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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-09-13
SOUTHBOUND
DAILY Except Sunday

No. 5, local freight and passenger,
!dally except Sunday leaves Hope
Mills 1920 m, arriving at Lumbertcn
at 2.20.
No. 6 local freight and passenger,
daily except Sunday leaves Lumber
ton 300 m, arriving at Hope Mills at
1O.15 p m.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-09-13
il,
AFTER
DOCTORS
FAILED
LydiaE. Pinkham's Vegeta=
bic Compound Cured Her.

Wlllimantic, Conn" five years
l suffered untold agony from female
troubles, causing backache, IRREGULAR
ties, dizziness and nervous prostra-
ton. 1t was impossible for me to
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-09-13
Virginia Z Carolina Southern Railroad Co
Time Table No d

In Effect 1901 a. M, July oh, 1909.
Between Lumberton and Hope Mills.
NORTHROJTNn
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
Wife of Arctic Explorer Has Stood Her Loneliness and
Constant Fear With Remarkable Courage
and Bravery.
KNEW FIRED" WOULD BE SUCCESSFUL
She Was Business Woman Before Marriage Seven
Years Ago, and Has Since Been of Great Aid
Doctor in His Studies

weeks its doors will again be thrown
open to receive the little family sep
arated for so long.
Many of its treasures are now at
Mrs. Davidson's for safe keeping. while
trophies of DR.. Cooks former trips out
into the unknown worlds add their
mute testimony to the affection which
exists between the Cooks and the David
sons
On the wall in the hall hangs the flag
carried by the Belgium antarctic expedi-
ton. which came close to the South
Pole in 1895. and which was given to
Miss Lolita Davidson by the doctor be-
cause her birthday falls upon flag day,
while on the walls Of the long narrow
drawing room hang strange photo
graphs of groups of penguins squattiag
on the ice, pictures of snowy polar
bears. and of quantity CARRIED Eskimos
Many of the pictures bear DR.. Cook $
own clear signature, and have descrip-
lions written upon them telling where
each was secured.
And it Is from Mrs. Davidson's. too,
that those side lights upon tho character
Of the woman now in the public eye
came, and although they are perhaps
biased by a very deep affection, they
are also born of a keen insight and a
strong knowledge OF the eternal femin-
inc.
ours has been friendship Of many
years she said. land ! can tell you, for
no one else would I have stood the
strain of these past few weeks. But one
cannot help doing things for Marie. She
has that magnetic charm that makes
everyone fond OF her"
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
NEW POLE CLAIMANTS.
BOTH FROM CHICAGO
Claim Of Former Mayor Hopkins and State Committee
man Roger c. Sullivan Contested by State Committee
man O'Rourke, Who Teegraphs: q Done It,

CHICAGO, Sept. l2.-hgitaton caused
by the claims of rival Pole seekers eX-
tended today TO political circles here,
and as "a result the Chicago Democracy
is split on the question as TO which Of
three local explorers TO honor.
Former Mayor John T. Hopkins State
Committeeman j. J. O'Rourke, and Ma
tIonal Committeeman Roger c. Sullivan
are the men involved I'm the dispute.
Hopkins and Sullivan returned TO Chi
caso cover with "farthcst north" honors
which they had claimed for themselves.
In iourneying through Europe they had
reached PARKWAY Spitzcnbergen, where
they went TO take dinner with Walter
WelIman. They didn't find WeIlmau.
but they ate his dinner. and then walked
100 feet north of his balloon house and
flashed the news 10 their Chicago
friends that they had been nearer the
North Pole than WeIlmsn had. There
WAS sensation and Sullivan and Hop
kms were Immediately hguratvely
awarded gold medals.
When they returned they had in fun
the story of their dash Tor September
gen mot copyrighted or cnjoined). and
prepared to wait for offers from lee
ture bt,reaus and vaudeville managers
Meantime other Democrats, among
them O'Bourke. who like Peary. knew
nothing Of the claims of his rivals unu
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COMMANDER pEARY HIS TWO CHILDREN Copyright HH7

Belgium, tbs gold medal Of the Royal
Society Of Belgium. and q silver medal
from the ROYAL Geographical Society
of the same country.
These are very precious possessions
in the household Of the Cooks. and the
greatest treat IF the little girls Is 10 coax
their mother 10 show them the treas
uTes, while she tells them in her deep
contralto voice the Misunderstanding tales
of how Papa went in funny little sIeds
drawn by dogs across the big fields
made of ice where polar bears live, and
beyond which Santa Claus has his
home
The stories bear 81 never-e1dinE in
terest, and leaning against her knee
they viii listen by the hour. forming a
picture worthy Of masters hand.
This is the picture which DR.. Cook
carried with him on his long journey,
the picture that spurred him on to con-
tinued endeavO-, till ne won the goal
he was striving for. and It is this picture
which he probably has in mird these
long days on ship.
a vision OF his wife and babies ct
home. And &c is real home, too. one
that the limeught or fame cannot dis
turb. nor long years of separation
wreck.
A home made by a loyal woman wrap
ped up i'm her husband and children.
but with true feminine COntradictorineSS.
refusing to come forward and let the
world see her as she Is.
Just wait, though. she says, "till the
.twenty-frst, and with Fred here ! shan't
mind anything"
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WHEN THE MESSAGE CAME.

CL1W did YOU feel when this last
message came?" 1 asked.
Il didn't believe IL at first. You see,
Il was so early for that news to come.
For several days ] had been bothered
by crowds Of newspaper men who want
ed me TO give them an interview on
the report that DIT. Cook had found the
Pole. 1 couldn't see that I should COM
ment on it. but in some unfortunate
way an alleged interview which l never
gave was sent throughout the country.
That distressed me more than I can
say, for IL was OF such a nature that
people resented It, judging from the
stacks of letters and teleSI ans i re-
ceived Directing to it.
As a result of il all ldS1 Sunday
had a sick headache, and Monday / Was
not feeling much better. The first word
that came was a message that had been
sent TO a newspaper by Mr.. Peary. \
esnC OF 1t was brought across to Eagle
Island, our home. from Portland by
boat I would not believe il, and was
tempted TO think it a-well-a fake
But q few minures later MI. Pesry s
message to me came. and 1 knew the
great thing had at last happened.
Il was simply crazy with delight
so was /. mother
This came from Robert Peary, jT.. the
son of the explorer, who,
with his sister, Marie, was going with
the mother TO sydney. The faith Mrs.
Peary had had sffr had taught her chill
dren. Ever since they have been able
TO talk they have said that. father
would come back with the Pole" on
the train Robert carried a big United
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Gets Stage Fright
From Public Applause.

Smitten with a pi-iful stage fright. she
is raid TO walk out into the Iimelirbt
and applause until her husband tx al
her side. With him she is afraid Of
nothing. without him she ls-"nnrv a
woman"
Il can't realize that 10 is really over"
she said 10 a friend. Il wake some
times. with confused feeling that he
IS srll out there in the North. and T
can't 2rasp the fact that he really is
back and successful"
But she never doubts the reality Of
that success. and scorns TO have anv-
thing 10 say regarding the present con
troversy.
What could / say that would add
anything or value to the affair" she
said. L believe what my husband saws.
and / know that ne will be able 10 prove
II all J am very proud OF my hus-
band, but ] do not feel that 1t IS my
place 20 90 out before the world and
talk about il
So Mrs Davidson, with patience that
wins admiration from those who know
her, is standing between the world and
the dark-eyed wife OF the explorer.
With never-failing courtesy she re-
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Continued from First Page)

the news that Mr.. Peary had been
successful" she was asked.
81 was simply crazy with de-
light" she replied.
The words came with schoolgirl
simplicity. almost tempting her
hearer to forget that here was the
woman who, more than any other
woman in the world, had helped to
reach the frozen goal for which
men had sought in vain 400 years
She had lived above the arctic circle
and had studied the world of ice
and snow which Peary was in the
end to conquer. She had learned
the language Of the Eskimos, and
had spent three winters looking at
the perpetual barrier of whiteness
which had rebuffed brave hearts
and killed strong men.
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Worse Than Prisoner
In Beleagucred City.


Il woald Go anything in the world for
Marie. but I feel almost as If couldn't
bear this any more. I'm worse than any
prisoner in a beieaguered city. must
be "A diplomat, a mouthpiece FOR others,
patient listener, and. ON, good gra-
Cious, ! don't know what But we feel,
my husband and J., that we have a part
I'm DR.. Cooks success, for "e have col-
lowed so many of his expeditions with
our thoughts and hopes.
1T is that as much as my affection for
Mrs. Cook that makes me Try TO keep
my sense Of bumor uuperm0st."
other friends of Mrs. Cook with whom
7 have talked display the same loyal
affection. The mA1neti. charm Of her
personality has won her place that
the fame Of her celebrated husband
never could have gained for her. Added
to this she is very musical. not merely
fond Of melody. but is a fine musician,
and this has been an added bond be-
tween her and Miss Lolita Davidson
whose violin PLAYING mas won her fame
on two continents
Brooklyn is already preparing a royal
reception FOR DR. cook and his wife
and a committee on arrangements is
husiIy drawing up plans for the gala
day, while florists are preparing the
great garlands OF green and flowers
that viii deck tho streets 90 welcome
the explorer home.
This, more than anything, has touched
Mrs. Cook heart, according TO Mrs.
Davidson. The thought of his irium-
phaI entry into this home town bearing
the fruits Of success. Decorated with
honors conferred by Kings, followed 10y
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NO MORE DASHES INTO COLD.

GA ND you really think. Mrs Pesry.
"A that your husband Will give up
exploration"
"Oh. he must" she laughed, simply
must. He must stay at home and sup
port his family. You see. the children
are growing up. and it costs more than
il used to-
1t has been suggested that he might
try to find the South Pole"
I think not He had not heard Of
Lieutenant Shackelton's exploit in get
ting so near the South Pole when he
left. As for myself I think it would be
appropriate for an Englishman to ind
the South after an American has found
the North 1t would be a fair division
of hOnOTs-
To the suggestion that she deserved
credit second only 10 that of Peary for
the discovery which is being heralded
through the whole civilized world, snel
disSented, saying:
After all. mine was only waiting
part. OF course, IL was hard at times.
but I knew Mr.. Peary would win II
have known it for more than twenty
years"
Every woman who reads this VIII real
ize the nobility OF this Womans Wors,
her constant announcement OF her hus-
band, her unfailing confidence. And
shy woman Will say she would rather
live a different life.
Mrs. PeaTy has studied with Peary,
helped him in the laying out Of designs
for boats and in all the details Of theI
trips. She has stood by, believing that
his far-flung plans would bring achieve
ment, and he has battled with frOzenI
vastness, knowing that hundreds and
thousands Of miles away woman pray
cd for him. hoped with him and knew
him ss a cOnQueror-
And now, as she stands i'm the giamorI
of success, amid the adulatiOn OF all peo-
Pile she is glad that she never falteredI
on the highway where the only lightI
was the lamp Of faith. sometimes
blurred by the frightening face OF fail
uTe.
She is recognized as belonging 10 thet
real royalty in history-the dynasty
Of herOineS.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
MONTHS WITHOUT NEWS.

WHAT was still harder for her. she
had once gone sixteen months
without hearing any news OF her hus-
band while he tried in vain TO reach
the goal for which they had hoped and
prayed. But. as she told Of it. there
was no hint Of any belief that she had
done great things To her, that tor
tuous highway of great things had
been a pleasant duty. and all memory
of trials had been wiped out by the
glory OF ultimate success. Her faith had
kept her to the path in spite OF the
face of failure, and she was content.
Il am so pleased" she said. that 1
couldn't even pack. Why. I packed just
like a man. throwing things into the
trunk haphazard, and I'm afraid
jumped on them TO press them down.
brought only one trunk, I was in such
a hurry to get TO sydney"
At no time and in no way would she
comment on the claim Of DR.. Cook that
he lad found the Pole year ahead Of
Peary. She confined herself to the TWEEN
ty-one years she and her husband had
fought for final victory.
ION three Of his trips she explained.
Il went with Mr.. Peary. Once the re-
lief ship caught in the ices and I had
ia spend two winters and a summer up
there. In the winter of 1912, I cooked
for seven men. I'd never done a lick
of it before. but all seven of them sur
vived So I don't suppose il was so
very bad You know housekeeping in
the Arctic regions has its adVan<a ges.
You don't have to bother about the
butcher forgetting to send the beef. and
there is no miIkmaH to get the order
wrong. You have everything with you
and all you have to do as to get it
ready.
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he landed I'm Seattle, and then for The
first time learned on reading in a Seattle
newspaper of Sullivan's and Hopkins
arrival in New York and of their
"furtherst north CLAIMS.
ORourke did not wait minute. A
message which startled local Democrats
as much as Pe7rys advice, Don't pay
too much attention to Cook" was
flashed by him. II read Don't take
Hopkins ana Sullivan seriously done
it
I'm face of the claims of state Com
mitteeman O'ROUrke. Hopkins and Sui
Ivan are trying 90 maintain a dlgniiied
silence Each refused 20 be quoted on
his claims until he had received more
details All they would say was: ANY
way, we beat Wellman
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Continued from First Page)

closely has she kept in the back
ground during the years of her
husbands explorations and public
life, that only her friends are ia
miIiar with her beauty and charm.
To her these days are only so
many long hours to be got through
with as much patience as possible,
because each one brings nearer the
day when her husband will reach
home bringing his laurels to lay
at her feet That hundreds of eager
persons should be pleading to see
her fills her with surprise.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
YOUNG WIFE'S PLUCK.

MFRS. DAVIDSON tells how pluckily
AVA the young wife bore the long sep
aration. and how bravely she worked in
her endeavors TO help him on. squirting
his ambition by her courage and interest.
even while her woman's heart was torn
with = desire to plead with him to stay
by her side instead of wocing glory
and danger across the purple ice.
Mrs. Cook s early training in the bust
ness world wher as Miss Marie FideIe.
she worked in an office i'm Camden. y.
J., has stood her in good stead in her
work for her husband.
Her ability as a stenographer, her
quick grasp Of whatever detail is laid
before her, and her readiness to work
have made her invaluable as a secretary
as well as a wife and compa Mon.
Mrs. Cook was a widow when she
married DR.. Cook and their woOing was
begun in the midst Of sorrow, it is sa ID,
when the doctor was mourning the
death Of his fancee. sister Of the
present Mrs. Cook. whose husband DR..
Hunt, had also recently died.
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FIRST AID OF HUSBAND.

MFRS PEARY, who was Miss Jo-
AFA sephine Diebitsch, Of Washington.
was married in 1855. She explained that.
even before she was married, she knew
that Peary's great ambition was to Ind
the Pole.
20. YES: 1 knew it," she said, laugh
ingly, lint il didn't Brighten me very
much. Two years before We were mar
ried ne had made a preliminary trip OF
exploration to Greenland"
And you have always wanted him 70
90 on these trips?"
oh, no" she said quickly. Every
time he returned, I would say:
Well, you won't 90 again. will your
And his answer always was:
No; not again.
But in a week ne would be talking
over the plans fo- another dash He
Now, if we had only known in ad-
vance what we know now, could have
found the Pole
Il would see that all that was true.
So trip after trip vas made. and every
time he found new conditions in TIE
Arctic regions We had gone over
everything before he set ont on this last
one. and had decided that IL was TO be
really the last and supreme EFFORT He
had found so many varying conditions
In the Ice and weather and SO on, that
we were certain ne ROulQnl strike any
thing new this time
IF he hadn't been successful thiz time
he would never have tried again
Seldom In Fear
OF Accident To Him.
Weren't you continually in fear OF
some accident"
No; L think not. Mr.. Peary hal
never failed in anything he lad under
taken, and, somehow, he and could
not persuade ourselves that he would
fail in this He always looked most
carefully into anything before he started
out on it, and. when he did start. he
know what was what. have always
been convinced that he would succeed.
I always knew what a big thing il
was, and now you can appreciate how
happy 1 am"
She was asked what her plans for the
future were.
i don't know; 1 haven't the. faintest
idea she answered 1t depends oa
where Mr. Peary is stationed ~ the
Navy Department. 1 have been married
twenty-One years. and d that Tine [
have spent practically all OF eighteen
years waiting for him to come back I
always sa% now that. as 1 have waited
for him 20 long. 1 want TO have him
home and wait on him all the rest OF
our lives.
The irSt three years afte- we were
married he was stationed IN Philsdei-
phia-and we really lived then. Since
that time we've been merely existing
Why, last winter was the hrst oppor-
tunity / had to keep house ia Washing
ton l had an apartment there, but I
may have TO give il up now. 1t seems
funny that / haven't spent more tine in
Washington, for Marie is now Junior
IN the Western High School. She has
lived there with my mother when Mr..
Peary and l were wandering ever the
face Of the earth
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COOKS Married
Seven Years Ago.

They were married in Brooklyn on
June 10, 1902, and ever since that date
have made their home there. at The big
become the mecca Of the curious
Within its walls. centers the wfoIe
fabric OF Mrs. Cooks dreams. for sne
is essentially a home body Despite
the fact that she has cast i'm her lot
with man whose life and ambitions lie
in the vast territory still unexpIored by
man. the little duties OF the household
and the care OF her children come first
in her heart.
Her girls adore her, and are consta Mt
companions wherever she goes. Ruth.
now nearly eleven years old, with great
serious eyes, resembles ner mother
strongly. while the dimpled little I'VE
year-old Helen, has "her fathers fea-
lures"
The three are ike children together.
and this summer up in Maine. spent
long happy hours playing games i'm
dsisy-dotted fields, their laughter ring
ing like music through tho summer air.
For never once, according TO friends
and relatives has Mrs. Cook let her anx-
iety or fears Overshadow the lives Of
the little girls
But now that he has succeeded. now
that the years Of waiting are over. and
the strain has been broken by rusb
Of pride and JOY, a loneliness has as
sailed her that has driven her into Sc
cluson.
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wondering wind. beneath the fare of
the northern lights.
And even now she has told her friends
that If he determines to discover the
South Pole she viii let itir. 90, for she
realizes that he belongs as much 10
the world of science as TO her.
y is a hard ThinE for a woman TO
learn. A lesson of life that cuts deeply,
YET once learned, IL sweeps away for
ever all the narrowuess of a woman S
love. and this is what makes the bond
between DR. Cook and his young wife
so strong and fine
Many .umors have been ahoat that
the doctor and his wife were estrauged,
but this Mrs Davidson says is TOO alb
surd 90 even dignity with denial. ITS
simply absurd" she says, when two
people love and understand each other
they don't need to make public demon
strsucns OF it,
The family name of the Cooks is really
Kich. and it was the parents of the doc
tor who changed the spelling 20 its pres
ent form They lived quietly In Cal
Iicoon Depot, In SULLIVAN county, y. Y.
little thinking that some day -he sturdy
little lad playing about the countries side
would be one Of the mCst celebrated
men i'm the world.
Receives Royal
HOnors For Explorations.
Besides the honors CONFER ed upon the
doctor during the pas. few weeks, he
has already received several 1cCorat ious.
including the order or Leopold from
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
KILLS SWEETHEART
THEN DRINKS POISON

SCRANTON. Pa. Sept I2.-PearI
Rought aged fifteen years. was shot
and killed in North Scranton by Jesse
Morgan. aEed twenty years, of Pittston.
When Morgan saw the police patron
coming 90 take him ne TOOK poison and
died before reaching the police station.
Morgan's crime is supposed TO be due
to jealousy. the girl having been i'm
company OF another man when he shot
her,
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
Oh! That g.. ."''

Did you hear it? How embar-
RAISING. These stomach noises make
you wish you could sink through
the floor. You imagine every one
hears them. Keep box of CASA
CARETS in your purse or pocked
and take a part Of one after eating
1t viii relieve the stomach of gas.
I'D
treatment al druggists. Biggest seller
IN the world-millioD boxes a moRta.
The Washington times., 1909-09-12
The WOMAN,S LESSON.

DR. AND MRS. COOK had been mar
L. ried only year when the explorer
set off on his now famous trip TO NJ
Mckinley. and IL was 1896 before he was
home again. then after a few months, 50
pitifully short TO the loving and loyal
wife the doctor started gain on his long
trip. this time pushing bis way finally
10 the top or tho world, where he set
the Stars and Stripes 10 dutter in a
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Her Winter In North
Waiting For Her Husband.

But the next time We went we took
a cook and L had nothing to do but
run ne house. In 1891 we lived in a
splendid house on the shores OF Nc
Cormick hav. 1t isn't there now. for
the natives pulled it down IS soon as
We left. They wanted the wood to
make sledses.
When I was UP there IL wasn't so
bad You see. Mr.. Peary was never
gone more than FIVE months. and every
six weeks some of the runners would
return 10 the camp with news from him.
That was much beJJer than waiting
sixteen months, as ( have done with
out q word from him. And il was all
interesting Up there was the field If
his life's work, and liked to see it and
TO study il.
But on the trips when I've stayed IN
the United States it has been much
worse. From September until August /
knew / couldn't get a line flvm him. Il
was simply Impossible, and l Just had
TO resign mysef to it. Yes, II was harC,
but Il was a part of the life. In Au-
gust. although 1 knew il was foolish TO
expect news so early. l began to wait
and listen. Every tire the dog parked
or a step sounded out side, l jumped up
in tne hope that some message had
come.
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Sacrificed Happiness of Her, Married Life, Home, and
Companionshp of Children So He Could
Reach the Coveted Goal.
SIXTEEN MONTHS WITHOUT ANY WORD
Her Hopes That He Will Stay With Them Always Now
That the Great Success Is HiS-Takes Long Trip
to Nova Scotia to Meet Him on Return

States nag fastened with silver nails TO
pole" at the top Of which was
perched a white polar bear
Miss Marie Peary is the only white
person born above the Arctic circle.
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peats the little formula that Mrs. Cook
has nothing 70 say, but much OF the
strain showed when she turned To- me
yesterday, and putting her hand in mine,
said quickly.
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IS a ND you really think. Mrs. Peary.
"A that your husband Will give up