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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-28
ANTI-TYPHOID CAMPAIGN
County Health Officer Has Begun
Campaign Against Typhoid and
Free Vaccination Will be Given

DR.. B. W. Page, county health Of
ficer, will fill the following appoint
ments for the purpose of giving free
anti-typhoid vaccination to all who
will meet him.: Wednesday, May 30
-Parkton II a. M, Lumber Bridge
2 p. M, Rennert A p. m.
DR.. Page began last week his an
nual campaign to render all who will
take the vaccination immune against
typhoid fever and he will gradually
work into it more in a week or so.
He has an appointment this after
noon at Pembroke and tomorrow af-
ternoon he will be at the home of Mr..
J. w. Jenkins, near Center churoh,
where a suspicious case o Typhoid
developed recently.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-28
DIR. Russell S. Beam Has Received
Army Commission

DR. Russell S Beam, local eye, edI
nose and throat specialist, received
this morning from the War Depart
ment at Washington a certificate to
the effect that he had been commits
stoned as first lieutenant in the med
ical section of the officers reserve
corps of the U. S. army. DR.: Beam
will accept the commission, which ne
applied for some time ago. he ex-
pects to be called at any moment
40 doubt DIR. Beam is the first Roo,
eson county man to be commits 'loned
since war was declared.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-28
FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER
Social of Ladies Aid-Movements of
the People

SOCIAL OF Ladies Aid-MOvements of
the People
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Fairmont, May 26-Miss Elizabeth
Frye Of Red Springs is spending the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. p. r.
Floyd.
Miss Rose Jones, who was stu
dent at Greensboro college for women
returned home Wednesday night.
Miss Lois Miller of Meredith COL
lege, Raleigh, has returned home.
Messrs. Rowland Pittman and Sog-
gle Floyd, who have been working
for the past year in Akron, Ohio, re-
turned home Saturday morning.
The Ladies Aid society of the Bap-i
tist church was delightfully."- enter
tanned at the home of Miss Christine
Floyd Thursday afternoon. Preced-
ina the social was business meet
ing presided over by the president,
Mrs. w. 7. Sledge. A very interest
ing paper was read on "The Life of
Mrs. Matthew T. Yates" by Mrs. J..
R. Miller. Following the business
), session, delicious ice cream and cake
were served by Misses Christine and
j. Dinabell Floyd.
5 Mr.. H. G. Stubs returned Satur-
day morning from New York, where
he had been on business.
! Mr.. A. L. Jones spent a few days
!. this week in Wilmington on business.
Miss Jettie Mae Bristow, who was
a student at Carolina College, Max
: ton, returned Wednesday. She was
) accompanied home by Miss Louise
r Shavander of Pantego.
y, Mr.. Dan Prevatt ard Hesba Hedg-
] AL Ea. go
day.
tt Miss Donnie Greyard and the Miss
S es Wilson of Mcdonald spent while
It. in Fairmont Thursday.
o Mr.. Gordon Grantham, who has
a been working at Red Springs, spent
a few days this week with his moth
= er, Mrs. w. B. Grantham. He lef
e. for Lumberton Saturday morning
It where he has accepted position will
ID White & Cough.
Miss Lorena Lewis returned Sat
urday morning from Whiteville
e. where she spent some time with he
brother Mr.. Dave Lewis.
n Miss India Rouse returned hom
,e from Whiteville, where she visite
ID Misses Madge and Bess Lewis.
" Mrs. Louis Weinstein of Chad
n, bourn is spending while with NJ,
le and Mrs. Sam Dunie.
,h Misses Cattle and Blanch Bullcc
is, of Baltimore were Fairmont visitor
D. Saturday.
s. Misses Amick and Catherine Jone
n who had been visiting at Chadponr
DIS have returned home.
s. Mr.. P. B. Thompson, who attcEt
IS ed the Weaverville college commence
as, ment where his son Halbert grat
uated, has returned home.
on Miss Eva Thompson, who had bee
re at the. Thomps4nhospital, Lumber
:. ton, for treatment, has retutne
home.
ar Mrs. Cleary of Washington
spending a while with her sister Nj
.. C. Calhoun.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-28
CAMPAIGN CLOSES
During 2-Weeks' Food Conservation
Campaign &c Meetings Were At
tenj1lng by 4,5OO to 5000 People

DuflHR A-V VSehS TOOu SohoOA VoI.oi'
Campaign 66 Meetings Were At
tenl1lng by 4,50O to 5000 People
County Farm Demonstrator l.: =;
Blanchard closed his two weeks food
conservation campaign Saturday.
During the two weeks sc meetings
were held and these meetings were
attended by between 4,5OO and s.
900 people. A meeting was held in
practically every community IN the
county and no doubt the result will
be seen when harvest time comes.
Those who aided Mr.. Blanchard in
the campaign were: Maj. w. H. Gra-
ham, State Commissioner of Agricul-
ture; Mr.. T. D. Mclean, district dem
onstration agent; Mr.. T. B. Parker
of the State Department Of Agrlculc-
ture; Prof. c. c. Logan of the A; q
E. college, Raleigh; Mr.: A: j. NC
Kinnon of Maxton; Mr.. w. T. BARK
er, president of the Robson dlvls-
ion of the Farmers Union; Prof. w.
C. Riddick, president of the A. q
E. college, Prof. Dan Z: Gray OF the
A. & E. college; Mr.. W. K. Scott OF
Mebane and Mrs. I. S. Eubanks OF
| Durham, an expert IN canning ane
preserving. ,
Of the number who attended the
| meetings around 1000 were ladies
ard they seemed to have been just a:
much interested as the men.
The expenses Of this campaign
were paid out of an appropriation O.
$500 made by the county commission
ers to arouse the people of the count!
to the necessity of helping to NEE
i the needs of the Allies by raising
more foodstuffs.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-28
Prof, R. II. TAYLOR, principal O

Prof. R. H. Taylor, principal of
the high school, left yesterday for
his home at Castalia. Other members
of the faculty who have gone are:
Mr.. Bert eagle left Saturday for his
home near Rutherfordton; Misses
Christine Cover and Elizabeth Belk
left Saturday for Hendersonville,
where they will spend some time;
Miss Effie Newton left today for
her home at Hope Mills; Miss May
Seabolt will leave tomorrow for her
home at Roper. Misses Elizabeth Dew
ter and Elizabeth Breeze will spend
several days here visiting before GO
ing to their homes.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-28
BRAZIL MUST TAKE
DEFENSE MEASURES
President Braz Says Sinking of Ships
bv U-BOats Makes it Necessary
Neutrality to be Abandoned


bv U-Boats Makes it Necessary
Neutrality to be Abandoned
Rio de Janeiro Dispatch, May 26:
The committee on foreign relations
in the Brazilian congress today draft
ed a measure recommending the can
collation. of the decree of April 25,
1917, which declared the neutrality
of Brazil in the war between Germany
and the United States. President
Braz under the bill would be author
lied to take necessary steps for the
carrying out of this law and to put
into practice the acts which result
from the cessation of neutrality.
The Brazilian foreign minister to-
day presented to congress message
signed by President Braz in which
it is stated that the sinking Of Bra.
lillian merchantmen by German sub.
marines obliges the government to
take measures of defense against the
-Teuton Uboats. The utilization, but
not confiscation, Of German vessels
interned in Brazilian seaports, is sug.
gested.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-28
County Funds Turned Over to De-

Sheriff R. E. Lewis, who has been
acting as treasurer since the office
of county treasurer was discontinued
last December, turned over Saturday
to the National Bank Of Lumberton,
depository of the county funds, the
sum Of $19,635.68 the amount of cash
on hand Of the various county funds
as follows: General county furd ST.
T20.89; road fund account $4,897.55;
@eeurt house bond fund 1879; pen
sion fund $3,833.73; funding bonds
S2,007.39; district ledger schools S8,-
003.e0; salary fund $5,773.16, less
amount the general school fund was
overdrawn S7,939.52.
The National Bank Of Lumberton
will perform the duties heretofore
performed by the county treasurer.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-28
TORNADOES TAKE AWFUL TOLL
More lhan $50 Persons Killed, Many
injured and Millions of Dollars
;M orth of Property Destroyed by

Injured and Millions of Dollars.
~ orth OF Property Destroyed by
chicago Dispatch, May 27.
More than $50 persons were kill
e'12, a thousand or more injured and
millions Of dollars worth Of proper
ty destroyed by tornadoes which
swept through Kansas on Friday, Ill
lnols and Indian on Saturday and
parts Of Tennessee, Arkansas, Ken
tucfy and southern Illinois Sunday.
Reports indicate that a large amount
of farm implements, needed to pro-
duee the bumper crop desired this
year. was ruined, although the spas
E1odlc. wind struck only here and
there IN its frightful play through the
rural regions. Crop damage is said
to be not heavy in grains.
The heaviest toll Of life was TAX
en- at Mattoon, Ills, city of 10000
| population in the broom corn country
OF central Illinois, where 81 are known
) to be dead and 500 injured with q
property loss of .$2,O00,000.
Charleston, Ills, ten miles east o1
Nation, was also partly wrecked Sat
F, urday evening with a loss of 3S live!
/ and $50 injured. The property los:
there is million dollars.
\ ;, The next most serious loss was a
Andale, Kansas, where 26 were kill
ed and a score injured on Friday
: Dublin, KY, suffered three dead an
| II injured today.
South Dyersburg, Tenn, was re
5 ported to have lost two killed and 1
| injured in tornado that swept Dye
county today. Near Blytheville, Ark
: nine persons were reported killed an
4 a dozen hurt.
4 Reports from Indiana show at leas
n seven persons killed at Hebron. Kout
and other places, and the death lis
: may reach twenty. More than tw
hundred were injured in the Indian
e territory swept by the storm.
n : Smaller towns in Illinois lost do
S en- dead on Saturday. with two sco1
e injured, while in the southern poll
e Of Illinois wind storms today kille
e. a half dozen and injured a score.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-28
GIRLS CAN HELP
Unit for High School Girls in Nation
al Special Aid=Meet Wednesday

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
In the National Special Aid there
is unit for the high school girls. 1t
is cutting, sewing and folding very
Simple garments for the soldiers:
Every girl can help in this work and
all who will offer their services will
please meet at the home of Miss An
ma Neal Fuller, chairman fthe girls
work, at $3.50 Wednesday afternoon
The dues per year will be 25 cents.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-28
Superior Court

Superior Court
Superior court for the trial OF
civil cases closed Friday morning
and Judge Geo. w. Connor, who pre-
sided, left for his home at wilson
immediately after court adjourned
The only jury trial completed dur
ing the week was that of the Park
ton Mercantile Co. ct al VS.. jose,
phine johnson. Judgment was rem
dered in favor of the plaintitfs.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-28

-Robeson's game and fish laws
have been published in pamphlet form
and anv citizen desiring one can get
same bv writing to County Game
Warden John D. McAllister, Lum-
berton, enclosing 2 cent stamp to
pay postage. ! 2iVN'sh
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-28
40 Veterans Have Applied for Ex-
penses to Reunion

Forty-nine Robson county. vete-
rams have made application for the
$40 appropriation made by the couno
tv commissioners for all who wish
to attend the annual reunion in WASH
ington, d. c., in June. Others are
expected to apply and. it is expected
more than so will go from this coun-
ty to the reunion.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-28
TWO TOBACCO WAREHOUSES;
Arranements Completed for Second
Warehouse for LumbertOn

Arrangements were completed Sat
urday for a second tobacco ware
house tobe operated in Lumberton
this season. While nothing has been
given out as to the location of the
new warehouse, or as to who will
manage it, it is safe to say that Lum-
berton will have two warehouses
ready for the opening of the season
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-28
Cotton Damaged by Storm

Mr.. N. C. Long Of Purvis was
Lumberton visitor Saturday. Mr..
Long reported hail and wind storm
in his section early Wednesday morn
mo of last week. Mr.. P. H. Adams
was the heaviest loser. He had to
sow 27 acres of cotton over as a
result of the hail.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-28

Sheriff Lewis is already receiv-
ing from Robson citizens who are out
of the county the information need
ed for registering them according TO
the army draft bill
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-28

Rev. w. D. Combs, pastor of the
Gospel Tabernacle, is spending some
time at Ashbury Park, N. j., visit
ing leletives.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-28
Parkton Man Among Missing in War

Zone
Ottawa, Canada, Dispatch, May Is.
G. H.. Marsh of Parkton, N. c., is
among the wounded and missing men,
toned in today's Canadian casualty
list.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-28
VOL. XLVHl
THESE HAVE

Cotton Mills and v. & c. S. Railroad
Decide to Buy BOnds-TOtal for
Iumberton Brought to $27, ,600-GetI
on This Honor Roll
At a meeting of the directors of
4he Lumberton, Dresden and Jen-
rincs cotton mills held this morn
ing inc it was decided that each of these
mills should buy Liberty bonds to
The amount of $4,000, and Mr.. A..
W. Mclean, who is urging officers
ard employees of the Virginia & Car
olina Southern railroad to buy Lib
ertv bonds, decided this morning that
the road should purchase $4,000
worth.
Buy Liberty bond and get on this
honor roll.
subscriptions reported to The
Robesonian up to 2 p. m. today
.,,n4 - COT e00 aS follows.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-27
ONLY SO DRAFT
MEN TO LEAVE
SEATTLE SEPT. 5

Division board officials and
the governments appeal agents
for select service. were unanl-
nous Monday In declaring that
the new orders regarding es.
emptlons for family heads
would have little effect on the
work Of the Seattle and King
county boards.
Prosecutor Alfred Lundin. who
represents the two county boards
! In draft appeals, announced that
not moro than 20 or 30 men now
certified or subject 10 eertificntlon
from the county divisions would BIO
exempted because OF new orders.
I'VE have always Understood.
said Thomas ]. l.. Kennedy. tho
governments agent for the city
boards. that marriage itself was
not basis for exemption and that
only in cases whore he was the
solo support OF hts family would
married man be exempted.
But in practice We have found
but few cases where the man was
not the support OF HIS wife and chill.
dren. and ia several OF those cases
te has waived exemption.
Tell Few Wives TO Work
II know of very few cases where
wife has been told that she would
have To go back To work. and ] am
sure that there are no cases where
such rulings have been made II tho
wife had children"
The number OF claims filed and
accepted by the city and county
boards now makes II probable that
20 obtain it's quota OF i.i5b men.
one. half OF Seattle'a 26.3ls regis
tered men will have 90 be called.
Examine Reserves
Many OF the boards. however.
/ have obtained their quotas now and
arc examining reserve men In or
der that they will be able 90 I'LL
the places OF many who undouhted'
ly will be exempted At Camp Lewis
on account Of physical defects.
Tho mobilization. according 70
the latest Instructions. viii extend
over a period OF five days. begin
ming September s. and since only
90 men will leave from Seattle and
King county as the first . per cent
OF tho quota which makes the first
call. Il Is probable that no big col
ehration. as was at first planned.
will be held
A meeting Of the King County
I Council for Patriotic Service was
scheduled 10 meet early this week
E to diNcpaa the matter.
Following IL the number OF men
who will be modified in each oil.
vision on the first call
Seattle divisions First. 9 mon.
Second. 4. Third. 8. Fourth. 8.
Fifth. s: Sixth. IL: Seventh. o;
Eighth. 4: Ninth, 6. Tenth. "a.
Eleventh. 4. Twelfth. 8.
King county diyisions-Ffrs,. 10
men. Second. u.
! Total for Seattle and King eoun.
/ ~. 20.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-27
BY GEORGE MARTIN

uritsd Pres. staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Aug. az
Thousands Of smoke producers
to protect American troop.
food and munitions ships from
submarines are being turned
out today by a government con-
tractor In Delaware.
On and after October I, no
ship Of any description may
sail from an American port IN
less equipped with them. On
that date, too, all vessels must
be painted by . system Of cam
outage worked out by the
naval consulting board. Details
OF these systems arc war
secrets.
III told you how II was done,
said Admiral Rousseau. OF tn
naval board. "the U-boats woul'
know what TO look for"
The smoke screens will be uset
only as a last resort. Twelv'
smoke boxes will be on every YES
sells deck. There also will be on'
huge. tho practically invisible
smoke funnel.
Chemicals Do Job
Should one OF the kaiseTs U
boats detect the spirit-like trap
pings OF ono OF these American
ghosts OF the sea. the smoke fun
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-27
CROKER LAND
CALLED MIRAGE

n, United Pres. Leased wir~
SIDNEY, N. s., Aug. IT.
There Ia no such place a.
Croker land"
This 10 the word brought
back BY Donald MscMiIian's
Arctic exploration expedition,
which arrived here last night
The expedition had spent four
yearp In polar regions.
Croker land was discovered BY
Rear Admiral peary on his famous
North pole trip. Macmillan SAYS Il
was all mirage. and that the land
does not exist at all.
Not a single life was lost during
tho whole four years that the party
was In the Far North. the members
reported. when they were brought
here aboard the relief ship Nep
tune.
we had good luck" Macmillan
said. Provisions wcrc plentiful
and there was plenty OF game and
eggs"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-27
Follows Woman But
Later Lands in TAIL

Harry Poertncr. 20. was arrested
Sunday morning. after he had been
pursued and captured by d. K
Short. eiTh Valley st. near the
North Seattle car barns. Short al
legged he saw Poertner follow a
woman several blocks. At the 20.
leo station 1t was learned Poertner
had no registration card. and he
was turned over 10 tho federal au.
thorities for an Investigation.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-27

big army. But the effect OF the en-
barge has been immediate In cut
ting Germany supplies.
As a result. a backfire OF Ger
man propaganda here claims the
embargo violates the rights OF neu-
trails. for which the United States
has always stood. The wall OF tho
German sympathizer browns the
protests OF the neutrals. nominaily
the sole sufferers.
We Helped Germany
The administration position.
however. IL that there has been no
change toward neutrals. As a bel.
ligerent. this country must see tha,
supplies necessary for her and her
allies are provided first. Any Ell.
cess is available for neutrals. moth.
Ing for the enemy.
There is the rub. The prln-
elpsI imports Of Holland. DEN
mark, Sweden and Norway
the last three years have been
70 maintain not life. but pros
perity.
Exports to Holland have beer
principally feed for the great herds
whose butter and cheese have beer
sold to Germany at immense profit
Exports to Sweden have been sup
plies for factories to maintain hei
profitable commerce with Ger
many. The situation has been sim
liar with Denmark and Norway.
In recognition OF neutral rights
the exports council. enforcing ths
embargo. Is investigating the acta
al needs In those countries ada
cent TO Germany before announc
ing any shipment policy.
We are ready to sell them any
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-27
WOMEN WORKERS TO
Nave HOME SOON

Laundry workers OF the city are
enthusiastic over a plan to estab-
llsh home for women workers..
which was presented at the regular
meeting OF Local "a. last week. The
plan includes the purchase OF site
near the edge OF the city and sub
stantim building. in which girl
workers may live ut a minimum of
cost.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-27

40 Germany 10 concerned"
one official here explains.
"one good Dvteh.holsteln Will
send into Germany her own
weight In butter fat each year.
20 say nothing OF cheese and
other produe;n."
Germany has taken notice. I'm
abie longer 10 get her normal sup
plies thru these neutral middlemen,
abe sent up n great shout about
the rights" OF neutrRls. which. as
abe interpreis II. is the right OF q
neutral to buy from a bolligerent and
sell to another what the belliger
ents will not sell between them
selves.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-27

OF our surplus they may need for
themselves. But We are not will.
Ing 10 sell supplies TO Germany.
thru mlddiemen ncutrals. simply
10 maintain the prosperity OF neu-
trial trade
Preliminary reports indicate
these neutrals do not depend for
their livelihood upon any consider.
able imports. Cutting Off imports
will end prosperity. but not jeopar-
die existence.
May KIN catti.
Holland. for instance. without
heavy imports OF concentrated cat.
tie feeds, will be- unable to main.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-27
DISGUISE TROOP SHIPS
Camouflage and Smoke Boxes Fool U-Boats

mel will be started and the smoke
boxes dumped overheard.
The action OF the sea water on
one Of the ingenious combinations
Of chemicals Will throw OFF great
clouds OF dense. black smoke. aud
the ship can slip away.
Cost s25 Each
Once used. however, the smoke
boxes are worn out The smoke
funnel costs about sl25, and the
smoke boSes s25 each.
The government hopes 10 save
thousands OF tons OF shipping by
these precautions and has also
stipulated that after October /
every ship sailing must be protect
cd with guns manned by a naval
gun crew, and must use smoke
less coal while travelling thru the
submarine zone.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-27

tain her present great dairy herds.
but half her cattle would supply
her own necessary dairy products.
and could possibly be maintained
without importing feed.
On this very point. tho Dutch. In
protesting against the embargo.
have threatened TO KIN great num-
beers OF cattle and sell the meat to
Germany.
This government. while unwill-
Ing TO see meat thus turned over
to Germany. does not take this
threat seriously.
Germany shouts
zone live COW In Holland 10
worth three dead ones, 30 far
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-27
A SCOOP

In the days before the introduction OF Inter
national News Services, whenever a newspaper
obtained exclusive information and published IT
ahead of its rivals, the fact was heralded far and
wide as "a scoop"
"A Scoop" is the term best descriptive OF our
success in practically cornering the available sup
ply of genuine Novocain.
Novocan which is indispensable to the success
full practice of painless dentistry, is German
product, and at the beginning of the war we pur-
chased every ounce obtanable that today we
are the fortunate possessors OF an amount which
will last until treaty Of peace releases the supply
at its source.
Because we do a very large dental business it is
customary for us to make quantity purchases OF
all dental supplies and materials, and thereby ef-
feet a tremendous saving, of which the patient is
necessarily beneficiary. 1t is for that reason
that we were able to make the scoop"
These things we tell you merely to point out
the advantage of paronizins a concern such as
this, which, because of its size and exceptional fac
ments il able to offer first-claas
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-27

A canvass OF tho whole state for
membership in the Nonpartisan
league. such as was successfully
organized In North Dakota last
year. will be on In a few days, &C
cording to State Organizer Bowen,
who was the speaker OF the day at
the King County grange picnic, Sat
urday. at Renton junction. Mem
bership In the league Ia So.