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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-14
BUY A LIBERTY BOND
The Time for Talk is Past and the
Time for Action is at Hand
By Mrs. Kate Lankley Bosher, Rich

The Time for Talk is Past and the !
Time for Action is at Hand
By Mrs. Kate Lankley Bosher, Rich
mond, Va.
There is no right-minded, right
hearted man or woman in America
today who has not expressed desire
to be Of service to his or her country
in the great work which awaits it. If
this desire be honest, the opportunity
is immediate to prove the same by
the purchase of a bond which shall
be a part of the Liberty loan made
by the government to our Allies now
fighting our battles shat the world
may be safe for Democracy. Lip
service, lip sympathy, lip patriotism
no longer count if that be all. Few
men or women are SO impoverished
that, if the spirit be willing, the way
cannot be found to buy bond. With
some the purchase may mean sac
rifice. If so, said purchase will be
enriched by the surrender involved;
and if self-denial be required, with it
will come the reward Of doing ones
bit for ones country. Women as we'll
as men should do their full part in
the buying of these bonds. Very spec
tally indeed should women put their
money where it is needed as they are
not permitted to go where danger is
greatest or where they must send
their sons.
If we believe in the things GU,
country stands for, is going to fight
! for, and, if necessary, die for, we
must prove our faith by our works
j. The time for talk is past. The time
for action is at hand. The call Of ou1
country is as clear for one form o.
service as another, and tn eimmedi
ate form Of service before all classes
and kinds and conditions Of our PEG
pie today is to do what each is aske'
t to do-put our money, be it much O.
little, where our government can US
it to fight humanitv's battles and t
save the world from the autocrac
;, which makes possible such wars a
j.. that upon which we have entered, an
!. which must be waged until autocrs
cies are forever banished from tn
t face of the earth.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-14
sADDLETREE TOPICS
Bad Weather for Harvesting Grain
Church Notes-Personal Mention


Correspondence Of The Robesonian.
Saddletree (Lumberton, r. p, June
have been having much rain
for the past week and the farmers
are getting behind with their work.
Farmers are having bad weather
to harvest their small grain, Messrs.
M. D. Paul, Arch McDuffie, w. H.
Powell, C. J. Biggs and J. B. Hum
phey are among our farmers who
planted wheat.
Mrs. Frank l.. Smith, who is a pa
tient in the Thompson hospital, is
doing nicely.
Mrs. R. Humphrey spent a few
DAYS at Buie last week with hel
grandmother, Mrs. Lizzie Bailey
who is sick.
Mr.. Henry McDuffie went to Char
lotte last week where he entered
hospital for treatment.
Miss Lille Oakley of Rennert spen
the weekend with Miss Annie Bell
Humphrey.
Mr.: NJ. C. Powell spent saturda.
night and Sunday in the Parkton ant
st. Paul section.
| Messrs. Ernest Odum and R. {
Parnell of the Raft Swamp sectio7
passed through Sunday p. m.
1 Mr.. ard Mrs. H. J. McRae and Mis-
Thelma Moore Of Wilmington spen
the weekend here with relatives.
Miss Hattie Powell will leave to
/ day for Greenville, where she will at
tend the summer session Of the Eas
Caroina teachers training school.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Willifor
!. spent yesterday at Buie.
Rev. J. S. Kirk filled his regula
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-14
LUMBERTON ASTONISHED
BY MERCHANTS STORY

A merchant relates the following:
"For years I could not sleep without
turning every hour. Whatever 1 ate
caused gas and sourness. Also had
stomach catarrh. ONE SPOONFUL
buckthorn bark, glycerine, et4, as
mixed in Adler-i-ka relieved me IN
STANTLY." Because AdIer-i-ka
flushes the ENTIRE ailmentary tract
it relieves ANY CASE constipation,
sour stomach or gas and prevents ap-
pendicitis. 1t has QUICKEST &C
ton Of anything we ever sold. Gran
than Bros, druggists
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-14

Mckay, Allen Mclean, Dan Mclean,
Joe Mclean, Randolph Mclean, John
HughMcLean, j ohnL Me- L. can, CyrilSan-
fordMcLean, j ohnAllenMc Leanjr Frank
Mclean, Reedy McLaurin, GeorgeMc-
Laurin, John McLaurin, James Nc
Lauchlin, William MCLAUGHLIN, Joe
McLauchlin, Willie McLendon, Hal
bert Hill Mcleod, Walter Guy Nc
Iced, Henry Mcmillan, Alexander Nc
Nair, d. McNair, Hector McNair,
Robert McNair, West McNair, Nor
man McNair, Henry McNair, Albert
Mcqueen, James Mcqueen, Daniel M.
Mcqueen, Ed McQuaig, Bolton Jones
McRimmon, Walter McRimmon,
James Floyd McRae, McIver McRae,
Frank McRae, Peter McRae, Nathan
iel McRae, Luther McRae, Farley
McRae, Angus CASTOR McRae, Mack
Nicholson, William w. Ormond,
Charles A. Olmstead, Luther T. Pc
terson, -Monson Peterson, Edward
Pate, Daniel Pate, Jack Pitman,
Gregory Pittman, Luther David Pitt
man, Lawrence Patterson, Will Pan
key, Edward Pinsett, Dexter Prid-
gen, Charley Page, Peter Willie Par
nell, Dan Pride, James D. Parsons,
Charles Marvin Parish, Henderson
Robson, Vance Powell, James Rig
gins, Rodgers Reece, Alexander Ross,
Aaron Seals, Roland Seals, William
r. Stewart, Hugh A. Stewart, Annie
Shagan, Charles Seasons, Henry Pit
man Stubs, W. J. Snead, Henry C.
Sutton, John Henry Shotridge, viii
Stackhouse, Ben Snipes, Johnnie
Stephens, Jessie Smith, Harry Smith
James T. Smith, Alexander Smith
Cleo E. Strickland, S. S. Strickland
June Thompson, Robert Thompson
lor, Murdoch Clyde Taylor, Edward
Lee Taylor, GUSTS Williams, Thorn
: as Wayne Williams, Ernest P. vii
: Wright, Jack Wall, EoWilkerson, Odel
: White, Edmund Watkins, Cleve Wal
lace, Arthur Wills, E. L. Wooten, Jo
= Vance, Ed Ziegler, Bruce McCray.
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l Rowland Byrd, Roy Byrd, Willie [
$ Branch, James l. Branch, William A
: Wilbur R. Britt, Will Bullock, Nun
I'll uOCh DUlIOCh, oo11AOlO3 w az.
Brown, John T. Bridgman, Deli
). Benton, Walter Barnes, JOSEF
E Barnes, Joseph Billiard, Henry Blu
;. lard, Kelly Bass, Kelly Collins, Joh1
: ME Collins, Gurlie Council, Arthu
r, Caps, William Durant, HezzieFloy'
r, Bud Floyd, Rowland Floyd, Ha!
: mes Kelly Floyd, Willie August
IS Floyd, Troy Floyd, Eldra Moo1
a, Floyd, Willie Yates Floyd, Marsha
k Floyd, William Lewis Floyd, Sampse
n, W. Fairfax, John Kelly Fairfax, Ma
n, tin Luther Fairfax, Clyde Femme
l. William Ezra Fleming, Allison Gan
ID boil, James Gambol, Ippie Graha1
n, Willie A. Graham, Stokes Norme
~ Graham, James Ausby Graham, D
n v:d Graham, Johnnie A: Hedgpet
4. Ambrose Hedgpeth, Thaddeus He'd
TX peth, Joe Hardy, Jasper Humphre
n James Hasley Hardin, Gregory
c. Hardin, Palmer Inman, James
c. Ivey, Ippie Ivey, Furman 1vey, W.
m ton Bert Ivey, Milton Ivey, Able
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-14
HAPPY MOTHERS

and has been used successfully by
three generations. Apply it exter-
nally night and morning. Get bot
tie from the druggist today. After
reading the information as to care
for the breasts, etc., in circular
around each bottle, write for valu-
able guide book motherhood and the
Baby" It is free. Bradfield Regu-
lator Company, 1T Lamar Bldg,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-14

!. ANY woman awaiting the joyful
t sllne OF childbirth should prepare
aer system for the greatest of all
events. She should secure a bottle
VI "MoTHER'S FRIEND" from her
druggist when the abdomen first be-
~ Rms 70 expand. Tension is relieved.
t me breasts are kept in good condi-
sion' The crisis is one of much less
pain pam, MOTHERS FRIEND" is the
prescription Of a famous physician,
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-14
Hale Gets Is Years

David L. Hale, who killed his broth
er Jno. T. Hale at Rocky Point, PEN
der county, on May 5, was found
guilty of murder in the second de-
gree at Burgaw Saturday and was
sentenced by Judge Bond to Is years
in the State prison. Hale claimed
that he shot his brother in self de-
tense.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-14

Most disfiguring skin = eruptions,
scrofula, pimples, rashes, ETC., are
due to impure blood. Burdock Blood
Bitters as a cleansing blood tonic is
well recommended. $1.00 at all stores,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-23
FINGER and Toe Nails.

Finger nails and toenails are only
another phase of the development of
man from the animal that originally
walked on four feet. Animals that
walk on all fours use the finger and
toe coverings, which in man is the nail,
to scratch in the ground, to attack ene-
mics and to climb with, and our nails
of the present day are what the devel-
opment of man into civilized being
has changed them to. At that there
are still uses for finger nails and toe
nails, or man in his changing to
higher plane would have found way
to develop away from them, says the
Book of Wonders" They are useful
today in making our fingers and toes
firm at the end aAd enable us to pick
up things more easily. The time may
come when man will have neither fin
ger nails nor toenails
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-23

We worry because we are able through
4 power called self consciousness to
place ourselves through our minds for
the time being either back somewhere
in the past without carrying our physi-
cal bodies with US, for if we could take
our bodies with us we would be in the
present again, and then worry is i'm
possible; or, We use our imagination
and project the future entirely apart
from our bodies, for we cannot project
our bodies into the future, and if we
could we would again be in the present,
says the Book of Wonders" We worry
over going to have an operation per-
formed, which may or may not be dan
gerous, but quite necessary. We may
still think we worry when the opera
tion begins, but as soon as that occurs
the time becomes the present, and
though we may fear, we cannot worry
in the present.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-23
Picric Acid For Burns.

A well tried remedy for burns, used
much before the advent of the paraffin
treatment, says the Medical Record, is
picric acid, to be employed in the fol-
lowing manner: Picric acid, two drains;
alcohol, 21a ounces; distilled water, a
quart. The burn is first cleansed of
dirt and charred clothing, then strips
of sterilized gauze soaked in the above
solution are applied to the part.
An absorbent cotton pad is placed
over the dressing and lightly bandaged
to place. The dressing dries rapidly
and may be left in position for several
days, after which it is again moistened
with the solution to soften it, removed,
and fresh dressing is applied and left
on for week. All blisters should be
pricked.
The treatment causes pain at first,
which later disappears, and the wound
heals in smooth cicatrix.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-23
Short and Leaa Twiiiqht,

As twilight Is caused by the refrac-
ton of the atmosphere, without which
we should be instantly in darkness at
sunset, all parts of the earth have
twilight, though of varying duration.
When the sun has sunk eighteen de.
grees below the horizon no more light
can be refracted anywhere, but the
path Of the sun at the equator is so
nearly vertical that its disappearance
Is proportionately rapid.
The shortest twilight at the equator
10 one hour and twelve minutes at the
equinoxes in March and September; the
longest is one hour and nineteen min
utes at tffe solstices in June and De-
cember
In London from May % to July 81 it
is twilight all through the night. Far
ther north still, in the Shetlands and
Norway, we speak of the midnight sun,
where men never lose sight of the orb
Of day and twilight is unknown.-Lon-
don Telegraph.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-23
Pain and Struggle

Many people have fine dreams OF
moral and spiritual beauty which neve,
become anything more than dreams
because they will not work them out in
pain, struggle and self restraint. Here
Is an incident from private letter.
"One day lately one Of my little mu.
sic pupils, an old fashioned, sweet lit
tie girl about nine years old, was play.
ing scales and octaves, when she turn.
ed to me and said, oh, Miss Graham
my hands are tired
II said: Never mind, Norma: lust
try to play them once or twice more
The longer you practice them the
stronger your hands will grow, so that
after awhile you will not feel it at all.
"She turned the gentle little face
weariedly to me and said, Miss Ora.
ham, it seems as if everything that
strengthens hurts
Il gave her something else. but l
thought, Yes, my dear little girl, ev.
erything that strengthens hurtsp"
The child was right. It is true in
music: 1t is true in all art; it is true
In the making Of character; everything
that strengthens hurts, costs pain and
self denial. We must die to live. We
must cruelty the flesh that we may
nnd spiritual gains.-J. r. Miller in
Spokane Spokesman-Review.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-23
His Logic.

1--WE could get along very well with
out lawyers" proclaimed the radical.
Il consider lawyers nothing but para
sites on the body polite"
The attorney sneered. "Your theory
on this subject is like your theories on
all other subjects" he said. "You pre-
suppose a model state of society. In q
model state we should need no lawyers,
but at present society is imperfect.
Therefore, lawyers are a necessity"
Il expected you to say that" said the
radical. will you stick to it that a
lawyer is necessity and accept all the
consequences Of that statement?"
"Yes."
"Out Of your own mouth I condemn
you. Necessity knows no law!"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-23
CARELESS LYING.
The Awful Toll 1t Takes In NeeilessIy
Shortened Careers,

There are more than 100000 prevent
able deaths in the United States every
year. There are a million and a half
people lying on sick beds in the United
States any day In the year who should
not have been there. Such are the dec
larations made in the University of
California Journal of Agriculture by
the distinguished economist Irving
Fisher, professor Of political economy
In Yale university.
Human life is needlessly shortened
at least fifteen years in the United
States, declares Professor Fisher,
Moreover preventable diseases. even
when not fatal, cripple the power to
work and mar the joy of living. / ven-
ture the opinion he says, that the
average man or woman in the United
States is not doing half of the work
nor having half of the joy of work Of
which the human being is capable"
While there is now a decreased loss
OF life from infection by the germ dis
eases, there is an increased loss of life
after middle age from the degenerative
diseases. such as hardening of the ar
teries or Bright's disease. Neglect Of
individual hygiene is declared by Pro-
fessor Fisher the chief cause of this
degeneration, and he urges every one
to observe absolute cleanliness. to eat
the proper foods. to work hard, but to
play and rest and sleep. too, and to
avoid worry.
1.-THE secret of life and of happiness"
SAYS Professor Fisher, seems to be in
taking ones life and work cheerfully.
Almost any one can assume this atti-
tude if the proper desire is present"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-23
She Was Fired.

In Hudson Maxim's Dynamite Ste
ries" is the following sad narrative:
Eve once had servant girl whom
we nicknamed Jeopardy because sh.
could not be prevented from pourinc
kerosene directly from the can upon s
lighted fire. One day Jeopardy left Il.
very suddenly, and she never camt
back. We We're sorry she left, as Jeop
ardy was good girl 1t developed
that she had chanced to find a fit,
pound case of dynamite sticks in th.
woodshcd. which she had been usin}
to start the fire in the kitchen stove
Sometimes dynamite will work all righ
for aGth Il purpose, but it is notiona
stun and cannot be depended upol
merely TO barn. 1t was during one o.
those intervals that Jeopardy went"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-23
How to Save Soap.

Here is a method of effecting an
economy in regard to odd scraps and
ends of soap without the necessity for
shredding and recaking. Perforate the
sides and top of an old mustard tin
with number of small holes "a skew
er and a small hammer will quickly
produce these) and place the soap frag-
ments inside. On washing day just
let the tin and it's contents lie i'm
mersed with the clothes for few min
utes, and on stirring the water you
will find that you have thick, frothy
lather ready to wash them in. Drain
the tin, and it will be ready for work
again next week.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-23
Treatment of Children
Who Have Pricklv Heat

Grown folks sometimes forget Just
how tormenting prickly heat may be,
but it takes very little to remind u.s.
The delicate skin of babies and little
children is greatly irritated by the free
perspiration Of hot weather, and fine,
red pimples appear, sometimes cover
ing large surface. The itching is tor
menting and often upsets a nervous
child to a marked extent. Flannel un-
derclothing is particularly irritating;
put muslin or linen next to the affected
parts, and if the weather permits light
en- the clothing. Give frequent sponge
baths of soda water, using cooking
soda and having the water just little
cooler than the body. Allow this to
dry without wiping.
Another remedy is to bathe with
equal parts Of vinegar and water. Dry
by patting with a linen cloth, then use
a good talcum powder freely. An ex-
cellent busting powder that may be
used instead of talcum is made Of
equal parts Of subnitrate of bismuth
and boric acid. Little or no soap
should be used in the daily bath, as it
tends to cause further irritation. The
soda or vinegar bath is especially good
just at bedtime, as it quiets and sOothes
the child for the night. Try to keep
him always in the coolest available
spot and protect him from flies and
mosquitoes.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-23
ARM0R PIERCING SHELLS.
They Proved Their Superiority Over
the Gathmann Explosives,

They Proved Their Superiority Over
the Gathmann Explosives.
The late Louis Gathmann, the inven.
tor. who died at the age Of seventy.
four years, labored long and hard and
with zeal and enthusiasm to brinG
about the development of the high ex
plosive shell which bore his name.
1t was Mr.. Gathmanns belief that II
was not necessary to carry the high
explosive shell through armor plate
and into the interior Of a ship, but that
If sufficient quantity were detonated
against the outside Of a ship it would
be equally if not more destructive.
He secured from congress an appro
priation for an eighteen inch gun capa'
BILE of throwing a shell containing 5Ot
pounds Of guncotton. Our army and
navy officers held that the only effec
tive shell would be one of the armoI
piercing type provided with delayed
action fuse, which would burst the
shell back Of the armor.
Both types were tested at Sandy
Hook about score Of years ago. The
armor piercing shell penetrated al
eleven inch plate and tore the backing
to pieces. The Gathmann shell burst
against the face of the plate, but failed
to do more than dent it in the earlier
rounds, finally cracking it in two ir
the last round. The superiority Of tn,
armor piercing shell was thus estab
lished.-Los Angeles Times
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-23
Inspiration
Miscellany
Making Courtesy Pay

There Is an article In the American
Magazine that tells about William Yer
non Backus, who formed the Apprecia.
ton league. The wriser says:
"'Years ago. said Mr.. Backus, 4 act.
ed like any ordinary citizen did when
provoked by rudeness or discourtesy.
l would report to headquarters the
gross affronts offered by those whose
public or semipublic position made 1t
their special duty to be courteous.
Then upon thinking about the prob
lem l realized that when a man was
reprimanded it made him bitter and
angry with the public. And when he
was discharged it did not cure the evil
and only brought suffering upon his
wife and children
Mr.. Backus saw this system was
all wrong. He questioned employees.
and they told him they were not al
ways courteous, because sometimes
people were unreasonable, and anyway
their efforts were not appreciated.
"'What good does it do,' said one
man, to be extra nice and cheerful
when the impolite man gets the same
pay and rating as those who make an
effort to be courteous?
1T was this remark which helped
Mr.. Backus to formulate his rules and
his plan. The members Of the Appre
c1ation league travel to many places
and always report courtesy and kind
ness to employers. For this purpose
every member of the league is provided
with a blank which permits the filing
In the name and business address Of a
clerk, conductor, postman, usher, collec-
tor or any one at all who is especially
attentive and deserving of commenda.
tion."
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-23
STORY OF A FORCED LOAN.
The Way Zapata Gave the Bankers OF
Mexico Two Surprises,


One morning Zapata, the Mexican
leader, issued two proclamations. One
was prohibition edict closing the
saloons, the other a command for the
bankers of the city to assemble for a
conference.
The bankers attended the meeting.
They went in fear, dreading confisca-
ton Of their deposits. Only a few
days before the armies of General
Carranza had collected forced loan"
OF 100000 pesos from the banks.
What mercy could be expected of the
bandit leader? Zapata's speech was
short and to the point.
"Caballeros," he said, my men are
hungry. 1 want $4,000 pesos to feed
them for few days. You will pay
this. 1 promise you protection. You
may carry on your business without
molestation as long as you do not aid
the enemy. You may go when you
sign the order for the money"
Thankful to escape with such mod
est demand, the bankers did as they
were ordered. Zapata kept his part OF
the bargain, and for months the city
was better policed than it has ever
been since Porfirio Diaz was driven
from Mexico. But this is the strange
part of the story-strange to one who
knows the system of confiscation which
has bled the business men of the coun
try:
Ten days later Zapata paid back the
10000 pesos.-Christian Herald.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-08-23
CADETS OF CHAPULTEPEC.
Heroism of Gallant Little Band Of
Mexican SchooIboys.

"SNiSdh SSuOOIpoySs
The defense of Chapultepec during
the war between the United States and
Mexico in 1S47 was almost as gallant
as was the attack. In this attack forty
eight Mexican cadets, among others,
lost their lives. The story is stirring
one.
For many years the celebrated castle
Of Chapultepec, where Montezuma held
his barbaric court in the surrounding
groves of cypress, where during nearly
three centuries lived the successive
viceroys of Spain and where Maximil-
ian made his imperial home, has beea
the West Point of Mexico.
When General Scott had taken the
place by storm and General Bravo had
surrendered, Mexican cadet only fif-
teen years old, seeing the flag Of his
country in peril, most of his comrades
being already slain, climbed the flag
staff, tore the banner from its place,
wound it around his body and slid
down, intending to plunge over the
precipice in order to save the colors
from falling into the hands Of the
enemy.
That act of heroism being frustrated,
the brave boy, with the banner still
wrapped about him, fought until he
was cut to pieces. Forty-eight of these
schoolboys, ranging in age from four
teen to twenty years, lie buried in one
grave at the foot of the hill Year after
year the cadets Of Chapultepec strew
flowers upon the grave.-Los Angeles
Times