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The Robesonian., 1918-01-28
FUNERAL MRS. j. T. BARKER
She Died in Wilmington Friday
and Remains We're Inferred
Here Saturday-Third Mem
ber of Family to Die.

The funeral of Mrs. J. T. Barker,
whose death occurred at the home of
her son-in-law and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. J. Moore, in Wilmington, early
Friday morning, was conducted from
the Presbyterian church here Satnr-
day at 10 a. m. The services were
conducted by Rev DR.. G. E. Moore
house, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, Of which deceased was a-mem-
her Interment was made in Meadow
brook cemetery. The floral offerings
| We're numerous and attractive. Tie
pallbearers were: Messrs. c. 3. Skip
per, Jno. S. McNeill, James William
son, Jno. D. Mcmillan, A. H. Mcleod
and T. A. Mcneil, Jr. The remains
were brought over the Seaboard from
Wilmington Saturday morning.
Mrs. Barker's death was due tc
stroke paralysis, which she suffer
ed Tuesday morning. She is survived
by four children-two daughters
Mesdames J. j. Moore and A. J. Tink
ham, of Wilmington-and two sons
Mr. Marvin Barker, of Hopewell, Va
: and Mr.. James Barker, who is in tn
=. army am perhaps Ilo" OIl LIS Woy =
:. France. He could not be located a
the time of his mothers death.
6 Deceased lived here until last sum
mer, when she moved to Wilmingto
to live with her daughters. She wa
;, the third member of the family
- die within a years time. Her husban
q died last March and about mont
later a son, Johnnie, died. Mrs. Ba
ker was a sister Of Messrs. A. L. ar
a D. W. Bullock, of Rowland, was wei
~ known, and had numerous friends.
=, =, Mrs. ]. j. Moore and Messrs. J.
~ Moore and A. J Tinkham, Of WI
" naington, daughter and sonsin-]aw
! deceased, attended the funeral al
~ - returned home Saturday night. MI
i r. W. Shelby and Miss Mary Re
~ ~ mond, Of Lumberton, went to W
i mington Thursday and were with d
ceased when the end came.
Mr.. Marvin Barker was taken 81
just after his mothers death and "
y not able to attend the funeral. Tl
mornings Wilmington Star stat
that. he is still very ill.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-28
o. E. s. Appoints Committee o.
Local Charity Work.

At the regular meeting Thursday
evening of Lumberton chapter NO.
116, Order Of the Eastern Star, a COM
mittee was appointed for local char
ity work, the committee being. COM
posed of Mrs. II. I. Pope, chairman
Mesdames n. A. Thompson and F. j.
Thomas. This committee will be
glad to cooperate with any other
charity organization Of the town, ano
It will be glad to receive contribu
tions of money or clothing from any
one. Phone or see any member Of
this committee if you know Of an!
one in distress.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-28
RAYNHAM NEWS ITEMS.
Box Supper Friday Evening"
Personal Mention.

Correspondence of The Robesonlan. =
Raynham, Jan. 26.-AH the boys OF
this section are worrying about
the the drafting business, but we hope
Dr.. c. M. Townsend has employed
? new clerk, Mr.. Jno. n. Paul, OF
Swan Quarter.
Mss Jessie Stone, Of this section
is in school at Littleton. We hope
she will have great success.
We are to have box supper at the
school house next Friday night, feo-
lst. at 1880 All are invited.
Messrs. Thos. L. Stone and Claude
L. McCallum were in Rowland tues:
day on business. Mr.: McCallum hae
to have glasses fitted. We hope ht
will not have any more trouble with
| bis eyes.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-28
PHILADELPHUs
SCHOOL NOTES
Play Given for Red Cross-k Red
Gross School-War Program
and Other Special Chapel Exer.
ciSes-Personal.

Correspondence Of The Robesonian.
Philadelphus Red Springs, K. y,
Jan. pa play was given in the
school auditorium last Friday evening,
entitled, The Dust of the Earth, the
following taking part: Misses Margie
Humphrey, Mary Tiddy, Peyton Mark
ham, Mrs. J. J. Ashley; Messrs. Lacy
Mclean. Colt Whitlock, Bundy Nc
/ Ntill, Willie Humphrey, John Ne
Leod and Franz, Humphrey. About
$50 were taken in At the door. This
money will be used for the benefit Ci
. the school. After the play the Red
. Cross served Sandwiches, coffee suo
chocolate, the proceeds OF which
amounted to $35. At a future date
the play will be repeated in Rec
Springs.
Because Of farming interests, Lac.
Mclean of Laurinburg, who has bee
one of the boarding students, has bee
obliged to stop school. Both teacher
and pupils regret his leaving.
\ MIR. Lacy Buie recently was so ur
u fortunate as to have his arm broke
=, while starting car. He seems, how
II ever, to be rapidly improving.
The Philadelphus high school ha
n contributed enough money to NAL
- CnlS q ReO STOSS SCHOOL. IdTJ Oh u
e money given by the school was S
% cured by a shipment Of waste pap
L which was sent to paper mill, whe
i it was sold for rs cents per cwt.
U. Mr.. jim Collins leaves next we
re for New York, whence he will sail f
1e England to join the army. He car
to America about four years ago.
7u Wednesday morning on INTEREST,"
S chapel exercise was given upon I
h topic "The Family and Mother. NJ
Reaves read fitting Bible selection
m then The Family" was recited
T., Hattie Mcmillan. Nobody knows !
gh Mother" was given by jamie JacksC
and Kipling's Mother O. Mine" v
les cited by Margaret Brown.
at Messrs. Colt Whitlock, Bundy
Of Neill and Angus Stewart spent
weekend at their respective homes
ie- The fifth, sixth, and seventh graC
RS. assisted by their teacher, Mrs. j.
lr. Ashley, rendered a war program
lille in chapel Friday morning. Esp
er- ally impressive was the prayer
a recited by Margaret Brown.
at At the expiration of Miss Han
ed McNeill's term as school correspc
'he ent, Angus Stewart was elected
nth that office.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-28
VOL. XLVIlI
FARM DEMONSTRATION
AGENT FOR ROBEsON
District Agent Freeman An,
nounces That He Has Secured
Services of DR.. A. H. Kerr,
Formerly of sampson-He Will
Enter Upon New Duties About
February 1st.

DR.. a. II. Kerr, native Of Samp-
son county, but for some time engag
ed in dairy work in Norfolk, We, has
accented the position of farm demon
stration AGENT for Robson county
and it is understood that he will en-
ter upon his new duties about Feb
ruary Isl.
District Agent r. W. Freeman Of
Wilson stated when in Lumberton
last Wednesday that he hoped to be
able to secure the services of DR..
Kerr, but the matter was not in
definite enough shape to make an
nOuncement in Thursdays Robson
ian Mr.. Freeman went from Lum-
berton to Wilmington and in Satur.
days Star appeared news item tC
the effect that DR.. .Kerr's services
had been secured for this importan
position.
DR.. Kerr is a licensed veterinary
surgeon and is specially trained il
the livestock industry. In mention
ing his appointment The Star says
"He is considered a splendid man fo
the position and will receive a cor
dial welcome in Robson, which ha
made great progress in an agricul
tural way in the last few years."
Robson has been without a farr
demonstrator since Mr.. L. E. BlancE
ard was drafted into military servic
last fall. There has been great cor
cern all over the county about ST
curing the proper man to succee
Mr.. Blanchard and the announcemel
that DR.. Kerr's services have bee
secured will be received with plea
ure. Miss Lulu M. Cassidy, count
home demonstration agent, worke
with DR.. Kerr in Sampson coun
and speaks highly Of his ability ar
fitness for the duties of farm der
OnstratOr.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-28
RED SPRINGS NEWS ITEMS.
Concert at College This Evening
Band Concert Saturday Eve
ning-Social and Pedsonal.

Correspondence Of The Robesonian.
Red Springs, Jan. 26.-Miss Berta
Davis of Dunn is visiting Miss Gene !
We've Mcmillan.
Miss Marie Bell of Monroe is Wis |
iting friends at the college. Miss
Bell is very pleasantly remembered
here, having graduated in the class
of 1914
{ On Monday evening January %,
| the attraction at the college will
be a concert by Leonid Samolof, a
Russian tenor and the following as
/ sistants: Miss Bertha Farmer, So
prano; Miss Lillian Scneinkman,
| violin celest: Nr Mann, pianist.
Sarlo:0ff has appeared as . co-star
with many Of the leading singers
of American and has tenor voice
of unusual richness and color. Miss
i -Scheinkman, cellest, has studied At
. the Institute of Musical Art underline
great cellest William Willehe OF the
: Kneiel Quartette. Miss Farmer was
/ singing in Europe when the wal
| broke out. She volunteered for ser
:. vice and for months gave devoted ser
g vice to the wounded in the frenci
S hospitals. Her health gave way ant
d she was compelled to come home.
u Inc aQmlSSlOl W CIilS SOliScit WI
n be Soc.
n The band concert which was give
e in the graded school auditorium wa
n quite a success, but owing to tn
.el bad weather only a few were able t
l. go, so the boys have kindly consent
in ed to repeat it in the college aud
r torium on Saturday evening at. 8:3
i'll Part of the proceeds will go to II
Id Red Cross. The admission will
or 10 and 20 cents.
ay Miss Elizabeth Vardell entertain;
on a number of her friends on Thur
t? day afternoon in honor Of Miss Cat
he Messrs. Lathrop Buie and Jol
to Graham, Of Camp Jackson, S 4
ng spent a few days home on furloui
last week.
* Miss Eunice Pearsall, who teach
ed in Raeford, spent the weekend
home Miss Eliza McEacherl,
Raeford, came with her.
me Among the guests here for the
ent Vane-Dixon wedding are Mr.. and M
to Benjamin Huske of Fayetteville, y
led and Mrs. John deVane of Fayetevi
his and Mrs. Hugh McAlister, Of Iumb
of ton. The Misses deNane gave
iss beautiful luncheon on Saturday
End one o'clock, to the deVane- Dixon W
]. ding party and few friends.
ent house was beautifully decorated W
m 4 pink carnations.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-28
Income Tax Man Here.

Mr.. N. A. Watson, deputy. revenue
collector for this district, arrived mere
this morning and will be here all t1ls N
week for the purpose OF advising the
people in connection with the income
tax and what constitutes an '1coiIle'
He will be in the commissioners room
at the court house each day from 9
a. m. till p. m. ~
Those desiring information along
tbis line should see Mr.. Watson.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-28
Superior Court-Date For Dixon
Trial Will Be Set This After

A weeks term of Superior court for
the trial of criminal cases convened
this morning at 1890. Judge Geo.
W. Connor of Wilson, is presiding
Mr.. J. H. Pittman, Of Fairmont, is
foreman of the grand jury and Mr..
W. II. Powell is officer. Solicitor
S. B. Mclean is here to represent the
HE day for the trial Of ": D. Dix
on. who is charged with killing Al
fred Thomas, Indian, at Pembroke;
some two months ago, will be named
this afternoon. Dixon will be tried
for first degree murder.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-28

Wilmington Star, Jan: 28:-Mr
Marvin Barker, called here from Hope
we'll, where he has a position with the
DUPONT people, on the sad mission OF
attending the funeral of his mother
Mrs. J. T. Barker. who was bur1ec
at Lumber son Saturday, is himself
very i'll st the home Of his brother-l1t
law, Mr.. J. J. Moore, No. A20 Camp
bell street, ard was unable to at
tend the funeral after reaching TIT
city.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-28
House to House Canvass for Red
Cross Members.

The membership committee of the
Red Cross society will make a house
to house canvass of the town during
this week. They hope to secure the
membership of all adults not yet con-
nected with the organization. Per
sons interested will please have ti.e
membership fee Of one dollar in read
mess for the committee when they
call
Subcommittee will dc similar work
at the several mills.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-28
Death Of lTr. G.. M. Martin.

Mr.. C. M. Martin, aged about so
years, died at the Thompson hospi-
tai late Saturday afternoon. Deceas-
ed underwent an operation for appen-
dicitis several days ago. He IS SUE
vived by his wife and several chill
dren. Interment was made this morn
ing in the family burying ground
near Center church.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-28
Rnsiness Houses Closed Today.

Practically all the business houses
in town are closed again today IN
compliance with the closing orders
OF the fuel administration. grocery
stores remained open Up TO noon,
while tbs drygoods stores nave oeell ~
closed al day. This IS the second n ol
ten "heatless" Moneays oloereo Wy
Tuaa ADMINISTRATOR Garfield.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-28
MIR. II. M. Mckllister Is Fuel Ad-
ministrator.

Mr.. H. e. Stacy, county food ad-
mini istrator, says people Keep calling
him up asking HIM about the fue
order. NJ H. M. McAllister of Lum.
berton is fuel administrator for Robe
son and all sucn inquiries should be re
ferred to him.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-28

The city commissioners OF Char
lotte Thursday, after a conference
with the city health officer and Mai
". ". Brown of the U. S. public
health service, decided to take imme..
diate action against the possibility of
further spread OF spinal meningitis
by ordering all schools, churches and
theatres Of the city closet for i period
Of 2 weeks.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-28

All members of the committee
on Junior Red Cross WORK, Of which
Mr.. ". II. Humphrey is chairman, are
asked to meet on Tuesday evening
at Z o'clock in the commissioners
room a tthe court house.
The Robesonian., 1918-01-28

Miss Mary Jones returned yesser-
day from Fairront whore size sJent
last week visiting friends and rela-
tives. ..,s1.<11s - ---..l-1
The Robesonian., 1918-01-28

Members of the local army ex-
emption> board have been furnished
badges. The badges bear the follow
ING inscriptions: 'Selective Service
Il. S."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-02-08
Tho Millennium.


Millennium is term applied in the
ology to the thousand years during
which Satan win be bound and the
martyred saints live and reign with
Observation-Disclosures 20 :2-3. This long
triumph is to be preceded by the
decisive victory of Christ over the ad-
versary, and followed by general res
surrectiOn and the temporary release
Of Satan then come the last judgment
and the new heaven and new earth
Revelations 10 :21. All that is posit-
lively told respecting the millennium
can be read In the Scriptures. To the
passages indicated various interpreta-
tons have been given, and upon the
literal Interpretation various theories
have been built.
Attempts to fix the date Of the ad-
vent, the second coming, the dawn Of
the millennium, have been proved by
lapse of time to have been failures.
Some Of the dates that have been fixed
for the beginning Of the millennium
have been 1855, by man named Still
ing; 1886, by Bengel; 1S43, by Miller !;
1855, 1867 and 1868. by Doctor Cum
ming; and 1890. by the Mormon
church.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-02-08
MUSIC REACHES THE HEART
Performer Dealing In Emotions Cap
tivates Women More Swiftly Than
the Poets or Painters.

The poet deals In words, while the
painter deals In color and form, but
the musician deals In emotions and
therefore his appeal to wcmen Is al
ways more swift, as 1t Is always more
subtle, than the appeal of any other
artist.
Such, summed up by a writer in the
Philadelphia North American, is the
latest theory to explain the lure Of mu-
SIC for women and the attraction Of
the dark-eyed, long-haired musician
himself.
The average woman, say the theor-
lists, Is hemmed in with conventions
that make her feel prudish discom-
fort If a book or poem talks too open
ly Of what she thinks of, but never
puts into words. With a picture it is
the same way, but in the music, she
hears with emotional delight all the
rOmanticism, all the beauty, and all
the vague dreams which she hides so
closely from the world. In conse-
quence she reads into the music her
own feelings, and then she confuses
the musician with his music. He, too,
is keyed up to high tension; he feels
telepathically the emotion he has COM
municated, and so spark Is kindied
between them. AS for the result
well, sometimes 1t Is love. sometimes
a momentary infatuation-that all de-
Ponds upon how much music they hear
together and how much pent-up nerv-
GUS emotionalism lies buried in the
wOman's soul.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-02-08
The Mlddlemen.

A farmer raised a peck Of wheat
beside the River Dee; a boarder ate
wheated loaf way down in Ten
nessee the loaf the boarder fed upon
cost half as much and more as did the
farmers peck of wheat month or so
before. "Now, why is this" the board
err raved, "they hold me up on bread?'
"And why is wheat so bloomin' cheap?'
the plodding farmer said.
A chap beyond the Rocky ridge
raised 20 pounds of lines; another
one In old New York was kicking on
the times, for he had downed a glass
Of "ade," and, poor forlorn galoot, had
paid one-half the market price of 20
pounds of fruit. "Now, why is this,
they soak me thus for this wee sip Of
'ade'?" "And why" exclaimed the
orchard man, 'am I so poorly paid"
Now hold your horses steady there.
you man beside the Dee; go easy
there, you hungry chap In sunny Ten
nessee; restrain yourself, you orchard
man, fOrbear this angry talk, and you
beside the soda fOunt In Little Old
Moo Yawk, remember this: Our food
and drink, no matter where and when,
must also be the food and drink Of
thirty INSTRUMENTATION Globe
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-02-08
The First Lessons.

The happy and prosperous children
are those who have before all else the
education that comes by reverence.
writes Amelia e. Barr. This educa-
ton is beyond all doubt the highest,
the deepest, the widest and the most
perfect Of all the forms Of education
ever given to man. A child that fns
not been taught to reverence God, and
all that represents God to man
honor, honesty, justice, mercy, truth,
love. courage, self-sacrifice. is sent into
the world like boat sent out to sea,
without rudder, ballast, compass or
captain. The manipulation table can
wait until the child has been taught
to reverence all that Is holy. wise and
good, and the Imagination received its
first impulse.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-02-08
MEMORY MAPS" ARE FREAKS
Try to Draw Outlines Of the Various
Countries and You Will BE Sur
| prIsed at Your Ignorance.

! A man and wife sat at the table at
their home trying to draw the outline
map Of Europe. from memory. OBJ
serves the Ohio State Journal. They
soon found that they knew little about
1t. They had been reading of European
events for years, and yet when they
came to putting their mind picture OF
the continent on paper they forgot their
geography entirely. The man had read
Anabasis and Homer In the original
and yet put Greece between the Adri-
latic and the coast of Spain, and left
Austria out altogether. The wife had
Spain and France side by side on an
east and west line, with Belgium to the
north, covering both, while she made
the boot Of Italy fashionable $40
Igaiter. Anyone looking at the two
maps could tell they were not Of
America or Asia, but of where, he
couldn't say.
But seriously, 1t is a delightful
amusement and might with profit be in
ldulged In more. After one gets through
with Europe, take the other continents
and the countries that belong to them.
And then one might come nearer home.
IT would be really sad to observe the
ignorance concerning our own lOcali-
ties, but 1t would be amusing, too. Just
for fun, have company draw maps Of
Great Britain and Ireland, or Turkey,
China, Kansas and Nebraska, Louis
lana, Delaware, etc., and much sur
Iprised you will be to see how this old
earth had changed since you trusted
It to your memory.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-02-08
Public Health Notice

An epidemic of chickenpox prevails
in Owosso, mostly in the Washington
school district. All children having it
must not attend school, but be kept
strictly at home and reported to the
health officer by phone, mail or in per-
son. Children who have had it may
attend school, but others in the same
house with a case cannot.
Whooping cough is also quite pre-
valent and is dangerous to infants.
This disease must also be reported
the same as chickenpox, and children
kept strictly at home and off the pub
lie walks.
w. E. WARD,
Adv. Health Officer.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-02-08
Prehistoric Man Found.

The remains of prehistoric man
have been found near Mexico City
buried under three meters of volcanic
lava. 1t is supposed they are ut least
10000 years old as the oldest records
Of Mexico make no mention Of an
eruption Of the volcano Ajusco.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-02-08
Musical Stones.


1t 10 an undisputed fact that in Mo-
rocco pigs climb trees In search Of
nuts. says the Los Angeles Times. Not
only pigs but goats. The puzzle is not
In the pigs and goats, however, for
they are Of the common variety that
we see here. 1t is the tree that Is
strange. 1t IL called the argan nut
tree and It grows near Agadir. Usual
" It shoots out from steep hillside.
The trunk IL broad and fat and al
most horizontal, and 50 are the main
branches, forming ample and solid
foothold for any animal that may be
tempted by the olive-shaped nuts grow
ing within easy reach Of the man
branches.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-02-08
Small Prescriptions.

Many physicians have a habit Of
writing prescriptions without calcu-
lating the quantity of medicine their
patients are to take. This leads to a
great waste Of drugs and much I'M
necessary expense. Which leads the
New York Medical Journal to urge
physicians to be more careful.
Another evil result Of this far too
common practice is that partly used
prescriptions are stored away In the
medicine chest, and next time the pa
tient has, or thinks he has, the same
symptoms, he takes what he supposes
to be the same medicine.
But the chief reason why physi-
clans should not prescribe four or six
ounces when they know only one or
two will be used, is that 1t is wasting
the drugs and making the patient pay
far more for his medicine than is at
all necessary.
Musical Stones.
Walter b. Smith of Bangor. Me-, has
dug from the river bank musical
stones which are thought to have been
fashioned by prehistoric man. These
stones are from one and n half to two
inches thick and from eight to twelve
inches long. When struck they emit
musical tones.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-22
HAS PLAN FOR YEAR
OF THIRTEEN MONTHS

WASHINGTON, April 20--Represen-
tative Smith, Republican, of Michigan,
has introduced a bill to simplify the
calendar. He would make each
month twenty-eight days long and add
a new month, after June. So under
this plan a year would be thirteen
months long instead of twelve
This is in line with the daylight
proposition in that it is an effort to
enable men to adapt themselves better
to natural conditions" he said. by
evening up the months We will remove
lot of difficulty and unfairness sucn
as is caused by some months longer
than others We were brought up re-
garding month as having four weeks.
This makes it that in fact. The calen-
dar has been changed several times.
The one we are living by is ancient. :"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-22
RHEyNATICS ARE
MADE HAPPY
SATISFIED THAT "NEUTR0NE PRE-
SCRIPTION 997 is ALL THAT'S
CLAIMED

This reliable prescription has, since
being placed in the hands OF the pub
lie, done more to remove Rheumatic
Troubles than all previous remedies
combined.
It is different from other remedies
il that it does not upset the stomach
or impair the heart, a condition here
tofore thought impossible.
It is not a cure-all but remedy
to be taken internally treating Rheu-
natism as constitutional disease, "
its general action through the blood.
The treatment is most complete
combination of misunderstanding
elements and is dependable to produce
results from the fact it aims at rEeu-
matism as a disease of the blood. SOC
and ST 90 the bottle.
For sale by Howells Pharmacy
Americus, Ga, and leading druggists
c. erywhere adv
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-04-22
Little Cotton Planted.

OXFORD, Ca, April 22.-Less cot
ton is being planted in Newton county
this year than last in spite of the pre-
vailing high prices, and more food
stuffs will be raised More purebred
cattle and hogs are being raised and
practically no sheep and goats. All
crops are being cultivated intensively.
No damage of consequence is expected
from the boil weevil, but kind of
worm, destructive to cotton. has been
found. Farmers are at disadvantage
in re-planting their cold hurt crops.
on account of the scarcity of seed. il
great number of war gardens are to
be seen throughout the country.