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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-03-01
BOWMORE BUBBLES.
A Coming Town-Concert at
Bethel MISUNDERSTANDING of
Miss Cattle McNeill and Mr..
Jesse Carter.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.

Correspondence of The Robesonan.
This town is slowly but surely
coming all the while. J. w.
Wilkes has recently built and
now occupies his nice new store
building. Others will follow in the
near future.
Mr.. R. Burns, of High Point,
was in our town a few days since,
insuring horses and mules for
the Southern Live Stock Co, of
High Point.
Miss Emma Warner is visiting
friends and relatives in Scotland
county, Miss Corrie Leach is
spending some days with friends
and relatives in the Antioch
section. Mr.. A. C. Keith return
ed recently from a visit to rela-
tives in Camden, N. j., and
reports delightful trip.
The concert at Bethel Institute
Friday night last, given under
the direction of it's efficient prin-
cipal, Miss Mamie Campbell, was
attended by a very large anC
highly appreciative audience. AL
with one accord pronounced i
the most enjoyable entertain
ment of the season. Among
those we noticed from a distance
f at concert were Miss Belle Nc
Leod, Maxton; Miss Peden, Lau
rir burg; Miss Flora Mcneil, Wag
. gram; Miss Gussie McRae, Mt
: Gilead; Miss Higley, Lumberton
: Miss jamie McBryde, Allendale
II Miss Cattle Mcneil, one o
. our most popular young ladies
I was married Thursday mornin
: to Mr.. Jesse Carter, of Fayette
S vile, Rev. w. C. Brown, paste
y of the bride, officiating. Gu
I best wishes and heartiest cor
gratulations are extended.
d Bowmore, N. c., Feb. q, $780,
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5 or 6 doses 1866" will cure any case
OF Chllls and Fever. Price Csc. t8-25
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BARNESVILLENEWS BATCH.
Preparations for Pla mt ing
School Progressing ga Box
Supper
Correspondence of The Robesonian.

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Rev. R. A. Hedgepeth filled
his regular appointment here
Saturday and Sunday. There
were seven additions to the
church. A large and attentive
audience listened to him on Sun
day on the subject Of consecra-
ton. He is one of the strongest
preachers of the Association.
Miss Anette Williams spent a i
few days last week in and
around GAINESVILLE visiting rel
atives and friends. DIR. Nc
Kenzie, of Drum, attended
church here Sunday. Mr.. J. H.
Pittman, of Fairmont, visited at
the home of Mr.. R. R. Barnes
Sunday. Miss Bonnie Mum
spent Saturday and Sunday with
Misses Nettie and Alice Floyd
Mr.. Don Powers and sister, Miss
Ellen, of Boardman, visited rel
atives here last Sunday.-Mr.
A. E. White, of the firm of
White & Cough, made a bust
ness call here one day last
week.
Everybody is quite busy pre-
pairing land for another crop,
and will soon be ready for plant
ing.
Miss jamie McGougan, one of
the teachers at Bloomingdale,
spent last Saturday and Sunday
at the home of Mr.. K. M. Barnes.
Mrs. Robert Ratley of Fair.
mont, visited relatives here Sun.
day.-Mr. T. J. Hedgepeth spent
a day or two in Rowland
last week. Miss Alice Surles, Of
the Bloomingdale section, attend
ed church here Sunday. Miss
Rachel Oliver spent Saturday
and Sunday with home folks a
Marietta.
Mr.. T. S. Spencer lecture(
here last Wednesday night OF
the subject of "The Devil il
Robes" He is a fine speaker
The audience was not very large
but all enjoyed his lecture AM
jokes.
The school here is progressin!
nicely, with Miss Lettie McMil
an principal, Miss Rachel Oliver
assistant, and Miss Bonnie Num-
music teacher. There are aboU
= 80 on the roll.
" There will be a box suppe
Il here Friday night, March 5tf
Cake and ice cream will be sol
also. The PROCEEDS will go tt
ward painting the school built
w ing inside. Everybody is co
= daily invited. Come, girls, brin
a box and your beau" to BIT
your box.
Best wishes to The Robes
MAN.
PATSY"
GAINESVILLE, N. c., Feb. 2
1909.
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Out Union Way-Preparing for
Record Crop of Tobacco.

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
The farmers are busy trying
to get their land prepared in
order to plant, when the season
forplantingcomes. Tobacco plants
are somewhat later than last
year; the freeze killed many beds
and so they had to be planted
the second time. The farmers
in this section are preparing for
a big crop of tobacco. Unless
there are some providential hind
RANGES it will be the largest in
history, which am afraid will
be detrimental to the price.
Our weather prognosticator
was somewhat cratic in his
weather forecast for February,
for he predicted fair and cold
weather, but alas! when we make
up our mind to call on our best
girl the clouds hover over us
thick and fast, and we set back
and hum most pitifully, "Silently
the shades of evening gather
round our lonely door," hoping
that the next time we make a
date it will be more propitious
The public school is moving on
nicely with that most scholarly
teacher, Miss Maggie Shaw. She
surely knows her business ir
the training of youths for after
life. May the good work &C
on.
The writer enjoyed a fruit
supper at the hospitable home oil
Mr.. w. T. Walters on the 10Th
Though the weather was inclem
ent, yet there was a goodl,
number present, viz: Misses Byrd
Ivy, Bass and Grimsley; Mr.
Pink Byrd and others. Mis-
Rhoda Walters made the eve
! ming pleasant for all, assisted b.
= Miss Shaw, which caused tn
r time to slip by unthougtedly.
s A. H. Sealy
Fairmont, N. c., R. F. D. Nc
2, Feb. "a, 1906,
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Items From Smiths Bridge
Two Marriages.

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Mr.. Van Marsh, of Parkton,
was in this community last
Thursday on business.
Rev. E. O. johnson preached
at lions Hill church yesterday,
the third Sunday, and also &C
copied a call for the balance of
the year as pastor.
Mr.. C. w. Byrd has moved his
steam mill back home, where he
expects to saw some local bills.
Among the visitors we noticed
yesteld day at church were Mr.. J.
L. Wilson and Robt. Hurt, of
Tar Heel; Mr.. E. T. Taylor, of Ten
Mile; Mr.. Frank Philips, of AL,
lenton, and several boys whose
names we will not give, as they
had special business in this com.
munity.
Mr.. Sam Coin has his shingle
mill up and is manufacturing
some shingles.
On last Monday evening, the
18th, Mr.. John Parnell and Mis-.
Annie, daughte r of Mr.. ant
Mrs. J. E. Smith, were happily
united in marriage, Mr.. J. M
Seasons, J. P, officiating. W.
wish for them a long and happ,
life.
On Sunday, the 21st, Mr.
Gestha Brisson and Miss Haiti
Allen, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Norman were united in marriage
Mr.. B. F. Kinlaw, ]. P, offici
ating. Our congratulations an
best wishes attend the happ
couple.
Well, Mr.. Editor, l saw in las
weeks paper where some of GU
, friends advocated free labor an
tax both to work the roads.
!. am real sorry for such a repor
as that, because | don't believ
you can force a man to do both
( You can lead a horse to waite
, but it is hard to make him drink
Swamp Cat.
= Smiths Bridge, N. c., Eel
1 %, 1909.
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Robs His Guards and Escape,


A murderer at Bristol, Va,
played a smart trick on his
guards the other night. He had
been captured in Oregon and
brought over 5000 miles. Ar
irving at Bristol and having to
wait several hours for a train,
the guards handcuffed the pris-
oner to each man, and with him
in bed between them they went
to sleep; that is to say they did,
but the man in limbo did not.
He was very much awake and
when they were sleeping soundly
he took the keys from their
pockets, unlocked his shackles,
took the pistols from each man,
with all the money they had and
left.
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Subscri be for The Robesonian
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Directory of the Lumberton
Methodist Church.
REV. e. M. HOYLE, Pastor.

Preaching every Sunday at II a. M,
and p. m.
Sunday school at $50 a. m. and o. m.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday eve
ming at 7:30.
Everybody is cordially invited to at,
tend these services.
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Kills Woula-Re SLAYER.

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with many victims. But DIR. Kings New
Life Pills kill it by prevention. They
gently stimulate stomach, liver and
bowels, preventing that clogging that
invites appendicitis, curing Constipa-
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stores.
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were told to make the best time possible with
out killing their horses The men were on
their mettle. They made the distance, 140 miles
20 miles of the way being through loose SAND,
in % hours, the actual marching time being Is
hours and 30 minutes At Fort Warner they
rested one day, and returned to Harvey on the
same horses at the uniform rate of so miles a
day Capt. Edward G. Fechet started at mid
night for the relief of the Indian scouts who
had been sent out to arrest Sitting Bull, and,
who, after killing that chief, were beleaguered
in a small hut by his followers. Fechet took
an ambulance wagon and Hotchkiss gun with
him. The gun carriage broke down and he
was compelled to fasten the trail of the piece
to the tailboard of the ambulance and thus
drag 1t along. Notwithstanding this handicap
he made the first As miles in less than seven
hours. He fought and drove off the young
Sioux bucks, then secuted the country for ten
miles, gave his troopers some breakfast and
returned to the fort Fourteen hours were
consumed in covering 80 miles of ground.
The cavalry horses of the American army
have undergone these endurance and speed
tests carrying weights of more than 200 pounds
and without any training other than that re-
ceived in the ordinary course of frontier
scouting and daily drill evolutions. The great
est military ride record as II appears on pa
per. is that of the Austrian Count Stahrenberg,
who rode one horse $50 miles In II hours.
The animal however carried only the counts
weight 1913 pounds; II had been specially
trained for months to undergo the endurance
test, and during the whole time of the ride It
was kept up on stimuants. The horse died
within "a hours after the completion of its
task Col. Dodge. in his summary of remark
able rides. tells of professional express rider
whom he personally knew, who for many
months carried mail from Eel Paso to Chihau-
hau through hostile Apache country. This
man on one horse. a broncho regularly made
900 miles In 60 hours, and then resting his
mount for four days. made the return trip. AS
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In the year 1879, when the Utes succeeded
In getting some United States troops into what
was afterward known as Thornburg's rat
hole" several mounted couriers succeeded in
slipping through the circling line of savages.
All of them reached Merritts column, 10 miles
distant. in less than "a hours. The exact time
was not taken, for. as Col. Dodge puts it, res
cue was of more Importance than records"
1t must be understood, of course, that all
these American rides were made without
changing horses. The steed at the start was
the steed at the finish. The best rider, accord.
ing to cavalry experts. is not the man who
takes fivebarTed gate or who ride stand
ing, but the man who by instinct feels the
condition of his horse, and, though getting the
most out Of the animal, knows best how to
conserve his strength.
Gen Lawton in the year 1876, rode from
Red Cloud agency, Nebraska, to Sidney in the
same state, a distance of 125 miles, in 26 hours
He was carrying important dispatches for Gen.
Crook. and though the road was bad his mount
WIS in good condition when Lawton, looking
five years older than he did the day before.
handed over his bundle of papers to the black
bearded general.
Gen. Merritt has a forced march record that
has no American parallel when the conditions
of hts tourney are considered. He was ordered
in the fall of 1879 to the relief of Payne's
command which was surrounded by hostile In
dams. Merritt's command consisted of four
troops of cavalry, but at the last moment he
was ordered to add to his force battalion OF
infantry The dough boys" were loaded into
army wagons drawn by mules, and with the
cavalry at the TANKS the relief column started.
The distance to be traversed was 10 miles,
and Il was made. Notwithstanding the handi-
cap of the wagons and trails that we're muddy
and sandy by turns. in just 66 hours. At the
end OF the march the troopers went into the
aght. and in the entire command not one horse
bowed a lame leg or a saddle sore.
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mounting a horse he started southeast to the
wilderness TO look death in the face.
His course took him close to the scene OF
the Custer massacre where less than two
weeks before 5000 Sioux had gathered for the
killing. He travelled only at night, and all day
long he lay hidden in the timber or in the
gulches of the foothills.
Two hours after sunset on the second night
he left his days hiding place and set his
course southwark along a range of low hills
He turned aside to skirt bit of timber, and
as he came to the edge of the trees his mount
showed symptoms of uneasiness.
Bell dropped from his horse and stole for
ward He saw not more than 100 yards ahead
of him war party Of fully so Indians making
preparations to camp for the night. They had
come apparently from a direction opposite to
that taken by the courier, for he had not
crossed their trail. He stole back remounted
and made a detour, passing the Indian en-
campment on the right and without awakening
their suspicious.
Notwithstanding the rough nature of the
country through whichfhe was passing and the
necessity of sparing his horse Bell made 40
miles in that second nights ride. When II
was within two hours of sunrise he struck
small creek with bottom of sand and peb-
bles. He knew that if the war party which
he had passed the night before should find his
trail that it would be followed, and that the
reds would not spare their ponies in the at
tempt to overtake the wilderness messenger.
For two miles Bell led his horse down the
bed Of the creek thus completely obliterating
his trail, but he knew that the hoof marks
showing where he had taken to the water were
telltale witnesses of his subterfuge.
He reached a part of the creek where the
banks were heavily overgrown with bushes He
pushed the green growth aside from right to
left and sent his horse through. Then he GOV.
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z71lYlvc c4NqLRY Ho4SEJ TDLhE- O0NN At co'0HANO

cred the marks of the passage as well as he
could, and finally crawled up on the bank him.
self, covering his own trail.
He found hiding place for the day in
ravine about 800 yards from the bank of the
creek and after feeding his horse, and eating
his own breakfast he put all thought of sleep
aside, and climbing to hilltop he watched the
vicinity of the creek.
Bell believed that the reds could not have
found his trail, If they had found 1t at all, I'M
til near sunrise and he knew that If they fol-
lowed him it would take them the better part
of the day to reach his hiding place and that
by that time his horse would be fresh and
their horses faded.
At three o'clock in the afternoon he saw
something that set his heart beating, brave
man though he was. The war party was
breaking through the underbrush on the bank
of the creek and Bell knew that his trail had
been followed and that he had but moments
time to save his life and his message.
He ran down the slope, vaulted on to his
horse and shot out into the open around the
base of the hill.
The reds chased the courier for five miles,
firing now and again. but he distanced them
and after two more nights OF peril he gave
Terry's message into the hands of Crook
James Bell was given a medal of honor
and for five years he was a messenger in the
headquarters of the department of the lakes
in Chicago. Few people realized that the quiet
unassuming "efrand man" in the Pullman
building was the courier who had taken on
himself a mission that tried painsmen had
not dared to attempt to fulfill.
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SENSE ABOUT FOOD
Facts About Food Worth Knowing.

1t is a serious question sometimes to
know just what to eat when a per-
sons stomach is out Of order and most
foods cause trouble.
Grape-Nuts food can be taken at any
time with the certainty that it will
digest. Actual experience of people is
valuable to anyone interested in foods.
A Terre Haute woman writes: IL
had suffered with indigestion for about
four years, ever since an attack of ty-
phoid fever, and at times could eat
nothing but the very lightest food,
and then suffer such agony with my
stomach l would wish never had to
eat anything.
Il was urged to try Grape-Nuts and
since using it l do not have to starve
myself any more, but / can eat IL at
any time and feel nourished and salts
fed, dyspepsia is thing of the past.
and l am now strong and well.
my husband also had an experience
with Grape-Nuts. He was very weak
and sickly in the spring. Could not
attend to his work. He was under
the doctors care but medicine did not
seem to do him any good until he be-
gan to leave off ordinary food and use
Grape-Nuts. 1t was positively surpris-
ing to see the change in him. He grew
better right off, and naturally he had
none but words of praise for Grape
Nuts.
Our boy thinks he cannot eat a
meal without Graz e-Nuts, and he
learns so fast at school that his teach
er and other scholars comment on it.
1 am satisfied that it IS because OF
the great nourishing elements in
Grape-Nuts.'
There's a Reason"
1t contains the phosphate of potash
from wheat and barley which combine
with albumen to make the gray mat
ter to daily refill the brain and nerve
centers.
II is pity that people do not know
what to feed their children. There are
many mothers who give their young
sters almost any kind of food and
when they become sick begin to pour
the medicine down them. The real
way is to stick to proper food and
be healthy and get along without med
icine and expense.
Ever read the above Ietterf A new
one appears from time 60 time. They
are Eenuine, true and full Of kunHss
Interest.
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empty cartridges at their sides, telling mutey
the story of desperately heroic defense. The
detachment had Joined Terry and the story OF
the Custer massacre was told.
The whole country to the northeast and
the south was swarming with the Sioux not
yet stated with slaughter. To the southeast
200 miles away, near the headquarters of the
Powder river, in the Territory of Wyoming,
lay the command of Gen. Crook 1t was i'm,
peratively necessary that the situation Of af
fairs just south of the Yellowstone should be
made known to the general commanding the
southeastern forces
Between Terry and Crook was an unbroken
wilderness inhabited only by wild animals and
wilder men. With Terry's column were six
tried scouts and plainsmen. They knew every
inch of the country, every trail every hiding
place I'm the mountain spurs and every patch
of timber on the plains. To these men were
intrusted the dispatches OF the commanding
officer, with instructions to carry them south
eastward to the camp of Crook. The scouts
started on their journey. Inside of eight hours
all Of them were back and the report to Terry
was that nc an could attempt the journey to
Powder river and live.
In Company OF the Seventh infantry was
a private named James Bell. He had acquired
a knowledge of the country In the campaigns
in which he had served against the Sioux. His
knowledge. however, was but 1.-THE of that
held by the plainsmen, and his acquaintance
with the ways of the Indians was as nothing
to theirs, yet Private James Bell went to Gen.
-Terry's headquarters and volunteered to carry
the dispatches through the heart Of the hos
tile country and to deliver them to Gen Crook
else, II 1t must be, to forfeit his life.
Terry asked the man II he knew fully the
danger of the undertaking. Bells answer was:
The scouts came back" In the four words
he expressed the whole thing for the scouts
never before had turned In their tracks.
Private Bell took his rations, full supply
OF ammunition, his rife and his revolver and
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The Home.

Home and home life must never become
commonplace. The little surprises the re.
membranes of the birthday, the unexpected
treat, the pleasure earned for one by the sac.
rifce of another-all these belong under our
head of spiritual exercises. Nor is there any
scene OF our life which so demands such ex-
ercise as this familiar scene of home, which
has to be reset every day.-Edward Everett
Hale.
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Not Ambiguous at All.

The donkey is-or has been-asso-
ciated with party politics in other
countries besides our own.
In one of England's elections a can
didate for parliament, the late Lord
Bath. called attention to himself by
means of a donkey over whose back
two panniers were slung, bearing a
ribbon band on which was printed:
Vote for Papa"
1t must be added. however. that in
each pannier stood one of Lord Baths
daughters.-Youths Companion.
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Brooklyn Flag Factory.

One of the biggest official flag fac
tories in the world is in the Brooklyn
navy yard. Between eighty and one
hundred women work there all the
year round making flags for the use
of Uncle Sans fighting ships. They
use up 10000 yards of bunting year
and fashion 41S different kinds of Off
cial flags. The flags cost $4,000 a
year
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this was not a cavalry
achievement it is not used
for purposes Of company
son. Touching the per-
Torrance, however, the
military writer says, that
excepting the ass, there
Is perhaps no creature on
earth so stubbornly endur-
ing as the broncho."
Col. Dodge does not
think that IL tests were
made there would be much
difference between the
records which English
and American soldiers
would register. He says
that a composite picture
made of 500 British and
of 500 American troopers
would show that the three
lines which establish the
seat" of the rider are
practically the same, and
that upon this and the
proper care of the horse
depend largely the mat
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and a doctor told me / would never
get more than temporary relief. A
dragging pain and lameness in my
back almost disabled me. Dizzy
spells come and went and the kidney
secretions were irregular. Doan's
Kidney Pills rid me of these troubles
and feel better than for years past"
Sold by all dealers. SOC. box.
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. n. Y.
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consumptIves Need Not Leave Home.

NUH5uHIptIVes Necu MOI LedVe TIoHIos
Consumption can be cured, or ar
rested, in any section of the United
States, and the percentage of cures in
the east and the west is nearly the
same. Any physician, therefore, who
sends a person to the southwest with
out sufficient funds, or in an advanced
or dying stage of the disease, is guilty
of cruelty to his patient. Renewed
efforts are being made to stop this
practice, and to encourage the build
ing of small local hospitals in every
city and town in the country. At
tempts are also being made in South
ern California and in Texas TO ex-
clude INDECENT consumptives or to
send them back to the east.
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S. A., collected the Of
fetal records Of long dis
lance cavalry rides, and
has made them public in a
book SO that they may be
compared with the per-
formances of the soldier
horsemen of other nations.
Col. Dodge declares spe-
officially that he has re-
jected all "hearsay rides,
of which there is no end"
and has accepted only
those proved by official re-
ports. Col. Dodge says
that Capt. S. F. Fountain,
United States cavalry, in
the year 1891, with a de-
tachment of his troop,
rode "a miles in eight
hours. This record is
vouched for, and it is bet
ter than that once made by
the Natal Mounted Rifles
by about four hours, the
distance being within one
mile of that made in South
Africa. For actual speed
this forced march stands
perhaps at the head of the
American army record,
though other rides have
been more remarkable