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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-04

Boston's new Washington street tun-
mel, which cost $lO,OOO,0OO was opened
for regular traffic Monday. 1t extends
5676 feet under Washington street from
Oak street, in the south end, to Haymar-
ket square. Elevated trains will use the
tunnel in transit through the busy part
of the city, the motive power being sup
piled by third rail system. The Ire
mont street subway hereafter will be
used by the surface cars exclusively.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-04

The American and japanese govern
ments have come to an informal agree
ment in regard to their policy in China
and the Pacific. A synopsis OF the arti-
cles OF the agreement is as follows: The
first article gives expression to the wish
of the two governments to encourage the
free and peaceful development OF their
commerce in the Pacific. The second is
mutual disclaimer of an aggressive de
sign, and contains also definition of
the policy of each government both as
directed TO the maintenance of the ex-
isting status quo in the Pacific and the
defence Of the principle of equal oppor-
tunty for commerce and industry in
China. The third article contains a
statement OF the consequent firm" re-
ciprocal resolution Of each government,
each to respect the territorial possession
in the Pacific of the other. In the fourth
article the United States and Japan ex-
press their determination I'm the com
mon interest of all the powers in China
to support "by all peaceful means at
their disposal" the independence and in.
tegrity of China and the principle of
equal commercial and industrial oppor-
tunity for all nations in the empire, The
fifth article mutually pledges the two
in the case OF the occur
renee of any event threatening the status
luo, as above described, or the principle
1t equal opportunity as above defined
% communicate with each other for the
purpose of arriving at mutual under
standing with regard to the measures
hey may consider it useful to take.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-04

The mourning which has been observed
in Pekin since the recent death Of the
emperor and dowager empress of China
was suspended long enough Wednesday
to permit the ascension to the dragon
throne of the baby emperor, Pu VI, who
becomes ruler of the kingdom under the
chief ceremony an imperial edicat pro-
claiming the ascension was issued. The
date upon which the new emperor will
receive the members of the diplomatic
corps will be fixed later.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-04

Frank H. Hitchcock has been offered
and has accepted the position of post
master-general in President elect w. H.
Taft's cabinet. Mr.. Hitchcock was born
in Amherst, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1867, and is,
therefore, Al years old. He was. gradu,
ated from Harvard university in the class
of 1891 He studied law and was adj
mitted to the District of Columbia bar in
1894 He has been chief Of the division
of foreign markets in the national, agri-
cultural department, chief clerk in the de-
partment of commerce and labor, member
of the Kemp investigating commission,
and first assistant postmastergeneral.
Last spring he took charge of the move
ment to secure the nomination of W. H.
Taft as republican presidential candidate,
and later was made chairman of the re-
publican national committee, position
which he still holds. He is unmarried
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-04

The model mining town of Mariana,
Pa, met with terrible calamity Satur..
day, when an explosion in the mines of
the Pittsburg Buffalo Coal company en-
tombed between 1876 and $50 miners who
were smothered by the deadly vapors
which followed. Rescuing parties found
the bodies scattered about the floors of
the mine. The conditions in Mariana
were considered the equal of any mining
town in the country and the class of
miners was unusually high. Before lay
ing out the town officials of the coal com
pany visited mining communities in this
country and abroad in order to get a
thorough idea of what was needed to
meet conditions.
The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1908-12-04

Entered AZ second class matter, January 4
1907. a, the post ofiee al hra,ilebefo, VI, |
under the act u Congress ~ March ,, 1879 |
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16
Movements of the People About
Center.

Correspondence of The Robesonien.
Sorry 70 report Mr.. Willis Pit
man on the sick list.
Messrs. Brant Atkinson and
Eugene Purvis attended preach
ing at Bach Swamp Sunday.
Mr.. Claude Bullock and Miss
Cleo Purvis attended the prchi
bition lecture at Buck Swamp
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Eva Atkinson and MRS.
Hattie Atkinson visited Mrs.
Atkinson's father, Mr.. Spivey,
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H Prevatt
spent Sunday in Lum berton Wis
ting AIativt s.
Mr.. H. H. Pitman,of Fairmont
spent Monday here with his
father, who is very ill.
Well, we'll, did you ever
Guess that old widower will Cal
in the day time hereafter, if hi.
mule happens to break loos
many mare times.
Center, N. c., April IA. 1908.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16

fit to remove Mr.. R. G. Biz
mingham as agent here. I he
business men of -LumbertOn
who have had dealings with Mr.
Birmingham have found him
uniformly courteous and ohllg-
ing, and as soon as it became
known that another man would
succeed him here a petition was
signed by practically every bus
-iness man in Lumberton ask
ing that Mr. Birmingham be re-
tanned. This is said, of course,
without intending any criticism
of the Seaboard for its action,
but it is proper7to say that
ILumberton business men OPP
preciate the excellent service
Mr.. Birmingham has rendered
and regret very much to have
the pleasant relations that have
existed terminated.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16
EsrOd Locals.

'orres 2eEdepce of The RDbesouian.
We are sorry to report the
serious illness of the little in
liant Of Mr.. and Mrs. Chism.
Messrs. Ernest Mclean and
Hyden Rouse, of Fairmont,
visited at the home of Mr.. r.
w. Billiard last week.
Sorry to report Mr.. ]. E
Bridgers on the sick list this
week.
Mrs. Atkinson and children
of Wilmington, were in EIrod
one day last week.
Mr.. r. T. Poole is havinI
his store painted, which add
much to the looks Of it.
Messrs. Carl Mclean an,
Tom Grantham, of Fairmont
spent Sunday at the home o
Mr.. r. w. Billiard, .
Master Hubert Steed, c
Maxton, is visiting at the HON
of Mr.. J. A. McRae this we@l
Elrod, N. G. April IA, 1905
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16
Notice Of Primary.

To THE Qualified VOTERS OF
THE Town OF LUMBERTON,
North CAROLINA:
You will take notice that prima-
ry for the election Of town officers to
be voted for at the town election to
be held on the tir,t Mondty in May,
1908, has been duly called by the
Boa d Of Comm Ssioners of the Town
of Lumberton, \ G and that at such
meeting the u,de Esigned were elected
and appointed as managers for said
primary, and the qualified voters of
the Town of Eum berton will further
take notice t!lst a primary for the
nominal On Of town officers will be
duly held at TIL opera house on the
corner of E III a"d Sixth Streets in the
Town of Lumterton, lit being the
building now usod as the court house
for RoCeson county, J, on Tuesday, the
28th day of April, 1908, and that the
polls will be open from sunrise to sun
set, and that at said primary there
will be rour ballot boxes provided, one
+ being marked Mayor, another
Board. of Commissioners" another
Board Of Audit and Finance aud
another Board Of Graded School
Trustees, and the voters of the Town
Of Lumberton are further n1tifed that
at said primary the following officers
will be voted for, to-wit:
A Mayor to serve for ore year,
three members of the Board of Com
miss oners to serve for two years
three members Of the Board of Audi
and Finance to serve for one year
four members Of She Board of Graded
School Trustees to serve for two
years.
The qualified voters of the Town O
Lumberton are further notified that OF
I Saturday morning at 8 O'Clock, pre-
ceding the holding Of said primary,
I full list of all the candidates for tb
& offices to be elected ill be posted il
front of the opera house building a
4 the place above set forth
8 7 he said voters are further notifie
4 that copy of the rules and regula
s tons for the holding Of The said pr
3 msrg are now posted in front # tai
4 CT ra house
4 Dated this April 8th. 1908.
GEORGE M WHITFIELD,
& A. P MoALLISTER,
JAMES D. PROCTOR,
IRA L. POPE,
J. P. TOWNSEND.
4-1c-4-27r
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16
THURSDAY. APRIL 10, 1913.
~ RE ADVERTISING.

Wide-awake business men,
the business men who make
town live and progressive, are
the men who advertise in news
papers, every time. OF course
the concerns that do not adj
vertise dosome business,-sonit
tfmes-=but the business they
get is due largely if not alto
gether to the fact that other
business houses advertise in a
way to make the people under
! stand that the town is not alto
gether a dead one, as it most
certainly would be if all bust
ness men pursued the short
sighted policy of those who dc
no advertising at all.
Among the BUSINESS men
in Lumberton who do not ad.
vertise is one who thinks he
would advertise if he could get
an advertisement for about hall
what it Is worth. Not Ions
ago he bought shoes from a
firm which agreed to help him
sell them by, advertising. II
due time the shoes arrived anc
tbs advertisement appeared il
The Robesonian last Thursday
and on Sunday a clerk in tina
store who knew nothing abou
the advertisement remarked t,
a friend that he was wondering
what got into the people TIT
day before, for he he yer sold S
many shoes before in all hi
life as he sold Saturday. o.:
Of course the advertisement
was the answer. But some me
won't see the truth that advel
Using pays, no matter how ofte
it is demonstrated to them c
how often successful busine:
men point to judicious adve
Using as the secret of their SUI
cess.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16
The Boston Fire.

Ten thousand people were
rendered homeless by the fire
which wiped out more than a
square mile of Chelsea, a city
of 10000 inhabitants 5 miles
north of the business section
of Boston, Mass Sunday.
Property valued at nearly Sc,
100000 stood on the $50 acres
swept by the flames, and this
area the city authorities have
determined to rebuild.
Five persons were killed and
about 80 injured.
The fire started in some
buildings stored with old rags
and papers and it is supposed
that spontaneous combustion
was responsible for the blaze
! The losses were divided, accord
ing to the various classes OF
property destroyed, as follows;
churches and schools, S525,00O;
public buildings, SITS, 600
lctories, business blocks and
contents, $3.50 dwelling
houses. S., 100000. Total, S.
$4,000. Theinsurance of abou
S3,5OO,O0O is divided among
! about so companies. -.
Prompt and efficient relief
work was begun Immediately S,
that practically no one was with
out shelter during the nigh
following the fire and very lit
tie suffering was reporte,
i. among the fire victims Mon
5 day.
This is the most disastrou
fire that has occurred in Great
er Boston since 1872, when {
acres Of the busin SIS distriC
of Boston were burned, with
9 loss of $60,00 900.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16
Mortgages Sale.

BY virtue Of power and authority
contained in a certain mo tgage deed ex-
ecuted to ]. D. Andrews and wife TO Car
o1ine A. Mclean, the undersigned will
sell at public auction for cash, al the
court hou door at Lamberton, North
Carolina, on Monday, the 18th day of
May, 1905, at 10 O'Clock, noon, the fol-
lowing lands in Robson, county, to-wit:
In Blue Spring township, Robson
county
First Tract-Beginning at a stake in
Livingston's line, Pretty Road, and runs
East S chains to a stake and pine; thence
North 5 East, IA, 80 chains t, a stake and
two pines; thence North so West, lilo
chains to stake and three pines; thence
North IS West, IS chains to red oak;
thence West ID 40 chains to stake and
two short leaf pines; thence South
East, so chains to the hey inning, con-
tanning SO acres, more or less.
Second Tract-Being lot No. A in the
partition proceedings in the Superior
Court Of Robson county, entitled Daniel
Shaw and Others, against H. Mel Nc,
Lean, beg ming at stake by maple il
Chisholm's line, the fourth corner of lot
No. 3, and runs its line South. rs chain:
to stake bV pine, its corner, in the
87H West, 20 chains to stake and blacl
jack poi tiers, in J. A. Currie line
thence as his line North 10 West, I
chains to corner in Old House Branch
thence up the various courses of sail
branch to Chisholms corner; thence a
his line South IS Eas:, 22.37 chains t,
his next corner; thence as his next lin
North ~ East, II.I9 cha MS to his mex
corner; thence as his next line South, s
East, d so chains to the beginning, con
: tanning II acres, being one-third of lo
No. 7 in the original division, and bein
a portion of the New Garden lands be
queathed to Lima A. Mclean b. the las
will and testament of Alexander Purcell
deceased
Said sale being made on account in dc
fault of payment of the debt secured b
said mortgage.
c. A. MCLEAN,
Mortgage.
NJ. R. NORMENT,
Executrix. Assignee of Mortgage
F Mclean & Mclean, Attorneys.
%4-o-4thurs
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16

In one of the shortest mes
'ages which he has yet trans
'nitted to Congress President
Roosevelt on lastThursday called
the attention of that body to
the necessity for further legis'
lation on the subject of an
archy. With the message he
transmitted a report reviewing
the legal phases of the ques
ion by Attorney General Bon
aparte.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16
STATE NEWS.

Sam Melvin, alias Murchison,
the negro who shot and killed
Chief of Police Benton of Fay
etteville On Sunday, February
23rd. was hanged in the Cum
berland county jail at Fayette-
vile today. Just one year ago
yesterday Ton Walker, another
negro, was hanged at Fayette-
vile for the murder Of Chief of
Police Chason and Policeman
Lockamy.
Beginning Yesterday, all
Seaboard Air Line engineers
and conductors, with all train
hands and fremen, who have
had their runs out of Raleigh,
with the exception of passen-
ger men, will move to Hamlet
and have their lie-over there
This means an addition of
probably 100 people to the
population of Hamlet.
A Thomasville dispatch Of
the 18th states that J. Mills
Newton, son of Rev. J. D.New-
ton, of that place, was attacked
with three of his friends, as h,
was coming out of a society hal
at Wake Forest College las
Friday night by a band q
masked students, who over
powered and BACKED him, AM
that during the scuff1e he re
ceived a flesh wound in tn
shoulder from a pistol bal
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16

Little Miss Beatrice Sledge
gave a birthday party yesterday
afternoon from four to six
O'Clock at the home of her par
eats, Mr.. and Mrs. r, S. Sledge,
yesterday being her seventh
birthday. About 25 young PEG.
pie enjoyed the occasion i'm.
mensely under the chaperonage
of Mesdames Sledge, G. H. Dnr-
ham and J. P. NcNeill and Miss
Agnes McBrayer. Miss Beatrice
received many nice presents, and
toothsome refreshments OIL
fruits, nuts and candies were
served.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16

1t perhaps is not necessary
to call attention to it, but it is
we'll to bear in mind that if
your poll'tax is not paid by the
first of May you can't vote in
any election this, That is just
the size of it and it ism t worth
while to elaborate on the
statement.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

In ordering the address of his paper changed
Q subscriber should give the address to " hich
HAS beer going. and the new address.
with the large circul alton that II bAs' Inc
epesunian is a first-class advertising medi-
um Rates will be furnished promptly to
prospective advertisers. 4 "
The psper wants to be fair to CORRESPONDENTS
and willsgiVe them as mach latitude as II
thinks public policy will permit. We are not
tesponsi Die for the views OF any correspond D.
ent. We'require that q writer sign his name
10 a communication attacking some one else
or an Institution. In publishing articles
where the name of the writer IS not required
20 be published we reserve the right, Tor good
reasons, to give the name when asked for.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16

6vsrn$ Glenn issued a
Sstement sSthe people of the
State yesterday to the effect
that the will not &c a candidate
for the United States Senate
!. hntswitlpnppoFt the re-nomina-
Z ton of Senator Overman. = In a
letter ofeome length he states
;.sAle situation and his attitude
and declares at the outset that
to-. be Senator has been the
greatest ambition of his life,
and he. realizes that,in declin.
iqg to enter the rags npw he. is
relinquishing the. best. OPP
portunity of his lifSfor that
honor. He retired frOm~theEae
six years ago in favor of Mr., G.
B. Watson, in the INTEREST Of
harmony, and though his
friends tell him now that tn,
masses of the people are will
N:fiim, thecontest would be fierce
and would do the State harm
and he wants no harm to com
to the State through him. Thi
announcement will bring gen
eraI satisfaction throu ghout tn
State, not because of any IN
friendliness toward Governo
Glenn, who is very popular
and whose popularity will b
added to by this announcener
but because Senator Over
man has so thoroughly demon
strated his eminent fitness fc
the high position he now occu
pies and has reflected sue
credit upon his State, that the
is a very general feeling a
over the State that to fail
send him back, or even the d
velopment of any serious opp
sition to his reelection, won
be sad commentary upon t
value placed upon a mau wi
by sheer force Of ability a,
work has taken such his
stand in the Senate. 1t i.
matter for satisfaction that
will be reelected without opp
sition.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16
HEAP MUCH CHILDREN.

"A Woman rs Years Old the
Mother of EIeVen-HOVT Being
the Father of rs Children Saved
an Old CFOatsR.
Apropos of nothing at all ex-
cePt a desire to impart pleas
ing information, be it known that
there lives now, in this present
year Of grace, in Robson county
a young woman, the days of the
years of whose life are just one
score and six, who is the mother
of eleven children. She lives on
Mr.. W. G. Powell's place, at
Moss Neck, which is just a few
miles removed from LuR berton,
in the aforementioned county of
Robson, State Of North Carolina,
and she belongs to the tribe of
Indians known as Croatan. And
speaking of children:
This isn't anything new in this
family. Some years ago there
lived at this same place one Joe
L0cklear, Croatan, who has since
been gathered to his fathers. Or
derly to begin at the beginning,
Joe claimed that a certain strip
of Mr.. VIM. PoWell's land belong
ed to him and he acted accord
ingly, appropriating that partic-
ular piece of land to his own pri-
vatS use. It did not matter al
all to Joe that the courts decided
again and again that theta be
! longed to Mr.. Powell and thai
: Joe must quit doing like he die
D do: Joe would go quietly bacl
r home and do it some more. 1
s was a standing case. Every 81
: often Joe would be hauled up fol
this offence, every time the judg,
would let him off with the admon
ition that he go and sin no mere
a and just as often Joe woul
go back and work that land
:. And what do you reckon save
- him? Joe was father 2
'e times over. Twenty five; no less
& And Mr.. Nathaniel Mclean. VIII
, practiced at the Lum berton ba
a ia those days, would do the trio
IS for Joe every time. IF You
lie Honor please" Mr.. McLea
at would say, my client is yer
be poor man, and he has Is children
e. and he has not exactly understood
n. this matter, and if Your Homo
Is will kindly suspend judgmer
- upon him and will let him c
:. this time" etc, etc, or words
that effect; and Joe would get o,
~ The Judge couldn't help j
=: twenty-five children! Bet "
OF the Judge felt like saying, 81
s7us pray" every time. And Joe
he wife'S sister was the mother of
til children, and one of Joe's wife
zee sisters daughters is the youl
M, woman 20 years old who is me
me toned in the very front senten
his of this story as the mother of
=, children.
D. You guess right the very fiji
time il you guess some of the
-" we're twins. And suppose-b
io' no,this is story of what has hs
T penSd already; it is not foreci
De of the future. If you think it
ent a tall story, as a tall story give
err welcome. And you may belle
on. every bit of it.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16

Mrs. r. G. Lawrence and
children returned last night from
Waynesville, where they spent
two weeks visiting at the home
of Mrs. Lawrence's parents,
Judge and Mrs. w. L. Norwood
Mrs. Norwood, who has beer
sick for some time, is improv
ing.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16

Possesses marvellous curative pow
ers, removes all disorders, makes
health, strength and flesh. After
taking HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea you'll realize the wonder
fal good it does. j. d. Mo lillian
& Son.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16

ManZan Pile Remedy, Price sec,
is guaranteed, Put up ready to
use. One application prompt relic I
to any form of Piles. Soothes and
heals. Sold by j. D. Mcmillan &
Son.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16

President Roosevelt sent to
both Houses of Congress Tues
day a short message in support
of his plan for four new battle
ships.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16
Fer Reasster OF Deeds.

l hereby eurounce myself a candidate
for the Office ii Register of Deeds of Rob
esou county, s:bject to the action {, ( the
Democratic primaries, date of which is
10 be named by the executive committee.
Yours truly,
4-I6-tf NELL A. CARTER.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16
Sale Of Land For Taxes

By virtue of authority vested
in me as Sheriff of Robson
County, will, on Monday, the
4th day of May, 1908, at II
O clock, noon, at the court house
door in Lumberton, n. c.. offer
for sale to the highest bidder
for cash, the following lands to
satisfy the State and County
taxes which have uot. been paid
for the year 1907:
II n M-NETTT
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16

The Robesonian regrets very
much that the Seaboard Air
Line Railway officials havese
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16

entered ss second-elass matter at the Post
ofiee at Lu mberton, N. c., under the Act OF
Congress OF March Srd, 1897.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16
THE BE S oNIA N

P BLISHED- MONDAYS AND THURSDAY
BY
ROBESONIKN PUBLISHING CO.
5. A. SHARPE, Editor.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-04-16
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