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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-12-31
DEATH OF THE OLD YEAR.
BY CHARLOTTE BEAUMONT JARyI,

BY CHARLOTTE BEAUMONT JARVIS.
Misererel toll the bell.
Let the earth send forth a kneli.
For q great soul takes his fight
None knows whittier, In the night
Miserere!
Stretched upon his snowy bier
Dying lies the good Old Year;
And upon the midnight gale
AL may hear his parting WALL
Mtserere.
In the old kings ~chequered reign
There were mingled JOY and pain:
Friends proved false. while floss were
true, Z.
sinners many saints-a few
Atserere.
There were hearts that suffered wrong.
Bore Il braveiy. and we're strong:
Hearts there were. 10 black within.
Satan wondered 1t their sin
Misererei
Carriers full OF fruitful store.
Measures pressed. and running Ger:
Famine In the streets at night,
Doing deeds too dark for light
Aiserers.
Rang the church bells for me We'd.
Tolled they also for the dead:
In one home q Joy was born.
From another Joy was torn
Aiserere!
Such earth's sorrow, such its sjn.
All must end whore they begin:
snow which wraps the New Years feet
II the Old Years winding sheet
Niserer0l
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-12-31
GtHaAhHNzAR:sR
&MAOMAM5
USSIANS have . very pretty
ceremony. On each New
Years day q pile of sheaves

~ Years day q pile Of sheaves
r. heaped up over a large pile. and the
father. after seating himself behind
the pile. asks the children II they can
see him. Upon their replying that
they cannot. he says he hopes the
crops will be SO fine the coming year
that he will be hidden in the fields.
The Russian New Year Is IL days
later than ours. and Is a gala occa-
sion for all. There il a grand cele-
bration Of mass In the morning, and
the rest of the day is devoted to con-
Gratulatory visits. Good wishes that
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-12-31

and her lips moved - II she weso
spsAking The names Of her dead Co...
For many minutes her reverie -
unbroken. and she heard not the tic1-
tacki ticktack! of the stsady -
clock.
mime $50 ten - eleven." sCAAenly
called the clock. The SOM Al! how
absentminded | hare hecomes Wen
DO ! remember the day . woman Win
. pale face and frightened syas opene1
the door and handed you : Istta.
which bore the insignia Of death To-
opened X with trembling fingers. Ar
next moment you were like ous dsaa-
There were days and days when yuo
lowered between life and death. ard +
for my part gave up all hopes. Dis1
In a foreign land: buried anong
strangers over the sea. II was = blOw
aimed II . heart twice broken.
The woman covered her face aDA
moaned In anguish. and the clock Coz
tinued:
Don't grieve 20. the dead arc q
rest foreyermorc. LIES mistakes may
need to be washed away with tear.
but the dead reaped their reward. Y0a
are old and poor and broken. bnt no
car tell what new friends the now
year may raise up for you1 I cannot
tell you to forget the past. for . moth
er's heart ever goes out for her dssd.
but the new year may have more
sunshine. Come. now Nm Ahput to
strike the old year out ana the new
year In. Let - greet the nav with =
smile OF welcome a count-e0-
eleven-twelve-a happy Nov Yeaf!s..
The woman did not m0ve.
"HeiEho." called the clock: we
have left the old behind"
Her hands had dropped bsu31o haR
and her head had fallen.
Dead clicked the clock, . ~
last faint echoes Of his bell dioa awaN
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-12-31

II II said. To - rood = - -
10 be happy but % ~ rood ana 9
do good = the waya 70 - happy. WASn
= happy world this woulA - u n
would do the best thing for them.
selves. II al realized that The oniy
way 10 get out a. Lilo = % put Int
Il. that the way 70 Feceive = - GivaI
and the only way to b helpea y %
be helpful. and tho way - enin Iife ~
to lose Il for others. ana To way .
80 up h 10 80 down. Tor The meek
shall inherit the eaTtA-~ -Ho thot
humbleth himself shall - exn11oA-. 3
IL petty TO live for ssl1. e = gr1n1 ~
live for friends. but ~ gloT1o0 ~
I've for mankind. and. - 90 -
said. The only way q work fcr O.
u to work fnr 0an.
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Negro Laborers Threatened b!
Self-Styled Night-Riders.

Waycross Ca, Dispatch, 7th.
Considerable excitement was
caused at Pearson, a small sta
ton 80 miles northwest of Way
cross, this morning when it be-
came known that five negroes
employed by the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad in building new
depot at that place, had received
warnings from self-styled night
riders" to leave the community
forthwith or death would be met
ed out to them.
The depot at Pearson was
burned on October 10th and the
origin of the fire is declared to
have been incendiary. Special
agents of the Atlantic Coast Line
have arrived there to investigate
the threats Of the so-called
"night-riders" and it is announc-
ed that arrests will probably fol
low within a few days.
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Out Barker's Way-Personals
Photographed.

80 ~SA@S~s
Correspondence of The Robesonian
Mr.. Robert Pate spent Satur-
day with friends at Bellamy.
Mr.. R. A. Andrews spent last
week with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nathan Andrews, at Fair-
mont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Judson Mcdonald,
of Rennert, spent Saturday and
Sunday here.
Miss Abbie M'White spent a
few days in Fayetteville last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Powers
spent last Sunday with Mrs. ia.
Schlicting.
Miss Lena Russ, who has been
teaching school near Barnesville,
returned home Saturday.
Messrs. Badger Mcleod and ].
N. Britt spent Saturday here.
Prof. ]. B. Bowers spent Sat
urday in Lumberton on busi-
ness.
Mr. Wytch M'White, who has
been kept at home on account of
his health, is much improved.
Mr.. John Jones spent last Sat
urday and Sunday at Fairmont,
where he went to attend the
Union meeting.
Mr.. Stephen Eure, Of Ever.
green, visited friends here Sum-
day.
Miss Mary Lee Mcmillan visit
ed Miss Cornelia Jones Sum-
day.
Mr.. Braxton Kinlaw spent last
week at Evergreen.
Miss Dovie Britt and brother,
J. Norment, of Lumberton, spent
Sunday here.
Mr.. Henry Jones and Miss
Morley, of Lumber Bridge, spent
Sunday with the formers
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. Jones
Mrs. Walter Maxwell and J
Clinton Maxwell passed through
here Sunday on their way tx
Lumberton.
Miss Emma Britt left Sunday
for Lumberton, where she will
spend some time with her broth
ers.
+ Mr.. L. Pate and son, Mr.. Pres
ton, spent Monday in Lumber
, ton.
Mr.. Rowland Jones and B. T
, Townsend gave a delightful ha
ride to several of their friend
from seven till ten O'Clock las
, Saturday evening.
Barker's, N. c., Feb, 6, 1909.
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BETHESDA NEWS BATCH.
No More "Cross Questions" for
Phil-Personal Mention.


Mr.. and Mrs. John Purvis, of
Fairmont, R. F. D. No.2, were visi-
tors in this section Sunday even
ing. Mr.. Brant Atkinson, of
Center, spent Friday night at
the home of his sister, Mrs.
James Flowers. Mr.. S. F. Jen-
kins made a business trip to
Barnesville Saturday evening" -
Mr.. Joseph Walters spent Sun
day at the home of Mr.. W. S.
Floyd. d.-Mr. John Jenkins, of
Cerro GordO, spent Saturday
night and Sunday at the home of
of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Berry Jenkins.
Glad to report Mr.. Henry Britt
eonvalescent.
Miss Elite Lewis pleasantly
entertained her schoolmates and
friends at an at home "pender
popping" from seven to ten
O'Clock Saturday night. One
feature of the evening was a
well-arranged game of cross
questions" of which the parti-
culars | can't tell-only I don't
think the meddler again wishes,
whilst in the midst of a fun-lov-
ing crowd" the pleasure of ask
ing maiden with the modesty
of a saint,
eff I'll chop the cotton and hoe the corn
Will you cook dinner and blow the
horn?'
No more cross questions for
Phil.
Mr.. W. S. Floyd left on the
4::30 train Sunday evening for
Lumberton, where he is to serve
as juror for this week of court.
Mr.. Leland Ganey, of Fair
mont, was a caller at the home
of Mr.. w. S. Jenkins Sunday
evening. Mr.. F. B. Johnson
again was making calls in this
section Sunday evening. Misses
Andrew and Bertha Barnes, of
Barnesville, spent Sunday eve
ming at the house of their cousin,
Miss Menta Floyd. Miss Oliver,
our teacher, attended an oyster
supper near Marietta Friday
night.
Mrs. Jno. R. Floyd and daugh-
ter, Mrs. E. C. Floyd, left Sat
urday for Cotton Valley, where
they will spend few days visit
ing relatives and friends.
Miss Oliver spent Saturday
night at the hospitable home Of
Mr.. R. A. Hardin.
Phil the Fiddler.
Barnesville, N. c., Feb. 8,
1909.
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Lincoln Birthday to be Gener-
ally Observed.
New York Dispatch, 7th.

4NcW IOIh 1ioPdISh' itii-
The progress at Washington
of the measure to make Febru-
ary 18th a national holiday has
stimulated interest in the cen
tenary anniversary of Lincoln's
birth, which will be observed
next Friday throughout the
country. Strictly speaking there
can be no national holiday, for
in this matter the States make
their own legislation and this
measure, if it becomes a law,
will apply in a legal sense only
to the District of Columbia,
the Territories and Federal in
stitutions. Eight States have
made February 18th holiday,
but the observance this year
will MOI be limited to these
States. -
At Springfield, H., there will
be addresses by William j. Bry-
an. Ambassador Bryce and Am
bassador Jusserand. President,
elect Taft will speak at a ban
quet at New Orleans and Vice
President-elect Sherman will
make an address at the chamber
of commerce dinner at Pitts,
burg. At noon United States
Senator Lodge will address the
Massachusetts Legislature al
Boston. In New York City there
will be several notable Lincoln
dinners.
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and Alex. Graham the negative.
The judges decided two in favor
of the affirmative, one for the
negative, and all the people for
the negative; but the judges are
the ones who decide. One of the
judges said he thought we need
ed a compulsory law and he was
going to give it to the affir-
native boys. The affirmative
boys said they had rather
not have won than for the people
to say, Boys, you won, but you
did not win fair
The oysters were there for all
that like the little fellows, and
many seemed to like them. The
night was much enjoyed by
Happy Jack" and | think il
was enjoyed by all present.
The box supper at Mt. Eliam
school house was great success.
The boxes were very beautiful on
the outside and more beautiful on
the inside Inward looks are
better that outward show" |
don't know how much the boxes
were sold for. A gypsy maid
told the fortunes of all who wish
ed to know their future, after
which several plays were played.
did not enjoy it so we'll, but
every one else seemed to enjoy
it very much. Mr.. June Ivey had
a very bad time with his seven
teen cents, but got two or three
boxes at last.
| don't suppose the people here
go themselves to oppose splitting
the county, but they sent theil
names.
Mr.. John Jones, of Parkton,
visited his lady friends here Sun.
day.
Mr.. Okey Stephens has resign.
ed his position at Cerro GordC
and returned home.
Happy Jack.
Mt. Eliam, N. c., Feb. 8, 1909.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-11
THE DELAWARE.
Its Launching a Notable Even,
in Naval History.
Baltimore Sun.

".
Baltimore Sun.
The launching of the United
States battleship Delaware at |
Newport News on Saturday was
a notable event in naval history
because she is the largest man
of-war ever launched in any
country. Her extreme length is
518 feet and 8 inches. Her dis
placement on the trial trip is to
be 70, 900 tons, and her full load
displacement will be -, 900 tons
The heaviest battleship in com
mission at the present time is
the British ship Dreadnought
of II, 900 tons displacement. No
foreign country has so large a
battleship as the Delaware, nor
is any country except the United
States engaged in building one
so large. Great Britain is con-
structing at this time seven
great battleships, ranging in
tonnage from $4,000 to l9. $50
Germany's largest battIeship is
13, 200 tons, and she is building
nine, five of which are of $4,000
tons displacement. The heaviest
French ship in commission is
14.865 tons, with eight building,
the largest being of IS, 320 tons.
Japan's largest battleship is 16,-
400 tons. She is building one of
19, 200 and one Of 1880 tons.
The United States is building
six battleships, four of which
are heavier than any vessels
af1oat or building in any other
navy. The Florida and the
Utah, the heaviest of these
ships, will each be of 2l,825 tons
displacement. The naval bill to
be passed at the present session
will, it seems assured, authorize
the construction of two battle
ships of $4,000 tons each, and
perhaps with guns enormously
more powerful than those on any
other ship in the world. Where
this contest in the building of
big ships is to end no one can
tell. The building of such ships
is a challenge to all the powers.
. In his statement before the Sen
ate committee recently Secretary
Newberry declared his belief in
the 26, 6,000-ton battleship. But in
this opinion Captain Mahan, a
great naval authority, does not
agree with him. THE line OF
! reasoning" Captain Mahan said,
(which applies to the $1,000 or
20, 600 ton ship will hold good
when you have reached 80, ,00C
and your neighbor goes one bet
! ter by laying down one Of 32,.
600. No matter how big your
ship may be, a bigger can be
built. The skill of the naval ar.
chitect and engineer is equal tc
producing it, and the open sea
at least will be able to float it. .
But it comes down to a question
of money. These big ships are
9 enormously expensive, and every
l country cannot afford to build ;
fleet of such sea monsters. 1t is
: believed that when the Delaware
, shall be put in commission ant
e manned by the kind of officer.
and men who have from the be
: ginning won fame and glory TO
: the American Navy, there viii
be no vessel on the high sea
: which will be able to withstan'
: her broadside. This broadsid
will consist of ten 12-inch guns
+ and fourteen 5-inch rapid-fir
- guns, besides her secondary bat
terry. The Dreadnought carrie
i, the same number of big turrets
= but the turrets are so arrange
that all the guns cannot be uset
S in the broadside, as those on tn
It Delaware can be.
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Orrum, N. c., Feb. 8, 1909.
To the Editor of The Robesonian:

With the completion of the
steel bridge over the Holston
river at Kingsport, Tenn, on the
4th, the Carolina, Clinchfeld and
Ohio Railway, the new coal car
rier. was completed between ST.
Paul, Va, and Bostic, N. C.. The
first coal shipment over this road
will be carried from the Clinch-
field properties in Virginia into
the piedmont section of North
Carolina this week. This read,
built mainly by New York cap
ital, has cost upwards of $50,
600, 600. It is now being ex-
tended to Spartanburg, S. C.
A man is not to be known till
he takes a wife. French.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-11
Soldier Ralks Death Plot.

1t seemed to ]. A. Stone, civil war
veteran, of Kemp, Tex, that plot ex-
listed between desperate lung trouble
and theegrave to cause his death. 81
contracted stubborn cold," he writes,
that developed a 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 my health
completely. now weigh 178 pounds. -
For severe colds, obstinate coughs,
hemorrhages, asthma, and to prevent
pneumonia it's unrivaled. SOC and 81. 90.
, Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by al
druggists.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-11
The Secret of Long Life.

A French scientist has discovered one
secret of long life. His method deals
with the blood. But long ago millions
of Americans had proved Electric Bit
ters prolongs life and makes it worth
living. 1t purifes, enriches and vital
ICES the blood, rebuilds wasted nerve
cells, imparts life and tone to the en-
tire system. It's godsend to weak,
sick and debilitated people. Kidney
trouble had blighted my life for
months" +" writes w. M. Sherman, of
Cushing, Me-, '@but Electric Bitters
cured me entirely" Only Soc at all
drug stores.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-11
How'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known r.
J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable IN all bus
mess transactions and financially able
to carry out any obligations made by
his firm.
WALDINC, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, y.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern,
ally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Testi-
monials sent free. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-11

Over 130 negroes were arrest
ed in Pittsburg, Pa, in two days
last week, following many at
tacks on white girls in the city.
The police began wholesale ar
rests of unemployed negroes and
for a while a race riot seemed
imminent,
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-11
DIXIE" A NATIONAL AIR.
An Interesting Bit of History
Connected With the Stirring
A;r

Washington Dispatch, 9th.
Joseph Nimmo, Jr., one Of the
few surviving personal friends
Of Abraham Lincoln, today took
issue with a statement appear
ing in a local paper that Presi-
dent Schneider, of the Chicago
board of education, had forbidden
the singing Of Dixie" at the
Lincoln centennial as treason
able.
This. | am prepared to deny
from personal experiences" said
Mr.. Nimmo. early one morn
ing in the month of April, 1865,
the news reached Washington
that Richmond had been eva
cuated. There was a rush to
the White House led by a band.
l accompanied the crowd. Soon
Mr.. Lincoln appeared at the win
dow over the front entrance. He
replied to the demand for a
speech. I we'll remember his
closing words which were as fol-
lows:
""There is song or a tune
which used to hear with great
pleasure before the war, but our
friends across the river have ap-
propriated it to their use during
the last four years. It is the
tune called Dixie" But I think
we have captured it. At any
rate | conferred with the Attor.
ney General this morning and he
: expressed the opinion that Dix.
: lie" may fairly be regarded as
, captured property. So | shall be
glad to hear ''Dixie' by the
band"
Ever since then Dixie ha!
been regarded as a national ali
, beloved by the people of thu
,, North and the South. The tune
. of Dixie was composed by Dal
! Emmett, Northern man wh'
: wrote the words and the music
For years before the war it wa
. sung at the North and at tn
! South and it will remain for al
= time truly national song. mad
= so by the good-natured humor O
= Abraham Lincoln.
, Over 130 negroes were arrest
ed in Pittsburg, Pa, in two day
last week, following many al
tacks on white girls in the city
The police began wholesale al
II rests of unemployed negroes an
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washington once Gave Up

To three doctors; was kept in bed for
five weeks. Blood poison from spid-
er's bite caused large, deep sores to COW
er his leg. The doctors failed, then
"Bucklen's Arnica Salve completely
cured me, writes John Washington, OF
Bosqueville, Tex. For eczema, boils,
burns and piles it's supreme. 25c at ali
drug stores.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-02-11

Woods Liver Medicine in liquid form
regulates the liver, relieves sick head
ache, constipation, stomach, kidney dis
orders and acts as a gentle laxative
For chills, fever and malaria Its tonic
effects on the system felt with the first
dose. The 81. 90 bottle contains % times
as much as the SOC size. Sold by ]. D.
Mcmillan & Son.
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SPARKS FROM MAINE WIRES.

The w. J. Macfarlane Co., successors to
Oswald & Armstrong. has assigned to
the Manufacturers National Bank of
Lewiston. The firms store at IS Lisbon
street was closed Friday evening and a
receiver has been placed in charge. 1t Is
that the liabilities are about
$4,000 and the assets around $4,000.
Fire broke out at A.. M. Saturday in
the residence at Edes Falls owned by
Mrs. Frank Greene and occupied by Mrs.
Greene and A. Doughty. Mrs. Greene's
buildings and George Libbys are burned
fiat. A part of the household goods Of
both houses and nearly everything from
the barns We're saved. The fire Is sup
posed to have caught from defective
chimney in the Greene house. The loss is
about $1,000, partially covered by insur-
ance. Mr.. Doughty is a cripple and had
to be carried from the burning building.
The principal speakers and commit
tees to have charge Of the banquet
of the Class Of 1912 of Bowdoin College,
We're announced Saturday and are as
follows: Mark Wescott Burlingame Of
Winthrop, Mass, POSTMASTER; Frank
Arthur Smith of Calais opening add
QreSs, CHarleS FRANCIS ADAMS OIL Au-
burn closing address; Jesse Hamilton
Mckinney of Brunswick, Francis War
rem Davis of Newton. Mass Roy Lin
coin Estes Of Stockton, Calf, Robert
Parsons King of Ellsworth, Raymond
White Hathaway of Providence ban
quet committee; Francis Elias Har-
rington of Rockland. Robert Danforth
Cole of Salem, Mass, George Fabyan
Cressey. of Portland cane committee.
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w, IT, U. FEDERATION
Of Watervile, China and VassaIboro
Meets at East VassaIboro.

The w. G. r. U. Federation of Wa
terville. China and Vassalboro Unions
was held Friday, April 30, at the
Friends church in East Vassalboro. A
goodly number was in attendance. Ow-
ing to the absence of the president,
Miss EsteIle Brainard, the vice presi
dent, Mrs Frances Hussey, presided.
The meeting was opened by music,
Scripture reading and prayer by Mrs.
Warehouse. Mrs. Hussey welcomed
the visiting members with appropri-
ate remarks.
Mrs. Edith Pope was appointed sec
rotary pro tenn. The president intro
duced the subject, What Causes Lack
of Interest in Temperance Work."
Mrs. Whtehouse opened the subject,
followed by Mrs. Bartlett, Mrs. Anna
Marden, Rev G. H. Pope and Mrs.
Palmer. 1t was decided that it was
Indifference.
Reading followed by Mrs. Nettie
Sllillinss. why the Foreman Never
Drank" Noontide prayer by lev. G.
f. Pope. Dinner was served in the
vestry. where we all sat down to the
long table laden with good things
The afternoon session was opened
by reading the Crusade Psalm by Mrs.
Farnsworth; prayer by Mrs. Palmer;
music by Mrs. Skillings; question, rs
Indifference SIM" 1t was decided
that it is Mrs. Bartlett spoke on THE
Evils Of the White Slave Trade also
''rhe Value of the Union Signal to the
Members" 'Intemperance and Gam
bling at Fairs" was discussed and plans
made for work in that line. The sub
ject of the Children's Home in Car
diner was brought up and it was re-
solved to do what the union could to
help along the work; also to urge the
use of Bibles in our public schools. The
membership contest work was consid-
cred.
Adjourned to meet at China next
time