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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-02-21
WHOLE no. 2CCO
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Mr.. c. M. Fuller will leave
this evening for the Western
markets, where he will purchase
mules and horses for his sales
stables.
Unity Lodge No. 20H, X. of
P, will hold its regular weekly
meeting this evening at So'clock.
There will be business of impor-
tance and q full attendance is de-
sired.
There will be an oyster sup
per at Back Swamp Friday eve
ming, the 25th, for the benefit Of
the school. A cordial invitation
IS extended to all and a general
good time is expected.
Mr.. N. ]. Thompson, who
had been sick for some time, is
able to be out again. His son,
DR.. Dunlop Thompson, who spent
a few days here last week, left
Friday for his home at Morven.
Miss Amelia Linkhaw will
leave this evening for New York
to purchase spring millinery for
Messrs. Caldwell and Carlyle's
millinery department, of which
she has charge. She will be in
New York a week or ten days.
Miss Josephine Breeze left
last evening for Baltimore, Md,
where she will spend q week or
ten days purchasing goods for
her millinery store. Miss Grace
Redmond will keep the store
open while Miss Breeze is away.
| Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Barker
will leave this evening for Balti-
more, Md, where Mrs. Barker
will undergo an operation at
Johns Hopkins Hospital. From
Baltimore Mr.. Barker expects
TO go to New York for few
days on business.
Mr.. r. NJ. Norment, Jr., left
: this morning for Rockingham to
: begin his work as special census
agent. AS mentioned recently
1 in The Robesonian, Mr.. Norment
has been appointed special agent
! in charge of Richmond. Scotland.
3 Robson, Biaden, Columbus and
: Bruins wick counties, and he will
e have his headquarters for the
: present at Rockingham.
\ -Messrs. E. L.Conn and VIC.
= Moore, associate editor and assis
!. tant business manager, respective
) ly, of theRaleighNews and Obser
yer, who are getting up materia
. for an industrial edition of thei
paper for Robson county, spen
: part of last week in Maxton anC
;. Red Springs and returned t
Lumberton Friday. Mr.. Moor
: returned this morning from Raj
Z eigh. where he spent yesterda.
Z with home folks. They will Wis
T it St. Paul and other places in tn
county this week.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-02-21
The Jennings Cotton Mills s--Elec-
ton of Directors and Officers
Entirely Unanimous.

In Thursdays Robesonian a
report was given Of the meet
ing of the stockholders of
the Jennings Cotton Mills, the
organization of the company, and
the election of directors and pres
ident and vice president. The
meeting was entirely harmoni-
Gus, the election of directors and
OF Mr.. H. B. Jennings-for whom
the mill is named-as president
and Mr.. A. E. White as vice
president were unanimous. Ev-
cry action taken at the meeting
Of the directors, held Thursday
afternoon, was also unanimous.
AS mentioned above, the presi-
dent and vice president were
elected at the meeting Of the
stockholders. At the directors
meeting Mr.. Jennings was also
elected treasurer, Mr.. F. P. Gray
was elected secretary and assis.
tant treasurer, and the folloWin g
executive.committee was elected:
h. B. Jennings, A. E. White, r.
D. Caldwell, L. H. Caldwell, A.
W. Mclean.
Stock to the amount Of more
than 5000, 900 has already beer
subscribed and subscriptions vii
be taken up to $3.50, The
balance needed to make this
amount is assured. The capacit.
of the mill will be about 1O,0Ot
spindles and it will manufacture
yarns. The location was referr
ed to the board of directors
which will examine several site
which are under consideration
and report at a future meeting
Work will begin about the frs
Of March.
This mill will be under practi
cally the same management a
the Lumberton and Dresden Cot
: ton Mills, which have been re
markably successful, and thi
management is ample guarante
of the success of the new entel
! prise.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-02-21

Miss Sallie Pearsall, of Red
Springs. was the guest of Miss
Josie McNeill at the home of her
parents, Sheriff and Mrs. E. C.
McNeill, on Fifth street, from
Friday morning till Saturday
evening, when she returned
home. Miss Glennie Graham, al
80 Of Red Springs, has been Miss
McNeill's guest since Friday.
She will return home this eve
ming.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-02-21

The dead body of a newly born
baby that had been neither bath
ed nor dressed was found on the
Southern Ry. tracks near Thom-
asville Wednesday. The coroner's
jury found that the infant had
been dropped by some person or
persons on one of the early north
bound trains.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-02-21

Mr.. J. Dickson Mclean, of
Luarinburg. who has just OBJ
tanned license to practice law,
came to Lumberton Thursday
and will work for the present,
until he decides where he will
locate, in the office Of Mclean,
Mclean & Snow. Mr.. Mclean
is cousin of Col. N. A. and Mr..
A. w. Mclean.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-02-21
Mr.. S. Wittkowsky, of Char
lotte, to Address Meeting in
Interest of Building and Loan
Association-Everybody Invit-
Correspondence of The Robesonian


ed.
Mr.. S. Wittkowsky, Of Char
lotte, has accepted an invitation
extended by the Robson Build
ing & Loan Association to ad-
dress a meeting of the citizens
of the town Thursday evening Of
his week. The meeting will be
held in the court house and
everybody is cordially invited to
attend, ladies being especially
invited. Mr.. Wittkowsky has
thorough knowledge of the build
ing and loan business and his
address will be both entertaining
and instructive. The meeting
will doubtless be a large and en-
husiastic one.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-02-21

RED SPRINGS REVIEWS.

RED SPRINGS REVIEWS.
A Delightful Recital-Dr. Var
dell Celebrates Fiftieth Birth
day-Girls on a Fox Chase.
Correspondence of The Robesonian
Red Springs, Feb. 19 - The
third quarterly recital of the
conservatory was given last Mon
day evening in the college audi
torium. This recital was one of
the best ever given by the music
pupils here. The program was
good, the selections were all
beautiful and we'll chosen. The
opening number was a brilliant
composition for quartette.
The girls played this we'll and
made the piano give forth vol
umes of harmony. Mr.. Charles
Vardell played a piece very beau
tiful but extremely difficult.
Thiswas rendered without a fault,
which makes US think and pre- phi
esy for the young pianist a bright
future. Another one Of our
promising young musicians, Mr..
Roland Brown, delighted the au-
dience with lovely violin solo.
Miss Blair, one of the seniors of
the conservatory, played two
numbers much enjoyed by the
audience. A fitting climax to
the pleasure of the evening was
sweet song by the vocal quar-
tette, Misses Britt, Mcdonald,
Cloyd and Brown. This was that
beautiful selection, Nevins, my
Rosary. The people of Red
Springs are very fortunate in be-
ing able to hear such good con-
certs so often.
DR.. and Mrs. C. G.. VardelI
were at home to the college fac.
ulty and many town friends last
Saturday evening, the occasion
being the fiftieth birthday Of
DR.. Vardell. The spacious home
of the president was brillian'
with many electric lights an(
with the decorations. The recep
ton hall and parlors looked beau
tiful indeed. In the dining room
, delicious refreshments wer'
, served and in the hall delightful
punch quenched the thirst Of TIL
guests. Around the punch bow
there was much merriment a
the various toasts were given
Rev. Mr.. Jopling was the witt
and entertaining POSTMASTER
r and Miss Watkins, in her mimi
table manner, responded to tn
t toast ''Our President; DR.. Var
, dell to the toast, The Faculty
! Miss Ewing to the toast, "Ou
!, Girls;;" and Miss Murphy to tn
, toast, "The member Of our fac
| ulty so soon to enter the estate Q
matrimony.' All the toast
were humorous and were muc
> enjoyed by the guests. At a lat
hour they bade their charm
, ing host and hostess adieu, wish
ing DR.. Vardell many more hap
Y py birthdays.
Misses Glennie Graham an
| Sallie Pearsall are visiting i
= Lumberton, guests Of Miss JOSH
] McNeill.
Shhrif Watson, of Fayette
. vile, was a visitor in our tow
Q this week.
On Last Wednesday DR.. Val
dell took the well girls Of tn
, college OH fox chase. Abou
: one hundred and two girls wer
! (many staying at home on &C
count Of vaccinated arms) an
they report a fine time even
they didn't get fox.
We are sorry to report the il,
: ness of Mr.. J. Allen Huggins
He is confined to his room Wi t
severe attack Of grippe.
t Mr.. E. L. Conn, associate ed
: tor, and Mr.. V. c.. hoore, assis
e ant business manager, Of Th
: News and Observer, are spenc
i ing several days in our town o
: a business visit.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-02-21
of The Robesonian.

A few minutes delav in treating some
cases of Group, even the length of time
it takes to go for doctor often proves
dangerous. The safest way is to keep
Chamberlain Cough Remedy in the
house, and at the first indication OF
Group give the child dose. Pleasant
to take and always cures. Sold by
DR.. J.D. Mcmillan & Son and The Pope
Qrug Company.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-02-21
Ex-Judge T. B. Womack, OF

Ex-Judge T. B. Womack, one
of the most prominent members
of the Raleigh bar, died at the
Rex hospital in Raleigh Friday
morning after a long illness.
The remains were taken to Pitts
boro for interment Saturday.
He was born in Chatham county
in 1855 and was elected superior
court Judge while a resident of
PittsbOro.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-02-21

Mr.. c. M. Fuller will leave
this evening for the Western
markets, where he will purchase
mules and horses for his sales
stables.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-02-21
OUTRAN AFOX.
How Uncle Alfred Hunt Fluro
Away His Gun and Caught a
Fox in A Fair Race-A Tall
Runner in His Day-Outrun-
ming Rabbits Formerly His
Daily Walk and Converse ton

ming Rabbits Formerly His
Daily Walk and Conversation
Uncle" Alfred Hunt, a tall
Indian who is now up in the pic
lures IN age, so to speak, but who
back in the days of his youth and
early and middle manhood was a
mighty man and a tall runner,
was in town the other day and
MIR. L. T. Townsend, who had
been hearing the story all his life
and had often wondered if it
were really true, asked him if he
really did outrun fox one day
and catch him. Yes indeed he
did, UncleAlfred said.
1t happened this way: Uncle
Alfred was sitting by tree with
his gun across his knee and along
came the fox, ahout4O yards away
when Uncle Alfred saw it. The
fox was just moseying along and
Uncle Alfred took careful aim
and fired. Nothing doin'. Never
touched a hair. What Uncle Al
fred said is not on record, but
what he did was this: he threw
down the gun, likewise his hat,
and it was just a case of a fleet
Indian with two legs against the
fox with its four legs. In the
words of a classic song, did he
run"' Hoot, Mon! 1t was moth
ing in those days for Uncle Alfred
to outrun the swiftest rabbit:
he'd pick 'em up a-gwine and a.
coming. Just let a rabbit start to
sashey across a field where
Uncle Alfred was in those days!
UncleAlfred would let out awhooI
-Whoopee!-and well, that
cottontail didn't stand no more
+ chance than a SNOWFALL in tha
, place where you should never go
j That rabbit was just as certain,
Sir, to furnish the raw materia
for a meal for Uncle Alfred. a.
, just as certain as certain. N
g powder, no shot, no gun, n
nothing: just ma chelly ran il
down, did Uncle Alfred, an(
h thought no more of it than How
dy-do.
But to return to the fox. There
not much more to tell. That fo2
4 whether it was V. fulvus Q
a V. Virginianus makes no dit
2 ference done his possible; bu
1 it warn't any use. Uncle Alfred
legs were surer than his gun an
r after a short, hot race. just as tn
: fox was diving between the rail
4 of a fence, Uncle Alfred reache
y out one long arm, one large
:. strong hand closed upon the bac
: of Bre'r Fox's neck, and the rae
8 was done.
, Ketch that fox? Of course h
caught him.
v Uncle Alfred is some old no'
k and the rheuma'iz has got hin
Ii but he is still erect, and his sti
e mighty frame shows that it wa
t built for speed and strength an
endurance, and when you lool
O upon him you doubt not that h
n was fleeter than the wind in tn
T. days when his strength an
~ ~ suppleness were full upon him
= before the approach of the day
# when he can have no pleasure i
~ the active chase. Uncle Alfre
- was past al! question a tall run
,e ner in his day.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-02-21
Minor Court Cases.

Hovis, D. V. and Frank Wal
ters. who live near Marietta,
were tried Friday before U. S.
Commissioner S. A. Edmund on
the charge of retailing. D. V.
was bound to court under $500
bond, which he gave. The cases
against the others were dismiss
ed.
Barry Mitchell. who lives near
Fairmont. was tried Friday be-
fore Justice J. A. Rowland on a
charge of false pretense in a
horse trade. preferred by Ben
Edwards. The action was dis
missed.
Dr.. R. B. Beckwith was tried
Saturday before Justice Rowland
on a charge of trespass preferred
by Mr.. W. w. Carlyle-removing
wire, etc. at the old Carlyle
place on Walnut street. Justice
Rowland has not yet rendered
his decision.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-02-21

Tomorrow being Washing
toms birthday, a National holiday
the banks will be closed, Sunday
hours will be observed at the
postoffice, and the rural carriers
will have a day off. Exercises
appropriate to the occasion will
be held at the graded school at
one o'clock .. m., at the conclu-
sion of which the children will
be dismissed for the day. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend these exercises, which will
last only about an hour.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-04-01
A LOVERS DEATH.
ASnhvxisted On the Eve of Return for
Bride

The cable carried the news to Girl
IN Santa de Collato. Spain, that Francis
Nilleo, for whom she had waited eight
wears AID whom she had expected to
marry within two weeks, would never re-
turn to her Villeo was found dead n
his room at 800 Windsor place, Brook
lyn. In some manner the gas Jet IN his
room had been left open and he was as
phyxiated as he slept. Eight years ago
Villeo. then % years old, WOOed the girl
i'm Spain and won her love- Her father,
however, did not think Villeo rich enough
and refused his consent. III 90 to
America Nilleo told his sweetheart,
and earn the money If you Will wait tor
me-"
Fortified by her promise that when
he returned he would find her waiting,
Vllle0 sailed for New York. He worked
as n cgarnlaker until he had saved
enough to start a factory of his own OF
Fulton street, Manhattan. He pros
prred and saved, adding to his bank de-
count each week.
Every week, and sometimes more fire.
0uently, came letter from Spain, al
ways in the same handwriting, and
every letter Villeo answered. Two weeks
ago he told his landlady, Mrs. Ernest
Morandez, that he had enough money,
and that he would sail for Spain very
soon. He intended to marry and bring
his bride back to Brooklyn.
He returned home in the best of splr-
its. He had arranged his business so
that he could be gone for several weeks
had taken passage on a steamer, and had
drawn $500 for his expenses. He showed
Nine. Morandez beautiful diamond ring
he had bought for the girl III Spain and
had talked of his plans for the future.
Mrs Morandez went to his room to
call him, next morning. AS she APP
preached the door, she noticed the smell
of gas She opened it and found Vallejo
dead in bed The diamond ring. in its
case, was under his pillow. DE-. Murray,
who was called, said he had been dead
four or FIVE hours. In his pocket was
found $3.50 and in one of the drawers IN
the dresser were more than 200 letters
from the girl in Spain.-New York Amer
icnn
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-04-01
STYLES FOR MEN.
Gray, Blue, Green and Brown Popular
in Their Order.

| have made careful study of the
colors of the new spring cloths, and
there is no doubt that grays will be the
most popular, but in very few cases will
they be plain grays. The majority will
have purple, green, brown. blue or white
stripes introduced, which will. however,
be so fine that they will only give tone
to the gray, but will, nevertheless. eff
fectually destroy any sOmber appear
ance.
Next to grays, blues will be the most
popular, and while many of these viii
lie finished with twill or diagonal pat
terns. others will have very neat stripes
woven in the pattern. These have a
very stylish effect. combining in a
marked manner neatness and smartness.
After gray and blue, the two most
popular shades will be green's and
browns. The shades in which these COZ
ors are offered are so subdued that they
present a most refined appearance, and
really make a pleasing change from the
more popular colors
The new patterns are mostly stripes
of subdued character. For instance
the stripes may be from one-half to one
inch and a half apart, but they are so
indistinct that in many cases they are
scarcely distinguishable except III the
general effect they produce.
By far the larger number Of materials
prepared for spring wear are finished
in what is known as the clean" style:
that is. they are smooth and have no
rough hairs on the surface. Many OF
them have the worsted serge finish, va
ried with a glossy stripe or a few silk
threads introduced at intervals with good
effect.
Such cloths have a very bright appear
ance and are very effective. They are
varied by the duller surface wooden
tweeds. which are, also finished as
smoothly as is possible;
In the effort to get this smooth effect
in all the material to go into the fash
ionably dressed mems clothes this spring
the manufacturers even go so far as to
clip the hairs from the surface OF all
wOolens.
Thus the prevailing note in the new
materials for the spring IS subdued
smartness, dressiness without y,uigarlty'
pattern without loudness ana color VIII III
out being conspicuous: The variety OF
fered is enormously. d. f. Vincent,
Editor Tailor and Cutter
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-04-01
FASTEST AND LARGEST.
New Steamer Ordered for the AustTo-
American Line.

According to an agreement when the
Austro-American line has with the Aus
+rian government regarding their service
TO South American ports, they are com
nelled to build, within the next hve years
new steamers which are to be constructefd
on Austrian wharves. To comply with
the conditions agreed TO, the steamship
company has placed an order with the
Cantiers Navale Triestino at Montal-
cone for new steamer which VIII DE
the fastest and largest in the Austrian
mercantile marine This steamer VIII
he 800 feet long, 81 feet in breadth ana
% 6 feet in depth, and will have double
bottom according to the cellular SYSTEM lem
also o water tight compartments. y, NO
LARGE 4-cylinder double machines OF L.,
900 horsepower, will give the steamer T.. a
Sneed of 10 knots per hour, and ner uls-
n1acement will amount to lo,VoQ IONS
The steamer will be equipped with Mar
conf wireless and all modern >, m NJ f1o
mants for her safety. She Will De aoie
70 carry comfortably, in luxurious S eaoln =:
loo frst-class passengers, ana quo III
t t0 second-class. The accommodations
20 be allotted for third-class passengers
Iii ~ amount to 1850. The bulldlng ol
his steamer will commence at once 80
that She will be able to make neF 4ist
Lll n,'.aa dnrinc the second half OF 1911.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-04-01
BATH HOUSES OF JAPAN
george Ade Tells How the Little Brown
People Enjoy Their
Tub.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. March o.
george AIDE, international hI,,no~;...
playwright, fancy stock breeder IS
tr0tter, past grand master of slayo go 80
h Mnaa not IS at Hot Springs eniov inc
Fh1l aiE ana contrasting the methods nf
odths and bathing with those which he
enjoyed Coy while in Japan. D'
Aney nave got hot springs over +hnro
700, ana when [ say that | have seen
a,S So4 "a aeal OF the bathers of .Tanan
o" pfiu -, Indt t4ey have, seen a good deal
~, | am dealing in plain. naked fan+e
i me pathhouses over there are not mnch
llhe the ones down here. Tbev -
InnIerely places where one can oct urnt
1hGy SINK tub of water in the 0ronI1
anu you get in it and splash aroma
III Inthi YOU nave maue big noise and
lhen get out and roll around ON ma+
until you think you are drv, In + imGr
eyes bather is not judged bv the thor.
0ughness Of his bath, but by the noise
ne makes when taking it. Well, T gnass
thaI is the general state of affairs tbe
WorIq over, though, come to think about
II. IL IS the fellow that makes the big
Splash that gets the credit. There was
man over there once who gained
great reputation as a bather, for everv
Time he went into the water he made
NOISE Ike a sDouting whale Tben
one day the bathnouse stage carnon+nr
fung up the drop curtain on him and
there ne was sitting at the edge of the
tuD. tull dressed, and pounding ON the
water with a paddle
IN former days over there both sexes
9athed together promiscuously. Then a
Jap legislator was seized by q reform
spasm and had a law passed providing
that each bath must be covered hv
screen sheet. But he forgot to specify
now 1t should be covered, and so the
Dathhouse proprletors got the sheets and
hung them horizontally over the baths
like roof. Then the legislator came
back at them again with another bill
which provided that the sheet should
be hung perpendicularly between the
baths. But he forgot to specify the size
of the sheet. | will show Won that
sheet that they hung up in front of
my bath to screen me-" AIDE rnmmaced
IN his bureau drawer. II can't find it. I
must have used it for a handkerchief by
mistake and sent it to the laundry.
speaking about how to become sue
cessful, according to my idea the way
to Go IS to keep hitting away in the same
place until you have made an impress
sion.
THAT is the way a boxer does, doesn't
he? He does not very often win bv
single blow, but he keeps on stabbing
away and after he has landed forty or
fifty times in the same locality he has
made mark. The hit that wins is general
ly but the elimination or a series of hits
Now as an illustration take the baths
here. One bath at this or any other
place is not going to do any body much
good. You have got to keep at it until
the villainy is boiled out of YOU"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-04-01

tfeerday, the widow, who lives at No. 314
Henry street, applied, through her law
yer, Sophie Mayer, for letters of admin
iistrat!on, and found letters had already
i peen issued to S. Mesch, who represented
hl1nnself as a nephew of the dead man.
Mesch told the surrogate that Chat
man had wife still living in Russia,
where Chaimann had left her eighteen
years ago, and claimed the estate in her
name A number of hearings were given
oy the surrogate, and the case has been
adjourned until April Is to give Mesch
an opportunity to get evidence of his
claims from abroad.-New York Amer
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-04-01
A Burned Child.

-aa'd 4. Ballinger, secretary of the
351it, tells Of his first law case which
.-d at kankallee. LII. Il had hung
.l single a good while before my
~ arrived, he said Finally, one
tie was 4 weak, meek being
~ ,nTee determined women had we'd
III rapid succession, and he was
], Tied for bisamy. AS all of the
y appeared against him we lost the
y a. @Do ne got term of two years,
t ~N ,hd not seem to worry him
%," he seemed anxious for more.
way 4F taken to the penitentiary, and
t @l're his term ended / got a let
\ so ,l MN, DO You think the big
y y, asked anXiously, 1t win be safe for
come OUT Green Bag.