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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31
n. C. GIRL TRIED
SUICIDE IN CHICAGO
Sad Story of a Young Giri-She
Wanted to be Buried in Cemtery

i Sad Story of Young Giri-She
Wanted to be Buried in Cemtery
Back Home
Greensboro Daily News. y
The pathos of the misfortunes Of
a North Carolina girl in Chicago fur
nlshed the papers there week ago
with several columns of reading mat
ter. The papers named Greensboro
as the, home Of the young woman,
Laura Johnson, who tried to commit
suicide and left a note asking that
those who had her in charge would
see that the methodist cemetery
back home" became her burial ground.
The girl was staying with an aunt in
Chicago and disappeared. When she
was found it was in the hospital where
she had been moved following her eff
fort at self-destruction.
| One Of the least sensational of the
accounts of the girl and her city ex-
periences, as sent out to other papers
! from Chicago, was the following,
which is copied:
Bury me in the Methodist GEM
etery back home,' wrote Laura John
: son, Is years old, ard then she swal-
lowed poison.
Last February loving parents let
their girl, innocent and raised in a
southern village, come to Chicago
that she might develop her mind and
have the greater advantages of a
big city:
i "Gleefully and full Of hope and
life she came to live at the home
Of her aunt, Mrs. Dorothy Cook, 415s
Berkeley avenue. Her tragedy is the
old, old one.
: "Last Monday she quarreled with
, her aunt because she refused to lei
her go to dance and left the house
pouting. She spent the day with {
girl friend who lives at Forty thirt
street and Lakewood avenue. Sh,
| left the house at 5 o'clock in the at
) ternoon and disappeared.
"She was identified Saturday b.
= her aunt as she lay very close t.
E death, in bed in st. Luke's hospital
They are trying to save her from tn
f Methodist cemetery back home y
! Greensboro, N. c., but they only hav
: bare hopes.
+ "7I met the man in a theater,' sh
( told Mrs. Cook between sobs. III
, had eyes that were fierce and hi
' manner was imposing. don't kno'
: why I went with him. thought 20
= were angry Will HE dulCy, duu w
y were so good, and you warned m
: of these things
i ''The police who had been lookin
= for the girl since Monday are no,
looking for the man.
II "The girl was taken to the no:
+ pital from the State hotel, 551 Sout
L State street. The man had gone"
81 When the girl first disappeared
e Chicago newspapers there asked f
u information from Greensboro as
= who she was. No such girl had liz
ed here, but it was discovered thu
> apparently the girl of the story Ii
l. ed near Siler City and was know
here. In fact it is stated that II
Travellers aid secretary here was il
it terested in her and safeguarded h
al in a short stay here while she VIZ
It on her way to Chicago. The a
il had the Chicago social workers me-
r. her at her destination and make 8
g inquiry about the aunt to whom 81
was going. - So
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31

rested. Our people must be given
to understand that they have no dis
erection in this matter. If their
names do not appear on the registra-
ton cards when they are canvassed,
warrant will be sworn out against
them at once. | sincerely trust that
not man in North Carolina will be
arrested far failing to do his duty.
co. That of the men who register
on the 9Th day of June probably not
more than one out of twelve will be
But if man shows any disposition
to avoid or evade his responsibility,
he will in all probability be the first
man who will be sent to the training
camps. In every conceivable aspect
it will pay the citizen to cheerfully
comply with the law.
II. urge every newspaper in the
State to call attention to the six
matters above mentioned in every
issue Of the paper from now until
Registration day.
III. urge all travelling men, rur-
al mail carriers, physicians who pac-
tice in the country, all merchants
and bankers and employers of men,
| and all landlords to call the attention
ftheir customers, employees. and
tenants to the requirements of the
| law.
Nv. urge every man who knows
about registration day to deem il
his patriotic duty to See to it that
every man in his precinct is inform.
! ed of the requirements of the law
+, and let each precinct in the State
take pleasure and pride in seeing t.
| If 4hat NJ mon IN tbot Y,,oo;oo+ ~ . I
be arrested for failure to do his du
ty.
i V. ! suggest that on Sunday af
ternoon, June 3rd, or on the night O.
June 4th, there be held in ever,
town and city in the State patriot
e rally. Let there be music and f1..,
a,d great outpouring of the nao91'
!. ana then let some one hr;of,p oopi
ISaearly state the requirements IF 81
! h oG not ask that June 5th be mad
Monday. That question nav n'" u
: saIely left to the Judgment "f . .
community and to those in cb y, eac :
sne industries of the State. IF go =
4eeus eultivating, if machinery n 1,el
~ De Kept running in order + ne oaa
ene emergencies of the times rnee
Gugne not to be suspended in o mJt
!, t 20 make holiday. But ! earn undg
! d dust that throughout the STATE eeS ~
Jay lay may be made one of consecra + II,
anu nv prayer. do urge that e ,oar
n nnt VINO can spare time will t',r
3 ouo on registration day and assist ui
every possible way in secnr;n ~s > 81.
t plGee registration in every nrec; I'M.
tel LEI the women and the ch;ldre,
: tb with the older memhars :,
; ;nt family, go to the place If "a,
lstraclon with the boy Wild is :
record his name as a CHAMPAIGN .
e justice to all men and of peace f.
all time.
l. T. w. BECKETT,
81 Governo
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31

France and provided for it's MAIN
tenance for one year as a memorial
to his wife, who died some months
ago in Wilmington.
The entire plant of the Wynne-
wood Lumber Co. of Wilmington.
located at Wananish was burned by
fire of unknown origin Sunday. The
loss is estimated at about 100000,
largely covered by insurance.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31
STATE NEWS

Mr.. Van R. C. King, superintend-
ent of the Wilmington district of the
Atlantic Coast Line, has volunteered
as one of the railway contingent from
this country for Immediate dutv on
the battle front in France. Some
time ago he contributed a unit to
the American ambulance corps in
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31
z'Chamberlain's Tablets Have Done
Wonders for Me-.

81 have been a sufferer from ston-
ach trouble for a number of years,
and although I have used a great
number of remedies recommended for
this complaint, Chamberlain's Tablets
is the first medicine that has given
me positive and lasting relief" writes
Mrs. Anna Kadin, Spencerport, N.
Y. "Chamberlain's Tablets have done
wonders for me and value them very
highly" Obtainable everywhere. Z.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31

"On, Don't IOuch II: It's 80 sore
Use 'sGets-It" and 1t Will Never
BE Sore!
instead of swelling up like little
white sponge. Then it 1oosens from
your toe-and. glory hallelujan! the
corn comes off as though you'd take
a glove off your hand!"
Yes. "Gets-It" is the corn discov-
cry Of the age. More ."Gets-It" is
sold by many times than any other
corn remedy in existence. Try It
and you'll know the reason why. 1t
takes two seconds to apply it.. and
it dries at once. That's all. Don't
experiment-follow the experiences
"tGets-It" is sold everywhere, 2gc a
bottle, or sent -oa receipt of price by
e. Lawrence & Co., Chicago. Ill.
Sold in Lumberton and recommend
ed as sthe Worlds best corn remed
by Pope Drug Co., and j. D. McMil
Ian & Son.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31
Crops Not Badly Damaged

CrOpS NOC Badly Damaged
The Star of the 25th states that
reports drifting in from the rural
sections adjacent to Wilmington that
Were struck by the triple-deck hail
storm Wednesday, Indicated that ear.
lier reports of damage to growing
crops were somewhat exaggerated. {
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31
''kie.Yie-yie! Get
Me 'Gets.lf Quick"
9 Drops Make Corn "FaU' OFF

tive Joined the Never-Again Club.
Never again will I use anything for
corns but 'Gets-It;' Put 2 drops
of 'Gets-It' on, and from that Sec
ond the corn begins to shrivel.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
BIG INCREASE IN CROPS
COLORADO WILL PRODUCE $780,
600 BARRELS OF APPLES.
Predict Gain In Corn, Oats, Barley.
Potatoes and Sugar Beets, In
stEte-Wheat Yield less.
western Newspaper Union New. servi...

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver.-With Colorado's apple
crop nearly 100000 barrels greater this
year than last year. despite a short
age in the entire country Of over
S.500.000 barrels. the orchardists of the
state are jubilant over the prospects
for fine return for their efforts. This
information of the big apple crop is
contained in the October crop report
of the government, along with figures
pertaining to Colorado and the nation
Potatoes in the state this year will
amount to 9.140,O0O bushels, against
100000 bushels last year. plenti-
ful supply OF this great staple is thus
assured, especially with other figures
from the nation at large showing an
increase in the potato crop OF 67,563,-
900 bushels.
Crop conditions throughout the coun-
try on Oct. LIST were given as follows
in the government report: Corn. 1853
per cent Of the normal; buckwheat.
14-S; white potatoes. 79; sweet pota-
toes. 1872; flax. 51.3; rice, 1877; to-
bacco. SIS; supar beets. 1871.
Colorado's crops for this and last
year are shown in the following table:
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
SANTA FE ENGINE ExpLoDEs.
Three Denver Men Killed and Two
Hurt as Engine Blows Up.

Denver.-Three men were instantly
killed and two injured when a giant
Mikado engine of the Santa Fe rail-
road. hauling freight train south.
blew up at the Orsa block house, TWEEN
ty-seven miles south of Denver, Tues
day morning, throwing wreckage over
a radius of 100 feet and causing big
property damage. Lack of water in
the boiler caused the terrific explo-
sion, railroad men agree
Coming without warning, the explo-
sion threw the thirty-ton boiler $50
feet ahead. dropping 1t into ditch, a
demolished heap of metal fit only for
scrap iron. The engineer and brake
man were hurled back $50 feet, the
crumpled bodies of the two men alight-
ing within ten feet of each other, one
between the tracks and the other at
the side of the right of way.
The Dead-Gus H. Clink, 3S, engin-
eer, Denver; F. F. Root, 80, fireman,
Denver. and John Mines. 80, brake
man.
The Injured-Richard Bell. 30, fire
man, of Walsenburg, compound frac-
ture of arm, and ]. j. Hertpecky. stu
dent fireman; arm broken.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
Women Rule Hospital. Now.

In the days before 1914 women were
rare In military hospitals. Today, ex-
cept for the doctors and the patients,
the military hospital is almost nun
merry.
This Is one Of the chief revolutions
wrought by modern warfare. The men
who used to act as orderlies are re-
qulred for the fighting line. But some
thing more than this. The women who
took their places do the work infinite
ly better.
In the Third London General hos
pital at Wandsworth you find some
thing like 500 women attending to tho
needs Of 1000 wounded men. This
number includes $50 trained nurses.
1877 probationers. 123 scrubbers. so or
derlies, 33 clerks. 10 mattresses, mas
seurs and cooks.
The presence of women In a mill
tary hospital has psychological value.
Not only does the wounded man re-
act to the tenderness of woman. but
his better nature responds to her finer
nsibilities.-London Chronicle.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
Town Burns; 1000 sheep Poisoned.

Fairplay, Colo.-Five hundred of q
flock of 5000 sheep belonging to Har-
old Chambers of Hartzell we're dead in
the pens Saturday morning when the
herders entered to care for them. Dur
ing the day about 500 more died, and
the evidence is that the animals were
poisoned. Saturday night. after work
ing all day, the flock masters believed
they had overcome the epidemic and
will be able to save the others. Mr..
Chambers believes that the sheep
were poisoned. This is the third loss
of the last two weeks, and has caused
considerable uneasiness. Friday night
Alma, small mining town near here.
was almost destroyed by fire. Two
weeks ago the haystacks at a ranch
near this city were burned by fire
from cigarette, and the owner be-
lieves the fire was started with intent
to destroy his hay and farm buildings.
These three losses are blamed upon
a coterie of l. w. w. here, especially
as the owner of the farm property be-
lieves he has traced the destruction of
his hay to one of them.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
Pardon. Board Free. Two Mon.

The State Pardons Board paroled
two men convicted OF murder, denied
clemency to six other convicts in the
penitentiary. and continued two other
cases until future meetings. Carmine
Di Dominica, sentenced from Gunnison
county March 26. 1912, to twenty years
for the murder of Pietro Delfonso at
dance, was granted an Immediate
pardon. Clarence ]. Spencer, negro.
sentenced from Denver county June "a,
1910. to life Imprisonment for the mur.
der of his 14-months-old baby. is to
be paroled within thirty days.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
Federal Forest. Big Food Producers.

Government forests for the district
embracing Colorado. Wyoming. and
South Dakota have contributed liber
al share toward the nations increased
food production and conservation. Re
the service from rangers of the three
states show that 100000 more sheep
and 10000 more cattle have used the
government forests during 1917 than
the normal number. The normal for
this district is 100000 sheep and 5Oo.-
600 cattle.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
Governor Asks Every Possible Aid.

Governor Gunter will call upon all
the state departments when needed to
aid Thomas B. Stearns, national food
administrator Of Colorado. and the ma
tional coal administrator for Colorado
when appointed, in line with the pol
Icy of the Colorado Council OF De
tense to help the national officers for
this state In every way possible. This
cooperation will be closely linked up
with the joint work at Washington
between Food Administrator Hoover
and Coal Administrator Garfield with
the National Council of Defense.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
Big Peach Crop Moved and Sold.

Denver.-The Colorado peach crop
has been moved and the gross profit
to Mesa. Delta and Montrose county
orchardists is 81 1,366,980. These figures
are furnished by the Public Utilities
Commission of Colorado. which has
worked diligently to arrange for the
shipping of this most perishable crop.
1t is the first to be completely har-
vested and sold. From the Grand val
ley total of 1,03S cars Of peaches
we're shipped on all roads and 1856
cars were hauled by the Denver &
Rio Grande from the North Fork and
Montrose districts.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
TO HELP IN FOOD SAVING.
WoMEN TO AID IN CAMPAIGN -
GINNING OCT. 18th.
County Committeeman 70 Visit Homes
In Effort to spread Plans for
Conservation.
w.st.r. Newspaper Union New, s.rvic..

Western Newspaper Union Nswr servics.
Denver.-Mothsrs. sweethearts and
wives OF Colorado were named by the
county committeeman on food conssr
walton to serve on committee whose
duties will be to visit every home in
the state In an effort to bring about
the conservation of food
A meeting OF county committeeman
In which sixty counties of the state
were represented. was held In con
junction with the woman's executive
committee In Denver for the purpose
of formulating plans for the state
wide food conservation campaign.
The week beginning Oct. 21st. set
aside by the national food administers
ton for conducting the campaign wai
postponed a week. following a tele
graph message from Herbert c. Hoov.
or. stating that President Wilson had
requested that the campaign be do
layed on account OF the issue and sale
of the second Liberty bond issue. Tbs
President did not desire another ma
tional campaign to interfere with the
work OF selling the bonds.
The food campaign will not be start
cd until Oct. 2sth. Plans adopted pro
vide for the appointment of a chair
man for each county, and enough as
sistants to reach every home In the
state. Mothers, wives and sweet
hearts of Colorado soldiers will be So
lected to serve on these committees.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19

lee arc nevertheless enemies for III
purpose OF these regulations.
Any person, no matter where rssid
Ing or OF what nationality, who Il do
ing business within these territories
Is made an enemy or an ally of n
enemy. This. of course, applies with
special force to the border neutrals
and It 10 this definition that will give
crest force to the embargo.
ANY person who there is reason
able or its allies is an enemy or Al
ally OF an enemy, no matter where 10
Gated"
Not only is 1t made unlawful Il
trade with the persons and firms de
fined above. but 1t is unlawful to trade
with:
Amy person who there is reason
cause to believe is acting for or OF
account OF, for the benefit of an en-.
emy or an ally of the enemy. whoever
and wherever they may be-"
1t is pointed out in the Prerflent's
order that in dealing with subjects OF
Germany who are residents of the Unit
ed States 1t must be remembered that
their nationality does not prevent or
dinary commercial intercourse with
them. The test of their "enmity" In
this law is whether they are trading
with or for the benefit of the father
land 1t ia pointed out that they may
be interned under other provisions oi
law.
President Defines Trading MInuteIy.
Trading" is defined minutely as:
(A) To pay. satisfy. compromise,
or give security for the payment or
satisfaction of any debt or obligation.
(B) To draw. accept, pay, present
for acceptance or payment, or indorse
any negotiable instrument or chose in
action.
(C) To enter into. carry on, com.
plete, or perform any contract, agree
ment or obligation.
cd To buy, sell, loan, or extend
credit, trade In. deal with, exchange,
transmit. transfer assign or other.
wise dispose of or receive any form
of property.
(E) To have any form of business
or commercial communication or in.
tercourse with.
To enforce and administer all OF
these provisions the President creates
the War Trade Board. This board for
good and sufficient reasons may II.
cense the trading prohibited generally.
1t thus will have absolute control OF
practically every phase of world trade
in which Germany or her agents enter
or may try to enter.
The War Trade Board Is the same
in personnel as the Exports Admin
istrative Board heretofore operating.
Vance Mccormick is chairman and
represents the secretary OF state; the
secretary Of the treasury has not ap-
pointed his representative; DR.. Alonzo
e. Taylor represents the Department
of Agriculture; Thomas d. Jones rep
resents the secretary OF commerce: !:
Beaver White the food administration,
and Frank c. Munson the shipping
board
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
Women Joln in Liberty Parade.

Denver.-The opening gun of Den
ver's Liberty Loan campaign was fired
Monday night when former Congress-
man Claud Weaver of Oklahoma. in a
burst Of fervid oratory, defined the
cause Of the world war. reviewed the
accomplishments o. the national ad-
ministration in preparing for the part
this country is taking, and urged that
1t is not what nation gains but what
1t gives that makes it great. Tuesday
more than $500 women participated in
the big Liberty Loan parade.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
Onion output Double 1915 Crop.

Washington. = Enormous increases
In production OF fall onions. cabbage
and beans over last year are shown
In estimates announced by the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Fall onion pro
duction is forecast at 1854, $50 bush
els. compared with 1882, 700 last year
The acreage this year is 1890 against
as.400 last year. Production Of cab
bages is forecast at 691,920 tons, com
pared with 252.31o tons last year. The
acreage is 73.200 against 10000 last
year, Almost double the quantity Of
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
U. 8. Jury Indicts Liquor Runners.

Pueblo.-A number of indictments
were returned by the federal grand
jury which has been In session here
for more than week past Included
In the number were several based on
charges of violation of the Reed
amendment prohibiting the shipment
of liquor into a state where its sale
Is not allowed. one against Enos P
Schell Of Denver for alleged embez-
element at the Denver mint, and one
against Walter Lang, Ute Indian,
upon charge Of stealing govern
ment check by forging his thumb
mark.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
Urges Investment In Liberty Loan.

A resolution urging every loyal Col
orado citizen to invest In the Liberty
loan ito the utmost of his ability that
Colorado may do her full share to re-
rtore peace and Justice to the world"
has been unanimously adopted by the
Colorado Council of Defense 1t de-
clares that Colorado must not ask its
soldiers to give their lives unless we
at home are willing to make every
necessary sacrifice SO insignificant In
comparison"
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
WIN Feed Wheat to Livestock.

Oklahoma City.-Half a million
bushels Of wheat will be fed to live
stock in Oklahoma this fall. it is in
dicated by reports received by the
State Council of Defense from twenty
three Western counties. In most of
the counties an increased acreage of
wheat planted is indicated, but no hope
is held out that planting will be fur
ther stimulated by an increase of a
few cents bushel possible under new
marketing arrangements.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
Man Killed as Tire ExpIodes.

Paonia.-Jesse Chapman, 10, garage
man, was killed when the tire of his
automobile blew up and threw him
over a seventy-five-foot embankment
into an irrigation ditch below. The
car turned over three times and land
ed on top OF him. pinning him under
meath. He is survived by his father,
mother and four sisters.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
eermany's Wheat Yield Below Normal.

London. : The press association,
from reliable source. publishes an
economic review of the condition Of
the central powers. in the course of
which it says that as result OF a
special investigation ordered by the
German chancellor of the 1917 harvest
1t is estimated that the yield will be
40 per cent lower than in normal
years for wheat and As per cent lower
for rye, oats and barley. The total
harvest of wheat and rye amounts to
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
Uncle Sam Wants Skilled Men.

Because Of the extremely small num-
ber of men with trades applying for
service with Uncle Sam, the Civil Ser
vice Commission has been instructed
to make special campaign to secure
workmen for construction of vessels
snd aircraft
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
state Levy Fixed at s.12 Mills.

Denver.-Colorado citizens will pay
taxes on total assessed valuation of
81, ,309. .788, ,903, at the rate of 3.12 mills.
according to figures announced by the
State Board of Equalization. consist
ing of the governor, secretary of
state, auditor, treasurer and attorney
general. which sat as a body to pass
on the levies as fixed by the State Tax
Commission.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
Theft. Traced to Dead OFFICERS.

julius H. Clark. chief bookkeeper in
the office OF half a score OF state
treasurers, who ended his life by send.
ing bullet into his brain on . lonely
ranch in Arapahoe county in April.
1915. WAS short in his acco1nts' not
less than $4,000, according to re-
port made by experts of the state au.
ditor's office, who have been engaged
in an audit of Clark's books during
the last few weeks. The shortage
may reach a still greater amount. az
the experts have only examined the
books for about half the time Clark
was employed In the treasurer's office.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-10-19
Golden Company Retain. Formula.

Golden.-The right to make porce-
lain. a suit involving millions and
secret formula, has been given the
Herold China and Pottery Company
Of Golden, in which the Coors are in
terested, In legal decision in the
United States District Court at Column
bus. Ohio.