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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-08
ADARlNG RIDE.

Negro Girl Rides on Pilot or
Engine Going Thirty Miles an
Hour.
Cleveland Star.
AS the South bound passenger
train pulled out from the South
ern Railway station here last
Thursday night a singular incl
dent of romance and daring hap
pened. The youth of color bid
his little black Venus good-by
and told her that he would re-
turn soon. She pleaded with
her beaux de black not to for
sake her and pledged her indy
ing love and yearning to be with
him all the time. Evidently the
youth had promised not to leave
her and she declared that if he
must go, she would follow him
anywhere. But his little black
Venus would not listen to his
reasonings and pleaded for his
consoling presence. Reluctantly
he said good-by and as the train
pulled away he was seated COM
posedly in the Jim Grow" de-
partment dreaming of his love
he thought he left behind.
| But when the conductor made
his round through the train,
collecting the tickets. he discov-
cred the negro girl seated on the
rear platform steps, pursuing
her lover who had promised nev-
er to leave her. There she was
riding peacefully and contented,
for she knew her lover was 'ir
the Jim Crow car ahead" The
conductor politely invited ner of
the train at Patterson Springs
and just as he did so the trair
left that station. In an incredi
bly, short space of time she rar
the full length of the train aheao
and stood in the middle of the
track. When the train approach
ed she bounced with the light
ness OF a bird and fearlessness O.
a fiagman on the pilot of the en-
CINE. Never dreaming of dan
ger or accident she rode fou
: miles on the pilot Of the engin
running thirty miles an hour
, Her white frock waving in tn
, breeze as the train pushed o.
startled the engineer and h
stopped his train. The lady o
? color was discovered clinging
the irons of the pilot, but seem
ingly not in the least frightene
or disconnected. Again she wa
invited to leave the train abou
one mile from Earl station, an
the train pulled on bearing he
f lover.
- Thereupon she fastened he
a self down the track as fast q
/. she could in hot pursuit of tn
r horrid train that was bearin
q her lover away. She reache
II Earl station before the train lei
s again and boarded it the thir
is time. this time on the trucks {
q the coach, the most perilol
# place of all. The train crew di
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covered her again and after a
chase of several minutes about
the station she was captured
and taken into the coach. Hap
DIV now she was, for by her side
1t the gentlemen of color who
mad caused her to risk her life IN
the most dangerous manner. The
conductor said that never in the
least did she appear frightened
or unnerved. A message was
sent to Blacksburg, asking Chief
Duncan to receive her at the
station. The engineer declared
that in his % years of experience
in that capacity he had never
seen a female ride the pilot OF
an engine. In fact he said il
was the most daring and blood
curdling ride he had ever wit
messed.
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Long Branch Locals.
of The Robesonian.

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
The Baptist Union meeting
was held at Ashpole church last
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Among those who attended were
MIR. and Mrs. w. L. Thompson.
OF this section. They reported a
nice time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Berry Ivev at
tended the Columbus Union,
which was held at Boardman
Saturday.
Mr.. R. L. Stone, who has
been quite sick, is improving.
Lumberton, N. c., R. F. D. 4,
Feb. 2, 1909.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-08
save Money by Buying Cham.
berIain's Cough Remedy.

You will pay just as much for bot
tic of Chamberlain Cough Remedy IS
for any of the other cough medicine 8,
but you save money in buying it. The
saving is in what you get, not what YOU
pay. The sure-to-coure-you quality is in
every bottle of this remedy, and YOU
get good results when you take it
Neglected colds often develop serious
conditions, and when you buy a cough
medicine you want to be sure you are
getting one that will cure your cold.-
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy always
cures. Price 20 and so cents a bottle.
For sale by all druggists.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-08
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The above is the name of a German
chemical, which is one of the many valu-
able ingredients of Foley's Kidney Rem
edy: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is rec
ognized by medical text books and au-
thorities as uric acid solvent and anti
septic for the urine. Take Foley's Kid
ney Remedy as soon as you notice any
Irregularities, and avoid a serious mai.
ady. Sold by all druggists.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-08
Soldier Basks Death Plot

1t seemed to J. A. Stone, civil war
veteran, of Kemp, Tex, that plot ex-
listed between desperate lung trouble
and the grave to cause his death. 81
contracted stubborn cold," he writes,
/ that developed cough that stuck to
me, in spite of all remedies, for years.
My weight ran down to 1870 pounds.
Then | began to use DR.. Kings New
Discovery, which restored nv health
completely. l now weigh 178 pounds. y
For severe colds, obstinate coughs.
hemorrnages, asthma, and to prevent
pneumonia it's unrivaled. SOC and ST. 90.
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by ali
druggists.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-08

authorizes the State Treasurer to
issue coupon or registered bonds
of the State of North Carolina
in sum not exceeding one mil !
lion five hundred thousand dol
lars, due and payable not more
than forty years after July LIST,
1909, and bearing interest at
rate not exceeding three per
cent. per annum, payable semi
annually in amounts of not more
than one thousand dollars, as
may be determined by the Coun-
Gil of State. The bonds are to be
sold at not less than par. after
sealed bids, as they shall be is
sued, shall be invited by public
advertisement.
The bill constitutes the Cover
nor, president of A. and NJ. Col
lege, president of the State Uni
versity, president of the State
Normal and Industrial College,
president of the Eastern Carolina
Training School, the State Super
intendent of Public instruction,
president of the Appalachian
Training School, the chairman of
the board of directors of the Deaf
and Dumb Institute at Morgan
ton, and three other good bust
ness men, to be selected by the
Governor, a board to apportion
the proceeds of the bonds among
the following institutions: the
Hospitals for the care of the in
sane at Morganton, Raleigh and
Goldsboro: the institution for the
deaf at Morganton and for the
blind at Raleigh; the University
of North Carolina; the College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts
at Raleigh; the State Normal and
Industrial College at Greensboro;
the Eastern Carolina Training
School at Greenville, and the APP
. palachian Training School. 1t is
. made the duty of the board t.
} determine the needs for perma-
nent enlargement and equipment
: of each of these institutions, ex.
: cept those embraced in the Ac1
1907, Chapter 161.
= The bill to create a new town
: ship in Robson by taking a par
: of Britt's and Sterling's town
= ships, the new township to be
2 named Orrum, passed final read
, ing in the Senate Thursday.
t Other bills of general interes
D introduced Thursday are: 70 al
low the Seaboard Air Line Ry. tt
condemn part Of Brunswick
f street in Wilmington for use il
e addition to the present termina
e yards of the road; that womel
t might be appointed notaries pub
e lic;to allow farmers of AleXande
y county to make and sell brand,
y distilled from fruit grown OF
: their own lands; to amend thu
e present law against working OF
: Sunday, which prohibits one from
n doing any work ''of his ordinar,
r calling" on that day Qeaving
It apparently so that one could worl
e at something not his usual voca
e tom, by striking out the word
e quoted and also to make viola
+ ton a misdemeanor, instead O
e merely punishable by a fine c
81; to prevent a judge from
e granting an injunction to sto1
d sale under execution.
o The present pilotage law TO
It Wilmington an the Cape Fea
e bar will not be disturbed, tn
# House judiciary committee vot
l. ing unanimously to report MI
l. Morton's bill unfavorably.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-08

Mr.. Addison Fletcher Cox, of
High Point, committed suicide
at his home by shooting himself
through the head Wednesday
morning. He had been a sufferer
from Bright's disease for some
time. He was SO years old and
considered wealthy.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-08
Resolutions of Respect.

Whereas it has pleased Almighty God
to remove from our midst our brother,
F. l.. Arnett, be it resolved:
1st. That we bow in humble submis-
sion to the will of our Father.
End. That we extend to the bcreaVed
ones all help possible and heartfelt SYM
pathy.
3rd. That copy of these resolutions
be sent to his family and copy be
spread on our minutes in memory OF
our brother, and that ALSO copy be
published. -,
J. N. THOMPSON,
d. B. AYERS, Com.
M. j. MCCORMICK,
w. o. w. Camp No. 230, Rowland, N
c., Feb. 1St. 1909.
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Ask Yourself The Question.

Why not use Chamberlain's Liniment
when you have rheumatism? We feel
sure that the result will be prompt and
satisfactory. 1t has cured others, why
not you? Try it. 1t costs but trife.
Price, rs cents; large size, so cents
For sale by all druggists.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-08
Rcvolts at Cold Steel

". 0. W. Camp No. 230, Rowland,
c., Feb. 1st, 1909.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-08

"Your only hope" said three doctors
to Mrs. M +. Fisher, Detroit, Mich,
suffering from severe rectal trouble,
lilies in an operation. Then l used
DIR. Kings New Life Pills." she writes,
''till wholly cured" They prevent ap-
pendicitis, cure constipation, headache.
25c at all drug stores.
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treasury and S73, 600 which the
State owed the prison on account
of certificates of stock in the
Mattamuskeet Railway Company
and the Elkin and Allegheny
Railway Company. After care
full consideration l am of the
opinion that the prison manage
ment will not need more than
the $68, 1856. 70 refunded to it for
maintenance during the present
year, and that if the Legislature
passed an act refunding to the
institution that amount, the State
may well retain the $4,000 with
out in any way embarrassing the
institution"
| A bill was introduced in the
Senate Thursday to direct and
empower the State Treasurer to
issue bonds for the permanent
enlargement of the charitable
and educational institutions of
the State. 1t recites in a pream-
BILE that these institutions are in.
sufficient in size and equipment
to meet the demands and neces-
sites of the people of the State
and cannot be so made adequate
out OF the annual revenues Of the
i State without increasing largely
? the rate of taxation upon the
property of the State and the
$ people, and that the permanent
enlargement of these institutions
e can be made and the burden
equitably distributed through &
!. series of years, by issuing bond,
OF the State. The bill directs ant
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-26

Only One "Bromo Quinine''
That is Laxative Bromo Quinine. Look
for the signature of E. w. Grove. Used the
World over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c.
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The Domestic Hen 3 wonder,

Scratching a living here and there,
killing thousands of bugs and worms,
which would much loss of crops
II allowed to live, the ordinary barn
yard hen is a wonderful combination
of productive forces. In five years.
time she will lay 700 eggs, each on
tanning $50 grains of water, 1875 of
fat, 108 Of lime, 80 of albumen, 26
of sugar and 10 of ash-the most
condensed and Strengthening form of
food offered to Every person
having a little plot of ground Is able
to keep from half a dozen to many
dozen of these wonders and so add to
the family income. To dethis to the
greatest advantage, one must know
how to care for his fowls-to guard
against, detect and cure disease;
which fowls to save for breeding pur-
poses, etc. The simplest and most
satisfactory way of securing this
knowledge is to buy it from some
person who has made a success of
fowl raising as a business. Such a
book, giving the experience of twen-
ty-fve years, is obtainable for rs
cents in stamps from the Book Pub
fishing House, 1874 Leonard St., New
York City.
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PRIZE FOOD
Palatable, Economical, Nourishing.

A Nebr. woman has outlined the
prize food in a few words, and that
from personal experience. She writes:
AFTER our long experience with
Grape-Nuts, | cannot say enough in
it's favor. We have used this food al
most. continually for seven years..
"We sometimes tried other adver-
tised breakfast foods, but we invaria-
bly, returned to Grape-Nuts as the
most palatable, economical and nour-
ishing of all.
when | quit tea and coffee and
began to use Postum and Grape-Nuts.
I was a nervous wreck. / was so ir-
ritable | could not sleep nights, had
no interest in life.
after using Grape-Nuts a short
time | began to improve and all these
ailments have disappeared. and now |
am a well woman. My two children
have been almost raised on Grape
Nuts, which they eat three times a
day. !
.They are pictures of health and,
have had the least symptom oil
stomach trouble, even through the
most sever siege of whooping cough
they could retain Grape-Nuts when
all else failed.
"Grape-Nuts food has saved doctor
bills, and has been, therefore. a most
economical food for u.s."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, THE Road to
WellTille." in pkgs. There's a Rea-
SON."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full Of humai,
Interest.
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SEVEN KILLED IN WRECK
Southern Express on the Penn
sylvania Railroad in Collision.
Crashed Into Two Locomotives on the
Delaware Division - Famous
Educated Horse Killed.

Wilmington, Del.-Seven men were
killed or burned to death in a head
on collision between an express train
and two locomotives on the Delaware
Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad
at Delmar, 100 miles south of this
city. Two passengers were injured.
The dead are:
Oliver Perry, Adams Express mes
senger; Philadelphia.
J.. D. McCready, baggage master;
Wilmington, Del.
George Davis, engineer; Seaford,
w. T. Cochran, mail clerk; Phila.
delphia.
J.. w. Wood, mail clerk; Whining.
ton.
R. M. Davis, mail clerk; Philadel-
phia.
Charles Wilhelm, mail weighman;
Newcastle, Del.
The injured:
Miss Ashansopilos, Memphis,
Tenn; left shoulder bruised.
Lewis Brockway; in charge of the
pony of 1.-THE Princess Trixie" com.
pany; internal injuries; taken to
hospital at Salisbury, Md.
Princess Trixie, the educated horse,
was burned to death. She had been
exhibited at Keith's Theatre, Phila.
delphia, for the past two weeks, and
was being taken to Norfolk to fulfil
an engagement.
The horse was twenty years old
and had been shown all over the
world by her owner, w. Harrison
Barnes.
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The Ingenuity of Inventors.

The ingenuity of inventors and
manufacturers is ever at work in the
endeavor to reduce the expense of
production, and at the same time to
improve the quality of articles having
a large sale. This has been so in the
case of farm machinery, clothing,
shoes, bicycles, etc., and o it is ap-
Parent in the safety razor field. Thou
sands of this style of razor have been
sold at from $3.50 to IS each and CIV
en- satisfaction. Recently manufac-
turers have applied more scientific
principles and improved methods in
their manufacture, and the result is
seen in the "Shrp Shavr" razor, which
is sent postpaid for twenty-five cents
IN stamps by the Book Publishing
House, 134 Leonard street, New
York. 1t is superior to any razor
sold, being bought largely by those
already owning the highest priced
razorS. Not every one knows that
the best results are obtained by hay
ing two or three razors and alternat-
i1g them in use. This practice of al
.ternating possibly accounts for the
very large sale of this low priced i'm
plement is having in every section and
among all classes of people.
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500 Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper will bepleasedt to
learn that there is at least one dreaded dis
ease that science has been able to cure in all
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con-
treatment. Halls CatarrhC Cure is taken inter-
nally, acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have SO much faith
in its curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that itfails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address
F.. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, q.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1909-02-26

cream of the United States Navy, a
line W miles long of the finest
fighting ships our skill has been able
to produce.
AS they came up the broad reach
OF waters to man-o'-war anchorage
and fired their salutes to President
Roosevelt, the spectacle was one to
remember, the chartered and govern
ment craft carrying sightseers and
official visitors and the thousands of
persons who crowded every vantage
point ashore were ablaze with en-.
thusiasm. They cheered, threw up
their hats, and capered like school
boys. What they saw was sufficiently
inspiring to stir the most phlegmatic.
When the ships reached the an
chorage grounds they formed in col.
umns of divisions in lines lying al.
most east and west, the Connecticut,
Admiral Sperry's flagship and the d.
visional lagships lying at the western
extremity of the lines and almost
under the shadow of gray old For
tress Monroe, a picturesque survival
of an older fighting day.
Aboard the ships as they steamed
slowly past the Mayflower the admir-
ais and captains were at their sta
tons on the bridge; the trim marine
guards were in line at attention, and
b~lue-jackets massed in ordered array
forward. They had completed a per-
Torrance with credit to themselves
that had filled many minds with grave
apprehensions when it was begun.
AS naval men, they had accomplished
a feat that sets a precedent in the
annals of fleet-voyaging.
The only battleship that started
away with the feet and did not re-
turn with it is the Alabama, which,
with the Maine, came home last Oc-
tober. The Alabama is now in New
York Navy-Yard. The Maine acted
as flagship of the squadron of vessels
that went out to greet the homecom-
ing fleet.
Taking the places of the Maine
and the Alabama in the fleet proper
were the Nebraska and the Wiscon-
sin, which were built on the Pacific
Coast and joined the fleet at San
Francisco. This was their first ap-
pearance in an Atlantic port.
Not too much stress can be laid on
the important part wireless telegra-
ply played in the operations and
progress of the fleet. No previous
American fleet has been able to main
tain such perfect communication,
which means unity of action, as the
present one. Valuable experiments
have also been made with wireless
telephones.
Already Lieutenant-C Commander
Hutch I. Cone, feet engineer, has
been commended for ability in CO.
ordinating the engine O systems
throughout the command. He is an
expert on coal economy and was ap-
pointed at San Francisco after tax
ing the torpedo flotilla through
safely.
Tens of thousands of cheering
Americans, on shore and on excursion
steamers, greeted the fighting men
and fighting ships that have circum-
navigated the globe in fourteen
months and given to all nations a
more definite idea of the strength
and resources of Uncle Sam.
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For a Loaf, All Right.

AS the tramp looked at Mrs.
GODDARD he felt a thrill of hope. Here
was surely an easy and benevolently
inclined person. Gould you gimme
a dime to buy a loaf O. bread?" he
whined.
Mrs. Godard's guileless soul looked
out at him through her near-sighted
eyes, and she fingered her purse
hopefully.
81 have only a quarter here" she
said, "and I'm really too tired to walk
home"
Sure, 1 a change it for you,"
said the tramp, cheerfully, as he took
out a dime and a nickel, and not until
Mrs. GODDARD was halfway home on
the car did it occur to her that there
was anything unusual in the transac-
ton.
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Old Cy sneered.
Boy" he said, 81 knew that step
afore you was born."-Youth's Com
panion.
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BEHEADED HER FATHER.
Old Indian Thought to Save His Soul
by SeIf-Sacrifice.

Old Indian Thought to Save His Soul
by S~elf-Sacrifice.
Winnipeg, Mantle story of a
weird tragedy has reached here from
the Lake Nipigan country. Return
ing home after a long hunting trip.
Zeabe, an old Indian, told his family
he had killed his best friend during
a dispute over the possession of some
fox skins.
The murder so preyed on his mind
that he vas unable to rest or sleep,
and believing that if he gave up his
W life his soul would be saved, ae
asked several acquaintance to kill
him, but they refused. Then he
placed an axe in the hand of hi.
daughter and commanded her to Kill.
him, threatening to kill her and heI
two brothers if she refused.
After he had said goodbye tins
girl swung the axe with all her
strength and beheaded him.
1t was held by the police who in.
vestigated that the girl was not to
blame.
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GREAT WAR FLEET WELCOMED HOME
WarmeSt Of Greetings For the Most Formidable Collection of Sea FiQhterS Ever
Gathered Together Under the American Flag As They Drop
Anchor in Hampton Roads After a A. 900 Mile Voyage.
~BATIIESHIPS WHICH HAVE ENCRCLED THE GLOBE REVIEWED BY PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT AS THEY STEAM BY ina LINE SEVEN NILES LONG.
Is Ships All Fit For the Battle Line As When They Sailed
IA Months Ago Fire Salute.

Norfolk, Va.-The battleship fleet
is home from its worldwide tour.
The watchers at Cape Henry, who,
all through the morning had kept
their glasses sweeping the seward
horizon, picked up at 10.45 o'clock
some light spots in the mist and be-
fore long the sixteen marine fighters
were in view. They were then be-
tween six or eight miles away, loafing
along, apparently, so as not to arrive
before the time scheduled for their
formal reception.
AS the white sides of the world
encircling ships grew larger under
the glasses and were now seen by all
the gazers from the shore the vessels
or the escort squadron doomed up,
their war color making a plain line of
demarcation between them and the
sister ships they were accompanying.
e there was presented a combined
Meet OF twenty battleships, two ar
mored cruisers ana three scouts,
steaming for Hampton Roads, where
President Roosevelt and 100000 per-
sons waited to cheer them.
Thus ended a globe circling cruise
of more than $4,000 miles, the most
remarkable in the history of the
worlds navies.
IT was an inen,r;ra s;oh+ :, a.
lone line of battiashiSs a9a o~ ~
steamed majestically into the harbor,
while cannon doomed and 100000
voices split the air with cheers.
The shore line was black with peo-
colors worn hv tho poman Soy
the forenos+ ~ Az onorraa Ano Il
wives md swaa+haont 1919 WEI .ne
and ;onLios 49, 20 u me ohecers
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