The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-28
COMMENT ONvARIOUs MATTERS

COMMENT ONVARIOUS MATTERS
Correspondence of The Robe: oman.
Must Have Dogs
Red Springs, June 23-Every now
and then y ou will see an item about
the nuisance Of dogs. The dog has
been man companion since earliest
til the en- time. 0i # a man aa oe wants nt
to raise ROL. let him hire a shep-
ard and the thing right. Some
people Tat if it wasn't for
ery day. Ws swoul FIt the litste bow ey
.g- Mas
Theh AITabernacle
When weip Name here an eld-
ers and deacvc orreneeting was held
every summer. Afterwards the name
was changed into cfaautauqua The
| attendance was from all over the
State and it was voted a great success
A large tabernacle was built and large
crowds enjoyed the exercises. Then
came the college and the tabernacle :
was torn down. 1t might have been
left without any material hurt to the
college. and we could now be enjoy
ing us peue11lS.
Editor of Charity and Children Mods
: Some years ago Charity and Chill
was that when old Daniel White, a
Baptist preacher from Scotland. came
to the Spring Hill neighborhood, that
those good old Presbyterians, Angus
{ Gilchrist, Angus McNeill and Neil
). Johnson (the editors grandfather)
: forbade him to preach on their lands,
compelling him to use the public road
= for that purpose. A lady of intelll-
j gence from said neighborhood dis
a posed Of this fiction, and explained
i that it was in Scotland that he was
compelled to use the public highway.
! The editor accepted the explanation
v and apologiZed for the item ir ques-
O ton. Now what was our surprise to
l. see in last weeks copy of that paper
il a rehash of the same old story. We
FL, can't explain it, because the editor is
l. too young for US to accuse him of
m, being in his dotage.
d Hurrah for Oglethorpe
in If we had had something like The
ce, Oglethorpe camps in 1861, it would
n have saved US lot of trouble in in
he efficient officers who naturally didn'
f. know any more about war than tn
vn humblest private in the ranks. Blu
RS we pulled through somehow and go
lat whipped in the bargain. However
he we say hurrah for Oglethorpe!
.ry
ow Goods in His Heaven, ALPS RigF
With the World
oil It is great to live in such day {
i've this, with the glorious sunshine ovt
in our heads and the ambiert air di
tly polling all grouchy feelings from OF
Or, minds and reminding US of the goo
ht- ness and graciousness of our heave
ly Father.
oil Working For Red Cross
at Red Springs is coming to itse
to again in the matter of it's duty in I
an Red Cross business. We met thr
her, Of our foremost young ladies, vi
ain Misses Alice Hall, Gladdis Toon a
, it, Louise Dixon, yesterday, on a pus
ars. ing campaign for Red Cross subscr
BPS; tions. Although a little late on t
, to campaign, we hope these young lad
ired may meet with the success they I
be serve.
tive Red Springs is to Have Cotton F.
,oil- tory
ted. Laus Dec! Red Springs is going
the have cotton factory at last. !
lese company is organized and MOTH
eria. is to do now but to go to work.
but don't know of any town that ne.
they one more. Some have thought Il
:ond a factory, could not exist in the nei,
will borhood of college, but We are
we'll ing to show them that such is
the case. These are different in
peas tutions, and one is not dependent
per- tho other for it's existence or it's !
cess. The men who are at the
of it have put their money up.
New are determined that it will be b.
,ean Mrs. Longstreet Has a Hard 10
York we see mat MRS. LongstreSJe
new of Gen. Longstreet is to be the
At torian for the u. d. G. How is
+ in going to harmonic the many sev
s;est criticisms of her husbands cond
has during the war? Of course she
Of ATTEMPT to v;nSaiicaJe the conduct
has her husband in the face of knt
The facts. For one thing, how can
,s 'H ;f account for her husbands reach
shin the field Of Gettysburg at 4 o'cl
ruit'' p. m. on the second Gay OF july W
May he was ordered by Lee TO report
citi-t charges against him that she
ppr0- nave to eApiain'
cere- -
layor Greag Men SOMETIMES De Foo
The Bishop Kilgo has got himself
amen a great tangle about some foe
e Tho al IF I