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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08
Senate Approves Presidents Request
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Senate Approves Presidents Request
Washington Dispatch, Jan. 5.
Approval Of President Wilson's re-
quest for a statement Of peace terms
from the European belligerents was
voted tonight by the Senate at the
conclusion Of three days Of stirring
debate. Action came with dramatic
suddenness when Democratic lead
ers decided to accept a form Of res
olution that would not commit the
Senate to endorsement Of the whole
of the Presidents note and ten Re-
publicans of the Progressive group
joined the majority in making the
vote 48 to II.
Senator MARITIME, of New Jersey
vas the only Democrat to vote In the
negative.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08
Rebates Allowed by County Board
of Education

Business transacted by the coun-
ty board of education at it's meet
ing last Monday was reported IN
Thursdays Robesonian, except re-
bates allowed, which were as fol
lows:
N. C. Stubs, Pembroke, district
2, 1854; J. w. Locklear $1.94, An
derson Jacobs $2.49, Anderson Brew.
er $2.15, McLaurin Jacobs $2.46-aI
district /, Indian, Burnt Swamp; j.
w. Jones, /, colored, Pembroke, Goo
Evander Arnett, A, White House, So
Evapder Arnett, 1, Gaddy, CSC; Da-
vid E. Davis, 2. Lumgerton, SIC; W
S. Rozier, 2, st. Paul, $3.15. AL
for error in listtaking.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08
1T BUILDS UP THE SYSTEM

1T BUILDS UP THE SYSTEM.
Pearson Remedy Company,
Burlington, N. c.
Dear Sirs: #
I wish to say that I have used
your Indian Blood Purifier in my
home and am pleased with it. It pur-
flies the blood and builds up the sys-
tenn as you claim.
Yours very truly,
A. A.. APPLE, Sec.-Treas.,
Lakeside Cotton Mills,
Burlington, N. c.
For sale by
Red Springs Drug Co., Red Springs
N. C.
Grantham Drug Co., st. Paul, N. C.
Grammar Bros, ,Lumberton, N. C.
Central Drug Co., Lumber Bridge, N.
Pittman Drug Co., Fairmont, N. C.
Bladenboro Drug Co., Bladenboro, N
C.
Clarkton Cash Store, Carkton, NC
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08
SALE OF LAND FOR TAXES

By virtue Of authority vested in me as Sher
if Of Robson county and under authority Of
Chapter No. 442 Of the Public Laws of 1908;
amended by chapter No 81 'of 1the Public Laws
at ~ o'clock M, at the court house in Lumber,
ton North Carolina offer for SALE for cash. to
the highest bidder, the following lands to satisfy
Swamp Drainage District.
This being the second assessment Of the drain
age tax.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08

jured in disastrous earthquake in
central Formosa, according to spec
ial dispatches from Taifoku, the cap
ital of Formoa. Tt is estimated that
one thousand houses have been de-
stroyed. The city of Nanto has been
damaged extensively by fire.
The island of F'orm0sa lies between
the PHILIPPINE Islands and Japan and
is owned by Japan.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08

and it has helped me in every way. /
am not nearly so nervous, no headache
or pain. must say that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the
best remedy any sick woman can take. !"
Mrs. MARGARET QUINN, Rear 259
Worthen ST., Lowell, Mass.
Other warning symptoms are sense
of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches,
backaches, dread of impending evil,
timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation
of the heart, sparks before the eyes,
Irregularities, constipation, variable
appetite, weakness, inquietude, anc
dizziness.
II you need special advice, write x
the Lydia e. Pinkham Medic;ae Co
Ccou6dentiaD, Lynn. Mass.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08
SUSPECTS ARREST
ED IN robson
Two White Men Arrested in C0nnec'
ton With RObberies in Rladen

Two WmCe MEN Arrested In COnnec
ton With Robberies in Bladen
Clarkton Dispatch, Jan. 5.
Two young white men claiming to
be from Jacksonville, and suspected
of having robbed several stores at
Clarkton and Abbottsburg Wednes-
day night, have been caught in Rob
eson county and brought back tc
Bladen. They were overtaken by
officers Of Bladen and Robson coun-
ties at Lowe, station on the Sea-
board five miles west of Lumberton
Thursday.
Bloodhounds picked up<their trai
at Abbottsburg but-fost it near the
Robson county line. People along
the railroad, however, reported hav
ing seen two men believed to have
been the ones wanted and this in
formation led to the arrest Of the
suspects.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08
Public Debate at Ten Mile January

IL
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, R. 4, Jan. 6-There will
be a match debate between the Ten
Mile and Long Branch literary So
cieties Frida ynight of this week al
Ten Mile school house, beginning 1T
z o'clock.
Tine query is, Resolved, That Con-
yress E5halfEd place an embargo on
iii commerce with the belligerent
nations of Europe until peace is de-
clared."
The public is cordially invited.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08

Mr.. Asbury Rice Of R. from
Lumberton was in town Saturday.
Chief of Police J. E. Britt of Fay
etteville is a Lumberton visitor to-
day.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08

Change OF Lie and
the bad feelings
common at tn t
time. I was in a
very nervous condi-
ton, with headaches
and pain a good
deal Of the time so T
was unfit to do my
work. A friend
asked me to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Nv e G e t a b lie Com
hound which T did
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08
Box Party Postponed to January l

DU1 dEIy UStPU1tca 70 JdItudTy II
Correspondence Of The Robesonian.
Iumberton, R. 2, Jan. 6-The box
party that was to have been at Sad
dleetree school on January 9Th, was
postponed on account of the weather,
until Friday night, January 18th, be-
invited.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08

all glad to have Miss Nancy Oxen
dine with US during the holidays from
FalrMont. We were also glad to have
Mrs. Mallie Oxendine and Miss Dor
tina and Miss Jessie Deese and Mr..
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08

Carson Deese with US the fourth Sum
day from Pembroke.
Mrs. Bertha Lockley and children
from Lumberton spent Christmas
with US.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08
A CALL TO THE INDIANS OF
robson AND ADJOINING
COUNTIES IN NORTH CARO-

LIMA
There will be meeting at Hopes,
near Pembroke, on Saturday, Jaou-
a,v 20, 1917. This meeting is called
to consider some very important mat
tiers and do urge that every Indian
in said boundary be present.
Do not forget this AMI tell your
Indians of this action who do not
read The Robesonian.
ABNER CHAVIS.
st. Paul, N. c..
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08

Indian Notes Along Route 2
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lnmberton, r. 2, Jan. 6-We were
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08
WOMEN OF
middle AGE
Mrs. Quinn's Experience
Ought to Help You Over
+. the Critical Period.

Lowell, Mass. -''For the last three
wears I have been troubled with the
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08

Earthquake on Formosa Island Kills
SOC People
Toxic, JAM 5-Three hundred per-
sons have been killed and many in
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08

st. Paul, N. C.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-08

It was midnight, cold and dark. The cal
endar told the date-Monday, November
4th, 1901. They tell me opened my eyes
and blinked in the glare of the big electric
lights. Around me were men in spotless
white talking in low tones.
"Jim,' one said, I'VE have been watching
for this little fellow for long while ane
now he's here
Jim picked me up, looked me over, strucl
a match and took long, deep puff. The1
he took another.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08
OUR FLAG.

Our Flag To thee-of Liberty
And Justice a defender
May empires vow, their princes bow,
And tyranny surrender.
Thy form. unfurled for all the world,
Bespeaks the day of gladness,
When war shall cease and dawn of
peace
Dispel the night of madness.
Let kings and lords. with all their
boards
OF autocratio treasures,
Make way for thee, Flag of the free,
And democratic measures.
Thy war drums beat no vain retreat,
While duty still is calling
To men who fight for home and right,
Where shot and shell are falling
An. stripes Of red. brave men have
shed
The blood that tells thy story,
Where stripes OF white flash Freedoms
light
To herald forth her glory.
Flag OF the brave. in triumph wave;
No hostile hand shall sever
The cloudless blue where. tried and
true,
Thy stars shine on forever.
Herbert Il. Carle.
Kansas City. Mo.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08
THE RUSTY SWORD.

In a little roadside cottage. half hid
by shrubs and vines.
A woman, old and feeble, on faded
couch reclines.
Her face Is sweet. but sorrow has left
its imprint there.
And her voice tells not the burden that
her God hath bid her bear.
As drink the limpid water from the
homely dripping gourd.
note on the wall before me naked.
rusty sword.
glance at the aged woman. and
speaking she bows her head.
Twas worn by gallant soldier, for
many a long year dead.
lone day. sir. / was looking where the
road winds over there.
Wishing the war was over and breath
ing a mothers prayer
saw a wagon coming. and soldiers.
all moving slow:
They were bringing my boy home.
wounded-ah! it's many a year
ago.
Il buried him there. by those willows
as you pass you can see his
grave:
Oh. stranger. my child was a comfort
but his heart 1t was true and
brave"
Watching the pearls drop downward
over her aged face.
| mount. and l ride in silence away
from the lonely place.
But now ! have reached the willows.
and ! leap TO the shady ground ;
gather some wayside. flowers to
throw on his mossy mound:
care not IL Grant has led him, nor II
he has fought with Lee:
I am an American soldier-and so
was he.
George NJ. Vickers
Contributed by c. w. Castle.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08
WHAT Is SENTIMENT?

We often make a mistake In speak
ing OF sentiment by ignoring the vari
Gus meanings which the word maS
have. when we are In doubt as to
what word means we usually go to
the dictionary but dictionaries so far
from being authorities OF standard.
are only records OF prevailing GUS
toms in the use OF words and those
customs are always changing so that
the man who confines himself strictly
to dictionary definitions sometimes
finds himself widely at variance with
the prevailing use OF his time and
place. our error usually is not so
much In perverting word as in ig-
noring some OF its variant shades Of
meaning.
Take the word sentiment, for ex-
ample: we have three different cur
rent ideas expressed by the word.
When we are speaking OF matters OF
discussion between people OF differ
ent views we refer to sentiment as
meaning settled opinion. We speak
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08
The Poets Corner
UNION AND LIBERTY.

Flag Of the heroes who left US their
glory,
Borne thru our battlefield's thunder
and flame.
BlaEoned in song and illumined in
story.
Wave Ger US all who inherit their
fame,
Up with our banner bright.
Sprinkled with starry light.
Spread its fair emblems from noun
tain to shore:
While thru the sounding sky.
Loud rings the nations cry
Union and Libertyi-one evermore,
Light Of our armament guide OF our
nation.
Pride of her children. and honored
afar.
Let the wide beams Of thy full con-
stellation
Scatter each cloud that would
darken a star!
Empire unsceptered! what foe shall
assail thee.
Bearing the standard of liberty's
van?
Think rat the God of thy fathers shall
fail thee
Striving with men for the birthright
OF man!
Yet. II by madness and treachery
blighted,
Dawns the dark hour when the
sword thou must draw.
Then, with the arms OF thy millions
united.
Smite the bold traitors to freedom
and law.
Lord OF the Universe shield us and
guide us.
Trusting Thee always, thru shadow
and sum
Thou has united US. who shall divide
US?
Keep us. o keep us. the Many in
One,
Up with our banner bright.
Sprinkled with starry light,
Spread its fair emblems from noun
tain to shore.
While thru the sounding sky
Loud rings the nations cry
Union and libertyi--one evermore.
%. W. Holmes.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08

more sympathetic with childhood and
better fitted for the care OF children
than many mothers. They have fire.
qnenuy shown. too. a degree OF cour-
age and forethot In taking care Of
children under their charge that hse
put the real mothers 70 shame. The
only kind Of old maid who t. really
useless and a subJec; q pity Is the
one who has resigned herself 10 the
conviction that she has missed her
urefulness and that it Is no use to try
10 DO any good
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08
Positive knowledge As to When the
War VIII End.

Absolute knowledge have none,
But my aunts washerwoman's son
Heard policeman on his beat
Say to laborer on Jackson street,
That he had a letter. just last week:
Written In Latin Tor was 1t In Greek y
From a Chinese coolie In Timbuckto...
Who said the negroes in Cuba knew
OF swell society female rake,
Who got it straight from circus
clown
That a man in the Klondike heard
the news
From a gang Of South American Jews,
About a man in Borneo.
That heard somebody who claimed
to know
Oof a swell society female rake,
Whose mother-in-law will undertake
To prove that her second husbands
niece
Had stated In a printed piece.
That she had a son who had a friend
Who knew just when the war would
end.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08

I Of public sentiment. meaning by that
the weight OF a combined opinion held
/ by a large number OF people We In
woke public sentiment TO support a
contention which We are unable 10
Justify with sufficient thoroness by
bare logic. We may believe one view
20 be right. but public sentiment may
decree that an opposite view may be
preferable. But in another sense we
speak OF sentiment as a course Of ac-
tion controlled largely By conviction
as contrasted with course dictated
by policy or eNpediency. We are fond
II putting sentiment and practicality
onistic forces when what We really
mean by sentiment In that case IS
emotion. For to get down TO the bot
tom Of things sentiment rules the
world with a greater power than mere
commercialism. altho We are fond OF
referring 20 the dollar as almighty.
That means that more people are
urged to a certain course OF conduc,
by preconoeived notions and views o.
morality or convention than are those
who are primarily moved by pure
s@lfishness-for that in plain words is
what We usually mean when we refer
10 thing being practical" as dis
tinguished form its being sentimental.
But while this kind OF sentiment IS
more powerful! motive than any
r.sg -. g.
an influence in most cases for good.
there Is another sentimentalism that
IS widely practiced that is absurd. dis
gusting and iniquitous. This senti-
mentalism is not real emotion. but
base counterfeit. II il a pretensc OF
being pore layishly loyal TO sentiment
or emotion than we really are. II is
emotionalsm deificd Sometimes this
takes the form OF fad. as was the
case with the following of Oscar
Wilde. II was silly but 1t was popu-
lar for awhile and many people both
before and after the time OF the
esthetic apostle have deemed 1t a sign
OF refinement and culture to be softly
emotional and worship at the sign OF
the sweetly trivial. II is not real emo
ton. however raw and quiyering. that
constitutes real sentimentalism either
in life or art. 1t is pretended emotion.
the tears that flow from habit or con-
vention or a will to squeeze more
emotion out Of life than there is really
in it. Instead of fastening to a set OF
principles and giving them devotional
service they call upon the emotions
as an organist who uses the Vox
humana stop on certain occasions TO
play upon the sensibl.ties OF his fel-
lows. and in doing so imagines he is
contributing something to the enrich
ment OF human progress and getting
himself looked up TO as an exponent
OF the esthetic. True sentimentalism
IS not an enemy Of practically. but
the combination % the two forms the
foundation OF everything good and
useful and ennobling in existence.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08

(Scene: Squire Squeek's low, RAM
bling farmhouse located at the edge
OF Boggy Bottoms. a thriving village
0f some So souls. Ii Is Sis O'Clock
IN the evening. The squire and his
good wife have retired. Shores are
heard. Susie is sitting alone upon q
1884 model sofa in the front room)
Susie: Well. paw and NAV hev be-
gun saving wood. Squint ought to
be along before long.
There Is a sound Of grinding wheels
of stage.
squ'nt: whoa. Jude. dadburn your
breetches.
Sus.r Thar he be now.
SQuint tentersN: Howdy, Susie. you
look plumb peart tonight. l notice
lhet you're paw and NAV amt here.
Susie: Nope. they've gone to bed;
Squint; That so? Wal now that's
too dadburn bad wanted to talk to
your paw about that east eighty.
Sorter fggered on renting that piece
Of land next spring. even tho 1t is
sorter stumpy.
Susie: Well. / reckon thars plenty
OF time between now and next spring
to see about 1t amt there?
Squint: Reckon so.
Susie: Let's go out on the verandy,
STUNT, IT'S cooler out thar and | love
10 near the frOgSu OelllahlnR over lndr
in the pond. (They exit to the We
randa)
Susie sits in chair at one end Of ve-
randa. Squint at other end OF veranda.
Squint drsgs a huge plug OF chewing
tobacco from off hand, pistol pocket.
biting off gigantic chew. Masticates
cud in silence. shifts same from left to
right cheek.
Squint: Yore paw snnres plum sat-
isfyinz. don't he?
Susie That amt paw. that's NAV.
Paw ain't been no hand at snoring
since he began having catarrh bad.
He can't snore no ways near as loud
as nav.
Squint- Wal. now. that's too dern
bad. always like TO see a man a
the house able to hold LIS own when
II comes to snoring.
Susie. Wal. paw amt no slouch
now. al.ho he used to he the loudest
snorer in Squash county. l reckon
nav Is the champeen now.
Squint: Wal. that's good. As long
as yore nav has lost his snoring abil-
itv T reckon the next best thing Is to
hev his wife the champeen.
c,.~sa- yas 7 reckon sO
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08
ECHOES
JOHN Golobie, In his


FOURTH OF July speech
AT owen park. said that
HE was twice an
AMERICAN, because, being
FOREIGN born. he knew
WHAT II was not to
BE born In America. and
BEING an American he
KNEW how much better
1T was to live
UNDER democracy than
AUTOCRACY. over in
PORTO Rico they havo
RAISED three regiments
OF United States
TROOPS and subscribed
$,6O0,OOO for Liberty
BONDS. Porto Rico is
IWiSE the size OF Usage
COUNTY and has two
THIRDS the population
OF Oklahoma. They
KNOW what independence
MEANS. When this war
Is over all the young
MEN in the United
STATES will know.
GOLOBlE has n contrast
IN front of his eyes
SO has Porto Rico.
THE younger generation
IN our country, tho.
HAS seen and known
NOTHING but Individual
LIBERTY.
Blouisi
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08
Visible Means Of Support

\ certain magistrate had the repu-
tscon Of being verv hard on vagrants.
one Of these came before him charged
with lettering. and after he had plead
ed guilty the magistrate put some
questions 20 him w.iich he answered
ready enough.
Have you any visible means Of
support?"
Yes. your worship" replied Joe.
as quick as lightning Then. turning
to where he perceived his wife in the
audience. stand up. Mary. 50 that his
worship can see you"
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08
6 s-A[yIlI "a
- St

SAINT iou snor. much, SUSIE
Susie: Not much. Squint.
(SquiIt sighs contentedly. Several
minutes pass while both are silent-)
Souint: Must be nigh onto 3
o'clock amt II?
susie: Just about, reckon.
Squut (shiliins cud from right TO
left cheek and splitting deftly az a
crack IL feet away Susie, 1--we you.
VIII you be my wife?
Susie Yes (They embrace and
kiss.)
(Curtain.)
Next week: ''City Love Making
\ love yarn wIth thrills. Don't miss
1T
ABSOLUTELY.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08

The navy department has made an
other mistake. They have iackes in
training at Newport and Secretary
Daniels has found that vice threatens
the recruits. II will no doubt be
necessary to move the sailors. New
port is Newport.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08

NO votes. no babies" ls the new
slogan of the militant faction of the
eastern state sgffragets where
upon our contention that the women
DO the proposing is upheld.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08
II I should Die.

(To tune of sweet Adeline.")
II l should die
At my country's call.
Just let me lie
Where'er I fall
With the Stars and Stripes
At my head and feet,
And sweet will be
My endless sleep.
&C. u. Douglas. Tulsa. Okla.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08

A salt Lake city woman recently
obtained a court order restraining her
husband from interfering with house
cleaning. 'Tis great woSd.
wouldn't surprise US II a wife couldn't
get an order restraining a husband
from snoring.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08

"Oh, Give Me a Drink BARTENDER.
"Stein Song. Landlord. Fiji the
Flowing Bowl and Brown October
Ale. songs OF Auld Lang Syne. are
about TO be tabled. Drink to Me
Only with Thine Eyes" and How
Dry Am" are to regain favor rapidly.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08

We now learn that somebody has
introduced swagger sticks into the
army Getting so the women can't
have anything for themselves
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08

Economizing on the food question
can be carried too far. \ man in Mus
kogee obtained divorce on the
grounds that his wife didn't cook but
one meal per day. He didn't call 1t
economy however he rather left the
impression that II was laziness.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08

Good looks and a wonderful ply
sique are not always successful. How
ever. a chummy roadster never fails
to make a man popular with the
women.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-08

Misc Rankin has made another
maiden speech in congress and we
imagine cried wee biz just TO keep
up her record