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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28

ALTERS.

Friday on BUSINESS.
Mr.. Roy Britt. who has been
living at Cerro Gordo, has moved
back to his old home and is vel
coined by his many friends.
Mrs. E. J. Branch, who lived
here last year, has moved to Bel
lamy, to the regret of her
friends.
Mr.. B. M. Lawson, of Orruin,
visited friends here Saturday and
Sunday.
Miss Kelley, of Drum, is visit
ing at Mr.. J. z. Stones.
Messrs. Simeon Powell and
Eppie Graham, of Drum, attend.
ed preaching here Sunday.
Messrs. B. M. Lawson, Thad-
deus Stone and F. Y. Stone went
to Bellamy yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. C. Britt visit
ed at Mr.. |. V. Britt's Sunday
afternoon.
Miss Julia Lawson, of Orrum
visited at Mr.. G. M. Britt's las
week.
Messrs. Arch. and Alex. Ora
ham and Broughton Nye attend
ed preaching here Sunday.
| saw % wild geese some TIM
ago flying in a row, which wa
something fine to gaze at.
The boys welcomed Mr.. Ro
) Britt with an old-time serenad
Tuesday night which was enjoy
= ed by the boys.
Messrs. John Stone, Rolan
Stone, Rosie Britt and Edga
= Barnes went 'possum huntin
, Friday night and caught on
5 shay. Edgar started home
Y took the 'possum on his handl
S bars and the 'possum got hi
s head caught and broke his necl
n You can account for the rest, bl
he said the 'possum said riding
wheel was dangerous riding.
l. Mr.. Hezzie Williamson passe
s through town Saturday.
! The Woodmen speakers can
/ to Mt. ELAN Wednesday nigh
e the third appointment made, al
le Messrs. Thaddeus Stone ar
y Grover Britt defended the aft
= native, Messrs. Okey Stephel
u and Isham Stone the negativ
D. The query was, Resolved tn
the United States have reach
their maximum" Messrs. w.
is Thompson and George Warwi
ar and Miss Ethel Cashwell we
Of the judges. They decided in f
n vor of the Mt. ELAN boys.
he Happy Jack.
u Mt. ELAN, N. c., Jan. Is, 19(
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28
Aftermath of Marriage-In
Trouble Over License.

In The Robesonian a week ago
today was published an account,
reproduced from the Fayette-
vile Observer, of the marriage
of Miss Mary Adcocks and Mr..
John Hall. The Observer of
Monday afternoon, the 25th,
gives the following account of
later developments:
Last Sunday Mr.. John Hall
and Miss Mary C. Adcocks were
married in Seventy-First by
Squire D. B. ellis. 1t was a
'gretna green affair, as the
parents of the bride objected to
her marriage, and had forbidden
the register of deeds of Robson
county from issuing a license, as
the young lady was under fifteen
years of age.
They came to Fayetteville
Saturday a week ago, and OBJ
tanned a license from the register
of deeds of Cumberland, Mr..
Hall and his brother Tom Hal
both making oath to the effect
that the girl was % years of
age.
Last week Mr.. H. C. AID
cocks, of Lumber Bridge, the
father of the youthful bride
swore out a warrant before
Squire overly, charging the
Halls with 'feloniously obtain
ing a license from the register
of deeds of Cumberland county
for the marriage of John Hal
and Mary c. Adcocks by repre-
senting and making oath to the
effect that Mary 2. Adcocks wa:
% years of age, when in fac
she was unber Is years or age.
| The Hall brothers were arrested
Saturday by Deputy Sheriff D
E. McNair, brought to Fayette
vile and taken before SOUR
OVERLY. The trial was contin
J ued until the 29th inst, and thu
defendants were placed undo
bonds of 800 each, which the,
gave and were set at liberty.
! within a few minutes afte
= the disposition of the above case
John and Tom Hall were re
!. arrested on peace warrants
6 sworn out by Mr.. Adcocks, an,
were again taken before SOUR
!. OVERLY and required to Civ
bonds in the sum of 5000 each t
: keep the peace, and also fo
their appearance on the 10Th
answer the charges contained i
+ the peace warrant. Mr.. AC
e cocks, in obtaining the peac
s warrant, charged that the d.
d PENDANTS made threats agains
r his life, as they were coming OF
n of the magistrates court, on
e saying that they would kill hin
n and the other that they woul
/ fix him so he could not retur
n home. )"
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28
DEcS
The Three Principal Causes )
Food That is Cleansing in Eff.
f~cf

Food That is Cleansing in Eff
feet.
Youths Companion.
Of all physical ailments to
which the human race is subject
decay of the teeth is perhaps
the most general and widespread.
This is true at least of modern
times, for examination of ancient
skulls has shown that although
the ancients suffered from decay
ing teeth they did not suffer to
such an extent as we do today.
The examination of the school
children of the present day be-
trays an APPALLING state of affairs
in this regard.
We know that the tooth itself
is covered with a shield of enamel
which is intended to remain in
tact and preserve the dentine, or
real tooth material, from the as
saults of harmful germs formed
in the mouth, principally by rea-
son of the Judgment of particles
of food between the teeth or in
small depressions and dents.
Certain kinds of food, especially
sugars and starcy foods, if al
lowed to remain in contact with
the teeth set up an acid fermen-
tation. during which the bacteria
which are produced literally feed
upon the teeth, first eating away
the enamel and when that is
gone burroWing down into the
dentine until the pulp of the
tooth is exposed. AS soon az
they reach the nerve of the
tooth a terrible toothache an
:, nounces the fact.
There are three causes behint
all this trouble-improper food
! wrong ways Of eating and lacl
! ! of cleanliness. The mistake Of
i serving too much overlooked
i soft food is responsible for mucl
of the trouble and this is just a
!, true for little chilnren as it is TO
adults. The teeth were give
J. US to bite with and to chew with
: and if they are defrauded c
!. their natural work they becom
unhealthy.
(, In addition to this, certain a.
l. ticles of food, such as raw apple
and nuts, which call for mastic;
n ton before swallowing, are al
70 solutely cleansing in their effe
~ upon the teeth. Mechanical
n they remove masses of soft d
+ composing material. Beside
ID this, masticating promotes tt
% flow of saliva, which in it's tul
m helps the growth of the go'
germs which are needed to fig
the bad ones, for it should
remembered when it is said tn
the mouth is always full of bs
T. terra that the good germs a
I'd making a brave fight there
Al we'll as everywhere else in t
80 body.
Finally toothbrush should
n the first birthday present, a
Is it's regular persistent use Shot
mt be made a most important part
laj the child's early training.
,al simple alkaline tooth wash
ot. cream should be used once a de
NJ and the dentist should be CT
n suited at regular intervals,
he cause there is no matter in viii
en- prevention is so surely bet
he than cure as in the care of t
,rk teeth.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28

this valuable meQl-
cine, Lydia E. Pink
hams V e geta bl e
Compound. l sut
fered from terrible
headaches, pain in
my back and right
side, was tired and
nervous, and so
eakIcould hardly
S tand. Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound re-
stored me to health
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28
Mr.. J. A. Bivins Elected Super
intendent of State Colored
Normal and Croatan Normal

Mr.. J. A. Bivins, superinten-
dent of the Monroe public schools,
has been elected superintendent
of the Colored State Normal
Schools and Croatan Normal
Schools, succeeding the late Capt.
John Duckett. Upon the recon-
mendation of the State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction the
duties of the position have been
enlarged 80 as to comprehend the
general supervision of the work
of the county institutions and
county teachers associations.
Until April LIST Mr.. Bivins will
give only a part of his time to
this work, on account of his du-
ties in supervising the Monroe
schools, but after that time he
will have an Office in the office of
the State Superintendent of Pub
lie instruction and will give his
entire time to this work. The
Raleigh News and Observer
gives the following review of
Mr.. Bivins' career:
Mr.. Bivins is admirably quail
fed in scholarship, professional
training and successful exper-
fence for this work Of supervis-
ing and directing,in cooperation
with the State Department of
Education, the teacher-training
work of the rural teachers of
both races. He is easily one of
the most progressive and sue
cessful teachers of the State. He
is native of Albemarle, Stanly
county. He began teaching in
the public schools of his native
county at the arly age Of seven
teen; soon became principal OF
the Albemarle Academy; served
+ for several years as superinten.
dent of public instruction of thai
county; he was the successful
principal of the Charlotte city
schools for eleven years, resign
, ing that position to become Head
master of the Trinity Park High
, School. After two years, he re-
}. signed this position to accept the
, superintendency of the publ,
schools of Monroe. AS superin
tendent of these schools, he ha.
given great satisfaction, and tn,
; board of trustees were loath t,
release him. He was elected t,
! his present position in December
q and the delay was caused by tn,
q unwillingness of his board to'giv,
y him up as superintendent.
y Mr.. Bivins has always been
q close student of problems relat
n ing to his profession. He ha
spent most of his summer vaca
q tons in professional study at tn,
:. University of North Carolina
4 Columbia University, Harvar,
= and Chautauqua. He has been
q member of the faculty of tn
= summer schools at the Universe
! ty of North Carolina, the Mort
n Carolina Summer Schoolat the A
Il and NJ. College, Raleigh, NC, an
the Piedmont Summer Schot
t. at Davidson. He is we'll an
# favorably known to the teacher
it of the State as a teacher O
n teachers. He will have a grea
d and useful work in the stimuli
l. ton and direction of the teache,
= training work of the rank an
file of the rural school teachers
~ and his reputation and past sue
D. cessful experience justifies tn
s. prediction that he will do thi
:. work acceptably and most sue
&c &c cessfully. He will be a mos
Is valuable addition to the force q
)! workers in the State Department
of Education"
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28

There were IL, 667. 231 running
bales of cotton ginned from the
growth of 1908 to January 16, last,
against 10, 339, 551 a year ago, &C.
cording to the census bureau re.
port on the 23d.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28

Colds contracted at this season of the
year are quickly relieved with Bees
Laxative Cough Syrup. Its laxative
quality rids the system of the cold
Pleasant to take. Best for children for
coughs, colds, Group and whooping
cough. Sold by ]. D. Mcmillan & Son.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28

At coroner's inquest at At
lanta Saturday into the death of
Frank Carter, sixty years old, it
was testified that he had broken
his neck eighteen years ago, and
had lived without serious incon-
venience from this accident. Car
ter died of apoplexy.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28

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 $1.00 bottle contains % times
ich as the SOC size. Sold by J. d.,
Ian & Son.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28
MORE
PINKHAM
CURES
Added to the Long List due
to This Famous Remedy.

Camden, Nj cit is with pleasure
that | add my testimonial to your
already long list hoping that 1t may
indnce others to avail themselves of
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28

health authorities of
are endeavoring to make
roads electrify their lines
the city. 1t is argued
poo pounds of SCOT per
la year are deposited in
tions of the city by the
used. The publication
air and increase in sun
secured by electrification
materially lessen the
INT of tuberculosis.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28

The National Commission on
Country Life is studyingthe san
itary condition of the farmers,
and will lay special emphasis on
: tuberculosis ii the rural dis
sticts.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28

Consumption costs the United
States 100000 lives of human
beings, double that number of
cows and live stock, and at least
one billion dollars in money
every year.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28

Very few people use more than
a small percentage of their lung
capacity, a fact which tends to
produce consumption, especially
in school children.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28

The negro mortality from tu-
berculosis in the United States
is about $50 per cent. greater
than that of the white people.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28

Nine deaths from tuberculosis
were caused during the last year
in the Department of Finance of
New York City, due, it is claim
ed, largely to infection from the
books and papers. After one of
the book-keepers in the depart
ment died recently at his work
from a hemorrhage caused by
consumption, the city health au.
thorities closed the office anc
made a thorough fumigation OF
the books and premises.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28

AS a means of checking tu-
berculosis in the principal cities
of Brazil, the sanitary authori-
ties of that country have insti-
tuted a campaign involving the
expenditure of 81, 25O,OOO. The
project. includes the compulsory
reporting of every case of tuber-
culosis, the establishment of
hospitals, agricultural colonies,
and sanitoriums.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28

Z The recent death from tuber-
psis of a three months old
y in Newark, N. j., born to
Jonah who had been dis
ged from a sanatorium for
wing a fellow patient shows
{ effect tubercular environ
I will have. The father
before the baby was born.
mother is dying.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28

tuberculosis is much less COM
mon among coal miners than
among other classes of people.
According to the United States
census statistics, miners and
quarrymen occupy third place in
the scale of least tuberculosis
mortality, only bankers and
Mariners being more immune.
DIR. S. A. Knopf says, ~ chic
Iedisposed to tuberculosis should
D. go " school before its eight
,ear."
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28

Files are spreaders of COM
Smption, by carrying the germs
out from the sick to the we'll.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-01-28

We operate Double Daily Vestibue Service, with d
Richmond, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia an,
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-10-01

trees, as in the above instance, is from
seventeen to twenty feet in height. In
case of cold weather it takes two men
one hour to close this cloth greenhouse
of one acre, as the construction is con-
venientIy arranged and planned SO that
large acreages may be practically han
died. Brick furnices with sheet-iron tops
and long stove pipes conducting all of
the smoke and gases outside, are dis
tributed at the rate of twelve to the acre.
The fuel used is wood, and no more than
eight of these furnaces have been light
ed at one time in order to raise the tenn
perature sufficiently to overcome any
freeze that has visited Florida within
the past ten years, though more can be
readily added if found needful The
cloth is chemically treated, and some of
it now in use has been used for the past
nine years, though not on the present
form of framework, as that has been
adopted during the past six years.
The success of the growers using this
system of cloth green house proves it's
value and assures it's future adoption by
growers of fine fruits and vegetables, as
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-10-01

four years old land beginning to
bear fruit) that has been proeduced un-
der this system, fine vegetables and ber-
ries having been grown between the rows
of trees for the past four years. At least
one more crop Of vegetables will be pro
duced on this ground and then the cloth
greenhouse will be devoted entirely to
the grapefruit trees, insuring them from
being frozen, protecting each years
bloom from damage, and enabling the
grower to hold the fruit on the trees
without danger from freeze throughout
the winter until such time as the ex-
tremely high prices that prevail after
the general crop of out-of door grown
grapefruit is gone, justifes the market
ing of the protected fruit.
The usual height of the cloth green
house for the growing of vegetables alone
in seven feet admitting of horse-culti
vation-but one for grapefruit or other
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-10-01

warmth and sunshine of Florida to in
duce growth.
Our representative has lately visited
several of these cloth greenhouses and
we herewith reproduce photographs show
ing the new form of construction and
various crops raised by means of it,
The principal advantages that green
houses of this character have over
glass houses are, first. the abso-
lutely natural conditions that surround
the plants during their entire period of
growth uninterrupted sunshine, air, rain
and dew las the cloth curtains of top
and sides are all brailed back and never
cover or shade the plants save during
the hours needed for protection against
frosts or freezes); second the immunity
from fungus diseases and other pests
that exist under the glass greenhouse
saving in cost of construction and main
tenance. A well equipped glass green
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-10-01
CLOTH GREENHOUSE SYSTEM
How Tender Vegetables and Fruits May Be Grown for
Early Markets Without Glass.


house costs from ten thousand to fifteen
system; and last, but not least, the great
thousand dollars per acre, whereas the
cloth greenhouse costs in the neighbor-
hood of but one thousand dollars per
acre. From two to four crops per year
are grown under this system on the same
ground.
Mr.. c. NJ Berry, of Orlando, has the
management of several of these proper
ties, and the information, figures and
photographs furnished by him, in con-
junction with the result of the investiga-
tion of our representative are here given.
Mr. Berry usually grows egg plants, pep
pers, tomatoes, cucumbers, beans and
Strawberries. Besides these there is
fine budded grapefruit grove now
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-10-01

with the glass greenhouse systems in
use in and around the large cities of this
and other countries, by means of which
fine vegetables classed as "hot house
products" are raised and sold during the
winter at extremely high prices. Com
paratively few, however, have a knowl
edge of system that has been originated
and put into use here in Florida, during
the past few years, in which cotton cloth
is substituted for glass, and the place of
the elaborate and expensive heating de-
vices used in the Northern glass green
houses is taken by simpler and far less
expensive, though quite as efficient meth
DDS of heating, considering that nine
tenths of the time we have the natural
The Florida agriculturist., 1909-10-01

one good crop saved from freeze will pay
for the greenhouse.
The refrigerating of cars of fruits and
vegetables shipped to our Northern mar
kets now insures their arrival in first
class condition and, considering the great
difference in cost of production, the prod
ucts from our cloth greenhouses are des-
tined to compete successfully with the
glass greenhouse products of the North.
Sheep return more fertility to the
soil than any other animal and when you
consider that they distribute the fer
tilizer without additional cost you can
give the sheep an extra credit mark.
The farmer who is always finding
fault with the weather has a most un-
comfortable time of it, and it doesn't
help him in the least in overcoming the
ccditions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-23
THE COUNTY TAX.
Hennebec Towns and Cities That Have
Paid Partly or in Full. =

County Treasurer Bert P. Stuart Of
Belgrade stated Monday that a NUNS
her of towns in the county have not
paid the first half of their county tax
for the present year, although it Is
due Sept. l. Other municipalities, how
ever, have paid for the entire year, al
though the second half year of the
tax is not due until Jan. 1, 1910.
One city and three towns have paid
IN full for the entire year as follows:
Waterville, $10,61542; Oakland. $16s6.91;
Randolph, $5o455; Winslow, $3949. The
following towns and cities have paid
either part or whole of the, first half:
Albion, $3o9.91; Augusta. $4,000; Chel-
sea. s394.7l; China, $500: Gardiner
$4,000; Hallowell, $3.50; Litchfeld, $780,
-: Monmouth, 5000; Mount Vernon
$292.97; Pittston, 1891 Sc: Readfield, s40O;
Vienna, 1928; Wayne, $500; West Gar
diner, $265.S4; Winthrop, s1165.4i.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-23
YORK COUNTY CASE.
Law Court Rules Regarding Jurioic-
ton of County Commissioners.

The law court Monday handed down
a rescript drawn by Associate Justice
Bird in the York county equity case of
Bliss VS. Junkins ct ais, involving the
jurisdiction of county commissioners
in laying out highways. The rescript
is as follows:
Elizabeth B. Bliss, VS.. Samuel w. Jun
kins, ct ais, In Equity. Rescript,
Bird, j.
County commissioners have no juris-
diction to lay out a highway under the
provisions of r. 5. G. %, S. |, unless
the petition therefor describes with
reasonable defniteness the places
where the proposed way is to COM
thence and terminate.
Where the highway prayed for is
described in the petition to the COM
miSSloners as commencing on some
point on a way which is one and n9c-
half miles long and as terminating on
another way which is five miles long,
the proposed way is not described with
such reasonable definteneSS as to COM
ply with the requirements OF the stats
uteS. The county commissioners are
without jurisdiction to commence pro-
CCcuIiSS litIttl ana lIcII uolilSS eic
Intellectual and void
In such case the validity of the pro-
ceedings of the county commissioners
in laying out highway may be at
tackled collaterally
Where q highway as laid out by the
county commissioners passes over land
in which one Of said commissioners has
an interest, either as sole or part own
er, and is directly interested in the
location of such way, such interest dis
Qualities such commissioner, the Board
jurisdiction and their proceedings in
laying out such way are void.
Exceptions overruled
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-11-23
PROBATE COURT.

The following business was transacted
at the regular session of the Kcnncbcc
county probate court Monday:
Wills approved and alloWed-Of Lizzie
A. Lamb, late of WinsloW, Theron +.
Dow of China, administration; of Almira
Howard, late of West Gardiner. O. Il.
Clason of Gardiner, executor; of John
Nc Carthy late of Chelsea, Thomas j.
Lynch of Augusta, executor; of Patience
A. Noyes, late of Augusta, William A.
Nolan of Whitefield and Chester A.
Noyes of Augusta, executors.
Administrations granted Of the es-
tate of Alfred Barber, late of Winthrop
George L. Lowell of Winthrop, admins
TRAITOR: of the estate of Wallace b. Smith
late of Waterville. Harrison A. Smith of
Waterville, administrator; Of the estate
of Zelda f. Edgerly, late of Augusta,
Wilbur f. Tibbetts of, Augusta. admins
traitor.
Guardian appointcd@Of clifford NORM
of Watervlle, minor, Mary NORM of
Waterville. - Z.
Will introduced for probate-Of Julia
\. Cunningham, late of Litchfeld.
Accounts allowed-Of Edward G. Am
broSe of Readtield. administrator of the
estate of Della J. Greeley, late Of Read
field.
Trustees ppolnted-Francis y. Rich
ards Of Gardiner, Augustus ?. Loring
and Henry NJ. Spelman, both of Boston,
Mass, for the benefit Of Georsina NJ.
Richards and Ann Hallowel Richards,
under the will of Anne Richards late of
Gardiner.