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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-21
SMITHS BRIDGE BUDGET
A LuIl in the Moving Business
To Build W.O.W.HaIl-About
Compulsory Education.

Correspondence of The RoI>esonian.
We are having some nice wealth.
er for hog killing and many have
died in this community during
the last few days.
Mr.. Sam Cain is putting up his
saw and shingle mill in this com
munity. We understand that they
make nice shingles.
| believe the moving business
has Stacked up some, as there was
talk OF moving one Of the cotton
mills to Bladen.
The w. O. W. lodge of this
! place has purchased a lot from
Mr.. A. S. Allen just in front of
lions Hill church, where they
! expect to erect 9 nice hall.
Miss Kinlaw, daughter Of Mr..
Stephen Kin!aW, from upper
Robson, is visiting in this com
munity, the guest of her uncle,
Mr.. Isham Kinlaw.
Mr. A. 5. Allen expects to
leave today for Columbus and
Brunswick counties to Purchase
beef cattle.
Mr.. Editor, I see in your paper
a letter from Mr.. Warwick on
compulsory education. | would
like to know if that is what we
pay tax for, or do we pay for
free law? When this American
continent was discovered in 1892
and troops landed in Virginia,
| Did they fight for freedom or did
they fight for slavery? What dc
you think about it? Mr.. War
wick states that the county chain
gang is composed Of uneducated
people. What is the cause? The
poor man suffers for the little
: offence he committs;the rich anC
educated are generally exonora.
ted for the many great offences
they commit. If the people Of
Robson county were all to have
} justice, Don't you think there
, would be several pairs of paten-
J leather shoes muddied in the
+ bitches Of the public roads 0.
! Robson? Oh! but this would b.
! a scandal; it's no harm to mudd,
] the old brogans. Some of ou
! people, when they do a littl,
! wrong, will leave the State an(
! wait for the offence to die out
e and then they will come bacl
: and try to save their credit. Jus
] the idea of making it peniten
/ tiary crime when the schoc
! might come when'a man couldn'
r send. We hope our Representa-
4 tives and Senator will have NOR
r respect for our county than
v pass any such laws.
e Swamp Cat.
J. Smiths Bridge, N. c., Dec. L
q 1908.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-21
THE OLD CAROLINA CEN
TRIAL.
Improvements Have Made il a
Thing of the Past Linking Of
Mountains 10 Sea.

Charlotte Chronicle.
The old Carolina Central is
now indeed and in fact, a thing
of the past. The last reminder
of ii has disappeared with the
reconstruction Of the road bed
between Bostic and Monroe.
Bostic is the point near Ruther-
fordton where the Carolina,
Clinchfeld & Ohio, the new coal
carrying road from Johnson City.
taps the Carolina Central, and to
make the track Of the latter
available, it has been rebuilt.
Standard weight steel rails have
replaced the light iron rails and
the track has been surfaced and
balIasted 50 that in its entirety,
it has been brought up to the
measure Of trunk line railroads
for the Carolina Central is now
a section Of a direct trunk line
between Wilmington and Cincin-
natl, through Charlotte. The
new construction work on the
Carolina Central makes a re-
markable change in the appear.
ance of the line and foreshadows
the coming of heavy coal trains
and fast passenger trains. Con
nection is to be made at Bosti(
on New Years Day and people
living along The line Of the ole
Carolina Central will witness {
new sight in their section of the
country-the speeding Of a string
Of steel hopper coal cars drawn
by a standard consolidated en-,
gine. The work Of reconstruct
ing the Carolina Central track
between Hamlet and Whining,
ton is almost completed. This
direct linking of mountain t
sea, Of coal fields to deep water
dock, will be abundant cause foI
a Happy New Year to NortI
Carolina in general, and t
Charlotte and Wilmington il
particular.'
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-21
THE SHEPHERDS AND THE STAR.


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sat,
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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-21
Marked for Death.

"Three years ago | 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 "The first dose helped me and i'm
provement kept on until | had gained
58 pounds in weight and my health was
fully restored. " This medicine holds
the worlds healing record for coughs
and colds and lung and throat diseases.
1t prevents pneumonia. Sold under
guarantee at all drug stores. SOC and
81. 90. Trial bottle free.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-21

Charlotte Observer.
There was this paragraph in
the Raleigh correspondence of
The Observer yesterday:
Auditor Dixon says the oper-
alton of the revenue act is not
just or equal in the absence of
some sort Of general supervision,
and that there must be a general
basis of assessing property for
taxation, this being very differ
ent in the various counties, so
that in one county a man pays
twice as much on his property as
another man pays in another
county on property Of equal
value. This is a great need in
the revenue law. One man in
each county should be appointed
by the Governor to assess all
real estate there at it's actual
value in money, the State to be
divided into tax districts cores
ponding to the present judicial
districts, the assessors in each
district to meet, compare and
equalize values and send their
assessment to the State board
for final adjustment. Auditor
Dixon says that if the property
in the State was put upon the
tax books at cash value the taxa
ton rates would be reduced one
nalf and the State would ther
get credit for the property actu-
ally within it's borders and alsC
credit for a low tax rate. Be
sides this the State has no righ-
to put unequal burdens upon it,
citizens.
The weakest spot in our sys
TEN of government in Nortl
Carolina and no doubt in many
other if not all the States, is JUS
here: That taxation is so un
equal and that so many people
enjoying the benefits of govern
ment contribute to its supper
nothing at all. If the Genera
Assembly which meets mex
month should do anything, how
ever little, to correct this Unequal
ity, it will have justified it's ex
istence, 1t is the gravest wron!
which is perpetrated under tn
form of law. Auditor Dixol
} might we'll be consulted on thi
} subject by members of the Legis
lature.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-21
of The Robesonian

correspondence VI Alo ASoDooOHldh'
Rev. Oscar Johnson preached
at Zion's Tabernacle Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Wilson, of
Tar Heel, visited at the home of
Mr.. Thomas Kinlaw Sunday.
Mr.. J. R. Prevatt, of Lumber
ton, attended preaching at Zion's
Tabernacle Sunday.
Chlstmas is coming and | thin k
we will have several marriages
in this community.
The young men have organiz-
ed a debating society at Taberna-
Gle school house. They will speak
there Saturday night, 18th, al
7:3O. The subject is, Resolved,
that the women should have a
right to vote". They have sew
eral good speakers and the ladies
are cordially invited to come out
and hear the subject that con-
Germs them discussed.
Howellsville, N. c., Dec. Is,
1908.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-21
Medicine That Is Medicine.
Correspondence of The Robcsonian.

81 have suffered good deal with ma
laria and stomach complaints, but l
have now found a remedy that keeps
me well, and that remedy is Electric
Bitters; medicine that is medicine for
stomach and liver troubles, and for run
down conditions" says w. c. Kiestler,
of Halliday, Ark. Electric Bitters purify
and enrich the blood, tone up the nerves
and impart vigor and energy to the
weak. Your money will be refunded if
it fails to help you. SOC. at all drug
stores.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-21

OF Jesus, Prince Of Glory.
Old Fork, N. c., Dec. IS, 1868.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-21
Injustice of the Revenue Act.

Glennwood, N. c., Dec. Is, '0S
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-21
This is Worth Reading.

Leo F. Zelinski, of 68 Gibson Street,
Buffalo, N. Y, says: 81 cured the most
annoying cold sore | ever had, with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. | applied this
saIve once day for two days, when
every trace of the sore was gone. .
Heals all sores. Sold under guarantee
at all drug stores.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-21

Macon Telegraph.
Federal expenditures, 1878,
$135, 900, 900.
Federal expenditures, 1908,
$638, 600, 600.
Increase of population 1878 to
1903, IS per cent.
Increase of national wealth,
1878 to 1908, 1875 per cent.
Increase in cost Cf government
1878 to 1908, 400 per cent.
At this rate Of PROCESSION how
long will it be before the govern
ment will eat up the people and
their substance entirely?
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-21

Gov. Glenn has expressed a
willingness to be a candidate for
Congress from the fifth district
two years hence if he is asked
to accept the nomination.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-21
GLENWOOD GLEANINGS.
Box Supper Postponed-Coming
Weddings-Personals.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.


The box supper we were pre-
pairing to have on the eighteenth
was postponed until the 22d of
February.
Mr.. D. J. Bullock, of Newport
News, Va, arrived here Sunday
to spend Christmas holidays with
friends and relatives. Miss Sal
lie Bullock and brother, Walter,
visited relatives at Oak Grove
Sunday. Mrs. Jackson, of Fay
etteville, who had been visiting
relatives in this community, re-
turned to her home Saturday, ac-
companied by her niece, Miss
Edna Duncan. Miss Edna ex-
poets to spend a few weeks in
Fayetteville. Mr.. and Mrs. E.
P. Townsend visited friends and
relatives at Red Springs Sunday.
Rev. James A. Smith filled his
regular appointment at Pembroke
Sunday.
Mr.. Arch Buie and sister, Miss
Lille, spent Saturday and Sun
day at Buie's.
sally Mag" has only heard OF
two weddings to be about the
time old Santa Claus generally
arrives. Guess old Santa will
give brides this time.
Best wishes and a merry
Christmas to all.
Sally Mag.
Glennwood, N. c., Dec. Is, '08
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-12-21
The Seaboard's Posperity.

The following from The Char
lotte Observer will be Of inter
est to Robesonian readers:
The Charlotte friends Of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Company will be interested to
learn Of the big freight
receipts Of the road during the
month Of October. According to
the statements made in connec-
ton with the approval of the
issuance Monday in Richmond,
Va, of 81, 250,0 900 Of receivers
certificates bearing 5 per cent.
interest, it developed that the
receipts Of the system in Occober
were larger, with one exception,
than for any similar period since
the road was chartered. The
receivers are Messrs. S. Davis
Warfeld, R. Lancaster Williams
and E. Carl Duncan. 1t is of
additional interest to learn that
the issue was subscribed twice
over and was awarded to a
syndicate represented by the
National City Bank, of New
York.
There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other disease.
put together, and until the last few
years was supposed to be incurable
For a great many years doctors pro
nounced it a local disease and prescrib
ed local remedies, and by constantly
failing to cure with local treatment
pronounced it incurable. Science ha'
proven catarrh to be a constitutional
disease and therefore requires constitu
tiOnal treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure
} manufactured by f. J. Cheney & Co.
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional
cure on the market. 1t is taken intern
ally in doses from 10 drops to tea
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the bloOc
and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for an!
case it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials Address:
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa
tion.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-09-03
WILL ATTEND CONVENTION.

The twenty-second annual con-
vention Of the County Commission
ers of the State of Pennsylvania
will be held at Greensburg on Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday,
Sept. IS, Io and II. A very inter
esting program has been prepared,
the discussion embracing questions
the solution of which will benefit
the entire state. One feature of
the program will be an address on
Construction of Public Highways
by Joseph w. Hunter, State High
way Commissioner.
c. l.. Pohe, one of the County
Commissioners, will attend the cou.
vention, and the other members of
the board will attend if possible.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-09-03
COLUMBIA THEATRE.

The work of remodeling the i'll
terror of the auditorium formerly
known as the Grand Opera House
is progressing rapidly, and it will
be ready for use in two weeks or
more.
The stage opening has been EN-
larged, and all the old slide scenery
will be done away with, the scenes
being changed by being hoisted up
and let down in the high addition
that has just been built over the
stage.
The enlargement of the gallery
is one of the greatest improvements,
and the first two rows will be the
best seats in the house, as they
give an unobstructed view of the
stage.
The name has been changed
and the Grand Opera House" is
now thing of the past. Hereafter
it will be known as the Columbia
Theatre. Mr.. G.. L. Henshall, who
represents the lessees, as local man
ager, is now here giving his atten-
ton to the arrangement of the in
terror details, and preparing for the
formal opening of the house. He
has had long experience in the the
atrical business and knows just
what is needed. His affability and
genial manners have already made
him many friends in town.
The town will now have play
house where first class dramas can
be presented, and special scenery
will not have to be piled up in the
alley because too large to go on the
stage. The latter will be of stand
ard size, large enough to accommo.
date scenery of most any play on
the road. DR.. John is sparing no
expense in his efforts to make an
up-to-date theatre, and the mana
gers assert that they intend to give
the people of this vicinity class of
theatrical entertainments never seen
here before.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-09-03
WHO'S AHEADP

Is Bloomsbury larger than Dan
vile? If the number of children
attending the public schools of the
respective towns is an authentic in.
dication, we are led to believe that
we have not only gained on our sis
ter town down the river but are
actually ahead in size. According
to the reports from the various
schools in Danville, the number Of
pupils on hand on Monday was
II2o. Bloomsburg's total was 1889.
To this number must be added a
considerable number of others who
will be in the Model School at the
Normal when it opens next week.
Is Danville smaller, or are the tru-
ant officers less active, or is the
town a victim of race suicide ?
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-09-03
KILLED ON TRACK,

Charles Quick of near Folks, was
run over by the B. & S. passenger
train Tuesday evening, due at Forks
at 6:53. He was lying on the track
OH curve near Whitenight's grove,
between Forks and Zaners, and the
engineer, Thos. Casey, did not see
him until too late to stop.
Both legs and the right arm were
cut off, his head was badly cut, and
many bones of the body were brok-
en-. When the train was stopped
the man was still breathing, and
the engine was sent to Benton for
two surgeons. but before they ar
rived the injured man was dead.
Quick had spent the day in Ben
ton, and came down on the evening
train to Zaner's, and from there
started to walk down the track to-
wards his home. Becoming drowsy
it is thought he lay down on the
track for a nap.
Quick was 4S years old, and
leaves a wife and twelve children,
many Of whom are yet young. The
body was taken in charge by un-
dertaker McHenry of Benton. The
funeral will be held on Saturday at
his home near Forks.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-09-03
STEAM HEATING PLANT.
Legal Questions Regarding It's Sale Argued
in Court Today.

The statement in several news.
papers that an appeal has been tax.
EN- from the proceedings in the
matter of the sale of the Blooms.
burg Steam Heating Plant, is mis-.
leading. No appeal has been taken,
and none can be taken until final
order has been made by Judge
Evans.
The situation is as follows: John
M. Clark, receiver, applied to the
court for permission to sell the
plant. An order was made direct
ing the sale Of the plant clear of all
encumbrances. The sale was so
made, after legal advertisement, to
Arthur w. Sharpless and John T.
Tracy, for $500.
There were receivers certificates
amounting to about $500, and a
first mortgage of $4,000 The
certificates were given priority over
the mortgage. The return of sale
was made, and the following ex-
ceptions were filed by some of the
bondholders:
The undersigned, holders of bonds
secured by first lien mortgage on
the real estate and franchise of the
Bloomsbury Steam and Electric
Light Company, hereby file excep-
tions to the confirmation absolute
of tie return of said sale, because
the Receiver making said sale ex-
posed and sold the same "free of
all liens and encumbrances."
Whereas, in point of fact the
mortgage executed by the said
company to I. w. McKelvy and
William Neal, Trustees, bearing
date the thirtieth day of June, 1890,
recorded in Mortgage Book 81, page
255, given to secure a series of
twenty ($2o, ,ooo) thousand dollars,
of which the undersigned are hold
ers of bonds, was the first lien upon
said premises the lien of which
mortgage was not and could not
have been discharged by said sale.
Argument on these exceptions
was heard this morning at 10
o'clock by the court, the points in
volved being as to the power of the
court to give priority to the receiv-
er's certificates over the mortgage,
and, secondly as to its power to or
der the sale discharged from the
lien Of mortgage.
In this proceeding Z. w. Miller
Esq. represents the exceptants
Fred Ikeler Esq. represents the Re-
ceiver, and Clinton Herring Esq.
the purchasers, Sharpless and
Tracy. Decision was reserved.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-09-03
MRS. BARTON'S WILL.

By her last will and testament
dated March I6, 1905, the late Mrs.
Hester J. Barton gives the home
where she resided, to her grand
niece, Hester c. Mensch, and the
three story brick building adjoin-
ing, with nine feet of ground, to
Mrs. Minnie E. Mensch.
Besides several personal bequests,
she gives St. Pauls Church five
hundred dollars, and St. Paul S
Guild, one hundred dollars. The
balance of her estate is to be divid-
ed into five equal shares, which go
to her brothers and sisters or their
heirs. William Mensch is appoint
ed executor.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-09-03
THE NORMAL SCHOOL.

The fall term of the Bloomsbury
Normal School will open next Tues
day, September Sth, and the pros
poets are that the attendance will
be large.
Many improvements have been
made during the summer. DR..
Walters office has been remodeled
and newly furnished. An addition
has been built to the kitchen in
Guiding a new bake oven, and an
elevator. Two new fire escapes
have been placed on the Audi
torium, and painters, carpenters,
paper-hangers and cleaners have
been busy the entire summer in
putting the building in better shape
than ever before.
The work at the grove is also
completed, and it is now very at
tractive spot.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-09-03
A SUCCESSFUL OPENING.

The opening of Harry Rinker's
new Crystal Palace last Thursday
evening was great success. More
than a thousand people passed in
and out during the evening, and
fourteen young lady clerks were
kept busy waiting on them, while
Hudson Mann and Charles Fisher
operated the soda fountain.
Excellent music was furnished
during the evening by Chas. P.
Elwell's orchestra.
The store room is certainly a
beauty, and Mr.. Rinker is to be
congratulated and commended for
his "sand" and enterprise, which
has given Bloomsbury such place.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-09-03

related by the Colonel. They went
to the old mill, formerly managed
by Colonel Freezes father, and
found it, like nearly everything
else, much changed. Formerly an
old fashioned buhr stone mill, it is
now roller Touring mill of no
mean proportions. But, although
there were many changes, yet the
associations of the old town were
there for the resident of many years
ago and the Colonel's listeners en-
ioyed his tales of the yesterday.
The return trip was made past
Billmeyer's Park and Jerseytown'
and Bloomsbury was reached at SIX
O'Clock in the evening, after a most
interesting and enjoyable days
journey.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-09-03
A GROWING CONCERN.

A few years ago the Harman
Advertising Agency was started in
this town by Samuel H. Harman,
the object being to do a general
advertising business. 1t soon work
ed into the special line of advertis-
ing in trolley cars, and built up a
large patronage. Later it consoli-
dated with others in the same line,
and the name was changed to Penn
sylvania Railways Advertising Co. -,
and the main office was moved to
Scranton and subsequently to New
York.
This company has rapidly ex-
tended its territory until it en-
braces many states, and has grown
to be large and prosperous con-
Germ. Three young men of this
town are in its employment, namely
Alfred Armstrong, who is Adver-
tising Manager, J. w. Armstrong,
clerk in the Scranton office, and
Louis Ruckalew, special represent
ative for this district.
The company buys the advertis.
ing privilege on the trolley lines,
and then rents out the space in the
cars to their customers. Besides
many of the states, they control
lines in Mexico, Porto Rico, and
Alaska.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-09-03
BRICK FOR CARPET MILL.

John Keim of Danville has been
awarded the contract for furnish
ing eighty thousand brick to the
Magee Carpet Company. The brick
will be used in building the extern
sion to the factory.
Mr.. Keim began the work of
shipping the brick to Bloomsbury
last Thursday. Meanwhile he has
all four of his yards in operation,
employing. FIVE moulders.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-09-03
TWO CENT RATE A HARDSHIP.

Judge Fuller of Luzerne county
has made an order restraining the
county commissioners from bring
ing suit against the Wilkes Barre
& Hazleton Electric Railway for
violations of the rate law. Since
the passage of the two cent rate
law by the last legislature the
company has been charging cents
a mile, but claims it has lost money,
After an examination Judge Fuller
is satisfied this claim is correct, and
that the low rate has given no ade-
quate return for the capital invest
ed. The fare has been raised to
three cents a mile.