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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-12
Pastor Gresham Installed

Rev. H. P. Gresham was installed
as pastor of the Holy Trinity Lutheran
church, on Sunday morning. by Rev.
H. A. Weller, president of the Luther
an Ministerium, of Pennsylvania. In
a powerful M based on Romans
l: 1916, Mr.. Weller reviewed the
trials and temptations of a pastor and
pointed out the great need of coopera-
ton on the part of the congregation to
enable their pastor to resist the demand
for popular rather than gospel preach
ing, q demand which Is heard every
where in the land, but a demand to
which no pastor can yield and remain
true to his ordination and installation
vows.
In q short address to the men Of the
congregation Ia the afternoon, Mr..
Weller called attention to the fact that
the progress of the church of late has
been brought about by the activity OF
its laity and the church looks to its
laity for the impetus needed for future
progress. Not only have they aided
the church In a material way but they
have also been a powerful factor In the
church's fight to counteract and expose
many Of the religious frauds of today
who are hiding under the gospel cloak
so as to gain the support of the church
and further their own goddess schemes
for personal gain. 1t Is because ofsuch
exposures that the Lutheran church is
being severely critized by those relig-
ious, rather pseudo religious, frauds
and their followers who have not yet
recognized the deception Of their lead
ers.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-12

The orchid is a peculiar plant, for,
strange as it may seem, there is no
distinctively orchid odor. One smells
like the violet, others like the rose, the
hyacinth, the daffodil. Orchids are the
monkeys, the mimics of 1he vegetable
world, in odor as well as form and
tint. No other flower resembles an or
child, but orchids are forever aping
butterflies, pansies, roots, spiders, pitch
plants, birds and what not. And they
are not absolutely certain to look just
the same twice in succession.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-12
A Pretty Custom In VineIand

The Odd Fellows this morning fol-
lowed their regular custom of present.
ing the widows Of Odd Fellows with
bouquets on New YEARS. day. w. H.
Blake was n who turned out. Dur
ing the twenty-five years that the Odd
Fellows have followed this practice he
missed but u year. The late Captain
Vernal missed one year out Of twenty
one.-Vineland Journal.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-12
GROWTH OF THE BODY.
IL Comes In Alternate Periods of Filling
and Stretching.

= = VttC ~ - ~
and Stretching.
That men and women grow in height
and weight from birth until maturity.
If they live the ordinary term of years,
and that, as a rule, men are taller
than women are facts of common
complished is not so generally known,
nor is it commonly understood that the
difference in length of the male and
female of the species is apparent even
at birth. Carefully kept records show
that the average boy baby is about
two-fifths of an inch longer at birth
than is the average baby girl.
Another curious feature of this
growth discovered by patient research
is the fact that it is not a gradual and
regular increase. There are periods in
which the youthful body expands rap
come thin and lean.
Then comes a time where there is
little increase in height, but the body
becomes plump. While there is q
slight difference of opinion as to the
exact number of years and ages when
these alternate growths are In evil
dence, the general proposition is con
ceded by the most thorough of the In
vestigators.
ProfessorStratz tabulates this growth
of the body as follows: Period Of the
first fullness of body, two to five
Unorc. nnrind nf fret Cfrntahin0 civ IN
eight years; period of second fullness,
nine to eleven years; period of second
stretching, twelve to sixteen years; pc
riod of maturing, seventeen to twenty.
five years.
Professor Weissenberg, however, di.
differently and makes allowance for
a difference between the periods OF
change in girls and boys.
His tabulation is as follows: Period
of first fullness, two to four years;
period of first stretching, five to six
years; period of retarded growth, boys
eight to twelve years, girls eight to
ten years; period of second stretching,
boys thirteen to eighteen years, girls
eleven to fifteen years; periods of re-
tarded growth, boys nineteen to TWEEN
ty-six years, girls sixteen to nineteen
years; period of standing still and of
the second fullness, twenty-six or
Twenty-Five to fifty-one years; period
of decline, fifty-two to seventy-six
years.
among other interesting features of
this growth, it is noted that the changes
are not constant within the limits of a
year, but appear to depend upon the
season.
1t has been found that increases in
height and girth of chest are greater in
summer than in winter. 1t would seem
that the greatest gains in weight are
made from August to January, the
weight remaining almost constant from
February to May.
OF course there are many special
causes which in individual cases make
exceptions to these rules, but under
normal conditions this is the way our
bodies grow from b%abyhood to ma
turity.-New York American.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-12

FORGET PAST ERRORS.

q 1t is wise to forget past errors. y
y There Is a kind of temperament Y
y which when INDUCED greatly y
y hinders growth in real godliness. y
X 1t is that rueful, repentant, self y
Y accusing temper which is always Y
x looking back and microscopically y
y observing how that which is y
y done might have been better y
Y done. Something of this we y
y ought to have. A Christian Y
Y ought to feel always that he has Y
y partially failed, but that ought Y
y not to be the only feeling. Faith Y
y ought ever to be a %sanguine, y
Y cheerful thing, and perhaps in y
y practical life we could not give a y
Y better account of faith than by Y
y saying that it is amid much Y
v failure having the heart to try Y
Y again. Our best deeds are mark Y
" ed by imperfection, but If they Y
v really were our best forget the "
y things that are behind" We y
y shall do better next time. "
v "
EMMw " "
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-12

In the gold pantry" at Windsor cas-
tie, n of England's chief royal pal
aces, is the gold tigers head taken
from Tippo Sahib's throne in 1889. II
is life size. and the teeth and eyes are
of rock crystal. Another relic captur-
ed at the same time is the jeweled bird
called the una, shaped like a pigeon,
with a peacock tail. The feathers
blaze with precious stones, and a great
emerald hangs from its breast. Ac-
cording to an old Indian legend. who
ever owns this bird will rule India.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-12
Nut Pudding.

One cupful Of molasses, n cupful
of chopped suet, one cupful of sweet
milk, two and one-half cupfuls flour,
one-half teaspoonful nutmeg, one tea
spoonful soda, one-half t~easpoonful
salt, one pound of English walnuts,
chopped, and one-fourth pound figs,
chopped. Steam two and one-half
hours. Serve with any preferred
sauce.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-12
The Seesaw.

Secsaw, seesaw-
Up and down we goi
Seesaw, seesaw-
oh, it's fun, you knowi
Just a board, and that is all,
Balanced On the old stone wall!
Seesaw, seesaw-
In the finest stylei
Seesaw, seesaw-
Laughing all the whilei
Two good friends together 70
Always car have fun, you know!
philadelphia Record.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-12
80

1t was the first anniversary of the
Pnoodles' wedding day, and the good
wife had prepared a special dinner In
honor of the occasion.
Priscilla" said Pnoodles after the
feasting was over, that was the best
meal l ever ate. You are worth your
weight in gold"
"a year ago today, Claude" Mrs
Pnoodles answered, you told me
was worth my weight in diamonds.
odd I? Well. dear, this is your frs
annual = err retaliation" = Chicago
Tribune.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-12
Modern Version.

The Amazon forces were about to
charge.
"Wait until you can see the powder
on their noses," directed the lady mill
tary genius who commanded the other
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-12

u charming little girl. Her mother is
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands,
and Juliana is her only child. Her IA
king, being called the royal consort.
Recently JHliana was reported i'll, and
the Dutch people were seriously alarm
I'd, because she is greatly loved and
The heiress to the Dutch throne.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-12
A Sweet Little Princess.

The pretty little girl herewith pic
tured is Princess Juliana, heir to the
throne of the Netherlands or Holland
as it is commonly called. Juliana is
now seven years old and is said to be
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-12

Even the smallest pieces of finely
broken glass can be easily picked up
with a little wad of wet absorbent
cotton. which can then be destroyed
by burning.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-12

There are l.ul inG III canes That
green peas ont Of thr'.' iefe9t pc
the rate Of ! nfG ir'T'1e'' 49,
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-12

The best government is that which
teaches us to govern ourselves.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31
ALL MALES WITHIN AGE
LIMITS MUST REGISTER
Even Convicts and Enemy Alters Will
be Required to Register Under the

Even Convicts and Enemy Alters Will
be Required to Register Under the
Selective Draft
Emphasis is laid by Provost Mar
shall General Crowder on the fact
that no man within the prescribed
age limit, except those already in the
regular army Or navy, the national
guard in Federal service, or the re-
serve divisions Of the naval service,
are excused from registration for mil
itary service.
Gwen convicts and alien enemies
are required to register" says a
statement issued the other day, add
ing, however, that those liable should
not confuse registration with actual
drafting for service in the army.
The statement points out also that
the application. for the draft and call
ing selected men to the colors will
furnish the opportunity for those
who believe they should be exempted
to submit their claims. The process
of selection will be carried out, it
adds, bv lot, by the fairest system
that can be devised"
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31
DEFECT IN CLARK BILL?
Roll Was Not Called on Change of
Time Provided for Counties to
uoIL LIon&iox,

Roll Was Not Called on Change of
Time Provided for Counties to
Hold Election
Raleigh Cor. Greensboro Daily News.
The slaughter of 1917 Legislation
directed toward public improvements
has continued at such a. rate as to
give much worry to the Clark road
bill partisans who just now fear that
all thus far done or to be done be-
tween now and the next Legislature
will be worth nothing.
Since the bill has passed provid::
ing the semi-annual issuance OF
100000 in State bonds to such
counties or townships as vote these
bonds, it has been discovered that
the roll was not called upon one OF
the amendments and nobody now
knows whether this amendment is
vital or not. The Supreme court re-
Gently overthrow Burke county's big
bond issue because the roll call was
omitted in an important amendment
that was inserted in the original bill.
In the Clark bill which involves
from first to last 2,000,00 and ST.
100000 in the first two years, there
was provision that the election
should be held in April Of each year
in such counties as desired to issue
bonds. Later it was decided that
April came too close to the General
Assembly in legislative years and
therefore did not give the time nee
essary for conducting a campaign.
The time was then changed to May.
But the roll was not called on this
amendment. 1t was roll call meas
ure, of course, but the question now
is the Importance Of that failure. In
the Burke case the court held the
amendment offered to be capitally
important:~ Whether it would decide
that the-change of dates for holding
elections was Of equal dignity de-
ponds entirely upon court decision.
In the meantime bond buyers are
skittish. 1t is believed in financial
circles here that the bidders have de-
clined to take hold Of those bonds
largely for that reason, although the
State puts up it's credit and Of course
could validate any blunder that has
been made.
Rockingham county yesterday los,
its 100000 issue in the action OF
Bennett VS.. the commissioners re-
straining the county from issuing
bonds because the tax levy would ex.
coed the constitutional limit. The
court finds error in the failure oil
JudgeLane to grant the injunction ane
the issue is destroyed. This is the
third bond issue that was authorized
by the late General Assembly ane
has failed. In this instance there was
plain constitutional inhibition ane
the result was overthrown purely OF
constitutional grounds.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31
STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
Committees Will be Appointed fol
State and County Organizations

Committees Will be Appointed for
State and County Organizations
Governor Beckett has announced
the North Carolina Council of De-
Tense to cooperate with the Nation
al Council Of Defense, he and Adju-
tant General B. S. Register being ex-
officio members Of the council. The
other members just named are:
w. S. Lee, Charlotte; c. G. Taylor,
Greensboro; DR.. Joseph Hyde Pratt,
Chapel Hill; James Sprunt, Whining
ton; Col. ]. Bryan Grimes, Raleigh;
George w. Watts, Durham; r. N
Page, Biscoe; DR.. D. H. Hill, Raj
eigh; F. L. Seely, Asheville.
The council will have it's initial
meeting May 81 to organize and ap-
point necessary committees for State
and county organizations. The coun
Gil just formed i sto serve much az
an executive committee for the NORTH
Carolina council which will really b,
composed Of the one hundred count,
! committees that will be named Ma,
81. The council is to work to tn
creation of conditions in this tSat
! that will render possible when need
, ed the immediate concentration an
utilization of the resources of tn
State just as the national counci
!, will work to the same end as to tn
!, National resources.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31
NEW GUN BAFFLEs GERMANY
The Stokes Bomb Firer More Deadly
Than Giant HOwlzters

The Stokes Bomb Firer More Deadly
Than Giant HOwlzters
From the Boston Post.
Will England's newest death-deal-
ing weapon come to America.
It's the Stokes gun-invented by
Wilfred Stokes-and is declared to
be more deadly than the giant Ger
man howitzers.
It is the most important war in
vention since the tanks appeared, and
has already been used with telling eff
feet in France. Reports just receiv-
ed in America say there, has never
been anything like it since the begin
ming Of warfare.
1t has been only vaguely describ-
ed by the war correspondents, for the
reason, of course, that detailed de-
scriptions is forbidden. Germans
know to their cost of it's existence
but they do not know how the gun is
made nor how it works, so that the
references to it must be more or less
vague. One of the correspondents
referring to it the other day, said:
'tIt sends up into the air like q
group of lead pencils a flight OF
bombs which sail down on their OBJ.
jectives with deadly accurancy anc
a terrific explosive effect" Anoth.
er correspondent writes OF. the "cor.
uscations of hail of Stokes bombs
most awe-inspiring both in appear
ance and effect"
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31
FOOD SURVEY BILL
First of Control Measures Carrie
$14,77O,OOO for Immediate Inquiry

First of Control Measures Carries
$14,77O,000 for Immediate Inquiry
The administration food survey
bill, first of the food control meas
ures, was passed by the House Of
Congress Monday. 1t appropriates
$14,77O,O0O for an immediate inves-
tigation of the country's food resour-
ces and for measures to stimulate
production. A similar bill is under
debate in the Senate.
The Agricultural Department ex-
poets to present a fairly accurate es-
innate of food resources within three
weeks after the bill is signed by the
President, Secretary Houston said.
As soon as the measure becomes a
law the department. will start it's H.
900 employees and the 10000 volun-
tary crop reporters to work on the
Investigation. The preliminary re-
port to be made within the three
weeks will be supplemented with
monthly reports and probably by g
further complete report within six
months if necessary.
Material gathered will be turned
over to Herbert C. Hoover, who wa!
named to head food administration
as soon as the pending regulator!
food measure becomes law.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31
TAKE THE RIGHT
KIND OF IRON
Old and Young Need More Iron, Food
Eaten Nowadays Has Less
and Less Iron e
NATURE PROVIDED ACID
IRON MINERAL FOR SlCh

From the Great Lakes to the Gulf
of Mexico,i is iron, put there that man
might stiffen the backbone Of ships.
build 1.-the skyscrapers and locomo-
tiyes. This is the iron of the builder
and ofeannen and shrapnel which kills
men anu rims teeth and stomach.
Tnen off to one side, nature de-
posts iron FOR another purpose and
IT is called "Acid Iron Mineral. I'm
like commercial iron it has been pro-
tected through thousands of years
from elements, water and air, by a
casing of marble-like rock and clay
Acid Iron Mineral was set aside by
the Creator for medicinal purposes.
in one great deposit not far from the
worlds greatest commercial iron ore
beds. It is the only deposit known
tn exist in the whole universe.
Acid Iron Mineral possesses won
derful medicinal properties. Three
forms of iron, calcium,p potassium, mag
nesiunl, sulphurie acid blended and
proportional exactly right for the
Treatment of stomach, kidney, blad-
der and blood complaints. So per-
feet is this natural compound NO
chemist has come forward to claim
the large sum offered to chemists
able to make Acid Iron Mineral
Some of Natures secrets are beyond
-ssS.ying and Acid Iron Mineral is
one.
Where chemists employed alcohol
syrups, ETC., nature needed none to
make Acid Iron Mineral. Pure as
the ripping brook. AIM is Ma
lures Elixir.
No man or woman in need of a
tonic or troubled with Impoverished
impure blood, rheumatic complaints
nervousness or loss of vitality, should
longer be weak and half efficient
Aim, tested 80 years, brings back
color and sparkle to cheek and eye
1t helps stomach, kidney and bladder
back to normal. Get bottle at your
druggist. SOC and 81 size bottles.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31

with Uric Acid, which, if not eradi-
Gated, will contaminate your entire
system. The results will be racking
pains In the joints, muscles and limbs,
chronic stomach troubles land slug
gish liver. ~ -
The only relief is in the restoration
OF the blood to it's normal, vigorous
condition, which can be accomplished
by taking S. S. S., the unfailing
remedy for rheumatic troubles. Our
Medical Department is at the disposal
OF all users Of S. S. S. Swift Specific
&C.,, 3O3 Swift Building, Atlanta, Ga.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31
rheumatism Should Be Nipped In The Bud

Rheumatism in its early stages may
delude you into believing that it is a
disease of a purely local and Tempo
rary nature. Beyond a slight numb
ness of the limbs and pains in the
joints or back, there may be no out
ward indications of it, but if you do
not heed these warnings, or if you
rely upon liniments to cure you, it will
grow rapidly worse until you have
rheumatism in its most violent form.
These symptoms, mild in the begin
ming but growing steadily worse, indi-
cate that your blood is impregnated
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31
Mr.. James Sprunt Wants to Serve

MIR. James Sprunt wants TO Serve
His Country
Mr.. James Sprunt Of Wilmington
has manifested splendid patriotism
in offering to. the government free
use of his large new wharf at Will
mington, also 800 acres of land, 9
miles below Wilmington in the mid
die of the Cape Fear river, command
ing the ship channel, upon which a
battery of heavy channel bearing
guns was established during the civil
war, and his high-powered motor
yacht. -.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31
THE SOLDIERS ON THE BORDEI

Fly Pope Prevatt, Troop B, Fort Bliss,
Texas.
Written for The Robesonian.
We joined the militia in the old home
town
For the fun to be had each year at
the camping ground,
Little thinking as we took the oath
in the armory hall
That quite SO soon would We hear the
call
To pitch our tents and take our stand
Way down in Texas on the Rio
Grande,
There to guard the line with watch
full eye
To see that Villa bandits pass US by.
When it's morning on the border
And the sun is breaking thru,
And the sand begins to glitter like
the good old hometown "dew."
I look across the river and it makes
me kind Of blue
When it's morning on the border, love,
my thoughts go back to you.
Won't you tell us, Mr.. Wilson,, why
it is yeu-keep US here,
When the border seems so quiet and
there's nothing more to fear?
We don't want to see Chewawa,
And we're tired Of eating sand.
Send US back to dear old Georgia,
Where there amt no Rio Grande.
It's home, home, home,
It's home we want to go,
Take US back to Gods own country
And the girls we used to know.
Just say the choo choo's waiting,
All aboard for Alabam,
For we've stayed so long inTexas that
nobody gives a dam.
We don't want to see old Villa,
But the little girl that waits
And dreams upon her pillow
In the dear old Southern State,
Of her boy along the border,
Where the horned toads roam
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31

Send us back to Carolina,
Mr.. Wilson, send US home.
Each little canteen rumor bursts
Like bubbles in the foam
Though they keep, US in good humor
But I'll tell you, Mr.. Wilson,
If you want to make hit,
Just load us on troop train
And say boy; is time t. eIit.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31

There have been frequent reports
of German submarine activity on the
! Atlantic seaboard. The Associated
Press. was informed on the Goth by
, officials Of the German Foreign of.
flee in Berlin that no German naval
i forces had recently been dispatched
; across the Atlantic.
Deadly Air Raid
A German air raid over the south
east coast of England on the 26tI
! caused the death Of 76 persons, most
lily women and children and injury tt
i Its others, proving more deadly thar
any other raid made on Englant
since the beginning of the war. 4
.. dispatch from a town (name not Civ
en) on the southeast coast Of Englan
states:s
"Women and children who ha,
j! stood for hours in a long lin
in the busiest street here waiting t
purchase potatoes were the princips
victims of the German airplane raj
last evening. The women and. chi
dren had little warning of the raj
and were easy victims of the al
vultures who dropped their deadl
bombs indiscriminately.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31
Whooping Cough

One Of The most successful prepa-
rations in use for this disease is
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. S. W.
McClinton, Blandon Springs, Ala,
writes, "Our baby had whooping
cough as bad as most any baby could
have it. l gave him Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy and it soon got him
we'll" Obtainable everywhere.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31

Gov. Bickektt has commissioned
all five members of the present State
board of elections to succeed them
selves for the ensuing term. They
are: Col. Wilson g. Lamb, William
ston, chairman; R. T. Claywell, Nor
canton, ]. W. Pless, Yetdkin, Dem
ocrats, and ]. w. Davis, Henderson
vile and Clarence Call, North Wilk
esboro, Republicans.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31

Blankets to be Supplied Veterans
Adjutant General Mickle, of the
United Confederate Veterans, an.
nounced Monday that the reunion
committee in Washington has advis.
ed that the veterans need not take
blankets to the reunion in June a:
the government will supply them.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-31

Read the advertisements in The
Robesonian. They are as interesting
as news and are frequently more
profitable reading than the news.