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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-10-03

1t isn't really very serious op-
position to a bond issue for good
roads and drainage, the objec-
ton that we'd better wait until
we learn how to build good roads
before issuing bonds. If Robe
son county had decided to wait
for a new court house until we
learned how to build court houses
we would have been racking
alorg with the same old house
now, instead of having about
the most elegant court house in
the State. By all means let's
issue bonds and reap the inesti-
mable benefits of drainage and
good roads without delay.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-10-03
Catarrh Cannot be Cured

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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-10-03
FARM DEMONSTPAT
" CRk.

Farm Cenlonstt alton work
will begin in Isoheson county
this week and to the Farmers
Union belongs the credit. AS
has been mentioned in The
RobesoIian, when it was found
that he county commissioners
have n , authority t. approp rate
money for this work, the Farm
ers' Union determined to raise
the money by private subscrip-
ton so that the work might not
be delayed until the General AS
sembly convenes, when a bill
will be introduced to empower
the commissioners to make tie
necessary appropriation. The
Farmers Union appointed its
former president, Mr.. VS.. Cobb,
who is now theDemocratic nomi-
nee for the Senate from this
district which means this coun-
ty to raise $500 for the work,
and this amount has been raised,
thereby making available the
same amount from the national
Department Of Agriculture.
Messrs. H. F. Purvis, of White
House township. and J. I. Towns
end, of Howellsville, have been
appointed for this work: and Mr..
Purvis spent week before last
at Southern Pines at a school of
instruction. Mr.. c.. R. Hudson.
who is in charge Of farm demon
stration work for this State,
will meet Messrs. Purvis and
Townsend in Lumberton next
Wednesday and will instruct
them in the details of the work.
They will make house to house
canvass over the county, dis
tributing literature and instruct
inh farmers in better methods
of farming.
This sort Of work has been Of
great value in other counties
where it has been done and
there can be no doubt that it
will be of immense benefit to
the farmers Ct Robson,
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-10-03

lreden Meares, Esq, Republic
can candidate for Congress in
this district, last week up and
challenged H. L. Goodwin, M. c.,
Democratic nominee, for a joint
debate on the issues of this cam
paign, and the challenge was
promptly accepted. Remains
now but to arrange schedule of
of times and places. Mr.. Meares
paved up a little earth and sorter
dared Mr.. Goodwin to name the
chairman Of the Democratic exc
cutive committee in this district
SO that he could confer with his
(Meares' manager, and arrange
dates. But that didn't worn v
Mr.. Goodwin any: he just told M.
Meares to come along up to Fay
etteville and they'd arrange it
themselves. For some reason
the conference was not held il,
Fayetteville but they will meet.
Or have met or are meeting, in
Dunn today and no doubt b.
Thursday The Robesonian will e
able to announce the times ar,l
places when and w h er g
Messrs. Goodwin and Meare 5
will for h e delectation
and edification Of the people
break unto them their interprv-
tation OF the issues Of the de- =
and knock the spots out'n each
other. ''On with the dance, Il ,
Joy be unconfned.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-10-03

What has become of that COM
mittee appointed at the recent
meeting in Lumberton to get DR..
Pratt to come to Robson and or
ganize a good roads association
for the county? Perhaps it
sleepeth. Would that it would
make a noise like getting busy.
Come along with the Robson
County Good Roads Association.
Also there needs must be some
stirring around on the Charlotte
to-Wilmington highway, else be-
fore Lumberton starts after it in
earnest other towns will have
it cinched it for fair.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-10-03

The Democratic State execu.
tive committee will meet in Raj
eigh Thursday evening of this
week to select a candidate for
State Auditor. Many candidates
are being urged for this place,
but among them there is nc
man mere capable in every way
than Major E. J. Hale, editor of
the Fayetteville Observer.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-10-03

man of the Republican commit
tee of this township voted.
That's the 'stuph.' Come right
along, gentleman, and let's all
do tie nominating, regardless of
party Ines. If there is one
thing true and tried Democrat
likes better than another it is to
have the Republican brethren
help nominate Democratic can
didates for ofhce.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-10-03

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who goes there?' ''Friend!"
Halt and give the counter
sign" 1.-The Ro. ESQ aian's big
contest Pass on, friend, af-
ter you give me five years sut :
scription so that | may be entitled
to 5000 votes.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-10-03

Can anything better engage
the attention of the public
spirited citizens of Lumberton
now than paving Elm street?
That this is badly needed all will
admit. Let's get behind the
matter and get it done.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-10-03

Ex-Presldent Roosevelt will be-
GIN a lO-days' tour through the
South and South west Thursday
of this week. He will deliver an
address at the Appalachian Ex-
position at Knoxville, Tenn. :,
Friday.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-10-03

lhe voting contest is on. Cen
teie:men, nominate your ladv
friends and then get to work Sc
curing new subscriptions and re-
newals.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-10-03
DRAINAGE.

server an editorial based upon a
recent article contributed to The
Robesonian by Mr.. F. F. Wet
more, the surveyor who is in
charge of the drainage district
in this county. The Observer
comments upon the valuable
hints to advocates of drainage
in other parts Of the State con-
tanned in Mr.. Wetmore's article,
and says that the thing for the
leaders in this movement to do
is to take advantage of eve
ry possible opportunity to show
their public that the task
is one which can be accomplished
without the intervention Of any
thing more miraculous than a
firm determination on the part Of
the landowners most inter-
ested."
That is what the landowners
in Robson have come to realize
and it is probable that a special
drainage act will be insisted up
on for this county when the next
General Assembly convenes.
Mr.. Wetmore, by the way,
while an enthusiast on the SUBJ
ject of drainage, is intensely
practical and the estimates he
makes of the amount of land
that would be benefited in Robe
son by proper drainage are based
upon careful surveys. He has
abundant experience to justify
reliance upon his estimates. He
was for seven years drain COM
missioner of .Oceana county,
Mich, being reelected each year
without opposition from the time
the drainage act under which he
served was put in force I'M
til he decided to move South and
declined reelection. In a recent
letter the highway commissioner
Of that county states that it is
estimated the benefit to the roads
of the county from the drains
constructed by Mr.. Wetmore is
SIS, 900 per year, and the benefit
to farm lands drained by him is
estimated at 500, 600 a year. A
letter from the State Highway
Commissioner Of Michigan also
highly commends his work.
Mr.. Wetmore recalls some in
stances of lands directly bene-
fitted by drainage. Eighty acres
of land considered practically
worthless except for timber was
sold three times in one year for
$3.50. The last purchaser put
about $500 on the place in i'm
provements, then drainage work
was started, and within three
years he sold the land for be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
The owner Of tract Of 12(
acres offered to sell for 50, 900, or
time, and as soon as the drain
age work reached that land the
man who refused to buy at the
first figure offered s.. 900 for the
tract--and the offer was refused
| The owner of some swamp lanC
allowed it to be sold for taxes
considering it worthless. Aftel
a drain was put through it wa:
ready to be plowed before any
of the land adjoining it and pro
} duced between rs and 80 bushel:
of corn to the acre, between 81
and 40 bushels of wheat, ant
over 3 tons of hay to the acre.
Mr.. Wetmore SAYS there ar,
LIS, 600 acres Of land in Robeso,
county now lying idle and con
, sidered practically worthless tina
can be made productive by drair.
age, and that the producing CO
! paclty OF as many more acre
r can be doubled.
e But perhaps, as The Observe
says, the main thing is to cor
r vince landowners that the onl
thing necessary to accomplis
e the task of drainage is a "frr
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-10-03
MONDAY. OCTOBER g. 1910.
THE CHARLOTTE-WILMING-
TON HIGHWAY.


MsclG interest is being man.
Tested IN certain quarters down
this way in the proposed high
way from Charlotte to Whining
ton and suggestions galore are
being made as to the best routes.
In the multitude of suggestions
being made there is danger OF
losing sight of the main thing
getting the proposed road built.
The Robesonian has received
a letter from Major A. j. Nc
Kinnon, of Maxton. member of
the executive committee of the
Charlotte to Wilmington High
way Association for this county.
in which he encloses a letter from
Mr.. K. B. Council, Of Wananish.
Mr.. Council says that the peo-
ple of Columbus county have
practically decided on the route
between Cronly and Chadbourn.
Then he suggests two probS BILE
routes west of Chadbourn-one
by Evergreen and Boardman, the
other through Fair Bluff. The
Fair Bluff route would be through
Laurinburg, Rowland and the
Oliver settlement. then through
Fair Bluff and Cerro Gordo to
Chadbourn. The Boardman way
would be from Lumberton to
Boardman, Evergreen and Bras
well to Chadbourn.'
At the meeting in Laurinburg
when the Charlotte o-Wilming-
ton Highway Association was
formed all discussion of probable
routes was eliminated because it
was wisely decided that such dis
cussion would only confuse and
delay the accomplishment of the
end desired. 1t is of course nat
ural for every town that could
by any reasonable or unreason-
able deviation from a direct line
be touched to want the highway
to come through it, but we take
it that the best route will be de-
termined by a competent road
engineer; and while it is all right
for the claims of the various pos.
sible routes to be advanced, still
the final determination of the
route will have to be left to the
judgment Of those who make
the surveys.
Lumberton is on the direct
route and it is hard to see how
any good reasons could be ad.
vanced for putting the roac
through some other way. If We
were not on the direct route i
would be a different matter.
1t is the purpose to have path
finding automobiles run between
Charlotte and Wilmington abou
the first of November and n,
doubt some valuable suggestion;
will result.
Mr.. r. D. Caldwell, of Lum
berton, chairman of the fnanc,
committee of the association, i
OF the opinion that unques ion
ably the most direct route will b
the one finally selected. Fror
Rockingham to Wilmington vi
Laurinburg, Maxton, Lumberto
and Clarkton is almost an al
line. Any other route would b
considerably off a direct line an
would of course be much longe
route.
Lumberton has the advantae
OF location in it's favor and
any other route is selected it wi
he because of inducements O.
fered by other towns. If otht
things besides location are /
figure in the final determinatio
OF the route it would seem a,
visable for the people of Lur
berton to get busy and make
certain. that the road shall
through this town.
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-08
HATPINS MUST BE ABOLISHED.
CHICAGO PLACES THEN WITH THE
DUMDCM BULLET AND BLACK
HAND BOMB.

The origin of the hatpin is shrouded
in the ribbons and straw of antiquity,
bIt we can easily trace its develop
ment from the early Victorian period
to the Merry Widow era. Within the
memory of man now living it has
grown from little more than a spiked
hairpin into the length and keen
ness of rapier. When woman dis
carded the modest little bonnet that
tied under the chin for monumental
h aadgear, she had to devise something
t. nail the hat to the head. Whatever
may be its present status, the hatpin
was not at first designed as weapon,
but as the one thing that could be forced
through the structure of hair and hat
that woman builds as cupola on her
upper story.
| In order to go through three thick
nesses of velvet, six ribbons, a twisted
bundle of straw, s'rat," a princess
braid, aad another pound of false hair,
hatpin must have strength, determi-
nation and unyielding perseverance.
AS necessity is the mother of invention;
so is the DreadnOught hatpin the
daughter of the false-hair mattress and
the sky-scraper hat.
| AS long as it stuck to millinery and
society the batpin was safe. But when
it ventured into other fields the chal-
lenge came quickly. Out in Chicago
women have been roaming the streets,
crowding the bargain counters, and
thronging the parks with steel hatpins
stuck in their top hair. Several promi-
nent highwaymen who started to rob
them have been rudely interrupted, and
| more than one have been seriously
! wounded by jab or thrust. These
attacks have spread alarm among the
politicians, and the city council has
seized the hatpin with firm hand.
"ls the hatpin deadly weapon?" is
the question that stirS the city. In
this crisis Alderman Bauler comes to
the rescue. The streets shall be made
safe for the men. They shall be pro-
tected from the deadly hatpin, whether
it be borne boldly in the hands of wo-
man or concealed in maze battery.
Come what may, the councilmen will
see that mankind is protected from the
deadly hatpin. The ultimatum has
gone forth TO the women. Hats may
be tied on, glued on, nailed on, or
abolished, but the hatpin must go. IF
Chicago is unable to accomplish this
alone, the Federal government will be
appealed to, and if France and the
other hatpin countries object the mat
ter must be taken to The Hague con-
ference, which will be petitioned TO
outlaw the hatpin as weapon that
cannot be used by civilized powers.
Chicago places it with the dumdum
bullet, the poisoned arrow, and the
Black Hand bomb.-The Baltimore
Sun.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-08
DEEDS, NOT WORDS,
Staunton People Have AbSO-
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1t is not words, but deeds that.prove
true merit.
The deeds of Doan's Kidney Pills,
for Staunton kidney sufferers, have
made their local reputation.
Proof lies iN the testimony of Staun-
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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-08
LETTER DELAYED,
HEARTS ASUNDER
BILLET-DOUX ON IT'S TRAVELS FOR
ELEVEN RS-GIRL FINDS
NEW LOVE.

West Point, Texas.-After having
travelled all over the world for eleven
years, letter mailed by Il student OF
Austin College, at Sherman, Texas,
eleven years ago TO her sweetheart nj
Winchester, Tex, a small town five
miles of this place. has put in its ap-
pearance. 1t came too late to prevent
a tragedy which caused the aching of
at least two hearts and now, after the
eleven years have passed, the man who
did not receive the letter IN time is
wondering how 1t all happened.
In the spring of 1899 a boy and girl,
both students ut Austin College, Sher-
man, Tex, fell desperately in love with
each other, and SO well did Cupid do
his work that the young man i'll the
case quit school and went back to his
home in Winchester to prepare to take
unto himself bride. Things went as
real love should go until one day-the
fatal day for lovers-the usual letter
did not come. He waited. The letter
did not come the next day, nor the next,
nor even several of the next. Then
came a letter, broken-hearted letter,
yet containing some tones of anger, ac
cusing the young man of unfaithfulness
because he had not answered the fond
message that was sent him. In return
he replied that no letter had been re-
ceived, and as is the case in many low
ers' affairs, there was Il quarrel, Il sev-
ering of lovers vows, two sad hearts,
but stubborn, and then
Now the once girl student at the
Austin College is the wife of another
man other than her student lover and
resides at San Antonio with their three
children.
The original lover still remains 4
bachelor at Winchester, and when a
few days ago he received from the Dead
Letter Office, with postage postal
marks from many nations of the world,
an envelope yellowed by time, and
opening IT read the dale, the signature
aud contents, a great big tear rolled
down his cheek, but it was too late.
Along with the letter came request
from the postal authorities that the en-
velope he returned to them as a curios
ity. 1t is reported to be one ofthe long
est delayed letters in the history of the
United States mails. AS yet the mar
ried woman in San Antonio knows
nothing of the receipt of the letter.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-08
Fresh Honey on Farm,

Fresh honey on the farm is q most
excellent food and an appreciated deli
cacy for any table Bees are the
most cheaply kept of all domestic ami
mails, and they do much good to fruit
trees and other plants in carrying
pollen for greater fruit production.
They are both interesting and profit
able, and every farmer should keep at
least few colonies with plenty of
new hives and other supplies to care
for the surplus honey and any new
or stray swarms that come of during
the summer. There is an old saying:
"a swarm of bees in May is worth q
load of hay" and a load of hay is
worth $40.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-08
The Virginia Colonel Falls Upon
Evil Times.

For years The Virginia colonel has
reverence and awe. Like the Society
Tor the preservation of Virginia Anti
quitieS, the First Families and the
Smilhfield ham, he has deserved and
received that homage and respect that
we pay those gifts of nature which tend
to make the United State, the greatest
nation in the world.
All this is meet and proper. Since
ante-bellum days the Virginia Colonel
has been as much a component part of
the Old Dominion as Sic Semper Tyran-
mis-, White Sulphur Springs or the
mint julep. No parade of the Light
Infantry Blues or the Howitzers has
been according to the rules and regua-
tons without his gold lace and plumes
to brighten grim-visaged wars wrin-
kled front; no political campaign has
been won without his eloquence and
invective; no social gathering at~the
Government Mansion has been a sue
cess without his recipe for Madison
punch. In short, he has been first in
war, first in peace and first at the poll
ing place.
But Rome fell, Lee surrendered,
Pinchot was fired and the glory OF the
Virginia Colonel is like last seasons
blue shirt. a dispatch from historic
FincastIe tells of the lamentable plight
of Virginia colonel-not Il mere mill
tia officer, but real, 44-caliber,
straight-fiush, lriple-N brand, 17-proot
Kernel of the Governors staff This
Colonel, says the chronicler, met a gen
tleman, a member OF a prominent and
representative family, and difficulty
enSued. 1t was personal matter be-
tween two gentlemen, "Sir," the exact
nature of which is of no public inter
est, Sir" The misunderstanding culmi-
mated in the Colonel drawing his ready
Colt and opening fire. But now comes
the deplorable part of the incident.
Instead of hitting the gentleman for
whom ii was intended-would you be-
lieVe it, "Sir ?n-the bullet struck a
negro bystander. Worse than that,
the Colonel and his opponent were
haled into police court like common
felons and fined. And, as if to increase
the wonder Of it all, the negro was not
arrested for getting in the way of the
the audacity to recover from his wound.
Baltimore Sun.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-08
GARDEN WORKING NOTES.

The woman who finds garden work
too exhaustive may transform it into
healthful exercise by giving it her
time in the early morning or twilight
hours
A small box of convenient height
makes a comfortable seat and may be
readily moved from place to place. 1t
saves tired knees
The five-cent cotton gloves used by
many make cheap and effective pro.
lection for the hands, more comforta.
BILE and more quickly adjusted than
those which fit.
The hoe is a better tool in dry
weather than the hose. Cabbage, on
ions, tomatoes and cucumbers can
scarcely have the soil too rich. A rich
light loan, with sunny slope, is an
ideal spot for melons, Beans will grow
on poorer soil and still thrive.
If the plants are all growing nicely
do not wait for them to halt for lack
of food, but dig hole between the
hills and put in some poultry-house
fertilizer.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1910-04-08
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