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The Robesonian., 1918-09-16

State Of North Carolina-Countyf OF Robeson,
Sept IL, 1918.
I, N. A. Thompson, President of the above
named Bank do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of my knowl-
edge and belief.
N. A. THOMPSON.
President.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
11th day of Sept, 1918.
Notary Public.
My commission expires Nov IL, 1917.
Correct-Attest:
R. c. LAWRENCE,
H. E. STACY
C. B. SKIPPER,
Directors.
The Robesonian., 1918-09-16
COUNTY FAIR
It Will Be Larger and Better This
Year-Fairs Are Schools For
People Of All Ages.
(By the Press Agent)

The Robson county fair will be
much larger and better than ever this
year. The date has been fixed some-
what earlier. This time it will be
October 18th to 18th. While our coun-
ty is worked up with the war, the
officials Of the State and nation are
urging that the fairs this fall be made
of more interest than ever before
along agricultural lines, and more in
structive in all lines. The Progress
i've Farmer of May the 18th, says:
There comes time in the lives Of
men and women when they no longer
go to school, using the term school
as 1t is usually understood. But
there never comes time in the life
of any person when. he or she. is too
old to learn. @'-,'--.' u < -
Fairs in their true sense are
schools for rural people of all ages
In other words. an experience meet
ing or common pooling Of knowl-
edge and experience about farm and
home subjects. Therefore a farmer
who attends fair that has been work
ed out along right lines cannot help
but be benefited.
/ "By laying emphasis on the COM
+, munity fair, we do not mean to dis
courage attendance at State and
county fairs, for the larger fairs
should be adequately patronized and
their larger premium lists should
| arouse the keenest competition. But
we make our plea for two things!
(1) for making these larger fairs
more truly educational; and (2) fol
developing a community fair in every
progressive neighborhood.
"The Southern farmer is at last get
ting to be business man. He ough
not to overlook the business opportu.
! mites offered by community, county
district, and State fairs. We wish tel
| thousand Progressive Farmer reader!
would resolve now to make exhibit:
this fall-and to make the most O:
the business opportunities these ex
hibts will open up"
/ Think the matter over and sen,
what you can for exhibition as it i
well-known fact it requires coop
Grafton to make fair success.
The Robesonian., 1918-09-16

IOu WANT TO BUY OR SELL REAL
sseatc address P. o. Box No. 1856, Lumber
The Robesonian., 1918-09-16


Mr.. E. Odum Of Buie was a Lumber
ton visitor Saturday.
Mr.. A. q. Lawson of Orrum was a
Lumbertdn*svisitor Saturday.
Mr.. C. N Webb of Laurinburg was
Lumbeft0n visitor Thursday. :.
Mr.. J. Ht Parker of Lumberton, Z
2, was a Ldmberton visitor Saturday:
Mr.. J. IL Odum, who lives near St
Pauls, was = Lumberton visitor Thurs
day. !
Mr.. Asbury Rice Of R. 2 from Lum.
berton was q visitor in town Saturday
Mr.. E a, Parnell of St. Pauls, R.
was among the visitors in town Sat.
, !, urday. +:
, Mr.. J. F. Blackwell of Lumbertor
r. z was Lumberton visitor Satur
day.
Mr.. John N. Regan of r. 2 from
Lumberton was among the visitors
in town Saturday.
| Mr.. L. B. Barnes Of R. 3 from Lum
berton was among the callers at Th
Robesonian Office Saturday.
i Mr.. J. w. Stogner and son, Carl, O
R. 2 from Lumberton, were among
the visitors in town Saturday.
The Robesonian., 1918-09-16
BUSINESS BUILDERS

FOR SALE-AT A BARGAIN, lis ACRES
good land, 2 miles of Lumberton. Good
farm house and out-buildings. Good or.
chard, and long leaf pine timber. 25 acres
cleared, and ditched. Will sell at bargain
Address w. H. w., care of Robesonian.
The Robesonian., 1918-09-16
CHURCH NEWS NOTES
Cottage Prayermeetings.

;, cottage prayermeetings, prepara-
sJ[y to the evangelistic campaign
~ SSnich will begin on the 29th inst, will
we Sen held this week by the ladies as
tp'iCOwS, each day at p. M: At Mrs.
~ =. Williams, Cedar street, today;
~ mrs. Ira B. Townsend's. East Fifth,
MMeanesday; at Mrs. r. H. Gichton's
worth Elm, Thursday. Young ladies
pm,;aaSyermeeting, p,;aS this afternoon at S
Nh MN MISS Kathryne Beaman, at the
methodist parsonage.
"ep. ". ID. Combs Resigns Passionate
caaev; ev; ": d. Combs, pastor of the
iHuspei ianp tabernacle, handed in his res
5tnatlon 5.non last Sunday to take effect
The Robesonian., 1918-09-16
Mrs. W. o. Brewer of Romeo, Fla,

MRS, mrs. W. 0. Brewer of Romeo, Fla,
en.a .a'ed yesterday to visit her par
Ms, ~, Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Mckenzie.
t,a nr' and Mrs. H. M. McAllister and
tmr,. "u children, Jean and H. M. Jr., re-
MIrned Mr. this morning from Monroe
waei si McAllister and children spent q
Mr. MeA M az Monroe visiting relatives and
urdo. McA lister went to Monroe Sat.
MY night to return with his family
bertaa. >. j. Allen of R. from Lum
todann t.Un Is among the visitors in towr
The Robesonian., 1918-09-16
MILL POND FISHING.

The water will be drawn off the
Seth Smith mill pond for fishing
Thursday and Friday, September 2e
and 27 Two days fishing 81. First
time drawn off in years.
J. O. MARTIN.
The Robesonian., 1918-09-16

Mr.. H. R. Rowell of R. 1 from Fair
mont was a Lumberton visitor Satur-
day.
The Robesonian., 1918-09-16
RETURN WORK TOMORROW
To Red Cross Workers.:

The chairman of the Red Cross sew
ing room requests all ladies who have
taken work to do at home to please
finish at once and send to the Red
Cross rooms without fail Tuesday af-
ternoon, September II.
EMMA H. NORMENT,
Secretary Red Cross Sewing Room
The Robesonian., 1918-09-16

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
PLANTERS BANK & TRUST COMPANY,
At Lumberton, in the State of North Carolina,
at the close of business August 80, 1913.
RESOIIRCES
The Robesonian., 1918-09-16

MILL POND FISHING. jim McNEILL POND.
2 miles west of Lumber Bridge, in Hoke
county. will be drained off September 10th
and 20th. Has not been drawn off in 35
years. Admission 81 for two days fishing
See D. M. Lane, Lumber Bridge, N. c., for
further information
The Robesonian., 1918-09-16

HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. sTH STREET:
9 rooms, lights and water. One block OF
high school building. Apply to E. S. Nc
Neil Lumberton.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-16
MUST PAY COMPENSATION.

DENVER, March. 14.-Judge Perry
of the district court has ruled that
benefits under the state compensation
law must be paid the injured worker
and cannot be evaded by court ac-
ton by the employers. The decision
is against the practice of employers
resisting awards Of the state indue-
trial commission by continued litiga-
ton.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-16
Cannot name
RETAIL PRICE
U. S. Supreme Court Declares
Manufactures Practice
Unlawful.

WASHINGTON, March 14.-The
United States supreme court has ruled
that a manufacturer can not set a
price at which the retailer must sell
his product. The decision was made
in the case of the Boston store, Chi
cago, against the American Graphic
phone company and the Columbia
Graphophone company. In render
ing the decision Chief Justice White
said that price-fixing system cam
not be justified ether under general
law or. the patent law.
In concurring in this opinion, JUS
tice Brandeis said: "Whether pro-
Queer of goods should be permitted
to fix by contract, expressed or inn
piled, the price at which the pur-
chaser may resell them and if so
under what conditions, is an economic
question. To decide it wisely it is
necessary to consider tho relevant
facts. industrial and commercial,
rather than established legal prin-
ciples. On that question L have ex-
pressed elsewhere views which differ
apparently from those entertained
by majority Of my brethren"
The decision is Of vital Importance,
affecting not only 5000 dealers in
graphophone records, bound by SIM
liar contracts, but also thousands of
dealers in many other articles, the
retail prices Of which are fixed by
manufacturers
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-16
TEXT OF WILSON NOTE TO.
RUSSIA SOVIET SESSION

WASHINGTON, March 14.-Presi
dent Wilson sent the following cable
message to the all-Russian congress:
Of soviets, which met Tuesday:
May 1 not take advantage of the
meeting of the congress of the So
viets to express the sincere sympa-
thy which the people of the United
States feel for the Russian people
at this moment, when the German
power has been thrust in to inter-
rupt and turn back the whole
struggle for freedom and substitute
the wishes of Germany for the pur-
pose of the people of Russia?
Although the government OF the
United States is, unhappily, not now
in q position to render the direct
and effective aid it would wish to
render, I beg to assure the people
of Russia through the congress that
it will avail itself of every oppor-
tunity to secure for Russia once
more complete sovereignty and in
dependence in her own affairs and
full restoration to her great role
in the life of Europe and the mo-
dern world.
The whole heart of the people of
the United States is with the people
of Russia in the attempt to free
themselves forever from autOcrat1c
government and become the masters
of their own life.
(Signed)
WOODROW WILSON.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-16
NATIONAL PARTY
PLATFORM FAv0RS
FARMERS, LABOR
IL.
Equal Suffrage, Nation Wide
Prohibition, Limitation Of In
migration, Features.

CHICAGO, March 14-Equal suf-.
frage, nationwide prohibition and
radical legislation favoring farmers
and laborers are the chief planks of
the platform of the National party
adopted here last week at conven-
ton attended by about 200 delegates,
100 of whom were boilers from the
Prohibition party.
The platform, after several hours of
debate on the negro franchise Ques-
ton and various points Of the planks
favoring laborers, was adopted by
unanimous vote, and is the first def
mite expression of the policies of the
new party. A summary Of it follows:
In regard to suffrage, the right of
men and women to vote on all ques-
lions and enforcement of the laws en-
franchising negroes and others re-
gradless of color or race is demanded.
The prohibition plank pledges the
party to work for nationwide prohi-
bition ana for immediate ratification
Of the constitutional amendment.
Farm Legislation.
Extension Of the federal loan law is
the most important legislation con-
vi AAAA6 4dA 1Ac1S Wu4CIl 40 <1UVOCdLcO.
Advance loans upon crops or products
In storage, government insurance Of
farms and stock, federal inspection
of farm products at terminals and un-
taxing of all farm equipment and
measures to prevent the holding of
large tracts of land idle are included.
Limitations of immigration, short
ening of working hours, governmental
insurance, more rigorous inspection of
factories and working places, adequate
enforcement of child labor laws are
some of the things urged in the labor
plank. It is also advocated that the
government forbid interstate shippings
Of articles made by children, women
employed more than eight hours
day or six days week, conv1cts under
private contract or persons employed
in, uninspected factories or mines
Abolition Of contract prison labor and
the honor system in prisons is advo-
Gated:
Republic of World sIs Goal.
Much of the PLATFORM, also is de-
voted to the question of International
democracy. The platform declares
that the party recognizes that the re-
public Of the world is the goal for in
/ ternational political development and
| urges abolition of secret diplomacy,
freedom Of the seas and abolition of
prohibitive or: discriminatory tariffs
or taxes, upon trade and commerce.
Foreign investm ents must bear their
own risks, another plank demands.
Other conditions advocated are
| freedom of speech both by word or
mouth and by printed matter, short
ballot in state and municipal elections.
right Of absentee citizens to vote by
! affidavit, public ownership Of public
utilities and extensions Of the postal
system and parcel post system. n.
| Practically the only arguments over
the platform come on the question OF
whether negroes should be specified in
the suffrage plank and whether gov
eminent insurance Of laborers should
| Be connulsory. ~ brilliant speech BY
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-16

John Spargo kept the word negro in
the first mentioned plank and it was
decided not to urge compulsory insur-
ance.
A cablegram was sent to the British
labor party congratulating them upon
their work.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-16
WE TOOK ALL We
COULD !, SH |
MANAGER ADMITS
Agrees Firm Started at Top and
Came Down TO What \
r.: Had to Take.

WASHINGTON, Marcn II. -
Dwight P. Robinson. general mana
ger Of the Hog island shipyard, told
the senate commerce committee this
week that public criticism of extrava-
gance there is Undermining the
morale" of his men and obstructing
the work.
Senator Vardaman, Mississippi. re-
torted:
what is causing dissatisfaction
among workingmen is the feeling that
there a vast graft there. To put it
boldly, good many of them think
they ought to be in on it"
After Robinson testified his con-
Germ was paid a per cent commission
for knowing how" to do the work.
the government furnishing material,
labor and money-Senator Johnson
asked questions which developed that
the corporation had itself subsequently
hired sub-contractors, paying per
cent on their know how"
Robinson smiled and said the work
thus had been expedited. Senator
Harding retor:cd it is tough on the
government to be compelled to pay for
know how and @subknow how too"
Robinson estimated the total Of sub
contracts at 100000 and the per
cent commission on the "subknow
how" at $S0O,000.
You started as high as you
tn ~ught you might get and came down
to what you had to take?" asked
Johnson.
1T might be stated that way" ad-
mitted Robinson.
patriotism at it's most glorious
zenith" said Vardaman.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-16
STRIKE OF MACHINISTS
At LOWELL PREVENTED

WASHINGTON, March 14.-Pre-
vention of strike involving 1900
machinists at Lowell, Mash, is an
nounced by the Cancellation Service of
the Department Of Labor. Under the
terms of an agreement arranged by
Commissioner Colpoys the men will
receive an increase in wages of 5
cents per hour to cover the Increased
cost of living.
A dispute at Bridgeport, Conn.,, in
volving workers employed on war
contracts by the Liberty Ordnance
company, has been similarly adjusted.
Other disagreements involving men
employed by the American graphic
phone company and the Remington
Arms company also are in process OF
settlement.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-16
OKLAHOMA SEEKS
:BASl$..F:'oR: Child
~-.-2
:, s-Is1"
WELF Al /:
= Il. r..ss ~; ;4%st.s2}s;SS-s&i.
National Child Labor Committee
Makes estigaton; Many
Farm Tenants.
49, itta1s ~. > -skss u 80 -
- ,-,,.staSs,.s-.n ss-.l ~.esIs,ss .-is-s

NEW YORK, March IA new
study Of child welfare conditions has
just been made, and. the report of the
investigation publisheo by the Nation
al Child Labor committee under the
title, "Child Welfare in Oklahoma"
This study, made by the National
Child Labor committee at the request
of the University Of Oklahoma, is Of
special interest because although one
or two states have appointed COM
missions to study existing child well
fare laws and recommend changes,
Oklahoma is the first state to gather
information as to actual conditions as
a basis for legislative action. The de-
nand hat such an inquiry be made,
according to Edward N. Chopper of
the National Child Labor committee
under whose direction the study was
made, is evidence of the growing in
terest in the codification Of child well
fare laws as substitute for present
piecemeal legislation, and the realiza-
ton that a knowledge of the condi-
tons governing the care, education,
recreational opportunities, and work
Of young children must precede legis-
lative action. In this respect the
problems of Oklahoma are at national
Importance, for they are the problems
that every state faces in greater or
less degree.
Wide Range of Subjects.
The report covers a wide range of
subjects: Public health work, which
is particularly important in view of
the epidemics that sweep through the
rfv1, Siofrf1<c.
ton, both rural and urban; child la
Dor on farms and in cities; agricul-
ture: Juvenile courts and probation:
institutional care of children and
home findings; poor relief: together
with a survey OF the state laws and
their administration.
Just now when agriculture Is as
Stunning such Importance in it's rela-
ton to national defense, it is dis
heartening to learn that Of all the
farms in Oklahoma, primarily rural
state, over one-half are worked by
tenants. According to the report, the
enters of southern Oklahoma "own
nothing but what they can put into a
wagon and drive off with. Much has
been written and said about the pow
erty of the people living in the con-
gested districts Of our cities but little
is known of the poverty IN many Of
these rural tenant homes. The coun-
try has been pictured as beautiful
place to live, where all human wants
are supplied-a picture, that never
reveals the suffering and privation
these tenants endure In order to live
the barrenest kind of life.''
The recommendations Of the COM
mittee are calculated to enrich rural
life, especially through increased edu-
cational facilities. to provide for more
effective public health work, to give
better probational guidance to juven-
lie offenders, and better means for
poor relief, particularly in the mat
ter Of mothers pensions.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-16
LABOR LAWS STAND.

CHARLESTON, S. c., March H.
The state legislature has adjourned
without empowering the state execu-
tive to suspend the labor laws Of this
state. The governor asked for this
power and the plan was favored in
influential business circles, but the
lawmakers declined to act on the sug-
gestion after the trade union move
ment presented it's side.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-16

Margaret Edwards; Tyler & st. Clair
xylophone players; and the feature
act, Grace De Mar, 1.-THE Eternal
Feminine" also the usual interesting
Orpheum Travel Weekly and the con-
cert by the Orpheum orchestra.
For the week Of March "a, Martin
Beck is sending to the Duluth Or
pheum the brilliant opera star FRITZ
Scheff, and Manager Furni urges the
early reservation Of seats, as she is
one of the highest priced stars ap-
pearing in vaudeville.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-16

The Orpheum will Offer for the
coming week commencing Sunday
afternoon joint headline bill, Charles
Withers in For PHYS Sake" assisted
by company in a comedy that is a
laugh from start to finish; the other
headliner will he Kathryn Dahl and
Charles Gillen presenting beautiful
scenic singing and musical offering.
The other five acts will be Dingle and
Ward, in songs and dances; Edwin
George in IA Comedy of Errors"
1.-THE Perfect Girl From California"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-16
WANT PROFITS RETURNED.

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE
government has asked clothing manu-
facturers to refund S cents for every
soldiers service coat maCc 'ithout
shoulder padding. The manufacture
ers reply that the change in style has
cost them more than the alleged saw
ing because they were compelled to
disorganize their systems to make the
new rule effective. Thousands of dol
lars are involved.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-03-16

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The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-08-09
THE AMERICAN NEGRO IS A
 NEW WAR FACTOR TO THE HUN

The press dispatches from the bat tie front pays the following tribute to the fighting qualities of the Ameri- can negro soldier. In fact he is a new factor to the Hun, and gets his goat. The negro never had any love for the German, even in peace times, ard now that he is the enemy of civ ilization, he can go after him with a relish.
 It is but meet and proper that the negro should be in the thickest of the fight in this war for democracy He gained his freedom by the sacri- flee of much of the best Caucasian blood the world ever produced, and now that another enemy looms up on the horizon to enslave the world, he is that last man to remain out of the fighting. If democracy looses in this conflict the inferior races will he the first to be placed in servitude, and while he might find himself the co-s;ave of descendent of former owner of his ancestor, this would not mitigate his serfdom. So, being an imitator from his white neighbor, he has imbibed the same patriotism, and both will be found in the last ditch before submitting to enslavement at the hands of the heartless Hun.
 "The German War Office is said to ployment of 'black Americans" in the battle line. These black Ameri- cans are American citizens, who, now product of the ideal system of in- tensive training developed. in this country, are second to no fighting men on earth, and unlike the white Hun" they fight clean. Nobody has heard of them crucifying captives, they do not attack women and they would not, if turned loose in any enemy city, slaughter innocent children. "But, boy" as the wife of one of them is quoted as saying, they can go some. :" The "black" American at home is a civilized individual, he attends public school in his youth and in his adult slits, the same as his Caucasion neigh bor The two races, do not comingle socially to any great extent because neither desires it. Even so, the ne gro is less "clannish" than many settlements of German born residents.
 rThe outcry from Berlin is com pliment to the negro. The Hun has met him on the battlefield and has yer fled the proud boast of Mrs. Henry Johnson, of Albany, N. r., U. S. A.. whose husband, in going some" found himself finally in front of a French commander who decorated him with the Cross of War;
The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-08-09
BRITISH AND CANADIANS
 SUBJECT TO U. s. DRAFT

The British and Canadian Recruit ing mission, located at 26S Market Street, San Francisco, has sent out the following letter which will be of interest to all British and Cana dian subjects in this country subject to draft. Sixty days are given in which to enlist in the servce of their respective armies, and after that per iod. or September 30, those falling to enlist will be drafted in the United States army:
 "The Recruiting Convention between Great Britain, and the United States becomes effective July ,31st and term mates on September 18th. During this 60 day period all Britons and Cana dians between the ages of twenty and fcrty-four inclusive are privileg- ed to offer their services to their own country at time when every man is urgently needed.
 Arrangements have been effected whereby. during these sixty days, all British subjects named will be ex- empt from, the American draft and can enlist, at any Recruiting Depot of the British and Canadian Recruit ing Mission. If you are a ,Briton or Canadian subject, this holds true even. II yOu nave u0Cu pidCcu III CidSS OuS by your local draft board; or even if you have taken out first citizenship papers in the United States.
 Before this period elapses all Brit ons and Canadians of twenty years of age and those between, the ages of thirty-one and forty-four, both in elusive, will be required to register on date fixed by proclamation by the President and thirty days after registration men of these ages will be liable to the American draft.
 "It is hoped that, during this special volunteer enlistment period, many men will grasp the opportuni- ty to enlist in the army of their own country-so they may fight shoulder to shoulder with their own country men.
 i'1nfdrmation as to rates of pay, separation allowance, etc, may be had upon application to the British and Canadian Recruiting Depot, 26s Market Street, San Francisco.