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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-02
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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-02

Against Gods wrath no cas-
tie is thunderproof. Spanish.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-02

Beware of no man more thai
thyself.- Shakespeare. =
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-02

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Mcintyre, Lawrence & Proctor, Attor-
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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-02

Be wise today; It's madness
todefer. Young.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-02
Proverbs and Phrases

Better bend than break
French.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-02

Beauty won't boil the pot
German.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23

About the liveliest fish story we have yet heard comes from St. Paul. Minn. Briefly told, young man out in a boat fishing for picksrel hooked a monster specimen, so the story goes. It dragged him out of the boat and as he couldn't swim, and the line being fastened to his body. he had made up his mind that he would be drowned when the fish very considerably lowed him to a ledge of rocks where he found footing. When the fish was rested it prepared to carry him off and finish him when the young man remembered the revolver he carried in his pocket and drawing it out he shot the fish dead. That Is the story and this monster" weighed-how much, do you think? Not ton. or half a ton, or a quarter. or even a hundred pounds. It actually weighed thirty one poundsi The only thing we find to wonder at in the story is that it didn't make the fish swallow the fish erman. That would have been an ap- propriate climax.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23
WORLDS COTTON NEEDS.
Time not far of When Twenty Million
 Bales WiII be Required.

rune not xar OH when TWGMHy 1ALAtOM
 Bales Will be Required.
 Youths Companion.
 This section might leave to New England and Europe all the cotton trade which they now have. and not be able to increase It's cotton mill business rapidly enough to take care of the worlds needs
 The south is producing an average of about twelve million bales of cot ton a year The time Is rapidly com ing when this must be increased to twenty million bales or more to meet the worlds requirements, The grain in consumption will require an aver age of half a million bales a year At this gait 1t would require but ten years to make is necessary for the South to raise seventeen million or eighteen million bales annually.
 There is no reason why the world will not eventually need forty million or fifty million bales or more of good prices and an increase in the labor supply even this would not be the limit of the ,South's ability.
 The practical monopoly of cotton production Is a potential power for the South as great as would be an equally strong domination of the worlds iron-ore supply.
 Sooner or later, when this section fully comprehends this great power, it will make the world pay tribute to its coffers, just as would England or any other country which owned the worlds iron ores.
 By reason of this condition cotton growers ought to be the most pros porous farmers in the world and in time they doubtless will be. Cotton however. attracts so much attention that the diversified side of agriculture in the South is but little realized.
 That section produces over eight hundred million bushels Of grain d year, and several hundred million dol lars worth of other crops, which ag- gregate in value about one billion three hundred million dollars. mak- ing, with cotton, a total valuation Of farm products of two billion dollars q year. or nearly one-third of the value for the whole country. This is a gain of seven hundred and twen- weight million dollars a year com pared with 1900, when the total was one billion two hundred and seventy two million dollars
 During the same brief period the value of the South's manufactered products rose from one million four hundred and sixtyfour million dol- lars to two billion two hundred and twenty five million dollars and the true value of its property from twelve billion to nineteen billion three hun dred and ninety million dollars
 With a wealth of natural resources including coal. Iron, cotton. timber. oil natural gas phosphate rock, ag- ricultural capabilities. and many oth- CT things. the South has a combina- ton of advantages on which to build and out of which to pour a stream of wealth absolutely without any parallel on earth
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23
SATURDAY, MAY 2s, 1908.
A RABID PREDICTER.

When a man goes into the predict enx business he might just as well make a complete job of it. No use mincing matters and trying to make 1t pleasant for humanity and pos terity but give it to 'em straight and hot out of the box. For example. i1 the current issue of Everybody's Magazine, Emerson Hough hands out this batch:
 Tn fifty years we shall have whole states as bare as China The Appa- lachians will be stripped to bedrock. floods, which cannot be controlled, The Canadian forests north of the Great Lakes will be swept away. our Middle West will be bare. The Yazoo Delta will be stripped apart, because no levee will be able to stand the floods of those days. We shall be living in crowded concrete houses, and at double the rent we. now pay. We wood on our farms. We shall pay ten cents for a newspaper, fifty cents for a magazine, as much for lead pencil. Beef will be the privilege of the few. Clothing will cost twice what Is costs today. Like Chinamen, our children Will rake the SOIL TOT Iuel or forage or food. We shall shiver in a cold and burn in a heat never before felt in this temperate zone, meant by God as a comforta ble growing place for splen- did human beings-unless We wake up.
 Is not that rather lively program for the future? The worst of it is that he gives so little time for preparation. He doesn't put all these troubles thousands of years ahead. or even hundreds. but gives but half a century for 1t all to be here. The hap py children of today are to experi- ence all these dire happenings and privations. if writer Hough knows what he is talking about. and no doubt he thinks he does. Those of us who are already in the declining years of life will not be here to suffer all the evils he predicts. but as 1t is not to be supposed that the dreadful condi- tons are to come suddenly at the end of fifty years we may reasonably look for the changes to come gradually so that even the elders of today will get a touch of 1t. We could wish that MT. Hough had been content to give us @ milder dose. but as we have said. there's no use half doing a job. If one is bound to go into the predicting business let him go the limit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23
LIMITING ARMAMENT. A
Can the United states and England
 Head of Germanyf

Can the United states and England
 Head of Germanyt
 Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Great Britain. we are told. is anxious to have limitations put upon the buiid- ing of navies and the general increase of armaments. It has taken no official action, according to the story, but is conducting some sort of secret cam paign preliminary to an open invita- tion to the powers to cease straining their financial resources in the build ing of floating forts. This informa- tion comes into the class of welcome if true.
 As usual. Germany is accused of being the intractable member of the family of nations, Germany's war lord desires to build great navy hang the expense! Great Britain. with income in excess of expenditures is certainly in good position to argue this question with Germany, whose expenses exceed her income. But pos. sibly a little example on the part Of Britain might do more to convince King Edwards nephew than q large amount of precept. The German Emperor certainly knows that Great Britain and the United States can stand the financial strain of building battle ships longer than he can. But while they continue to build at an increasing rate he may be excused for doubting their professions of desire for limi- tation. On this principle we have advocated reduction of the American programe, and we are quite certain nothing would sooner convince William of the folly of naval building than to find himself at a disadvantage in the industrial feld. He Is devoted to German industrial interests, even to the extent of promoting the quarrels of other nations.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23
MT. Bryan in Alabama |.

Chattanooga Times.
 The result of the primaries in Ala bama. In which Governor Johnson of Minnesota received a surprisingly large vote considering the very short time his friends had to urge his candidacy, ought to be sufficient evidence to Mir Bryan that there Is a popular revolt against his further candidacy. In this Alabama campaign there was no issue except Bryan and his candidacy. Gov ernor Johnson has only been in the public eye a short time; few people knew anything of him except that he is a Democrat and had been elected Governor twice in a Republican State, but that looked so good to many who had been faithfully following the man who had been steadily losing not only his own State but finally nearly all others that had been in the habit of giving Democratic victories that they In sheer desperation and in hope of getting something new for a chance voted for him. There are reasons for believing that If the Johnson managers had gone to work two or three months ago Instead of two or three weeks they might have controlled the State delegation.
 As Il Is we regard the Johnson vote as a significant warning-not that Ala bama will go against MT. Bryan but that thre are a whole lot of good sterl- ing Democrats in that State who have become very tired of voting for Bryal and defeat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23
Letter to The Editor
Johnson's Vote in Sumter.

Editor The Advertiser:
 l note in your paper of today that your report of the result of the cleo ton in this county states that Johnson only carried four beats out of twenty in this county. This report is inaccu- rate as I have returns from every beat in the county and they show that Gov ernor Johnson carried eleven out of twenty beats in the county. the actual vote in the county being Bryan 3S7. Johnson 295. Johnson carried Living ston and York beat and nine beats in the country.
 John W. Tomlinson came here and spoke in BrS=ns interest and organ ized a club with a large number of vice presidents, and there was no club organized or speeches made in John sons behalf.
 The vote at this box was Bryan 45, Johnson 69. For delegate at large, Booker 2s, Clayton 70, Cunningham Si, Heflin 39. Kyle "A. Moody 99, Tomlin- son 29. A. c. smith 24. For Jus tices, Aston 2, Bilbro S9, Chiffon 2. Lusk ?. Mayheld 104. Simpson 34.
 Mayfleld leads in county over Bilbro by more than 100 votes with Simpson third and Alston fourth.
 I will thank you to make the cor rection of the Presidential vote.
 Thomas F. Scale.
 Livingston, Ala. May Z1.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23

na,,t,ea, views of such man sn ex- pianstiop of his sxtrsorainary da p9pS,.ri. pSns1r .yows A doctrine which. when they nave understood them. men cf sii lands have readily embraced and wnicn has heen too much neglected of late Ws has message which has nevef yet failed to enlist the attention of Tree With such sturdy America nisn. with such principles 60 eonvincingiy set forth, and with the knowledse thst m nublic and private station he hns ueen trna to them. Governor Johnson comes before the people at an opportune time. There is need of him and of the truths which he presents. He can poll every Dennocratic vote He can poll million or more votes of foreign-born citizens which no other Democrat could nope to receive.
 The element from which this man springs is to give us chief masistretes presently. There will never De oet- ter type with which to tnsugurate the movement.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23
THE DICTATOR.

All the indications point to the fact that de word has done been saunt" to the Republicans of the country that they must obey the orders of Roose welt and nominate Taft at Chicago. In that respect the nomination will be Roosevelt victory. for it appears now that there will b mo real opposition and that the pr, hdent'aI program win be carried out. Secretary Taft" says The Chattanooga Times. "is an admir- able gentleman. able and honest. but there Is something seriously rerug- nant in his being forced upon the country by one who Is to all intents aad purposes the ruler of the Repubh- can party. It savers much of the sue Cesion system of royalty. The Ameri- can people ike to have a hand in the selection of their presidents. In thIs instance he has been selected foe them, in the likely eventuality of the ctec- tion of Mir. Taft With united eeuo- cracy, what an opportunity there would Ie to make the hopes and planning of President Roosevelt go awry! bu. alas"
 That word "alas!" has a somewhat dolefuI sound. and perhaps !: Is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23
This Ls My 56th Birthday
Weldon 3. Heyburn.

Weldon Brinton Hepburn. prominent as a lawyer and United States Senator, was born May 23. 1852. in Delaware County, Pennsylvanta. and spent the early years of his life in that State. After finishing an academic education he studied law for several years and in 1878 was admitted to the bar. For seven years he continued to practice law in Pennsylvania, but concluding that the West offered better oppor- tunity for success to a young man in his profession he went to Idaho in 1888 and located in Shoshone County.
 He began the practice of law there and soon attained prominence In his profession and also in politics. He was a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1888 and 1892 and in 1898 was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress. Tn 1900 he was again a dele gate to the National Convention and in 1908 was elected United States Sena- tor for the term expiring March {, 1903.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23
JobD Al. Johnson as a Type.

St Louis Post -Dispatcn. .,.
 i. sor ID of 9" an innmigrant will be nomi-- mated and elected to the presldehcy na Ui the United States. Immigrants anu U their sons now constitute so laISe a proportion of the voters of the country tbst aoon or late, a man distinctly representative of that element IS cer- tain to come to the chief magistra!cy,
 Highly significant In this coane|tlon Ion colonial days and who came up from the ranks of the people was Andrpw Jackson. himself the son or an. an lmmlo mn ,o consider is. What sort of immigrant, and what sort of son? .. .n.,o,,s charge brought against many or our newcomers of recent years Is that they have little knowledge of and no sym pathy with the American idea ot dual sovereignty-a repuohc or re
 publics. the states supreme in thelr sphere and the nation paramount Tn it's own Too many of them are cen tralizers because they have hnd no acquaintance with any other form or government. Even Americans or lons descent are out of patience With the system. -,
 Aside from his high character; one oi
 the strongest reasons for recognizing m Governor Johnson an availa0Iea " ,ana GS iS Sis
 intelligent devotion to the carry Demo cratic doctrine of lecal self-goyTrn. ment His speeches on this suoJeot show an intimate acquaintance vii ] the Fundamentals of Americanlsm. He has not been misled by any Of the gamours of monarchy or oi autoc.acy He has reasons for the ralth that IS M lI
 him and his arguments are such as han . the approval of nearly all or our people for three-quarters or a cen
 tury. =,
 It is worth much in the presence oi dccadcnt Americans and monarchy trained Immigrants to have distin- guished son Of European peasant II, frustrating the very obvious perlls ol constructive jurisprudence and execu' tive usurpation. It Is worth even more to have such a man speaking power fully to millions possessing I"Tia' and social sympathy with nm m pc half of the ideals which three genera tions of Americans never ceased to
 In ali of his recent speeches Governor Johnson has pointed out the danger of centralization, the wrong or r. the needlessness of it and the toiiy or lL and more. He has shown that tn tns Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United states are as vital today as they ever were ano that at no other time was the ooserV. ance of the principles whien tney ,ss ses sI forth more necessary 70 the "ellaFe or ws Ees RsSssS msy find in che elementary
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23

natural. for it Is much to be feared that failure of Democratic unity win result in Democratic defeat in Novem- Der. That. however. is for the future to decide an we sir cid not give un hope that sois ass Conservative ooun- sells will control the party,s action. and that there may be unity and har- nony and enthusiasm when the time for action comes. In that way. and no ether can SUI sss conc at a time when 1t is needed ss 1t has been needed but few times in our history.
 But whatever the result of the con test may be it is serious reflection on the independence and manhood of the Ame-icsn people that a great political party should allow the Presi- dent to dictate the course to be fol- lowed and the man to be selected as the party's leader in a presi iential campaign. We do not now call to mind an instance of such unwarranted interference and assumacy on the part of a President. The time has been when the Republican party was led and managed by men who had back bone and self-respect enough to re- sent and repudiate such dictation.. and who would not have allowed the White House to select a candidate and force his nomination, but that time has passed. One man government is now rampant and one man rules the party. We also say, alas!
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23
This Date in History
May 23.

170e-Battle of Families.
 17s3-James Otis, American orator and patriot, died at Andover. Mass Born, February 5, 1925.
 1805-Napoleon crowned himself KinE of Italy at Milan.
 1s3s-British merchants left Canton, China, because of the opium riots
 1s54-French squadron arrived at Cuba under Admiral Dequesne.
 1S74-National Civil Rights bill pass ed by the United States Senate.
 1S77-Don Carlos. pretender to the Spanish throne. expelled from France.
 1s05-Mary A. Ldvermore, American author. lecturer and advocate of woman suffrage, died Born December 19,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23

There are two features of the Mrs. Guinness case that are especially diff ficult to understand. One Is, that woman could be such fiendish creat- ure as she must have been. and the other is that she should have lured so many victims into her net of death as she seems to have done. These are not the only curious phases of this strange case, but they are among the hardest to understand.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23
PAINFUL ULCER On Foot for a Year. Healed by Two Sets of cutIcura

"I had an ulcer on my foot for c year or more and it was very painful as it was 6 running sore. l had doctor, eight months ago commenced to use Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Pills. used two sets and it Is now all healed up. Mrs. E. F. Ryder, West Brewster. Mass, April go, 1907"
 compleas ExteFnai and Internal treatment ScR Every IIumoF Of lpfAnts, Children, and Adults conssts of Cutiefa Soap (26el to Cleanse the sktns CulieuFn Ointment lI0eJ to Heal the Skin. and cuicura Retolyent (50e ln the form of Choeoata Sold throughout tho world. Potter Dfug q Chem. ssA 's S9S rsssSS ssss hSaS ss e shh phsasA
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23

The announcement that Foraker will drop the Brownsville affair and the negro question for the present-or until after the election--is not really strange. He sees that he has made all the capital out of the affair he can hope for at this time and we shall not be surprised if he and Taft snug gle up together like two kittens before a great while. There's pie to be looked after.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23

Commenting on the recent visit of Secretary Taft to the canal zoLe The Chattanooga Times sums 1t up by say ing that Secretary Tafts guarantee is that if the government really wants the thing done 1t can and will be done" That reads to us like The Times doubts whether the government wants a canal at all Some of the performances down in that region would strengthen that feeling. we must admit.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23

washed my children's heads with Cutl- c,Ira Soap and then applied the wonder ful ointrlent Cuticura. did this four Or five times and can say that they have been entirely cured. I have enosner baby who is so plump that the folds of skin on his neck were broken ana even bled. I used Cuticora Soap ana Cntl- the trouble had disappeared. am usinS the Cuticura Remedies yet when sVersnv of my family have any sores. csn nsver recommend Cuticura suffl- cientiv. it ia indispensable in every home. Tcannot fnd It's equal. Mime. Napoleon Duoeppe, 4i Duluth St., Montreal, Que.s May 2i, 19o7."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23
George Heard From (.

Hartford tConn.) Times
 In the Democratic Convention Tn the State of Washington on Monday, form . CT Senator George Turner. who presid- ed was enfhusiastIca1lv cheered when he said that President Roosevelt lis as great a President as the nation ever had and as good a Democrat In .princi- pie as any man In this hall. Nopody win be surprised to hear that this com vention chose a Bryan delegation to the Denver convention. and that 1t was entirely controlled by MT. Bryan's sup porters. With Mir. Roosevelt and MT Tast both warmly in favor of the nom ination of Bryan as the Democratic candidate for the Presidency, we seem tn nave reached an era of good feeling in politics that was never reached be 5e3 resnv voters will ask, when there Is seF such complete harmony between, the Supporters of Mir Roosevelt and the supporters of MT. Bryan
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23

The statement that Senator Tom Platt used the expression, "I know that am an old fool" in one of his letters to Miss Mae Wood. has a sort of contradictory sound If one is a fool and knows 1t. is he really fool? That Is the puzzle about it.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23
vllliacatiOn Never Pays.

The result of the city primary Sat urday demonstrated the fact that Vii- lineation and misrepresentation will not win the votes of intelligent men selves, and Opelika voters have a right to be so classed
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23

The Mobile Register changes the verbiage slightly and writes 1t. "Pou- ties makes strange bad fellows" Yes. and makes some of the bad fsi- laRs worse.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23

Taft or bust" might be adopted as the Republican slogan at present, and we can't say that we have any choice in the matter. Let them nominate Taft and then bust. for what we care.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23

We are not really sure whether we had any spring in this latitude or not, but we think 1t safe to say that sum mer Is on time.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-23
sMoRN CIRCULATION.

The Montgomery Advertiser guarantees its advertisers (and makes if part Of tns contract when requested) that its daily CIT culation is larger than that of any porn- ing newspaper printed in Alaoarne-e,no that it's Sunday edition has the larEest CUT cuiation of any edition of any newspaper printed in Alabama without exception.
 The figures for April printed below repre- sent the actual net circulation. all returns having been deducted.