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Cheyenne record., 1917-01-11
FOREIGN.

Ten Japanese officers left Toxic for
the European battlefields.
Serious floods are reported In Hol-
land and Germany because of the sud
den rise of rivers.
Great Britain has received Norway's
reply in regard to the coal embargo,
and the situation is much improved. 1
The Rhine water gauge at Cologne
shows rise of 71k meters (about 25
feet, according to the Berlin Lokal
Anzeiger.
Announcement was made in London
that the government had taken com
plete control of the maize trade on
lines similar to its control of wheat.
John Finlayson, famous explorer,
for whom Finlayson river and Finlay-'
son lake in Yukon territory were
named, died at Wrangell, Alaska, aged
los years. 49,
Charles MaQrae Camille de Tally
and-Perigord ,Quke de Dino) died at
the villa Perigord at Monte Carlo. He
was % years old. The Duke de Dino,
twice married American women.
After taking measurements Of the
height of women in France, England
and America, London doctor an.
nounces the English woman is the.
tallest and the American comes next.
Olinto Amati, twice regent of the re-
public of San Marino, has been ar
rested on charge of embezzling g.
100000 lire of the republics funds, ac-
cording to dispatch from Rimini.
Owing to the activities of subma-
rines, it is understood that the navy
will arm Japanese merchantmen
bound for the Atlantic ocean and the
Mediterranean sea with six-inch guns.
Madame Elmira Brockway of Chi
cago. who was arrested in London last
month, charged with fortune telling,
was found guilty at the West London
police court and fined ESQ and costs
and recommended for deportation.
A Vienna dispatch published in the
Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin says a new
Austrian cabinet crisis has arisen ow-
ing to the refusal of the government
to grant home rule to Galicia, as
promised by Emperor Francis Joseph.
DR.. J. Sylvester, president of the Aus
trian chamber of deputies, has re-
signed.
The Greek government, acting in
harmony with the king, has decided to
reject certain clauses of the entente
note demanding reparation in conse-
quence of the recent fighting at Ath-
telegraphs. The Greek government is
ready to discuss the other demands
made by the allies.
Cheyenne record., 1917-01-11
GEN ERAI.

Announcement that E. II. Sothern
never again will appear on the stage
was made in New York by the actors
physician.
Vice of all kinds in New York has
been greatly reduced during the past
few years. according to the annual re-
port of the bureau of social hygiene,
of which John ID. Rockefeller, Jr, Is
the head.
Edward H. Hatch. who pleaded
guilty to falsifying accounts of the
Mutual Trust Company of Orange. N.
j.. while president, was sentenced to
serve a minimum of seven years in
state prison.
Federal Judges Evans. Lands and
Carpenter. after a three-day sitting en-
banc. at Chicago, unanimously denied
without prejudice the application
made by the twenty-eight Illinois rail-
roads for a temporary injunction
against the enforcement of the 2-cents-
a-mile passenger rate.
Smoldering rumors that somebody
made money in the stock market with
leak" Information about the sending
Of President Wilson's peace note
bla7ed up at a notable session of the
House rules committee at its first
hearing on Representative Woods res
olution for investigation.
An extra dividend of so cents a
share in addition to the quarterly divi-
dend OF $1.50 was declared in New
York by the Miami Copper Company.
Plans are under way at the head
quarters Of the American Institute of
Mining Engineers for the l1ith meet
ing OF the institute, to be held in New
York from Feb. 10 to %
For refusing to work in the jute mill
James b. Mcnamara. who Is serving a
life sentence in San Quentin (Cal.)
prison for dynamiting the Los Angeles
Times. IL coufiued in the prison dun
geon.
Cheyenne record., 1917-01-11
WESTERN

Three masked highwaymen held up
an express messenger at Tarentum,
near Pittsburg. Pa, and robbed him of
$4,000, the pay roll Of a glass COM
pany.
Governor Major as one OF the last
acts OF his administration pardoned
ninety two young prisoners from tho
state penitentiary at Jefferson City.
Mo.
While the city of Vireton, Okla.
mourned at the burial OF its dead chill,
dren, additional reports from the tor
nado increased the death toll from fif-
teen to seventeen.
Col. w. F. Cody was taken to Den
yer from Glenwood Springs Sunday in
q critical condition. If his condition
will permit, he will be taken to his
home at Cody. Wyo. His wife and
daughter are in Denver with him.
Henry Torborg died at Chicago
leaving q fortune of $4,000 most of
il accumulated during the last forty
years while conductor on a street car
OF the Blue Island avenue line He was
Is years old and died while at work.
A mission bell supposed to be more
than 800 years old, relic OF a mesa
mission now long gone, has been pre-
sented to the city OF Yuma, Ariz.. by
Chester Dewey. The bell apparently
IL made Of gold, silver, copper and
iron. 1t weighs $50 pounds. 1t was
found hidden in an orange proya
Cheyenne record., 1917-01-11
WASHINGTON.

Plans for defense OF the Adamson
act before the Suureme Court were
completed by the department OF JUS
tice and the governments brief was
made ready for presentation.
A total eclipse OF the moon, visible
throughout the United States, and the
first of seven eclipses to occur during
1917. began Sunday night at 1880
.. m. Eastern time. according to Off
cials of the naval observatory.
Kansas states nonhanging record
will be kept clear. President Wilson
commuted to life imprisonment the
death sentence imposed on William
White. colored, ex-United States sol
der. for murder Of Sergt James Jack
son. also colored
Prof. Frank w. Taussib Of Harvard
accepted a place on the tariff commits
sion and probably will be made chair
man.
A sensational attack on the Supreme
Court OF the United States was made
by Senator Robert L. Owens Of Okla
homa at the meeting OF the National
Popular Government League.
That $25, 100000 vas expended dur.
ing 1916 for influencing elections"
was the declaration Of United States
senator Robert L. Owen. at the open
ing session Of the National Popular
Government Leaxue.
Cheyenne record., 1917-01-11

cramps in my mus
cles, pressure or
sharp pain on the
top Of my head,
and nervous dizzy
spells. I had 9TH
er symptoms show
ing my kidneys
Cheyenne record., 1917-01-11

Government Aids Turkish Farmers.
The Turkish government has made
a special appropriation of $1,9SO.0O0 to
be used for the purchase of seed
grains for needy Turkish farmers In
the Turkish dominions.
Cheyenne record., 1917-01-11
A MINISTER'S CONFESSION

Rev. w. n. Warner, Myersville, Md,
writes: my trouble was sciatica. Ny
back was affected and took the form
of lumbago. also had neuralgia,
Cheyenne record., 1917-01-11

were at fault, SO took Dodd's Kidney
Pills. They were the means Of saving
my life. write to say that your
medicine restored me to perfect
health" Be sure and get "DoDD's,"
the name with the three DIS for dis
eased, dlsordered, deranged kidneys;
just as Rev. Warner did. no similarly
named article will do.-Adv. 4
China will teach paper making In a
government school.
Balsam wood is the ughtest Of all
lumber.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-22

by the East Carolina Land & I'm
provement Company and T. ]. Tolar
and wife, by deed registered in the
office of the register Of deeds Of Rob-
eson county in book 4-W, page 430,
and in book Ak, page SIS, and in
book 4-P, page 276, which registrar
ton is hereby referred to for full
and complete description of the same.
9Th Tract: In St. Paul township, be-
ginning at a gum in the edge Of the
Soakhole in Whites line and runs S
80 east 38 chains to a stake by 2
pines and gum in Campbell's line;
thence as it S 62 west 9.75 chains to
Ratley's corner; thence as it N 80
west 1880 chains to Whites corner;
thence as his line to the beginning,
containing "a 1-2 acres, being the
same allotted to Frances J. Ratley
of the Hardy Ratley land, and being
the same conveyed by her TOT .E.MDon
aid by deed registered in the office
of the register of deeds of Robson
county in book Alb, page 264. Said
mortgage deed is registered in the
office Of the register Of deeds Of Rob
eson county in book of mortgages No.
20, page Sal.
The above tracts of land will first
be sold separately and will then be
sold as a whole.
This the End day of March, 1917.
T. L. JOHNSON,
JOHN S. BUTLER,
Commissioners
Johnson & Johnson,
ATTORNEYS g 8 4thurs
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robson COUNTY FISH LAW

Provisions of New Law Applying to
The following bill has been pass
ed by the Legislatures:
4 BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN
ACT TO PROTECT THE FISH
OF robson COUNTY.
The General Assembly of North Car
Dina do enact:
Section 1. That it shall be unlaw-
full for any person, firm or corpora
ton to fish with seine, traps, gill
nets, set hooks, or by gigging,
striking, dynamiting, shooting, or
using lime or other chemicals by
which fish NAV be killed, in Lumber
river or any Of its tributaries in Rob
eson county, or other rivers, lakes,
ponds, or swamps Of Robson county:
PROVIDED, however, that any own
or or lessor Of any mill pond in Rob-
eson county may at any time draw
off said mill pond for the purposes
Of fishing said mill pond with nets,
seins, gigs or by muddying, strik-
ing or shooting fish in said mill
pond, and provided further, that any
owner or lessor of said mill pond
may at any time fish said mill pond
with gill-nets or traps, or in any man
ner he may select; and provided
further, that no person shall fish in
any river, creek, lake, pond or 9th
er body of water in Robson county
without the written permission of
the owner or owners thereof.
Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful
for any person to sell, barter or dis
pose Of for gain, or assist or aid in
selling, bartering, or disposing Of for
gain, any Of the fish known as "red
breasts" which shall have been
caught from Lumber river or any Of
it's tributaries in Robson county,
or other rivers, lakes ponds or
swamps of Robson county.
Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty
Of the county game warden and his
deputies to enforce the provisions
Of this act, and it shall be their fur
Their duty to confiscate and destroy
all traps, seins and nets found in
Lumber river or any of it's tributar-
is in Robson county or other rivers,
lakes, ponds or swamps of Robson
county: PROVIDED, that no trap,
net or seine placed in any mill pond
by an owner or lessor thereof shall
be confiscated or destroyed. And
the fees of the county game warden
and his deputies for the enforcement
of this act shall be the same as
those allowed by the county game
warden or his deputies for the game
bird act for Robson county enact
ed at the regular sessions of the Leg
islature of 1917.
Sec. 4. That any person violating
the provisions of this act shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be fined not exceed
ing $50, or imprisoned not more than
80 days,
Sec. 5. That chapter 358 of the
Public Local Laws Of North Carolina
regular session 1915, in 50 far as said
chapter applies to Robson county, is
hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. That all laws and clauses
Of laws in conflict with this act, to
the extent Of such conflict, are here
by repealed.
Sec. 7. That this act shall be in
force from and after it's ratifica-
ton.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-22
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS

Stockton Heth, Jr., who was shot
at the home of Prof. Chas. E. Vawter,
professor Of mathematics at Virgin
ia Polytechnic institute, Blacksburg
at an early hour last Tuesday morn
ing, died in a hospital at Roanoke
Thursday. Just before his death Heth
said that Vawter shot him and that
he did not have a thing to stand
on. Prof. Vawter's lawyer stated
Friday that Heth betrayed friendship
and confidence and that there was NO
fear as to what the verdict of a jury
would be.
Two and a half million dollars in
improvements will be spent at once
by the Newport News (Va.) Shir
Building and Dry Dock company, Of
ficials stated following announcement
that the company had been awarded
contract for two battle cruisers.
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the same being, No. ,...., upon the
Special Proceeding docket, of said
court, the undersigned commissioner
will, on the 18th day of April, 1917
ut being Wednesday,, at il o'clock
noon, at the court house door Of
Robeson county, Lumberton. North
Carolina, offer for sale othe high
est bidder for cash these certain
tracts Of land lying and being in
white House township, Robson Co.,
North = Carolina, adjoining the lands Of
). Oliver, D. J. Oliver and others and
more particularly described az fol-
lows, to-w1t: being lots number six
and seven as described in the will
OF David Adams, which will has been
duly probated and recorded in the
office OF the clerk of the sunerior
court OF Robson county, North Car
DINA. and both of said lots adio;n-
ing the town of Marietta in the afore-
sad county and State and both lots
having a frontage of fifty feet (5o1
and both lots having a depth Of one
This the 3rd day of March 1a17
o . DAVID H. FULLER
4'hurs Commissioner
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NOTICE OF COMMISSIONERS
SALE

Under and by virtue of a judg-
nent Of the superior court Of Robe
son county made m the case whe1e-
in John c. Fuller was plaintiff and
w. K. Bcthune was defendant, ire
undersigned commissioner will, on
Monday, the End day of Apr. 1917,
at II o'clock, M, at the court house
door in the town of Lumberton Of
fer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash the follow
ing tracts Of land lying and being
in the town of Lumberton, bounded
and described as follows to-wit::
On the east side of Elm street.
Beginning at a stake in the east
edge of Elm street, the southwest
corner of the lot conveyed by M. G.
Redmond to Mrs. Sue A. Townsend,
and runs north SO east with the south
line Of said lot lis feet to w. H.
Humphreys line; thence south along
W. H. Humphreys line SO feet to a
stake; thence west with the line of
the Redmond lot 116 feet
to the east edge of Elm street:
thence north with the east line of
Elm street 38 feet to the beginning.
Also another tract in the said town
Of Lumberton, adjoining the above
tract. Beginning at the south west
corner of the lot conveyed by M. G.
Redmond to Sue A. Townsend by deed
dated Apr. 1900, and duly recorded
in the office of the register of deeds
Of Robson county in book 4-E, page
l98, and runs northward along the
eastern line of Main or Elm Street
l6 feet to stake; thence an east
ern direction and parallel with the
south line Of said lot lis feet to a
STA STAKE IN the dividing line between
me said lot and w. H. Humphreys
lot; thence along said dividing line
IN IN a sooutherly direction 16 feet to
Inc % southeast corner of the said lot:
thence along the southern line of
SAD lot 115 feet to the beginning
corner on Elm street.
This the End day of March, 1917
~ +. j. BRITT, Commissioner.
4thurs
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-22
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

North Carolina, Robson County.
In the Superior Court.
Edgar Hall and wife, Katie M.
Hall, J. E. Mcmillan and wife, Flora
K. Mcmillan, Mary Belle Mcmillan
and J. H. Bethune, VS.. Neill
A. Mcmillan, Murphy Mcmillan
and wife Annie Mcmillan, AL
ex. Bethune and wife, Flora Bethune,
J. C. Shaw and wife Lollie Shaw.
The defendant, Neill A. Mcmillan,
above named, will take notice that
a special proceeding entitled as
above has been commenced in the
Superior Court Of Robson county,
North Carolina, to secure a division
of real estate, or the proceeds there
of, owned by the parties to this &C
ton as tenants in common; and the
said defendant will further take no
tice that he is required to appear
before the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Robson county on the 25th day
of April, 1917, and answer or demur
to the petition in this proceeding
which will be deposited in the office
of the said Clerk of the Superior
Court of said County within ten days,
or the petitioners will apply to the
court for the relief demanded in the
petition.
This March 18th, 1917.
C. 3. SKIPPER,
Clerk Superior Court.
Shaw & Leach, Attys.
Raeford, N. c. S1s I'm 8 224thu
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-22
Scotland County May Secure Pulp
Mill

Laurinburg Cor. Wilmington Star.
1t is reported here this week that
certain Northern capitalists are Sc
riously considering tho establish
ment Of a large pulp mill near Turn
pike bridge on Lumber river, some
16 or more miles from Laurinburg
in the upper end of Scotland county.
1t is stated upon authority that a
party of business men, representing
powerful financial interests, recent
ly made a trip Of inspection in the
neighborhood Of Lumber Bridge, and
while nothing definite can be learn
ed yet, it is understood that these
men were looking for a location for
such plant and that they found con-
ditions favorable there. The project
is being watched with interest here
and it is believed that something will
come of it.
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NOTICE OF COMPREHENSIVE
DISSOLUTION

NOTICE is hereby given that the
,co--partnership heretofore exis+;n q
between B. L. Temple and O. T, Hen
icy trading as B. L. Temple e. Co.
MARIETTA N. c., has been dissolved
by mutual consent. The business
" hereafter be run in the name of
D. L: Temple, and all accounts dne
me former partnership as per the
GeTompany's books are now due r +,
temple and all accounts oWino hn
5he partnership as per the comnanv,s
books ,oS will be paid by B. L. Tenn1o
lhls the 18th day of March. 1911
B. L. TEMPLE. :
0. L. HENLEY,
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-22
CUT THIS QUIT is WORTH
MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with SC to :Io,ev e r.
zoe? sheffield Ave-, Chicago, ILL.,,
,wrltlng your d ame and address clear
~. You will receive in return tiial
p ss age containing Fol"y's Honey
ond Tar Compound for coughs, Gods
ana Group; Foley Kidney Pills. and
foley Cathartic Tablets. Sold everv-
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-22
STATE, 'NFWC

Wesley Clark of Edgecombe coun-
ty, who was under sentence to be
electrocuted for murder has receiv-
ed communication to fifteen wears in
the States prison at the hands of
Governor Beckett, who says That a
grave. question has arisen as to the
facts IN the case according to the rec
ommendation of members of the Su-
preme court: It is for this reason that
the communication is granted.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-22
"a GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED PHYS

Foley Cathartic Tablets, a whole
some physic, thoroughly cleanse the
bowels, sweeten the stomach, tone
up the liver. For indigestion, bilious
ness, bad breath, bloating, gas, or
constipation, no remedy is more high
ly recommended. Do not grippe nor
nauseate. Give stout persons a light
free feeling. Sold everywhere.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-22

When TO Take Chamberlain's Tablets
When you feel dull and stupid af-
ter eatin9,
When constipated or bilious.
When you have a sick headache.
When you have a sour stomach.
When you belch after eating.
When you have Indigestion.
When nervous or Respondent.
When you have no relish for your
meals.
When your liver is torpid.
Obtainable everywhere.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-22
COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF LAND
Under and by virtue of a judgment
of the Superior court of Robson
county rendered at the January term,
1917, before His Honor, George W.
Connor, Judge presiding, the under
signed commissioners will, on Mon
day, the End day of April, 1917, at
IL o'clock, NJ, at the court house door
in the town of Lumberton, offer for
sale at public auction, to the highest
bidder, for cash, the following de-
scribed lands and premises:
LIST Tract-Being on the south side
of the great Marsh above the Fay
etseville and Lumberton road in and
about big pocosin and adjoining the
lands of G. M. D. Howard, E. j.
Johnson, Mrs. J. H. Fisher, E. G..
Johnson, and the lands of the said
]. E. Mcdonald, number of acres I'M
known, and known as the Duboise
vacant land; the title of which was
held by the late James McNatt, de-
ceased.
End Tract: Being on the east side
OF Cow Pen branch, and on the west
side of the great marsh, adjoining the
lands of Miss Jane Campbell on the
north and the H. P. Ratley % acre,
on the south, and J. E. Mcdonald on
the west; being the entire interest of
N. T. Andrews and wife, Mary A.
Andrews, in and to the estate of
Catherine Ratley, deceased.
3rd Tract: Beginning at stake
by large zine in Campoell's line
and runs N c2 E ATS chs. to a large
pine, Campbell's corner; then as II.
T. Ratley's line N 25 E 8 chains to a
stake by a pine; then N 80 w rs 1-2
chains to stake; thence S so w so
links to a stake, Whites corner;
thence as his line S 80 w IL chains
to the beginning, containing "a acres,
allotted to M. A. Jenkins.
4th Tract: Bounded by Mrs. Camp
bells land on the north side, and on
the, west by Catherine Ratley's land,
and on the south side by johnson
land, and on the east side by Howard
land. Containing rs acres, more or
less: Said mortgage is duly record
ed in the office Of the register of
deeds of Robson county, in book of
mortgages No. IT, page 405.
9th Tract: All of lots Nos. !, 2
and in block ~" on the Official map
of the town of Rennert, N. c., being
the same conveyed to J. E Mcdonald!
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NOTICE OF, SALE OF LAND

;, Under and by virtue of an order of
the Superior court of Robson coun+v
made in the Special Proceedinr az,
tltIed Sarah F. Adams VS. Ruby
Adams and James Mavbelle Adams
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-26
WANTED-REAL ESTATE

first class ranch hand
that can irrigate and who is good
teamer; will pay good wages and
table board. Alex. Martin, 5 miles
northeast of Holtville, Box 8. Phone
S6F5. 3-24
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-26
LOST STRAYED OR STOLEN

LOST-One diamond brooch, between
Security Commercial and Savings
Bank and Barbara Worth hotel
Liberal reward. Return to First
National Bank. u
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-26

LEASE FREE to anyone buying my
COWS and young stock. Good
house, plenty of shade, water piped
to all corrals and fields. Fine lot
of hogs if wanted. Box A 3 G,
Press office. II
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-26

ALFALFA GROWERS of the 1mpe-
rial Valley: Why not patronize
home industry? Buy your alfalfa
seed in your own county. Best re-
cleaned seed. Prices lowest. O. c..
Nordahl, Bard, Cal. tt
Imperial Valley press., 1917-03-26

FOR SALE-Two mares; one a years
old, weight about 1000; one 8 years
cid, weight about 14O0. r. ".
Blaschko, Phone 23F32, Calexlcp.
Silsbee P. 0. u