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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-31
LYDIA E. PlNKHAM

No other medicine has been so
successful in relieving the suffering
of women or received so many gen
uine testimonials as has Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
In every community you will lind
women who have been restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etablo Compound. Almost every
one you meet has either been bone
flied by it, or has friends who have.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, any wolmanany day. may
see the files containing over one mil
lion one hundred thousand letters
from women seeking health, and
here are the letters in which they
openly state over their own sigma
lures that they were cured by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has saved many women
from surgical operations.
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some and harmless.
The reason why Lydia E. Pink
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successful is because it contains in
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Women who are suffering from
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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-31
From Along R. F. D. No. 5 from
Lumberton.
rrespondence of The Robesonian

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Christmas is passing very quiet
ly; not much cart pulling is going
on.
Mr.. J. T. Wilkins had his cart
under his wagon shelter and his
wagon pulled under against his
cart and we'll tied, when a party
of young folks called and united
the ropes and pulled his cart to
the high field. | guess Mr.. Will
kins won't have so much fun pull
ing it back.
We don't think there has been
much drinking down here through
the holidays. Of course, there
were a few bottles at ''79" brok
en-, but that's nothing.
Mr.. and Mrs. K. L. Davis, Of
st. Pauls, arrived here today tt
spend the holidays with friends
and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer Hill, O.
Lumberton, were visiting at tn,
home of Mr.. W. M. Warwick, O:
Attention. today.
! Mr.. Geo. H. Warwick, of Gunoa
is spending the holidays with hi
father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs
Nv. Q. Warwick, of Attention.
| Lumberton, N.C.,R.F.D. No. 5
/ Dec. Is, 1908.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-31

A pill in time that will save nine !,
Kings Little Liver Pill. For biliousness
sick headache, constipation. They do
not not grippe. Price Csc. Sold by ]. D. Mo.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-31
RELATION.
SHIPS.
Aged Farmers Eldest Son is
Now His Father-in-law and His
Youngest Son His Brother-in-
Law

Now His F ather-in-law and His
Youngest Son His Brother-in-
Law.
Washington, Pa. Dispatch, 9th.
Bewildering r. lation hip S
among members of two East Fin
ley township families have result
ed from the marriages of a faith
err and his two sons and a widow
and her two daughters. The three
ceremonies were celebrated with
in the last two months. Henry
Dillinger, an aged farmer whose
second wife died nearly a year
ago, engaged Mrs. Maria Rich
mond as his housekeeper. 1t was
agreed that two daughters of
Mrs. Richmond, Lucy, aged 16,
and Jennie, aged 10, should live
in the Dillinger home with the
father and his two sons, Charles
and David. After a time the ageC
farmer married Lucy Richmond
and the two families continued
to occupy the same house. A few
weeks after the first marriage
Mrs. Richmond became the wifi,
Of David Dillinger, the elder son
Jennie Richmond and Charlie
Dillinger were next stricken wit
the matrimonial fever and wer
married last week.
The three families now live i
the East Finley township HON
of the elder Dillinger, all appal
emily happy and contented.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-31
NEWS BATCH.
Phil the Fiddler" Breaks Into
Verse-Logging Crew a t
Work Turkey Shoot-Per-
sonals.

Work A Turkey Shoot-Per-
sonals.
of The Robesonian.
Christmas came with merry glee,
Its greetings to best0W;
And many a soul both old and
young,
Was merrily set agloW.
Old Sol his face did hide in joy
Till morn had fed away,
While children said in great sur
prise
They wished he'd come and stay.
Jubilant voices far and near
Were ringing clear and loud;
Old Santa sped in gladstone style
With the weight of presents
bowed.
"Now," says old Santa to friend
AS he was passing near,
"Will you please tell me of some
one
'Who would my presence cheer?
ooh yes" he says ON gladly tell
"Of a lonesome one called Phil,
'I'm sure he'll like SC very well
''To have his stockings filled.
So you see how it came around,
A merry Christmas to old Phil;
All the rest may have their doubts,
Yet Phil the Fiddler is tiddling
still.
Mr.. F. w. Walters spent yes
terday at Union school house
conducting the exercises which
were given by the Sunday
school.
Mr.. McF. Floyd made a bus
mess trip to GAINESVILLE yester-
day.-Messrs. Fletcher Walters,
W. S. Floyd and Charlie An
drews spent yesterday morning
in Marietta on business. Mr..
and Mrs. Grady Floyd passed
through this section yesterday
on their way towards Barnes.
vile. Mr.. Henry L. Floyd, Of
Fairmont, R. F. D. No. 2, spen-
Monday night in this section.
The logging crew manned by
Mr.. Alfred Britt, formerly o:
Marietta, has lately moved int
this vicinity, being engaged t.
transfer timbers owned by tn
Kingdale Lumber Co. to tn
railroad.
Mr.. J. H. Andrews an,
family left Tuesday for thei
new home in Columbus county
Mr.. Andrews has sold his req
estate interest here and has ir
vested near Cerro Gordo.
Messrs. Ed. Britt and Osca
Floyd, Misses Maud Herring
| Efie Britt and Menta Floyd a
tended the Christmas tree {
GAINESVILLE Thursday night.
Miss Viola johnson was
guest at the home of Mise
Bertha and Andrew Barn'
Christmas evening.
Mrs. Andrew Edmond,
Chadbourn, who had been spen
ing some time with her mothe
Mrs. Josiah Walters, returnt
home Monday.
The turkey shoot at Mr.. NJ
Barfeld's was pulled off Wi
much success Christmas NOR
ing. 1t seems as if Mr.. Luth
Miller was the best shot,
: winning a greater mum Der
turkeys than any of his co
petitors.
. Mr.. Frank Nance, Of CO.
Gordo, was a visitor in t
=, section Monday and Tuesday.
: Wishing a Happy New Y
to The Robesonian and
readers.
oh Phil the Fiddler
ar GAINESVILLE, N. c., Dec.
"a 'O8.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-31
Receivers For Seminole Securiz
ties Company.

Columbia S. c., Dispatch, 28th.
Today at Cheraw, Judge
Watts, of the Circuit Court, after
hearing argument by both sides,
announced that he would ap-
point receivers for the Seminole
Securities Co., the decision being
on an application by J. C.Klugh,
a stakeholder IF the company for
receivership.
1t was alleged that the COM
pany has acted illegally in pur-
chasing the stock of the South
ern Life Insurance Co. of North
Carolina and that the price paid
for the insurance company stock
was unduly high, and that ex-
cessive commissions were paid to
the agent who engineered the
transaction.
Judge Watts fixed the receiv-
ers' bond at $50, 900. AS yet nc
receivers have been made, The
Seminole Co. is capitalized al
| $500, 900,
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-31
MARK TWAIN A CORPORA
TON.
Pen Name Incorporated to Pre-
vent Raids by Pirates.

For the purpose Of allowing
his two daughters, Clara L. and
Jean L. Clemens, to receive the
financial benefits Of his works
for the greatest possible length
of time, Samuel L. Clemens,
Americas greatest humorist and
man Of letters, has incorporated
his pen name Of Mark Twain.
The plan has been under dis
cussion by Mr.. Clemens, Ralph
W. Ashcroft, his literary agent,
and R. A. Mansfield Hobbs, his
legal adviser, for more than a
year. So greatly interested has
Mr.. Clemens become in the idea
and so anxious has he become to
keep the financial benefit Of his
long and arduous life's work
within his own family instead OF
allowing it to be filched away
by strangers that Mr.. Ashcroft
has spent every weekend with
him at Redding, Conn.,, where
the Clemens family have beer
living since last June.
AS a result Of these eonsulta
tons it was decided that the sur
est way to keep the earnings o
8 Mr.. Clemens books continual
in the family, even after tn
s copyright on the books then
l. selves expires, was to incorpC
rate the MARK Twain" name i
self.
The Mark Twain Company {
S New York has accordingly bee
l. formed, the purpose Of which
t. to secure to the author and to h
L family all rights in the nom {
W plume. Mr.. Clemens himself
9e president of the company, NJ
n Ashcroft secretary and treasure
" Mr.. Clemens two daughters al
Sc his secretary, Miss Isabelle
ar Lyon, are thedirectors. Mr.. HobE
h. the attorney, forwarded the a
as ticles of incorporation to the Sc
OF rotary of State on Monday, al
3, they were formally placed on f
We yesterday,
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-31

The merchant who doesn't ad-
Vertise stands in his own light.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-31

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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-31
LISEOF LETTERS.

Remaining in the Lumberton,
n. C., postofice, Dec. %, 1908.
II not called for in one week, will
be sent to the Dead Letter Office,
Washington, D. c. Parties call
ing will please say advertised.
Willis W Baker, E F Aired,
James Burnette, Miss Cathrine
Johnson, Miss Virginia Lee, A S
King, Jerry Malone, Miss Easter
Maultsby, Mrs Clara V Mclean,
David Mcneil, M B Martin, N
D Readman, Mrs Mollie Strick.
land, R ToWlson, Frank Dryburv
Miss Carrie WiIligh.
R. M. Norment, P. M.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-31
SUGGESTION VIA NEWSPA-
PER.
How 1t Goes Into the Family
Circle Where No Salesman
Can Hope to Enter.


The assistant traffic director
of the Hartman lines, E. O. Nc
Cormick, at a recent meeting in
Kansas City of the California
Fruit Growers Exchange, paid
this tribute to the newspaper,
while speaking of advertising
as a commodity"
Reading the newspaper is as
intimate a part of our everyday
life as sleeping and eating. 1t
is a rare person who does not at
least glance over his daily paper,
and to the great majority of peo-
pie it is the only avenue open to
their minds accessible to those
who have things to sell. The
peculiar strength which is all its
own is we'll put by a recent writ
er in the following words:
1.-The newspaper carries sug-
gestion into the family circle at
leisure moments in parlor or lib
rary, where no salesman is ever
permitted to enter
1T is in closer touch with and
exerts a greater influence in the
home than any other printed
thing. To start with: There are
| in the older communities a vast
number of people who have in
herited the continuance Of the
paper which their parents read.
It is as real to them as Proofs of
Holy Writ To practically all
others it is their own choice. The
intelligence Of the worlds doings
is CLEANED from its pages. That
. which many deem their own judg-
; ment, as related to currenttopics,
l is merely a reflection Of what
= they have read in their home pa
! per. What reaches them fol
: the first time in to-day's paper
lin a week or a day later has be
: come their belief and knowledge
o And now that l remind you of it
I you have a friend or neighbo
+ whose conversation is Target,
made up of what he has read il
n the days paper. He does no
If add any new thought to it, either
e or indeed any new words, excep
a perhaps the three they do say
q Of almost equal value to tn
advertisers, in my judgment,
: the distribution factor of tn
\ newspaper, for, after all, dis
tribution is the most importan
detail Of advertising and the on
o. which should command your cor
slant attention.
GAS to distribution: Any othe
printed matter involves a distin
lg and separate work, with g
I'd kinds of obstacles. When W
ne use the newspaper you do n
Ks have to create circulation,
tn attend to it. The circulation is
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-31
Marked for Death.

Three years ago l was marked for
death. A graveyard cough was tearing
my lungs to pieces. Doctors failed to
help me, and hope had fled, when my
husband got DR.. Kings New Discove-
ry," says Mrs. A. C. Williams, of Bac,
KY. 1.-THE first dose helped me and i'm
provement kept on until had gained
81 pounds in weight and my health was
fnlIy restored" This medicine holds
the worlds healing record for coughs
au dcolds and lung and throat diseases.
1t prevents pneumonia. Sold under
guarantee at all drug stores. SOC and
$1.00. Trial bottle free.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-31
TIT: RARESr OF HOLIDAY
OPPORTUNITIES.
szE:SE@

If YOU are figuring on giving presents
to any of the masculine family, this is
as far as you need go. They are here
in abug1casance---the kind that will lin
ger long in the service Of the recipi-
ent. Drop in and look over cur line
Of Furnisi1ir1g---you'Ll see many things
that are necessary to make the other
fellow happy. We submit few sta
pie and appropriate articles for your
selection.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-31
A Dangerous Operation

Is the removal of the appendix by a
surgeon; No one who takes DR.. King S
New Llte Pills Is ever subject to this
trlghttul ordeal. They work so quietly
you don feel them. They cure consti-
patton, headache, biliousness and mala-
ria. 25c at all drug stores.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-31
Wolf Attacks Man on Streets of
Peoria.

FeOFla III, Dispatch, Dec. II.
A large, lean, gray wolf gave
Frank Keiffer an exciting five
minutes today when it attacked
him near a lumber yard in the
city and chased him four blocks
through the streets to his home.
Keiffer entered his house in time
to slam the door in the animals
face. Selling a rifle, he put q
bullet through its brain, shooting
through a window.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-24
z A LEGITIMATE APPLICATION. i
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Miss EstabroOks system OF pnllOso-
ply is so satisfying to her that she
likes to acquaint others with 1t. Sell
dom however, does she find so ready
and sympathetic an acceptance Of her
point of view as she encountered the
other day in an adherent Of we'll
known peripatetic school of philoso-
piers. She was taking her regular
four-mile-aday exercise along a coun-
try road, when she met a tramp to
whom, earlier in the day, she had
given a quarter. The benevolent lady
called after him:
Just moment. there, my man, if
you pleased"
The tramp paused doubtfully.
Il merely wished to state that in
granting your request just now I am
wholly free from the common delusion
that any real harm could result to
you, even supposing that you are act
ually in want and unable, by your own
conscious effort, to extrlcate yourself
from apparent deprivation Of good,
knowing, as 7 do know, that an abso-
lutte justice, tnsuring the individuals
welfare, reigns throughout the cosmos"
The tramp stared, round-eyed, open
| mouthed.
Nor do 1 cherish any obsolete notion
Of myself as a Lady Bountiful.' My
actual motive in giving the quarter
should properly be classed as selfish
Not having as yet quite fully overcome
a foolishly sympathetic temperament,
I should undoubtedly-if I had not
given the money-have been annoyed
for some time afterward by mental pic
lures Of you as suffering for food In
short, did what did simply to make
myself slightly more comfortable.
THAT Is ALL l merely wished to
| explain my motive" added Miss Esta-
brook for the tramp fingered, gazing
with glistening eyes at the countenance
of his benefactress, where the lines,
with merciless accuracy, reflected her
habitual painstakingness
yes. Fam, an ketch on all right
now" he said, eagerly, in his eye
no such absent expression as Miss Esta-
brook Is becoming accustomed to see
in the eyes Of relatives and friends to
whom she conscientiously expounds her
philosophy. AN I'm interested in them
inside workins O. your mind! But say,
ma'am, you'd sure oughter think a
little mite more about them feelin's
O. yourn. l bet you'd feel downright
conf table all through, fer oncet in yer
life, eff you'd jest make this quarter
a dollar"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-24
The WhfrIing Dervishes.

Ihose spirits on the hunt for "sen
sations" in Constantnople will wish
to take I'M the dervishes. The whirl
Ing clan have a convenient convent OF
the Grand Rue, where their circnmnav
lgatlons may be witnessed at &c
o'clock on Friday evening for the adj
mission of 10 cents. This weird nor
tormance personifies the solar svstan
ana is exactly ordered in all it's phases
After preliminary circuits of the rim,
III single file to the discordant accom-
panlment of flute and tambourine tn,
roDed and turbaned dervishes com
mence their turning. With arms out
stretched, the right palm inward +,
oeseech blessings, the left depressed
70 signify mercy bestowed, the head +,
bent upon the right shoulder The ran
III revolving upon the right heel is eff
Iected by employing the left toes q,
motive power. AS the circIing accel
crates, the long white skirts dilate I'M
I'll they stand out stiff after the man
ner OF the attenuated garment of tn,
premiere danseuse. Very little spac.
Is allotted to each priest, and it seem,
strange that there are no collisions
The dance ceases in an hour or g,
with the men exhausted Traval Moo
aZine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-24

In a consular report from Germany
which was published some months ago,
the statement was made that not only
is every wreck, collision or minor
railroad accident Thoroughly investi-
gated" in that country, but that Gin
variably some one is held responsible
and punished for the occurrence" ex-
cept where the proof is conclusive that
human vigilance and care could not
have averted it. 1t is strange and per-
picking to contrast this condition with
the situation in this country. Apart
from the fact that as yet no provision
has been made for thorough govern
mental investigation Of accidents and
for reports definitely fixing response
biltty, there Is the graver circumstance
that no one here is apparently in dan
ger Of punishment for his share of re-
sponsibility for a railroad accident So
far no one has ever been convicted
for negligence causing q wreck, and
the result Of recent trials is very sig
niffcant, to say the least. The other
ductor and. brakeman who had been
indicted for the Terra Gotta, d. c.,
wreck Of a year ago, one of the worst
railroad disasters in the history of
such calamities. The evidence in re-
gard to the signals was conflicting, and
the engineer proved that he had worked
extra hours-of his own free willard
| gone long without sleep Immediately
before the accident. SOME weeks ago
New York court ordered a verdict
of acquittal in the case of the vice
president and general manager Of the
New York Central, who had been in,
dicted for negligence in connection
with the terrible Woodlawn wreck,
No direct responsibility had been
traced to the defendants, who, in the
opinion of the judge. could not be ex.
pected to know the exact condition OF
every curve, switch, mile of track, etc,
on a great line. The superintendent
of the operating department had also
been indicted, but the prosecution had
dismissed that true bill in order to
secure the testimony of the inferior of
fetal against the superior. The engin'
eer had not been indicted because he
was inexperienced and green" There
are to be no more prosecutions in
either case, though criminal neglect
and inefticiency unquestionably figured
in both disasters. Compare this with
the German situation, where some one
is Invariably punished" Where lies
the fault-in our laws, procedure, pub
lie opinion?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-24

Clean sport never had more distin-
g,1ished friends and patrons than now.
President Roosevelt. eX-President Cleve-
land, DR.. Henry van Dyke and the
best of the nature writer's can fish and
hunt and give a fair account of them
selves in their relation to beasts and
fishes At a recent convention of an
glers Doctor. van Dyke defined a true
sportsman as "a man who finds his
recreation in a fair and exciting effort
to get something that is made for hui
man use in a way that involves some
hardship. a little risk, a good deal of
skill and ability, and plenty of out
Of-door life" Mr.. Cleveland sent his
word of protest against fishing hog
gerry" and Mr.. Roosevelt's utterance
on the subject is characteristic: ITO
make very large bag, whether of deer,
or prairie-chickens. or ducks. or quail.
or woodcOck. or trout. is something of
which TO be ashamed and not to boast"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-01-24
PHOToGRAPHING MARS.
Some Details of the Making of the
Andes Photographs.

Andes Photographs.
The Andes photographs of Mars were
made with large planetary camera
which carries with it an simplifying
lens, says e. G. Slipher in the Century
The camera was fastened to the lower
end of the large telescope of eighteen
inch lens and each of the many little
images shown on the plates was taken
separately. The telescope was adj
justed so that the planet was in the
center of the camera field then the plate
holder was placed in the carrier of the
planetary camera and set in position for
the first image, the slide then being drawn
from the plate holder. A bulb in the
right hand opened the shutter Of the
camera, allowing the light from the
planet to fall on the sensitive plate
Then bulb in the left hand shifted
the plate a quarter of an inch for the
succeeding image and so on through
the entire series Of images taken on one
Mate. Sometimes the plate was ar
ranged to shift from right to left anc
sometimes in a vertical direction.
Inasmuch as the photographs were
made at night, virtually no light except
that from Mars reached the plate, and
the latter was not incapacitated by one
exposure from receiving other sensitive
impressions. About half an hour was
consumed in taking the sixty images
on some of the Plates and eight or ten
plates were exposed in one nights
work. In all about 10000 negative
images were taken.
AS the best seeing" occurs in
flashes" the successive images on the
same negative may differ somewhat in
wealth Of finer detail; to the skilled
eve all show the larger canals with re-
markable clearness though the more
delicate details are lost in reproduc-
ton. Of the 10000 separate images
of the planet none is destitute of canals
and in some cases as many as twenty
five or thirty canals have been counted