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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-06
XLVIII
GEN. WOOD PASSES THROUGH


with a Lumberton Crowd at Sta
tion-Drafted Men May Not Go 10
France TIL Spring-On Way to
Wilmington
Major-General Leonard Wood, U.
S. A, commanding the Southeastern
department, passed through Lumber
ton on special car attached to the
i0:05 Seaboard train this morning
en- route to Wilmington. General
Wood came out on the platform of his
car and while the train was stopped
chatted with the large crowd that
had gathered at the station to see
him. While talking about the war
and things pertaining to war, Gener-
al Wood said that it was not prob
able that those drafted into the army
would be called to the training camps
before late in October, and that they
would not see service in France be
fore next spring. He said, however
that the national guard will probably
go to the front about mid-winter.
General Wood asked what the peo
pie in this section thought about the
war. One man remarked, "We thinl
we are going to whip 'em.;" another
said "W'e are 'raring' to go". Gen
Wood replied to the last answer by
saying, "You will get enough of it.
Wilmington has planned a grant
reception for Gen. Wood and he vii
speak at the Harbor Island auditor
ium tonight. He will visit Fayette
willie tomorrow.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-06
Among Local Soldier Boys

AmOng LOcdf Soldier BOYS
Mr.. J. E. Bethune of the Ten Mile
section, who was discharged from Co.
Lumber Bridge light infantry
on June /, having served his enlist
ment, was called back to service Sat-
urday and went to Charlotte Satur-
day night. Mr.. Bethune was sar-
geant in his company when discharg
ed. He is son of Mr.. A. A. Bethune
and a brother of Mr.. w. K. Bethune
of Lumberton.
Mr.. Haynes Britt, who has been
keeping books in the store at the
Lumberton cotton mill, resigned his
position Friday and joined the avia-
tion corps at the local recruiting Of
flee. He left Saturday morning for
Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-06
Fine Crops of Corn and Cotton

Mr.. J. L. McNeil1, who lives near
Buie, was a Lumberton visitor Sat-
urday. He is enthusiastic about the
crop prospects. He says he has some
of the finest corn he has ever seen.
His crops look so good, he says, he
comes mighty nigh working harder
just walking over and looking at
them than he worked to cultivate,
Unless something extraordinary hap
pens he expects to make as good a
cotton crop as he ever made. He has
a good stand-which is rather un-
usual this year in Robson, for many
farmers have not more than two
thirds of standard his cotton is
looking fine. The recent hot weather
proved just the thing to bring il
out.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-06
NEGRO NURSE
MLSTREATS INFANT

White Man Slapped Neero Girl Who
Gave Him Impudent Talk When He
Asked Her to Take Her White
Charge Out of the Sun
There was considerable excitement
on the streets yesterday afternoon
when white man slapped a colored
damsal when she sassed him after
he had asked her to remove a white
child which she was supposed to be
caring for out of the sun. The child
was left in a carriage where the sun
was shining on it, and when it be-
gan to fret it is said the negro slap
ped the child. The white man nat
urally did not like the way the ne.
gro was treating the child and asked
her to move it out Of the sun and
that made the negro angry and she
talked to the white man in an un-
pleasant manner. The white man
then gave her a few blows ard she
made a noise that brought large
crowd together.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-06
Records Court

RecOrd~rS court
]. B. McCutcheon and a man nam
ed Caterer of Columbia, S. c., and
another man named Dawson of Char
lotte, were given hearing before Re-
corder E. M. Britt last week on the
charge of cursing on the public high
way. McCutcheon and Dawson were
acquitted. Caterer was found gull
ty and was fined $50 and the cost.
As was stated in The Robesonian at
the time, it happened several weeks
ago, the three men above named and
a lady travelling in an auto caught
M with Mr.. and Mrs. Guion Lee on
the Creek road and some one cursed
them and the other parties in the
auto with Mr.. and Mrs. bee. Both
parties came on to Lumberton and
jtha defer<1ants were arrested and
made bond for appearance later.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-06
Governor Opposes Home Guard

Governor Beckett Saturday declar-
ed himself opposed to the scheme to
raise home guards while the country
Is so deeply concerned about raising
foreign guard. "Never have we been
IN 20 fine = state If organization"
lie said, "and should we have any
need for a guard we have 10 W0
troops who can be reached in 80 Min
Gtes and put to work Immediately on
@ny call aoe."
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-06
News Items from Lowe-Protracted
Meeting at Raft Swamp

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lowe, Aug. GA protracted meet
ing began at Raft Swamp Baptist
church Saturday and will last through
tho week. The pastor, Rev. L. f.
Daily, doing the preaching and ser.
vices will be held twice daily, at II
a. m. and p. m.
Miss Laura Prevatt of Wadesboro
is a guest at the home Of her broth
er-ir-law and sister. Mr.. and Mrs
w. R. Tyner.-Mr. w. R. Tyner is
a Lumberton visitor today.-Prof. b
Y. Tyner left this morning for Char
lotte. He will drive a new Overland
back from Charlotte for Messrs. +
E. Tyner & Son, agents for the Ov
erland.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-06

Mr.. J. C. Stancil of Attention en-
tertained the members Of his Sunday
school class at his home Thursday of
last week. Mr.. Stancil is a teacher
in Chestnut Street Methodist Sunday
school here and his class is compos-
ed of Knox Andrews, George and
William Beverly, Randolph Bullard
James and Mabel Regan. The chill
dren report a most pleasant day.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-06
"A man came to Lumberton

"A man came to Lumberton Fri
day from Goldsboro and carried back
with him his granddaughter, who
was employed as a waitress at the
Lorraine hotel 1t is understood that
this was his second trip here on the
same mission. Two weeks ago he
came for her and took her home and
she ran away and came back.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-06
1902 for Load. of Tobacco

Messrs. D. B. Lewis and Lon Bass
of the Barnesville section sold Friday
one curing of tobacco which weighed
1,400 pounds, which brought $43 the
hundred and totaled $602 for the
load. They sold it at the Robson
county warehouse at Fairmont. Many
tobacco growers will make from 5000
to $500 the acre on tobacco this year.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-06
NUMBER 81
A GOOD TIME TO PAY

Tobacco is selling high and now
will be good time for tobacco grow
ers to pay their Robesonian subscrip-
ton, if already taking the paper, and
it will be a good time for those not
taking it to subscribe. Happy Jack, -
OF The Robesonian's staff, is on the
Warpath and will be delighted to re-
ceipt you.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-06
France Stronger Today Than at Any
Time Since War Began


Washington Dispatch, Aug. 4.
France is stronger today in fight,
ing men and war materials than at
any any time during the war, despite
three years of terrific combat OF
which the greatest share among the
Allies has fallen to the French ar
mics.
This is the cheering message te
the American people given tonight by
Andre Tardieu, high commissioner Of
France in the United States, in for
nal communication to Secretary Ba
ker setting forth a detailed statement
of what the devotion of the French
people has made possible. 1t contain:
stunning figures as to the men, gum
and money they have contributed tt
the war. It breathes a spirit Of con
fidence and high courage.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-06
Food Control Bill Still Held Up in
COnUrasc

Washington Dispatch, Aug. 5.
Final enactment Of the administra-
tion food control bill is the principal
task ahead of Congress this week
When this long contested measure is
out of the way the Senate will begin
debate on the 2.0O6,000,0OO war tax
bill with the leaders hoping for va
cation recess in September.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-06
Child Dies of Colitis

Child Dies of Colitis
Elois, 2-year-old daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. I. P. Britt of the Marietta
section, died at the Thompson hospit
al early yesterday morning. The child
died of colitis.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-06

VIII Levy on Anything IN Sight Al
ter Tomorrow
Chief of Police Mcleod has been
charged by the town fathers to see
that the 1917 taxes are paid at once,
and he says that after tomorrow he
will levy on anything in sight.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-07

R mo- matter how gigantic may seem
the evll 60 Doe exposed and destroyed
Readiug rooms and lending libraries
were started and maintained boy
churches aud societies. Christian
Science practitioners established
themselves in citics and villages. hoal-
Ing the sick tut rcclal1uiur the sinner
through the prayer which undcr-
stands b an power ct tod. To-day.
the whole world knuWs ul Mrs. Eddy X
work 10 has not yet rrisTcd ~ e.
fuil measure of her achievements hut
a. is beginning To understand tho
value ct her teachings for the re-
dcmption u. the race
THE Truth That Trees.
The SCicnce of omnipotcut mind
which Mrs Eddy taught IN Science
ana Health h the science Jesus
mcan when he said Nc shall know
the truth and the truth shall make
YOU free what is the truth that
rs To be known Mauifcstly. the truth
which makes free u the truth about
God and man Christian Science
teaches, as does the Bible hat God
Is spirit that mind. Ills universe BE-
"A spiritual mental universe. aud
that man is e spiritual hying reflect
mg his divine creator Christian
science makes "a clear and absolute
distinction between the universe of
Cod cog perfect mind. and th, world
uf % phenomena. the mortal care
nal sense OF existence which mofttls
yuEuiE through the uhN-ipll 4yf-ys
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-12-07

and the brotherhood OF man THE
great civil war had just been tcrmi-
natec which liberated the thought OF
this nation from the error OF human
slavery. Ever since the Puritan fore.
fathers had set foot on Plymouth
rocE, bringing with them the sreat
desires for democracy, religious free
dom. n reverence Tor The Bible as
the sacred word of God. the lcuyen
Of truth had been at work la ~
thought Of the expanding nation.
purging II OF some errors OF supcrsti.
ton. personal domination. dogmatism
and slavery. To be sure slavery was
20 be destroyed by a great u|pheaVal
accompanied by much human suffer
ing and agony.
but the work was done. the purl-
naation Of the nation from nat error
WAS accomplished, and almost immr-
diately came the birth OF "a new sp.r-
ituHl freedom for humanity which ia
d-iacuvercr and founder named Chris
tim Science Speaking of his mo-
mentions birth. both of humuE and
spiritual freedom. Mrs. EDDY wrote.
boo Science and Health CO. .-D' The
yHiue ~ God iu behalf of Toe African
Ito was stil D0ho.uF Zoo oar lind
when the Voice ol thp herald uf rNl-
new cru-lg' sounded tho l,. uut, or
universal freedom. asking fuller
t.anau ','rwou' Uf pa, RIGHT. Yf mau
l SON OF Cod. demanding tHtt 'hr
f.f'D. uf SIM sis.us-s anI aet'H n,
stricken from thr human .lnd aul
The Redwood gazette., 1917-01-10
Honest Work at
Honest Prices

There are two highly impor-
tant points for a man to con-
slider before having his car over
hauled:
The first point is to assure
himself that the men who are to
do the work on his car are me-
chanics and experts enough to
locate and properly repair all
the parts that need attention.
The second point is to con-
vince himself that he can trust
the shop to give him an honest
accounting of the amount of
work that was actually done on
his car.
/ have bought the Hugh F.
Swain Garage and have the fa-
cilities, men and business meth
DDS to give the public value re-
ceived for the amount it pays
for repair work. / will also run
an auto livery in connection with
the garage. 25-tf
RAYBURN BURR!S.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-01-10
Duke WeICh Likes
North Dakota
Kensal Progress Interviews Red
wood County Farmer, And
AdyertiSes North Dakota

''It seems just like home"
said Duke Welch yesterday.
Duke arrived by auto Wednes-
day morning from Redwood
Falls, Mimi, in company with
Ephriam Evans, of Sanborn,
MINI. Since arriving in the Ken
sal community Duke has been
renewing old acquaintances Geo.
Dubois, Grant and Fred Part
low, John and Joe Lipetsky and
the editor. Mr.. Welch was en-
thusiastic about the country.
"Why l had no idea that this
country was equal to southern
Minnesota" said he, II believe
The Kensal Community has my
home county beat in possibili-
ties of wealth making.
Mr.. Welch came in answer to
a telegram stating that his
daughter, Mrs. Henry Mertz,
was very dow with blood-poison-
ing. They covered the 400 miles
in a steady day and night drive,
and had two blowouts in North
Dakota.
Generally the roads were fine,
and upon arrival here, Mrs.
Mertz was up and around. One
of the two sisters who accom-
The Redwood gazette., 1917-01-10
THE FINANCE OF SURGERY
Patients Treated Alike, but
Charged According to Their
Income.

! With qualification we note
what will surprise most medical
practitioners, that the famous
Mayo brother, of Rochester,
Mimi, have now reached an in
come basis of 100000 month.
/ The work, of course, is not ac-
complished alone by two sur
geons, however great their skill.
They have twelve assistants of
the highest medical and sugical
ability. But they permit nc pa
tient to set a price upon the ser
vices of their institution.
E. H. Hartman had not mon
ey enough to induce them to
leave their hospital and attend
him in New York; and James }.
Hill was not permitted to say as
to how much he was to be
charged.
Some years ago Hill arrived
at Rochester in his private car
and sent for the Mayo brothers
and received reply that his case
would be attended to at the hos
|pital. He stormed as he left his
private car and wended his way
thither, and stormed again when
he found himself taken in hand
by assistants who diagnosed his
case and made engagement for
his return at a specified hour
several days later. When he had
been fully attended to this mas
terful man thought himself still
master of the situation and,
writing polite note of apprecia-
tion, he enclosed his check for
$4,000 to the Mayo brothers.
This note, however, was no po-
liter than that which came back
returning the check and noting
that in due season a bill would
be sent him.
What was his surprise to re-
|ceive a bill some time later for
$50, 900, which Of course he paid
and then endeavored to find out
ION what basis the Mayo broth
lers made charges.
If his inquiry went far enough
he could have learned that their
The Redwood gazette., 1917-01-10
CADILLAC DEVICE SAVES
ALCOHOL IN RADIATOR
Patented Condenser Now Makes
Cheap Anti-Freeze Solution
Practical

Prices of glycerine having
scared to almost impossible
heights ION account of the war," I"
many motorists have turned to
alcohol as the anti-freeze fluid
for the radiators of their cars.
Alcohol serves quite we'll in pro-
tecting the radiator and cooling
system from freezing, but it's
rapid evaporation when heated
necessitates frequent renewals
throughout the winter. Now the
Cadillac engineers have found a
way to minimize the effects of
evaporation. E tof
In announcing this latest i'm
provement to the Cadillac Eight,
the Company states that it is
covered by basic patent rights.
The device is strikingly sim
pie in principle and In aprlica-
tion. It serves as a trap for the
alcohol vapors that ordinarily
escape, condensing them and re-
turning them in condensed form
to the active part of the cooling
system. It consists Of a small
tank and a pipe connecting the
bottom of the tank with the
overflow pipe Of the radiator.
When the heated liquid in the
radiator vaporizes-as always
occurs in motor car operation
both the alcohol and water vap-
ors are carried through the pipe
to the bottom of the tank, which
is partially filled with the same
liquid as is in the radiator. AS
the vapor bubbles up through
this liquid, it is restored to liq-
uid form and saved.
The top of the radiator is
made air tight by a special gas
ket in the radiator cap. The cap
of the condenser tank is pro-
vided with an air vent. When
the liquid in the radiator be-
comes cooled, a vacuum forms
and the condensed fluid is forced
back into the circulating sys-
tenn.
The condenser also conserves
the water supply in hot wealth
er-an advantage when motor
ing through territory where wa
ter is not easily available. The
Cadillac engineers tested it with
excellent results during the cold
est weather Of last winter and
the extremely hot weather of
last summer. Condensers are
now being placed on Type 55
cars-the current model-as a
standard part of the car.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-01-10

wheel under the cover and four
drawers packed with expensive
gambling machinery including
1000 red, white and blue poker
checks, two solid ivory poker
bucks whatever they are and
36 packs Of cards. It costs only
5000.
No. 2 is-I'll bet you can
guess this-a beautiful cellaret-
te, "a complete guest entertain
er." 1t costs only $3.50. A bar
gain, for see what 1t includes
Liquor and cocktail bottles
and glasses; ice drawer, high
ball glasses and carafes,; poker
checks and cards, dice, bridge,
backgammon, chess, cribbage ;
all glass cut and engraved; all
games of excellent quality AL
so it has a humidor drawer, with
moistening pad, capable of hold
ing 300 cigars.
However, If you stu think |
ain asking too much. | will call
), :,ur attention to tn, next item
"a mahogany hunidor snol,-
e.'s cabinet. If you WI send
this to me, and the 500 cigars
required to stock it (oh, say, at
S25 a hundred), | shan't feel
wholly neglected. The humidor
will cost you only $66.
| positively refuse to name
any other trifes. These or none
Think of how much good you
will be doing by putting 5000 in
circulation-the wages paid the
cabinet workers, the wages paid
the clerk who shows it to you,
the money going toward the
rent of the building occupied
by this shop.
For, you know, there is a
theory that money spent on lux
uries is not wasted-that all
money is ultimately spent pro-
ductively. If we can believe
this theory we need have no
compunction at spending 5000
for a set of gambling tools-the
money will sooner or later go to
feed some average Americans s
family for a year!
What do you say? Is that a
satisfactory theory for you? Do
I get those trifes for my birth
day? ).
The Redwood gazette., 1917-01-10

panied the father will remain
with Mrs. Merit.

panied the father will remain
with Mrs. Mertz.
Mr.. Welch has been sizing up
the big grain fields and big red
barns-it looks good so good
that next spring he is coming
with the boys to settle in the
Kensal Community.
His old home place is actually
worth S22, 10000 cash and Mr..
Welch sees an opportunity here
to make far more profitable
investment and keep his family
of grown boys together. He
says that Redwood County is
suffering from the open ditch
and tile graft that is costing the
farmers of Minnesota many mill
lions of dollars. There is graft
which runs from the digger to
the tile factory and takes in Ju-
.dicial interpreters of the law.
1t must be pretty bad when in a
district of 209 voters, with only
13 in favor of ditching, that the
1876 petitions have to resort to
a biased court in an effort to
gain protection from this flag
rant graft which threatens to
saddle the producer with enor-
nous direct taxes. Minnesota
farmers have as yet very little
newspaper support. Some day
soon, like North Dakotans, these
Minnesota farmers will revolt
and organize a political party
that .will rid them of exploiting
combinations of wealth and
politics.-From Kensal Progress
Of Thursday, November 20.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-01-10

system was neither hit nor miss
in surgery or in finance; that in
the case of a major operation a
mans pocketbook was more
carefully scanned by organized
system than it would be under
the Investigations of the town
tax assessors.
Mr.. Hill would have discovered
that after making reasonable de-
ductions the charges for sue
cessful major operation was 10
per cent of the patients income
for one year. Indeed his life was
valued according to his own
work and the life-saver system
called itself entitled to a title O.;
his income for one year.
While Mr.. Hill was fussing
over his bill and his inability to
dictate the situation, a poor
woman visited the hospital with
the meager savings of her life
represented in the handbook she
carried. This she volunteered
as all she had. The Mayo broth
ers gave her everv personal at
tention, explained the dangers
of her case, and was she willing
to accept the result of the haz-
ard of the surgeons knife. She
assented; the operation was a
success, and at the end of sever
al weeks she was sent home
cured. She had desired to know
the sum of her indebtedness for
her board, which she would at
tempt some day to pay.
The response was just as po-
lite as to Mr.. Hill: Madam, here
is your pocketbook and a check
for $500. You owe us nothing.
By your consent we experiment.
ed upon you. 1t was successful
and we consider ourselves and
medical science indebted to you.
Wall Street Journal.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-01-10
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank the Ladies
Altar Society and the kind
friends and neighbors who as
sisted us during the sickness and
death of Mrs. Catherine Zim-
norman.
Mrs. Mary Duscher
and Children.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-01-10
YOUR MONEY AT WORK.

Out Of a recent catalogue I
have chosen two articles which
| simply must have for my
birthday next month. Let me
tell you about them, so that if
you are really a kind reader you
will show your appreciation. of
my counsel for sending them to
me.
The first is a solid mahogany
cabinet, brass bound, A inches
high and "a inches square, with
a simply wonderful roulette
The Redwood gazette., 1917-01-10
The Man on the Farm
to the Man in Town;
or the Man on Another Farm

It has been your pride and joy to raise poultry such
as you have Also to breed live stock to STATE OF
PERFECTION such as yours. Everyone, no matter
whether they interested in poultry cattle horses
And SO from day to day they SEARCH to the four
ners to BETTER THE BLOOD. Here is YOUR chance
whatever you have fdr sale TELL the rest about it.
No matter whether it be chicken pig, the who
is INTERESTED viii be quick to NOTICE what you
have to say. He wants GOOD stock the SAME you.
this class advertise through the Of OUR For
Sale columns. 1t is way of advertising that SURE
LY pays-the INCREASE each week in the number
who use this method DEMONSTRATES that. You
TRY it and Don't just insert ONE little adver-
tisement and expect it to sell EVERYTHING you
OTHER This week offer thoroughbred chickens
and then the next week let in this territory know
about the 1909 QUALITY seeds YOU have for sale
No SURER, no SANER, no CHEAPER method Of
GETTING what you want to say to EVERYONE has
EVER been discovered. Try this service for few
weeks.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-01-10
GUILD MEETING

The ladies of St. Veronica's
Guild will be entertained Thurs
day afternoon at the parish
house by Mmdes. Mary and T.
E. Finn. Business meeting
promptly at four o'clock.
The Redwood gazette., 1917-01-10
I zC0 WaY5
OfHttlng
Il NnlI.!
BY MOSS.

Advertisements IS must
hit the nail on the head.
Now, there are two
ways Of hitting a nail on
the | cad. One way is
to give the nail a light
tap that sends it only
part way in. The other
way is to give it a coed
hard clip that sends it
home.
Some advertisers use
the first method, raining
repeated blows upon the
public mind to force in
the desired facts.
Other advertisers use the
second style, hitting hard
and swift with a broad
side.
Each applies success
fully to its respective lines
Of business. Up to date
merchants use both meth
DDS in this paper.