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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16
DIR. D. McCALLUM PASSES
A Native of RObesOn-His Grand
parents Were Natives of Scot

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Weathersby, Miss, Aug. DIR. D.
McCallum, physician, Westville, Miss,
sturdy Scotch blood from his ances-
tors, both his paternal and maternal
grandparents having been natives of
Jura, Scotland. They came to the
United States prior to the Revolu-
tionary War, and located in the Old
North State. Grandfather McCallum
was on the Wing side and partici-
pated in one battle of the war. DIR.
McCallum's father, John McCallum,
was a native of Robson county, N.
c., and was a very successful farm
er. He married Miss Lovdy Brown,
also of the Old North State, and rear
ed twelve children, eight daughters
and four sons Of whom the doctor
was the tenth in order of birth. The
/ latter was born in the same county
as his father, in 1882, and received
| a thorough academic education at the
Ashland high school, taking classl-
cal course. After leaving school he
was engaged in teaching for two
wears in North Carolina land in 1898
he removed to Jefferson county, MISS,
where he remained two years, a part
of which time he taught school: In
1859 he went to the Lone Star State,
but the same year he returned TO
North Carolina, where he began the
! study of medicine under his brother
DR.. w D. McCallum, with whom he
remained until the breaking out OF
the Civil war. Immediately after the
first battle Of Manassas he. enlisted
in the fortieth North Carolina regl-
ment, company E, heavy artillery
and was captured at the last fight Of
Fort Fisher. He was held prison
err at Point Lookout for SIX months
and after cessation of hostilltles M
returned to North Carolina and re
sumed the study of medicine. III
,, took a course of medical lectures a
,, the university of Michigan, Ann Ar
,, Dor. in 1866 and 1866, and graduated
from tho medical department. Of tn
university Of South Carolina, a
:, Charleston, in the class of 1866 AM
1867. After graduating he began
nracticing at Bladenboro, Blade1
county, n. c., and there continues
y until in March, 1870, when he re
moved directly to Westville,. Simpson
: county. Miss, where he had been sue
eessfully engaged in his profession
8 He had an extensive practice, an
! stood high in his profession, keep p
y medical science. He was an honore
! member Of the Mississippi Stat
: Medical association, Of which ne ma
D been vice president and to which l'al n n
: had contributed numerous articles 0
, merit. In 1875 the doctor celebrate
i j his his n NJ with Miss Kate MeLaurir
:. daughter Of D. A. ard c. McLaurl1
e and to them. were born four chlldre rel
. two sons and two daughters. He wa
a member of Westville lodge, A; I
h & A. M, and he and family hel
=" membership in the Presbyterla7
,e church. His wife and Oldest , daugl
~ ter, Mary Lee, preceded him. leavln
! his two sons and one daughter
~ mourn his death. The remains wei
g. laid away in the family grave var
~ at the McLaurin place m Slmpsc
W county, Mississippi. ",
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16
DISTRIBUTION
OF CARS ORDERED

To Facilitate Prompt Movement of
Grain and Food Products as Well
as Munitions
10 facilitate the prompt movement
OF gram and food products, as we'll as
munitions, the car service commits
sion of the railway war board has Or
dered the immediate distribution of
nearly $1,000 additional empty cars
among the lines operating in the
South, the Middle West and the
Southwest.
This makes a total of more than
100000 empty cars ordered moved in
the last two months from one rail-
road to another, regardless of own
ership, to mobilize in various parts
OF the country a sufficient number
to handle the abnormal government
ana commercial traffic produced by
war conditions.
"Io protect the vegetable and
Southern watermelon crops" the COM
mission announced, "more than 5000
cars have been sent to the Atlanta,
birmingham and Atlantic, the Cen
u a. VI OeoIgld, the OedDOafu ALE
Line, the Atlantic Coast Line and
other roads operating in the South
east.
"Meanwhile, hundreds of cars are
being rushed daily to the lumber
States of the South to take care of
the tremendous movement of lumber
to the army environments and ship
building yards.
"In addition to the demand for lum
Der, the war had practically doubled
the orders for phosphate rock during
the past three months. This product
which is essential to the operation of
sulphuriic acid plants, is also used as
a foundation for fertilizer. In the
past, the coastwise vessels carried a
large volume Of it, but with the re.
duction in the number of vessels USED
for freight purposes along the coast
practically all Of this traffic has beer
diverted to the Atlantic railroads
AS result it has been necessary tt
send thousands Of cars into that dis
/ trict."
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16
German Denial of Telegram Refuted
With Documentary Proof

James w. Gerand, former American
Ambassador at Berlin, said that tel
egram was sent by Emperor Will
liam to President Wilson in August,
1914, in which the German Kaiser
asserted that Belgium's neutrality
chad to be violated by Germany on
strategical grounds" and that King
George sent the Emperor word
through the Emperor's brother Prince
Henry that Great Britain would re-
main neutral If war broke out on the
continent involving Germany and
! France and Austria and Russia. The
semi-official Nord Deutche ALICE
meme Zeitung of Berlin denied its
existence but the telegram, given to
Ambassador Gerard in the Emperor's
| own handwriting, was made public
officially by the State Departments
: at Washington Monday for the first
time.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16
38th American Vessel Sunk

Sinking of the American steamer
Campana, a Standard oil tanker, with
the probable capture of her captain
and four members of the naval guard
by the attacking German submarine
was announced Sunday by the navy
department.
The Campana was the 18th Amer.
lean merchant ship destroyed through
the operations Of German and Aus
trian submarines and raiders since
the war began. Thirteen of these
ships were sunk before the United
States entered the war, April 6, 1917
and rs since that time. The total
tonnage of the ships lost is about
$4,000 tons including $4,000 tons
sunk since April 6.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16

Seventeen persons were killed and
upwards of two score injured, some
probably fatally, when two trolley
cars met head-on at high speed at
North Bradford, Conn.,, Monday. Most
of the killed were women.
A recommendation that the sale Of
meat be prohibited throughout the
United States on Tuesdays and Fri
days was adopted and forwarded to
Herbert Hoover, food administrator,
by the United Master Mutchers of
America, meeting in annual conven-
ton in Chicago Tuesday.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16
Cars Keep Too Much Racket al

SnuICn
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
Mr.. Editor, please allow me space
in your paper to say that God has
blessed this country with prosperity
and the people are spending it un-
wisely. There has got to be SO, many "a
cars that We ministers can har ara y
hold our services for the racket
around the churches. Owners Of the
cars speculate on the Sabbath. The
Lord said to keep it holy. They are
busy backing their cars up to the
church all the time Of services, max
ing 5 and 1Oc trip, and | do say Sy
there ought to be stop to it. we
have to wait on the racket outside
at times so the people on in the IN,
side can hear. There must be some
restriction put on it.
w. D. M. (Colored)
Mcdonald, N. c.
Aug. IA, 1917.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16
< Americans Perished When brltls''

rive American passengers w. ~;t.7
lost when the American steamer 10y
Of Athens struck mine ana f mIn'
down near Capetown, South Ai II's
on August 10, according to toh MohoT zen n
other passengers and four Of pine the crew rev,
T T1so DISPATCHES say four Of the Amer s,a
i car Were We're missionaries and Mr. a and
Mrs Mrs. Naygard, Miss, Robinson II 4 the
Ga 1 Thompson, the latter Of tne
Methodist mission board. A Mr. F Hom'
ter of that mission was saved. Nine
teen other missionaries Of an organ ane
;zat;on with headquarters at ooe
Bridge street, Brooklyn, N. ~ "ere
saved.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16
Two Tar Heels on Board Ship sum

Two Tar Heels on Board Ship sunk
A dispatch of the 9th states that
tho Rritish steamer Argalia has been
tornedoed and sunk off the coast OF
England, the captain and ten OIL tne
crew losing their lives. There were
40 American muleteers on the steam
er. The Argalia left Newport News
Va, July Is for British port with
a cargo of horses. Listed among the
Americans on board the steamer were
R. B. Scarborough, Buxton, n. Z. and
F. M. Runnels, Raleigh.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-22
Fresh From the Ouens of Your Thi

Built permanent foundation of hard spring wheat
with rich ingredients, scientifically and tically
Mixed raised and baked bring the full food value
while adding to creamy nutike taste of these Justly
famous breads.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-22
Order a Loaf From Your {

Flags ofallnations handsomely
in original colors on celluloid '
flag staff.
One enclosed in every large wr
sum Loaf, every other week.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
Jury Aeoults Bee 3. Smith.

Bee B. Smith of Excelsior Springs,
who has been on trial at Liberty for
the killing of Urban II. Balcombe OF
Omaha in Excelsior Springs, March
Z, was declared not guilty. The jury
held the shooting was in self defense.
Testimony for the defendant showed
there had been trouble between the
two men previous TO the shooting, be.
ginning when Balcombe took a 5-cent
package Of chewing gum from Smiths
stand in the Auditorium Amusement
Building. Smith had asked Balcombe
to stay out of the building and had or.
dered him out before the shooting oc.
Cured. Smith is a former resident
of Kansas City and several persons
from that city testified as to his char
acter. He is 26 years old.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
PLAGUE SPREADING
Death ListFrOm ChiId's Disease
+ in Southeast Missouri
Up to 118.
MAY CALL ON STATE FOR HELP
st. Louis Specialist 5lames Spread Of
Epidemic on Flies-screens
and Lime Needed.

DR.. Joseph H. Mayfield, coroner OF
New Madrid county, announced that
there had been at least forty-seven
deaths from ~enterocolitis, or summer
complaint. in New Madrid county
since the latter part Of May, and that
at least one hundred others now are
i'll. This brings the number OF known
deaths in Southern Missouri from the
malady, known to have been caused
BY flies, up to 11S, while there are at
least three hundred still i'll.
The disease, which first became
prevalent near this town in Scott
county, has in a short time spread to
Dunklin, Butler, Mississippi, Pemiscot
and New Madrid counties, bringing
with it many deaths, and from indica-
lions tonight it will continue to spread
rapidly unless extraordinary precau-
%tionary measures are taken immedi-
ately.
DR.. H. S. Winters and DR.. William
Wescott of Oran declare the situation
is NJ better and they believe it neces-
sary to ask the state authorities for
help. The illness is prevalent in
swampy and low places, while lack of
sewerage, the large number of flies
and the fact that many of the houses
are without screens make the task OF
combating it almost impossible.
Physicians say that before the NAL.
ady can be stopped it will be neces'
sary for screens to be placed in each
home, a large quantity Of lime or 9th.
er disinfectant used and the attention
of a visiting nurse had for several
weeks.
The spread of intestinal trouble IN
Scott and Dunklin counties, Missouri
resulting thus far in sixty-two deaths
most of them children, is attributed
to flies by Dr.. E. w. Saunders, spe
cialist in children's diseases, who
came here from St. Louis to investi
gate the malady.
According TO reports there now arr
three hundred cases in the two coun
ties. He recommended a campaign
of fly eradication in order to staml
out the disease.
Doctor Saunders, in a conference
with local physicians, said if the dis
ease is not checked soon it will b
necessary to call in the state boar
Of health.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06

Mrs. Myrtle Sexton returned
Monday morning to her home in
Kansas City, after a visit with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II.
Luellen.
Mrs. H. C. Young and two chill
dren went to Sweetwater Sun
day evening for a visit.
1t is guaranteed to any wom-
an who will use SanOl Eczema
will find a
perfect complexion. 1t will cure
any eruption of the skin. 1t is
a skin Tonic SanOl Eczema Cure
is a household remedy. A trial
will convince you. Get it at the
drug store. Adv.
E. F. Mollenkamp and son,
Howard, spent Sunday in Hig-
ginsville.
DR.. and Mrs. William S. Wal
lace and son, Earl, Of Excelsior
Springs, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Laurence G. Peak.
You only need SanOl Eczema
Cure to get rid of those Black
Heads, Pimples, tough bunny
skin. Leaves skin smooth. Cures
any case of Eczema. Is pleasant
to use. A trial will convince
you. 35c at the drug store
Adv.
Mrs. ]. c. VanHOrn and daugh
ter, Miss Helen, returned Sun.
day morning to their home il
Kansas City, after a few days
visit here with Mrs. S. H. Boyl
es.
Miss Fannie Nance and Gilber
Nance went to Jefferson Cit.
; Sunday morning for a visit.
> Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Langsdale
b. Jr., spent Sunday here with Mrs
t Langsdale's parents, Mr.. an
Mrs. William Aull, Sr.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
Prices for T%hreshing.

The following prices for
threshing were adopted by a
Joint committee of Threshermen
and Farmers at Higginsville,
June Is, 1917, and will prevail
in Lafayette county for the
year 1917:
Threshing from shock, with
crew, wheat 10 cents oats 1912
cents, farmers furnishing feed
and fuel, but fuel to be paid for
by threshermen.
Threshing from shock without
crew, wheat 6 cents; oats q
cents. Farmer to furnish crew
and fuel.
Threshing from stack with
crew, wheat 10 cents; oats {
cents. Farmer furnishing feeC
and fuel, but fuel to be paid fol
by threshermen.
Threshing from stack without
crew, wheat 6 cents; oats
cents. Farmer to furnish crew
and fuel.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
We Love Work.

We are prepared to do better
work and more of it than ever.
Why half mix your concrete the
old way? Let US mix your con-
crete the up-to-date way. We
have the best mixer on the mar
ket. Your concrete does not
cost you as much as it did the
old way. YET it is a hundred
per cent better, because wher
we mix it, it's mixed. That's all
JOHN I. ASHURST.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
CALL ,.sgs."

When you cali 1899" you ex-
pect something different, and it
is our aim not to disappOint you.
Our skill and energy is directed
to give perfect satisfaction with
every item that goes out of our
shop. If they were not we could
not expect that our business
would continue to grow, nor
would you repeat your orders so
consistently. We are receiving
catering comments on our bake
shop products, and If you have
not been a customer heretofore,
let us convince you that we can
give you perfect satisfaction
with anything you might call on
us for. The popularity Of OuI
cakes and bread continues, and
we are highly pleased with Thu
patronage we are receiving. Cal
1899" for anything you may
need in bake shop products anC
become convinced.
A. C. MEIERER..
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06

Mrs. Alice Hogan of Kansas
City, spent Sunday here with
the family of Dan Hogan.
Mrs. A. G. Williams left Sun
day morning for a visit with
Mrs. A. G.. Ewart, in Marysville,
Kansas.
Mrs. R. E. Anthony and little
daughter returned Sunday tC
their home in Napoleon, after a
visit here with Mr.. and Mrs. P.
w. Thompson.
Miss Mary Glasscock spent
Sunday in Higginsville with
Miss Dora Peacock.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
TELLS TEACHERS
TO HOLD POSTS
NJ u. President Says Education
Is Patriotic Service.


Teachers should stay at their
posts until a call comes to a
greater national service. That
was the message of President
A. Ross Hill of the University
of Missouri to several hundred
teachers of Missouri and other
states who are in Columbia to
attend the University's Summer
Session at the meeting Of stu
dents and faculty at the Mis-
souri, Union.
you will serve your country
by training boys and girls to be
more efficient citizens" said
President Hill. "Now, as never,
is the time for training our peo-
pie in the arts and sciences and
never was it so important that
our young men, those below mil
itary age, avail themselves of
the opportunity of higher educa-
ton. 1t IS patriotic to be engag-
ed in teaching these days. Our
boys will also be of more serv-
ice in school than by rushing in
to war unprepared and before
they can be used"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
Real Estates Transfers.

Deeds filed in the Recorders
Office, Lexington, Lafayette Co.,
Mo-. week ending Saturday, June
30, 1917. Compiled by Lafayette
County Abstract Company and
Financial Agents, Lexington,
Mo. Ike H. Noyes, Manager.
Edward Speas and wife to F.
L. Speas w. D. $S296.8O 1-S in
terest in NWH IA, II A w side
.NEA 14-5O-27.
Robert M. Taubman and wife
to Claud w. Hicklin w. D. $3.50
part NEA w 28-51-26.
James Kuntz and wife to E.
w. Klaustermeyer w. D. $1,000
lots Is and 16 Block D Horst
MAINS End addition Alma.
Certificate of increase Of capt.
tai stock of Home B. & l..
Assn. from $1OO,OOO to $780,
900.
Stella Swartz and husband to
VIM. Long and wife W. D.. ST.
$50 s 20 #. Lot go and Lot 81
Lexington.
Mayme D. Cole and husband
to R. A. Roberts w. D. $1,000
Lots 5 and 6 Block "P" Aullville.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06

Do you get up at night? SanOl
is surely the best for all kidney
or bladder troubles. SanOl gives
relief in "a hours from all back
ache and bladder troubles. SanOl
is a guaranteed remedy. 35c
and $1.0O a bottle at the drug
store. Adv.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
$50 in NJ. U. Summer Session

$50 in NJ. u. Summer Session
More than $50 students have
enrolled in the Summer Session
of the University of Missouri.
Late registrations is still going
on. In the opinion of officials of
the University, the large sum-
mer enrolment indicates that
the regular session, which opens
September II, will be well at
tended in spite of the war.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06

Rev. and Mrs. R. w. Wallace
and son, Richard, Jr., motored
to Liberty Monday for a few
days visit with Rev. and Mrs.
Graham Frank.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
served wIth RlIl Anderson.

Charley Baker, bodyguard to Bill
Anderson, noted Civil war guerrilla
who terrorized Missouri, is dead at his
home near Montgomery, where he had
lived a quiet life since the Civil war
closed.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
Arnued War VIII Fists.

Reeves Hopkins, so years old, Con.
federate veteran, gave Montgomery
it's first overt act Of the war by at.
lacking his friend, Narris Mitchell
because the latter said: "The United
States ought to have stayed out o.
this war"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06

When you have Backache the
liver or kidneys are sure to be
out of gear. Try SanOl, it does
wonders for the liver, kidneys
and bladder. A trial 35c bottle
will convince you. Get it at the
drug store. Adv.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
TWO sedalla Bows Drowned.

George Pace, IS, and Joe Pace, 10,
bro,hers, fell out of a boat in Flat
creek near Sedalia recently and
drowned. They were skylarking with
two skaggA brothers, who swan to
shore. George PAGES body was recov.
cred.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
lohn S. currell Dead at %.

John S. Currell, rs years old, is
dead at his home south of Excelsior
Springs. He was a native Missourian,
born at Fayette in 1889, and had lived
here several years. Three daughters
survive.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
Heal peaths in ST. Louis.

Heat in st. Louis recently caused
the death of three persons and the
prostration of three others, all of
whom are said to be in a dangerous
condition.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
A Missouri LeaIsIator Dead.

r. c. Haennsler, a member of the
Missouri House Of Representatives, 60
years old, is dead at St Charles.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06

Miss HELEN Shacklett went to
Kansas City Monday for a few
days visit.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06

Misses Carrie and Clara Green
went to Jefferson City Sunday
morning for a weeks visit with
their brother, Ewing Green.
Misses Martha Legg and Muir
rell Blosser returned Sunday
morning from a visit in Kansas.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. X. st. Clair
and son, joe, went to Huntsville
Sunday morning for a weeks
visit.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
FrenchmAn for Attacking Flag.

Hold FrenchmAn for Attacking Flag.
Theodore SAVER, claiming to be a
Frenchman and employed as a gang
foreman on the Myrick division Of the
Missouri Pacific Railway, was taken
into custody by a federal officer at
Lexington recently on the charge of
mutilating the American dag.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1917-07-06
Civil Service Examination
Clerk Carrier.

An examination for post office
clerks and carriers will be held
at the post Office in this city on
July IA, 1917.
Age limit, 10 to As years on
the date of examination.
Married women will not be adj
mitted to the examination.
Applicants must be physically
sound, and male applicants must
be not less than 5 feet A inches
in height in bare feet, and weigh
mot less than 125 pounds with
out overcoat or hat.
For application blanks and for
full Information relative to the
examination, qualifications, du
tiles, salaries, vacations, promo.
ltions, ETC., address Immediately
E. A. SLUSHER,
Secretary, Board of Civil Ser.
Vice Examiners, Lexington, Mo