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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-04-12
VOL. XLVlIl
SELFCTIVE DRAFT AND
VOLUNTEER PLANS

President Insists Upon Selective Draft
Plan for Raising Large Army-Op-
portunity Will be Given for 5OO, 900
Men TO Volunteer for Service Dur
ing the War
Washington Dispatch, Apr II.
President Wilson, in a conference
with Speaker Champ Clark and Ma
iority Leader Kitchin at the Capitol
today insisted on the terms of the
administration plan for raising a
large army on the principle of selec-
tive draft. At the same time, it was
learned that the War Department
virtually had decided on plans under
which opportunity would be given for
approximately 100000 men to volun-
teer for service for the term of the
war.
TIE net result of the new plans
wolld be to make the total National
Guard and regular force to he organ.
ized first independently of the Sc.
.e,tlve draft plan, approximately 724
600 men, making Room Ior the ab
sorp-ion Of half million volunteers
No attempt to enlist men to accom-
lli:h his will be made until Con
rres- has acted, ard authority i
granted TO enlist such volunteers fo
The oIration Of the war only.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-04-12
HOME FROM WAR ZONE
Robson County Man Just HON,
From Paris and London Says Ger
many Has No Chance to Starv'
ENGLAND

many Has No Chance to Starve
Mr.. B. F. Mclean of Maxton was
a Lumberton visitor Tuesday. DR..
Frank Mclean of New York, son
of Mr.. Mclean, spent last Thursday
visiting his father at Maxton. DR..
Mclean was on his way back home
from Paris, France. He made the
trip through the war zone without
any mishap. He came by way of
Spain and Cuba. DR.. Mclean carried
e patient to France about the mid
de Of January and was in Europe
when Germany declared her ruthless
submarine warfare. He spent three
weeks in Lordon and three and a half
weeks in Paris. Speaking of food
conditions in England and France,
DR.. Mclean told his father that there
was no scarcity Of food there. The
only two things which are liable tc
give out soon are potatoes and su
gar, said Mr.. Mclean. He also said
that Great Britain was building ship=
faster than they are being destroyed
by German submarines. His opinion
is that Germany could not starvt
England with her submarine block
ade in SO wears.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-04-12
Enlisted for Soldiers

Enlisted for Soldiers
Messrs. Ben and VIM. Collins of
East Lumberton Joined Uncle Sans
army at the local recruiting station
Tuesday and left Tuesday afternoon
for Raleigh.
Mr.. r. E. Medlin of Rockingham
joined the army at the local recruit
ing station yesterday and left fol
Raleigh. From Raleigh he will bt
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-04-12
Argentina and Costa Rica Pledge
Moral Support to U. S.

washington D1spatch, April IT.
Without formally announcing
abandonment of their neutrality, two
more Latin-American republics, Ar
gentina and Costa Rica, have give.l
assurances of their moral support
for the United States in the wal
against Germany. Argentina, choos,
ing a middle course between those OF
Brazil and Chile, her sister nations
in the influential A. B. C.. trio, has
notified the State Department tha+
she "recognizes the justice" of this
country's stand against German ag
gression.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-04-12
THE FINAL SUMMONS
Mr.. Jordan Dean, Near Center Church

Mr.. Jordan Dean, Near Center Church
Mr.. Jordan Dean, aged 46 years,
died at his home near Center church
yesterday afternoon at 8 o'clock. De-
ceased had been sick only six days
with pneumonia. He is survived by
his wife and four children. The fun
eral will take place at o'clock this
afternoon conducted by Rev. r. D.
Sentelle of Lumberton and interment
will be made in the Lewis cemetery
near the home
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-04-12
Lumberton is Dandy Place for a Mu-
nitiOns Plant

Mr.. J. w. H. Fuchs of Wilmington,
proprietor of the Lumberton Bargain
House, spent Tuesday night in Lum-
berton on business. Mr.. Fuchs thinks
Lumberton would be an ideal location
for a munitions plant. He thinks also
that as number of plants will prob
ably be built in the near future and
thatLumberton has some citizens who
have enough pull with the government
to get a plant here.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-04-12
ROAD MEETING

A meeting will be held at the
court house at 8 this evening
ing for the purpose of organ
izing a good roads association
for Lumberton township. Ev-
cry voter who wants good roads
is urged to attend this meet
ing.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-04-12
They Throw Kisses at Old Glory

Throwing kisses at the United
States flag! Beautiful sight. That
was what number Of very small
Lumberton girls were seen doing by
Robesonian reporter recently. Lit
tie folks who have that sort of feel
ing for Old Glory have been trained
to love their country.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-04-12
Age Limit for Enlistment Raised

According to the local O. S. army
recruiting station, the age limit for
enlistment in the regula rarmv has
been raised from II to 35 years to
II to 40 years. A special effort will
be made to enlist both white and col
ored between the ages of II and 40
wears.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-04-12

"A triangular melting of the Will
mington, Fayetteville and Lumberton
chapters, R. A. M. will be held in the
Masonic hall here on the night of
April 20.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-04-12
Munitions Plant Wrecked-Women
and Children Killed

Chester, Pa, April 1U.
One hundred and II persons most
of them women and girls, are known
to have lost their lives and 121 wee
injured by a series of terrific explos-
ions today in the shrapnel building
of the Eddystone Ammunition Cor
poration, at Eddystone, one mile from
this city. Many of the injured were
mortally hurt and it is feared the fin
al death list will reach $50, while 9TH
ers, probably will be manned for life.
There was scarcely fragment Of
the structure left intact. Fire added
to the horror and most of the bodies
were So badly charred that identifi-
cation was impossible.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-04-12
American Flag at French Front

Paris Dispatch, April II.
1t was decided today that the La
Fayette flying squadron, compos-
ed of Americans who have disting-
uished themselves at the front, will
change from the French to the
American uniform, and hereafter car
ry the American flag at the French
front.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-04-12

The cause of the disaster is being
investigated. A high official of the
company is quoted in a dispatch of
the 18th as saying that it was the re-
suit of a plot.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-04-12

LOST ON STREETS OF LUMBER
ton or on Creek road, black Lynx
muff. Return to A. E. White, Lum-
berton, and receive reward.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-15

Message of Support from Governors o.
New England.

Washington, March l5-President vii
son is deeply gratified by the resolution:
of support adopted by the governors Of
the New England states at the meeting
in Boston Tuesday, and win instruct
Secretary Joseph P. Tumulty to send
letters to the governors, expressing his
appreciation.
The telegram containing the resolu-
tions was received at the White House
yesterday, and Mr.. Tumulty considered
the message of sufficient Importance to
place it before the president immediate
ly, Notwithstanding the fact that he said
yesterday morning that he would per-
init no one, whether private citizen or
cabinet official, to see the president
for day or two because of his illness.
II was learned that Mr.. Wilson, after
reading the telegram, said that the mes.
sage was most pleasing and encouraging,
showing that the governors of six great
states were behind him in making FORTH
with the most energetic preparations for
national defense on land and sea-" The
hope was expressed that the governors
of other states would hold meetings SIM
liar TO that in Boston, and would adopt
similar resolutions. The resolutions were
read with interest by senators and con-
gressmen who are remaining in the city.
Comment was favorable.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-15
COULDN'T FIND DUNGEON.
Though Mrs. Guilford Was Given Every
Opportunity at Brattleboro.

| Brattleboro, March l5.-Mrs. Hattie
Guilford of North Adams, Mass, and
her father, DR.. Il. Z. Potter of North
Pownal. failed yesterday to locate the
trap door and the "rat infested dungeon
in the Brattleboro Retreat in which Mrs
Guilford had told the investigating COM
mittee of the legislature she was once
incarcerated for two days while patient
in the institution.
Mrs. Guilford and DR.. Potter came
here expressly to point out to the COM
mittee the dungeon. At the close of the
investigation DIR. Potter said, after he
had sounded the floor with his cane and
had gone below and inspected spot
where it had sounded hollow, he found
it filled with steam and water pipes.
She may have gotten it mixed with some
other place.
Mrs Guilford and her father were Civ
en- every opportunity to locate the mys-
FERROUS dungeon. She went to different
halls and indicated different rooms she
believed she had occupied. Mrs. Guilford
took the committee to see Miss White,
patient from Bennington, who, Mrs.
GulHoTu SAID, nau seen ner almost kllled.
Miss White said that being patient
her testimony would not count and de-
ciined to talk.
In the sixth hall Mrs. Guilford said
to newspaper man. This is where
saw a patient killed. She was knocked
down by the night Waterman right in
front of my door"
The members of the committee, Mrs.
Cuilford, her father and the reporter en-
tered the room and tests were made to
determine how much of the hall could
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-15

be seen through the transom. A person
standing two feet from the door of the
room could not be seen at all. A per-
son of medium height standing in the
middle of the hall was visible little
below the shoulders, but not to the waist
line
Mrs. Guiford's mouth and teeth were
examined by DIR. George r. Anderson, a
surgeon, and DR.. A. L. Pettee, dentist
Both said that they found one tooth on
the lower jaw tipped in towards the
tongue, but believed it to have been be-
cause of the crowding of the other teeth.
Neither could find evidence that the jaw
had ever been fractured
The committee concluded the taking of
testimony in time to return to Mont
pelier Tuesday afternoon and will begin
the preparation of the report.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-15
TALK OF THE TOWN

Food sale at the Baptist church Sat
urday at 2 p. m.-adv.
John Cough of Waterbury was among
the business visitors in the city yester
day.
Peter Congo of Berlin commenced
work yesterday at the Smith & Cummings
market.
Louis Decill of Waterbury arrived in
the city yesterday to spend several days
visiting friends.
Minstrel show at Universalist vestry
Thursday night at s o'clock. New jokes
and local hits. Admission, CSC.
The W. G. T. U. will meet with Mrs.
Shannon, So Brook street, Friday after
noon at $50. Please bring articles for
the box.
The annual encampment of the G. A.
r., department of Vermont, the allied
orders will be held at Montpelier, April
10 and 20.
d. A. Perry of the Montpelier road
left this morning for Williamstown,
where he is conducting the auction sale
this afternoon at the farm of Mrs. Clara
Gale.
Mrs. L. D. Gale who came to Barre to
open the Cafe Shepard for Mrs. Shepard,
left last evening for Boston, where she
will join her husband. Mrs. Gale expects
to return to Williamstown later in the
spring, to stay on her farm through the
summer
A. M. Morrison of Malone, n. Y, SUI
perintendent of the American Hide &
Leather Co., was business visitor in the
city this morning, while en- route to his
home from Bethel. where he has been a
visitor at the Bethel tannery for few
days. H. J. Smith of North Main street
recently sold over $1,000 worth of pelts
to the Malone firm.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-15
GR4NITEVILLE

Miss Margaret McRae Of New York is
spending few weeks with her parents,
while recuperating from recent illness.
Miss Jessie McIver is having a months
vacation from her schoolwork in DAN
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Angus Graham have
moved into one OF the tenements re-
Gently completed in the Hooker block
Edwin Young has purchased the two
tenement house owned by Mrs. Odule
Gilbert and is now occupying the up
stairs tenement. James Wood has bought
Mr. Young's house in Williamstown.
Maurice Smith is employed in New
Haven, Conn.
Schools in Foxville closed last Friday
for the spring vacation.
Miss Agnes Gleason is spending the
vacation at her home in Richmond.
Preparations are being made for con-
cert TO be given soon in Miles hall for
the benefit OF the Presbyterian church.
Robert Finnigan is confined to the
house by illness.
A retreat for the young ladies is being
held in st. Sylyester's church this week.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-15
Spaulding High Stands Second.

Two defeats for Burlington high school
during the past week places Spaulding
high school in second place in the inter
scholastic league standing and drives
Burlington into third place. Peoples
academy's win over Burlington last Fri
day gave p. A. strong hold on fourth
place; although there is a chance for
Stowe high TO win the next two games
and tie the Morrisville aggregation for
the fourth berth. Montpelier high
schools win last evening put them an
other game to the good. The league
standing is a. follows;
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-15
BROTHERHOODS
PROMISED TO
WAIT FOR COURT
Railroad Managers Say Union Men De-
claTed They Would Take No
Radical Step.

New York. March Representatives
of the railway managers made public
yesterday afternoon what they declare
was promise not to strike made by the
brotherhood heads in secret meeting in
Chicago Jan. -. They quoted from the
text of the statement a passage saying
mo radical action would be taken until
the decision of the supreme court has
been handed down in connection with the
eighth law
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-15
NORTHFIELD
Mrs. Mary Egerton Died in Windsor.
Body to Be Buried Here.

c. d. Edgerton of this place received
word to-day that Mrs. Mary dickson
Egerton, former resident of Mortified,
died at Windsor yesterday after long
period of i'll health, and that the body
would be brought to Mortified late Sat
urday afternoon for interment in the
family lot in Elmwood cemetery. The
deceased was the widow of ]. X. Egerton
who died in Mortified in 1912 Since
her husbands death, Mrs. Egerton had
resided both here and in Windsor, the
greater part of the time in the latter
place. She leaves five sisters, as follows:
Mrs. r. H. Clark of Windsor, Mrs. Veazey
and Mrs. White of Holyoke, Mass, Mrs.
Houghtaling of Hartford, Conn, and
Mrs. Oowdrey of Bradford.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-15
TALK OF THE TOWN

Make your old rubber boots help pay
for new pair at Tilden's.
Public dance, Rowland hall, Easter
Monday, Carroll's orchestra.-adv.
Fred S. Whittemore, deputy U. s. in
spector of internal revenue, has returned
to his home in Burlington, after pass
ing few days in Barre on business.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-15
EAST BARRE.

Public dance in Foresters' hall East
Barre Saturday evening, March IL.
Music, graphanola; small admission. I'm
der auspices of the Red Men.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-15
BARRE DAILY TIMES
THURSDAY, MARCH IS, 1917.
The Weather

Snow tonight; somewhat colder in
New Hampshire and Vermont; Friday
partly cloudy; moderate southwest to
west winds.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-15

Regular communication Of
Granite lodge. No. IS, F. and A
NJ, Masonic hall, Friday, March
Is. at 7 p. m. Business and
, work. NJ. NJ. degree. Per order
W. NJ.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-15

y Special conclave of st. Aide
mar commandery. No. II, X.
~ T., Thursday evening. March
kNI Is, at Z o'clock. Work, tenn
"a pie degree in full form. Per
~ order eminent commander.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-15
REGULAR MEETING OF Hiawa

- Regular meeting of Hiawa-
tina lodge, No. 20. ]. o. O. F.,
r Thursday evening at O'Clock.
Work. third degree. Let every member
be present. All visiting brothers vel
come.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-15

wANTED-An assistant % work in pastry
room F: GOOD opportunity % learn cooking: sp-
Ply at Pavilion Hotel. Montpelier. VI sosts
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-15
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

LOST A bunch Of keys. from Granite
street to Bolster place: finder please leave at
The Times Office. sosts
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-03-15

WANTED -Four rood csrvers- good hand
polishers and good lathe polisher. only first
class men need apply; Jones Bros. Co sosu
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-08
.AUDRAIN BOY CHARGED
DISCRETION TO JAIL

Fred Gibson, a young mar OF THIS
county, charged with desertion from
the U. S. Battleship Arizona, has had
the accusation against him changed
TO overstay of leave of absence and
after serving a jail sentence, will be
h~onorably discharged from the SER
vice. This change was secured by Z.
A.. Shannon, of this city, and Sam
Bovine, Jr., of Centralia, who have
been East several times working in
the young mans behalf.
Mr.. Shannon says that his and Mr..
Bowne's efforts unquestionably saved
the boy from being shot as a deserter
They secured the change in the charg.
es against him when they proved Glib
son asked first for a leave Of absence
and then overstayed his time.
j. l.. Chilcote and wife are Glib
sons foster parents. Bovine has bee
appointed the boys guardian.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-08
A FEW PEOPLE

A FEW people in q community
should not be expected to bear the
heat and burden Of the day when it
m to public work Of any kind
Yon can't make a city il only a few
moi belong 10 the Chamber Of CON-
merce. Only a few men contribute
20 Red Cross or Y. VI. c. A. work.
Only q few men advertise. Only a
few men boost community work. Only
q few men take an active interest n
en- uplift movement. Only a few
men line up for progressive work
Of any kind. That's not the way to
make a city. Let the "few" be ev-
eybody. That's the way 70 grow and
prosper. Everybody boost and no.
body knock viii get q community t.
the front before you know It. Lett
al wake up and line up.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-08
MISS ETHEL SNIDow HONoRED.
Chosen to Install Supervised Study in
Tulsa High School

Miss Ethel SnidOw, of this city,
daughter of Mrs. Clara Snidow, has
been chosen from the faculty of sixty
of the Tulsa, Okla, High School, to
visit the high schools in some of the
larger Eastern cities and make a sur
vey of supervised study. This choice,
according to information from Tulsa,
came after the heads Of the city
schools and principal of the high
school had thoroughly investigated
the work of the entire faculty. Miss
Snidow's work of supervised study ir
her own classes has been a notable ad.
vance over anything yet accomplish.
ed along this line.
Supervised study is as yet in an ex,
perimental stage. Those familial
with Miss Snidow's work in this fielr
feel SURF she is going to make a sue,
cess of her survey, as she has in othel
innovations which have received hel
attention. The Ledger and her man!
Mexico friends will watch with much
interest her work in Tulsa and ar,
sure she will succeed in her latest en-.
deavor.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-08
HAVE YOU A BAD BACK?
If You Have the Statement of This
Mexico Resident Will In
terest You

Does your back ache night and day;
Hinder work; destroy your rest?
Does ii stab you through and through
When you stoop or lift or bend?
Then your kidneys may be weak.
Often backache is the clue.
Just TO give you further proof,
The kidney action may be wrong.
II attention is not paid
More distress will soon appear.
Headaches, dizzy spells and nerves,
Uric acid and its ills
Make the burden worse and worse.
Liniments and plasters can't
Reach the inward cause at all;
Help this kidney-use the pills
Mexico folks have tried and proved.
What they say you a believe.
Read this Mexico woman's account.
See her, ask her, if you doubt.
Mrs. John Burgess, 403 West Mon.
roe ST., says: my kidneys were dis
ordered and caused my feet and ankles
to swell. | was feeling miserable all
over. These troubles disappear soon
after l began using Doan's Kidney
Pills. which | procured at Llewell-
yn G. Sons Drug Store, and | rec.
ommend them most heartily"
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills - the same thai
Mrs. Burgess had. Foster ilburT
Co., Mfgs., Buffalo, N. Y. Adv.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-08
TAFT FEARS GERMAN
INVASION OF ITALY

The German invasion Of Italy is 50
fraughi with possibilities that / hesi-
tate to predicate any estimate Of the
ultimate outcome. l VII say that.
since, It began, l have spent more
money for newspapers than during ev-
en- nv warmest esmpaign.T Thus did
former President William Howard
Taft express himself regarding one Of
the latest developments Of the great
war. He shook his head obviously as
he spoke and the ~proverbial Tsftian
smile Was fer 3 second missing from
his jovial eountenanee.
A Ledger representative called On
President Taft while he was AZ the
Missouri Military Academy Friday
noon. He tcok lunch there with the
reception committee and as the guest
Of the school.
When asked what significance he
placed upon Premier Kerenskys
statement to the Associated Press
Friday concerning RussiA's position in
the war he said that he did not feel
he could express an opinion on this
question until further details were to
be had.
at is hard for u to realize the per
turbed conditions in Russia, where a
people accustomed TO an iron rule
have been given freedom without re-
straint. I think perhaps this state
ment Of Kerensky is an appeal to the
Allies 10 give him and Russia aid in
doing their part toward winning the
great conflict.
q cannot say how long the wal viii
last" he stated in reply TO the always
present question. "Never has a
country entered war more optimisti-
calIy than we have and I feel this IS
due in part TO the hope which fingers
in the breast of every mother that it
viii be q short war"
Like every other successful man in
politics, President Taft has that Pc
culiar faculty of evading questions
he does not desire to answer but to all
intents replying frankly and without
apparent reservation. He is a pas:
master in the art of being interview
ed.
However, when he spoke of the war,
his face became serious and his voice
hushed. He spoke of it ~reverenly,
not only because it was in a righteous
cause. but because of the price we MAJ
ultimately have to pay in winning it.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-08
ARE YOU LOOKING
FOR THIS?

Good land at a low price in the
Sunny uplands of Louisiana; land that
can be made TO produce more, and II
less expense than the highest priced
land in the North; land in an ideal
climate where Winters are like Spring
and Summers are cooled by the de-
lightful Gulf Breezes; long growing
seasons; Corn, Cotton, Winter Oats.
Cattle, Hogs, Chickens, delicious
Fruits, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes
Peanuts, Beans, early and late Gar.
den Truck, Strawberries, ETC., ETC.
an immense variety of products in
GLIDING practically all grown in the
North and many besides. Low priced
land near good, live towns and cities,
with railroads running North and
South, East and West; land having
splendid possibilities for oil and To-
Gated less than 100 miles from several
oil the largest oil r~cfincries in the
world. We have already sold more
than $4,000 acres Of this land. Price
$40 to $40 per acre, the last named
price being for a few partially i'm.
proved farms; easy terms. Write MS
for full information, or come and see
us; excursion rates; American Farm
Land Company, DeRidder, Louisiana.
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