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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-09
How The Heat Affects
 The Detroit J0urmal

ID PRACTICALLY every important q newspaper in the country has had something to say about the riots at East St. Louis, and most of them place the blame where it properly belongs. It remained for the Detroit Journal to discover that the long, suffering south is solely responsible.
 In an editorial outburst which is one of the most astounding examples of midsummer lunacy, sectionalism and prejudice that has come to light in a long time, the Journal empties the vials of it's wrath on the southern people as follows:
 It remained for northern state
 to outdo the south in lynchings. In
 point of numbers murdered, in
 sheer brutality and viciousness,
 the south has no record that will
 compare with that made at East
 St. Louis It is blot that Illinois
 can never wipe from its tablets.
 Yet if justice were to be done this East St. Louis crime would be placed at the doors of the south
 It was in that section that mob law was developed into a code. It was there that men first were
 permitted to nourish the tiendish
 idea that lynching was a virtue, that hanging negroes without due process of law argued superior
 sense of righteousness, that race hatred and race tyranny were cul-
 tivated as duty in citizenship.
 Had there been many men of high
 courage in public office instead
 of many men of feeble character,
 lynching would have been crushed
 at it's first appearance. Had the
 south had any sense of responsi-
 bility toward the negro, had it de-
 sired to improve him, had it done
 anything else except to exploit his
 labor and maintain him in squalor
 and ignorance, the crimes held to
 be peculiarly negro crimes would
 not have occurred, this migration
 into the north would not have
 started, lynchings would have been
 unheard of.
 The south can taunt the north
 for ecIipsing it in savagery. It is
 a shame we feel and suffer. Yet
 what the north has done has been simply to aatter by imitation. The crime of lynching is still the southerners crime. He devised it, developed it, gave it pridefully to
 the country as sectional product. However hard our sin, there is satisfaction in knowing that we were incapable of creating it. The person who wrote, or inspired, the above editorial either disregards the facts, or ignores them to make his point. The East St. Louis riots were labor riots primarily, and due to economic causes, although racial antipathy was a factor. The time has long since passed when the sort of vituperation indulged in by the Jour- nal has any weight with thinking peo- ple. It is but a sorry exhibition of i spleen which no newspaper with any regard for the truth and it's own self. respect would be guilty of, and does not merit an extended reply.
 The south is just about as much tc blame for the East St. Louis riots al it is for the rape of Belgium.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-09
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F. S.-Rice custard is an old stand by. The next time you order it. think of what rice means to mankind as food.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-09
Washington bureau. 2o7 Hibbs Build

Of all base passions, fear is most ac- curs,t. Henry VI.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-09

America is the chief corn continent, just as Asia is the chief rice continent, although rice is raised on large scale in this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-09

The Chinese like rice better than wheat and all oriental people esteem it the best of foods. That it is a good fighting ration was proven by the Jap anese
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-09

Rice is a grain that's eaten by every civilized people, and 1t takes the place of bread with a large part of the hu- man race
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-09
Mary bought bowl of rice
 And took 1t home to sup, And while the rice was going dow
 Twas also going up"

If you don't care to give up mutton all at once in favor of rice, you can compromise on curry, which is a high ly favored and pungent sauce used as relish for boiled rice, meats, etc. Curry sauce as compromise isn't so bad.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-09

No communication will be published without it's authors name. Rejected manuscript will not be returned unless stamps are enclosed for that purpose.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-09

Entered at the BItmInB nam, Ala postoffice as second- class matter un- der act of Congress, March 8, 1879.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16
STATE NEWS

Houston Robinson, negro of Cataw-
ba county, was placed in jail at New
ton Saturday charged with the muir
der of his son Julius. Two weeks ago
the father says his son left home and
he fired at him to brighten him, not
intending to hit him. The boy, who
was halfwitted, was shot in the leg
with a shotgun, causing lockjaw, and
death resulted Saturday.
A government contract has been
approved for two vessels of the gov
ernment's emergency fleet which is
to transport food and ammunition TO
Europe for American soldiers and the
Allies to be constructed by the North
Carolina Shipbuilding Co. Of More
head City. The two vessels will cost
over half a million dollars. An Of
fetal Of the shipping board is quoted
as saying that Beaufort and More
head City are considered by nava7
constructors as the best place on the
Atlantic coast to build ships.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16
RECOLLECTIONS OF
THE OLD PLANTATION
(By SNYDER)
Written for The Robesonian.

Marcus, as he was commonly call
ed, had left and was farming on his
own hook. Meeting him one day, l
enqulred how he was getting on. He
replied, II am getting on we'll, thank
God". On further enquiry I found
out that he was farming on shares.
| asked him what part of the crop
he was getting and he replied that
he was getting "sich part. ask
ed him what part that was, was it
IL, 1-3 or IA. "Nor sir" he replied,
ut is SIGH a part''. And on fur
ther enquiry to know how much "sich
part" was, he said it was "sich a
perfectly satisfied.
He was poor and ignorant and was
always imposed upon. One reason
why the negroes lost confidence in
the white people after freedom was
because the whites in many instances
took ADVANTAGE of their ignorance
in business matters and cheated them
most mercifully. Of course this ap-
piled only to a certain class of
whites. They couldn't realize tina
they were free, and many felt that
they still owned their labor.
Sandy was another character. His
business was to cut wood for the big
house and on account of his ignor-
ance he had nothing to do with the
horse lot; besides, he was too fond
of whiskey to be trusted. He was
tremendously Strong and was en-
ployed in ditching and other work of
the hoe and the ak. On one oecas-
! ion the colonel had Sandy ditchine
and knowing that he had been drink
ing he wanted to lambast him for his
conduct; but when the colonel got
near him, Sandy moved down and
commenced work in another place
and as the colonel neared him, he'd
move further on until he finally gave
up the game.
On one occasion, a gentleman rid
ing very small horse rode I'm to
spend the night, and no one else be-
ing about the colonel ordered Sandy
to put the horse in the stable. There
upon Sandy gathered the horse by
the forelegs and proceeded to exc
cute the order, when the colonel stop
ped the proceedings. Of. course he
was drinking. He was a good-nat-
ured negro and the little bow was
very fond of him. He got into some
trouble about his drinking and the
colonel was obliged to sell him. On
his way off he passed the school
house and the last seen of him he
was striding along on his way to
Texas.
carried Jimmy to the war with
me, and a more incompetent servant
I never saw. He was a good natured
boy, but entirely out Of place in the
army. He was SO worthless that
had to send him home. And I sus-
peet that was the reason the colonel
sent him, and in case the Yankees
captured him. it would not be much
loss. You see, the colonel thought
good deal Of his negroes, and the
one that should have been sent he
was afraid the Yankees might get
him.
These are an old mans recollec-
ton of other and happier days, and
as he puts them down in paper it
helps him to recall the past.
Red Springs, N. C.
| Aug, 10, 1917,
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16

The Robesonian's Bellamy CORES
pendent voices the complaint, general
in that section, about the road across
Big swamp to the Bladen county
line. A Lumberton man whose bus
mess takes him over that road al
most as often as it is possible to
make the trip, said the other day
that the road in Bladen up to the
line was in good fix and that the
people of Bladen are talking about
helping Robson county fix the Rob.
eson county part of the road if it
cannot be fixed in any other way
The condition of that road incon-
veniences the people Of that entire
section and shuts off a lot of travel
from. that section to Lumberton and
other sections Of the county and from
Robson to that section. Surely the
road commissioners will see to it that
the road superintendent has this roae
improved at the earliest possible mo.
ment. 1t would seem to be the duty
Of the road superintendent, however
to travel about over the county anc
find out what roads need immedi
ate attention, and do the most ur
gently-needed work first.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16

ADVERTISE in THE RoBEsONIAN
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16

German machines Sunday raided
English southeast coast watering
places and two of the mwere destroy
ed by British naval airplanes.
A Berlin dispatch Of the 18th
states that the municipal food bureau
Of Strassburg announces that newly
married couples will be entitled to
draw double the amount of food in
dicated on their food cards. This
privilege is accorded them for a pc
ROD Of SIX weeks.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16
Senator Gore of Oklahoma

Senator Gore of Oklahoma was
prominent in opposition to the
food control bill of the administration
which bill has been held up for a
sinfully long time while Congress
men have uttered lot of words to
which nobody paid any attention but
the Kaiser, who has been much pleas
ed, no doubt, with the talk Of some
of them. Senator Gore the other day
said that the Senate conferees had
yielded the Senate's judgment to the
Judgment of the President, he evil
IDENTIFY being like Cicero, opposed to
anything that other men start. But
Senator Chamberlain balled out the
gentleman from Oklahoma in proper
style. 81 had rather be charged with
following in the footsteps Of the
distinguished President Of the Unit
ed States in the conduct of this
war;" said the Oregon Senator
"crawling, if you please, on my
knees and licking the dust from his
feet, as has been suggested here,
than to stand in opposition to him
and be concerning with, to be con-
spring with and treating with the
enemies of the President" Where
fore We lift our hat to the Senator
from Oregon. He is dead right:
temptible than the bootlicker, and
the Senator from Oklahoma, usually
a fairly sensible man, has stood in
that very line in his opposition to
the food control bill.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16
Soldiers Expected at Charlotte Soon
Pay Roll $4,000 Last Week

The Charlotte Observer Of Sunday
carried a news item to the effect
that Maj. Clarence H. Greene, in
charge Of construction at camp
Greene, near Charlotte, had wired the
War Department that the camp would
be ready for the reception of the en-
gineering and sanitary division We'd
nesday, that the 22nd inst. it will be
ready for a brigade of infantry, and
ten days later, or September 2, will
be in readiness for the remainder of
the troops. For last weeks labor at
the camp the sum Of $4,000 was paid
out last Saturday, twice as much as
the pay roll for the previous week.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16

Another German submarine has
been sunk by the guns of merchant
man if the gunners of a British
frelghter which arrived at an AT.
lantic port Sunday are correct in
their assumption that shots which
struck an undersea boat off Brest
France, sent her to the bottom.
Geo. Nicoll Barnes has been an.
pointed to replace Arthur Henderson
az labor member Of the British war
cabinet. - 6AssaInli
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16
Get Ready the Wreaths

Fannie Hurst, Americas most pop
ular writer of short stories, never
wrote finer one than appears in Sep
Der Cosmopolitan, now on sale.
"Get Ready the Wreaths' has a
tear and smile in almost every
line. 1t is a story of supreme love
and sacrifice-of an indulgent moth
er, selfish girl and old-world mem
cries that scar the soul.
In this story Miss Hurst has touch
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16
NOT ENOUGH CHILDREN

ever receive the proper balance Of food
to sufficiently nourish both BODY and
brain during the growing period when
NATURES demands are greater than in
mature life. This Is shown In 20 MANY
pale faces, lean bodies, frequent colds.
and lack Of ambition,
For all such children We SAY with
unmistakable earnestness: They need
SCOTS Emulsion, and need Il now. Il
possesses In concentrated form the very
food elements to enrich their blood. It
changes weakness to strength: Il mstes
them sturdy and strong. No alcohol,
eeost q Dowus. SsoemSaA, NJ. -
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16
A japanese Mission Arrives in thu
United States

A Japanese mission to the United
States arrived at Pacific port Mon
day and proclaimed that its members
came officially "as comrades in gi.
gantic struggle which involves the
liberties and the sacred rights OF
mankind"
eve are here" declared Viscount
X. lshii, ambassador extraordinary
tand ,plenipotentiary, responding ia
an address of welcome from the NAV.
or, Gas the representative of Japan
on vision Of friendship and gooe
will. We come as allies in a com
mon cause"
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16
Leonard Wood,
Major General

Major General Leonard WOod,
speaking on preparedness and pa
triotism, told an audience at Wrights-
vile Beach the other night that the
nation that sends it's young men
into battle unframed, undisciplined
and unprepared is the murderer Of
it's people, and predicted that Ameri-
ca will win the war with the mil
lions of men that she will train
eventually, England and France hold
ing back the enemy of civilization
meanwhile, for which all Americans
should be profoundly thankful; for
but for the protective wall furnish
ed by the Allies the United States
would fall an easy victim before
trained, machine-like armies Of Ger
many. He paid his respects to the
charlatans who pirate glibly about a
million armed men springing to the
defense Of the country between sun
set and sunrise, pointing out that
they would be a perfectly helpless
and useless sacrifice. The doctrine
that this is to be the last war he
denounced as dangerous and dam
nable. Men have said that after ev-
ery war, but there will be wars so
long as men are built like they are.
We don't want tuberculosis and 9TH
er diseases, ard see no good in them,
but still we have them; and it is
like that with war; And the nation
that is best prepared for war is the
nation that is least likely to be at
tackled, just as the individual that is
strongest to resist disease germs is
the one least likely to be attacked by
them. Privilege and obligation for
ever go hand in hand, said the gen.
eral, and there should be universal
military service, which is the essence
of democracy.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16
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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16

In recommending the employment
of whole-time public health nurse
the county health board shows that
it is a progressive, forward-looking
body. 1t is to be hoped that the
county commissioners will see their
way clear to acting favorably upon
that recommendation in the near fu-
ture,
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16

ed universal chord of sympathy and
understanding that teaches deep down
into every human heart.
When you read this story you viii
feel that you have a better under
standing of humanity.
This is only one of the many Won
derful features in this months Cos
mopolitan.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-18

Now York. Sept. 17-Fresident H. N. Hempstead of the New York National League club announced today that he had suspended Captain Herzog for re- fusing to accompany the team on the recent trip to Boston. although inform ed by Manager McGraw that he would not be asked to play if he did not feel equal to doing SO.
 Last April when the Giants were en- training for Philadelphia, Herzog slip ped and fell upon the floor of the Penn syIvania Railroad station, 1njuring the base of his spine so that he was un- able to play for some time. Recently Herzog claimed the officials of the New York club had promised to allow him to rest and recuperate. Just as soon as the series of double headers with the Philadelphia team was com pleted at the Polo grounds. He is says his medical advisers assert it would be injurious for him to play f0r some time.
 Rumors of Herzog having been sus- pended had been in circulation here since Saturday, but could not be veri- fled until late today when President Hampstead sent out the following an- nouncement:
 Player Herzog, without notifying me, did not attempt to go on the sec- ond weste21 trip. As soon as I heard of this held a consultation with the
 
 and Herzog. He was advised that the club needed his services even if he did not play and Manager McGraw advised him that he need not play if he did not feel equal to it He changed his mind, went with the team and voluntarily played. The day before going to Bos- ton on the last trip. Herzog notified us that he would not go with the team. Manager McGraw told him that he need not play if he did not feel equal to it, but that he needed him along with the team, notwithstanding which, Player Herzog left the team <>rd noth- ing was left to do but susEend him."
 A case similar to that of Herzog all so has arisen in the locali club of the American Le ague. which today indef1n- itely suspended Third Baseman J. Franklin Baker for alleged fnsubordin- ation-
 Beker asked permission to visit his farm in Maryland last Sunday but was told that he had been advertised to ap- pear at an exhibition game in Bridge port, Conn.,, that day. Instead of re- porting Sunday with the other players, Baker is said to have gone to Mary land Upon his appearance at the Po- To grounds today he was ordered to the bench by Manager Donovan and to-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-18

Minnesota team. Since that year he has been in charge of prominent elev- ems in the Middle and Far West with a success that is little short of phe- nomenal.
 During. the past fourteen years De- bie's teams have played 97 game:l winning 93; losing none and being held to a tie score but four times. In this period of play the elevens coached by him have rolled up an aggregate score of 3,495 points to their opponents 152, giving them an average of 36 and a slight fraction of points per game. Af- ter serving two seasons with the Uni versity of Minnesota Dobie went to the Minneapolis High School for one year and spent the next two seasons coach ing the North Dakota Aggies. In 1908 he transferred his alliance to the Uni- versity of Washington where he coach ed until the close of the 1916 season.
 Dobie is a coach of marked person ality. He has the unusual faculty of developing fast clever playing teams from almost any kind of material. He naturally prefers fast heavy backs and linemen. when they are available,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-18

meeting of the national collegiate ath- letic directors. professional coaches must not take charge of the squads until the college year commences.
 This means that Folwell will not report at Franklin Field until Sptem- Der 28. and with the first gam sche- duled for October and the Southern trip on to meet Georgia Tech the next week, Penn has a hard task in front of 1t to place a good team on the field for the early games.
 Bill Quigley, Fred Eble and Barka : low. a scrub man ,have signed up, and it Is. expected that Bert Bell. Howard Berry, Jimmy Bryant Hobby Light and a number of last years freshmen will report before the week is over.
 It was definitely announced that Penn would not play West Point this season, although the game with the cadets was previously scheduled, but cancelled when it was reported that the government institutions would drop athletics.
 The failure of Penn to reschedule the game is due to taking on of Georgia Tech, which, with the Dartmouth game at Boston will give the Red and Blue two out oft town games.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-18
STAND DIN0A
American LcaquA
NATIONAL LEAGUE BATTING.
McGraws Team Second Only to Gin.
 cinnati in Welding the Willow.

That the New York Giants are clear .ly entitled to this years pennant is evident from a glance at the averages. The old Tank leads in almost every department Of he offensive and also the defensive game.
 New York has hit much better than any rival save Cincinnati and com spares most favorably with the Reds t.z62 to .265. The Gothamites ni'e tie flor fielding hOnors with the Phillies and the Cardinals at .967. New York has stolen more bases than any other National League club and leads every -one. even the Reds, in run getting. :. Naturally New Yorks pitchers are right up among the leaders both in deficiency, winning peTct%sage and number Of victories. Indeed, Slim Sal lee tops the list, though he has won only seventeen games as compared with nineteen for Schupp. Poll Per ritt has won thirteen and Rube Benton twelve Even Jeff Tesreau, who has just begun to show real signs of life, ts credited with a dozen victories.
 Following are the averages for all games, including those of Thursday last