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The Robesonian., 1918-01-17
NOTICE OF LAND SALE.


Under and by virtue OF the power and au-
thority contained in certain deed of trust
executed by Daniel H. Mccall and wife. Pearl
Mccall, and Mrs. Ann j. Mccall to the Plant
ers Bank & Trust Company, trustee. default
having been made in the payment OF the in
terest on the bonds therein securely the un-
day of January, 1918. at IL 100 O'Clock NJ. in
front of the court house door in the town of
Lumberton, N. c., offer for sale to the high
est bidder for cash, that certain piece parcel
or tract of land lying, situate and being IN
Thompsons township, Robeson county, North
Carolina. and more particularly bounded and
described follows. to-wit:
FIRST TRACT: Being lot No. in the
first division of the lands of Mrs. Ann j. Nc
Call and others, allotted to d. H. Mccall:
Beginning at a stake in the run of Ashpole
Swamp, sweet gum and ash pointers the last
corner of lot No. ,, and runs 16 Ia ll2,
40 chains TO a stake; thence N IL 5-lo
chains to a stake by small gum pointers ::
thence N 70 46O chains to Il stake thence
IL l-2 w $40 chains to stake by a pine !:
thence rs IA w 8940 chains to ditch at
| the public road thence as that ditch 5 81
1890 chains thence as ditch al w 43o
chains; thence S so IL w $50 chains to the
| run of Ashpole Swamp: thence down the run
| Of said swamp to the beginning, containing
| 126 acres. more or less.
SECOND TRACT: Being lot No. in the
| second division of the lands of Mrs. Arm J
Mccall and others. allotted to D. H. Mccall
Beginning at a stake. second corner Of lo1
| 1890 chains to a stake: thence Ia IL
1885 chains to a stake by post oak pointer:
in line Of lot No. 5. first division: thence \
76 Ia E 1910 chains to stake: thence \
tanning "a acres, more or less. These tw'
lots valued at $4800.8o.
i Dated this the gath day of December, 1sI1
| PLANTERS BANK 4 TRUST COMPANR
u Trustee.
H. E. STACY,
II Atty for Trustee 12 "a 4thu
The Robesonian., 1918-01-17

The foregoing report is submitted
with many thanks for the courtesies
shown me by your Honorable Board
and full appreciation for the hearty
cooperation of the County Officials
and the Public in general.
Very Respectfully.
j. NJ. McCALLUM,
County Auditor.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this the 9th day of January, 1918.
c. B. SKIPPER, Clerk Superior Court.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-17
DRAINAGE TAX LAND
SALE.

By authority vested in me as Sher-
iff of Robson county. / will on Mon
day, the 4th day of February, 1918,
at II o'clock. noon, at the court house
in Lumberton, N c., sell for cash to
the highest bidder the following lands
in the Back Swamp and Jacob Swamp
Drainage District of Robeson county
to satisfy the Drainage Tax for 1917.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-17
IL "a 4thur-
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER MORTGAGE


Under and by virtue of the power of sale
contained in a certain mortgage deed from
Sam Hines and wife to A. j. Steed, dated
March 18th, 1910, registered in office of reg
ister of deeds of Robson county, North Car
olina, in book 20, page 2sO, (said mortgage
and the note which it secures having been
subsequently assigned by said A. j. Steed to
Alma Lumber Co., Inc.) default having been
made in payment of the debt secured thereby,
the undersigned will sell at public auction to
the highest bidder, for cash, at the court
house door in Lumberton, N. c., at about
noon on Monday, January 2sth, 1918, the fol-
lowing described lands in Maxton township.
Robson county, North Carolina, near Alma.
viz:
-, Lot number one in section ID" of the
Argyle" property, same being shown upon
plot of said property made by j. C. Par
ish, surveyor, said lot being Of the SIZE of
SO feet by 100 feet, situated on corner of
Church and Gibson streets in the division of
said argyle" property, and being same lot
conveyed by H. c. McNair to Sam Hines by
deed dated Nov. 18th, 1909.
This the 9th day of December. 1917.
A. ]. STEED, Mortgage
ALMA LUMBER COMPANY Inc,
Assignee of Mortgage.
8. B. MCLEAN, Attorney L 8 4thur
The Robesonian., 1918-01-17

NOTICE OF SALE UNDER MORTGAGE
Under and by virtue of the power of sale
contained in certain mortgage deed executed
by Jethro Kelly and wife on August 18th,
1916. to Alma Lumber Company, a corpora
tion. registered in office of register of deeds
Of Robson county, North Carolina, in book
49,. page 210. default in payment of which
and the note thereby secured having been
made, the undersigned mortgage will offer
for sale, to satisfy said note and mortgage,
the lands described in said mortgage, at pub
lie auction to the highest bidder. for cash, at
the courthouse door inLumberton N C. at about
noon, on Monday, January 2Sth, 1918 said
lands being described as follows, to-wit:
A tract or lot of land in Maxton township.
Robson county, North Carolina, designated
as lot number 2, in section CO., in the sub
division of Argyle" property, shown on plot
made by J. c. Parish. surveyor, December
9th, 1913, fronting on Church street of said
division and survey, said lot being SO feet
wide, 100 feet long.
This the 9th day of December, A. d. 1917.
ALMA LUMBER COMPANY. Inc, Mortgage.
S. B. MCLEAN, Atty. for Mortgage. 1 3 4th
The Irish standard., 1918-11-16
WAR FUND DRIVE.

The War Fund drive is now on in
full force at the College of st. Cath
crime. Each girl has pledged herself
to do her utmost, in private contribu-
tion, while considerable competition
exists among classes as to which can
raise the largest sum of money. On
Tuesday, Nov. 5, Mr.. William Bailey,
who has been in France as welfare
worker, gave the girls very inter-
esting talk on the human side of the
American soldier-boy in France. The
impression made by Mr.. Baileys
words was deepened and strengthened
on Saturday, Nov. 9, by Professor
Frederic Hill of CarletonsCo College, who
had just returned from France, where
he had represented the Y. M. G. A.
With much earnestness and energy,
Mr.. Hill pictured the American soldier
in his voyage across the water and in
his life overseas. Patriotic enthusi-
asm runs high. Every student is re-
solved that thexlpllege quota shall
not fall below one thousand dollars.
The Irish standard., 1918-11-16
DAKOTA PRIEST KILLED.
Father c. E. o'FIahsrty, Mitchell,
shrapnel Victim In France

Sioux Falls, s.; D., Nov. 9.-Right
Rev. Bishop OGorman has received a
letter from Father P. T. Monaghan
of Parker, WHO is now in France, an
nouncing the death of Father c. E..
O'Flaherty of Mitchell, who died while
doing chaplafn's duties on the front.
Father Monaghan in part says:
Il learned today of the death of
Father O'Flaherty at the front and
hasten to inform you. On the after.
noon of October 1 the town in which
Lieutenant O'Flaherty was stationed
was being shelled.
There had been some shelling and
considerable damage done. The chap
lain stepped out after a shell burst,
to see if any one was injured and was
struck by piece of shrapnel. dying
instantly. He was buried in the Am
erican cemetery of field hospital No.
12."
The Irish standard., 1918-11-16
Priest Holds Influenza Edict
Is Wrong and Unconstitutional

tended all along that the church SER
vices could not be legally be interfered
with, it is certain that the best legal
array obtainable will be enlisted on
the Church's side of the case.
If an adverse decision is rendered
by the Supreme Court, it is morally
certain that this case will be carried
as high as possible and the constitu-
tionality Of such a ruling may we'll be
expected to rest eventually with the
Supreme Court of the United States.
All over Maine, where closing orders
have affected churches, there has been
opposition of individuals Of various
faiths, the sentiment being widely ex-
pressed that religious freedom is being
tampered with by such drastic orders.
Not alone in the town of Sanford,
but all over the state the matter is
being freely discussed.
The Irish standard., 1918-11-16
ENGLISH LABOR CONGRESS.
Endorses the Movement for Home
Rule for ireland.

The English Labor Congress at it's
closing session passed by reclamation
a resolution offered by Manchester
delegate asking the government to
grant immediate self-determination to
Ireland in accordance with the pro-
gram of President Wilson for all small
nations. The passing of the resolu-
tion was marked by remarkable
demonstration of approval.
The American labor delegates, Mr..
Gompers and William ]. Bowen, the
president Of the International Brick
layers. Union, cut an important figure
in the congress which took up these
important matters as we'll as consid-
GRAFTON of the terms of peace.
Discussing the Irish question, Mr..
Gompers said that personally he had
always been in favor of Home Rule
for ireland, and that the great mass of
the American people felt the same
way. He. felt that If the English
government had kept it's pledge to
give Home Rule to Ireland there
would have been none of the trouble
that occurred in that country and that
Ireland would have unanimously lined
up with "the cause of the free ma.
tions.'
Mr.. Bowen, following Mr.. Gompers,
said that nopne In America could un.
derstand why Ireland was not as much
entitled to self-determination as any
of the other small nations that had
been talked about. The American
people regarded Ireland as historic
and we'll defined nation entitled to de-
clare by majority vote of her people
what kind of government she desires
If England did not settle the question
now by granting self-government and
tereby giving the right Of self.deter
mination, the question would ultim
ately be settled after the war when
the nations got around the peace con
ference table, and the opinion of the
world would settle it right.
The Irish standard., 1918-11-16
Mary Anderson's Is
Years Of Retirement
No Forgetting Of the loveest Woman and Most Beautiful
aeter That Ever nonored the Stage in Ameriea-.Rer
Name Benedcton, Her Memory Delight

1t is twenty-five years since Mary
Anderson left the stage, at the merid-
ian of her career and her triumph, and
retired to home life in England, where
notoriety could not trouble her and
temptation to return to the stage be
far removed, says Rev. John Talbot
Smith in the Irish World of Nov. 9.
How completely she had made up
her mind the years have witnessed.
BY this time the world should have
forgotten her as completely as it for
got William Black and BARLEY Camp.
bell. two of fortunes favorites at the
time of Our Mary's retirement. But
there is no forgetting of the loveliest
woman and the most beautiful char
acter that ever honored the stage and
the American land. Her name Is q
benediction, her memory delight.
While an exile, living happily among
the noblest in England, there has been
no forgetting on her part. She has
carried her love of her native land in
her heart, and doubtless, as such a
character must do, has explained and
defended America among the heavy
witted and hostile many a time; until,
through service of this sort, and
through contemplation of the great
progress of the Republic, her love and
pride must have increased with the
years. When the war has ended and
the debris been cleared away, when
It shall have appeared how generous,
The Irish standard., 1918-11-16

was an appeal to national prejudices.
He skillfully played up the fact that
Rome was foreign, and the electors,
seeing their opportunity, eagerly av-
allied themselves Of the opening. To-
day we can see that the Church in
Germany simply changed masters.
She gave up the comparatively mild
rule of Rome in exchange for the
blood and iron of Prussia. If we go
back far enough into the roots Of his
tory to trace the causes of this war,
we shall place the responsibility upon
Luther. He was not an apostle of lib
erty, and he has really made neces-
sary this awful struggle of democracy
against autocracy.
And 80 far from freeing religion,
Luther enslaved it. Luther made it
subject to the whims and passions and
intrigues of petty German princes un-
til the Hohenzollerns succeeded in
dominating the whole Teutonic group
of peoples. It had Aeen better for the
world If Luther had never been born.
It had been better for the world If
Luther had died before his revolt.
What was the freedom he gave relig-
ion? The freedom of Prussian tyran-
ny? What was the freedom he gave
the world? The freedom of violated
Ro1pium NJ cruchod Roumonio ~
desolated Montenegro. What were the
triumphs of civilization we owe to
Luther? The sinking of a thousand
men and women and children in the
Lusitania, warfare Of frightfulness
on sea and land, submarines, poison
gas, liquid fire, ruin, havoc, rapine,
spread systematically over the whole
continent.
The Irish standard., 1918-11-16
Luther Not An Apostle
Of Liberty, Says Protestant

Luther and his revolt have supplied
themes for a good many pens. Hard
things have been said about Martin,
particularly by Catholics. But seldom
have we read a more scathing denun-
citation Of the religious revolutionary
than that delivered recently by Prof.
Frederick Eby, Professor of the His
tory of Education in the University Of
Texas. He was lecturing under the au-
spices of the University of Texas
Summer School and his subject was
German Propaganda" His audience
was dominantly Protestant and the
lecturer is not a Catholic. Here is an
extract from his message:
Last year was the four hundredth
anniversary of Luther mailing his the
ses to the door of the Cathedral at
Wittenberg. If the world had not
been engaged in tremendous war the
Protestant peoples would have cele-
brated this anniversary with unsur-
passed splendor and show. 1t happen
ed, however, that the energies of most
of the Protestant people were directed
in ute other channels. Outside Of q
few sporadic speeches and abortive
celebrations nothing came of the cen
tenary. And yet enough wasssaid and
done to show what would have been
had the world been free to devote it.
self to such things. Luther was hailed
as the great apostle of civil and relig-
ious liberty. He was held up as a
hero who had freed religion from the
thraldom of Rome, who had liberated
the State from the domination of an
anti-national Church.
Yet such achievements are 50 very
far from the real Luther that my
blood boiled every time 1 heard such
glorious deeds attributed to him. Lu-
ther was not an apostle of civil or re-
ligious liberty. This is such novel
view of Luther to most Of you that /
think you did not really grasp what l
said. Let me repeat, Luther was not
an apostle of civil or religious liberty.
Indeed, so far from this, Luther did
more than any other one man to en-
slave religion, to make it subservient
to politicians, to weld the Church into
an instrument which might be used
for tyranny in the hands of Bis
marck or William II. When Luther
revolted against the authority Of his
superiors in Rome. he appealed to the
German electors to support him. It
The Irish standard., 1918-11-16
Bishop keating Speaks in
Behalf Of Justice. to ireland
Determined Findings Of Convention viii Not Remain Dead Letter.
49,. In Spite Of Present Appearances New Day is
bawning For the "0d Land"

Perhaps the most brilliant interna-
tional function in the history of the
Catholic University at Washington
took place when Right Rev. Bishop
Shahan, the rector, entertained at
luncheon in honor Of the French and
English missions, which came to con-
vey the greeting of their respective
countries to Cardinal Gibbons on the
occasion of his golden episcopal jubi-
lee. Addresses were made by Right
Rev. Bishop shahan, who welcomed
his distinguished guests in the name
of the university; Bishop Keating.
Right Rev. Bishop Julien, Msgr. Bau-
drillart, the French ambassador, and
Msgr. Barnes. Bishop Keating, of
Northampton, expressed himself as
follows on the question of home rule
for Ireland:
"No such scheme of cooperation
among English-speaking Catholics can
be complete or satisfactory which
does not include the ancient, glorious
and ever faithful church of st. Pat
rick. For strange as it sounds, it is
the church of st. Patrick that has
been the foremost evangelist in the
English tongue and that has planted
or replanted the faith in every land
where that tongue is spoken. It IL
the church Of st. Patrick that has
colonized this great republic and ev-
cry dominion of the British crown with
church builders and school builders,
The Irish standard., 1918-11-16
An Irish Petition To
President Wilson and Congress

American Intervention in favor of
Ireland, which has been the chief aim
Of the Clan-na- Gael since America en-
tered the war, as was clearly shown
by documents issued in April, 1917,
which were read to the gathering.
These documents effectually dispose
of all the absurd stories of insurrec-
tionary plots with which the English
and American press has been filled
for the past year or more, and which
we're invented for the express pur-
pose of arousing prejudice against
Ireland among the American people.
Although these malicious stories
have been very generally discredited,
they have left an unfavorable impress
sion on the minds of many well-mean-
ing Americans. The English propa-
ganda against Ireland in the American
press has somewhat abated, but
enough of it still remains to inf1ict
serious injury on the Irish Cause.
It was felt by the conference, ospe-
NAsAAAy Wy uOAO6bIC0 AlOuA tIlO N11uul0
States and the West that it is abso.
lutely necessary to meet these attacks
on Ireland, by vigorous campaign
by Irish citizens to Offset it and to
enlfghten American public opinion.
Such a campaign was decided on, to
be carried out by perfectly. open and
legal methods and to be kept up un-
remittingly until the Peace Confer
ence shall meet to settle the issues
of the war and prepare to make such
another war impossible.
This work will require large
amount of money. and an appeal for
100000 was made. Pledges were
given by the branches represented at
the Conference for over $4,000 of this
amount. and confidence was expressed
that the districts not represented and
patriotic Irish women could be de-
pended on to raise the balance. The
delegates went home filed with the
purpose of raising this money and of
convincing their American friends and
neighbors of the Justice Of Irelands
claim to freedom.
The Irish standard., 1918-11-16

wondrous, timely and efficient Amer.
ican aid was to the prostrated Allies,
when the worn-out and bloody i'm
perialisms of Europe shall lie with
the Prussian in the one grave, when
for the first time true democracy will
have secured footing on European
soil, the glory of the American Repub.
lie will illuminate the world. Then
Mary Anderson's heart will swell in
her bosom, she will never, have to de-
fend or explain again the great Democ-
racy of the West, but merely bathe in
it's wide-spreading light. Without the
intervention of America the Prussian
would at this moment be the master
of Europe, as he had planned since the
days of Bismarck; and both foolish
Europe and the foolish section of
America did it's share towards that
mastery by its sickening adulation OF
the blood-and-iron policy fifty years
ago.
Mary Anderson's Share In War Work.
Recently Our Mary wrote the story
Of her special share in the war work
of the time for The Universe of Lon
don. For special reasons, which will
appear in the course of this article,
give detailed account Of her little
achievement, and some quotations
from her own account. She began
with this declarations: II am an
American citizen, and my many years
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The Irish standard., 1918-11-16

with bishops and priests, with relig-
ious men and women and with a laity
which sets no bounds to it's generosity
and loyalty. In every age the eyes Of
the greatest leaders in the English
church have been turned in longing
expectation toward the church of st.
Patrick, from Miner to Manning and
Wiseman, and especially Newman in
the imperishable lectures delivered to
the Irish Catholic University.
English Catholics today are no less
warm in their affection for less eager
for cooperation. For the moment In.
deed the horizon is overloaded by
maddening political intrigues which
have put Ireland in a false position
before the world. With Ahose in
trigues the Irish hierarchy considers
itself bound to deal, because the Irish
people are accustomed to look for
guidance to their clergy in temporal
as we'll as spiritual matters, but the
English hierarchy, like the American
hierarchy, are very differently stu
ated.
"We have nothing to do with party
politics anywhere: But this I car
say, that the British public in general
and British Catholics in particular
are determined that the findings ot
the Irish convention shall not remain
a dead letter, and we shall give ou,
support 'en masse' to the Government
CONTINUED on Page8.)
The Irish standard., 1918-11-16
CATHOLIC CHRONICLES

Rev. Michael B. Sullivan, pastor of
st. Leo's church, Pawtucket, R. l., and
one of the most prominent priests in
the Diocese of Providence, died on
Tuesday, October 20, after brief i'll.
ness Of pneumonia. Father Sullivan
was born in Fall River, Mass, in 1873.
He entered st. Laurent College, Mont
real, after graduating from the Durfee
High School in Fall River, and after
graduation from college he entered
the Grand Seminary, Montreal. where
he took his theological course.
The third priest of San Francisco
to sacrifice his life in devotion to duty
in ministering to those stricken with
influenza was Rev. Patrick F. Kelly.
assistant pastor of st. Patrick's
church, who died on October %. Fa-
ther Kelly was born in County Tip
perary, Ireland, twenty-seven years
ago, and was ordained at Thurles two
years ago.
Rev. Thomas O'Reilly, assistant
Priest at Our Lady of Sorrows church,
Corona, Long Island, died Oh October
%, after brief illness of influenza.
He was born at Belturbet, County
Cavan, Ireland, on March 20, 1889. He
was educated at St. Patrick's College,
Cavan and Maynooth. He was Or
dained in June, 1916, for the Diocese
of Meath, Ireland. Shortly after his
ordination, due to the shortage Of
priests in Brooklyn, he was loaned by
his Bishop for three years to that do
cese.
The Irish standard., 1918-11-16

A priest of the Portland, Maine dio-
cese has challenged the ruling Of a
board of health, though it was backed
by State Law, and in declaring that it
iuterfered with the religious freedom
guaranteed under the Constitution of
the United States. A Catholic Church
in Springvale, Me-, which is part of
the town Of Sanford, was open for two
services on Sunday, and as a result
the priest was arrested. He was found
guilty and fined but has appealed the
case and is now under bond to the
January term of the State Supreme
court, where the test will doubtless at
tract widespread attention.
There is on the Maine statute books
a law permitting local boards of health
to make such rulings as are regarded
as necessary at times said to demand
the safeguarding of the health of the
community. These stand as law when
approved by Supreme Court Of JUS
tice. Believing the recent epidemic to
be severe enough to warrant a ban up
on all gatherings, the Sanford Board
of Health ordered all places of amuse.
ment closed and forbade public gath
erings. A further ruling was also
made, forbidding church services, and
Justice Scott Wilson approved it.
Rev. Joseph o. Casavant, pastor Of
Notre Dame Church in springvale, met
the members of the Board Of Health
and urged that this ruling be recinded
because he claimed that it was uncon-
stitutional. The health board refused
to change it's rulings and the priest,
notwithstanding this fact, announced
that he would have his church open
for two Masses on Sunday, advising
the board that he did not wish to stand
as one opposed to the observances OF
the laws, but reasoning that he be-
Meved the law in this case to be con.
trary to the Constitution and stating
that he believed test case would be
necessary, if the health board saw fit
10 enforce the ruling.
The two Masses were held and
Father Casavant was arrested. He
was arraigned on Wednesday before
Judge John V. Tucker, waived exam
ination and found guilty. He was fined
$50 and costs. Entering an appeal,
he was placed under bonds of 500 to
appear before the Supreme Court in
January.
When the case comes before the
high court, it is to be expected that
It will attract much attention. There
is q basic idea involved, the soundness
Of which is widely recognized. As
Louis 8. Walsh, of Portland, has con-