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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
PREPARATION FOR LUMBER
MEN.
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Makes an Allowance of
$4,000 in Claims Against
Eleven Southern Railroads.

Washington Dispatch Jan. %.
BY far the largest specific al
lowance of reparation ever order
ed by the Interstate Commerce
Commission was made today
when the body approved a settle
ment agreement of $165, 900 in
satisfaction of the claims on &C
count of the unreasonable rates
on lumber shipped from Southern
mills. involving about 125 cases
and eleven defendant railroads
of the South. These are said to
be about one-third of the claims
of the same kind pending before
the commission. They involve
the two cent difference per hun
dred pounds between the advanc-
ed rates, made effective in the
summer of 1903, and those in eff
feet for a number of years prior
thereto, on shipments that NOV
ed between the time of the ad-
vance and the summer of 1907,
when after the final decision of
the United States Supreme Court
sustaining the decisions of the
commission after a course of ap.
peals the lower rates were re
stored.
The defendant roads are: South
ern Railway, Atlantic Coast Line
Nashville, Chattanooga & St
Louis, Seaboard Air Line, Cen
trail of Georgia, Georgia South
ern & Florida, Macon & Birming
ham, New Orleans & Texas Pa
cific, Mobile & Ohio, Illinois Cen
} trail, Louisville & Nashville.
The settlement agreement wa
reached between the petitioner
:. and the carriers on January LIT
last and the commissions appro
E val is with the proviso that tn
j commission reserves the right t
: require, if necessary, a statemer
: showing in detail the distribute
Vt Of this fund among the sever;
Z claimants.
L The claims were heretofore d.
:. cided by the commission in i
e reports by Commissioner Gil
y ments in what are known as tt
y Yellow Pine Association and Ii
y, cases.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
Cold and La Grippe.

Mr.. C. Happy, Hardin, Ray Co., Mo-,
writes: 81 can safely recommend Pc
runa as remedy that will cure all ca
tarrhal troubles.
at was of great benefit to me, as it
cured me of catarrh of the throat, ana
/ took a very bad cold and had la
grippe last February. 1t settled in my
throat and lungs. l took three bottles
of Peruna and it cured me.
81 highly recommend it to all who
are sick, and am glad to add my en-"
dorsement to that of others"
Pc-ru-na for Colds.
Mr.. L. Clifford Figg, Jr., 1929 East
Marshall ST., Richmond, Va, writes
that when he gets a cold he takes Peru
ma, and il soon drives it out of hissystem
For several years he was not entirely
well, but Peruna completely cured him
People who object to liquid medicines
can now secure Peruna tablets.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01

kin bank and stated to him that
he was here without money and
working in Elkin, that he need
ed money to get back, and asked
that he call with him at the bank
and help him get the money on
his certificate. The gentleman
in question readily consented to
this and did go with him-a poor
working man--andgot the money
for him.
The certificate was sent to e.
kin for collection. The bank re-
fused to honor it and the point
is, who stands the loss. Clour
is gone and nothing has been
heard of him since.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
THE GREAT WEALTH OF
FRANCE.
The Per Capita About 81, 100
For Every Man, Woman and
Child.

Child.
Paris Dispatch
Although general trade con-
ditions in France, as in other
European countries, suffered in
1908, largely because of the re-
duction in American demand,
following the financial crisis,
figures submitted by M. Leroy
Beaulieu and other statisticians
at the end of the year, regard
ing the wonderful wealth of the
French people, demonstrate the
imposing strength of Frances
financial position and her right
to the title of "the worlds bank
err" Frances fortune is grow
ing steadily through an annual
saving of 81, 900, 0O0,0 600, much
of which must seek investment
abroad.
NJ. Leroy-Beaulieu's Fl cures
show that France now receives
$3.50, 600, 900 as an annual income
from foreign holdings which are
principally government stocks,
the amount having been almost
doubled in the last Is years. He
estimates the present wealth OF
the French people at $45, 0OO,-
000, 900, or more than 81, 100 for
every man, woman and child
) and as the estimate is based
upon declared succession take:
it is admittedly much below the
real figures.
In addition, M. Leroy-Beau
t lieu takes no account of the vas
amount of gold securities which
the French, especially the peas
ants, keep in concealment an,
g which probably rivals the hiddel
!. treasures of India.
Il In the last Is years, S521, 400,
!. 600 in gold was loaned abroad
e yet the excess importation
amounted to $785, 100000. 1
+ 1908 the gold holdings of tn
is Bank of France increased b
IS 5000, 600, 600; they now staud q
St $500, 100000; the largest in tn
G. history of the bank. The othe
g banks hold 1888, 800, 900.
he The balances of trade whic
re in 1893 amounted to $40, 900
er 600 against France, are
r Frances favor. Increased tai
IL alton, however, keeps pace wit
e. the increased wealth. The but
al get of 1909, owing to the pu
n chase of the Western railroa
on and extraordinary expenses
IS, in connection with Morocco, b,
ea ing the highest in the history
Sn the country.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
Many SleepIess Nights Owing TO
Persistent Cough. Relief
Found az Last.

Cor several winters past my wife
has been troubled with most persistent
and disagreeable cough, which invaria-
bly, extended over period of several
weeks and caused her many sleepless
nights, = writes Will ]. Hayner, editor
of the Burnley, Colo, Bulletin. "Vari-
Gus remedies were tried each year.
with no beneficial reoults. In Novem-
Der last the cough again put in an ap-
pearance and my wife, acting on the
suggestion of friend, purchased a bot
tie of chamberlain's cough Remedy
The result was, indeed, marvellous. At
ter three doses the cough entirely dis
appeared and has not manifested itself
since. " This remedy is for sale by all
druggists.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
Save Money by Buying Cham.
berIain'S Cough Remedy.

You will pay just as much for a bot
tie OF chamberlain's cough Remedy as
Tor any OF the other cough medicines,
but you save money in buying it. The
saving IS IN what you get, not what you
ay. The sure-to-coure-you quality is in
every bottle OF this remedy, and you
get good results when you take it
Neglectt colds often develop serious
conditions, and when you buy cough
medicine you want to be sure YOU are
getting one that will cure your cold
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy always
cures. Price Is and so cents a bottle
For sale by all druggists.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
Value of The Wireless Tele.
graph.

Charlotte Cnronlcle-
The value of the wireless tele-
graph service has just had a
practical demonstration in the
collision of the two big steam
ships, off Nantucket, Saturday
morning. The ships in collision
were the White Star liner Re-
public and the Italian liner Flori-
da. The collision occurred at
early dawn in a dense fog. The
Republic later went to the bot
tom, but not until it's 400 pas
sengers were transferred to the
crippled Florida, from which, in
turn, they were transferred to
the Baltic. AS soon as the acct
dent occurred wireless messages
were flashed over the sea, Civ
ing news of the accident and the
location of the ships involved.
In short time, the big steam
ships Baltic, Furnessia, New
York, Lorraine and the Lucanis
were making their way to the
scene. Meanwhile, the officers
on shore of the colliding ship:
were kept informed of the situa
ton and were enabled to senC
orders of instruction and relief
The surviving vessel of the col
lision, the Florida, was in a yer!
perilous condition by reason O
injuries and overcrowding whel
the Baltic came to the rescue
There is no doubt that the ap
: pearance of the Baltic averted
far greater disaster. One ca
imagine what the probable con
sequences of an accident of thi
: sort would have been in the day
before the wireless.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
A Cow Goes Mad ard Passes
Out.

Asheville Special. Jan. 26,Ito Charlotte Observer
Some excitement was created
on Orchard street here yesterday
afternoon when a COW belonging
to Mr.. w. r. Williams attempt
ed to run through its owners
house. The animal succeeded in
getting half it's body through a
window and would have gone on
through but for the fact that it
struck a piano, broke both horns
and set the musical instrument
on end in the middle of the floor.
The cow managed to scramble
back through the window and in
30 minutes died. Several of those
who witnessed the incident de-
clare that the animal was suffer.
ing from hydrophobia.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
ROBERT BURNS.
A Man of Splendid Genius Who
Was Born in Poverty and
Whose Youth was Spent in
Toll and Privation.

Toll and Privation.
Baltimore Sun. 25th.
Today is the one hundred and
fftieth anniversary of the birth
of Robert Burns, the Scottish
poet, of whom it has been said
that "since Sappho loved and
sung there has been no such
national lyrist" as he. A man
of splendid genius was this Scot,
who was born in poverty and
whose youth was spent in toll
and privation. The name of the
"Plowboy of Ayr" will never
disappear from literature. His
immortality is secure. He was
much given to carousing. His
life, indeed, was cut short by his
indulgence. He was, according
to all accounts, a weak and err
ing man. But he had the divine
spark of genius. While a mere
lad, working as common farm
laborer, he was inspired with the
wish
That for poor auld Scotland's sake
Some useful plan or book could make
: Or sing sang at least.
The "sangs" which Burns sung
have been heard around the
world. They are written on thu
hearts of his countrymen. HI
was not man of great culture
! His philosophy was not deep ant
broad. But he was a poet O
intense feeling and wide sympa
!, thies. The prevailing charac
v teristic of his poetry is absolut
= sincerity. Burns compared him
J. self to an Eolian harp strung t
: every wind of heaven. Hi
8 poems have been admirably DIES
- cribed as an epitome of the me
odies, moods and memories tha
had belonged for centuries to TIL
r. national life of Scotland. An
, Burns inspired them with a fe,
,r vor that thrills not only his coul
n trymen, but all men who are NJ
20 devoid of feeling andimaginatio1
o Opinions differ as to which {
n. his poems was his MASTERPIECE
e. Carlyle and other judges ga,
v that distinction to THE Jol
N Beggars, but there are mar
to whom the tenderness of "Tl
I Cotter's Saturday Night" appea
,e more powerfully than the hum
an and satire of the carousing ia
" terdemalions of ''The Jolly Be
50 CARS. " Burns himself and pro
C. ably the majority of the col
e. mentators on his work have I
es corded their preference for TIA
,e o'Shanter," while many reade
of Burns consider Halloween
his greatest production. But h
Of he written no other poem tn
"The Cotter's Saturday Night
an apotheosis of a God-feari
m home, he would have secured
Wv permanent place in literatu
AAo DuIIl0 was 1Ol CuIldCS Ill u
his countrymen and the VIII
world of letters judged him as
~ poet not by his dissipation
,n by the products of his geni
e; - He was, indeed, a man of m
~ ~ velous and varied gent
ID Throughout the vicissitudes
IL. his life he had firm faith in
30. .n,, Supreme Being. a personal G.
10y the Arbiter of human life.
1 I'D wrote prayers in rhyme, as v
~ as lyrics and poems of pass
the and pathos. He was, as one
. . his biographers explains, i'm
~ tent of scoffers and skeptic
H. An atheists laugh is poor exchs
a,,1 For deity offended
nal A very remarkable man '
,1ch Robert Burns-a strange BILE
ont ing of what is best in hur
nature and what is erring. /
,res that is often the characteristic
YES genius.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
Reason EnthrOned.

Because meats are so tasty they are
consumed in great excess. This leads to
stomach troubles, biliousness and con-
stipation. Revise your diet, let reason
and not pampered appetite control,
stomach and Liver Tablets and you will
soon be we'll again. Try it. For sale at
all drug stores Samples free.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
For That Terrible Itchinu.

Eczema, letter and salt rheum keep
their victims in perpetual torment The
application of Chamberlain's salye will
instantly allay this itching, and many
cases have been cured by its use. For
sale by all druggists.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01

President Roosevelt on We'd
nesday sent to Congress a mes
sage approving the recommends
ton of Governor Magoon that an
appropriation be made to remove
the wreck of the Maine from
Havana Harbor.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01
RevoIts at Cold Steel

"Your only hope" said three doctors
to Mrs. M E. Fisher, Detroit, Mich.
suffering from severe rectal trouble,
Giles in an operation t'Then l usec
DIR. Kings New Life Pills" she writes
"till wholly cured" They prevent ap
pendicitis, cure constipation, headache
25c at all drug stores.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-01


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5 LEGATION.
Joseph H. Chase,
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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-25
The City Campaign.

Baxter Springs is indeed for
tunate that it has two such can.
didates for mayor as DR.. c. M.
Jones and Geo. E. Rucker. DIR.
Jones is just closing his admin
istration, and it has been a very
successful one all the way
through. More improvement
has been made in the city the
past two years than ever before
in the entire history of the town,
and in addition to this a large
slice of the city's debt has been
paid off. If he is reelected may.
or it will be his purpose to con-
tinue the improvement campaign
and pay off more of the debt.
Mr.. Rucker, his opponent, is a
fine man, and a hustler. The
campaign will no doubt be rather
warm, but the friends of each
candidate will see to it that the
campaign is conducted along de-
cent lines, and when the cam
paign is over there will not be a
lot of sore spots which it will
take years to heal.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-25

Will Braman was among the
pushers from Neutral who at
tended the railroad meeting in
this city last Saturday night.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-25

Mrs. Ira C.. Perkins, Mrs. Bur
CESS and Miss Carrie Perkins Wis
tied in this city the latter part of
last week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-25
For Rent Free.

]. C. Naylor will give rent
free the use of SIS acres of his
farm to the man or men who
will put it in cow peas, cotton or
tobacco. One man need not put
in the whole IS acres, but a part
of the agreement must be that 1t
will all be put into those three
uses. One man could put in COW
peas, another tobacco, and an
other cotton.
Here is an opportunity to do a
little experimental work, and 1t
should be taken hold of.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-25

Mac Gill, carrier on route 1,
says several planters were at
work last Saturday. The far
mer is making the most of the
good weather and what appears
to be an early spring.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-25
News Realty Column

Have for sale four nice lots in
Griswold & Hawks addition.
Lots 50x142 feet, covered with
big forest trees, SIS down and s.
per month; no interest.
Seven-room story and a hall
house, in good repair; 100-feet
front of ground; outbuildings.
cheap at the price asked-S9O0,
half cash, time on balance.
We have for sale drug store
doing a good business. Fine 10.
cation, nice new fixtures. Car
make a mighty low price for a
quick deal. Call at this Office.
20 acres -12 in cultivation, bal
ance in pasture; s-room house,
barn; fruit; good well; one and
one-half miles from town on
gravel road. $1,000. This Office
for fuller particulars.
We have for sale the old Stone
place of forty acres, just south of
town. Property corners with the
city limits. The place has a
good house, barn and we'll, and
lots of fruit. Will take $45O0
for it, half cash, balance on time
at s per cent. This Office.
We have for sale a fve-room
house and big piece of ground in
the north part of town for $3.50.
There is a good well on the
place and lots of fruit for family
use and to sell. If you are look
ing for a good home for a little
money it will pay you to see this.
If you want a nice lot, covered
with nice shade trees, and haven't
the money to pay for it, call at
this Office and we will sell you one
for a cash payment of SIS down
and monthly payments PISS with
out interest. This is an easy
way to get a nice lot, and you
won't miss the money.
A beautiful Little Home for
Sale-Nice house practically new,
four rooms; good stable; fine well;
100 feet front of ground. This
is one of the incest homes in the
city, and we are offering it for
the very low price of only $3.50.
The house could not be built for
the money. Call at this Office.
We have for sale a mighty
nice 80 acres only a mile from
town; 20 acres is in grass, 20 in
pasture and the balance in culti-
walton. There is a good four
room house, a small barn, well,
cistern, and some fruit. Only
three-fourths of a mile to good
school. will make a very reason
able price and sell on terms.
We have for sale or trade a
mighty good Arkansas farm of
l6O acres. It is in Searcy county,
has IS acres in cultivation, a
good house and barn, cistern,
some fruit, and is only a mile
and a half from a small town
and postofice. Owner will take
81, 900 cash for it, or will trade
it for an eighty in this section
and pay the differesce.
We have farms of any size,
improved or unimproved, at all
kinds of prices, and on ali sorts
of terms.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-25
SIo REWARD

For evidence which will convict the
party or parties who have been
damaging the property of the Bax.
ter Telephone Company, By break.
ing glass insuIators or otherwise. :.
EW, Dow, Manager.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-25

. That equinoxial storm was q
bad thing for Booster day, but,
it was a mighty good thing fol
the farmer, as the soil was need
ing rain. Oats will come up in
a hurry, now, and wheat wal
greatly benefited. From an az
ricultural standpoint, the coun'
try is in very good condition Al
present. A large amount o.
blowing was done during the
winter, and. the ground lis II
good shape. If nothing happens
to prevent, the planting of corr
will be dOue very early.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-25
Warming.

Somebody is skinning trees in
Reunion Park. If the guilty
party is apprehended prosecution
will follow. We trust it will
not be necessary for such action
to be taken.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-25
Frisco Time Table.

NORTH BOUND.
No. ia for Kansas City departs at 115O pm
No. 10 Kansas City via Cherokee departs 800
No. 10S for Kansas City via Psburg departs at 325 pm
No. 322 for Kansas City via Joplin departs at 1850
SOUTH BOUND.
No. 100 for Oklahoma City via Alton departs an
No. 127 for Oklahoma City via Alton departs at S3s aa
No. Ill for Fort Worth via Alton departs at sos pm
EAST BOUND
No. 316 for Joplin departs at $50 an
No. for ST. Louis via Joplin departs at 200 an
No. 322 for Kansas City Joplin and Pttsburg departs
No. 34 for Joplin from Kansas City departs 800 pm
No. 3S for Joplin from points south departs S2s pm
No. for Joplin and ST. Louis from Wichita departs TBS
WEST BOUND.
No. from ST. Louis Wichita and departs 1O
No. from St. Louis Wichita and departs at $40 am
This schedule went into effect Dec. Is, 1908.
c. S. ROBERTS, Agent
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-25

State OF Kansas, County OF Cnerokee, 3d.
l, +. ]. Clinkinbeard. cashier OF
said bank, do solemnly swear that the
above staten ent is true; that said bank
has no liabilities. and is not indorser on
any note or obligation, other than shown
on the above statement, to the best OF my
knowledge and belief. So help me God.
F. ]. cLINKINBEARD,
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me.
this 22nd day of March, 1909.
[sEAL GEO. c. Common.
Notary Public.
Commission expires aand day OF Septem-
Der, 1909.
Correct. Attest:
L. MURRAY PERKINS,
JOHN M. COOPER,
w. T. HARTLEY,
Directors.
To William S. Albright, Bank Commits.
sioner, Topeka, Kas.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-25
NEWS FROM
The MINES.

The Good Luck made its Gus
tomary forty tons of ore last
week. 1t is very strange thing
when the little mill does not turn
out forty tons of clean zinc con-
centrates in a week.
John Merritt has the water out
of the Old Abe and will begin
work in the ground just as soon
as the machinery in the engine
room and mill can be overhauled.
Bert Sweeney and his partners
have made a very rich lead strike
near the Catholic church. They
are working only about Is feet
below the surface, but they are
making lots of lead ore.
The Virginia mill is smoked
up. The pumps are running
and as soon as the ground can be
pumped out the property will be
put into the producing list.
The Lancaster made a very
rich strike last week, we under
stand. In the north ground the
miners went into big zinc ore,
almost free. 1t is said the find
looks like the dirt taken out at
the Good Luck.
The Eastman mill never shuts
down, running seven days in the
week, nights and days. The
mine is producing lots of clean
zinc ore of high grade.
The Big Jack mill at Lincoln
vile is ready for operation, and
will soon take its place among
the producers. The mill has
been run a few hours, and every
thing worked nicely.
The Lucille mill is nearing
completion, and will be when
completed one of the best and
biggest mills in the camp.
The price of zinc ore, while
not entirely satisfactory, is much
better than it was ten years ago,
but the trouble is, everything
used in the production of zigc ore
is so much higher that there
does not seem to be very much
profit in zinc mine at this time,
unless the dirt is phenomenally
rich.
If good stiff tariff is put on
zinc ore, the Baxter Springs min
ing camp will be the liveliest
place in the whole country. Every
mill would be put into commits
sion, apd the output would make
the old timers sit up and take no
tice.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Brown of
Galena visited in this city last
week.
Mrs. W. E. Price of Joplin Wis.,
tied her father, ]. M. Cooper, in
this city last Friday.
Mrs. Ira c. Perkins, Mrs. Bur-
CESS and Miss Carrie Perkins Wis
tied in this city the latter part of
last week.
Will Braman was among the
pushers from Neutral who at
tended the railroad meeting in
this city last Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Gregory
and the formers mother of Cairo,
ILL.,, visited Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. |
Gregory of this city last week.
The warm weather this week
put lot of farmers to work with
their corn planters. 1t looks as
if this might be the year of all
years for a bumper crop of every
thing.
E. w. Dow, who has been at
his home in Salina for the past
three months, and part of that
time very sick, has returned to
Baxter Springs. He came in last
Saturday morning.
Mac Gill, carrier on route 1,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-25

Mrs. w. E. Price of Joplin Wis
tied her father, J. NJ. Cooper, in
this city last Friday.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-03-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Brown OF
Galena visited in this city last
week.