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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-07
Hot Air.

1T was somewhere in France, at a
base commandments, where casualty re-
ports came from the line. A war
weary Tommy, coming down for n
sbreather," was accosted with the re-
mark: 5N
How's everything looking up
tbere?"
Nothing to worry about" replied
the warrior. And then, as if he had
suddenly remembered it: Heard
ABOUT the new gas Fritz is sending
over now?" he asked.
mo. Is it very badp
"Ratherl" assented the warrior. $50
slad that 1t gets through your pay
cook and kills your next-of-kin."
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-07

are made and they
feel compelled to
refuse. Most peo-
pie are fairly gen.
erous, and would
like to help every
good cause that
presents itself IL
they could. Some,
however, have so
little money above
their actual ex-
penses that they
have to say "No"
often, or rather
they think they
must.
II, b o W e v 9 r,
they would read
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-07

This memorial statue has been
erected to the memory of Edith
Cavell, who lived patriot and died
martyr. The memorial was unveiled
by Queen Alexandra at Norwich,
where her majesty opened a home for
the district nurses. This home was
named the Nurse Cavell Memorial
home.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-07
Cut Out for the Job.

4 wanted to enlist and fight for me
country" said Tired Trotters TO the
sharp-eyed woman at the door, "But
I'm chicken-hearted an de reeruitin'
OFFICER turned me down. Have youse
got any light work dat pore, af-
licted man"
les, indeed replied the farmers
wife "0ne Of my sitting hens has just
abandoned her nestful Of eggs.g--
Judge.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-07
Prosperity.

"Jiblay's fortunes seem to be on the
mend"
$50 they are. If Mrs. Jiblay holds
her Job at munitlon plant another
month l wouldn't be at all surprised to
see Jiblay take on a tailor. "-Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-07
Familiar.

The hoary-headed examiner glanced
over the top of his spectacles.
"Are you sure" he inquired, that
this is purely original composition
you have handed int"
Eyes, SIR" came the answer. But
you may possibly, sir, have come across
one or two of the words in the die
tionary."
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-07

The poet is born-unless he writes
O magazine poem that nobody can I'M
derstand then he is made.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-07

One Of the things man can learn
by keeping his cars open is the folly
of talking too much.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-07
How Poor People
Can Make
Others Rich
By REV. HOWARD W. POPE
lfoody Bible Institutes
Chicago

TExT-God is able to make all grace
abound toward you'll Cor. S:8.
Doubtless many poor people suffer
positive pain when appeals for help
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1918-12-07

Indigestion produces disagreeable and
sometimes alarming symptoms. Wrights
Indian Vegetable Pills stimulate the diges-
tive processes to function naturally. Adv.
The sun., 1918-10-27
Diction of Patriotism

inquiring whether you might put it into
effect here. 1t was a clear case of "may"
rather than "can." You could take them
away from me by force. Being gen.
tleman you asked if you might have them
in polite exchange
"The jest half of her conversation, you
will easily believe, was running pretty
thin In my estimation. But, of course,
while we talked she was getting out the
stamps; there was really no very great
doubt that, regardless Of any diction, I
was TO get the patriotism pasters-with-
out violence.
"Now, Miss Wafers,' I said as I
handed her the money and she handed
me the stamps, I'm surprised at you
really, am! You're making diction more
important than manners or even patriot
isml Actually you imply that I might
be capable Of assault and battery to get
my 81 worth of stampsp
"'No, Mr.. JONES' she said almost affa-
bly,, T don't imply i'll only infer it
fairly from your languageP And-'good
language is good manners, and whichever
may be the greater and the better, diction
or patriotism, why not have them bothf
"And really" said the philosophic man
of affairs as he turned back to his desk,
"really I'll be hanged if I knowp
The sun., 1918-10-27
l6THE woman who sells Thrift
l. Stickers and w. S. S. to our

0THE woman who sells Thrift
i Stickers and w. S. S. to our
Office people," said the Manager, @is a
rather severe person, very businesslike,
meticulously exact in all her dealings
That, Of course, is why she was selected.
But she gave me shock the other day.
"Miss WATERS said /, here is a 50
bill which my small boy entrusted to me
for investment in Uncle Sam Preferred.
Can I have eight of your best thrift
pastersT
@'Of course you can, Mr.. JONES' she
said, the question Is whether you may
S1 think Miss Waters must once have
been a school teacher. She spoke half in
jest and the other and larger half in
earnest. Accuracy of speech is hobby
Of hers; it makes her invaluable in the
correspondence she takes care Of. Really
more business people than you might
think admire correct and careful diction
In business letters!
@fWhy, Miss WATERS said l, surely in
this case it's all the same-if 1 can may
and If may cam
"No, indeed, Mr.. Jones' says she.
There's real difference involved in that
distinetionl You were not questioning
your ability to buy the stamps, you were
The sun., 1918-10-27

In the roster of women candidates are
two for the Office of Lieutenant Governor,
Ella Reeve Bloor, Socialist, and Mamie
w. Colvin, Prohibition. The Socialists
have also put up a woman for Secretary
of State, Jessie Wallace Hughan, and so
have the Prohibitionists, Ella w. Me-
Carthy of Syracuse. They will probably
have some excitement out of the cam
paign, though Socialist women are so used
TO being put up for Office and not winning
that it must pail on them occasionally.
Four Are Running for Congress.
That party has nominated four women
for Congress, and there's one of them,
Elnor Byms, who l am willing TO wager
would be the pet of the House of Repre-
sentatives if she got there. She is run
ming in the Eleventh Congress district,
and don't know what her chances are
probably not brght-but every reporter
in New York who had to cover suffrage
while the suffrage fight was hot would
vote for Elinor Byrns joyously.
As press representative for the Ma
tional Woman Suffrage Association Miss
Byrns made the reportorial daily visit
to those headquarters a delight, and it
seems to me that the qualities which made
her shine there would light up the House
of Representatives. There's none too
much of the sense of humor in the Capitol
at Washington and Miss Byrns is chock
full of it.
It's a good old fashioned platform
Elinor Byrns is running on. Here is her
appeal:
Times are hard. Rents are high.
Food and clothes are higher.
You know it.
Let IS send a housekeeper to Congress.
Housekeepers have Hooverized the home
why not housekeeper to help Congress
Hooverize the profteers9
Profiteering in 1917 was heaviest in food
and clothes.
American business made its usual profits
and $4,000 100000 more in a single year.
Save these $4,000 100000 for the people.
Tax all excess profits 100 per cent
That is the platform of the Socialist
party. 1t is also the platform of the house
L. Billions for our needs but not a cent to
waste-in family or in nation.
Miss Byrns also promises her district
that if elected she will write nice, chatty
letter home once week, telling them what
Congress is doing, and if the papers won't
print it she will print it herself. She will
also come back and give a party for her
constituents once a month That ought
to fetch everybody.
Miss Byrns Is really and truly house
wife, if not a wife and mother. She has
a charming home at Arrochar, s. l.,
where she is keeping the home fires burn
ing for her brother Rob, who enlisted in
the army. She designed everything in it
and bossed the architect. Also she is a
lawyer.
1t was the great shirt waist strike that
determined her to take legal training so
as to be qualified to work for woman suf-
frage and the right of the worker. She
says she was brought up conservative,
III
The sun., 1918-10-27
More Than 100 in This State Alone Seek
E: Office, From Lieutenant-G Governor
to Coroner
to Coroner

of punch Of the strictly W. ]. Bryan
brand.
I'm going to beat Mr.. Ellenbogen,"
Mrs. Lilly informed me firmly. "He's not
only an anti-suffragist but he's always
been rude and disoblging to women of
this district who went to Albany in sup
port of bills that were needed. The peo-
pie of this district don't feel that he rep
resents them-he is dominated by tho
upstate Republican machine"
As to Tammany, Mrs. Lilly thinks that
the condemnation of that organization is
far fetched.
"The common people get their rights
from Tammany," she said. "As an old
New Yorker / remember that more than
once In times of great poverty Tammany
gave food, clothing, fuel to the needy.
Tammany is great big Democratic club,
and why blame people for belonging to
the club of their partyi The Republicans
have their machine, all right"
Mrs. Sammis of Huntington, like Mrs.
Lilly, is widow Of middle age, and, like
Mrs. Lilly, she has son in the service. I
haven't talked with Mrs. Sammis, because
she is out campaigning so hard that she
Is never at home to answer her telephone,
but Mrs. Ruth Lift, suffragist and farmer
cite Of Suffolk, is her campaign manager.
and have it from her that Mrs. Sammis
is all right.
Won m Primaries on Dry Issue.
She won out against her Republican an
taSonist at the primaries on the dry is
sue, and with the Prohibitionists backing
her, too, she is pretty likely to be elected
At least that is what Miss Helen Varick
Boswell, the Wise Woman of the Repub-
lean party hereabouts, says
Mrs. Sammis isn't breaking the influ-
enza regulations by holding any meetings,
but she is making house to house can
vass, which is the campaigning that
counts. She has lived in Huntington all
her life, and her parents before her, so
she is up In questions of riparian rights
Mrs. Lit SAYS they are very important
around there-and she knows what her
neighbors want and is prepared to stand
for It in the Assembly. She is lifelong
suffragist and led the cause in that part
of Long Island till women got the vote.
Mrs Brewer of Richmond and Rock
land counties has a harder proposition
than Mrs Sammis, for she's only on one
ticket, the g. o. P, and then her district
is so divided and naturally Rockland
county and Richmond county have DIFF
ferent interests. But she is strong in her
intention of going to Albany and has
made plans to take her small daughter
with her for the five legislative days
Week ends they would spend at home in
Staten Island, where Mrs. Brewer has
husband and garden and various normal
and pleasant appurtenances. Personally
I think Mrs. Brewer would improve the
landscape In the State Senate very much.
It's a cinch that if Mrs. Brewer is elected
and if q beauty contest were held in the
Senate next January she would win out
with no troubleat all. Also she has brains.
The sun., 1918-10-27

but somehow began to think" She is
small and dark eyed and rather dimpled,
and altogether contrast to the present
Congressman from her district, Mr.. Rior-
dan, who, by the way, has always east his
vote against woman suffrage, even after
New York enfranchised her women.
The Republicans are running a woman
for Congress in the Twenty second dis
triet, Miss Sadie Kost, and the Democrats
have nominated two women, Elisabeth Ar
thur of Ticonderoga, in the Thirty-first
district, and Clara B. Mann, in the Thirty
ninth district, up around Genesee and
Wyoming and Livingston counties way.
The Socialists of Syracuse have put up
Hattie Kreuger for their Representative
in Washington.
Many Trying for State Senate. g.
There's a whole bunch of women desig-
mated for the State Senate, and not more
than half of them by the Socialist party.
This is an improvement on former times,
when if a woman got to yearning for poll
ties she had to mount the Socialist wagon
or, maybe, the Prohibition, because the
elephant and the donkey would have none
of her. There's Catherine Peck Wylie,
Democrat, in the First district; Kate F..
Southmayd, Republican, in the Fifth dis
trict; Mary G. Brewer, Republican, in tho
Twenty-fourth, and Mary L. Macmillan,
Democrat, in the Thirty-second.
Twenty-six women are seeking seats in
the State Assembly. Twelve of them are
on the Democratic ticket-Elisabeth Col
bert of Albany in the Second district,
Grace Martin of Monroe county in the
First district, Mrs. Lilly in the Seventh
and Myra Marks in the Fifteenth district,
New York city; Etha P. Clancy, Niagara
Falls, in the Second district; Margaret
Spooner of Orleans county, Harriet C.
Orvis of st. Lawrence county, First dis
trict; Kathryn Fl. Starbuck of Saratoga
county, Elisabeth Van r. Gillette Of Sche-
nectady, Second district; Hattie B.
Mitchell of Kingston, Ulster county; Mat
tie E. Truman of Yonkers in the Fourth
district and Annie T. Connolly, also Yon-
kers in the Fifth district.
The Republicans are not giving women
much of a show, only two being named
for the Assembly and one of them shared
up with the Prohibitionists. They are
Jennie B. Cohen of the First district,
lower New York, and Mrs. Sammis.
The only woman candidate for Alder
man is Jane Olcott, designated by the
Socialists, in the Ninth district, New York
city. There are going to be any number
of lady town clerks if the voters do their
duty by candidates of this sex on Novem-
Der 5. There will also be lady justices
of the peace, sheriffs, constables, super
visors of the poor and even coroners.
1t is the Democraots who have been
most generous to the women in the matter
of nominations throughout the State, and
the two women nominees for coroner,
Florence w. Mccarthy of North Bangor,
Franklin county, and Annie Cheney
Spofford of Batavia, Genesee county, are
both running under the sign of the star.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-04-01
RED CROSS GREATEST
BOON TO HUMANITY
One of the Most Marvellous of All
American Achievements.

Atlanta, Ca, March 28.-That the
American Red Cross is the greatest
existing boon to humanity and one
of the most marvellous of all Ameri-
can achievements is the opinion of
King George V of England, as ex-
pressed in an interview with Henry P.
Dawson, chairman of the Red Cross
War Council, who is now in England.
The appropriation of $1,000 900
which was made last October by the
Red Cross for work in England, he
went on to say, aroused the enthusi-
asm of the whole nation, coming, as
it did, not from the government, but
as a gift from the American people
He also declared that one of the most
amazing things Of the war was the
fact that the American Red Cross
had raised $100,OO0,OO0 in one week,
when the British Red Cross had sue
ceeded in raising only $5O,00O,0OO dur
ing the entire period of the war.
The King, according to Mr. Davi-
sons report. possesses an intimate
knowledge of American affairs and
conditions, and made the statement
that it is the wish of every man in
England that through the close as
ISOLATION Of America and England in
this war the two nations and two
peoples would get to know each 9TH
er better and, as a result Of common
sacrifice, to realize more than ever
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-04-01
AMERICANS CAPTURE HUNS
Patrol of Men Captured and Kill.
ed 2-Germans Glad to be
Prisoners.

An American patrol consisting of a
regimental intelligence officer, a Ser
geant and 3 men Friday morning took
prisoners from a German outpost
position. The Americans quietly slip
ped up behind and covered 6 Germans
Two of the men ran and were killed
when they refused to halt.
TIL soldiers captured were mere
youths. They were brought back to
tn American lines in broad daylight.
They were poorly fed and clothed and
seemed to be exceedingly glad to have
been captured by the Americans. One
Of tn men even ask permission to go
to a nearby point and get his broth
err.
Extremely valuable information is
said to have been secured from the
man.
The Americans were cited in French
order of the day and will receive the
French war cross
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-04-01
WISCONSIN ON TRIAL"

In the Senate the other day Sena
tor Williams of Mississippi charged
REPRESENTATIVE Lenroot, Republican
candidate for the Senate in Wiscon
sin, with being lukewarm IN loyalty
to the Government in the war, declar'
cd that Senator LaFollette of Wiscon
sin should be expelled, and that form,
er Representative Victor Berger, the
Socialist candidate for Senator II
Wisconsin, ought to be informed.
Vice-President Marshall, beginning
a speaking campaign last Tuesday at
Madison in behalf of Joseph E. Da-
vies. Democratic candidate for Unit
ed States Senator in Wisconsin, bold
w declared that not only is Wisconsin
ON trial before America but 1.-The Re
publicans of Wisconsin are on trial
before the world. No Republican"
he said, cas- disclosed by the prina-
ries. can be elected to the Senate Of
the United States without receiving
votes which in the primary were CHAR
acterized as 'disloyeP votes" MIR.
Marshall said further:
"If the vote at the primary is bas-
ed upon the charges and counter
charges which you rave made each
against the other you are about half
for America, half for the Kaiser and
all against Wilson. Your self-ap-
pointed leaders are now trying to con-
vince the loyal half that the really I'M
portant thing is not loyalty or disl y
atty, but party success.
Having purified the stream in the
primary. you welcome the sewerage
to help over the election. l think
there are large numbers of you who
will not want to rest under such sus-
picion.
at makes no difference how pure
and patriotic the purposes of the Re-
publican candidate may be, to be elect
ed he is now bidding for the vote of
the German sympathizer, for the vote
of the traitor, for the vote of the
seditionist, for the vote of the paci
fist, for the vote Of the man so hide
bound in politics that he rejoices at
every mistake made by the President
or his advisers, for the vote of the
man who is willing to make an in
glorious peace, for the vote of the
disappointed profiteer and the vote of
the man who wanted our citizens and
our ships to stay off the high seas and
who wanted an embargo placed upon
the sale of munitions of war in the
markets of the world"
Wisconsin already has one disloyal
Senator, LaFollette, who, as Senator
Williams says, should be expelled. Ii
it elects to the Senate another man
who is so contemplate and lacks so
much of being a true American as to
bid for, or be willing to accept Of
flee by, the votes of the pro-German
element in the State, the State will
be doubly disgraced
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-04-01
NOTICE OF SALE
BY RECEIVERS

Notice is hereby given that the IN
dersigned, as receivers for J. p NS I--
man & Company, Incorporated viii
on Saturday, the 9Th day of Ami
1913, at IL O'Clock, a. M, offer far
sale at public auction, to the higbost
bidder for cash, all the stock of mer
chandise and fixtures of the said I p
Newman & Company and now in the
store-house of said company on Elm
Street in Lumberton, n. c., the said
stock of goods and fixtures inventory
ing approximately 100000. A co1r
OF the inventory may be seen by cali
ing upon one of the receivers at Lum-
berton, N. C.
This the 2Sth day of March. 1915
E. M. JOHNSON.
r. II. CREIGHTON.
Receivers for j. P. Newman & Co.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-04-01
MEATLEss DAYS SUSPENDED
Suspension Order for 80 Days-Thou-
sands of Hogs Coming Into
Market.

Suspension of the meatless day reg
ulation for 80 days beginning March
SO, was ordered Friday by the food
administration in instructions tele-
graplled to all the administrators.
Temporary relaxation OF the re-
striction was decided upon because
thousands OF hogs now coming into
She market has increased the meat
supply beyond the country's shipping
and storage capacity IN a statement
announcing the order Food Admin
istTajor Hoover expressed confidence
that the producers would not take
advantage Of the ''holiday" to ask
for more than fair prices.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-04-01
Parkton Prayer Meeting.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.

Parkton, March 27.-Monday even
ing the regular monthly meeting of
the ministers of Parkton was held.
We regretted very much that Brother
Jenkins could not meet with us. The
work of the Kingdom at large was
cidered and some definite plans were
laid for the betterment and uplift
of mankind. We feel that the King
dom of God is being strengthened here
and that much good is being accom-
plished through the mid-week prayer
services. The services are we'll at
tended, the singing is good, and the
prayers and discussions are of such a
nature as to make us feel that we are
growing in grace and in the knowledge
of Jesus Christ. During the month
we have discussed some of the duties
of Christian and have tried to i'm
press upon the hearers the import
ance of stewardship, Bible study,
home religion, and Christian growth.
During the month of April at 7:45
each Wednesday evening these SER
vices will be held in the Baptist
church. May this be the best month
with US so far as we shall endeavor
to consider together some of the fun
damental doctrines of Christianity.
The program for the month is as
follows:
April 3: Subject" Classification by
Faith" leader, Rev. w. L. Maness.
April 10: Subject-"Repentance,"
leader, Rev. J. X. Hall.
April II: Subject-"R Regeneration,
leader, Rev.>J. L. jenkins.
April "a: Subject adoption"
leader, Rev. w. L. Maness.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-04-01
SHELL FELL ON CHURCH.
Is Persons Killed When Shell From
German Long Range Gune Hit
Church Near Paris.

Seventy-five persons were killed
and 80 wounded, most of them wo-
men and children, when shell fired
by a German long range gun fell on
a church in the region of Paris while
Good Friday services were being held,
according to an official communica-
ton.
Among those killed was H. Stroech-
lin, counselor Of the Swiss legation
in Paris.
The same church was struck by a
shell during the celebration of high
mass last Sunday and many casual
ties resulted.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-04-01
SACRlFlClAL CONSCIOUSNESS MUST COME TO ALL
BEFORE WAR is WON

u war conouness-a acrhca
every lnolVldual unit
49,. was expressed by United States
hoover al Washing
no
oi ulear 1hnuence upon the winning o
intensified n phas
bu
maze 10 produce
the ~ 400AN' 'o"ao VIII
~ ~ wa" must II it before will
casualty ns begin
@ Grave american boys each day como when araa
VI women you
who have fallen there 1880 ~ 1-e OiacA LUZ boys
And then America fghtas England and Er,n
ing today" ~ AeiAno anu SFaice are night
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-04-01

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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-04-01
Joe Branch School Closes April
9Th.

Correspondence of The Robesonian
Fairmont, R. F. D. 3, March 20 =
The closing exercises of the Joe
Branch graded school will be Satur-
day, April 9th, beginning at 10 a. m.
The principal speaker will be Prof.
u: f. Lowry, and there will be others.
we will have music for the occasion.
we expect good behavior on that day.
o. H. E. LOWRY,
Principal.