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The Robesonian., 1908-08-20
Notices of New Advertisements.

Money to loan on real estate.
The Lumberton Realty & In
vestment Co. offers for sale VAL
liable property In Lumberton, i'm
proved country property and an
up-to-date lumber plant.
Land near Orrum, with two
horse farm cleared, for sale.
A Groom house in southeast
Lumberton for rent.
G.. M. Fuller 4 Son handle best
makes of buggies, carriages and
harness.
The Steiff and Shaw pianos,
manufactured by Chas. NJ. Steiff,
are within the reach of any buy
er.
K. M. Biggs has just received
two car loads of oak furniture,
iron beds, etc.
DR.. L. B. Byrd, eye specialist,
will be out of town today and to-
morrow but will be at Caldwell &
CarlyIe's Saturday.
The Jenrette-Singletary Co.
has secured the Traymore Tail
oring Co., of Philadelphia and
will show samples today, to-
morrow and Saturday.
John T. Biggs & Co. have the
latest and most exclusive pat
terms for making clothes to
order.
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20
For County Commissioner.

70 the Democratic Voters OF Robson
County: IF
Subject to the action ct the Demo
cratic Primary, and at the request Of
lumber Of friends | hereby announce
myself a candidate for rc-clcctiom TO the
office of County Commissioner.
This June Is, 1913.
6-15-tf A. L. BULLOCK.
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20

TO the Democratic Voters Of RUbeson
County:
At the urgent request of a number of
Democrats, | hereby announce myself
candidate fer reelection to the Office of
'ounty Commissioner, subject to the
elton Of the Democratic Primary.
This June 15, 1909.
6-15-tf ID. S. ALDERMAN.
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20
For County Commissioners.

TO the Democratic Voters of Robson
County:
After a consideration of the matter
and at the request of a number OF Dem
ocratic friends, l hereby announce my
self candidate for reelection to the
office of County Commissioner, subject
% the action of the Democratic Prima-
ry.
This June 10, 1903.
6-15-tf A. r. MCEACHERN.
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20
Ice Cream Supper at Philadel-
phus Church.

The Ladies Aid Society of
Philadelphus church will serve
ice cream and cake at the
church on Friday, August 21st,
at eight o'clock p. m. This sup
per is for the benefit of the
Elise school and the Aid Society.
The public is Invited.
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20
For Register of Deeds.

TO My Fellow Citizens Of Robson Coun-
ty:
At the solicitation Of nv fri ndS,
axe this method to announce myself
;andldate for the office Of Register IF
De ds subject 10 the action If the Dcl.I-
'cratic primary.
Yours truly,
4-9tf THOMAS y. HIGLEY.
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20
THE NORTH CARnLsN:
,Ollege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts.

Practical education in Agriculture;
in Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical
Engineering, in Cotton Manufacturing,
Dyeing and Industrial Chemistry. Tui-
ton S45 a year; Board $40 month. 19O
Scholarships. Examinations for admis-
sion at the College on September End.
Address
THE PRESIDENT,
Gil West Raleigh, n. L.
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20
For Commissioners.

To the Democratic Voters of Robeson
County:
. l hereby announce myself a can
didate for reelection to the office of
County Commissioner, subject to the
action of the Democratic Primary.
This June 4th, 1908.
6-4-3m+ G.. A. OLIVER,
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20
For ReoIster OF Deeds.

hereby announce myself candidate
OF th,. Office of Register OF Deeds Of Rob
son county, s9bject to the action the
Democratic primaries, date Of which IS
to he named by the executive committee.
Yours truly,
4-I6-tf NELL. \. IARTER.
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20
For REGISTER erofneeds.

To the Democrats of Robson County:
take this method to announce NV
elf candidate for the Office of Register
# Deeds, subjsct to tie ac ION Of The
Democratic primary.
Respectfully,
42o-f w. q. THOMSON.
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20
For Register of Deeds.

hereby announce myself candidate
for the office OF Register OF Deeds for
2obeson county, subject 10 tie action of
the Democratic primaries.
RESPECTFULLY,
4-3o-tf lof& McCALLuM.
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20
For Register of Deeds.

l hereby announce myself a candidate
Tor the office of Register of Deeds for
Robeson county, subject to the action
OF the Democratic primaries.
JOHN M. MCNAIR.
6-11-tf.
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20
Robeson's First Bale of Cotton.

Mr.. A. G. Thompson, who lives
near McDonald's, sold Tuesday to
the Iona Supply Co. at McDon-
AIDS the first bale of new crop
cotton that has been marketed in
the county this year, the price
being 104 cents: Mr.. Thompson
is a young man, a son of Mr.. N.
J. Thompson, of Lumberton, and
this is his very first year at farm
ing. He has been a telegraph
operator and his last position
was in Washington. Some moons
ago he took counsel with himself
and decided that he would give
up his job hitting telegraph keys
and would arise and return to
Robeson and get his out of the
soil. Which resolution he imme.
diately put into effect and now he
comes to the front with the first
bale of cotton for the county
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20
For Register Of Deeds

| hereby announce myself a candidate
ior the office of Register of Deeds for
Robeson County, subject to the action
)f the Democratic primaries
5-28-tf J. f. PURCELL.
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20
For House Representatives,

@@O0S~ WI @ NAAE oEAVESs
To the Democratic Voters of Robeson
County:
l hereby announce myself candidate
for the House of Representatives from
Robson county. subject to the action
Of the Democratic primary.
8-13* W. J. MCLEOD.
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20

S or 6 doses 1855" will cure
any case of CHILLs and FEVER.
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20

Operation for piles will not be-
necessary if you use Man Zan Pile
Remedy. Put up ready to use.
Guaranteed. Price SOC. Try it..
Sold by J. d. Mcmillan g. Son.
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20
EOr SPHaIOr-
For senator.

TO the Democratic Voters of Robrson
County:
After many assurances ofcorAial sup
port, both by letter and in person. |
have decided to ask the honor of rcprp-
ss,ent'ng the people of our county in the
Sehate OF the next General Assembly
subject to the approval Of Democratic
primary.
June p, 1908.
o-22-tf GEO. b. MCLEoD.
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20

When one goose drinks, al
drink. Dutch.
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20

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The Robesonian., 1908-08-20

6-11-tf
The Robesonian., 1908-08-20
For County COn1r.issioner.

4-3o-tf
Arizona republican., 1908-02-22
Declare Prohibition n Failure

The large body of resubmissionists frank y declare the prohibitory law to be a fail- Gre, and demand that it be wiped from the statute books where it has been, in one form or another, since 1851. In September Maine will elect Governor, and at the present time the leading Republican candidate Is basing his canvass on resubmissiOn argu- ments, while the leading Democratic candi- date is an avowed tl-prohibitionist. Tn this way the Republicans are seeking to cheek defections from their ranks owing to the anti-prohibition stand of their oppo- nents
 The first thing asked of an aspiring statesman of either the Democratic or the Republican party these days, is Are you for or against resubmission ?' There is no doubt that both parties will present candi dates to the people who are committed 10 the resubmission of the constitutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture and sale of intOxicants.
 The repeal of this amendment and of the various prohibitory statutes has be come of so much importance that it has ceased to have partisan significance, de spite the fact that the laws originally were Republican measures. and the Democratic representatives in the legislature first seized upon the repeal measure as a party doc Urine. They saw that the sympathies of
Arizona republican., 1908-02-22
Ramord Fa View from tr ramhaeke junk thrown
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than 30,000 inhabitants, there are at least twenty houses of prostitution, and in each of these liquor is sold. In one of them, but short time ago, a murder was committed
 In Biddeford, a mill town, there are no houses of prostitution, but the writer was accosted on the street no less than six times in one short evening, once by a little girl who had not passed her thirteenth birthday.
 Despite this the prohibitionists declare that, even if the law is covertly disobeyed, it removes temptation, especially from young people
 Cocaine Habit is Prevalent
 In the harbor of Portland and near by there are islands where from one thousand to twelve hundred United States troops arc garrisoned. Nearly all of the soldiers are young men. Squads of them, as drunk as they can be, are seen in the streets of Portland every night. And infinitely worse, a United States army surgeon is responsi- ble for the statement that the cocaine habit is growing at an apalling pace among the young soldiers stationed along the coast of Maine. Where they get the drug he does not know It takes but little thought, however, to ulSCONBE where, anu tue TedSOll
 The ordinary Maine druggist sells in- toxicants over his counter, in violation of the law There are cases against thirty two drug stores in Portland. Thirty-one proprietors have been convicted of selling liquor within the last year. After selling one thing prohibited by law, it becomes easy to sell another thing.
 In every city In Maine the drug stores far outnumber the population when com pared with cities in other States. In Lewiston there are thirty-two Twelve of these are real drug stores, where prescrip- tions may be filed The other twenty are bars simply masked by fronts containing dummy bottles.
 In Biddeford there are nineteen drug stores. There are 19,0OO people living in the city. The nearest license town ds Portsmouth, N. H., having the same popu- lation. There are six drug stores in Portsmouth.
 There are also some physicians in Bidde- ford. One of them, whose patients are mostly mill operatives, declared that he had more cases of dapyipu trenens to trSot
Arizona republican., 1908-02-22
No Respect for Existing Law

There is. People do not respect it ard they do hate the officers who enforce it. The officers make use of it to oppress ard profit. It degrades the young. While in the streets Of Biddeford the writer heard shrill voice say. Mister. do you want to buy a drink"
 Looking around, q boy not more than twelve years old was seen. An affirmative reply caused the youngster to lead the way to a wood shed in back yOrd Here were three men drinking from dasks. While the writer was being served, girl, younger than the boy, hustled in. Going to a wOodpile she thrust aside some sticks and drew forth a flask ConcealinE this beneath her skirts. the child loft the shed and the writer followed. She walked half block before she met q respectable looking man who exchanged a coin for the bottle.
 Can children grow up under conditions like this and become respectable citizens? It is not possible. And yet these condi- tions exist in every town and city.
 The kitchen bar is another element mak- ing for the degradation of the State. It is in these places that the children of the poor see drunkenness and hear hideous ob- scenity and profanity.
 The kitchen bar has it's origin. as rule. in a small Sunday party given by mill hand to his fellow workmen. 4 keg of ale or beer is tapped at one of these parties. Before the next Sunday arrives it is srs- gested that another keg be bought and that the host of the previous occasion be cou- pensated for the drinks he supplies.
 Sold in the usual manner. a keg yields profit of ST. and the host finds himself get ting more money than he ever collected on pay day in the mill. So he drifts into the business and gradually drags the rsst of his family in. The children sell ia the street, the wife sells in the house, while the master sleeps of drunk obtained the night before. The children fail to go to school and the wife neglects her household duties. The resulting degeneration of the family can be imagined.
 Those who advocate license system are seeking to do away with the menace of this. Their strength is being augmented daily and there is little doubt that pro- hib.tion will be defeated in Maine at the next election.
Arizona republican., 1908-02-22

In one State of the Union at least the storm of national campaign, the stress of financial panic. or the rumors of war. alike pass over the heads of the people without causing more than q casual thought. This is Maine, where. after fifty six years of experience with statutes and constitutional provisions prohibiting the sale of liquor, there is but one question that seems worth any consideration or discussion.
 As a result the people of Maine seem now to be devoting their entire time, ener- gies and thoL.ht to battling for or against the question of resubmssion at the Sep tember election. How completely this one subject has taken possession of the people of Maine is impossible of appreciation on the part of an outsider at all remote from the scene of what must seem to him as, an opera boufe warfare. Both parties are being disrupted by the agitation of this question, and many leaders in the Republi- can, as well as in the Democratic, ranks are bending every effort to gain all possible advantage from resubmissiOn as g political argument.
 On the other hand there is a large element, mostly of the holding group, which is bitterly opposed to a change Of conditions which might result in turning a large aggregate sum of license fees into the state treasury instead of into the pockets of oficeholders, for protection. Many of the rumsellers also prefer the present state Of affairs, so that they can continue the sale of cheap adulterents or vitriolic poisons at prices double and treble those commonly obtained for standard liquors at other places
Arizona republican., 1908-02-22

Since then the sentiment for license has become so widespread that Republicans and Democrats alike are convinced that the prohibitory law cannot be honestly enforced. The prohibitionist leaders confront this situation. They are prepared for the cam paign. From the depths of Bowery slums in New York City, from the worst dives of the city of Buffalo, from Chicago, San Francisco and from New Orleans, they have collated pictures and statistics to show to the Maine voters, what they are pleased to term, the horrors of license.
 The prohibitionists cannot be compelled to believe there is anything wrong in their sys- tem. One of them declared the other day that even if vice and drunkenness did exist in the State it was covered up and not Haunted for the temptation of youth as it IS in other cities elsewhere. In making such statements the advocates of prohibition overlook the proof that has been furnished by Sheriff William NJ. Pennell, of Portland. His raids have disclosed the fact that there are four hundred aud nincty-fve dives in the city, and that they flourish under prose cution.
 An impartial investigation proves the statement of the "resubmissionists' that prohibition is not a success. Admitting that prohibitory law if it could be enforced, would work wonderful good for a con munity or commonwealth, these men pre- sent facts in support of their statements that read like fiction.
 They say that prohibition has placed the whisky jug, on sideboards in homes where liquor was neyer known before. This Is
Arizona republican., 1908-02-22
Liquor Sold in the Hotels

than any other doctor with a like number of patients.
Arizona republican., 1908-02-22
true as is shown by the history of the var ious laws.
Change Came with the Mills


 ious laws.
 Change Came with the Mills In 1851, the first statute prohibiting the manufacture or sale of intoxicants was passed in the legislature. After it's approval by the Governor it was obeyed for score or more of years because the sympathy of the people was with lt At that time Maine had for it's citizenship that hardy, strong minded mass of men and women, whose progeny has borne all over the United Statcs an ethical scheme universally ad- mired-it was of the Puritan stock.
 But. after q while, the State of Maine needed and received q new infusion of blood. The young men and women had gone away. New people were necessary for new work. Mills came, and with them people from other states and other coun- tries. The new people were accustomed to the use of alcoholic stimulants. They vio- lated the law. They had no hand in it's making and would not consent to it. More statutes were enacted to aid in the en- forcement of the original statute. These, too, were violated. Tie dominant party of the State had long ago seized upon pro- hibition as an aid to success, and was ready to obey every behest of those who believed in the law. They enacted other statutes, and in 1884 they Incorporated in the Con stitution of the State an amendmer[ which read as follows
 J"The manufacture of intoxicating liquors, not including cider, and the sale and keep ing for sale of intoxicating liquors are and shall be forever prohibited. Except how ever, that the sale and keeping for sale of such liquors for medicinal and mechanical purposes and the arts, and the sale and keeping for sale of cider, may be permitted under such regulations as the legislature may provide The legislature shall enact laws with suitable penalties for the suppress sicn of the manufacture. sale, and keeping for sale of intoxicating, liquors, with the exceptions herein specified"
Arizona republican., 1908-02-22

she might recover her equilibrium unseen, he was eyed curiously. The poor creature had not awakened either curiosity or sym pathy. They are accustomed to intoxicated women in Maine
 The Rev. Leonard ". Lott. rector of St. Johns Episcopal Church in Bangor. said ::
 'I am shocked at the revelation of con ditions in Maine Last May l accepted my charge here. after ministerins 10 a church in New Orleans for twenty years In all of the time 0f my pastoratc in that city. never saw SD much intoxicstion as I have since last May in Bangor. There is some thing radically wrong with the law"
Arizona republican., 1908-02-22

| to the people was first advocated in the | platform of the Democratic party in 1892. 1 In that year the Democrats were defeated at the polls by H. 900. The normal pre- vious majority against them was 10000. In ! the legislature the following year the ! Democrats called on the Republicans either ] to enforce the law or repeal it.
 1 Nothing was done again in the natter until the session of 1901. wEcn resolutions ! for the resubmission of the constitutional amendment were offered by Cyrus w. Davis. | a Democrat of Naterviile, and M J. Kelley. q Republican of Lewiston. The resolutions | received but tvcnty-two votes. Rcsu5mis- sion then became part of the Democrats doctrine in the State and has been agita ted ever since.
 When the resolution was put before the ] legislature, it's advocates had great hope for its passage, for the second name to be called was that of F. O. Beal. an ex. Mayor of Bangor He was the owner of the Bangor House and the Penobscott Elk change Hotel, two places in Bangor where liquor had been sold openly and without interference by the lessees for years. The value of these properties would be greatly ~A--~-ANNN hg tht leoSt4Et bA lut EtSOlEt4Uu and depreciated by it's defeat To the sur prise of the advocates of the measure, he obeyed the party leaders and voted against it.
 The third man to vote for the resolution was the Rev. Linn Farnsworth. a Baptist clergyman, who had been elected to the legislature from one of the eastern farming counties. Explaining his vote he declared that the whole administration of the law had assumed the character of a farce.
 The resolutions had been introduced in protest against the notification of the con stitution. Both MrA Davis, who afterward became the Democratic candidate for Gov ernor, and Mir. Kelley are men of unblem- ished character. Both are total abstainers. Mir. Kelley was. at the time the resolution was presented, the president of the Young Mems Christian Association in Lewiston.
 Abstainers Favor Agitation
 In fact, most of the leaders of the re- submission, most of the men who argue for license, are total abstainers. The rcputa- ton of these men for uprightness and for civic pride has done much to help the cause they advocate.
 Visitors from other states are shocked at the moral spectacle presented by Maine While the people of Bangor were on their way to church, the third Sunday in Novem- Der. there were at least a score of drunken men and women staggering along the main thoroughfare. In the doorway of C. A Fowler, a druggist at 104 Main Street. three men stood, taking turns at whisky flask They were not molested. Just block away from here woman who, under other con ditions would appear to be refined, was struggling along in e dazed way and fell, a helpless, maudlin heap. in a doorway.
 Nobody, not even the policeman, paid any attention to her. When the writer picked the woman up and led her to place where
Arizona republican., 1908-02-22
Enter the sturgls Law

After this became a part of the funda- mental law of the State there was brief dry period in the cities and towns. After short tius~ tbough, liquor was sold ard
Arizona republican., 1908-02-22

continued to be sold freely until nearly three years ago when what is known a' the "Sturgis" law was passed. This created commission to be appointed by the Gov ernor, who, when he believed the Sherid of any county was not enforcing the liquor law, could send the commissions deputies into the county to usurp the sheriff's functions.
 This last statute caused most pro nounced opposition among the citizens of both parties. Its effect has been to pro mote the secret selling of liquor. However, the Sturgis deputies, as they are known, although they have made frequent raids, have not actually closed one place that was open before tue passage of the law.
 They put the drinking places under cover and caused the "speakeasy" to flourish Men in the various towns, who will drink but will not enter a "speakeasy," buy intOxicants and have them sent to their homes. There are very few homes of wealthy, or even prosperous men in the cities of Maine that do not have whisky on the dining room sideboard
 The "resubmissionists' also declare that prohibition has caused dives to grow and UOuFlSn. ms IS ueuleu Dy tue pLoH4oA tionists. Let us see.
 Conditions in Portland
 In the city of Portland, wbere Sherin Pennell has tried honestly to enforce the law since March r, 1905, there are nearly five hundred drinking places. If one should waIl through Fore street, between Pearl and Hancock streets, he would see in every doorway the painted face of . woman grinning in q way supposed 10 be inviting. In the six blocks thus trarersed, he could obtain intoxicating iiCuor in at least one hundred places. There may be many more, but these are known.
 Within the same few blocks there is a place kept by q woman named Mccarthy. Her husband was killed in an accident 8 few years ago, and to support herself she began to sell liquor. Her "kitchen bar" has been raided several times by Pencils deputies. When first they arrested her she was a fresh complexioned clear-eyed woman. Her character. aside from the crime committed in selling liquor. was stainless. Today she is supporting two men. She is the mistress of one and her fourteen -year-old daughter is the paramour of the other.
 In Bangor, a small city containing less
Arizona republican., 1908-02-22
Brewer, Me-: Homes of the mill hands. Men who live and work in such places must have some relaxation. They
 seek it in drink.
Sentiment is Widespread

the people were being turned against pro hIbition.