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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-04-26
Notice of Sale.

Under and by virtue of authority
vested in the undersigned by an Order
of Hon. w. J. Adams, Judge holding
the Courts of the 7th. Judicial District
of North Carolina, in an action pending
in the Superior Court of Robeson
County, North Carolina, entitled Bick--
ley, Mcclure and Company VS.. Floyd
Brothers and Mitchell, incorporated, the
undersigned will, at IL O'Clock m. on
Wednesday, April 28th, 1863, at the late
store houso occupied by Floyd Brothers
and Mitchell, incorporated, in the Town
of Fairmont, Robson County, North
Carolina, offer for sale, at public auc-
ton, to the highest bidder, for cash, the
stock Of goods, wares and merchandise
and all other tangible personal proper
ty of every kind and description of the
said defendant corporation, Floyc
Brothers and Mitchell.
A Report of said Sale will be flee
with the Court and the same shall be
subject to confirmation by the Court be
fore it shall take effect.
Dated and published at the Court
House Door in Robson County and II
the Robesonian, newspaper published
in said County, this the 18th day OF
April, 1909.
S. B. Mclean,
4-I2-3mon Receiver.
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TEACHERS EXAMINATIONS.
For Applicants for High School
and Five-Year Certificates
Requirements of Law.

Prof. J. R. Poole, county
superintendent of public in
struction, will hold two examina-
tions for teachers in Lumberton
on July 8 and 9-the examina-
ton for fve-year State certi6-
Gates and the examination for
high school teachers certificates.
All the county superintendents
in the State will hold similar
examinations on the same dates.
The law requires all applica-
tions for the high school teach
er's certificate to be filed with
the State Superintendent of Pub
lie instruction, who, upon re-
quest, will furnish blanks for
this purpose.
The law forbids any person to
teach any subject in public high
school established under the
high-school act of the General
Assembly of 1907 who does not
hold a high school teachers GER
tificate covering that subject. The
high school teachers certificate
will be valid for three years and
subject to renewal by the State
Board of Examiners upon such
terms as may be prescribed by
said board. Emergency or spe-
cial certificates heretofore issued
will not be renewed or extended.
Hereafter only one examina-
tion will be held each year for the
high school teachers certificate.
The next examination will be held
at the county seat in each coun-
ty by the county superintend-
ent on July 8 and 9, 1909. APP
plications for this examination
rlust be filed with the State Su-
perintendent not later than June
21st.
Blank applications for this ex-
animation will be furnished to
any applicant by the county su-
perintendent or by the State su-
perintendent. Every applicant
is required to fill out one of these
blank applications, giving the in
formation asked for therein, and
to file same with the State Su-
perintendent. The questions for
the examination will be prepared
by the State Board of Examin-
ers. This board will grade all
papers and issue all certificates
to successful applicants.
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Notice of Sale.

Under and by virtue of an order of
the Superior Court of Robeson county,
made in the Special Proceeding entitled
o. G.. Norment ct ais, VS.. Ruth K.
Norment ct ais, the same being No.
1884, upon the Special Proceeding Dock
ct of said court, the undersigned com
missioner will, on the 18th day of May,
1908, at IL O'Clock, m, at the court
house door in Robson county, North
Carolina, offer for sale to the highest bid
der for cash, that certain tract Of iand
lying and being in the town of Lumber
ton, bounded as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at stake in the edge Of
Cedar street, formerly Mrs. c. E. Bry-
an and DR.. J. d. Mcmillan S corner, and
runs thence with Cedar street north
S53 feet to stake; thence with DIR. j..
D. McMillan's line about east 2O4 feet
to stake; thence about south with DIR.
J. d. McMillan's line, parallel with Ce-
dar street 859 feet to a stake; thence
about west with DR.. ]. ID. Mcmillan $
line 204 feet to stake, the beginning
corner, and being the same lands form
erly owned by Mrs. &. E. Bryan. The
purpose of this sale is to make partI-
tion of said lands.
This the 18th day of April, 1909
E. J. BRITT,
4-19-4mon Commissioner.
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BLADENBORO NEWS BATCH
Good commencement Exercises
-APleasantE Evening Person
Correspondence of The Robesonian.

Correspondence of The Robesonian
The commencement exercises
here last week were real good,
and the attendance was good al
so.
Mr.. Stinson Powell, of Orrum,
was among the many visitors
who attended the commence
ment.
Mr.. Gordon Walters, of Barnes
vile, was in this community
last week.
Misses Frink and Nye and Mrs.
G. F. Humphrey took tea with
Mrs. Rena Cary Friday evening
at the hotel, and afterwards quite
a number of young folks came in.
Many very amusing games were
played and all seemed to enjoy
themselves very much, and the
time was spent very pleasantly.
We regret very much to lose Mrs.
Cary. She'll be missed greatly
by both her pupils and her good
friends. We'll not only miss her
as good teacher, but for her
kind hospitality to everybody as
we'll. She left Saturday morn
ing for GAINESVILLE, where she
has taken a music class for the
summer. We wish her the
greatest success.
Miss Tommie Nye, of Orrum,
spent last week with Miss Flora
Frink.
Mr.. Selby, of Philadelphia,
Penn, was in town part of last
week.
Miss Roy Edwards, of South
ern Pines, spent last week with
home folks.
Miss Lille Singletary, of Loris,
SC, is visiting Miss Jettie Bridg-
ers this week.
Mr.. Joseph Bridgers, of Ben
nettsville, S. c., came home last
week.
Mr.. Childo, of Wilmington, was
in town Saturday night and Sun
day.
Mr.. Hufhorn went to Cronley
Saturday night.
Mr.. Edward Cary went to Viii
mington last week.
Mr.. Grady Frink left thi
morning for Proctorville, wher'
he is studying telegaphy.
Mrs. G. F. Humphrey returned
to her home near St. Paul Satur
day after visiting her parents
near here.
''Phode"
Bladenboro, NC. April 10, 'O9
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Suckers Bite Again.

Charlotte Chronicle.
Last week The Chronicle told
Of how some of the people of
Arson and Union counties were
fieeced by a fakir who came
along with clothing patterns
which he sold at good prices, the
bait being that a tailor would
follow in a day or two and make
the cloth into clothing. Of course,
the tailor never showed up.
Right on the heels of this ex-
perience and in the same terri
tory, a sWindler last week sold a
big line of mowers, reapers, bug
gies and other articles of like
character to men and women,
white and black, and then skip
ped with his booty, even leaving
the livery stable man in the
lurch. No doubt some of these
victims were intelligent people.
1t is strange that in this day OF
newspapers and enlightenment
these rowing swindlers can fine
anybody with whom they nigh
be able to drive a bargain, ant
yet the woods seem to be full o:
'em. They would not bite tWic'
at the same bait, but let some
thing new come along and the.
fall cheerful victims. Their
seems to be no way of getting
around the old saying that fool
and their money are soon part
ed -
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Sold Passports Into Glory.

Marion. N. c., Special. 17th. to Charlotte OBJ
server.
Of all the systems of graft an
ingenious age has produced,
negro preacher of this place has
invented the most unique. He has
been holding a revival for the
past month and there have been,
it is said, no conversions. When
a niger is converted he issues a
certificate like this: 'This is to
certify that sister Jane Jones has
this day been born into the
kingdom of God," etc., and
charges the poor deluded fool
the sum of so cents for her pass
port into Glory. A number of
them have been framed by a
picture dealer and are priced by
the holders more than the left
hind foot of a graveyard rabbit.
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State of North Carolina.
Departn.~7.., .,,,ary
Iert1f ulSSOlu,Iou

To all to whom these Presents, p,,,.
come GREETING.

come NltfEIlNG.
Whereas, 1t appears To my satIsfac-
ton, by duly authenticated record of
the proceedings for the voluntary ,Iissn-
luton thereof, by the unanimous con-
sent of all the stockholders, dcpositrd
in my office, that McMiiau- iIuyh.s
Company, a corporation of this Stat,
whose principal office is situated at 2pd
and Railroad streets in the town of
Parkton, county of Robeson. State of
North Carolina, (John q. Hughes being
the agent therein and in charge thereof
upon whom process may he served has
complied with the requirements of
chapter y, Revisal of 1868, entitled
Corporations, preliminary To the is
suing of this Certificate of Dissolution
Now, Therefore, |. j. BRYAN
GRIMES, Secretary of State of the.
State of North Carolina. do hereby Ger
tlfy that the said corporation did, ON
the 18th day of April. 1909, file i'm nv
office duly executed and attested con
sent in writing to the dissolution of
said corporation, executed by all the
stockholders thereof, which said consent
and the record of the proceedings aforc-
said are now on file in my said office. as
provided by law.
In Testimony Whereof. have here.
unto set my hand and affixed my official
seal at Raleigh, this 18th day of April.
A. ID. 1909.
/ 0@) j. BRYAN GRIMES.
SEAL.
- Secretary of State.
4-22-4thurs
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Elizabethtown Echoes People
Who Come and Go.
Correspondence of The Robesoniaa.


Miss Jocelyn Hall spent part
of last week at White Lake visit
ing friends and relatives.
Mrs. G.. w. Hall, who had been
visiting in Wilmington, has re-
turned home.
Miss Inez Davis, who is going
to school at White Oak, came
home Saturday and spent until
Monday with home folks.
Mrs. Lucille Lyon and little
daughter, Robert Henry, who
had been visiting friends and rel
atives at this place, returned to
their home at Mintz a few days
ago.
Mrs. L. J. Hall is visiting
friends in Laurinburg.
Miss Matte Pridgen, of Will
mington, is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. R. J. Shepard.
Miss Marie Mclean, who had
been visiting in Wilmington, re-
turned home a few days ago.
Miss Katie Mcleod, who had
been spending the winter with
her aunt, Mrs. j. E. Afford, and
going to school at Alfordsville
High School, returned home Fri
day, to the delight of her many
friends.
Mrs. w. M. Whitted and Mrs.
Bessie Mcdonnell spent last week
in Wilmington shopping.
Miss. Theresa Mercer and
brother, Mr.. Rod, spent last Sat-
urday and Sunday with relatives
at Bladenboro.
Among those who spent Sunday
at White Lake were Messrs. Bob
Stith, Willie Whitted, Raymond
Davis and Alden Lyon.
Mr.. Walter Hall spent several
days in Fayetteville last week.
Miss Lizzie May Hall is visit
ing friends in Laurinburg.
Mrs. Lizzie Whitted, who had
been visiting her son in Chad
burn, returned home last week.
Miss Annie Mcleod and broth.
er, Jim, were in Clarkton a short
while Friday.
Messrs. Alex. Smith, of Sane
Bluff, and Ambrose Townsend.
of Clarkton, visited at the home
of Mrs. F. C.. Mcleod Sunday af
ternoon.
We ore sorry to say Mr.. Madi
son Williamson, who has beer
working at Sand Bluff, came
home sick with the measles.
Farmers through this section
are busy planting cotton thi
week.
Elizabethtown, N. C. April 20
1909.
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Movements of the People Out
Orrum Way.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Misses Beulah Prevatt and
Alice Humphrey and Messrs. Op-
pie Graham and Dan Prevatt
spent last Sunday at Back
Swamp. Miss Gertrude Graham.
who has been teaching near Fay
etteville, is at home to spend va
cation. Mr.. Gordon Prevatt
went to Marion this morning on
business. s.-Dr. Mckenzie spent
Sunday night at Lumberton with
his brother.
! Mr.. Almond Graham has &C
cepted a position at Chadbourn.
Mrs. Emory Walters visited
friends and relatives here this
week. Mrs. Haynes Prevatt and
daughter, Miss Jessie, spent the
past week in Fayetteville. Mrs.
WIN. Townsend, of Back Swamp,
spent last week with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Haynes Prevatt. -
Miss Tommie Nye, who had beer
visiting Miss Flora Frink a
Bladenboro, returned home thi:
morning.
Quite number of the young
f folks around here attended tn
commencement exercises a
Bloomingdale.
: Mr.. Stinson Powell attende,
the commencement at Bladen
boro last week. Mr.. Dion Smith
of Fairmont, visited friends a
Orrum Sunday.
Mr.. Emory Spivey, we are sol
ry to say, is not improving much
, His sister, Mrs. Edmund, 9
Chadbourn, is visiting him thi
. week.
s Mrs. Joe Walters, of Rowland
s visited her father, Mr.. Jos
e Shepherd, Sunday.
|, Orrum, N. c., April 19, 1909.
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Swept Over Niagara.

This terrible calamity often happens
because careless boatman ignores the
rivers warnings-growing ripples and
faster current-Nature' warnings are
kind. That dull pain or ache in the
back warns you the Kidneys need at
tention if you would escape fatal mala-
dies-Dropsy, Diabetes or Bright's dis
ease. Take Electric Bitters at once
and see Backache fly and your best
feelings return" After long suffering
from weak kidneys and lame back, one
81. 90 bottle wholly cured me, writes
J, R. Blankenship, of Belk, Tenn. Only
Oc. atu 1alldggists.
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STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
LUCAS COUNTY

LUCAS COUNTY
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afor
said, and that sale firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every, case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Halls
Catarrh Cure, FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day of De-
cember, A. D. 1886.
(SEAL.) A. w. GLEASON,
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials free.
FL. CHENEY & Co., ToLEDo,O.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family Pills for Consti-
| patton.
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MT. ELAN MATTERS.
A Challenge for a Debate-The
Farming That Pays Other
Matters.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.

The Long Branch correspon-
dent said if the Mt. Eliam boys
wanted another debate to let
him know, so take this method
of letting him know we are out
OF amusement at present and are
anxious for another debate; so if
he will get a query and let US
know which side we are on we
will try them as much as one
time. Two or three of us will
speak, whichever they wish, and
we will play them on our own
diamond or on theirs, whichever
they like best. They may take
this as a challenge and let us
know at once.
Mr.. Henry Stephens, who
lives near Marietta, spent part
of last week here.
Miss Lettie Branch spent this
week here with Miss Dollar
Stephens.
Mr.. M. C. Britt spent Thurs
day with his father, Mr.. G. A.
Britt.
| had the pleasure of attend
ing the concert at Bloomingdale
Thursday night. | enjoyed it
very much. Bloomingdale is
one of the best schools of the
Broad Ridge.
Mr.. John J. Britt, of Lumber
ton, visited Happy Jack" Sat-
urday night and Sunday.
Little Miss Pope Lewis, of
Barnesville, spent this week
with Miss Garry Britt.
Mr.. Orion Martin went to
Bloomingdale Sunday.
Mr.. Berry Simmons, of Ma
rietta, comes to Sandy Level'
often of late.
Messrs. John Britt, Forest
Stone and Rossie Britt went to
Orrum Saturday on business.
Mr.. Leonard Britt went to
Bellamy Sunday.
Mr.. Eli Phillips is teaching
singing here instead of Mr..
Walters, as reported last week.
Setting out tobacco is the or.
der of the day at this time ano
if the worms eat all that's put
out this year they have a jot
ahead.
Mr.. Leonard Britt has cabbage
headed ready for table use. I
pays the farmers to raise wha
they eat and eat what the.
raise"
Messrs. June and Richar,
! Ivey spent Sunday here.
Mr.. Archie Britt is building
new pack house for the tobacc
he is expecting to raise.
| do not see why the farmer
of this county don't raise whea
for their own use, for it woul
be cheaper than $3.50 to SO do
lars per barrel.
Among the several who al
tended the concert at Blooming
dale were Messrs. Okey Stepf
ems, Orion Martin, Grover Brit
w. M. Britt, Thad. Stone, an
Misses. Katie Stone and Dol;
Stephens.
We are glad to hear that Pro
Williams wife, who went to tt
Highsmith Hospital at Fayett
vile, is improving.
Mr.. Wych Floyd visited h
father near Bloomiugdale la
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Owen Ward,
Barnesville, spent Sunday he
visiting Mr.. C. M. Britt.
Messrs. Mclean and Brown,
Fairmont passed here recent
in their automobile.
Mr.. Gilbert Nye, of the Fa
mont section, spent Sunday
Mr.. I. V. Britt's.
Happy Jack. -
Mt. Eliam, N. c., Apr. 19, 4
Sold Passnorts Into GLORY
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UD Before the Bar.

N. H. Brown, an attorney, of Pitts
field, VT, writes: eve have used DR..
Kings New Life Pills for years and
find them such good family medicine
we wouldn't be without them For
Chllls, Constipation, Biliousness or Sick
Headache they work wonders. 25c. All
ruggists.
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4-I2-3non

Mr.. Samuel Wallace, aged 28
years, despondent over failure IN
business and bad health, commit
ted suicide at his home in Sails
bury Thursday by shooting him
self through the breast. A wife
and two small children survive.
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Words to Freeze the Soul.

"Your son has Consumption. His case
is hopeless. These appalling words
were spoken to Geo. E. Blevens, lead
ing merchant of Springfield, N. c., by
two expert doctors-one lung special
list. Then was shown the wonderful
power of DIR. Kings New Discovery.
''After three weeks use," writes Mr..
Blevens, che was as we'll as ever. l
would not take all the money in the
world for what it did for my boy" In
fallible for Coughs and colds, its the
safest, surest cure of desperate Lung
diseases on earth. SOC. and $1.OO. Guar
antee satisfaction. Trial bottle free. Al
druggists.
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Requisition was made for so
refrigerator cars in the Chad
bourn strawberry belt Monday,
40 of the number were loaded on
that day and 20 were moved by
Monday nights trains. 1t is
thought that by the end of this
week perhaps as high as 100
cars per day will be shipped.
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Howard & Morse, of Newport
News, Va, have been awarded
the contract to erect the new
dormitory at the A. and NJ. Col
lege at Raleigh for $38, 200.
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Correspondence of The Robesonian.

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
The farmers are busy planting
cotton. Some have set out to-
baccO.
We are having a good Sunday
school now, large crowds attend.
We organized it Easter and put
in new officers all around. Hope
it will keep on growing. Also
have some new song books, and
that helps a lot. We have
preaching every first Sunday.
Rev. Mr.. Bridges serves as
pastor. He is a good preacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper Griffin
visited at Mrs. Griffin's fathers
home Sunday.
Mrs. Nancy Pitman and son,
Mr.. Silas, visited their daughter
and sister, Mrs. John Potter, OF
Lumberton.
Mr.. Ottie Bass and sister, Mis-
Eva, and Miss Dovie Byrd at
tended the commencement a
Bloomingdale last Friday.
Mr.. Dawson Lewis, of Marion
S. c., was at home Saturda
night and Sunday.
Pleasant Hope, N. c., Apr
20, 1909.
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There is this about the peach
basket hat, however: The best
peaches are at the bottom of the
basket. New York Mail.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-04-26

S or 6 doses ''666'' will cure any case
Of Chills and Fever. Price 25c. 1925
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Cleveland Russ, whose trial at
Whiteville began on Thursday of
week before last, was acquitted
Tuesday of the murder of Jerry
Bigford, the young farmer and
storekeeper who was found dead
in his home in Columbus county
on the morning of March "a
Jealousy was assigned as the
motive for the crime. Bigford
was engaged to marry a Miss
Squires, of Bladen county, and
the prisoner was a rival suitor.
Governor Kitchin issued z par
dons Wednesday and refused to
| grant two.
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Allen Gray, a colored man of
Pitt county who was serving a
sentence of two years on the roads
and who was pardoned by Cover
nor Kitchin on the 18th, was
back in Jail in less than a week
after being liberated. He at
tempted to steal some clothes
from a store in Greenville on the
Saturday night following his re-
lease.
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Pleasant Hope Items.

Bladenboro, NC. April 10, '09.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-12-09
Your Welcome to I'm

During the past two months
the population Of Rolf and vicini-
az has had a wonderful increase.
This is mostly Of people from
the Panhandle of Texas ON their
way back. They have been to
the plains. In the main they
are good substantial men who
couldn't learn the secret of rails
ing a crop in a country where II
failed to rain. While Oklahoma
suffered last season from the
same cause, we made a fair
crop, and it is not in the range
of probability that the same
thing will happen again in the
next decade. Anyhow, the boys
that went to the Panhandle to
make it blossom like the rose,
have thrown up the job and are
getting back to Gods country.
Rolf. Oklahoma, Eagle
1t actually gives us a feeling
that we wish someone to bring
us the collie drops everytime we
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-12-09
last OnnorlunIuos

what better inducements can
be- offered to immigrants than
good land hcreabouts at not ia
exceed So per acre. and a good
and healthy climate for all the
products raised. y
The foregoing paragraph is
copied from the San Antonio
Express of Nov. 10. 1869. 1t
seems almost unbelievable that
land that is worth today from
$50 to $500 per acre should
have gone begging" at 81 per
acre. This contrast in valves,
however, is valuable as a remin-
der that forty years hence other
photographers will be reminding
their readers of the wonderful
opportunities they overlooked in
not buying land when it was so
cheap in 1909. Progress does
not end with this generation,
and high priced as land may APP
pear to be today, it will continue
to 90 higher. The moral is, buy
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1909-12-09

In this issue OF The Banner we
give the account of two negro
outrages in other parts of the
country where negroes I'VE.
West Texas is not adapted To the
negro race and there are but
few here. and they should not
be encouraged by the whites to
come to the West While every
thing is quiet, those who have
been having them come and
help gather their crops IN the
fall. should take warning and
not do so any more, for if such a
crime should be committed by
an imported negro, the party
importing him would be ameana-
BILE to society for the crime and
should be dealt with for the
crime. Trent Banner.
There is only one sure way to
prevent outrages in Lubbock and
the plains country by this class
of human shaped brutes, and
that is 10 keep them out of the