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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
THE TERRIBLE TOLL
By Thaddeus S. Dayton
Drawing by Gerrit A. Beneker

that had dropped from the furnace
mouth.
"Waterl" both the first assistant and
the engineer of the watch cried. They
sprang toward the fallen stoker. In
answer a bucket of sea water lying
handy was dashed over man and coal
alike.
1t had needed only this excuse to
draw man after man away from his
furnace. The order, sharp, peremp-
tory, and snapped out by the first as
sistant over his shoulder, Go ahead
with your fres!" only drove the men
back to their weary round more halt
heartedly than ever. Their eyes fol-
lowed the wounded man as he was car
RED I'D the narrow iron ladder by some
of his mates who were having breath
ing spell in the wings of the boiler room.
1.-The best he could?" Since he had
left his superior the ship was steadily
doing worse. And here men were almost
diving before his eyes, beaten, gasping,
exhausted, moved down like men on a
battlefield.
The first assistant pulled himself to-
oether. You" he called out to a
stoker, "slice that fellows hrel"
"I-can't-sir," gasped the man
from his seat on an upturned ash buck
ct. Observation-Disclosures
You, them" to one of the coal
trimmers.
4 can't fire, Boss" protested the
man, backing away from the great bar
that lay idle in the glowing furnace
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04

ahead at what seemed TO every passenger
- he -.---5 speed. glared at the log sheets and
-.-- ---- assistant. Is this-this the best
s.. He banged his fist down on the record.
~ --rEer that he did, and the trst assistant
-- The big ship. fast as she appeared to race,
-.-- --- Last watch the engines had aver
~. -z.r - . evolution less minute than during
-.-- h.---a The steam pressure was dropping
~ .--.---. 0-.- IN expert could have detected It;
II -.---,.s r.. I'd breaking engines OF the liner
49, .--.-r--y -tle,- 1-lsl, beat to a sullen pound.
E--s-@}e- SIR YOU Re rlaIlshIp driving! What are
- tE;7L1rg --. Drive en-, Drive EN-, Drop cod
- 7-=. Drive en- hard, You can't handle
- . -..---- that scum. with kid gloves. Are
--.--.-.s .-.- q he elder man met those OF
81 ...-- the -lrSt assistant only I'M
-------.. r WAS not 3 man. but severe,
distraction. A.. part OF the great machine OF the
---. .---7 hing except that every ounce OF
metal --...Lz deliver its full quota OF energy,
- -.--- nothing but the log sheets before him.
-l.--, ~ -. s-frs depths i was baking hot. The
-- 80 FL. thermometers vas steadily creeping up
- ~ IVA. 55e to one hundred and forty degrees
r. @ engine g-l greaseTs craWled from croSshead to
INK 5v7rE--- their oCans and sUabblng brushes
---- mas -.-z to be envied: for and again they
-fz Sin -- and crouch under the low end OF the
.--a- - that. rugged 70 the yards far over the
s-.- swinging IaziIy down through the gaping
--.-.- the heavIng cylinders, filtered an occa-
Son. Il cool sweet air through the grat1ngS.
waters temperature has climbed up 3 couple
~ - We re IN the Gulf Stream. the first assistant
hear. 4 his engineers say As he passed along
make Il hotter Yet. another answered wear
YET. L could not be, Even seasoned man
Ike -. -5- assistant was almost gasping here. forty
--- z decks. Matter Of fact he was, there rose
--1o If compassion Tor the men tollng Ike de
mon. -Ea- him. the a the fires driven TO Their
--.. strength. He had been seeing them through
He himself could scarcely breathe. Al TINS
--l mechanism Of The engine room that he Eor-
nd knew every inch Of sud- erlE became 70 MN
n e imam monster with slaves dong Is bidding
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04

The, first assistant i1npatiently grpped the ringed
handle of the bar but his unpractsed arms could not
ever til at last he dragged the bar from the furnace and
droDDed il Changing to the foot plates while one OF the
stokers his better nature prevailing slammed the FUR
mace door and opened the forced draft valves
THE steam had dropped another five pounds; but the
sOkers had eye for the cages L1stlessness, the
listessess of men whose last ounce OF energy and power
seemed gone, had settled down like pane Yet IL
was not that the men worthless at pinch nett
Gent remen The first assistant recognized man after
man who only the last trip, had worked like hends IN
these same boiler rooms even coming down to take
round with the slice bar IN their hours OF duty IN the
race against the crack alship of the opposition com
PAW They had also helped on their hours on by going
into the coal bunkers and wheeling out coal
Yesterday was not to-day, however The floor plates
were now bare save where some loose coal lay scat
tered round, In the bunkers one so1tary trimmer
was Keeling as he threw the Jumps OF coal INTO waiting
harrow His mate Law where he had fallen, his breath
coming in short quick gasps his bleeding and blsered
hands weakly feeling for the air hard knotted Jumps
showing under his blaCkened skin The ar OF the
mixers was even more unbearable than that OF the
boiler rooms Coaldust foated IN dense clouds IN the
deadly Stiffness and the heat filtered through the iron
walls from the boiler shells to add to that coming
through the skin of the ship from the Gulf Stream with
How long has he been this way? asked the first as
sistant pointing toward the trinmer's mate
Don't know sir the trimmer answered DULY,
holding the Jumps of coal his naked breast as he
staggered toward the barrow.
Don't know: repeated the nrSI ASSISTANT iLioI0
t.Mavbe an hour" numbIed the other through
parched and swollen lips, maybe two hours don t
know Can't get a drink Of water Boss: m a SICK
man. so help me Gawd!
Water Your drinking too much water. Get
help and get him out OF here.
The steam back in the boiler section was still falling
The engineer OF the watch toterng yet seemed unable
to rouse his crew. With the first assistant return 70
the boilers little more 'Iivening up was displayed;
but his urging met with no real response.
The 5Iackened brute of man shifted uneasily.
ALIVE lust finished with the rake, Boss.
'.You-and you!" His voice was GnastertuL; but the
men could not seem rise to 1t. He threatened with
the handle OF broken shovel advancing now upon this
man now on that Sullenly the turns were resumed
Poor devils" he nluttered God knows couIdn {
stick it out myself!
Back in the engine room he was summoned on feGk,
There was man lying stretched at the head OF the
ladders the trimmer who had fallen in the bunkers
He seemed to pull hssef together when we started
UP the ladders, said OF the group about the BODY
but he elapsed when was passn the cylinders
The first assistant stopped over and then caught a
New-York tribune., 1910-03-20
soME RusY vETERANs.

smith, of rhe IIar-
-AA e.... Hra has 5lst presented
tat.r .-Ee Deerf September \
~ .e nI iIe seven -,--rlIll
son ot r.c Rero. -f.lL.
- Iorer al Sm.rl hl
~ aH- trU Harvard Cd l-- tl
f--. tr army. being then
tt -. served lu rlt
r E.rpoTIr. and Was
.., a .r--I he finally ll'
4" kllEar-l college Dol
Governor .t AeW LafnI.
= -.a thar state, and
- nrcs contains "a ro're
-. .tkQtee Di tlt
ii Nuu-ss who though
-. rrar ola. u.aEf
l- r ..-r a week 80 rneNlris
lo r ...
rzEr. fre eminent riau'
rr - home in Vienna
t-Hfy years p.4-li-l
New-York tribune., 1910-03-20
MANHATTAN
MR.. OSCAR HAMMER
TONIGHT
SUNDAY
CONCEPT
AT = nn pnnr1Tnr Prices b

AT s 80 Popular Pricesl
Mines MaZarin. Doria- Miles Gerville- Reache
rrentini. Messrs- Mccormack. Harold. Nm
Lucas SamnlarcO. Crabbe. Huberueau. Nallier.
Dufour & Entire Manhattan Orch 4 Chorus
LAST WEEK
Tomorrow Nom. az q LAhME- Nine.
Tetrazzini Nile TrentinL Nine Duchene. Mr
Mccormack. n. Huberdeau. n. Crabbe. etc
Wsc. TMAlS. Miss Garden. n Renaud. etc
Thurs. Special. RICHARD STRAUSS DAY
ar r. NJ a. $40 p NJ.
ELEKTRA sALOME
tOne ticket ST 20 s.. admits 10 both per
forn.1Eces ReEular casts
Fri. GRAND GALA ERFORMANCE freg-
ular prices. HOFFMASN Venice actl. Nile
Cavalier. Nh. Devries, Renaud, fAGLAANGl
prologue. II Sammarco: SAMSON AND DELI
E-AH "A arri Nile. Ciervilie- 1eache. NM Dal-
Tnores. Dufranne, ROMEO AND JULIET 80
actl. Miss Garden. Nine. DuchenE. MM Dal-
unores. Dufraune. Huberdeau HERODLADE
list actI. Miles. Csvalierf ~ Aware NM
Renaud. Lucas. YaLlier- FAUsT Oast aetl
Miss Garden. Mn. Daimores. Waller; ARIAS
~ Nine Mazarin Nine Doria. Nile Trentini
N- Mccormack. Mr. Orviile Harold Margaret
sylvia Nj Gilbert Crabbe.
SAT AIT PELLEAs AND MEIIsANDE
Miss Garden. r. Daimores and regular cast
sal Eve Irregular pricesl. LUCIA. Nine
T-t~azz.n. ar. Mccormack. ~ Sammarco. etc
NeNt season Subscription Books Nov open
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a WILL ON 4 POSTCARD.

.s --Fe -sr Dad "a
~ ..e -.eu a. tra4tI l.el
z 1ae A4r.r a-- tlret DAYS before
q alr r Ca postcard o. % Ials
t.I. crTIlT.lE r.ar .f
away -r1I lfr l- 80
a.rtI-eE present aE
fortune. Il. lady g..
Was -lut D.-.u med ruai
-fe. -r beg favor
estate. watch sas valued
marks Ir fIe lr-f court
a-.Uel ner an. ul aT-
1f tre court below Werf
.l t.r decision Wr-t
aH. HUel person draw
ODD IS necessary ror fI.
where If was written.
re lal lu.E signed
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8 ~ a NJ " S F. NJ E N 7 S "
.,,.T roR THE NEW THEATRE.

,-ten is an American piasWrigh hi
s ar-ral For the matter of tnat
-erscan playwright ls not alWn3 s
.r his own country, and thls is
..,,. ,a as regards thc writers al
-r.,e we mvc newer encouraged
..,.. drama. an6 it may D. that this
..-.rf ras he'n more tne fault ~ Tho
N.--.-,s tian the pub,ic We have had
-.,.rr az poetic Days, hu' the diaicults
,..- trat either the poetry has been
- - tis Quait, az the drama not been
-. 4. -o command attention.
~, q. Dos. au Amcrican-an American
-...-t.s written "a poetic play than has
r~rs ahrord. Pie author Is
$50. preston Peabody. and hcr play.
- r,-.-~ las been selected ly TIE
-s NJ tac Shakespeare Memorial
..-s a. Sfratford-1n- Avon as Tie best
f several hunGred manuscripts
-..---s ana Do Nil be- produced in
.-s town on Nay p. and
--.. t-f h1nors and substantial
r.urrd un be conferred upon
Miss Peabody is "a native of this
80. srsts af Radcliffe. and gor some
~ 49, trs--urior in English literature
,...,,.s.,., ColeEt she is The author
..ors creek Fais stories" The way
,-s~-. book of verse. Fortune aud
,r.-s rras'-a rc -.C u.ay. end Nar,ovs
i, mama Tae play "The Pipe-,' ~ hich
49, uar -stagu.-I.- abroad. i~ based upon
-. isee-l az rre Tiel paper of Hsme-u
--er arl has to da Nl-l The return az Che
r.r5-.r r1~ t.c land Beyond tae liI
= where rteE were taken uy the Piper
,fsr rhl .a- hu-ea.rs ~ H.acln refused
!, r,r fte Fpers Gee o. one hundred
errlers trr Kidding the iowa of rats.
Perhaps. r.v thar Miss Peabody has re-
,.rel SUI. distinguished honor abroad,
az r-ele n..E v. receive some consider
s.,r 90 -rc hart, of the directors of TIE
A. rh.atre-- Rochester Post Express.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-20

~, h-,.ches ~ taste and obnoxious
- and theories about sex a wen
ssnctea Repertory rheHire Is ho'
....-,- a. fry many experiments ID pio-
round table conferences On
.-,,5 49, subiects. II its object be 20 az
-t q new and more thorsnIli Class
r,rvroers IL muai present drama
-, with less porversity and more
'.'....,,.ss-arama which win inspire
md women with noble idealisn
-. rromote coarse matorialism in
81. - mind I. -. r.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-20
Equal SufiraGe

At the Garden Theatre on Thursday
March -. AZ four o'clock, under th. au-
spices of the Equal Franchise Society,
Colonel George Harvey viii speak ON
THE INHERENT RIGHT"
Mrs Mackay will preside
Special notice 20 members: The ad-
vance sale OF orchestra seats has been
So large Tor this last meeting of the
series that all seats reserved for mem
bers not occupied a hve minutes before
four o'clock viii be placed on sale.
Admission 90 orchestra 81 galleries
free. Tickets now on sale aJ the Car
den Theatre and az TysOns
New-York tribune., 1910-03-20

fnuflf> PLACE THEATRE. EVENINGS SIS.
aEt1tG Mon, Tues, Wed 4 Thuga Evgs
Last Times. Lelicr'a Operctta Der yo.el-
hasndier. The IyroleenJ. IRA Evg.. BOP.
,tFauss' OgeFrttns "peE zl.eunSrbarou-s
New-York tribune., 1910-03-20
l-aosEkh AIRshIP FLEETS.

lifac .lsI published in tne
.e f zFul flr European coli.-
t "A. rr nIe balloons anl
eE rUsl-d a. tle end of
. ready lcr use Nti.
Bailey l-Lrst az
'nsr ..fr t.r fH .uK.le-
neseerC. a cfrici l.es ~
H..ts. Cross. Lrplf ~
~ mems. .icEaekrrt and
aal eirr4ls and rFt
af l-.. las seven liflelulre aia
r lfIr fhree diriFilIes and
RUSSIA f.rte flllrl1le
Austria. 1870 o-rlei.le
rr Llllard. fNo -irigl llr'
aa.- and srail one DIR
rr-r n.rl..aUer AirOgetl.cI
Npfe have ~ ftrlgIblee aud lb
- ~ hrr HFre. nl.l rD ue aFaA-
Consular Report
New-York tribune., 1910-03-20
ksTROP0llTss nPERs HOUSE
LAST WEEK But ONE.
TONIGHT sos u : 81: si.so i:
NNANU = NUAI NUNN LHI-
The Eminent ERgTy NuEgSf FU
4. a. u

~
Mines GIuck. Woehning. NM Clement, Gtlly.
Rossi Metrop. Op Orch Ccnd-. Max BendiN.
Tomorrow Eyg az s-Pidue Dame Mines.
Destiun. Meitschik Glucki Wickham, Nm Sic
zak Forsell. Didur. Muhlmann COnd.. Mahler.
Wed EvE al Aida. Mines Destinn. Ho-
mer. Gluck: NM. Caruso, Amato, Didur, Rossi
Cond.. TOscanini-
Thurs EvE al AS. Triple Bill-CavalleFis
Rusficana. Mines Destiuu. Wickham. Matt
field. NM. Jadi0Wker. Gillv. CcId-. Tango.
Followed by Pine Of Desire. Mines Homer,
sparkes. smelling. NM Martin. Whitehill. Hall
WitherspoOn. COnd.. Hertz And Divertisse-
ment Mile PaylOWa and N Mordkin.
Good FRIDAY Morning. Special Matinee az
n -30-Par-ifal Hast Timel. Mines Fremstad
Nm Jorn. WhitehiH. Hinckley. Goritz. Wither-
spoon Coud-, Hertz
FFl. Evg az =. Double Bll-La hoheme-
Mines Farrar. Alt-u- MM. BoncL Scotti. de
seEuroIa. Didur. Pui-Corsi Coud-. Podestt And
Act / ~ COppslia. Nile. PavioWa. M. Mordkin.
sat Aft az l;3O-Die MeisteFslngeT. Mines.
GadskI Wlckham, NM SleZak. Sooner,
C;o-ftz Rlass. Reiss Luhlmann Cond. .Tosc anint
sat EvF. AZ s-n TFOyatoTe. Mines Fornia.
Mautfeld. NM. Martin, Amato. Rosst TecchL
Cond.. Tango. And Divertisseuent. Mile Paw
Iowa and ~. Mordkin.
New-York tribune., 1910-03-20

OPERA HOUSE.
3sth -. A. sth Ave.
ITEM. Director.
IAS1
New-York tribune., 1910-03-20
AT TuF ~Fw THENTRF-

Tues EvE- AZ s--TO-ea- Mile Farrar; MM.
Martin. sc0tti. Ana1ian, Begue. Gianoli- Gal
letti. COnd-. Tango.
Wed Aft az = Double Rill-La sOnuam-
hula Mines de- fIidal co. Mattfcld. Hcliane;
MAJ Bouci. d. s, Eurola. ReschiClian. a udisio.
Coad Podestf Ard Act 7 Of COpprlia- Vile.
Pavl0Wa and u. MordisiE-
New-York tribune., 1910-03-20

At the Brooklyn Academy Of Music.
Tomorrow Evg. - RigOlettO. Mines te
HtdalEo. Mauhou-g NM. caruso- Amato. de
Seyur0Ia R0ssl Pegue Bada COnd., Tango.
--ElEH uLAA A-O L-EEn-
New-York tribune., 1910-03-20
80 80 - PueLlc wANT.

Lawns tHaf hybrid eDterta lnrnert kuoNn
Is ar.le Is. comedy out of tre question,
49, DOES t.r ordinary piayr1er waute
ros. d. 4r. ree.ate tle bleak. cold glOoms
r..l u.. pictures the wCrId as a vast
,,-a-e masr for wUl and body. m
rh U.t worth .rrEe Slcl plays.
futiot 1r John Gal-Vor-ry's Justice"
a strka- aa. brilliant example are
r.aera a.t.u V.ta tle Eieh purpose 80
fssir- t1. l-rt ~ public opinion gaon
s-e er. r oar social system. 80 doubt
f.g d. som. -not. acea s,onaIIy. as iu tle
e. 5s .-r--..e they are appreciated Toy
rsr ar.- -.. t...r H.t the evidence ~ tt-
.n oe-. shows raar t.e public does Iot
-k heI.
rtfs E -z- os 2lr Bernard shaw are
=. riac. -le ca-e-orv ~ serious ia IS
as 5tcau.e Nr SHAW VIII NOT allow tae
rlc tr rske ..u seriously. $50 doubt he
rries U.-H t.e -er.u-s purpose of laying
q. , u.r rt lcw world O. ue lu De-
c s-al.l. principles. hur E-s clever. oals-
& sa-rr a- -r.tes1le and eXs -eeIated as
t1eR0-k - a. eighteenth century cartoon
a or.r makes ls laugh And tle laugh
lges -tr taste .c oar mouths; We
k8E tha- re .ave been leSulled into hold
o. lp lo r....le Impulses and institutions
Ft.ca r -.tr claim our respect
Dr. Somerset MllCEam also writes with
serious I--Iose, -hat vi amusing the pub
D. an. t.- more than 1870 years now. he
.as s-ce-s.at very well Bur TIE public
my easily a..ome surfs.tsa az The ~sal.ne"
o. suar s.. .-s which makes gp almost
o. clt.re u.Il supplied tr an SlIers- .
.agghau .-t theatre c1er. iu mine cases
l- G ter. even lu London, Is man Cr
Huar VH. comes 5ale5 f-om work OF
expressed the dll molctauE of tie
r o. seek relaxation az the play.
wlfh rhtr hands. every hour OF
-sr E1-a- 'ises. the hard and t..e sordi1
IerE existence and tley do nor
r--, o. r..t rleu ala-n ROD frequently
-l ue tr-y ask to be Interested
r cU-r. and t8 taVe taer fata Bon
.-aa nature a-l human Institutions
r-s--~ rather tren destroyed. They
rlr ere and sentiment ro
.- ro Ha tLrl.als rlr men
C sa- ...Hh tlat ttey can stI Eet d
nl o. -. ...oal.. r.e women rcEel in a
fe slart rre tasfe of The
aa remains o---.4s sel0aed.-I1l-
g su-
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-03-03
Commissioners Sale.

BY virtue of judgment entered at
December Term, 1909 in the Superior
court of Robson County, in an action
entitled Jennie E. Love and others
against A. G. r. Brown and others, the
undersigned will, on Monday, April 4th,
1910, at IL o'clock M, at the court house
door in Lumberton. N. c., offer for
sale, to the highest bidder for cash at
public auction the following described
tract of land, to-wit:
In Lumberton Township, adjoining
the lands of Bette Covington, Berry
Goodwin and lot No. 68 on which Will
liam Gray lived, on the North side Of
what is known as 18th street in the
Town of Lumberton, as laid out and
designated on the map of the division
Of the Higley lands and bounded and
described as follows:
Beginning at stake. the 4th corner
of lot No. 68 on which William Gray
lived and runs thence North 213 East,
2l8 feet to stake at the old fence;
thence as the old fence South SO East,
$50 feet to stake, the Northwest cor
ner of lot No. 70, thence SdAth 2Ia
West with the line of lot No. y, 49,
feet to stake in the edge Of pat is
known as 18th street; thence the
North edge of 18th street, N q 87s
West, 14O feet to the beginnin being
lot No. 50 on the map made b I'd. c.
Buie in the division Of the brick yard
land, formerly owned by T. A. Nor
ment, deceased, and conveyed by deed
from T. N. Higley to Arabella Hig.
ley, registered in book Al, at page All
by Arabella Higley to r. x. Billiard
by deed registered in book E R R R, al
Page 361; by r. x. Billiard to Stepher
Mcintyre by deed registered in book Ak
at page 1874, and by Stephen Mcintyre
to Jennie Love by deed dated Octobel
30th, 1906.
This End day of March, 1910.
j. D. Proctor, Commissioner.
Mcintyre, Lawrence & Proctor,
Attorneys.
= 3-3-4 Thurs.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-03-03
PERSONAL

Mr.. L. H. Townsend, of St.
Paul. was a Lumberton visitor
yesterday.
MIR. T. W. Maxwell, Il Tolars-
vile, was a Iumt erton visitor
yesterday.
Gen. and Mrs. F. A. Bond, of
Hunters Lodge, were in town
yesterday shopping.
Mr. A. R. McEachern, of St.
Paul, was among the business
visitors in town yesterday.
Mr.. W. O. Singletary, of rural
route Nos from Lunberton, was
among the visitors in town this
morning.
Mr.. B. 0. Townsend, of Rayr-
ham, and his brother, Mr.. New
man Townsend, of Dunn, were
IN town yesterday.
Mrs. Sue Lennon left yester.
day for Bethesda, near Barnes
vile, where she will spend three
or four days visiting relatives.
Mrs. E. /. Pool is spending
this week in Fairmont on visit
at the home of her brother-in
law and sister, Mr.. andMrs. D.
w. Galloway.
Mrs. M. Blacker and two chill
dren expect to leave this evening
for Charleston, S. c., where they
will spend a week or so visiting
relatives.
DIR. T. D. Kitchin went Mon
day night to Scotland N eek,
where Mrs. Kitchin and their
infant son have been visiting
home folks for several weeks. He
will return tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Wright
and son, Master Eugene, Jr., who
had been spending some time in
town visiting at the homes of
Messrs. H. G. and Ed Freeman,
left yesterday evening for their
home in Bluefield, w. Va.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-03-03
Advertised Letters.

Following is a list of letters remain
ing in the postoffice at Lumberton, N
c.. for the week ending February 21st,
1910:
Hector Barnes. Jno Berrier, Joe
Chasan, N Jordan, John Duffer, Eddie
Culbreth, Mrs Sallie johnson, j as Lamb,
Mrs Vealar Nance, M H Mckay, Mrs
Lulloia McCallum, Mrs Mary McKin-
sey, Miss Minnie Powell, Egypt
Wright, E G Pouche, Albert Smith, j
L Turner, F G Webster, James Web,
H w Williams. Tom Williams, Mrs
Christian @ Adams
Persons calling for any of the above
will please ask for advertised letters"
r M. Norment, P. M.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-03-03

Will Williamson, a negro who
attempted to criminally assault
white woman early Tuesday
morning at Vidalia, Ca, and ia
tally stabbed her husband, met
death at the hands of a posse of
citizens Tuesday night, after re-
fusing to obey a summons to
halt.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-03-03
Notice of Sale of Real Estate.

Ondersand by virtue of an order of the
ouperlorCourt OF RobesonC County, enter
ed at october Term. 1909, wherein Jas.
L. Garter and K. S. Burruss, co-part-
ners trading as Piedmont Lumber Com
pan are plaintiffs and Reuben Stewart,
=. l.. Crumpler and S. P. McNa.r are
defendants, the undersigned commits
sloner will, on Monday the 4th day of
April, $40, at the Court House Door in
Lumberton, N. c.. at II O'Clock NJ, ex-
pose for sale at public auction, for cash,
to the highest bidder. the following de-
crlbed land and real estate situate. living
and being in the County of Robson,
State of North Carolina, bounded and
described as follows, to-wit:
First Tract: Five separate tracts of
timber In Saddle Tree Township, North
Carolina, Robson County, particularly
described in Book of Mortgages No. Is
page 293, Office Register of Deeds of
Robeson County, to which registry ref
erence is made for full particulars of
privileges, rights and appurtenances, as
we'll as for descriptions thereof:
Second Tract: A certain tract or
parcel of land in, and store
house on same, in Back Swamp Town
ship, Robson Court t., State of North
Carolina, adjoining the lands of East
Carolina Land and Imrovement Com
pany and others, bounded as follows,
VIZ: Lying and being in the Town of
Pembro e, N: c., being lot No. 7 in
BLOCK q IN said town, bounded on the
East by Railroad street, and on the
North, South and West by the lands of
the East arolina Land and Improve
ment Company, being 80 feet wide and
lao feet long
This 1st day of March, 1910.
I. A. McNeill, Jr., Commissioner
3-3-4 Thurs.
Messrs. A. D. Evans and Char
ley Jones, who live near St..
Pauls, are among the business
visitors in town today.
Mr.. S. C. Eccleston, of New
York, spent yesterday in town. a
guest of his brother-in-law, Mr..
A. T. Parmele.