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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-07-18
c. B. Skipper for Clerk Superior

Court.
TIC the Editor Of The Robesonian:
AS the selection of candidates
for the State and judicial tickets
has already been settled, and the
selection Of a candidate for Con-
gress in this district will be set
tied during next week, it now
becomes necessary for us to give
our attention to the selection of
candidates for the several county
Offices, and | wish to endorse one
for the Office of clerk of the su-
perior court who is known to
most of the people of the county,
and who is a man Of the highest
character and standing, and
worthy Of the complete conf
dence of the whole people in any
position in which he may be
placed. The man l refer to is
Mr.. c. B. Skipper, to whom the
people can entrust the high Of
flee of clerk of the superior cour'
with absolute certainty Of having
: a man who has the ability, homes
= ty and courtesy to give the PEG
pie the very best service.
}. having nothing to say agains
:. the other candidates for this of
flee, but having known Mr.. Skip
ner for a number Of years, an
k rowing the above-mentione
things to be true, | felt it m
). duty to say so.
, hope that each voter will ir
s vestigate this matter for himsel.
and if you do, l know that 30
: will join with me in rolling u
such a majority for Charli
g Skipper as will make him fe'
good.
d Respectfully,
= Geo. B. Kinlaw.
n Lurberton, R. F. D. 3.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
HEEee E<EEeEeee(SG
Goodwin For CONGRESS.

GO0Win FOR congress.
To the Voters of the Sixth Congress
ional District:
/ desire to announce that am a can
'idate for denomination, to succeed
myself in Congress, from the Sixth
Congressional District of North Caro-
lima.
In making this announcement l feel
that should promise the people, who
have heretofore so signally honored me
with their loyal support, that if re-nom-
mated l will endeavor to perform the
same faithful service IN the future that
l have in the past.
At some later date it is my intention
to render to my constituents some &C.
count of my service as their represen.
tative, briefly reviewing what ! have
done and tried to do: what stana for
and the motives that will characterize
my course if reelected to Congress-.
Very respectfully.
II. l.. Goodwin.
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PERSONAL.

Mr.. J. Dixon Mclean scent
yesterday in Laurinburg with
home folks.
Mr.. IF. Humphrey. of the Sac
Gle Tree section, was a visitor in
town this morning.
Mr.. Geo. B. Kinlaw, of rural
route No. 5 from Lumberton. was
among the visitors in town Sat-
urday.
Miss Helen Briggs, Of Raleigh,
is a guest at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. r. G. Lawrence, on Sixth
street.
Mr.. Rowland Mercer and son.
Master Durham, Of Bellan1y.
were Lumbertor visito.s tnis
morning.
Miss Annie Duckett, of Raj
eigh, is visiting at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. K. M. Biggs, on
Pine street.
Mr.. J. H. Turner. salesman for
White & Cough, left this morn
ing for Albemarle, where he will
spend a tWo-Weeks' vacation.
Mrs. T. C. Johnson went Sat-
urday to Whiteville, where she
will probably spend the balance
OF the summer with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. F. Powell.
Mrs. Geo. M. Whitfield and two
daughters, Misses Lizzie and
Georgia. left Friday morning for
Laurinburg, where they will spend
a month or more visiting rela-
/ tlves.
Mrs. r. S. Bond and son, Mas.
ter Allen, who had been spend.
ing a few days at the home oil
Miss Josephine Breeze, corner Of
Walnut and Fifth streets, lief
Saturday for their new home a
| Cronly.
Mrs. T. A. McNeill leaves to
morrow for Red Springs, wher'
she will be joined by Mrs. Fairle!
Patterson, Of Laurel Hill, ant
Mrs. Franklin Mcneil. of Raj
eigh. They will be guests a
Hotel Red Springs for a week.
Mr.. w. D. Baggett, manage
of Caldwell & Carlyle's hardwar
department, returned Frida
night from Charleston, S. c.
where he attended the annus
convention of the Hardware AS
:. ISOLATION Of North and Soutl
: Carolina.
e Mrs. T. L. johnson is visitin
;. at the home of her parents. MI
and Mrs. r. P. Moser, in Hicl
: DRY. She left last week with he
d sister, Miss Ruth Moser, WI
u spent some time here visiting /;
O the bone Of Mr.. and Mrs. JOIN
l. son. on North Elm street.
l. Mr.. c. N. Evans, president I
the Southern National Bank ,
g Wilmington, spent Saturday nigl
!, and yesterday with his brothe
> and sister.in-law. Mr.. and Mrs.
c. Evans, at their home On tl
At corner Of Pine and Sixth street
ct returning to Wilmington Ia
," night.
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/ beg to hereby announce to the Dem
ocratic voters of Robson that / am a
candidate for the Office of Clerk of Su-
periorCour subject to the action of the
forthcoming convention Tor primary.
most sincerely ask your considera-
ton of myself in making your decision
for the candidate for clerk of the court.
5-5tf K. NJ. Barnes.
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Comparative Cost.
Durham Herald.

Dufhd1n .ItrSIu
The east could build roads for
o e-ifth Of what they are cost
ng mp this way, and yet few Of
t 9 eas tern counties are doing
n thing &. al n ire way q rod
, ,.. '%-t,s.
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W.used-you to know that The Eve
ring Chronicle of Charlotte has an
agent in YOUR town. Master Ertel
CARLYLE. who will deliver the paper to
you each evening to your home or OF
flee at our regular price of one cent
per copy or six cents per week.
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For Sheriff..

l hereby announce myself a candidate
for reelection to the Office of sheriff OF
Robson county.
= Assuring the good people of nv
county OF my appreciation of their
KIND support in the past and asking
that they be kind enough to support me-
again, | am. Yours very truly.
5-Z-tf E. c. McNeill.
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For Treasurer.

l hereby announce myself L candidate
for the office of treasurer of Robson
county, subject to the action Of the
Democratic primary or convention.
W. H. Graham.
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For Clerk Superior Court.

To the Citizens and Voters of Robe
son County:
hereby announce myself as candi-
date for the Office of clerk of the Sup
erior Court of Robson county, subject
to the action of the Democratic conven
ton.
/ feel that my two years experience
as deputy clerk, together with my legal
training and legal and general Office ex.
perience, will enable me TO render &C.
ceptable service to the people.
With these qualifications and twenty
five years of faithful; allegiance to thu
party, earnestly ask the support Of
my fellow-citizens.
April z, 1910. C. E. Skipper.
son County:
hereby announce myself candiGat
| for the Office of clerk of the Superio
Court of Robson county. subject t
the action of the Democratic conven
ton.
April z, 1910. D. W. Bullock.
To the Democratic voters Of Robeso
county:
1 l wish to express my sincere thanks
for the generous support given me i
the past and to announce thatl am
candidate for reelection to the office Q
Clerk of the Superior Court.
With malice towards nO.ie, and Chart
towards all, leave my fitness for tn
Office in the hands Of the people.
Il ". H. Humphrey.
April &c, 1910.
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Walks OF all Kfnds-I am now pre-
pared to put in bitulithic, granolithic
or cement walks of any kind. See me
at residence of A. B. Small, Fourth
street. for terms, etc. J.P~ Schmahl.
7-lS-2t*
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wamted-Every BODY to know that
Woodlawn dairy is the place to get
sanitary milk. Delivery wagon on
street twice Gay. 4-2ltf
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wanted-To DO your house moving
and raising. Have full equipment.
See NE. A. W. Pate, Lumberton,
N. c. t-S1t.
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Wanted To buy your chickens and
eggs. Will pay the highest market
price. also sell chickens and eggs.
Will find me at fruit stand next to
Waverly hotel. l. J, Moore, Lum-
berton, N. c.. o-2Ot1.
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MYou Want to sell your farm, place
it in the hands OF Robson Loan &
Realty Company, Lumberton, N. G.,
and they will sell it. o-27tf
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FOE Sal~-good roomy house on lot
LOG $50 feet, with adjoining lot 100
x $50 feet. with good out buildings.
Apply to W. F. Townsend, St. Pauls
n c. l2-3O-tf.
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We have a good proposition in some
centrally-loc town lots. Robeson
Loan & Realty Company, Lumber
ton, N. c. o-20tf
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BUSINESS BUILDERS

ror SaIe-30 bushels of COW peas. J.
D. McAllister, Lumberton, N. C.
7-1S-lt.
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r ~ Rent-one nice seven-room dwell
ing. Amply to A. P. Caldwell, Lum-
berton, N. c. 4-2ltf
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Foo. Sa,e-About 100, 600 shingles. APP
DIV to J F. Rozier, L,umberton, N. G..
7-l4-tf
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II you want to buy good farm write
the Robson Loan &Realty Company.
Lnmberton, N. c. o-2Ot1.
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For Sale room house, lot 100 X 300
feet. Easy terms. Address lock
tox Nc. 4. St. Pauls, n. c. S-l9-tf.
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" anted-You to try a bottle Of our
Mosquito oil, only ten cents. 1t will
10 the work. Lumberton Drug Co.
ia If
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s or s doses 1855 evil cure any case Of
Chills and Fever. Price Csc, 6-27-2nl.
s or 6 doses $685. will cure any case of
Chils and Fever.Price 25c. 6-N-2m.
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Mr.. J. Dixon Mclean scent
yesterday in Laurinburg with
home folks.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-02
PARROTS GUIDED COLUMBUS
laxative Birds Entitled to consldera-
ton In Selection of Our Ma
tionaI Emblem.

Before the eagle was selected SIS our
national emblem, Benjamin Franklin
urged the claims of the turkey 1t was
purely American, he said, while the
eagle was not; 1t was a proud and
generous bird, and it was good eating.
If Franklin had known more about our
early history, he might have spoken
for the parrot.
When Columbus sailed westward
over the unknown Atlantic he expect
ed to reach Zipangu, Japan. After
several days sail from Gomera, one of
the Canary islands, he became uneasy
at not discovering zipangu, which, ac-
cording to his reckoning, should have
been two hundred and sixteen nautical
miles more to the east After a long
discussion, he yielded to the opinion
Of Alonzo Pinzon, the commander of
the Pinta, and steered to the south
west. Pinzon was influenced In his
opinion solely by a fight of parrots,
which took wing in that direction. It
was good luck to follow In the wake of
a flock of birds when engaged upon a
voyage of discovery widespread
superstition among Spanish seamen
Of that day. and the great navigator
was thus guided to the new world.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-02
WouLd1 'fAssociate Nth Gould

value of its stock, and acquire the
property during the period of depres-
sion; and Mr.. Duff. in common with
many other men of his time, looked
upon this method of doing business as
railroad wrecking.
Gradually the signs became more
and more certain to Mr.. Duff that Mr..
Gould was doing all he could to Sc
cure control of the Union Pacific.
Finally there came a day when Mr.
Duff felt fairly well satisfied, so far
as his personal and unofficial knowl-
edge went, that Mr.. Gould had &C
complished his object, that a majority
Of the stock of the Union Pacific rest
ed In his hands. And one morning
not long thereafter, Mr.. Duff received
from the banking house of Morton.
Bliss & Co, in New York. telegram
which read practically as follows:
WIN you accept the presidency of
the Union Pacific railroad, or will you
accept the vfce-presidency. with full
power to act?"
Mr.. Duff did not doubt the authority
of the banking house to make these Of
fers; 1t was the official banking house
of the Union Pacific But before an
swerrng the telegram he determined
TO learn authoritatively whether or
not Jay Gould had secured a majority
of the roads stock. This within the
course of a few hours he larned to be
the fact. and then, as DR.. Billiard re-
calls 1t, his father-inlaw sent this an
swer:
II decline to accept either PROPOSE
ton, because l refuse to stretch hands
across a directors table to take the
hand of man whom / believe to be a
thief"
Mr.. Duff's next act was to resign as
director of the Union Pacific. as he
said he would do if Jay Gould Sc
cured control of the Union Pacific:
and from that day he had nothing
more to do with the property whose
credit and solvency he had once saved
by pledging a good part Of his OWE
personal fortune.
Copyright. 1910, by E. ]. Edwards. AL
Rights Reserved)
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-02
Curious MARRIAGE Custom.

The Kurds have a very curious and
somewhat dangerous marriage custom
which one would think would be more
honored in the breach than in the OBJ
servance. The husband, surrounded
by bodyguard of twenty or thirty
young men, carries his wife home on
his back In scarlet cloth and is des-
perately assaulted the whole way by a
number of girls. Sticks and stones
are hurled at the bridegroom, who in
the coming home with his bride can
hardly be considered a very happy
man, for the irate amaZons often in
fiict on him marks which he carries
to the grave 1t may be that among
the lady pursuers are" some of the
bridegroom's former flames" who
turn the mock attack into downright
earnest to ayenge sighted love.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-02
Good Matrimonial Advice.

Preserve sacredly the privacies of
your own house, your married state
and your heart. Let no father or
mother or sister or brother ever pre-
sumo to come between you or share
the joys or sorrows that belong to you
two alone.
With mutual help build your quiet
world, not allowing your dearest
earthly friends to be the confldant of
aught that concerns your domestic
peace. Let moments of alienation.
IL they occur, be healed at once.
Never, no, never, speak of 1t outside,
but to each other confess and all will
come out right. Never let the NOR
rows sun still find you at variance.
Renew and renew your VOW. 1t will
do you good, and thereby your minds
will grow together contended in that
ieSe which Is stronger than death,
and you will be truly one.--Nstional
Magazine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-02
Democrat Who Astounded Presi-
dent Cleveland.
How Frank n. Brooks Refused 10 Ac-
cept Places in the American d.
plomatic Service offered Him
as Election Reward.

In the presidential campaign of
1884 the Democratic party received
some very excellent assistance from a
corps of comparatively young men
who had been trained thoroughly In
newspaper work. Daniel s. Lamont
himself had been a newspaper man
before becoming private secretary to
Grover Cleveland, and 1t was doubt
less because Col. Lamont had receiv-
ed a thorough training of this sort
that he was able accurately to Judge
of the quality of the service rendered
by the various newspaper men who
were associated with the Democratic
national committee throughout the
campaign. Among this class of as
sistants was Frank II. Brooks, whose
work Col. Lamont came speedily to
take note Of
Due either to suggestion from Col.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-02
EYE NOT PATRIOTIC ENOUGH
ocuIist's Second Attempt Procures for
Him Decoration From Haitien
Emperor.

During the reign of Emperor Sou
lougue in Haiti one of his generals
wrote to an eminent oculist in Paris
ordering a glass eye. The oculist fiat
tered himself that successfully con-
structed artificial optic would secure
for him decoration OF honor by the
Haitian government; accordingly, he
devoted his entire skill to the produc-
ton of work of art.
Six months after the shipment of
the eye to Haiti, the oculist received a
small box from Haiti. In his magma
ton he pictured the golden testimonial
to his skill. SO it was with horror that,
when he had unwound the folds of cot
ton in the box, he saw returned his
work of art. A letter accompanied the
box. Among other things 1t said:
THE eye you have forwarded me is
Of tint that resembles that of the
Spanish flag, and / am too patriotic to
wear any but the color of my coun-
try"
Whereupon the oculist proceeded at
once to the admiralty, where he ascer-
tanned the colors of the Haitian flag.
He then Immediately manufactured q
scarlet and green eye, of the approved
shades, and forwarded it to the en-
peror, who was much pleased with the
effort and who duly decorated the ocu,
list
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-12-02
Lost Opportunity For Which a
Vanderbilt Grieved.
William n. Was Sorry He Did Not
Let New York Central Show 1t
Could Beat Pennsylvania
Fast Mail.

1T has always been my impression
that William III. Vanderbilt grieved
more over an opportunity which came
to him and which he lost, and felt
more greatly Inundated thereby by
the sense that he had made a mis-
take, than over any other event In
his experience as the successor OF his
father, the Commodore, at the head of
the Vanderbilt railways" So said to
me the late George G. Bangs, who In
the seventies became to all intents
and purposes the creator OF the coun-
try's fast railway mail service, and
who had as his assistant In the work
Theodore N Vail, now head of the
great Bell telephone system of the
county.
"As the superintendent Of the rail-
way mail service, and especially the
fast mail feature of 1t, which had
been established practically under
my direction" continued Mr.. Bangs,
81 was brought in very close touch
with the managers of the important
railway lines running from the At
lantic coast to Chicago. | knew bet
ter than the public did how intense
was the competition between the New
York Central and the Pennsylvania.
The fast railway mail service was es-
tablished at about the time rate cut
ting was at It's height, the very time
when, as it was afterwards proved,
the Standard Oil company was get
ting very large rebates from the rail-
road companies
Now, one of the things which
might serve to advertise these rail-
roads, and to aid them In their COM
petitive struggle, was the ability they
showed to maintain what in those
days were very fast railway mail
services between New York or Phila-
delphia and Chicago
''In the spring of 1878 happened
TO learn that the famous theatrical
managers, Jarrett and Palmer, had
made contracts with the Pennsyl.
vania, the Union Pacific and the Cen.
trail Pacific by which those railroad
companies pledged themselves to haul
a special theatrical train from New
York to San Francisco in three and
one.half days time. It also came to
my knowledge that the attempt was
to be made to deliver by the same
train mail which left the New York
postoffice in the early morning in
Chicago on the evening of the same
day.
Immediately I made an appoint
ment by telegraph with William H
Vanderbilt and ran over from Wash.
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run between New York and Chicago
in twenty hours, you could certainly
do it in three hours better time. We
will keep 1t a perfect secret; nobody
shall know anything about it until
we deliver mail by your road in
Chicago at nine o'clock in the even
ing. Then we will announce that our
train left New York three hours later
than the Pennsylvania
Mr.. Vanderbilt got up and paced
nervously back and forth; once he
went and looked at the map. Then
he made a computation of the run
ming time. For an instant he seemed
about to be ready to accept my propo-
sition, but at last shook his head.
cit would be a great thing, but I
don't quite feel like taking the re-
sponsibility,' he said No, l won't
do it, and l don't believe the Penn
sylvania will make Chicago In twen-
ty hours time, either
But when Mr.. Vanderbilt learned
that the Pennsylvania did do it, and
after he had talked with some of his
operating force and found that they
had no question but that the New
York Central could have made the
run in three hours less time, he felt
deeply chagrined and Inundated. And
long after he said to me. the thought
of the lost opportunity still ranking
in his breast:
Bangs, l am sorry did not &C
would have taken a feather from the
Pennsylvania cap and put it in our
own"
Copyright. 1910. by f. ]. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
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Man Who Refused to Associate
With Jay Gould.
John Duff of Boston Declined to Serve
AS Official of the Union Pacific
After the "Llttle Wizard" Got
Control of 1t.

One of the great bankers and finan-
ciers OF Boston. indeed of the entire
country. q generation ago, was John
Duff, who. as told recently, saved the
credit and solvency of the Union Pa
cific railroad during the panic of
1873 by pledging over 100000 worth
OF his own private gilt-edge securities
for like amount of money with which
to pay the coupons of the roads land
grant bonds. then due That was a
hardy act on Mr.. Duff's part, coming
as 1t did when the country was in
great financial turmoil; yet 1t was not
Mr., Duff's only hardy deed. as to-
days anecdote will prove.
1t was about 1865 that Mr.. Duff be-
came director OF the Union Pacific,
and for about seven years thereafter
he was power in the affairs of that
company. Towards the end of that
period he began to suspect that Jay
Gould was attempting to secure con.
troll of the Union Pacific. Mr.. Duff
had very vivid recollections of the
manner in which Mr. Gould had Sc
SNtSN SOntAbl VI the Erie railroad
some years before. and of Mr.. Gould's
part In bringing about the famour
BLACK Friday" panic, and he was
greatly concerned over the Little
Wizards" apparent desire to get the
Union Pacific under his wing.
With a man OF that character
said Mr.. Duff. with all the positiyeness
OF his nature, to his son-inlaw, DR.. VIII
liam II. Billiard. who had persona
knowledge of many of his father-in
laws business transactions. Il viii
have no business dealings whatsoever
have had none in the past, and
will keep clear of any in the future, nj
matter what comes to pass. / SHOULD
be afraid of my own reputation If
were associated with a man who trie,
TO make a fortune by wreoking raj
road properties" Mr. Gouls's favor
ite method of obtaining control of
railroad properly was to depress tn
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VanderbiH's Lost Chance

ington to New York to see him. Mr..
Vanderbilt / said to him when we
met, do you know that the Pennsyl-
vania is to take a mail at Jersey City
at one o'clock in the morning, on the
special theatrical train, under con-
tract to deliver that mail in Chicago
by nine o'clock in the evening of that
day?'
They can't do It, said Mr.. Van
derbilt.
Eyes, l think they can and will,
Mr.. Vanderbilt l replied. OF course,
it's going to take some very fast
running. It'll be magnificent feath-
er in the Philadelphia railroads
cap
Il saw that Mr. Vanderbilt was in
tensely interested, and that he rea-
lied how great card 1t would be
for his powerful rivals If they were
able to fulfil the contract.
NOW, Mr.. Vanderbilt 1 went on
to say, you can beat them by three
hours. l will see to it that a special
mail is made up and delivered to you
If you will have train ready at four
o'clock in the morning, and will prom
Use me that you will deliver that mail
in Chicago at nine o'clock in the
evening"
THE thing is impossible. Mr..
Vanderbilt exclaimed.
81 beg to differ with you re-
piled. If the Pennsylvania, with it's
heavy grades is able to make the