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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-25
MOUNT ELAN MATTERS

Many Tobacco Beds-School Doing
Nicely-Two bad Bills" is Right.
Says This One-Opposed to Rural
Police
Correspondence # The RobasoDian.
Mt. Eliam (Lumberton, R. A., Jan.
23-Farmers around here are get
ting busy now preparing their land
for another crop. Judging from the
number of tobacco beds that are be-
ing sown, there is going to be lots
Of tobacco planted. Our school is
progressing very nicely under the eff
ficient management of Misses
Blanche Bullock and Margaret Britt.
Mr.. Walker Plemons of Brunswick
county has been spending few days
in this vicinity. He returned home
today.
Mrs. Blanche Stephens, who is
teaching at Singletaries X Roads,
spert Saturday and Sunday at home.
Mr.. l. V. Britt of Ten Mile was
; here Saturday. Mr.. Britt has just
n oved from this community to the
Mr.. Britt and his good family from
our laidst but We can assure the COM
nuni-y where they have gone of some
; guod neighbors and genteel family
IN every respect. We have the same
confession to make of Mr.. Robert
Carter and his FAM who hay e
m ,ved to +he same section.
Miss Vodie Phelps, who has hcen
! staying with Mr.. and Mrs. P. L.
Britt fer several years, has goac bach
home to stay with her father in
Brunswick county.
Misses Jessie Floyd and Nina Bry.
an, Mr.. Arthur Bissell of Broad
Ridge and Mr.. June Ivey of Proctor.
vile spent while Sunday night al
the home of Mr.. ard Mrs. P. 7. Britt
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Branch of Bel
lamv spent Saturday night and Sun
day at the homes of Mes5rs. J. z
and E. B. Stone. 1t had been somi
time since they were in this sectio,
and we were glad to have them witt
US.
Miss Margaret Britt, who is teach
ing here, spent the weekend at he
home in Lumberton.
The correspondent from Mariett
said he did not agree with Messr!
Edens and HARRISON in regard t
the "bad Bills, he called them, an
: "bad bills' they are, sure enough
t / favor every word Messrs. Edens an
! Harrelson said and don't believe
4 making slaves of the poor homes
V tenants just because they are unfol
S tunate enough to have no home {
S their own. If the landlord is hol
$ est there is no use of such lay
S for he would pay the tenant for a
5 the rough manure he would raise ar
q urge him tn raise more.
n l want to say in regard to retail
l. ing the rural police, we in this Sc
n ton are opposed to the rural polio
$ and have always been. We are M
e as much opposed to high taxes as "
are the way our tax money is use
It We have no use of the rural poli'
%, and they are taking about s5,4OO o.
of the treasury of Robson count
d annually, and this money would
e the county good. The public schoo
:. need it and the public roads need
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-25
CHIEF NEWTON OF ST. PAULS
KILLS NEGRO BURGLAR

Shot and Killed Neill Brown During
Scuffle- Saw Negro Come
Out of Store and Burglar Struck
Him When Ordered to Halt-Rrown
Had Served on Chain Gang But
Had Sworn to Die Rather Than
Serve Again
Nelll Brown, colored, was shot
and killed by Chief of Police M. P.
Newton at st. Paul about $50 o.
clock Tuesday morning.
The night telephone operator heard
somebody entering the Grantham
drug store and called Chief Newton,
who hurried to the scene. Just as he
arrived at the door the negro came
out and when the officer ordered him
TO halt he struck the officer in the
face ard kicled$him, it is said. The
officer grabbed the fleeing robber
and In the .scuffle which followed he
shot the negro in the neck. Brown,
Who was not known at that time by
the officer, broke and ran and the
officer thought he was gone. Blood
hourds were ordered from Raeford,
but just before the dogs arrived on
the scene Brown was found dead in
a back lot about 800 feet from where
the scuffle took place. Five shots
were fired by Officer Newton, but
only one took effect.
Both the Grantham drug store and
the McEachern Hardware Co.'s store
had been broken into before Chief
Newton arrived on the scene. En-
trance was made to both buildings by
h,.oo Ii 1,,4 Il
Two gold watches belonging to the
hardware store were found in the
pockets Of Brown and $1.09 in mon
ey, which was taken from the drug
store, was also found in his pockets.
A coroner's jury said that Brown
came to his death as a result of be-
ing shot by Chief Newton, but Mr.
Newton was eXonerated.
Brown, who was about 80 years
old, lived near Lumber Bridge and
drove stolen horse to st. Paul. The
horse broke loose when the shooting
(: took place and went back to the
home Of the owner, near Lumber
Bridge. Brown had been on the chair
gang several times, having recently
completed a road sentence for rob
! bing a store at Rozier's about two
years ago. A number Of store rob
berries have been reported at st
Paul recently. Only a short time
ESQ horse was ; stolen FROM Mrs rs
: r ~ 8. Co.'s, wi Who sifVass near Lum
!: Der Bridge, on the night robber,
took place at St. Paul. It is though
by many that Brown was guilty o
that .offense. He had remarked re
Gently, it is said, that he would di
before he would ever serve anothe
road sentence.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-25
XLVII
WORLDWIDE MONROE DOC
TRINE SUGGESTED BY WILSON
OPEN MESSAGE TO WORLD

Question of u. S. Entering World
Peace League Laid Before Congress
by President-"Startli Stag
gering", "Noblest Utterance Since
Declaratio nof independence" Are
Some of C0mments Made On Ad-
dress
Whether the United States shall
enter a world peace league, and as
many contend. thereby abandon its
traditional policy OF isolation and no
sentang1ing alliances, was laid before
Congress and the country Monday by
President Wilson in an address to
the Senate. For the first time in
more than hundred years a Presi-
dent of the United States appeared
in the Senate chamber to discuss the
nations foreign relations after the
manner of Washington, Adams ard
Madison. Congress, all officials and
foreign diplomats were amazed and
bewildered. "Startling", "stagger-
ing" astoundinp." "the noblest ut
'terance that has fallen from human
lips since the Declaration of indie
pendence'', were among the express
sions of Senators. The President
II have said what everybody has
possible. Now it appears to be i'm
possible:
Chief Points of Address
The chief points of the Presidents S
address were:
That a lasting peace in Europe
cannot be a peace of victory for eth
>er side.
That peace must be followed by a
definite concert of power to assure
the world that no catastrophe Of war
shall overwhelm it again.
That in such a concert of power
the United States cannot withhold its
participation to guarantee peace and
Justice throughout the world.
And that before peace is made
the United States government should
frankly formulate the conditions up
on which it would feel justified II
asking the American people for thei1
formal and solemn adherence.
"It is clear to every man wht
thinks" the President told the Sen
ate, "that there is in this promise
no breach in either our traditions O
our policy as a nation. but a fulfill
rsSrnea1 ratheE .of all that we haze pre-
fessed or striven for.
Worldwide Monroe Doctrine
'1 am proposing, as it were, tha
the nations should with one accort
.adopt the doctrine of President Mon
roe as the doctrine of the world; tina
no nation should seek to extend it
policy over anv other nation or peo
pie, but that everv people should b
!aft free to determine it's own policy
its own way of development, unhin
dered, unthreatened, unafraid, tn
title along with the great and power
ful.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-25
Thompson Hospital Notes
,eported for The Robesonian.


Master Gussie Higgins, East Lum-
berton, who was operated on for pus
appendix several days ago, will be
able to return home this week. Mas
tel Duncan Herring of the Regan
church section was operated on last
week for appendicitis and will be
able to go home by Sunday. Miss
Daisy Page, Lakeview, S. c., who was
a patient at the hospital for sew
eral days, undergoing treatment by
DIR. R. S. Beam for eye trouble, was
able to go home last Saturday. Roy
Bass, Lakeview, S. c., who was in
iured in Bell Lumber Co.'s mill, was
able to return home recently. Mrs.
Leroy Bullard, who was operated on
three weeks ago, has recovered and
gone home.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-25
Splendid Box Supper

Correspondence Of The Robesonlan:
Raynham, Jan. 23-The box sup
per which was had at the Mahony
school house was splendid. Before
the auctioneer came to the floor to
sell the boxes at auction Mr.. L. w.
:7~c~7>o gave profitable talk. Then
Mr.. ]. N. Bowen told a very inter-
es-'.--- story, after which the auction
sale began. At the close Of the auc-
tion a voting contest ensued, the re-
suit of which Miss Pearlie L: Lowry
teacher of the school, received the
greatest number of votes as being
the most popular girl present. A
box of assorted chocolates was pre-
sented to her as a pride by Mr.. Mac
Lockley. The sum of $1,000 was
realized.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-25
Recorders Court-Fined for Gamb'

Walter Smith and Furman Free
man were fined S. each and cost by
Recorder E. NJ. Britt Monday for
gambling. Albert Hughes, who was
also caught in the act of gambling
at the same time Freeman and Smith
were nabbed, failed to show up at
trial.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-25
31,U55 BALES GINNED
Cotton Ginned in Robson Prior to
Jan. 16 Compared With 46,75S
Bales to Same Date Last Year

Mr. J. w. Barnes of Barnesvllle,
special agent of the Census Bureau,
advises The Robesonian that there
were 81 ,055 bales of cotton, counting
round as half bales, ginned in Robe
son county from the crop of 1915
prior to January 16, 1917, as COM
pared with 46,758 bales ginned to
January 16, 1916.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-25

Rev. w. Charles Smith, a Baptist
minister of Mechanicsville, a suburb
of Hugh Point, was killed Monday
afternoon while hunting by the ac-
cidentsl discharge of his gun as he
was climbing over a fence.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-25

Messrs. E. C. Graham. and Edward
Smith Of R. Z, Lumberton are among
the visitors in town today.
Mr.. J. L. Lovett of R. 1, Marietta,
is Lumberton visitor today.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-25
THE DEATH RECORD
Mrs. Harriet Bapston Of Britt An
swers Sudden Summons

swers Sudden Summons ~
Mrs. Harriet Bapston, aged 45
wears, died suddenly at her home in
Britts township Tuesday night: De,
ceased was taken with a cough and
began bleeding at the nose and
mouth and death resulted in 70 MN
utes. Interment was made in the
Lamb burying ground, near the home,
Yesterday afternoon.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-25
IS Months for Assault With Deadly
WoanOY.

Prince Ellison, colored, was SEN
fenced to 18 months on the road by
Recorder J. N. Buie of Red Springs
Tuesday for assault upon another
negro with deadly weapon.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-25

CONTINUED on page A.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-30
Tents, all sizes, at Reilly's.
Notice of Assessment.

Notice is hereby given that the
assessment roll of Local Sewer I'm
provement District No. 8, of the City
of Emmett, Idaho, prepared by the
City Engineer and Committee on
Streets, was filed in my office on the
9th day of August, 1917, and is now
on file in my office; that the City
Council will hear and consider OBJ
jections to said assessment roll by
parties aggrieved by such assessment,
at 1880 o'clock p. m. on the 10th day
of September, 1917, and owner or
owners of said real property which is
assessed in such assessment roll,
whether named or not in such, may
within ten days from the last publ
cation of this notice file with the City
Clerk of the City of Emmett, Idaho,
his objections, in writing, to such
assessment.
Dated this 23rd day of August, 1917
D. NJ. STOKESBERY,
City Clerk of the City of Emmett,
Idaho.
(SeaD
First publication August %.
Last publication August 30.
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Notice to Creditors.

Estate of David G. Scott, deceased
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed Administrator with the will
annexed of the Estate of David G.
Scott, deceased, to the creditors of
and all persons having claims against
the said deceased, to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers, within ten
months after the first publication of
this notice, to the said Administrator,
at the office of the Probate court of
Gem County, Idaho, in Emmett, Coun-
ty of Gem, State of Idaho, this being
the place fixed for the transaction of
the business of said estate.
Dated July 23rd, 1917.
First publication August 16, 1917.
BURTON w. SCOTT, Administrator.
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Notice of Sherif's Sale.

Notice of Sheriff's Sale on Fore
closure of Mortgage.
Hiram w. Miller, Plaintiff,
| VS..
Dollie Ivie and Oscar Ivie, husband
and wife, Defendants.
Under and by virtue of an order of
sale and decree of foreclosure, issued
out of the District Court of the Sew
enth Judicial District, State of Idaho,
in and for the County of Gem, on the
9Th day of August, 1917, in the above
entitled action, wherein Hiram w.
Miller, the above-named plaintiff, OBJ
tanned decree against Dollie Ivie and
Oscar Ivie, defendants, on the 4th
day of June, 1917, which said decree
was, on the 4th day of June, 1917, re-
corded in Judgment Book A of said
court, at page 321, l am commanded
to sell all that certain lot, piece or
parcel of land situated in the county
of Gem, State of Idaho, and bounded
and described as follows, towit:
Lots % and "a, in Block 6 of Cooks
Addition to Emmett, Idaho, accord
ing to the plat thereof now on file in
the office of the County Recorder of
Gem County, Idaho.
Notice is hereby given, that on the
31st day of August, 1917, at 10 o'clock
a. m. of that day, in front of the
court house in the City of Emmett,
Idaho, County of Gem, l will in obedi-
ence to said order of sale and decree
of foreclosure, sell the above described
property, or so much thereof as may
be necessary to satisfy plaintiffs de-
cree with interest thereon and costs,
to the highest bidder for cash lawful
money.
DAVE NICHOLS, Sheriff.
Dated August s, 1917.
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Notice for Publication of Time APP
pointed for Proving Will. etc

In the Probate Court of the County
of Gem, State of Idaho.
In the matter of the estate OF c.
P. Bilderback, deceased.
Pursuant to an order of said Court,
made on the 21st day of August, 1917,
notice is hereby given that Friday,
the 9TH day of September, 1917, at
10 o'clock A. M. of said day, at the
Court Room of said Court, at the
Court House in the City of Emmett,
County of Gem, has been appointed as
the time and place for proving the
will of said c. P. Bilderback, deceased,
and for hearing the application of Hat
tie Bilderback and Fay Holverson, for
the issuance to them of letters tesla
mentary, when and where any person
interested may appear and contest
the same.
Dated August 81, 1917.
(SeaD A. Q. SUTTON, Clerk
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-08-30

plumb out of sight, after she lost
her job. But she was game-she
never cheeped-just took her medi
cine and faded away. I'd sure like
to know what did become of that old
girl. Probably hit for the chautau-
qua; but the books don't say. / don't
know how these woman's Fighters are
on monuments, but if there's anyone
entitled to a good big one at their
hands, its Vashti, the woman who
told old A. H. Asuerus where to get
off.
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Notice of Correction of Assessments
of Emmett Irrigation District.


Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Directors of the Emmett IT.
rigation District, having on the 21st
day of August, 1917, made assess
ment upon the lands of the said Dis
trict for the purpose of defraying the
expenses of maintaining, operating,
repairing and improvement of said
District for the current year and for
necessary repairing and improvement
thereof, that the said Board of Direct
ors will meet as board of correction
at their office in Emmett, Idaho, on
the 18th day of September, 1917, at 10
o'clock, a. M, for the purpose of cor
recting any assessment so made and
levied, and to make such changes in
the assessment book as may be nee
essary to make it conform to the
facts; and that said board of correc-
ton shall continue in session from
day to day, as long as may be neces-
sary to complete its work, not to ex-
coed five days exclusive of holidays.
By order of the Board of Directors
of Emmett Irrigation District made
and entered the 21st day of August,
1917.
H. HAYLOR,
Secretary.
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Itching, bleeding, protruding or
blind piles have yielded to Doan's
Ointment. Coo at all stores.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-07-13
Shark Elshlnu Season.

The best season for catching sharks
seems to be during the cooler months
from October to March. Fishermen
say that sharks are not SO plentiful at
other times of the year.
The flesh, fms, maws, jaws and
other bones, livers and skins all enter
into the commerce of Alden, which Is
the center of the shark-f1shing indus
try. The fresh meat of the smaller
sharks is sold regularly in the fish
bazaar at very reasonable prices to the
poorer classes of natives who cannot
afford other sorts of fish. The meat
is strong, but Is said to be quite palat-
able when one is accustomed to eat
ing it. The principal consumers Of
shark meat are the Arabs, although
the native Jews and Somalis also use
1t. The Somali and Arab are Moham-
medans and their religion forbids eat
ing the flesh of any fish that has not
scales. However, the working classes
of natives are so poor that shark meat
is the only sort of fish they can afford.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-07-13
Effects of Fear,

The coward on the field of battle
dies many times whether death comes
to him or not.
Not only on the field of battle do
men suffer fearsome deaths but in
various walks of life. Their fear of
failure makes weaklings of them, just
as the fear of disease renders them fit
subjects for it.
1t was not long since that some
thoughtless companions of a young lady
who had a horror of smallpox told her
that she had been exposed to the dis
ease and pointed to some innocent red
splotches on her face as evidence that
she was taking it. For days and nights
she suffered from pain and fever and
mental anguish. Upon learning the
facts in the case the physician assured
her that she had not been exposed to
the disease and that there were no
symptoms of it. She thereupon took a
turn for the better and rapidly re-
gained her health.
This is but one of the constantly re-
curing instances of the effects of fear
on the mind and through 1t on the
body.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-07-13
TRAINING SCHOOL FOR WIVES
Unfortunately, However, This Club
Has Produced No Weddings in
Five Years Life.

To fit themselves to be wives for
men whom they have not yet found,
the members of the Josephine club
are preparing to take courses in self
control, In first aid to the injured, in
literature and gymnastic work.
The organization is composed of a
large number of girls, all of a mar
riageable age, who are in the business
world. Every member is unmarried
with the exception of Mrs. Josephine
Cohn, the founder and presiding Off
Ger of the club.
The club is five years old, and dur
ing the period there have been no
marriages of its members. The aims
of the club are formally expressed
thus: THE social, moral and physi-
cal advancement is to be accom-
plished by means of gymnasium work
to be undertaken, shortly. Firstaid
work is already being taught by DR..
Amelia A. Dranga. The self-control
is being inculcated into the men,
bers, when necessary, in devious ways.
"We do not want to take a course
in counting until we have made our
selves efficiently acceptable to a hus-
band" one member explained. She
added that if "One of the girls" gets
married she will not be put out of the
club.-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-07-13
CHAPTER XXI.
Frederica's Paradox.


Two days later Rodney walked in
on Frederick at breakfast, alone.
"Hello Z" Frederick said. holding out
a hand to him, but not rising. "Just
in time"
Don't ring" he said quickly. 'I've
had all I want. My train got in an
hour ago and had try at the sta
ton restaurant"
"Well, sit down, anyway" said
Frederica. She reached out a cool,
soft hand and laid it on one of Rod
ney's which rested Imply on the table.
There was rather q long silence-ten
seconds, perhaps. Then:
"How did you find out about it?"
Rodney asked.
They were both too we'll accustomed
to these telepathic shortcuts to take
any note of this one. She'd seen that
he knew, just with her first glance at
him there in the doorway; and some
thing a little tenderer and gentler
than most of her caresses about this
one, told him that she did.
"Harriet's back" she said. "She got
in day before yesterday. Constance
said something to her about it, think
ing she knew. They've thought all
along that you and knew, too" And
then: "How did you find out about it,
Roddy? Who told you?'
"No one" he said, in a voice un-
naturally level and dry. 81 went to
see the show on the recommendation
of country client, and there she was
on the stage"
"Ohw cried Frederica-a muffled
barely audible cry of passionate SYM
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-07-13

toned it," she said, but that was be-
fore l knew what she was talking
about. And of course l couldn't go
back and ask. Daphne something, l
think. 1t sounded exactly like chorus
name, anyhow" And then: 'Well,
how about it? Will you play the
gamer?
"Oh, yes" he said, with a docility
that surprised Frederica. ''Ill play 1t.
1t comes to exactly the same thing,
what we both want done, and our rea-
sons for doing it are important to no
body but ourselves"
She turned to Frederick. "YOu, too,
Freddy?" she asked. "Will you give
your moral principles a vacation and
take Rods message to Rose, even
though you may think it's Quixotic
nonsense?"
"Tn see Rose myself" said Rodney
quietly.
He was standing near the foot of the
stairs when she came down, with q
raincoat on and a newspaper twisted
up in his hand, and at sight of her, he
took off his soft, wet hat, and crushed
it up along with the newspaper. He
moved over toward her, but stopped
two or three feet away. Its very
good of you to come" he said, his