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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-26
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS

The tri-State Medical association,
representing Virginia and the Caro-
linas, concluded it's annual meeting
at Durham Thursday and adjourned
to meet in Spartanburg, S. c., in
1918. DR.. David T. Tayloe Of Wash
ington, N. c., was elected president
to succeed DR.. J. Allison Hodges Of
Richmond, Va. .-.
A bill giving women the right to
VOTE for presidential 4electols and
practically all State officers except
Governor and Secretary of State has
passed the Indiana Legislature and
awaits the signature of Gov. Good
rich to become law.
Seventy-seven men were arrested at
Evansville, Ind, THURSDAY by United
States marshals on indictments re.
turned BY the Federal grand jury at
Indianapolis which investigated IT,
legged election frauds in Indiana
Among those arrested were city and
county officials and a number OF
negroes.
A budget of $6,25O,OOO for the
coming year was authorized Thurs
day by the executive council of the
General Presbyterian assembly il
session at ALlanClc City. Inc total Is
about $1,000,000 more than in 1917
and has been made possible by added
endowments, trusts and greatly in
CREASED incomes from the various
branches of the Church.
Seventeen persons are reported
killed and more than a hundred in
jured in a series of tornadoes thai
| swept portions of Alabama, Georgia
and Mississippi Friday. The mos
serious loss of life occurred in mid
die Alabama. where II of the death.
ocIcurrsd- HoR1ins, Midway, Stew
artsville and Whitsett were swept.
After being under a city manager
for 2 years Charleston, w. Va will
return to the old form of government
with the managers power re-intrust
ed to mayor.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-26
RECORDERS COURT

White Woman and Indian in the Tolls
For Living Together--Indian Gets
Road Sentence and Woman Goes to
Jail-Contract Drawn by Justice of
the Peace-Otker Cases
Minnie Brockwell, white, and Dun
can Locklear, Indian, were before Re
corder E. M. Britt Friday charged
with living together as man and wife
Duncan drew sentence OF II months
on the roads for this offense and 90
days Oil the roads On the charge OF
abandonment, this sentence to be-
gin Immediately after the first ter
has expired; also 80 days on the same
lob for assault, this sentence to be-
gin after the - months and 60 days
sentence has been completed. Min
ME drew a 6-months' jail sentence.
The evidence brought out at the
trial was that Locklear ran his wife
away from home, telling her he did
not have any more use for her as the
white woman was going to live with
him. The woman in the case SAID
she was from "everywhere"; that she
she as from everywhere; that she
came from Georgetown, S. c., with
another Indian, John McNeill, and
llVGu Will uIIu 4OA SCNC4O1 A41OASAAo
and that he later left her. A con-
tract prepared and witnessed by Jus
tice N. McInnis of Pembroke was very
much in evidence at the trial. The
contract, or agreement, was signed
by both Locklear and the woman.
Recorder Britt said after the evidence
had been taken that McInnis should
have been tried along with Locklear
and Brockwell as one of the defend
ants for writing such an agreement
between an Indian man and white
woman. The woman testified that
McInnis told her the law could not
touch her with a ten-foot pole for
staying with Locklear, and said that
but for what McInnis told her she
would not have been into this.
Pearl Suggs, colored, was before
Recorder E. N. Britt last week on
the charge of drunkenness and board
ing trains and jumping off about the
union station. Judgment was contin-
ued upon payment of cost.
Foster Locklear, Indian, was given
hearing on the charge of assault
Judgment was continued upon pay.
ment of cost.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-26
Fall-sowed oats were largely kill

Fall-sowed oats were largely kill
ed in Robson by the recent extreme
cold. The Progressive Farmer ad-
vises farmers to SOW again as quickly
as possible if from so to 100 per cent
of the plants have been killed. How
ever, eff at least half of the oat plants
have not been killed." advises that
paper, "then it probably will be best
to depend on the remaining plants
rather than to replant. Generally
fall-sowed have averaged about dou-
BILE in yields those sowed in the
spring, and on this basis a half-stand
of fall sowed plants will probab'<
equal a full stand from February OF
March seedlings"
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-26
Great Britain Faces Serious Situa-
H., of nrr

ton Due TO shortage OF tonnage
London Dispatch, Feb. %.
That Great Britain is faced with
a serious situation due to a short
age of tonnage, was the admission
made today in the House Of Com
mons by David Lloyd-George, the
British Prime Minister. It was a
situation which called for most
stringent measures by the govern
ment and in order to meet it the i'm
portation of all non-essentials was
to be prohibited.
On the ability of the government
to solve the tonnage shortage. which
was now affecting the ordinary needs
of the nation and military exigeneies,
said the premier, depended the sue
cess Of the Entente allied cause.
eff we take drastic measures" the
premier continued, 1--WE can cope with
the submarine mensce, but if the ma
ton is not prepared to accept dras-
tic measures for dealing with the
menace disaster is before u.s."
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-26
The Cur Dogs Paradise
Charlotte Observer.


Again the yaller cur dawg may
wag his tail in token of gratitude to
the legislature. The proposition .'te
impose tax on all dogs in the State
was killed, and in its place there went
through a bill giving any county
which might desire to place tax
On the dogs the right to do SO on pc
tition Of one-fifth of the qualified
voters, but even then they must not
make the tax at all burdensome. They
must not tax the dog more than one
dollar. That is simply a wav The
Legislature has of promoting the in.
terests Of the Pasteur Institute al
Raleigh and holding down the sheer
industry Of the State. Verify, North
Carolina. may Justly be termed tht
cur dogs. paradise. "A J
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-26
Allen iHaden, an American mis-.
sionary, of Tennessee, was
NEGLECTED COLDS GROW
WORSE

A cough that racks and :rritates
the throat may lead to serious
chronic cough, if neglected. The
healing pine balsams in DR.. Bells
Pine Tar Honey-Nature's own rem
edy-will soothe and relieve the irri-
taation, breathing will be easier, and
the antiseptic properties will kill
the germ. which retarded healing
Have it handy for Group. sore throat
and chronic bronchial affections. Get
bottle today. Pleasant to take.
At all Druggists, Csc.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-26

USING THE 'PHONE-In calling
The Robesonian office state your bus
mess to the one who answers the
phone (unless of course it is of a
purely personal nature), and if the
one at the phone cannot attend to
your wants he will call some one who
can. Don't waste the time of two
men in attending to a matter that
one man can attend to. This is a
busy office and time is valuable. Use
the phone freely in giving items of
news to the paper; it will be appre-
ciated.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-26
TRAINED FORCE OF 1000, 900.
Universal Military Service Bill-Es-
timated That About 100000 Boys
in Their 10Th Year Would be Avail
able for Training Annually

timated That About 100000 Boys
in Their 10Th Year Would be Avail
able for Training Annually
Washington Dispatch, Feb. %.
The army general staff universal
military service bill was transmitted
to the House military committee to-
day by Secretary Baker without a
definite expression by the admins
tration, either on the general subject
or the specific proposal.
The secretary suggested that wide
publicity be given the staff plan "to
the end that both Congress and the
War Department can, in any subse-
quent consideration given to the sub
ject, have the benefit of an enlight-
ened, thoughtful public opinion upon
the needs and wishes of the coun-
try. s'''f.e,
In round numbers, the staff plan
would supply a trained force of A.
100000 men. with one year of in
tensive military instruction. 1t is
estimated by the War College that
approximately 100000 boys in their
nineteenth year would be available
for training annually.
They would, under the plan, be IL
able to call to the colors until SO years
of age and then would pass into the
unorganized reserve until As years of
age.
The bills purpose is to constitute a
first reserve of 100000, ready to
respond instantly to a call to arms
A second reserve of equal size, but
only aartially equipped, would re
quire some time to take the field
Eventually, there would be 10000
additional men ready to fill in gaps
at the front.
In addition, there would be a regu-
lar army of 24,400 officers and 1885,.
1886 enlisted men. Of these $1,000
would form the oversee forces ane
$4,000 the frontier forces, the re
ma'r|er composing the parmanen
trainin~ personnel, which would take
care of the instruction of reserv,
recruits annually. II the proportio,
of available men for training wa
greater than estimated, the perman
ent training force would have to b.
proportionately increased.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-26

liant far the ensuing year. A good
corps of agents is at work in the
field and this year should be ban
ner one for the company.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-26
Lafayette Mutual in Excellent Shape

Reported for The Robesonian.
At a meeting of the La Fayette
Mutual Life Insurance companv's di-
rectors Friday the report for the
year 1916 was submitted.
Everything was found in excellent
shape. The assets increased so per
cent over the previous year. no un-
paid death loss or contested claims,
or no item Of Indebtedness what
ever.
The prospects are unusually bril-
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-26
American Missionary Drowned When
French Ship Was Torpedoed
L nj

french Snip was IOrpedOed ~.
Paris Dispatch, Feb. %. :
The French steamer Athos, carry
ing Sengalese troops and colonial la
borers, has been torpedoed in the
Mediterranean Sea. The torpedoing
occurred Notwithstanding the fact
that the Athos was escorted bv the
French torpedo boat destroyers
Mameluk and Enseigne Henry which
aided by a gunboat, saved 1,450 per-
sons from the steamer.
Allen iHaden, an American mis-.
sionary, of Tennessee, was
on board as a passenger
and was drowned He was on his
way from China to visit his family
in Switzerland. Any idea that this
might be the overt act which would
precipitate war was cleared away by
press dispatches telling how the liner
was being used as a troop ship un-
der convoy of two destroyers.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-26
SLOAN'S EMINENT EASES PAIN
Sloan,g .inimenf 20 fireA 4ha.~AA

D0OA1N . LINIMC EN- EASES PAIN
Sloan's Liniment is first thought
OF mothers for bumps. bruises and
sprains that are continually happen
ing to children. 1t quickly pene-
trates and soothes without rubbing.
Cleaner and more effective than
mussy plasters or ointments. Fer
rheumatic aches, neuralgia pain and
grippy soreness after colds Sloan's
liniment gives prompt relief. Have
a bottle handy for bruises strains.
sprains and all externol pain. For
The thousands whose work calls them
outdoors, the pains and ach,. follow
ing exposure are relieved by Slosn's
Liniment. At all pruggists &c.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
WHiskEY AND ITS PRICES.

Cedar Rapids Republican: In
Peoria they are using an old Metho
dist church as a storing place for
surplus whiskey manufactured before
the government prohibition was put
on the use of cereals for such pur-
pose. Peoria is literally crammed
full OF the stuff and the distillers
were all given an opportunity TO go
out of business greatly enriched. Du--
ing the closing months of their free
dom they manufactured whiskey ga
lore which they are now selling at
tow and three prices and some Of
which they will sell at ten prices.
All the distilleries have made enough
to go out of business on.
But are the men who have that
whiskey TO be allowed to do what
they please, while the men who have
the coal and the steel and the wheat
and the corn have an upshot price at
which they may sell and must sell?
Why shall not the government now
step in and say what the whiskey
which was made under its permission
shall be sold at? Why shall whiskey
that cost thirty or forty cents gal.
lon to make, be sold to the suckers
who drink Ii ct thirty and forty and
even fifty cents and dollar per swal-
low? Are the topers of the land to
have no protection from their pattern
al government
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
Advice 70 the Vets.


Rolfe Arrow: Now, before break
ing off, let US give the vets a little
advice:
Don't construe this victory as a
license to begin helling around.
Don't attempt in reasonably dry
counties to force the saloon upon
the people.
Don't try to elect radical saloon
men to the legislature.
Don't for one moment think the
present laws have already been
altered.
Don't ever again look for the time
to come when drunkenness will be-
come popular
Above all things, remember that 1t
was your lack of restraint and con-
troll that made men attempt to put
liquor so far away from you that you
couldn't get it at all.
Be decent, upright, fair, and keep
your appetite under control, or ampu-
tate it.
There never was time that we
know of when it was not against the
law to become drunken and irrespon-
sible, and the election of October 10
did not change this.
The liquor question will be out OF
politics when the law of fermentation
is repealed and common sense can
be legislated into peoples heads.
Cheer up, it might be worse.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
GAS, HEARTBURN,
INDIGESTION Or
A SICK STOMACH
"PAPE'S DIAPEPSIN" RELIEVE
STOMACH DISTRESS IN
FIVE MINUTES.

Time it, Pape's Diapepsin Ela|
sweeten a sour, gassy or outof-oFua|
stomach within five mintes. =.
If your meals don't fit comfortaOl|
or what you eat lies like lump u
lead in your stomach, of if you nav
heartburn. that is usually sign u
acidity of the stomach. i
Get from your pharmacist nifty eea|
case of Pape's Diapepsin and taA.
dose just as soon as You can. lha,
will be no sour risings, no belchlns "
undigested food mixed with acid' ".
stomach gas or heartburn, fullness "
heavy feeling in the stomach, naussa
facilitating headaches or dizzlnesSs1
This will all go, and, besides, there WI
be no sour food left over in the sIu-1
ach to poison your breath with h'-i
seous doors. H.,
Pape's Diapepsin helps to neutral.ss
the excessive acid in the stoHlas.
which is causing the food ternleu1
ton and preventing proper digestlosa -,
Relief in five minutes, is waiting ~
you at any drug store. -,
These large fifty cent cases COMA. ~.
enough 'Pape's Diapepsin" to usua ~,
keep the entire family free from SUI
ach acidity and its symptoms Oh d lrs.
gestion, dyspepsia, sourness' INT INT
heartburn, and headache, FOR
1t belongs in your home
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31

machine guns. But against the use Of cavalry
except in rapid movement in reconnaissance OF
in pursuits is the modern use of barbed wire,
which Colonel Wilcox declares is one OF the
most important factors in the present conduct
Of war.
Colonel Wilcox gives to Elihu Root credit
for instituting while secretary of war two OF
the most important measures Of our army
legislation and two which have been OF con-
spicuous helpfulness in our present need Mr..
Root made the. army much easier Of enlarge
ment than it had been heretofore and he
brought about the constitution of the general
staff, which has been the major agent in pre-
pairing the army for its present enormous task.
From reading of Colonel Willcox's article
comes the vivid impression of our army in the
making as vast organization of specialized
workers, equipped by scientific foresight of all
contingencies, and an equally vivid picture OF
the work of war in which it is being prepared
to take part at the earliest possible moment.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
ADJUST THE TAX BURDEN.

The administration would do well to consider
the suggestion made by prominent interna-
tional banker that committee of business and
scientific leaders be organized to adjust the
tax burden. This authority, who says that the
whole explanation of present unsatisfactory
market conditions may be summarized in the
words 'swar taxation,'' disarms criticism of
his motives by frank acknowledgement that
the load is not heavier than the country can
bear, and by cordial praise of important work
performed at Washington. He finds nothing
except the uneconomic application Of the tax
bill for the country to worry about. He says
that price fixing has been wisely done with the
exception of bituminous coal price regulation,
and that the administration S conduct of the
cerned about the tax burden, not because it is
too heavy but because it has not been properly
adjusted. 1t would be a simple matter, he
says, to have taken leaf out of England s
book for England is raising as much out of her
fifty million population are out OF one
hundred million, and he points out that our in
come tax is about fifty per cent higher than
England s. Another example of failure to adj
just the tax load in the interest Of the carrier
found in the fact that England's tax of eighty
per cent of excess profits is to be compared
with a possible tax in certain cases of eighty
seven and one-half per cent Of income and
profits here. Adjustment is a problem for ex-
perts, and this bankers suggestion is impor-
tant and timely.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
Says 1t Has Been Well Received All
over the State.
TAKES IT HIMSELF

Tanlac, the new remedy that is
now being introduced here by the
Wilkinson Drug Co., has been well
received in every part of the state
and thousands of people have per.
sonally endorsed it, according to
Chas. Gross, travelling salesman for
the Goodyear Tire Co., who is STOP
ping at the Iowa hotel, Keokuk.
Seeing Tanlac advertised in your
newspapers / thought l would come
in and tell you my personal expert
ence," said Mr.. Gross at the Wilkin-
son Drug Co.
Every place I go notice Tan
lac is recommended by the people of
the city / am in. And it is a good
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
LET US FORGET.


Let us forget the things that yexed and tried us,
The worrying things that caused our souls to fret;
The hopes cherished long, still denied
Let forget.
Let us forget the sights that panied
The created worngs that rankle sometimes yet
The scorn with which some lofty one dsdained US;
Let us forget
Let us forget our brothers fault and failing,
The yielding to temptation which beset
That he perchance. though grief be unayang.
Cannot forget.
But blessings manifold, past all deserving,
Kind words, and deeds a countless throng,
The fault o'ercome, the rectitude answering,
Let US remember long.
The sacrifice of love. the generous giving,
few the handclasp firm and strong,
The fragrance of each life of holy living,
Let remember long.
Whatever things good, and true and gracious;
What'er of right has triumphed wrong.
What love of God has rendered precious
Let us remember long.
So bordering well the lessons it has taught us.
We tenderly may bid the past Goodbye
Holding in memory the good it brought
Letting the evil die
Susan E. Gammons.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
STRING PRAIRIE.

Mr.. and Mrs. V. ]. Burke and fam
lily spent Friday evening at the Nor
risey home.
Mr.. Frank Price of Argyle was in
this vicinity recently buying cattle
Mr. Daniel Bergthold and daugh-
tiers Clara and Emma, Mr. Fred Felt,
MIR John Burke. Mr.. Louis Felt and
Jacob Bergthold were recent DON
Nelson callers.
Mr.. Charley RUDE and sister Mrs.
Rose Holdifer, of Prairie CI-y, Iowa,
visited the past week with their
brother Mr.. George Rube and family.
Miss Hazel Felt called on Misses
Clara and Emma Bergthold one day
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Felt and Mr..
Fred Felt, Mrs. v. j Burke, Miss
Mary and William Burke autoed to
Keokuk one day last week
Raymond and Leo Farrell are visit
ing their uncle and aunt Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Felt
Z Mr.. Henry Horsey was an Argyle
caller Thursday.
Miss Ella Dugan, Miss Frances
Haig and brother Leo, are visiting
at the Morrisey home
Several of the people from this
vicinity attended the Mr.. and Mrs.
l.. G. KAlly charivari Saturday even
ing near Croton.
Mr. and Mrs. John Monks, Mrs. l.,
r. Anthony and daughters visited
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis Felt.
John and Roy Farrell who have
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
. 80 90 = . = . 80 :
DENVER, Ill.
80 ~>~>>e>~>~ . !

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Barber,
Sunday, Oct %, daughter
Mr. Hezkiah Mcpherson of West
Denver and Mrs. Julia Savington Of
Darlington, Mo, were united in mar
riage on Wednesday, Oct. "a, at
Guthrie, Mo, Rev. p. F. Quarry off.
chatting. The ceremony was solemn
lied at the hotel at 900 a. M, after
which they partook of the wedding
breakfast and Immediately left for
Illinois. On Thursday evening at
600 o'clock, dinner was given in
their honor at the home of his daugh-
ter Miss Albert Harris, only the i'm
mediate family being invited They
viii locate in Bentley, occupying the
cottage owned by Mrs Ida Byler.
We announce program at the
Christian church on next Sunday
morning, it being the international
o-Sunday-School day. We urge
everybody to attend somewhere.
whether enrolled as member or
not
Hattie Black of Tinewell is in this
vicinity for an extended visit again.
GAYLORD Dickson of Middle Creek
was guest of Miss Myrtle Ewing
recently.
We are sorry to report Mrs. Johu
Wedding as having had another
stroke of paralysis.
Homer Hudson who has been an
inmate OF the st. Joseph hospital for
several weeks on account of the rail.
road accident in which his friend
and neighbor, Robert Boyd, was kill
ed in the auto, was brought home
Sunday and is recovering nicely and
rapidly from his severe injuries.
Ed Walton and family have again
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-31
There is something irritating about an
oath or promise that never lets You rest
until you've broken it.-Mary Fisher,
OUR ARMY AND NEW WAR METHODS.

Colonel Dewitt Wilcox is the author of an
illuminating article, published in the current
issue of Harper's, descriptive of the plan of or
ganization of our new army. From it comes an
understanding of how the war has affected
both the duties and armament of Troops of
how much of the old military organization is
now practical for in meeting the conditions
Of modern war. Colonel Wilcox is careful to
make the reader understand that certain de-
partments of army service for instance the
cavalry and to some extent the infantry divi-
sions armed with magazine rifles, while of no
value In trench warfare, may at any time by
reason of change to open fighting come back to
Wilcox believes much of the present war
method Is to be permanent, since it is directed !
paradOXical this may seem, to conserving
man power at the expense Of machine power
1t would seem from what Colonel Wilcox
writes that the propaganda of those who seek
to set up the practice among our civilians of
rifle shooting Is not Immediately useful. Hei
says: IF rifle fire is needed. the automatic
rifle, the machine gun, worked by one man, cant
deliver it far more effectively than one hundred
infantrymen each firing his own piece Hence
bomb-throwers, automatic riflemen. machine
gun men, now form the important elements of
infantry units Colonel Wilcox believes that
even the cavalry, when their service is needed |
will be armed with grenades, automatic rifles
equipped with bayonets, auto-cannon and auto