only disgust and contempt
for the suitor Furthermore. we
think-and this sentiment is preva-
lent also among the Christians of
America -- that a people which has
managed to protect itself from the
world. the attacks of disease, which
has achieved wonders in science, art,
industry. commerce, and III all
branches of human effort during 1000
wears. ought to be able to take care
of itself. and to control at least its
own conscience now. Then, again
and this reason will appeal very
strongly to some-if all the Jews
should be converted and lost among
The Jewish outlook., 1908-04-03
Fire in Constaniinople
Editor of The Jewish Outlook.

Editor of The Jewish Outlook.
Dear Sir A cable from CONSTANT
nople to the Hon. Oscar S. Straus,
Secretary of Commerce and Labor,
dated March 16. 1908, from Messrs.
Fernandez and Robert Levy, reliable
and well known citizens of that city,
announced that a disastrous fire had
destroyed 500 houses, rendering 5000
of our co-religionists homeless and i'll
great distress, and appealing for aid.
This cablegram was referred by Mr..
Straus to the American Jewish com
mittee, who have received subsequent
information that assistance is greatly
needed 1t is thought that the sum
of $1,000 should be sent from here.
and the secretary Of the committee will
forward such contributions as may be
sent him to 356 Second avenue, New
York city. Very truly yours,
HERBERT FRIEDENwALD,
Secretary.