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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-08

freight for chain gang supplies
s26.7O, conveying chain gang COM
mittee S1.5O; A. H. Prevatt, jailer,
feeding prisoners $50, salary $50,
load wood 81; J. H. Watson, convey
ing prisoners $3.50. Total $145.8O.
Miscellaneous-Sou Express
Co., express TIC; D. w. Harris, drugs
s14: w M. HARRISON, burial of pen
sioner SIS; Bullock Bros. livery $11;
Stephen Brewer, lumber and bridge
work, 81; C. w. Henderson, bridge
work, SOL; L. E. Blanchard, county
farm demonstration, salary $50; Dr.
B. W. Page, county health officer,
salary S229.17, stamps $1.30; Meal
lister Hdw. Co., supplies for county
S1735; Stephens & Barnes, burial OF
Marian Inman, $40; l. J. Flowers,
keeper county home, S12O; l.. =.
! Whaley, Is cords wood for county
home $3.50; j. Bryan Grimes S29;
I. N. Van Vooskins 1855; j. P. New
man Co. supplies, $3.50; Grantham
Bros, drugs $500; Pope Drug Co.,
arugs S8.4O; Town Of Lumberton,
light and water S4673; Dan F. Nc
| Neill, livery $3.50; K. M. Biggs, sup
plies, $3.50; Robesonian Pub. Co.,
| pruning, 04, T IS0IIldI w.,
printing, s6705; G. E. Rancke, Sr.
coroner, $40, six jurors S12; J. N.
Buie burial of pensioner SIS; Mrs.
Harriet Stephens, burial of NJ. A.
Stephens, pensioner, SIS; Joseph
M. Wells SITS; Western Union Tel.
Co. s2.19; j. H. Watson, thing s23.s6;
J. Ed Tyson So; w. F. Faux, lumber
s14.O8; Andrew Smith, road work
S67.65. Total S917.55. Grand total
$2722.56.
The regular pauper list was paid.
The monthly allowance of Flora
McNair, pauper, was increased from
So to SIS. Carolina Streeter was plac-
! ed on the pauper list at So per month,
Margaret Watts at 81, Lonama Nc
Arthur at 50, Stephen Calder at So,
Daniel Brown at 81, Esther Moore at
50. Bethel Chavis was dropped from
| pauper list.
| A number of rebates was allowed.
1t was ordered that the jailer be
allowed 80 cents per head per day
| for feeding prisoners instead Of rs
| cents as heretofore.
It was onlered that note for S1O,-
900 authorized at the February meet
ing for road and chain gang be can
celed as same was not used.
A reward of $50 was offered for
the arrest of Henry Billiard, colored,
who shot and killed his wife at Pur-
Wis recently, Billiard to be turned ov-
er to county jailer.
J. B. Smith was reappointed pub
lie cotton weigher and grader for
Lumberton, he to file bond in the
sum of $1,000.
John D. McAllister was appointed
game warien for the county. .-.s.r ;.
1t was ordered that Coroner g. E.
Rancke, Sr., be requested to file his
bond before the next meeting of the
board.
The chain gangs, including 18
mules and all fixtures and tools, were
turned over to the county road COM
missioners.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-08
Prison Reform Bill Passed


Raleigh Cor, Greensboro Daily News.
Without a dissenting vote the pris-
on reform bill originally known as
the Beasley-Tuner measure, but sub
stituted by Doughton and Joyner
of Northampton went through the
house tonight and was sent to the
Senate for concurrence.
While considerably amended, near
w all the progressive features OF the
Turner bill are included and flogglng
will be administered only to incorrl-
gibles who alone will wear stripes
and chains. There is an honor class
that will wear uniforms and not work
under surveillance, a second class SIM
ilarlv dressed but under guard With
out chains. The first will get 10
cents daily and the second five. The
second have chance to become first
class prisoners. The inderterminate
sentence is ordered and the parole
provided. The whipping is under
strictest supervision.
McCrary, minority leader, made a
beautiful speech in congratulation OF
the majority on its courage. It had
refused to white wash and EXPOSE to
public craze the rottenness of the
system. eve of the minority are
happy to have aided you in this hu-
name work." he said. "It has but
one ugly thing left, the LASH" He
declared it a public infamy that men
must be given bloody beatings with
a doctor on one side to say when
danger is near, the preacher on the
other to pray for him. 90 Try kind
ness on the niger sometimes" he
said, at will pay.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-08
HARD CHRONIC COUGH
Made Well by Delicious Vino1

Crestline, Ohio.-"I contracted a
hard, chronic cough, and was weak.
nervous and run down. I have a small
family of three, and it was hard for me
to do my work. l took different med;-
cines without benefit. Finally I heard
about Vinol, and it has restored me tn
health and strength, my cough is all gone
and l feel ne."-Mrs. H. H. CARI1sIr
Nlnol is constitutional remedy for
chronic coughs and colds, and for all
weak, nervous. rundown conditions.
Try 1t on our guarantee
Dr.. J. D. Mcmillan & Son Drug
glsts Lumberton, N. c..
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-08
How's Thisa

we oHer One Hundred Dollars Re.
wara 1or any case of Catarrh that can
ii1, De cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
by catarrh sufferers for the nast
iIty-nVe years, and has become
EEno t as the most reliable remedy for
Ia.arrn. Halls Catarrh Cure acts thru
n raT $1,000 on the Mucous surfaces. ex-
heaiing the diseased portions. anu
AFTER you have taken Halls Catarrb
Sna. lot short time you will see a
Saeat Improvement in your general
C earn Start taking Halls Catarrh
send for testimonials. free. fn'
- =; !; CHENEY & CO.. Toledo oh,o
Soid oy all Druggists. &c. 0' o"so.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-08
Entertainment at Long Branch March

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
j There will be an exercise by the
Sunbeams afterwhich a: quilt that was
made by the Sunbeams will be sold
at Long Branch Baptist church, 5
miles south of Lumberton, Wednes-
,doy night. beginning at 8, March 18th.
Mr.. E. ]. Britt will sell the guilt.
Everybody is cordially invited 10
attend. Come an dalways feel well
come at our church.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-08

meeting in Wheeling, W. Va, today,
but the promoters Of the speaking en-
gagement were forced to cancel it.
And so it goes. Chairman VIM. j..
Stone of the Senate foreign rela-
tons committee, who refused to sup
port the bill for armed neutrality and
announced he would vote against it,
but who took no part in preventing
a vote on the measure, also is COM
ing in for severe censure.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-08
Austrian Note Will Not Cause Break
Inst Now

A Washington dispatch of the 9Th
states that the Austrian note out
lining the position of the dual mon
archy on the German submarine
campaign will not cause an immed-
j@+e break between the United States
and Germany's ally. The note en-
dorses the German campaign of ruth
lessness but it's tone is consiliatory.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-08
CUT THIS OUTFIT is WORTH
MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip, enclose with &c to Foley & Co.,
1885 Sheffield Ave., Chicago, ILL.,,
writing your ame and address clear
ly. You will receive in return a trial
package containing Fol~y's Honey
ond Tar Compound for coughs, Gods
and Group; Foley Kidney Pills, and
Foley Cathartic Tablets. Sold every
where.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-08
"a GOOD, OLD-FASHIONED PHYS.
TCo

Foley Cathartic Tablets, a whole
some physic, thoroughly cleanse the
bowels, sweeten the stomach, tone
up the liver: For indigestion, bilious
ness, bad breath, boating, gas, or
constipation, no remedy is more high
~ recommended. Do not grippe nor
nauseate: Give stout persons light,
free feeling. Sold everywhere.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-08
J. M. BUTLER,
]. A. MCCORMICK,
J. B. HUMPHREY,
J. B. Mcleod,
N. A, THOMPSON,

Road commissioners OF RObeSOn
County.
In Mondays Robesonian in a news
letter written from Raleigh Senator
Frank Cough stated that the bond
issue had been amended to allow
election of the road commissioners.
It will be observed from the sig
natures Of the members of the board
given above that the initials of ev
cry one except DR.. Thompson begins
with J, and the boys are calling this
this 81" board.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-08
TO ELECT ROAD BOARD

Road Commissioners Ask That Pro-
vision be Made for Electing and
Any Who is Not Elected Will Re-
sign-Law Has Been Amended &c
Provide for Election-The ~"
Board
At their meeting Monday the road
commissioners passed the following
resolution:
eve, the undersigned road COM
missioners of Robson county, desir-
ing that the voters Of each road dis:
trict should have the privilege Of
naming their road commissioner,
hereby request the county commits
sioners to direct the judges Of cleo
ton on the first Monday in May when
the question of a bond issue for good
roads will be submitted to vote of
the people, to provide a separate bal
lot box at each voting precinct, in or
der that each voter, entitled to vote
on the question Of bonds for good
roads, may at the same time vote his
preference for road commission from
his district, and inorder to carry out
the above suggestion, We do each
hereby pledge ourselves to the fol-
lowing agreement:
elf some one other than the pres
ent road commissioner should receive
the highest number of votes at said
election in his road district, then the
commissioner from the district in
which some one else receives the
highest number of votes, hereby
agrees to resign as road commission
er from his respective road district,
and the remaining members of the
board hereby agree to elect as his
successor the one receiving the high
est number of votes in such road dis
t.ict,
"Signed at Lumberton, N. c., this
the 5th day of March, 1917.
J. M. BUTLER,
]. A. MCCORMICK,
J. B. HUMPHREY,
J. B. Mcleod,
N. A. THOMPSON,
Il Dbl
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
HAMILL'S
STEEL CUT
COFFEE

theatre. st. Louis, Salisbury Field and
Margaret Mayo's sparkling comedy,
Twin Beds" which is now keeping
our London cousins in commissions or
laughter, comes to the Grand Christ
mas day, matinee and night and will
spread its gospel OF mirth. A. S.
Stern and company, under whose a
agement the attraction will play here.
have surely a gold mine, for the I'M
preston made by this comedy every
where Is such as to warrant the belief
In it's lasting qualities beyond the
limit heretofore reached in the realm
Of laugh plays. Twin Beds" really
belongs under the head of roaring
comedy, by which is meant a comedy
that brings continuous peals of laugh
ter from the audience. The skill with
which the complications are said TO
be handled, and the humor and rapid
ity of the development are all features
which form the success OF this ex-
cruciatingly funny play. Twin Beds"
is played with great spirit and SNAP by
an excellent company of stage favor
ties under the direction Of A. S. Stern
and company.-Advertisement.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
Christmas Message.

The following Christmas message
from the war council to Red Cross
members everywhere is published in
the December issue of the Red Cross
magazine. If you belong, the message
is to you:
The war council wishes, through
the Red Cross Magazine, to send
Christmas greetings to the Red Cross
members from the Atlantic to the Pa
ciic, especially to the women of
America, who have labored SO faith
fully and Loyalty in making surgical
dressings, hospital garments and knit
ted articles by the million, thus Civ
Ing relief and comfort to Our soldiers
and sailors at home and abroad, as
we'll as to the suffering Of the nations
fighting with us. Notwithstanding
the delays and difficulties inseparable
from the sudden creation of a great
organization of over four million mem
bers. they have through t~ireless energy
accomplished almost unbelievable re-
suits.
The war council is grateful for the
opportunity at this Christmas season
TO express its deep and profound graft
stude for this service"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
PERSONALS

DIR. and Mrs. Erie j. Ackley of Kan,
sas City, will arrive here tomorrow tc
visit the doctors parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. /. s. Ackley, for the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. c. Pearson left last
evening for Cedar Rapids, where they
Will visit the parents of both during
the holidays.
Charles Ewing will leave Sunday
morning for Peoria, H., to visit his
brother over Christmas.
Miss Laura milford, general secre'
tary OF the Keokuk Y. w. c. A, will
leave this evening for Galesburg, III,
Where she will visit friends over
Christmas.
A. M. Kirby is home from Park col
lege, ParkyillG, Mo-, for the holidays.
Lieutenant A. G. Parsons of Chicago
Will arrive this evening to spend
christmas with his father and sister,
Mr.. George Parsons and Miss Cora
Parsons.
Mrs. +. A. Sawyer and Miss Kathlyn
Martin arrived today to spend the
holidays with their mother, Mrs. NJ. A.
Martin.
Mrs. J. Lee Daughrity of Center.
Vile is visiting trends in the city.
a Aaoiolo IlubILScI WIZ 10 III IN WA
less service, will arrive Monday to be
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. Col
ller during his furlough.
Mrs. Lafayette Brown and Miss
eleanor Brown left yesterday for Chi
eago where they will spend the re
mainder Of the winter.
Corporal Marshall Yer Steeg ar
rived from Camp Dodge Friday even
ing and will spend his furlough here
with MI. and Mrs. James Young.
Miss Mary Rich and Miss Lydia Rich
h have been attending school in
chicago, are home today for the oli
days.
Mrs. Adelaide L. Baker and children
Jesse and Adelaide will arrive Monday
% spend the holidays with Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene S. Baker.
Bryan and James R. Harrington or
chicago have been called home on &C
count of the serious illness of their
Sister. Mary J. Harrington.
Miss Sadie Marion Becker of Mime
apolis. Mimi, is spending the holidays
al the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. a.
Becker.
Mrs. Nellie Bregenzer will leave
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
r
SENTENCED
Pro-German Conspirators Draw Terms
in Penitentlary and Fines Of
Several Thousand
Dollars.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.1
DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 22.-The
jury in the United States district
court after fourteen hours delibera-
ton returned a verdict at ! o'clock
this morning, finding Albert Carl
Kaltschmidt and four accomplices
guilty Of conspiracy in pro-German
dynamite plots. One defendant.
Frank Franz Respa, was acquitted.
Sentences were pronounced by
Judge futile as follows:
Kaltschmidt, four years in Ft.
L~eavenworth. and $4,000 fine.
Fritz Neef. two years. Leaven.
worth penitentiary and $4,000 fine.
Ida kaltschmidt Neef, three years
in Detroit house of correction, $780,
600 fine.
Carl Schmidt. two years in Leayen-
worth, $4,000 fine.
Maria Schmidt, two years in De-
trott house of correction, S10.0 900 fine.
Respa was remanded to await dis
position of two additional indictments
pending against him.
The band under leadership OF
Kaltschmidt, was charged with set
ting on foot a military enterprise
against the United States and Canada
and conspiracy TO dynamite h De-
troit Screw Works and st. Clair tun-
mel under the St. Clair river between
Port Huron and Sarnia.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22

Sunday morning for st. Louis and Al
ton, ILL.,, I o visit her son E.. R. Bregen-
ger and family fort the holidays.
Miss Margaret Swanson, daughter
of Rev. F. ]. Swanson, returned from
Iowa City last night where she has
been attending the university, to
spend Christmas at home.
Charles McGaughey, John Morris
and John Furlong arrived home Fri
day from college at st. Mary's, Kansas.
to spend the holidays.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Sackowich and chill
dren Of Chicago; Mr.. and Mrs. l. Kan
ner, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Smusin and
Mr.. Sidney Miller of st. Louis are
visiting Mrs. Kanner's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. SackOwich.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
gW1HE2N

wHEN THE HEART GOES HOME.
when the days draw nea to Christ
W mas
when the ieaves are scar and dead;
h the morning air is frosty
And the skies r clear o'crhead;
There's q longing for the old place,
And the heart goes home Gree more
when the old time kindly greeting
MATTED by the open door.
Then the faces long since vanished
to us with loving smile
AS we're musing by the fireside
Dreaming of them all the while;
when the days draw near to Christ.
mas
IN whatever land we
Something calls us to the old friends,
And it's then tie heart goes home.
Alma Pendexter Hayden.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
TELEPHONE CO..
PUTS OUT FLAG
Bell Company Has UnfurIed at Dav-
export Headquarters a Large
Service Flag With
Number $500.

A large military service flag, bear
ing in blue stars the figures $500
has recently been unfurled from the
district headquarters office of the
Iowa Telephone company at Daven-
port, Iowa.
The figures 1858" on the tele-
phone company's service flags repre-
sent the number of employees from
tie Bell telephone system who are
in military service. 1t is planned to
change the numbers on these flags
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22

Red Cross Schedules.
The Red Cross schedule for the
week will be:
Monday, 2 p. m, Chapel Fund
auxiliary.
Monday, 2 p. NJ, instructors class
IN Masonic temple.
Monday, 200 D. m, st. Johns
guild auxiliary.
Tuesday, 200 p. M, Catholic Won.
ans auxiliary.
tuesday, 200 D. M, Westminster
presbyterian auxiliary.
tuesday, 2 o'clock, knitters of col
r Q woman's auxiliary will meet In
Bethel M. E. church.
Tuesday. 200 ,. m. Trinity NJ. E..
auxiliary
Monday evening, West Keokuk
knitting auxiliary, with Mrs. William
Teller.
Wednesday, 900 a. m., First Con.
gregational auxiliary.
Wednesday, 200 p. m, First Chris
tan church auxiliary.
Wednesday, 200 p. m, instructors
class meets.
Wednesday at 2 o'clock p. m, the
colored women's auxiliary meets at
Bethel A. M. E. church.
Wednesday, 200 p. m, Red Cross
society.
Thursday 900 a. M, D. "a. R. aux
iliary.
Thursday, 800 a. No.. debutants aux
iliary.
Thursday. 200 p. M, Unitarian
Red Cross auxiliary will meet in the
Y. w. c. A.
Thursday, 200 p. M, First Baptist
auxiliary.
Thursday, 200 p. M, st. Paul's
society meets to knit Tor ited Cross.
Thursday, 200 p. m, United Pres
an a Hillary.
The Wells Mothers club auxiliary
meets Thursday afternoon at the
Wells building.
Thursday, 200 p. m, West Keokuk
auxiliary at home of Mrs. A. l.. Ellis,
1901 Reid street.
Friday, 200, Alpha Trist auxiliary.
Friday, 400 p. M, West Keokuh.
junior knitters' auxiliary in the chap
ell of the Second Presbyterian church.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22
"InfoIefance" A Sfupendous
Spectacle of Unique
Conception

/, Modelled after no plan common to
the customary arrangement of the
spoken Il picturized drama, 'Intol.
%erance," Griffith's version Of cloves
struggle throughout the ages" which
was presented in Keokuk for the first
time at the Grand theatre yesterday.
is a masterpiece of innovation organ.
lied on a scale SO gigantic in its pro.
portions as to create unstinted wonder
that human minds could recreate and
stage such an astounding spectacle.
The producer departs from oil accept,
ed standards in the methods employed
in unfolding the plot Of this thrilling
narrative and still holds the favor of
the critical thousands so loath to re-
linquish the old and familiar for the
unique and original.
Barbaric splendor, ~stupendous seen
ic effects, colossal groupings all con-
tribute to a realism that is indescrib-
able. The spectator views the famous
feast Of Belshazzar, the swarming
streets Of Jerusalem, the romantic
ana fearful environment of medieval
Paris, reconstructed with "a wealth of
detail that amaZes.
Four actions Il four eras are en-
braced In the plot. The picture ex-
hibits these in no rule Of thumb fash
ion but much as if they were thoughts
flashing through ones mind. Yet
the underlying theme is the same in
each action, so that a certain harmony
Of ideas is apparent throughout.
keokuk people who saw "Intoler-
ance' yesterday were impressed to
the point of being overawed. They
will have subject matter for comment
and reflection for days to come. In
the picture there is something for
everyone. The artist, the moralist and
the sensation seeker car each crafty
his preference by Witnessing this
mammoth production.
Jack Pickford in Jack and Jill"
The boys of Yardley's X Bar ranch
sat up and took notice when Jack
Pickford blew in. And he'll make
you sit up and take notice, too In
his newest picture, the younger
brother of Our Mary performs
some comedy stunts that are a de-
light all the way through. Jack
and Jill" isn't a fairy story, far from
it. It's filled with rapid-tire action
and one of the prettiest girls on the
screen, Louise Huff, is in it.
An excellent comedy, "A Society
Scrimm age" is a part of Sundays
and Mondays program, with Jack
and Jill" at the Grand.
AS a Christmas present to Keokuk
boys and girls, the Grand has in
vited them all to attend free the
Monday matinees, at either 2:30 OF
4 o'clock.o Adults will be charged the
usual matinee prices.
Marguerite Clark souvenir portrait
calendars will be presented to every
body attending the matinee OF "Bab's
Burglar" at the Grand next Wednes,
day and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Irwin Beds"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-22

from time to time as moro en-
ployees Join the army or navy.
Men from the Bell telephone sys-
tenn. representing every state In the
union. are In all branches Of the mill
tary service. A large percentage Of
them, however, are volunteers in the
telephone signal service of the army,
where their training has fitted them
to be especially valuable to the gov.
eminent.