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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-08-24

Aunt Becky" and you will
doubtless be disappointed if you
have, as many others have told
me, pictured in your mind a big
fat old lady; for I am tall and
slender, my normal weight 126
pounds, but the wear and tear
of the summer have brought me
down to 118. ''Once upon a
time," my hair was black as
midnight, and my cheeks rosy
with the hue of youth and health;
now my hair is grey and I am
only a plain old lady with a pair
of brown eyes, the only feature
remaining unchanged through
the changes of SO years. But
although age is creeping upon
me physically, l try to keep my
heart young and in touch and
sympathy with the young people,
in whom I feel a deep interest.
I love the country, the broad
fields bearing upon their bosom
the rich products of earth, the
great shade trees of oak and
elm around my home, from the
the boughs of which issue forth
the glad sweet notes of the dear
little birds in happy song; I love
my dear old church and her peo-
pie, my friends and neighbors,
and rejoice in the belief that
have not an enemy in the world.
love a little fun, too, and try tc
get the best out of life as it is
passing. l love to read, am
fond of music and flowers, anC
love to do fancy work, but dc
not love to cook. Now you car
form some idea in regard tt
Aunt Becky"
Since writing the above, Wash
has sent me by mail his petition
for signatures of friends in thi:
section, and I am pleased to SET
on it the names of Lumberton''
most prominent business and pro
fessional men.
AUNT BECKY. "
Old Fork, N. c., Aug. II, 1908
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EITHER N s,.,. n1lss,cE nls5e1s OR lc.
NOKANCE.

And in Either Case the Commis-
sioners Have not Properly At
tended to Their Business Best
for all That New Board be
Elected.
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
Ii the present members of the
board of county commissioners
are not making a pretty good
thing out of the office, why are
they so anxious for the office
again? Some of them, at least,
have been in the office too long
already. There are plenty of
good men in Robeson county Just
as able as the present board of
commissioners to carry on the
public affairs of the county. 1t
seems that the present members
of the board of commissioners
have not been able to tell when
the accounts of the public officers
were kept straight. 1t was their
business to know how much ex-
Sheriff Mcleod owed each year,
and to make him pay it. Wheth-
er their failure to make him prop
erly settle his accounts was due to
negligence or ignorance, it is GER
tainly true that it was due to one
or the other, and if it was due to
either one of these reasons, then
they were not properly atte nding
to their business. If they had
been properly attending to their
business, Sheriff Mcleod could
not have been charged up with
one hundred thousand dollars too
much bank stock in the town of
Lumberton.
There is another thing | want
to know: How was it that they
ordered the county to pay Sheriff
Mcleod $3.50 when it appears
that this money, if owed at all,
was owed by the State? This is
the way it appears to me, from
Sheriff McLeod's own statement.
If the commissioners are right
in saying that they have proper
ly conducted the affairs of the
county, then they do not need
any endorsement by any re-elec-
ton, and they ought to be willing
to let some other good men try
. their hands awhile and see if the
public affairs could not be gotter
in a little better shape. | have
nothing against any member OF
the board, but do think that i
. is best for all, the Democratic
party included, that some new
county commissioners should b.
elected, who have had no connec
Ion with the present deplorablt
state of affairs.
= BURNT SWAMP.
Aug. 20, 1868.
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ITEMS FROM ST. PAULS.
An Enjoyable Social Event
Movements of the People.

Correspondence of The Robesonian
Services were held in the new
Presbyterian church last Sunday,
conducted by Rev. Joseph Evans.
Mr.. Stewart McGoogan is
spending his vacation at Jackson
Springs. His place is being flledin
Mr.. l.. L. McGoogan's store by
his cousin, Mr.. w. E. McGoogan,
of Rennert.
Mr.. L. A. McInnis is spending
this week down on the beach.
Mr.. B. Y. Clark, of Arcadia,
Fla, is visiting his relatives
here.
Mrs. VIM. Townsend was call
ed Monday to see her daughter
in-law, Mrs. L. H. Townsend,
who is very i'll.
Mrs. RE. Lewis is visiting rex
atlves here.
Mrs. W. Weatherly, of South
Carolina, is visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Macarthur.
Mr.. Marshall Ford is on the sick
list.
Messrs. Shaw and Laurin Nc
Arthur were visiting relatives
here last week.
Mrs. L. Gentry is visiting re-
| latiVeS in FaVottpVille.
Sorry to report Miss Annie
Shaw sick.
Miss Eoline Shaw is spending
a few days on the beach.
The "Merry-go-round" which
had been in town for the last few
weeks left Monday.
Miss Lillian Clark has accepted
a position in the cash store.
Miss Jessie Floyd, of Dunn, i.
visiting Misses Nora and Belle
Johnson.
Miss Mayme Parham is visit
ing relatives at Galatia.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. McGoogar
gave a nice reception in their ele.
giant new home last Friday night
which was greatly enjoyed by
the young people.
Mr.. Nathan Allen is visiting
relatives IN South Carolina.
! Miss Margaret Plummer, O.
| Lumber Bridge, was visiting
here last week.
: The Messrs. Kinlaw, of Bladen
! are here for a few days taking pic
! lures. They have their tent neal
y the hotel.
f Mr.. C. N. McGoogan, of Madi
t son, Fla, is visiting relative
here.
S Rev. Otis Johnson left Wed
Y nesday for Sampson county
: where he will conduct a meet
S ing. '
Mrs. L. A. McInnis is visitin!
e at Galatia, her old home.
. St. PauPs, N. c., Aug. e
- 1JUS.
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A STRANGE POSITION.
Something New Started in Rob-
eson-If Any Candidate is
Afraid of Joint Discussion he
Should Withdraw-Best to be
Fair to the People.


I see from the papers that ex-
Sheriff Mcleod, as chairman of
the Democratic executive COM
mittee of Robson county, made
a speech before the committee in
which he took the position that
he was willing for the primaries,
provided there was no public dis
cussion between the candidates.
1t seems to me that this was a
strange position for a candidate
for the Senate to take. We have
heard Of primaries all over the
State of North Carolina this
year, and at all of them the can
didates had joint discussions be-
fore the people. If any of the
candidates are afraid Of joint
discussions, they ought to with
draw, and not run for any Cffice
any more. Since the negro is out
of politics the Democrats feel
that they have a right to know
how the candidates stand on
questions. They also feel that
they have a right to hear the
candidates discuss each Others 6
records, to see if there is any
thing Objectionable. AS Mr..
Bryan said, in his speech of ac-
ceptance, it is best in politics to
be fair with the people, and try
to keep nothing from them. We
can see no danger in the Demo
cratic party having free and
open discussions before the pee.
pie. If there is anything thai
the people cannot know and hear,
then they are not in position tc
vote, and l am sorry that the
chairman Of the executive COM
mittee gave the committee any
such advice.
A DEMOCRAT.
Blue Springs, NC, August 20
1908.
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DfarrhOea Cured.

- my father has for years been
troubled with diarrhoea, and tried
every means possible to effect a
cure without avail" " writes John
H. Zirkle Of Philippi, w. Va.
He saw Chamberlain's Collie,
Colera and Diarrhoea Remedy
advertised in the Philippi Repub-
lican and decided to try it. The
results one bottle cured him and
he has not suffered with the dis
ease for eighteen months. Before
taking this remedy he was a con-
slant sufferer. He is now sound
and we'll, and although sixty
years old. can do as much work
as a young man." Sold by al
druggists.
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LIFE AND INSPIRATION.
Noble Work Commended
Should Elevate Our Own Chill
dren-The Power to Trans
To the Editor of The Robesonian.

To the Editor of The Robesonian.
May God bless, guide and en-
courage Florence Sanford Brown,
of Fairmont, in her noble work.
l for one certainly do feel thank
full to know there is at least one
in the community that realizes
we are in the midst of heathens,
children who are growing up
like weeds with practically no
attention, no training for the
battle of life When we bring
up the question Of foreign mis-
sions, why not, at least the
strength of the little finger, turn
to the elevation and raising of our
own children and the reforma-
ton of those that are older? "A
stalk Of corn without cultivation
will amount to nothing, "and the
same can be truthfully said re-
garding humanity.
David Swing said: Persons
who are to transform the world
must be themselves transformed.
Life must be full of inspiration.
Man in his highest form must be
in ceasless action. His religion
must be simple in creed, but rich
in activity. Its wealth must be
likesthe religion Of Jesus, all in
carnated in life. 1t must not be
in a book; but as the red in the
rose, so religion must be in the
man. It must be his color,
his form of being. He may
find times for patience, but
he must be as impatient of
wrong as the good musician is
impatient of discord. He must
not permit himself or his city OF
) his country to drift. He must
attempt to make his own ship
and that of the State sail. He
must feel that life is not to be
: concealed but expressed. The
l soul must not be dumb but elo'
quent. For there is no value II
education unless man can act ou'
Of the wisdom of the school:thert
is no merit in culture if sleep OF
stupor can fill it's place"
Let us, our own country, State
town, county and homes be trans
formed, then make an effort tt
transform others.
Any man or woman can follow
Jesus if he or she will; there i
n no excuse for not doing so
Those who arelstubborn, hesitat
e ing and comparing the pleasure
e of sin with the love of God, ma!
I expect no reward. The word
+ of God teach us, if the righ
q hand hinders US from followin,
1 Jesus to sever it from the bod
I and cast it from us; therefor
I it's nothing more nor less thai
e foolishness for US to hold on t
y certain vices, habits or person
e who keep US from being wha
Il we should.
l. VIRGINIA"
q Rennert, N. c., August q
l. 1908.
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why James Lee Got Well.

Everybody in GAINESVILLE, Ohio,
knows Mrs. Mary Lee, of rural
route s. She writes: "My hus-
band, James Lee, firmly believes
he owes his life tn the use of DR..
Kings New Discovery. His lungs
we're SO severely affected that CON
sumption seemed inevitable, when
a friend recommended New Dis
covely We tried it. and its use
has restored him to perfect health.
DR.. Kings New Discovery is the
King of throat and lung remedies.
For coughs and colds it has no
equal The first dose gives relief
Try it! Sold under guarantee at
all drug stores. so. and $1.0O.-
Trial bottle free.
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Excellent Health Advice.

Mrs. M. NJ. Davidson, of No.
379 Clifford Ave, San Jose, Cal =,
says: 1.-The worth of Electric Bit
ters as a general family remedy
for headache, biliousness and tor
por of the liver and bowels is so
pronounced that | am prompted
to say a word in its favor, for the
benefit of those seeking relief from
such Affections. There IS more
health for the digestive organs in
a bottle of Electric Bitters than in
any other remedy I know of -
Sold under gual antee at all drug
stores. 500.
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30 May the commissioners and
Mcleod Exclaim, but the Spot
Will not "Out" "A Review of
the Situation-No Way Out
But for These Men to Vamose
the Ranch.
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
If ex-Sheriff Mcleod and the
old board of commissioners could
realize the perturbed condition
which their candidacy has thrown
the Democratic party of our
county into, I must think, as
good citizens, that they would
withdraw their candidacy.
Who is responsible for this
condition of affairs? Let US be-
gin at the beginning. For years
there have been complaints about
our financial affairs. Men of the
county who owned land in the
adjoining counties wanted to
know why taxes on land were
so much higher in our county
than in the adjoining counties.
These and other complaints cul-
minated in a general demand
for an investigation. therefore
the last Legislature appointed
three good men as an audit and
finance committee with power
and authority to make a thorough
investigation of thewhole matter;
and the result is now before US in
areport of that committee. 1t con-
sists of the sworn testimony of
different officers. No one can
read this sworn testimony with
out being convinced of the utter
disregard Of all safe and sound
rules of good finance and also OF
the various laws and regulations
laid down by the Code for their
observance. Had they admitted
their errors and shortcomings
the people would have been will.
ling to overlook a good deal of it
but instead of that, in the face
of their sworn testimony, they
rise up now and say "it aim so. .
The record and facts are before
us, and they may, like Lady Mac
beth, eXclaim, Out, damned
spot!" but not until they car
get a requisition from some high
er authority than we now have
to collect and burn all the copiei
of that report now extant will
the damned spot" out.
The wagon-load of offense
against good government, driver
by Mcleod and Carter, whicl
: was overhauled by the audit ant
: finance committee, but which tn
acolytes and camp-foflowers o
: the old board said was all righ
again, ! see by the last report O
, the audit and finance committee
' again in distress ;and see no wa
. out ofitbut for the drivers to dis
! mount, discharge the passenger
n and vamOse the ranch.
: But the old board, on
+ member of which is ais
a member of the Democrat
ic executive committee, and tn
chairman of that committee, e2
Sheriff Mcleod, not satisfied wit
= denying things they have swor
;, to, and things they wouldn
IL swear to, have piled Ossa upo
U Pelion by refusing to have thes
q matters discussed before the PEI
g pie. 1t has always surprised n
q that this whole matter was M
q placed in the hands of the solic
II tor, to be dealt with as the la
e provides in such cases.
a 1t is hoped that the forthcon
IS lug primary will bury McLeC
y and the old board so deep tn;
l; they will never be heard {
n again.
If D. P. McEACHERN.
e Red Springs, N. C. Aug. 2
h 1908.
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LIZ y AAA4C1SLLA'
Lumber Bridge, Aug. 20, 1908.

Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans
reached the age limit of 62 years
on the 18th and passed from the
ranks of the country's active sea-
fighters. His has been the long
est service, but two years short
of half a century, of any man
who has reached the office of
rear admiral in the United States
naVV,
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Robt. Saunders, aged Is years,
of Danville, Va, fell from the
top of a water tower on the yards
of the Southern Ry. at Spencer
on the 18th, 80 feet to theground.
His body was terribly mangled
and death resulted within an
hour.
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Reunion at Lumber Bridge Bap-
tist Church.
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
To the Editor of The Robesonian:

To the Editor of The Robesonian:
One hundred years ago Daniel
White, from Scotland, came to
Wilmington and thence up to
Lumber Bridge and preached his
first sermon in America there on
the 1st Sunday in November, 1907.
The Baptist church at this
place is to celebrate the event by
all-day reunion services Thurs
day, August 27. All relatives
and friends of the family, all
members and former members of
this church and the community
are invited to attend.
Yours truly,
E. J. HARRELL.
Lumber Rridpe Aup. 20. 1903.
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Chronic DIarrhoea Relieved.

Mr.. Edward E. Henry, with
the United States Express Co.,
Chicago, writes, "Our General
Superintendent, Mr.. Quick,
handed me a bottle of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Di-
arrhoea Remedy some time ago to
check an attack Of the old chronic
diarrhoea. have used it since
that time and cured many on our
trains who have been sick. | am
an old soldier who served with
Rutherford B. Hayes and Will
liam Mckinley four years in 23rd
Ohio Regiment, and have no all
ment except chronic diarrhoea,
which this remedy stops al
once" For sale by all druggists.
S or 6 doses 1855" will cure
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STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, ! s
LUCAS COUNTY.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.


Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F.
J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Hall
Catarrh Cure. FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day of December,
A. d. 1886.
[SEALl A W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly, and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa
| tom
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Mr.. W. H. Taft, Republican
nominee for President, has re-
ceived an urgent invitation to
visit Greensboro during the SEN
tenial celebration in October,
but on account of the fact that
he is declining all nominations
from other parts of the country,
he says he couldn't accept. He
intimated, however, that it might
be possible for him to arrange to
be present in a purely social Wav.
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Aug. 20, 1903.
Judge Murphy.
Charlotte Observer.

Charlotte Observer.
The appointment by Governor
Glenn of Mr.. J. D. Murphy, of
Asheville, to succeed the late
Judge Fred Moore will be ap-
plauded by all who know the
appointee. He ranks very high
at the bar, is a Christian man in
the full meaning of the term,
and an engaging gentleman. The
Governor is to be congratulated
upon the appointment and the
State upon Mr.. Murphy's acces-
sion to the bench. Enjoying as
he does a large practice, the
bench of course has no financial
allurements for him; on the con-
trary he will go on it at a pecun-
larry sacrifice; and it may be
observed in passing that the
State is fortunate in having a
judiciary of gentlemen not one
of whom, perhaps, is serving it
for gain; none of whom could
not realize more in money from
the practice of his profession
than he does from his salary.
Judge Murphy is a native of
Sampson county and has lived
at Asheville for many years. He
is perhaps fifty years of age and
is in the full vigor of health.
Judge Moore's term ran two
years beyond the next election.
Judge Murphy's appointment
holds only until then, the law
providing for the filling of such
vacancies at the next general
election. Judge Murphy will
of course be nominated, by the
district executive committee or
otherwise, and elected in Novem-
Der.
Geo. Bennett, a middle-aged
lumberman, of Washington, com.
mitted suicide on the 18th by
taking laudanum. He had been
drinking and had become des-
pondent on account of being out
| of 1,,o1,1r
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WITH AUNT BECKY.

A Tribute to the Honesty and
Faithfulness of Former Slave
Who Now Lives in Lumber
ton-Thriving Rowland-A
Description of Aunt Becky
Other Matters.
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S or 6 doses "666" will cure
any case of CHILLS and FEVER.
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"OUT, DAMNED SPOT"

So May the Commissioners and
Mcleod Exclaim, but the Spot
Will not "Out" "A Review of
the Situation-No Way Out
But for These Men to Vamose
the Ranch.
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And in Either Case the Commis-
sioners Have not Properly At
tended to Their Business Best
for all That New Board be
Elected.
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Rennert, N. c., August 20,
1908.
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Blue Springs, NC, August 20
1908.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1908-12-08
Making Caricstures.

The way in which some artists can
distort features without making them
unacceptable is certainly very re-
markable. Thomas Mast possessed
this faculty to an extraordinary de-
gree, and he had very peculiar way
of adding new faces to his mental
photograph gallery. When fresh
subject would arise in politics, for in
stance, he would invent some pretext
to call upon him at his Office or house
and hold him in conversation as long
as possible, studying his features.
When he took his departure he would
purposely leave his cane. Once out
side, Mast would make hasty pencil
sketch on a card and would usually
find that his memory was deficient as
to some detail. He would then return,
ostensibly for the cane, and another
look at the victim would enable him
to perfect his sketch. After that he
had the man forever. When Joe KEEP
pier was alive he used to make fire.
quent trips to Washington for the pur-
pose of seeing statesmen whom he
wanted to draw. He was very clever
at catching likenesses and scarcely
ever referred to photograph.
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Her Ideal Villain,

The following anecdote, taken from
my Story" by Hall Game, is interest
ing:
Immediately after the production of
"The Woman In White" when all
England was admiring the arch vii
lainy of Fosco, the author, Wilkie
Collins, received a visit from a lady
who congratulated him upon his sue
cess with somewhat icy cheer and
then said: "But, Mr.. Collins, the great
failure of your book is your villain.
Excuse me if I say you really do not
know a villain. Your Count Fosco is
a very poor one, and when next you
want a character of that description l
trust that you will not disdain to come
to me. 1 know villain and have one
In my eye at this moment that would
far eclipse anything that I have ever
read of in books. Don't think that I
am drawing upon my Imagination. The
man is alive and constantly under my
gaze. In fact, he is my own husband"
The lady was the wife Of Edward
Bulwer Lytton.
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GETTING an "Otd Man.

speaking of new men," said the
boss Of the skyscraper builders, with a
twinkle, ''comical things happen even
Sometimes in rush seasons there amt
enough hands to go round, and we
have to take 'em green as the hills. l
had one once, kid from Vermont, a
whale of kid, with bones like horse
and eyes awful anxious sto please
eyes that made you like him. He's one
Of the best men I've got now, but then
he was green as God made him." The
foreman stopped to chuckle. i. 4
eco up to the eighteenth floor !
told him one day, and bring down an
old man. was busy at the time: and
when 1 saw the kid staresI said kind
of sharp that if that old man wasn't
here in five minutes the whole blamed
building would probably go to smash.
This was just my way of making him
hustle, but he thought l meant it word
for word. He went up on the run, and
in a few minutes he came down with
a suffering, clawing old Teller held
like wise in his arms. .
"'He was the only old man on the
floor said the kid, and he wanted to
stop and argue about it, but from
what you said I knew what 1t meant,
so just grabbed him and came
"You see," the foreman added kind
ly, noting my puzzled expression, IAN
old man happens to be the name Of a
tool we use. "-Everybody's Magazine.