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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-03-02
Tar Heel Happenings.

COrTeSponde nee of The RobesoniAn.
Captain JEFF Robson spent a
few days here with friends and
relatives last week.
Mr.. James Robson went to
Davidson College last week,
where his son has been sick
He went with the intention Of
bringing him home. but found
him so much better that he left
him,
Mr.. J. L. Wilson attended
court at Fayetteville last week,
Mr.. J. G. Robeson, who travels
for Samuel Bear, Sr., & Sons. =,
of Wilmington, was in this Sec
tion last week.
Mr.. BILLY" Monroe visited in
ihe St. Pauls vicinity last week.
There was a candy pulling at
the school house Friday night.
Everybody seemed to enjoy
themselves immensely.
The school closed Friday and
Miss Matte Melvin, who has
been teaching returned to her
home across the river Saturday
morning.
Mrs. Thos. KinlaW and Master
Nash and Douglas visited Mrs
Kinlaw's daughter. Mrs. J. L
Wilson. Saturday.
Mr.. J. E. Kinlaw went to Lum
berton today on business for the
firm of Wilson & Kinlaw.
Mr.. .CIaud Smith, of Howells
Vile. was in town yesterday.
/ Tar Heel, N. g., Feb. "a, 'O6
SeabOard Submits Proposition {
Employees.
Roanoke, Va. Dispatch Feb. Il.
The general manager of th
; Norfolk & Western Railway Con
pany has addressed q circuls
, letter to the chairman of th
, various labor organizations on tn;
system, proposing q reduction
the wag of all employees in tt
different departments. 1t
said that the company desires
make a reduction On the slIdir
. scale, with the underestimate
e that when the revenues Of Il
Q road reach $4,000, 900 per mon
. the wages are to be restored.
q is stated that the revenue of Il
"a road before the present depre
n sion was seldom below So, 5000
!, and thatit has reached So, ,OO,O
. a month. The proposition b
been submitted to the heads
the different organizations and
~ is being considered by the
~ No date has been fixed for t
t. answers and no figures have
e far been suggested.
ri Representative Goodwin has
trcduced a bill to improve
IL protect Fort Johnson, at SDut
at port, and build a retaining W
MT The purpose is to have the g
= ernment make a survey and ei
mate the cost.
>, - S. M. Grant a negro teacher
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-03-02

ganization, but an organization
c ling on the intelligence OF
every man to cooperate with
Us. You business AMI pr"fes
sional men are benefited more
than the producer. l ask you
one and all to stop and see If
this does not concern us all.
AS humane men l appeal to
your humanity. We ca but
partially organize without The
professional and business mea
co.opera ing with us. l have
selected an extensive commun-
ity that represents the farmer,
the merchant, the banker, sc
that we would not undertake
to do anything that " ould be dst-
rimental to any one but thai
would be uplifting to all We
need you counsel Will you
not meet with us to aid III
in carrying outthe above plans'
We would ask our preachers
to meet with us, with men from
every Nocativ in ftfe.
We eAtvnd our tha nks to th'
press for the cheerful service
rendered and would advise vor
to subscribe to The Robson
ian and thus keep in touch with
our work and county news gen
orally.
| Desiring success to our worI
and to The Robesouiao, I am,
Very trufv,
w. = BARKER,
President Robeson Count
Cotton Association.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-03-02
Gooa for Everybody.

Mr.. Norman R Coulter, a prom
inent, architect, in the Delbert
Building. San Francisco. says:
fully endorse all t at has been said
cf E eetfic Bitters as a tonic med
;cine II sgood for everybody. 1t
corrects stomach, liver and kidnsy
disorders in prompt and efficient
manner and builds up the system. u
Electric BitteTs is the best spring
medicine svsEsoldoveFa a druggist't
counter as a blood purifier it ID
unequaled 500. at all drug stores
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-03-02

The $50, 900, 900 tunnel and sub
marine system linking New York
and New Jersey was formerly
opened last Tuesday.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-03-02
NEWS FROM mT. ELIAM.

Farmers Busy Preparing TO Plant |
TObsccO-In Re the stock Law
School q" Close on the fifth
Movements Of the People.
CORES ondence ( the RObesonian.
Mr.. Oscar Britt, of Boa5d
man, visited relatives here Sun
day.
Rev. NJ. A. Stephens filed
his appointment here Saturday
and Sunday and preached two
good sermons, as be always
does
M. l. V. Britt spent Satur-
day in Lumberton on busi-
ness.
Mrs. Easter Branch and
daughter, Beulah, are visiting
re etatives aud friend, at Bel
lamy.
Mr.. John Branch and fami
ly, OF Barker's, spent Sunday
here visiting relatives
The farmers are busy with
their farm work and it looks
like everybody is going To plant
tobacco, and hope they will ge,
a good price for it, if they
make any.
Mr.. Thaddeus Stone spent
Sunday in the Long Branch
section. Look out, girl!
| Mr.. Arch. Britt went tC
Boardman Friday on business
1t looks now like we are go
ing to hive a snow, and the
writer wouldn't care if it woult
snow.
Mr.. Berry 1vey, of Orrum
, attended preaching here Sur
day.
Mr.. Wesley Carter and Rich
ard Stone were in this com
munity Sunday and seemed +
: be giving the girls a good time
J Well, it looks like this par
t of Robebon Is ruined, for the
1 never have realized what stoc
( law is, as every body know
j. We have about 10000 acres {
t the creek swamp fenced Q
- anyhow it was fenced frol
Fair bluff to Bellamy-an
y. the people could raise hogs a
d good or better than they coul
( before the stock law came
d but it is all, or most all, tor
: up now. 1t looks like a sin
y keep stock away from VIII,
e grows for them to eat; it is
e shame but everybody will e
" justice some time. 1t seen
y like some people want tt
l. worms themselves, and hoI
they will get them, but thu
II may expect to root for them.
IT, Schoel will be out here IL
G 11th of March, and expe
le there will be a CONCERT; don
~ know for sure vet.
," Will close with best wish
for The Robesonian.
:, Mt. Eliam. N. c.. Feb. 2
e'' 1908.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-03-02

Representative Goodwin has in
trcduced a bill to improve and
protect Fort johnson, at SDuth-
port, and build retaining wall.
The purpose is to have the gov
ernment make a survey and esti
mate the cost.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-03-02

Now's the time to take Rocky
ountain Tea It drives out the
germs of winter. builds up the
stomach, kidneys and liver. The
most wonderful spring tonic to
make people we'll You'll be sur
prised with results. 35c, Tea OF
Tablets. J. D. Mcmillan & : on.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-03-02
Deafness Cannot be Cured

BY local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear -
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an infamed condi-
ton Of the mucous lining of the Eustach-
Ian Tube. When this tube Is inhamed
you have a-rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed,
Deafness is the result, and unle the in
flammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to Its normal condition,
hearing-wiIl be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused ny CatarTh,
viii b is nothing but an inAaned c'ndi-
| Ton of the mucous surfaces.
W. will give One Hundred Dolla for
ay case of Deafne (caused by Ca
tarrh 1tkat can OF be cured b. Halls Ca
tarrn Cure. Send for circulars free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO,
Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 7Sc.
fake Halls Family Pills OF constipa
tion.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-03-02

Greatest spring tonic, drives out
all impurities. Makes the blood
rich. Fills you with warm, ting
ling life. Most reliable spring reg
u ator. That's Holiister's Rocky
Mountain Tea. 300, Tea or Tab
let's. J. D. NcMiIlan & Son.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-03-02

S. M. Grant a negro teacher in
the State Colored Normal School
which is located in Fayetteville,
was dismissed Thursday from
service as a result of his arrest
earring a concealed weapon
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-03-02

After a Few Pleasant Remarks
About the Recent Pythlan Re.
ceRIiOn. President Barker
Urges Men of ali Vacations 60
Join the Farmers I'm the Move
menI for Higher Prices for
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21
Gill RI ! : 81.

According to the records compiled
by the health department Of New
York city more than twice as many
children are seeking employment this
fall as sought 1t last fall, and there
has been decided falling OF in mar
riages. s., u. i ill., ! ss. u. :
In September last year 1900 chill
dren, IA years old, applied for GER
tificates that they might become
bread-winners Last month more than
2,7O0 children asked for employment
certificates. -....-... -: .-.- -.
Three is only one construction put
upon this unprecedented increase by
the health board. That is, that a
larger number of parents find them
selves at the approach of winter with
out employment, or with their earning
capacity reduced SO that the chill
dren's help must be enlisted.
The apparent falling of in mar
riages is almost as noticeable as is the
increase in the number of children
asking to be allowed to go to work,
though the figures at the department
may be misleading, for some clergy
men who performed marriage cere-
monies may not have returned the
certificates, as required by law.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21
WORKERS OPPOSE WAR,

Although there may be some dem
onstrations and loud talk on the part
of politicians, there is hardly any like
lihood of war being declared between
Holland and Venezuela. The reason
Is plain. The Dutch workingmen have
been resoluting quite lively in opposi-
tion to the warlike spirit manifested
by the ruling class. They refuse to
see any advantage in shooting at other
workingmen whom they do not know,
In being taxed to meet enormous ex-
penditures, or in becoming dead
patriots to glorify Mr.. Castro or Mrs.
Wilhelmina. These are in substance
the declarations made in resolutions
adopted by workingmen of Amster-
dam, Utrecht and other places.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21
= THE TOP o. TH' WORLD.

Perhaps the keynote Of the success
OF. James M. Allicon's merry musical
extravaganza to be seen at the Ly-,
ceum Monday, Tuesday and wednes-
DAY, Nov. %, "a and rs, is the fact
that 1t is full Of surprises. Effort
was made b ythe producing manager
TO escape the stereotyped forms of en-
terta1nment, common in musical pro-
auctions, and it is said that he has
succeeded. There are constant sur
prases in the way of novel stage ef-
fects and a company OF famous ar
lists who had their training in the
hardest school of all, vaudeville, who
meet every emergenc yand It is said
Keep up roar Of fun from the first
70 the final curtain. The company in
cludes Bailey and Austin, Kathleen
ilfford, Arthur Hill. alice Hageman
George Majeroni.1@ Florence Smith,
William Quirk and host Of others.
There Is big8chorus Of beautiful
girls who swing through the delight
ful numbers which are many, and who
never fail to come in for their: share
OF favorable comment. The collie bal
let is a feature that is novel: in the
extreme. Six girls and six: white COL
lie dogs perform a unique dance that
is regarded everywhere as remarkable.
The Collie Ballet formed the principal
number at a. big entertainment given
at Sherry's in New York, by Robert
|Collier, to an ultra fashionable crowd
headed by Mrs. Astor. ::
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21
A FALSE CHARGE.

The charge is frequently made that
labor organizations are ruled and con-
trolled by few demagogic leaders.
This is placing very low estimate
upon the Intelligence of the mass of
the working people. It might. have
been partly true seventy-ave years
ago, but there we're no national labor
organizations at that time, and, strict
ly speaking, no local labor organiza-
tions. .-.....
1t was only with the spread of edu-
cation and intelligence among the
masses that labor organizations began
to spring into existence, and the more
general education and intelligence be-
came, the more rapidly labor organi-
cations sprang into existence, until
now almost every kind of labor is
organized.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21

FOR q man 20 - seen kissins HIN wife
on Sunday, he has not vet gotten over
the idea that morals must be regu-
lated by law. and religious duties en-
forced either by national 4 or state
statutes. ri, q. sa.s ~. .s.s. s.54ssTts, ..
The Puritan has always been a
friend of education, and one OF his
earliest acts was to establish schools
and institutions Of learning for the
dissemination of knowledge.
Through his descendants, who have
found their way into every state and
territory, he has exerted a powerful
influence In every part of the country.
He is not only earnest In advocating
what he believes right but once en-.
listed in cause he battles for it with
all the forces Of reason and logic at
his command.
He may be, and often is, ''crank,"
but he usually has some definite OBJ
ject In view, and of this he never loses
sight. He may make mistakes as to
means, but methods aside, he Is
usually as honest, earnest, sincere and
courageous as were the sturdy men
and women from whom it is his pride
to claim descent.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21
Socialism and Conditions.

The election is over, and we all
seem to be sleeping the sleep of the
just. With no trials or tribulations to
goad us on. We are apparently sailing
In the frail bark Of contentment upon
the placid seas Of prosperity, thinking
little Of what the future may hold in
store for us thinking little of whether
the actions Of one man towards his
fellowman will be more just in the fu-
ture than they have been in the past;
or, whether the: conditions that will
develop, will be the cause OF placing
around man an environment ana set
OF conditions that will set forth in all
Of it's horribleness, the stern reality
that the first law of life is the law Of
self preservation, and as we shall OBJ
serve the fierce ness Of this struggle.
we will see man placed in an environ
ment, that is in a large measure for
e1gn and new to him. :;
If we are to be confronted with a.
new and heretofore unseen phase Of
the struggle for bread; if we are to
be driven by the forces of. that
struggle to enter the fields Of a COM
petitive struggle the like we have not
seen of late years, we will be COM
PEELED to- observe the tendency to
which such conditions and nvironment
may compel us to go, and also what
may be the results expected. We must
study man in the abstract as we'll as in
the concrete. We must learn il pos
|sible, whether man in the abstract is
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21
W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE COMPANY.

w. L. DOUGLAS SHOE COMPANY.
We call attention of union men
everywhere to a communication in
another column from the Boot and
Shoe Workers Union, wherein it is
shown that the Douglas Company
adopted method of securing reduced
wages which was at variance with the
unions arbitration contract with the
company. The company's performance
seems to have been an effort also to
double Cross the public by making
believe that the quality and workman.
ship on the $3.50 shoe was superior to
that on the $500 shoe. Hereafter the
Douglas shoes will not bear the union
stamp of the Boot & Shoe Workers.
Union, and without this stamp no
shoe is union made.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21
THE TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION.

1t has been flfty-six years since the
National Typographical Union was
organized, and number of years later
changed it's name to the International
Typographical Union in order to en-.
large its sphere of influence and cover
the North American continent, with
the full consent and approval of all
sections interested. It is the child of
evolution. and becomes more and
more perfect as time goes on. It is
much better now than in its early
days, and it can be said that all i'm
portant questions are now decided by
referendum vote, in which every
member has voice, the majority of
votes ruling on all questions sub
mitted. Its benevolent features are
so well known that it is useless to
comment on them here.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21


Union conditions were precedent
and are necessary in the progress Of
the workers: The time, thought,
energy and money devoted by oppos-
ing interests to perfecting elaborate
systems for the destruction of unions
or making them negative factors in
the interests Of the workers, If de.
voted to cultivating the friendship and
inducing the cooperation Of unions
would operate more probably to the
individual members Of employers or
gan.izations than anything those or.
CARNATIONS have ever. done or indi.
Gated that they con do III the interests
OF those same members. E .=s
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21
WEBsTER's DICTIONARY.

There are on the market plenty of
dictionaries, thesauruses, encyclo-
pedias, and other works of that ma
ture, all of which possess more or less
merit. 49,.
We have several of them in our
library. We have also Webster's In.
ternational Dictionary 1.-THE new un.
aoridged). 1t cost us less money than
some of the Others but for actual
all round usefulness, we would rather
have Webster's Dictionary, alone, than
all the rest of them combined.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21
WORKING THE WORKERS.

J, Andrew Carnegie gave $4,000 to
the Taft campaign fund. That is less
than half of Carnegie's income for
one day from the tariff that is said to
: protect workingmen. And it +. is
equal to the. average income for one
year OF forty protected workingmen,,'
Doesn't it look as if the object Of the
tariff Is to protect the men who work
the workers? .Sse - ;-;:, &. B.. ,:..55
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21

Louis on Monday, the 14th day Of
December A. D. 1908, at ten O'Clock
in the forenoon. at the Probate Office
in the Court House, in the City Of Du-
luth, in said county. x =
It Is Further Ordered. that a copy
of this order be served by publication
in the Labor World: according to law.
Dated at Duluth, Mimi, the 18th
day of November A.: D. 1905. =
BY the Court,
J. B. MIDDLECOFF,
Judge Of Probate.
(Seal Probate Court, st. Louis County,
Mimi E5e.a:.~
L. W.. Nov. 21-2s. Dec. S, 1908.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21

.DlFFERENT 81 r 8 i RAL Pl.A q

HGtNIN5EO F.# n hvA I|fSUEkYe#
Quincy Adams sawye 4 coming to:
the Lyceun for one night on satur-s
day Nov. g, is said to De wholly diff
ferent from any other New England.
play, and 35advanta eously ~. IT. has
been beef trea ted With special Individual.
ity OF perception and Judgment, and
the company was 4 reported BY the
critics ' there 70 he chosen with excel
lent regard for their ability in this
line Of country character impersona-
ton ton The story OF the young city man
IN the country Is 50 naturally handled
that everyone perceives the varied ro-
nance and hunor Of the different sit.
ullattions. and laughs and sympathizes
with equal spontaneity. -.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21
"BA1ES IN TOYLAND."

One is at a loss to know how to at
tempt to convey in words any idea of
Babes In Toyland" the brilliant op-
cratic extravaganza which will he pre-
scented at the Iyceun Thanksgiving
night and matinee with the entire pro-
duct1on intact just as presented for
over year and. a half In New York
and one year In Chicago. The de-
llght1ul music is the work Of Victor
Herbert, which is enough to guarantee
the excellence Of the Offering. The
libretto is the work of Glen Mac Dom
ough, whose brilliant humor and keen
satire is we'll known to play-eoers,
And best Of all, the superb production
was produced BY Julian Mitchell, the
past master Of: every art known to
stage. management. But who shall
write an adequate description Of
Babes in Toyland." Before such an
attempt can possibly be successful
somebody will have to supply the die
tionary with an entire new set Of ad-
jecttves. The old ones won't do. They
have been used too often to describe
ordinary entertainment that they
would lack. Significance if applied to
this. ~. : -. :;
AS one watches it, he asks himself
in wonder where 1t is all going to end,
this conquest Of the possibilities for
the purposes Of the stage A year or
two ago we thought that the limit had.
been reached, but we were wrong. Ad-
vanees, have continued to be made,
though it is Incredible that anything
can be more splendid and beautiful
than 'Babes in Toyland."
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21

Today organized labor regards
l.bor-saving machinery as a great
blessing. because, under humane and
equitable conditions, It has been
found that the use OF labor-saving ma
chinery inevitably means that the
hours J. Of labor must necessarily grow
shorter and shorter and that the work.
j. 1ns e'l'al IS matter Of Justice, must
1 snare l'a some Of the advantages, imam
.cial and otherwise, which result ron
labor-saving devices.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21
ORIGIN OF uNlONlsM.

The word corporation" has always
been one detested by the masses.
Corporations are soulless" is phrase
coined many years ago, and probably
expresses the main objection to the
class of business.
In the olden days business was done
by individuals and firms, and the en-
ployes were all or nearly all known to
the employers, who took personal
interest in their men and did not care
to do them injustice for a few extra
dollars.
In manufactures aud arts employers
were mostly men who had graduated
from apprentices in the particular
branches of trade which they carried
on, and were more on a social level
with their employees than is the case
today.
The capitalist Of that day generally
had his fortune invested in houses and
lands, in banking, mercantile or other
branches of commerce.
Those carrying on the building.
printing and producing business gen
orally were, as rule, men of small
capital, depending upon their indi.
vidual management of their business
for their profits. And many of them
grew wealthy In their particular lines
of trade.
This attracted the attention Of can,
ital and induced men with fortunes to
erter into competition with the small
er owners of industries, and the cor
poratton followed. This has been going
on for years, and corporations and
wealthy individual capitalists have
supplanted the skilled mechanics for
merly conducting business, while the
skilled mechanic with business ability
has now become the foreman, super
intendent, or possibly general man.
ager for his multi-millionatre en-
ployer, with instructions from the can
italist to get all out Of the business
there is in it, irrespective of the men
employed.
AS this process of captializing the
productive interests Of the country
went forward, employer and employe
became wider and wider separated.
until finally the mechanic, printer and
laborer began to realize that some
thing must be done to prevent them
from becoming mere serfs owned by
the capitalistic barons, and the organ
lzatlon of labor unions began.
Among the first trades to ORGANIZE
and the first to form a national organ
1zation, was the printers. Taken as a
mass, they were probably the best
educated and most intelligent of the
mechanic classes, and the best fitted
to take the lead in organization.
Other crafts son followed, until to.
day practically every craft in the most
enlightened countries of the world is
formed into a union of it's members.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-11-21

.sIATN OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY, or
st. Louis IN Probate Court,
Sp ecial Term, Nov. 9Th. 1898. ss5sis
In the matter Of the guardianship of
I Lars MolvilS ~ 81
Upon filinl n the final account of
qua rdianship With q petition Tor final
ssmitll, guard ian ofs the above aamsd
minor. 3
:.s IL 10 Ordered, that said petition 40
heard and q the set tlement and SLOW
,ance of sid acoount Do made IT . spSs
held ga fors 3 count 81 81.