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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-05-10

Another Woman Cured.
Christiana, Tenn =" suffered from
the worst form of female trouble 90
that at times l thought | could not
live, and my nerves were in dreadful
condition. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound cured me, and made
me feel like a different woman. LYDIA
+. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
worth its weight in gold to suffering
women. "-MRs. MARY WOOD, RED
If you belong to that countless army
of women who suffer from some form
of female ills, don't hesitate to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com,
pound, made from roots and herbs
For thirty years this famous remedy
has been the standard for all forms Of
female ills, and has cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
such ailments as displacements, fibroid
tumors, liberation, Inflammation, ir-
regularities, backache, and nervous
proStration.
If you want special advice write
tito Mrs. .Pinkham, Lynn, Mass.
1t is free and always helpful.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-05-10
COUNTY SCHOOL MATTERS
Business Transacted at Regular
Monthly Meeting of Board of
Education.

Education.
The regular monthly meeting
of the county board of education
was held Monday, Messrs. E. C.
Nye and L. R. Hamer being
present. Mr.. Hamer presided
in the absence of Chairman Lu-
cius McRae.
It was ordered that district
No. 1. Thompson township, be
allowed $75 for repairing school
building when funds are availa-
BILE.
A petition asking that the
boundary lines of district No. Z,
Sterling's, be changed was not
approved by the board.
Rebates were allowed the But
ters Lumber Co. of $5. As and A.
F. Counsil, Of Parkton, R. F. D.
No. 1, of 81. 95.
A petition was presented sign
ed by over one-fourth of the
landowners of district No. l,
Alfordsville, asking that an
election be called for the purpose
Of voting on a special tax of Is
cents on the $10O worth of prop
erty and Is cents on the poll to
increase the length of the school
term. The petition was approx
ed and the election was ordered
by the commissioners, as will be
seen from the report of the pro.
ceedings Of the commissioners
elsewhere in this paper.
A contract was approved with
D. L. Stewart for building E
school house in district No. 1
Smiths township, at cost o1
$3.50.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-05-10
Lived f52 Years.

VIM. Parr-England's oldest man
married the third time at 120, worked
in the fields till 1872 and lived 20 years
longer. People should be youthful at 80.
James wright, of spurlock, KY, shows
how to remain young. 81 feel just like
a 16-year- old boy" he writes, .'after
taking six bottles of Electric Bitters,
For 5e thirty years kidney trouble l,l made "a
wonderful medicine convinced me had
found the greatest cure on earth. .
They're a godsend to weak, sickly, run
down or old people. Try them. SOC at
all drug stores.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-05-10
Fayetteville, N. c., R. F. D.

Wilmington Star, 5th: The
movement of strawberries to the
Northern markets through the
junction office at South Rocky
Mount yesterday was the heav-
lest of any day this season,
amounting to IS solid refrigera-
tor cars from all sections of the
belt. The quality is said to have
much improved within the past
few days and growers are very
hopeful of more remunerative
prices.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-05-10

The election in Raleigh Mon
day resulted in the election of
J. Stanhope Wynne, Democrat,
mayor, and it was voted to sell
the present city hall and market
building and to build a new and
modern market in another part
of the city-
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-05-10
Special Rates Via Seaboard.

louisville, Ky.-Southern Baptist
Convention, May 13th-20th. Round
trip from Raleigh $3.50; Charlotte,
S16.45; Wilmington, s22. Is. Tickets
to be sold 10th, 11th, 18th, 18th, final
. return limit May 22nd. Extension can
be secured until June 9th.
Charlotte, N. Grand Lodge l. o;
o. F. of N. c., May 11th-I5th. Round
trip from Raleigh, S7O5; Durham,
s8.05; Weldon, SII.05; Wilmington,
$7.55; Henderson, Sa.05. Tickets will
be sold May sth to 18th. Final return
limit May I7th.
For further information apply to any
Seaboard Ticket Agent or address the
undersigned. ,,
C. H. GATTIS,
District Passenger Agent,
Raleigh, N. G.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-05-10

a long time. Doc
tors had failed to
help me. Lydia Z.
Plnkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound was
recommended, and
! decided to try it.
1t cured mytrouble
and made me well
and strong, so that
l can do all myown
work" Mrs. JOS
EPH HALL, Bards-
TOWN Nv
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-05-10

S or 6 doses "666'' will cure any case
of Chills and Fever. Price 25c 1925 !,
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-05-10

5 or 6doses ''666' will cure any case
of Chills and Fever. Price 25c. t8-25
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-05-10
MADE
WELL AND
: +'''''' STRONG
BY Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Bardstown, KY suffered from
and other etronSlaa1 -.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-05-10

The merchant who doesn't ad-
vertise stands in his own light.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-23

not as high as those of the San Ber-
nardino range.
The scenery around Corona is de-
clared by almost every one to be very
beautiful. All south of town are or
ange and lemon groves.
The city of Corona is we'll planned,
being in the form of a circle. Main
street runs north and south from the
mountains south of Corona through
the center of the circle north to the
river.
About ten miles southeast of Co.
roma is Glen Ivy or Cold Water can
yon. There is hotel there and a hot
sulphur plunge.
There is a nice new high school build
ing here.
The two principal industries of Co.
roma are the growing and packing of
oranges and lemons and the manu-
facture of brick and sewer pipe AL
falfa growing is also important.
We have a nice Carnegie library,
I. o. o. F. hall and Masonic hall.
One more point I can think of in
Corona's favor is the lovely climate.
CHARLOTTE KIRBY.
Grade 10, Corona high school. Age Is.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-23
Praises imperial Valley

Dear Aunt Laurie:
will try to tell you why think our
town is the best town. The main rea-
son why we think Ell Centre is the best
town is because it is prohibition.
Our town is the county seat of I'M
perial county and is situated in the
central part of the fertile Imperial val
ley. The farmers bring their produce
to Ell Centre, and from here 1t is
shipped to Los Angeles and the east.
Anything planted in or near Ell Cen
tro will grow.
Many canteloupes are planted here
yearly, and much cotton is being
planted now We expect to soon have
a cotton gin here.
Some sugar beets have been planted,
and they are found to grow very we'll
A sugar beet factory is going to be
erected soon.
Barley grows very well, but wheat
does not do SO WELL Eucalyptus trees
are being planted, acres and acres of
them, because they grow so rapidly.
l do not believe apples grow very well,
but apricots, peaches, plums and all
citrus fruits grow very well indeed.
There are hundreds of acres of grapes
and alfalfa, the latter being one of
our chief products. So much for farm
ing.
We are not all farmers here, even If
the soil is so fertile, and there is plenty
of water. Indeed very few of us are
farmers.
Our town is growing very rapidly, its
size having just doubled this year.
The freight trains are very large
every day. 1t is said that on every
freight train there are as many cars
as there are miles along the route.
We have two newspapers in Ell Cen
tro, one daily and weekly. We think
this is rather good for so young a city,
it being only two or three years old.
You may expect me to be very en-
thusiastic over Ell Centre, as l like it
so well and have lived here so long.
might tell you more, but my letter
is too long as it is.
I received the prize and was so glad
to get it. Thank you for it.
LOIS WAGNER
Ell Centre school, seventh grade
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LIMERlCKS CONTINUED



When mother bakes cookies and cakes,
oh, my! what a good smell it makesl
She keeps outside
But the doors open wide,
l took ii all, but how l did ache.
LEE ERMEL.
sawtelle city school, sixth year.
When mother bakes cookies and cakes
Oh my! what good smell 1t makes!
She keeps us outside
But the doors open wide,
And If we go inside Wen go back with pain!
and aches.
LAWRENCE MOORE.
sawtelle, sixth grade.
When mother bakes cookies and cakes,
oh, my! what a good smell 1t makes:
She keeps US outside
But the doors open wide,
And we all come creeping in like snakes
sawtele school. sixth grade
When mother bakes cookies and cakes,
Oh, myl what a good smell it makes!
She keeps us outside
But the doors open wide,
And the smell of the cake makes me want
to fake all of the good flakes
CHARLES,
sawtelle public school. sixth grade
When mother bakes cookies and cakes.
Oh, myl what good smell it makes!
She keeps us outside
But the doors open wide,
For we're surely to wait at the gate.
GLADYS WATERBURY,
Sawfelle school. sixth yeqar.
When mother bakes cookies and cakes.
Oh, my what a good smell it makes!
she keeps outside
But the doors open wide,
try all kinds of fakes.
FRANK LACELL.
sawtelle city school, sixth year.
When mother bakes cookies and cakes
Oh, my! what a good smell it makes!
She keeps us outside
But the doors open wide,
And each one many longing sniff takes.
BERTHA WARDELLs
Sentous school, eighth grade. 1909 Rich
street, age ~ years.
When mother bakes cookies and cakes,
oh, my! what a good smell 1t makes!
She keeps outside
But the doors open wide,
For the cookies done and light as snow
fakes.
JESSIE CLAUDINO,
66s West Thirty-sixth place, Jefferson
street school, AS grade age years.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-23
Wins Athletic Contests

Dear Aunt Laurie:
There are many reasons why I think
my town is the best town. Some of
these are its location, it's scenery and
its educational values.
Pomona is situated about thirty-two
miles from Los Angeles, in a little val
ley surrounded by snow capped mount
aims and green carpeted hills. Pomona
has three very pretty parks and look
ing down from Pomona Heights one
can get a fine view of the little CITY,
with its background of mountains and
orange groves.
There are many beautiful buildings
in Pomona, the best of which are the
public library, the high school, the
armory hall, Fourth ward school and
the San Antonio school.
In the summer the Seventh regiment
band gives concerts at the armory hall,
opposite Second Street park This is
one of the many amusements during the
summer.
Pomona high school has also many
fine athletes, and very often succeeds
in winning the different cups which
are presented to the winning teams in
the amateur athletic contests.
MARGARET NEEDHAM
1884 South Thomas street, Pomona:
AS grade, Pomona high school
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-23
A Native DAUGHTER

Dear Aunt Laurie:
l love Los Angeles because / was
born here and have always lived here.
Then it is such a beautiful place. there
are so many beautiful homes and
streets, the climate is delightful and
Los Angeles is the home of many
tourists during the winter months.
1t is a town that believes in boost
ing its home products, as our home
product exhibition and industrial pa
rade proved TO the people of Southern
California this past winter.
Los Angeles is far ahead of many
eastern cities in its building progress
and fine large buildings and hotels.
We have some very beautiful nat
ural parks, such as Griffith and Ely
sian, and I think my town is the
best town of all. I wouldn't like to
leave it unless I knew 1 was coming
back again to live.
JESSIE CLAUDINO.
663 West Thirty-sixth place, Jeffer-
son street school, A3.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-23

and is a small town itself. There are
no saloons here, and the people all
join together and help each other as
brothers and sisters would.
We have a splendid band of boys and
girls, and they have delightful times
together.
There are numbers of wide roads
stretching away in the distance, and
some one is always riding by.
The schoolhouse is large two-story
building that has fifteen rooms in it,
and we think that we have two of the
most gentle and lovely teachers in the
whole United States. The children love
them and learn their lessons nicely
every day. Your LOVING niece,
ETHEL TILLITT.
Del Rosa, Mountain district school,
seventh grade. Age IS years.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-23
A Prosperous City

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Santa Maria is in the bean region,
and many beans are raised around
here and shipped away. 1t is also in
the beet region, and the beets are
made into sugar at a factory near by.
The Santa Maria valley is one of the
richest farming valleys in California.
There are large oil fields about ten
miles from here. They have helped
the growth of the town very much.
When the money panic came on In the
winter of 1907 you could get gold at
any of our banks and in other places
you could only get paper money. The
drummers that passed through here
said that they had sold more goods
here than in any other place all win
ter.
The Pacific coast railroad passes
through here. There is an electric car
line that runs from here to Guada-
loupe, distance of about ten miles.
1t carries passengers from here to the
Southern Pacific railroad at Guada-
loupe. NELLIE DUNN.
Santa Maria grammar school, grade
2; age IS.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-23
No Cold Winter

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Though I am not a native son 1
consider dear old Los Angeles as my
town.
California's beautiful trees and flow
ers can be found in abundance in Los
Angeles. The cold, drizzling winter
never comes here to drive the children
indoors, but the beautiful spring does
come to draw them out
Los Angeles can be proud of the
fact that she gave the feet a royal
reception.
/ think my town has all other towns
beaten in every way, shape or form.
If I was to tell of every good point
of Los Angeles it would fill book.
Your nephew,
FRANK TOM NOVEL;.
ass Third street, Boyd Street school,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-23
Clean Amusements Provided

Dear Aunt Laurie:
I think we have a pretty nice town,
though it is small.
We have a nice new Y. M. c. A.
building and grounds, all free from
debt, with money enough subscribed to
put in a shower bath and gymnasium.
The grounds are Enclosed with a high
fence and lit by electricity, which
makes it pleasant place for the boys
to go evenings to practice their athletic
sports. They say this is the only small
town in California that owns it's Y. NJ
c. A. building, and we all feel quite
proud of it.
Another reason is we have new $780,
700 schoolhouse with nice rooms and
grounds. There is an average daily at
tendance of 230 pupils.
There are no saloons and no place
where boys learn bad habits. We have
four churches and several stores and
other business places.
There is fine depot, and the cars go
through every hour during the day. ]
think Garden Grove is the best town
on the map. ALVIN FORRY.
S. S. school, 9th grade. Age IL years.
Garden Grove.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-23
In Orange Groves

Dear Aunt Laurie:
Corona is the best little town know
of, and my reasons for thinking so are
many.
Corona has a population of about
5000 people. 1t is very well situated In
the Santa Ana valley, in Riverside
county, about five miles south of the
Santa Ana river. North of the river
are the San Bernardino mountains and
five miles south OF Corona are some
more mountains. although they are
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-23
Good Things to Eat

Dear Aunt Laurie:
In Burnett we grow all kinds of
berries and vegetables. My father
grows vegetables and all kinds of
green feed for chickens, as he has a
small poultry farm. He ships his eggs
and young poultry to Los Angeles.
There are just a few lemon groves,
and the japanese grow flowers for
sale.
Father has a dairy farm at Hynes,
a small place eight miles from Bur-
nett. He raises alfalfa, beets, oats and
barley.
Part of his land has alkali, so he has
planted a eucalyptus grove on it and
1t is growing nicely. He is planting
some Australian black gums out there
now.
We also have a small family or
chard; there are peaches plums,
prunes. grapes, apples, pomegranates,
apricots, ounces, pears, blackberries
and English walnuts.
MABEL ANDREWS.
Burnett school, grade Ae; age IL
years.
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LETTERS TO AUNT LAURIE
Continued from Page Three)

to the shore. There are all kinds of
birds at the Soldiers Home, and it is
interesting to watch them.
The grain fields are all green now,
and they will start to plant beans soon.
We have a vaudeville show and a
moving picture show here. We can go
to them only at night. It is about
three miles and half from the beach
and takes about ten minutes to go
there, and it is about fourteen mi! IS
by electric car line to Los Angeles. 1t
has about two thousand inhabitants,
and they raise some tropical fruit here,
and covers over fifteen hundred acres.
There are about three thousand old
soldiers in the Soldiers Home. Some
fought in the Civil War, but there are
some from the Philippines.
LAWRENCE MOORE,
Sawtelle, grade seven.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-23
A Temperance Town

Dear Aunt Laurie: .
1 think Del Rosa is the best town,
because it is away from large cities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-09
QUESTION OF TIES.
Occupies Attention of Cabinet Mem.
bers for Two Hours.

Washington, Nov. s.-For more
than two hours last night six MEM
bers of the presidents cabinet consid-
cred whether they would wear purple
or somber black ascot ties with their
frock coats and top hats when they
meet President Taft Wednesday even
ing on his return from his whirl
around the country.
At least. it was solemnly declared
by all of the members that they
threshed out mainly the matter of re-
ceiving the president at the union sta
ton. They acknowledged, however,
that they had discussed in a general
and informal way other questions of
state and the manner in which these
will be laid before Mr.. Taft, who has
been out of touch with the general
trend of affairs
Secretary Knox will advise the cab
met the procedure to be followed in
greeting the president on his arrival.
The custom is one that was estab-
lished long ago but which fell into dis
use during the administration of Mr..
Roosevelt, who had his own ideas of
entering the capitol.
When President Taft arrives he will
be received with all the old pomp.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-09
COOPER'S FOLLOWERS GIVE
REASON FOR THEIR BELIEF

With a theory that human health
is dependent on the stomach and with
medicine which he says proves this
theory, L. T. Cooper, has built up an
Immense following during the past
year.
Cooper has visited most of the
leading cities of the country, and in
each city has aroused a storm Of
discussion about his beliefs and his
medicines. Wherever he has gone,
people have called upon him by thou
sands, and his preparation has sold
in immense quantities. 80
The sale of this medicine has now
spread over the entire country, and
is growing enormously each year. In
view of this, the following statement
from Mrs. Nettie c. Harris. living at
16 S. South Carolina Avenue, Atlantic
City, N. J., with reference to her re-
cent recovery from a severe affliction,
will be of uncommon interest. Mrs.
Harris says:
For the past five years have been
sufferer from acute indigestion,
nervousness. constipation and hem
orrhoids. On December 22nd, 1905,
my husband, thinking 1 might at any
time died in one of the spells of in
digestion, took me to London, Ohio,
in order that 1 might be near my
relatives. While there L had twenty
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-09

seven attacks, in each of which INV
life was despaired of.
Finding that the change had NOT
oeen beneficial, and that he could af-
1ord me no relief. my physician ad-
Vlsed us to return to the ocean. 7
couio ma nothing that would helm
me, ana almost gave up in desDair
On reading in our daily papers of
Cooper's New Discovery, I sent for a
bottle in order to try it.
Before taking half of the first hot
tie, felt better. Believing it was do
ing me good. 1 continued taking it. T
am now on the fourth bottle. and am
improving rapidly. can now eat
rood that / have not been able to eat
Ter years without bringing on one of
those terrible spells of indigestion.
have also been a great sufferer
Tor many years from an aching in NV
lower limbs, caused by nervousness
and preventing me from sleeping. but
l nave had no distress in that way for
the past few weeks, for which 1 give
the New Discovery credit The hem
orrho1ds, which were very distressing.
have not troubled me since using the
Cooper medicine.
Il feel so much better in eyery way
that am confident this medicine will
completely restore me to good health.
words fail to express my gratitude for
the benefit 1 have thus far received.
L consider it marvellous"
Cooper's New Discovery can be OBJ
tanned from all druggists
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-09
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