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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11
ABOUT DELAYED
PAPERS.

COMPLAINTS about not getting The
Robesonian regularly were never so
numerous as they have been lately.
The fault is not in this Office. The
paper is mailed as usual every Mon
day and Thursday afternoon, and II
you do not get your copy regularly
the fault is in the mail service, winch
was never before so unsatisfactory
For several weeks recently Robeson-
ian addressed to a man in the western
mart of the State came back to Lum-
berton regularly and was placed IN the
box of the mans son here. The paper
had been going to that address Tor
several wears without complaint, but
suddenly it began coming back. Per
haps some kind-hearted railway mall
clerk happened to know the son IN
Lumberton and took it upon himself
to correct what he regarded as q
blunder in this Office. Anyway, the
naper came back persistently. Which
is lust an illustration, though an eX-
IRENE one, perhaps, of the way pa
pers have been handled in the mails
recently. Postmaster General Burle-
son contemplates the efficiency OF the
mail service with JOY and satisfaction
such as those in newspaper offices
where papers are addressed and mailed
with meticulous care find it difficult
to feel when complaints about slow
and irregular delivery come thick and
fast. 1t would give us some JOY to
wipe out a good-sized sector of MIR.
Burleson's SNUG satisfaction with his
mail service, and we could do it, too,
if he does not live IL atmosphere al
together too dense to be punctured
by some words that struggle to get
out of our system sometimes when
we contemplate these things. Erin
stance-er-aw, what's the use? Let
us pray.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11
BLUE MONDAYS ARE OVER
Heatless Mondays Abolished For
This and Seven Other Southern
States-Program May Be Aban-
doned Entirely After Today.

Today business houses are open in
Lumberton as usual for the first Mon
day since January II. Heatless Mon
days have been abolished in North
Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi
pi and Louisiana. DR.. H. A, Garfield,
Federal fuel administrator, decided
Thursday to rescind the Monday clos
ing order so far as the States named
above are concerned. County Fuel
Administrator H. NJ. McAllister re-
ceived a wire Thursday night from
the State fuel administrator that no
more heatless Mondays were to be
observed in this State.
Continued improvement in weather
and transportation conditions will
bring an end to the heatless Monday
program in all sections after today,
Fuel Administrator Garfield announc-
ed Friday night.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
SALE IN GRADED SCHOOL
Sales Reported From Higher
Grammar Grades-No More
Patriotic Work.

To the Editor of The Robesonlan.
It is reported from the Lumberton
graded school by the three higher
grades of the grammar department
that stamps have been sold as follows:
First grade-Miss Barker, teacher,
-S382.S8.
Sixth grade-Miss Snead, teacher
S491.10.
Seventh grade-Miss Fuller, teach
er-$200.50.
This report is only as to stamps
sold, and some reports have come IN
from other grades as to stamps pur-
chased, but being unable to state
whether they are included IN the
amount sold by other grades, they are
not reported at present. rms IN
cludes sales up to 3 o'clock Friday al
ternoon, February 9Th, and a report
will be asked for each week as of
that time.
The county management takes this
occasion to express its appreciation OF
the activity in this school and the en-
thusiasm that has prevailed since the
first request to begin in this campaign
has been extremely patriotic.
1t is desired by the Management OF
the campaign of the county, State
and National committees that every
room in every school lend its help te
the Government by forming War Saw
ings societies, and then with vlgor'
Gus campaign for the sale of stamps
None are too small or too large te
take orders for stamps on the blue
postal cards. The enthusiasm of the
grades that have reported is especial
ly helpful, and no more patriotic scene
can be witnessed every day than the
busy efforts of these PATRIOTS who are
canvassing this vicinity for Thrift
Stamps and War Savings stamps. The
good results not only help win the
war, but help to plant habit of thrift
in the purchasers, and to instill ir
the solicitors the pleasure of con
scious service in this crisis.
L. R. VARSER, Chairman,
w. LENNON, Secretary.
Lumberton, Feb. II, 1918.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11
WHEN EPIDEMLCS
GAIN FOOT HOLD
Drastic Measures Must Be Adopt
ed To Check Their Spread.
Efforts of Health Authorities Are
Directed Toward Preventing
Contagion and Public
Should Assist.

When contagious disease once gets
a foothold in any community it is an
exceedingly difficult thing to check.
When such an outbreak appears the
efforts of health authorities are prop
erly devoted to preventing its fur
tier spread, like a fire department,
when they see that Il structure is
doomed they turn their attention TO
saving the surrounding buildings.
This idea of preventive treatment is
very good; its only fault lies in its
not being adopted soon enough. The
people themselves should adopt pre-
tentative measures by keeping their
bodies strong and healthy. This can
not be done when men and women per-
nit themselves to suffer with indiSes-
ton, constipation, stomach trouble and
similar health undermining ,naladies.
Sufferers from these diseases should
take immediate steps to check their
DEVELOPMENT the moment their pres
stomach makes its condition known to
the victim by unmistakabIe signs.
There is feeling of WEAKNESS, pains
a bad taste in the mouth and loss of
appetite. 1t is in combating this
disorder that Peplac has shown itself
to be remarkably successful. It elm
mates poison from the system, en-
riches the blood and the body is nour-
ished by the food taken into the stom-
ach, which resumes it's highly import
ant function. Hundreds Of men and
women in this state have made volun-
tary statements saying that Pcplac
did this for them and restored them
to robust health.
Peplac is sold by the following deal
ers: Lumberton, Grantham Bros, Pope
Drug Co., j. D. Mcmillan; Rowland
Rowland Drug Co.; Maxton, Barnes
Bros; Bladenboro, Blaienboro Drug
Co.; Clarkton, G.. L. & E. S. Clark;
Fairmont, Fairmont Drug Co
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11
ON SAFE GROUND.

President Wilson has put it up to
Congress to say whether Congress
shall run the war OF shall give the
President free hand to run it. Some
members of Congress are nightly
stirred up about it and say they will
never vote to give the President pow
ers he asks for in bill introduced by
Senator Overman. Certain Senators
are pegging away with the idea of
tieing the Presidents hands in
measure by creating war cabinet to
run the war, and the President boldly
asks for even more power. Parker
Anderson, Washington correspondent
of the Greensboro Daily News, says
that the day after Senator Overman
introduced the bill he found only ore
member of the House from North
Carolina who came right out and said
.l1e would vote for the bill. That mem
Der is from the Sixth district. Mr..
Goodwin is quoted by Mr.. Anderson as
saying: 81 am an administration man,
l am no Stacker and l don't kick over
the administration traces. / am for
anything that President Wilson desires
to win this war. have not read the
bill but l will vote for it if the Presi-
dent says it is necessary to win the
war"
Bully for Goodwin. If some members
Of Congress who pose as great and
shining lights would get on the same
platform they would be rendering the
| country greater service than they
will ever render it by trying to as
tonish the world with some little pro
gram Of their own Mr.. Goodwin is OF
safe ground.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11
Name EN-, Tom.
StateSville Landmark.


Tom Bost keeps repeating in his
Raleigh correspondence the story
that some Of the local exemption
boards sat on Sunday to draw pay
for every day and Sunday, too, and
piled up the cost Of passing on regis
trants to $50 head. The story is
not questioned in the least. Many Of
the exemption board appointments
were purely political, intended to
help local political machines, and of
course appointees Of that type take it
for granted in advance that they are
put on to get all out Of it possible
But why doesn't Mr.. Bost give the
names Of the counties in which this
sta naeiess profiteering occurred and
the men who; profited by it? The
public has a right to know who they
are and making the facts public
would help much to avoid repetition
| Of the grating. Name 'em, Tom.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11
Whole Hearted Cooperation
Pledged BY Banks. :.

tWholehearted cooperation by
banks and trust companies was pledg-
ed in thousands of kilograms received
by Secretary McAdoo Thursday states
Washington dispatch, in response to
his appeal to banks to appropriate
one per cent Of their resources every
two weeks for twenty weeks for pur-
chases of certificates of Indebtedness
to be issued in preparation for the
third Liberty loan.
Some of the kilograms indicating
the enthusiasm Of the bankers were :
"You can have everything in our
bank but the fixtures"
"Our resources are 81 100000. Ten
per cent would be 100000. We lave
this day set aside 100000 subject to
your CALL"
"Our resources are at your COM
mand. They will be of no use to us
if Germany wins" -
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Troops of the regular, national
guard and national army divisions
will be made available for parades
or reviews in towns or cities near
their training centers to the fullest
possible extent hereafter under an
order issued by Secretary Baker. Di-
VISION and other Commanders are d.
rected to grant requests of this char
acter from municipal officers wher-
ever municipal necessity will permit
but they are cautioned not to add
unnecessary burdens to the railway
facilities by taking troops on rail-
way journeys.
On the Italian front From January
rs to February 6 the Entente airmen
brought down Sc enemy machines.
II 4
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt under
went an operation Tuesday in New
York for abcesses which had formed
In his ears, although he was only re-
covering from another operation per-
formed few days before at his Gvs-
ter Bay home for fistula.
Thomas A. Edison is II years old
today. The great inventor is deyot-
ing all his attention to war work.
beginning his day early in the morn
ing and continuing it until past mid
night. His health is said to be ex-
cellent. He will not slow up his war
work to spend the day in the Gus
tomary celebration at his home in
Llewellyn park, West Orange, N. J.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11

That Governor Beckett had reasons
which to him appeared sufficient to
warrant him in pardoning the four
negroes who beat up a Robson coup-
ty rural policeman we doubt not at
all, but many people of the section
where the crime was committed fail
to find any justification for the par
don. 1t would be rather remarkable
ii Governor who has the onerous
duty of deciding every, pardon issue
presented to him should make no mis-
takes, and there are plenty OF people
who believe that it is better to err on
the side OF mercy than On the side of
stern justice; but mercy to a prisoner
may be at the expense Of the peace
OF the community upon which those
who receive executive clemcncy are
turned loose. That side of the matter
is too often lost sight of because usu-
ally only one side of the matter is
presented when a petition for par.
don is presented.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11
SAVE THE HENS.
An Important Source of Food Sup.
ply for the Nation.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 9.-Every
laying hen sold from the farms be-
fore the first of May means a loss
OF about 80 eggs to the food supply
OF the Nation. These eggs are valu-
able food, manufactured largely from
insects, weeds, and grass, garbac re
and waste. The eggs, therefore, are
almost wholly net gain in human
food. Moreover, the hen is just as
good meat after she has laid these
eggs as before.
Save the hens is the message that
the United States Department Of Agri-
culture is sending broadcast through
press notices and posters, and through
It's county agents, especially in the
the Southern poultry raising sections.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11
Tuscania Disaster Gives Impetus
To Recruiting.

The torpedo that sank the Tuscania
sent hundreds of men to the local re-
crultlng stations, states a Philadel-
phia dispatch.
1--WE are not going to let them get
away with that dirty stuff" said the
rookie.
About 200 men were recruited in
the various branches at Philadelphia
and fully as many more Friday.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11
State of Ohio. City of Toledo.
I.llCAQ County GO

11uCdS county. ES.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that ha
Is senior partner of the firm of F. J.
CCn ,e q Co. doing business in the
said. and that said firm viii paV the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
eacn and every case of Catarrh that
CATARRH CURE. FRANK + rHENEYS
sworn to before me and subscribed
IN my presence, this 9Th day of Decem-
Ger; a; ID. 1885. A. w. GLEASON
Halls Catarrh Cure ia tal,e, $50.
a,y and acts through the Blood on the
SSucous surfaces of the System. Send
,F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. q.
500 by all Druggists, 75c. No' "
Aaus Family Pills for Combination
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11
SOLDIERS OF A NEW TYPE.

DR.. Ira Landrith, who spoke at the
court house here the other evening on
prohibition, has been engaged in rell-
gious work at the environments for
some time, and he is tremendously
impressed with the young men Uncle
Sam has gathered together at these
places. They are the finest in the
land, he says, and they are interested
in serious things. The popular no.
tion that the young men in the camps
are concerned only about being anus
ed is all wrong, DR.. Landrith says.
They are concerned about the deeper
truths of life, he said, and will put
themselves to any sort of discomfort
to hear a man who brings them a
serious message. He said that on a
bitter cold night not long ago he S; w
soldiers at one of the environments oc-
cupy all the. standing room in all au-
ditorium and many that could not
find room inside stood outside the
windows, which had to be Kept closed
on account of the cold, in the hope Of
catching something of the message
He says that they tolerate foolishness
that is provided for their entertain
ment by some well-meaning but mis-
guided folks, but that they are not
really interested in it; what they
want is stronA lSS:s:sx, @.ssoghts about
the deep things of life. 70
DIR. Landrith said-all this not IN
his speech but in private conversation
that he saw many of the soldiers
who were on the Tuscania when they
were about to board the train for the
port whence they sailed, and that he
never in his life saw a soberer, more
earnest crowd. There was no sing
ing about going over there; they could
not have been more serious if thew
had known the fate that was to bcfall
their ship.
He said he saw two 5h3usanl SOL
diers declare last week for the Chris
tan life, and that that was not an
unusual record. In his work at tie
environments he has been profoundly
impressed with the eagerness with
which the soldiers listen to the eterra
truths and the earnestness with which
they are seeking the truth that shall
make them free.
These men are enlisted for the
greatest religious crusade in all his
tory, and it is no wonder that the,
are OF type different from the devil
may-care soldier that fits the forme
popular idea.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11
IMPORTANT

In ordering the address of
your paper changed don't for
get to give the old address as
we'll as the new. This will save
trouble in the office and cause
your paper to be changed much
earlier.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11

Well, anyway, the grounding has
given us some perfect days since ne
didn't see his shadow on the End.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11

:. Will help to break the Hindenburg
line. Buy Thrift Stamps Saw.
ings News. 'a.,uss.s.ru.Ssi.u
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11
A HOT ONE

Governor Beckett went to bed the
other night stirred to righteous anger
over the published report of how GER
tain Senators have been putting the
screws to Secretary Baker in an effort
to make him disclose every detail CT
the activities of the War Department,
and the next morning when he. read
OF the torpedoing of the Tuscania his
anger famed into the following hot
one to the New York World:
''4ou are in the habit of drafting
my opinion on public questions. For
once l am going to volunteer one.
In my opinion the senatorial inqui-
sition of the War Department is di-
rectly responsible for the sinking of
the Tuscania. They put Baker on the
rack and tortured out of him a con-
fesslon Of the gigantic movement of
our troops across the seas. Then the
enemy knew what was happening and
the submarines lurked for their prey.
This whole inquisition is bottomed on
the lnordlnate vanity of a few sena-
tors who seek to pose as the saviors
OF the nation. Their bill has no more
chance to keep out of the congression-
al trash pile than a food CRATER has
to keep out of hell. And thew know
it., Yet the inquisition continues
Why?"
You have observed before this that
when the Governor rises to submit
some remarks he just about covers
the case. When certain Senators be-
come more interested in winning the
war than in striking an attitude and
inviting the attention of the country
to their own asnine performances
the war will be more than half won
| -O-
| Ihe textile school which the LINN.
berton cotton mills have embraced the
opportunity Of having should prove
great thing for the mills and the on
eratlves. Stress is laid upon eff
cheney in all lines of work now and the
Government thinks it worth while t.
bear part of the expense of such 2
school in order to give operatives q
chance to learn more about their work
and tit themselves for more responsi-
bic positions.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-11

w. LH1N1NO1N, OCNIOIc1I
Lumberton, Feb. II, 1918.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-19
A Home Institution.

The question may arise in one mind:
How will the Corn Belt Packing Co.
benefit me? The answer is : The Corn
Belt Packing Company takes no money
out Of Howard County but will send a
great deal in. There were 60, 600 hogs
shipped from this county last year.
At present prices. if shipped to their
yards it would require the expenditure
BY them of 81, l6O, 900 to the farmers Of
this county.
Compare this with other lines of
business and the result is evident.
Whatever the farmer buys-auto-
mobile, farm machinery, etc;-the
price Of such commodity less the legiti-
mate amount of profit of the local
dealer goes out Of the county for
GOOD.
Thus it will be seen that The Corn
Belt Packing Company is . producer of
wealth for this County, and any good
will or support rendered it is boost
for nome interests as truly as If it
were located in our midst.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-19
Methodist Church,

The Bible School and the Epwt rth
League will hold their regular sessions
at 1000 a. m. and 700 p. m. through
out the summer. Mr.. Paul Brown will
occupy the pulpit on Sunday morning.,
July %, at HOO a. m. All other
preaching services will be omitted dur
ing the pastors vacation. The regu-
lar services will be resumed on Sunday,
August 18th.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-19
Baptist Church.

Regular services next Sunday, the
pastor preaching. Morning theme,
1.-THE Blade, the Ear, the Full Corn. F."
Evening subject, 1.-THE Labourers and
the Hours"
Next Sunday the morning services
will begin at 1890 instead of IL as
heretofore and the S. S. will meet at
IL As instead of 1915.
B. Y. P. U. at z o'clock.
You are invited to our services.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-19
Congregational Church

The usual morning service next Sun
day at eleven O'Clock.
Sunday School meets at l2:45.
The Christian Endeavor meets in the
lecture room at 100. Leader, Evelyn
Forthun. Topic, ''Our FaVorite
Psalm"
The Sunday e, eDiny services e. the
church omitted until September.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-19
For Sale.

Dining table, dining chairs, kitchen
cabinet, Quick Meal gasoline stove.
reed baby cab, child's iron bed. used
only short time. high chair, dresser:
with mattress, hall-tree. 3S-1t-p
s. r. CRAY.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-07-19
Notics!

The Cresco Grist Mill will be en-
only ~ Monday, Friday and Saturday
of each week.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1918-01-16
CHINESE 1915 COMMERCIAL
COMMISSION SENDS GIFTS
TO AMERICAN HOSTS

Washington, d. c., A ~are, hand
carved .ablct expressing appreciation
of the courtesics shown them by the
U. s. Department of Commerce has
been received from the Chincce Com
mercial Commission which toured this
country from May 3 to June 80, 1915.
San Francisco, st. Louis, Buffalo, Du-
luth, and a number Of other cities that
entertained the commission have been
similarly remembered.
The tablet is made Of wood, and the
message of appreciation both in Eng
lish and Chinese is beautifully hand
carved. In the two upper corners are
cnameled flags Of the American and
the Chinese republic, and in the low
er corners are inlaid cnamalg repre-
scnting the Liberty Bell and Chinese
incense burner. The tablet is framed
by a scroll design of hand carving,
and is backed with black enamel in
laid with gold figures. The concep-
tion and execution of the tablets is
distinctly Chinese, the sending of
"mcmorialG" having been custom
for hundreds Of years.
= Of these "memorials"
recalls to the American pnblic th"
somewhat quaint and very interested
procession Of Chinese financiers and
lean business centcrs two years ago,
and, inquiring, observing, learning
with a view to rcvolutionizing Chi
ncse finance and business on their
return. Chief among them was Mr..
Chang Cheng- g-hsun, the John d.
Rockefeller" of China, the president
OF the commission, who, on account Of
the similarity of names, has unfor-
tunatcly been confused in the Amcri-
can press with the m0narchist Chang
Hsun, responsible for the recent crazy
attempt to restore the Manchus to
power Mr.. Chang Cheng- g-Hsun was
Chlna's greatest merchant, having
branches Of his business sin Straits
Settlements, Sumatra and Java, and
his recent death was loss to China's
business world.
The genial accomplished secretary,
Mr.. David Yui, will be long remem-
ed by those who heard his eloquent
translatlons Of the many addresses
made. Only those who realize the
great difference in the languages can
fully appreciate the marvellous skill
and gift in English speech shown by
Mr.. Yui.
According to Mr.. II. r. K. Woo, the
purpose Of the commission was to
learn how and what to buy" That
the commission should have come to
America to learn promises well for
Americana Chinese trade, trade that.
according to Mr.. Mich Chi -Cheh, vice
chairman of the commission, and one
of the great cotton manufacturers,
should share it's profits with no out
side agency.