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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-03-24

Iul Nleetlng at ralrmOns
Greatly Impressed with evi-
dences of Prosperity in Robe
son.
Rev. N. r. Pitman, who had
been assisting the pastor, Rev.
d. P. Bridges, in a meeting at
the Baptist church at Fairmont
for two weeks, spent Monday
night in Lumberton at the home
Of his nephew. Mr.. M. w. Floyd,
on Tenth street, and left yester-
day for his home in Kansas City,
Mo. The meeting, interest IN
which increased daily from the
beginning to the close, closed
Sunday.
Mr.. Pitman is a brother of
Mrs. A. E. Floyd, cf Fairmont,
and has many relatives in that
and other sections of the county,
also a host Of friends, all OF
whom were delighted to welcome
this former kobesonian. His
father was for many years pas
tor Of the Baptist churches in
Lumberton and Fairmont, and he
was at one time compositor on
The Robesonian. He is still in
newspaper work, being on the
editorial staff of The Word and
Way of Kansas City, and he has
an enviable reputation as a writer
and speaker. In recent years he
: has visited China and Japan twice
and during his stay in this State
he delivered several interesting
lectures on mission work in those
countries. During the Il days
prior to Monday Mr.. Pitman,
though not at all we'll during thai
time, preached or lectured from
one to three times every day.
Mr.. Pitman was greatly i'm
pressed with the progress made
in Robson since he lived in the
county and thinks that the futurs
holds boundless possibilities fol
this section. His father owned
at one time some 800 acres O.
land in the Fairmont section
which he sold years ago for ST.
an acre. Mr.. Pitman thought h'
would like to purchase some O
= the land formerly owned by hi
= father, but upon inquiry he foun'
=. that $75 an acre had been refus
ed for some of it recently an
:. that other portions are held a
l an even higher figure.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-03-24
HOPE MILLS NEWS.
A Three Year Old Child Shot
and killed-A Sign Of Progress
Adding to Railroad Facili-
ties-Other Items.
resuondence OF The Robesonian.

Correspondence Of The Robesonian.
Hope Mills, March 21- Mr.. H. |
H. Pate visited Fayetteville Mon
day.
Bishop Strange will preach in
the Episcopal church here on
Tuesday night, April 5th.
Another sidewalk has been ad-
ded to the business part of town.
This shows progress.
On next Sunday Rev. P. T.
Britt will preach at Mt. Gilead.
II a. m.; Union Springs, $3.50 o.
m.; at Cotton, at 7:3O p. m.
Mr.. James A. Bynum, who has
been visiting his brother, Mr.. J.
G. Bynum, of NeWbern, has re-
turned home.
The Hope Mills Mfg. Co. is
having drilled an artesian we'll
near No. 4 mill. This is a very
valuable addition to it's excellent
plant.
Rev. J. D. Pegram preach
ed very tine sermon here in the
Methodist church Sunday. He
will preach on next Sunday at
Parkton, II a. m. and 80 o. m.
and at Lumber Bridge at $3.50 p.
m.
The Massey Hill Sunday school
choir and the Hope Mills Baptist
Sunday school choir will give a
song service here in the Bap list
church on next Sunday afternoon
at 2:3O o'clock. Everybody is
cordially invited.
Thea. C. L. Railroad Co. is
having installed distant sigma
outfit here at Hope Mills costing
$1,000, which, together with {
union depotit MISUNDERSTANDING
will add greatly to its railroad
facilities at this point.
On last Thursday night at abou
s O'Clock a terrible crime was
committed at the home of Sin
Mclean, an old colored man whc
lives two and one-half miles from
Hope Mills, when CASTOR Kirl
shot and killed his little niece
Nancy Mclean, d seven-year -ol,
granddaughter Of Sim Mclean
About two weeks prior to thi
time Kirk and his wife had
quarrel at their home in Grey
Greek township, when the wifi
took her children and went to tn
home of her father. Sim McLear
near Hope Mills. Thursda
night Kirk went to the house G
his father-in-law, and asked hi
wife why she had not brougf
his children back. She replie
that she did not think he wan
ed them back. Picking up h
three-year-old boy, he starte
for the gate. The grandmotht
asked him not to take the chi
off at that time of the night an
sent her daughter, Kinks wifi
after him. When he reache
the gate, he turned, and draw
ing pistol, fired, with the i
tention of shooting the gran
mother. Instead, one of tt
three balls fired struck the lit
seven-year-old daughter of Il
late Gertrude Mclean, his wife
sister, in the center of the fo1
head and went clear through Il
skull, causing instant deaf
Kirk, who had the little boy
his arms when he fired, dropp
the child and ran off. We ha
not, as yet, heard of his bel
captured.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-03-24

Monday being a national hol-
iday the banks of the town will
be closed.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-03-24

Mr.. and Mrs. K. Lamb, of
Kingsdale. were among the visi-
tors in town yesterday.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-03-24

Mr.. ]. N. Jocobi, of Whining
tol, was a Lumberton visitor
yesterday.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11
CONSTITUTIONAL MAP

One glance at the map showing the
"a senatorial districts into which ll3
counties are divided by the constitu.
tional amendment proposed by Gov
crnor lIadley and the Republican
State Committee will suffice to show
that:
They are naturally divided.
They are compact and convenient.
The counties in each district are
contiguous.
Counties of similar conditions n
population are grouped together.
Political majorities are considered
only as they are naturally and justly
entitled to consideration.
Twelve of the twenty.four districts
are normally Democratic and twelve
are normally Republican.
Every district is convenient for
travel and communication between
the counties composing It.
As to the matter Of population the
districts have each, approximately,
100000.
St. Louis. having 100000 population,
Is allotted seven senator's: Jackson
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11
II Was the other Way.

"Mr. JONES' said the senior partner
In the wholesale dry goods house TO
tho drummer who stood before him In
the private Office, you have beer
with us for the past ten years"
Yes, sir"
And YOU ought to know the rules
OF the house. One of them Is that no
man of ours shall take a side lino."
but | have none, sir"
But you have lately got married"
"Yes; but can you call that a side
line. Mr.. jones'"
"~Technically, 1t may not be-"
you needn't fear that having a
wife is going to bring me In off a trip
any sooner"
"Oh, | don't. It is the fear that
having a wife at home you'll want to
stay out on the road altogether"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11
Only One Cobb,

The morning after Judge Andrew
Cobb, a one time Justice of the SUI
prcmc court of Georgia, rendered his
resignation, an Atlanta lawyer and a
shoe drummer sat In the same seat In
an outgoing train.
The lawyer bought "A newspaper and
looked over the headlines. Then he
turned to the drummer and said:
well, | see Cobb has resigned"
Gee said the drummer. What
will Detroit do now ?"-philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11

county and Kansas City, with 300, 900,
are allotted three senators. The po-
litiCal complexion OF these ten dis
tricts can nOt be predetermined be-
cause the circuit judges, by authority
OF the Constitution, must arrange
them according to population, form
ing them, as nearly AS may be posi-
Bile, from contiguous wards or polit-
zeal divisions.
This division OF the political units
Of the state into senatorial districts
Is fair, reasonable, and in no sense a
gerrymander. 1t conforms to the let
ter and spirit Of the Constitution and
is in harmony with the present rela'
tive strength OF the two dominating
political parties, while il also gives
just representation to minor political
parties.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11
What They Did With Them.

An American who spends much OF
his time in England tells of q cockney
who went to a dealer in dogs and thus
described what he wanted. Hi wants
a kind Of dog about so Ugh an so long
HITS n kind of %gr'y'ound, an yet 1t
amt q gr'y'ound, because Is lyle Is
shorter o any O. those ere gr'y'ounds,
an is nose is shorter, an e amt so
slim round the body. But still 'e's
a kind O gr'y'ound. DO you keep such
dogs?" I'VE do not" said the dog
man. I'VE drown EN-"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11

lions. IaSSdBcS Dc-
ONE too frequent or
scanty: urine Is dis.
colorcd and sedi-
mcnt appears. NO
medicine for such
troubles like Doan's
Kidney Pills. They
quickly remove kid
ncy disorders.
A. Dashem, PAL y.
Grant St., Wooster,
o., says: "The doc.
tors diagnosed my
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11

Kansas City. the districts in which
are apuurtiUned by tn" local circuit
courts and change in political com
plcxion with the shifting OF the pop
ulation. Three of the present SEN
ators from st. Louis aud both sena'
tors from Kansas city jackson coun'
ty) are Democrats.
The gerrymander left the First and
the Twenty-eighth tJasper county,
doubtful. They have both been car
rled by the Republicans. The gerry
mander gave the Republicans only
four of the 2G country districts
the Fourth, the Eighteenth, the
Nineteenth, and the Twenty-tifth
~(Gasconadc, Franklin and st. Louis
counties, all solidly Republican,. The
counties composing these districts are
50 grouped as not to interfere with
Democratic majorities in contiguous
counties.
Had all of the gerrynandered dis
tricts formed of the ll3 counties for
Democratic advantage been held by
the Democrats in 1906 and 1908 the
Senate would now be- composed Of
twenty-five Democrats and nine he.
publicans.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11

case as gravel, but my agony In
creased under their treatment, and |
soon became too weak to stand alone.
| had given up all hope of living
more than a few weeks at the best.
I was strongly urged to try Doan's
Kidney Pills. and after twelve days
use, | passed two gravel stones. After
that, I improved rapidly until cured
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. 80 cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
N. Y.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11
Reformation.

you say you are a reformer?"
yep" replied the local boss; of
the deepest dye"
But you were not always So"
mo. The rcformcrs reformed our
town last year and | want to reform
it back again"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11

It's the experience OF every man
that he wants n lot he doesn't get and
gets q lot he doesn't want.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11
PIaNlnn the Market.

"Curbroke never pays for his meat
until a month aftcrward."
80 | hear. Prices in the meantime
go up, and he feels as though he'd
made something Puck.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11
GERRYMANDERtD MAP

This map clearly shows how three
democratic state Officers, in 1901, d.
vided ll3 of the ia counties OF Mis-
the Senate exclusive Of senators
from the cities Of st, Louis and
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11
His Busy Season.

"IIOw's busineSs?"
"Brisk." answered the druggist. 1--WE
bought tickets for two picnics and four
excursions this morning. and donated
goods for several indoor affairs"
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11

What's become of the hookworm
fake? Conc out of Stiles? When will
they get into Stiles again? Eth. Doc.
tor stiles?
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11

A wise author draws his own con
illusions at the beginning.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11

| have been to teasts Of arguments
where the only result was Il constipa,
ion of real original ideas.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11

Constipation causes and aggravatcs many serious
isrnsrS. It. is Thoroughly cured lay lr. Pierce =
'leasaut Pellets. Tho fAvOr.tc family laxative.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11
A BAD THING TO NEGLECT.

Don't neglect the kidneys when you
notice lack OF control over the score
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11

YELLOW CLOTHES I\SiGHTLY.
Keep them white with Red Gross Ball Blue.
All grocers sell large 2 OF. package, D cents.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11

Many a girl who refuses to stay
jingle also refuses to stay married.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1910-08-11

For Red, Itching EyeIids. Cysts, Styes
Falling Eyclasncs and Nh Eyes That
Need Care Try Murine Eye Salvc. Ascp-
tic TubCs-Trial Size-25r. Ask Your Drug
glst or Writo Murine Eye licnedy Co.,
Chicago.
The La Jara chronicle., 1910-03-11
AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT


seeds in this way because the dirt has
a way of working to the bottom, and
late in the season if the seeds are
getting a lot of chaff ana broken
seeds.
Make a hot bed and have some
early plants to set out when the
proper season comes. Beets, cab
bage, cauliflower, celery, egg plants.
best started this way. You will need
some cold frames. also, in which to
harden off the plants later in the
season 1t is absolutely necessary
that the soil in which egg plants.
peppers and tomatoes are started
oven, or they will fail to produce
much fruit, because of the prevalence
OF fusarium blight in Colorado sol 5.
The other plants. also, will be bene-
fitted by this process.
Among other things to remember is
to plant succession of varieties,
especially of those vegetables that are
sown directly in the garden. Cab
bage plants grown in the field can be
used for late varieties to follow those
from early varieties grown in the hot
bed.
Sow some harder plants even
ear ier than all your neighbors are
accustomed to. You may lose them
one or two years and have to replant.
but the year you succeed in pulling
them through will more than repay
the losses of the other years.
If you have large garden, plan
to use as much horse work as pos
sible. Set the plants a little farther
apart fer this purpose. Make the lines
straight and parallel for the better
accomplishment of tillage. If the
garden is sma Ter use the wheel hoes
drills, etc, (Planet, Jr., Iron Age.
New Model, etc, as much as possible
and save time and backaches. They
will pay for themselves in this way
in a short time
At any rate have garden, if only
in the back yard of a city lot The
amount of good one can gain from it
cannot be measured in dollars and
cents.
LESLIE f. PAUL..
The La Jara chronicle., 1910-03-11
FOR THE
HOME GARDEN

Every year at this time comes a
flood of seedsman's catalogues. very
bewildering in the wealth of material
offered, and sometimes in the over
drawn descriptions and illustrations
Fortunately the halftone reproduced
from a photograph is coming to be
used more and more by the better
class of seedsmen. At the present
time, indeed. the use of cheap wood
cuts greatly exaggerating plants and
their products mark the fakir among
seedsmen. The most notorious of
offenders is located at La Crosse
Wisconsin. The character of this
firms advertising would be very Judi
crous were It not for the serious fact
that many are taken in by this sort
Of yellow journalism. Packages Of
beans retailed by them under high
sounding name at 10 cents a package
t190S)had by weight only about one
third as many seeds as packages of
the same variety sold under tn 'ir true
names at 10 cents per packag. by re-
liable seedhouses. Moreover he per-
centage of viable seeds ran consider
ably lower.
The first duty. then, in the prep
aration Of tho Esuc Garden is to
choose your scotsman. The second
is to plan the garden itself. This does
not mean to do it haphazard. but TO
draw out the garden to a sca'e. for
example one inch to ten feet. and
indicate by lines where each row Of
each vegetable is to go. The third
important thing is to order as early
as possible. You secure much better
The La Jara chronicle., 1910-03-11
A WORD OF ADVICE TO FARMERS

Spring is close at hand and it is
time TO be getting ready to put in the
crops. Among other things to think
OF in this connection is the matter of
getting the horses into condition
The first work in the spring is the
hardest of the year, and the horses
are the least prepared to do heavy
work. To be deprived of the use of
horse in the spring is serious, even
though the horse is not greatly de
preciated in value or lost entirely.
Young horses, especially, should be
the winter and should be fed some
grain. This will tougher their shoul-
ders. and at the same time they will
have become accustomed to grain and
will therefore, be less liable to collie,
and in every way better able to
stand the work
A sudden change Of food in horses
is always dangerous, but to start a
colt in on grain with heavy work,
that has never had either, is almost
especially cannot stand heavy pulling
a / day on soft ground unless his
shoulders are well hardened by regu-
lar work in the collar.
Here are a few suggestions which
will be wei worth remembering:
When a horse is tired, he is much
more subject to collie. Do not change
the feed on the horse during heavy
spring work. There is much more dan
ger in feeding corn or wheat than
horses when you first bring tn IN in
from the field; then let them eat hay
for half hour, and give them their
grain last Pull their shoes off while
doing the spring work.
Remember, the horse will have a
heavy coat of hair, and will, therefore
sweat easily and be al the more like
ly to catch cold and get pneumonia.
For the first week or two bathe the
neck and shoulders with cold water
every night after the days work is
done. See that the collar fits rug
and that the hames are buckled up
tight. The shoulders are less likely
to be scalded and bruised without a
pad than with it. If the horse gets
sweenied, he viii have to be laid off
for several months. Guard against
that dangerous disease-azatouria
This disease almost invariably comes
on after the horse has been resting
two or three days during a storm and
kept on full feed. Reduce the grain
at least one-half while the horse is
not at work.
GEO. IL. GLOVER.
The La Jara chronicle., 1910-03-11
Ranches For Lease

The Menke & Carroll Realty Co.,
of Antonito. Colorado. have for
lease the coming year. 1910, six )6(
good 160-acre ranches, all under fence
peas, wheat. oats, or other small
grains. Wish to lease one or all
for cash rent. For further informa-
ion in regard to the above, write us
The La Jara chronicle., 1910-03-11
CUT THIS OUT AND POST 1T IN YOUR CRANARY

hyde. Be sure your formalin is full
strenqth. Weak formaIin is WORTH
less for smut treatment. II the for
maIin is too strong it will kill the
qerm of the oat.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-09-25
BIG NEW BUILDINGS
FOR FAIR BOOTHS
MERCHANTS TO EXHIBIT
NOVEL AND NUMEROUS FEATURES WILL
BE FURNISHED MAElN6 FAIR, OCT.
1872 BEST EVER

A distinctive feature is to be
provided for the Mississippi and
West Alabama Fair held here
October 1922 inclusive. This is
not the daily airship flights, the
free attractions of the Great
Metropolitan Shows, the grand
singing convention, or some of
the other many novel and nota-
bic exhibitions. 1t is a building
30x144 feet for the installation
of twenty four booths where the
merchants of Columbus will ex-
hibit their wares. The booths
will be attractively furnished,
and visitors to them will be re-
ceived by representatives of the
firms who will show every possi-
BILE courtesy. The building con-
tract has been let and work upon
the structure will begin at once.
Mr.. Ed. Morris the contractor
agrees to have it completed in
ample time.
1T this time lack of space for
bids in enlisting of all the attrac-
tions to be offered at the fair,
but the management promises
the best fair ever given in Co
lumbus. The racing will be ex-
ceptio1ally good, many of the
best horses in the south having
been booked. DIR. John Oliver,
of the racing committee returned
yesterday from Tupelo where he
went to conclude some arrange
ments as to some of the horses
entered during the fair there.
The horse show will be more
elaborate than ever and will be
held during an afternoon and
night.
Automobile Day will be on the
day. There will be a
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-09-25
G. A. R. REFUSES TO ACT

Atlantic City, N. j., Sept. 23-
After a warm debate of more
than three hours, the National
Encampment of the G. A. r.. /,
at its final session this afternoon,
indefinitely postponed action on
the whole matter in relation to
the controversy over the placing
of the statue of Robert E. Lee in
statuary hall of the capitol at
Washington. The vote was 133
to 102. a small total compared
with the vote of 887 cast for
eommander-in-chief yesterday.
The question of the Grand
Army's attitude on the Lee statue
matter was one of the most i'm
portant the encampment has had
to deal with in years. The con-
servatiye element controlled the
encampment and won the day on
the argument that the bitterness
engendered in the Civil War was
disappearing, and that sectional
hatred should not be revived;
that action as to the Lee statue
would do more harm than good,
especially as Virginia, under the
act of congress in 1864. had the
right to place in statuary hall the
image of any man from that
state whose memory it chose to
perpetuate.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-09-25
DIDN'T WANT IT REVIVED
Illustrating what a Tangled Web
We Weave When First We Pur-
pose to Deceive"

The man in the last seat of the
car grinned as he opened his morn
ing paper.
''See that ?" he asked the man
next to him.
The other man looked. A six
inch item had been scissored out Of
a column.
"What of it " he asked.
"For one thing" replied the first
speaker, 1T painfully illustrates the
good old couplet, 'Oh, what a
tangled web we weave when first we
purpose to deceive You see that
hole? Well, / cut out the item be-
cause ] didn't want my wife TO
read it."
Something incriminating?" the
other man asked.
'sNothing of the sort. Entirely in
nocent. But / didn't want her to
see it. Then | realized that she
would demand to know what it was,
and would probably borrow the
neighbor's paper to find out. So |
hid the paper and pretended it
didn't come"
@Well, what on earth was the item
about ?"
The man with the paper chuckled
and prodded the other mans knee.
"We've got a feeble old rubber
plant at our house that's happily on
its last legs" he replied, ''and that
miserable item was headed, "A Sure
Way to Revive a Sickly Rub ier
Plant See ?"
The other man saw.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-09-25
Major Peyton Promoted.

Major E. G. Peyton, Philip
pine Scouts, has again been pro-
NOTED. 1t has been only a few
months since Major Peyton as
captain and adjutant of the 18th
Infantry was detailed major OF
the Philippine Scouts.
The following from the Manila
Times shows t1at he is now
serving as assistant district gov
ernor of Zamboahga. which SER
vice means a twenty per cent.
increase in pay over that to which
the rank of major entities him:
SCOUT MAJOR CHOSEN.
Zamboanga, Aug. 6. The pro-
vincial governor has appointed
Major Peyton, Philippine Scouts,
secretary of the districts Of
Zamboanga and assistant to Ma
jor John P. Finley, the district
governor, Major Peyton is ad-
fitted for the position,
and is valuable addition to the
official staff of the govern
ment.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-09-25
Revival Services.

During the past week Rev. L.
G. Branscomb of Birmingham
has been preaching at 10 a. m.
and 8 p. M, and also at 3 p. m.
two days. DR.. Branscomb is q
preacher of unusual power. He
has a clear, ringing voice, an inn
pressive manner, and he always
brings a great message. Under
his strong preaching the religious
life becomes SO attractive, and
our shortcomings appear so con-
temptible. Quite a large class
will be received into the church
today. The meeting will con-
tinue through this week, and
everybody is most cordially in
vited to attend.