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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07
~ Ito" "A FAR OF Skies by the Popular Pckert Sisters Stool
Co. Here Monday Night

ing bill for Monday matinee will be
Cohan & Harris big New York sue
cess, The Only Son." Monday even
ing the company will present IA pair
OF Skies the funniest farce ever
written. To eliminate the long waits
between the acts the Pickerts are 81,
ITerlng the best talent in vaudeville
For the benefit Of the children who
will no doubt take advantage of the
exceptionally low matinee nricas
MASTER ERLAU, the Juvenile en-.
tertalner will be the vaudeville fea-
lure. Be sure and bring the children
Iney Will undoubtedly enjoy our n1avs
Matlnee prices, children Csc: adults
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07
RUPTURE EXPERT
HERE
Seeley, World Famous in This
Speciality, Called to Fayette-
VILE.

F. H. Seeley of Chicago and Phil
adelphia, the noted truss expert, will
be at the Lafayette Hotel and will
remain in Fayetteville Friday only,
February 9Th. Mr.. Seeley says: The
Spermatic Shield will not only retain
any case of rupture perfectly, but
contracts the opening in 10 days on
the average case. This instrument re-
ceived the only award in England and
in Spain, producing results without
surgery, injections, medical treat
ments or prescriptions. Mr.. Seeley
has documents from the United States
Government, Washington, D. c., for
inspection. All charity cases without
charge, or if any interested call, he
will be glad to show same without
charge or fit them if desired. Business
demands prevent stopping at any 9TH
er place in this section.
P. S.-Every statement in this no.
tice has been verified before the Fed
eral and State Courts. F. H. Seeley.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07
Publicity Committee for War Saw
lngs Stamp Campaign in Robe.

10 the Editor of The Robesonian:
The following committee has been
named as the War Savings Stamn
publicity committee for Robson
county: j. P. Virgins, Maxton. chair
man; J. A. Sharpe, A. C. Johnston. F
Grover Britt, Woodberry Lennon. w
3. Harker, Rev. J. H. Mills. r =
Branch, S. F. Thompson, W. S. Bris-
This committee will be asked
through its chairman to handle the
publicity division of the labor with
reference to the War Savings Stamn
campaign in Robson county. and It Is
earnestly requested, althioughj this
work may require some personal s .es
rltlce and Inconvenience, that each
member Of this committee signify to
Mr. Virgins at Maxton at once his
acceptance so that they may at once
get into the campaign work and helm
carry forward this great movement
10 increase the efficiency of our conn.
t-y IN the present conflict.
L. R. VARSER. Chairno.n
w. LENNON, Secretary
Lumberton, N. c., Feb. s, 1918
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07
State ofiphio, City of Toledo.

., F saIp Cheney makes oath that he
Cheney I parener Of the firm of F. J.
City Of Toledo. County and State IN Atone 5ne
SAID a1f that said firm will nav The
s sa% o. AZ HNE eya HUNDRED 70 DoLLARs for
cannot He. cured by the ~ i,se ea IT that At
C1cIAftRH CURE. FRANK ]. CHENETT
sworn TO before me and subscribed
Der my Afese 1Sss this 9Th day of Deem c
SSaaH =. 1856. A. w. GLEASON.
Halls: Catarrh Cure is taken ;n uc.
Unco 1no act acts through the Blood on the
S or tos, Surfaces of the System. se snS
soid hv ~ GiiHGENEY & CO.. Toledo, O.
'amiiy Pills for constipation.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07
THE PICKERTS HERE
MONDAY AND TUESDAY

=, Although the Pickert Sisters and
tnelr excellent stock company have
not PAID Lumberton a visit in three
years those who packed the opera
house at every appearance of this
stellar organization Of artists will he
interested in learning that they have
even a bigger and more elaborate
snow than ever before. Their open.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07

To feel strong, have good appetite
and digestion, sleep soundly and en-
JOY life, use Burdock Blood Bitters.
the family system tonic. Price S1.25.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
LABOR'S PART IN ". S. S. CAMPAIGN

Labor organizations Denver thruout
done well in the War Savings Stamp Campaign during
week Perhaps than other class of citizens they
appreciated government
themselves However the allotted Colorado has
reached and who pledged urged
Those who have pledged buy less number of
than will savings during the
year. should make second subscription
let Colorado fall behind other states In other
paign Colorado has exceeded She
orded Stacker the purchase of War Savings
m and for the boys front
Colorado's quota is for every
and child in the state No purchase $1,000
hence big subscriptions can't make for those who
pledge you
erto high standard of loyalty the nation Those who
home constitute the third the
nish the money and supplies win the
Secretaries of all unions urged fill re-
port mail Savings Committee in
Denver This the only by which the unions and
receive credit for purchases and pledges Savings
Stamps No union should fail advantage oppor
tunty gain full credit what done in the
w. s. S. campaign. Do this
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29

the board. The commissioners are to
receive n nominal salary Of 5000 year
L L; 900. an are required to give bond of
The board is required to meet twice
each month. All meetings are to be
public. Penalties are prescribed for
members of the commission who are
absent without cause. Any member
absent from n regular meeting without
proper excuse is required to forfeit
$25 Of his salary, and absence from
three meetings automatically removes
the member from the board.
Entire operation of the plant, in
cluding purchasing, condemning, ac-
quiring and constructing, leasing and
extending, maintaining and conduct
ing and operating the water works
system shall be in the, hands of the
commission. 1t shall have power to
hire a manager, secretary and such
skilled and technical help as is deemed
necessary. The commissioners are
elso empowered TO fix the compensa-
tion of these employees. All employees,
except laborcrs, shall be under civil
service, and subject to hire and dis
missal according to the rules of the
civil service commission.
1t is to be regretted that Mayor
Mills could not find his way clear to
name a representative Of labor on the
wnter commission. There are Mt least
fifty members of organized labor in
Denver who are especially qualified
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
PRESIDENT ISSUES
NEW LABOR RULE
TO AVOID CONFUSION IN
EMPLOYMENT.
Unskilled Men Must Be Obtained
Thru Government District Agen-
cies of the United States De
partment Of Labor.

Employers engaged in war work
are urged in a statement by President
Wilson this week to refrain after
August from recruiting unskilled
labor in any manner except thru the
United States employment service re-
Gently organized by the department
Of labor.
The labor forces were called upon
by the President "to respond Loyalty
as heretofore TO any calls issued by
this agency for voluntary enlistment
in essential industry"
For more than a year" said the
Presidents statement, "it has been
our pride that not our armies and
navies only, but our whole people is
engaged in a righteous war. We have
said repeatedly that industry plays
as essential and honorable a role in
this great struggle as do our military
armaments. We all recognize the
truth of this, but we must also see its
necessary application-namely, that
industry. doing a vital task for the
nation. must receive the support and
assistance of the nation.
Points to Confusion
I'VE must recognize that it is q
natural demand-almost q right of
any one serving his country, whether
employer or employe, TO know that
his service is being used in the most
effective manner possible. In the case
of labor. this wholesome desire has
been not a little thwarted owing to
the changed conditions which war has
created in the labor market.
There has been much confusion as
TO essential products. There has been
ignorance of conditiops-men have
gone hundreds of miles in search of
job and wages which they might
have found at their doors. Employ
ers holding government contracts of
the highest importance have COM
peted for workers with holders of
similar contracts, and even with the
government itself, and have conducted
expensive campaigns for recruiting
labor in sections where the supply Of
labor was already exhausted.
Time and Money Lost.
California draws its unskilled Ia
Dor from as far east as Buffalo and
New York from as far west as the
Mississippi. Thus labor has been in
duced to move fruitlessly from one
place to another. congesting the rail-
ways and losing both time and
money.
Such a condition is unfair alike to
employer and employe, but most of all
TO the nation itself, whose existence
is threatened by any decrease in its
Continued on Page Fesr)
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
SPECIAL ELECTION AUGUST 9Th TO
ISSUE BONDS FOR CITY WATER PLANT
Petitions Being Circulated Amend City Meeting
Requirements and Management; Mayor Mills Ignores
Labor in Making Up Commission
Operate the Municipal Works

A special election will be held in
Denver Tuesday, August 6, for n bond
issue of $l3, 1910, 900 to purchase the
Denver Union Water Company plant
and to provide the machinery for oper-
ating same. Petitions are being cir
culated for an amendment to the city
charter to establish n water commits
sion Of five members named by Mayor
Mills. The water company IL to ac-
cept municipal bonds for the plant,
bearing AZ per cent interest.
The interest on the bonds, accord
ing to figures by the city attorney,
will amount to $630,000 annually.
They also figure that the operating
expense of the municipal plant will be
about 100000 year. Upon this ba-
sis the total expense for period Of
twelve months would be $930,000,
Present revenues Of the water COM
pany amount to $1,500,000 annually,
and the city officials believe they will
have n surplus fund above the cost
of operation and the amount Of inter-
est on the bonds of $4,000. After
ten years portion Of this amount
must be put into sinking fund for
the retirement Of the bonds.
The charter amendment provides
for the management Of the plant by
n non-political water commission COM
posed Of Findlay L. MacFarlnnd,
Charles H. Reynolds, Benjamin A.
Sweet, Frank L. Woodward and John
G. Skinner, Ms the first members Of
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
WOMAN SHIPYARD WORKER AN
INSPIRATION TO THE MEN.
Has Two Boys in the Army and She
Leads 4 Gang of Canlkers at
Vancouver, Wash

In the course of one of the most in
spring meetings the national service
section, United States shipping board,
ever conducted, woman clad in over
alls battled her way thru the big
crowd of shipyard workers employed
by the c. G. Standifer Corporation at
Vancouver, Wash, and took her place
close to the speakers stand.
There she stood until the last word
was spoken by A. R. Parkhurst, Jr.,
secretary of the section, and when the
yard band struck up the inspiring
notes of The Star Spangled Banner"
she snatched a soiled cap from her
wavy hair and stood at rigid atten-
ton until the last note was sounded
and the last word sung.
The woman toiler proved to be Mrs.
G. r. Underwood, leader of gang of
caulkers, but whose chief duty it is to
weave the oakum for the men caulk-
ers. Mrs. Underwood is the mother
of two sons in the United States army.
Both are overseas and when she was
left to make her own way she deter
mined to seek a berth where she could
serve her country to the best advan-
tage.
1t was remarked by Mr.. Standifer
when he introduced the speaker to
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
INDIANAPOLIS IDEA" GAINING
OVER A. F. OF L. ADMINISTRATION
SHOWN AT THE ST. PAUL MEETING

Mrs. Underwood that the woman
looked tired and tagged.
at has been a rather hard day."
she modestly replied, "but 1 am all
right and there is oakum enough to
keep the caulkers busy"
Later investigation proved that Mrs.
Underwood's four women assistants
had failed to report for work that
morning and she, alone, had manned
the machines and kept the supply
flowing steadily out to the men in
the yards.
That's her spirit day in and day
out" Mr.. Standifer said. "She works
until she is ready to drop. The vision
of those two magnificent boys of hers
is constantly before her and she feels
that every stroke she puts in safe
guards them Over There She is
one of the finest women God ever
created and her patriotism and indus
try and splendid thrift stand out like
a beacon to the men working at her
side"
Who said England was the only na-
ton whose women work in the ship
yards ?-Emergency Fleet News.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
1SO KINDS OF FOOD IN 100000 MEALS
ON ONE VOYAGE OF I. s. TRANSPORT
Thousands Upon Thousands of Soldiers Hungry Cat
Times) Expeditousy Served and Without Slightest
fusion; Story Told by the Ships Reporter in
Vessels Own Daily Paper.

Two hundred and ten thousand
meals were served on a United States
transport on a recent voyage. One
hundred and eighty varieties of food
were used in making up the menus,
and this ship carried 10000 pounds
$3.50 tons-of food.
An account of how the soldiers are
fed is given in the ships daily news
paper. The vessel has its own Jour-
nal, printed aboard, containing the
news Of the day received by wire
less thru the "Navy Press" which
keeps the men on the seas in touch
with the events of the outside world.
The ships reporter, describing how
"the almost unending lines of khaki
file by for their meals" says:
Thousands Fed in Short Time.
"In spaces no larger than private
dining room at Sherry's they come
by, thousands upon thousands, and
yet in such perfect order that in less
than eighty minutes the last man has
been served.
"The Ehaki line seems limitless. 1t
must seem longer than that to those
in the rear. But the coffee in the big
pots remains hot, the stew continues
to steam, and in less than seven sec
onds each man has an equipment re-
plete with food. 1t only takes two
details to accomplish this miracle
perfect system and vast quantities of
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29

to fill this important place, in which
the wage earning part of our COM
munity are so vitality interested. The
vocations and relations Of the five men
named are as follows:
Benjamin A. Sweet, North Denver
real estate dealer and former men,
Der state legislature.
John C. Skianer, South Side, capi-
talist and bank director.
Frank L. Woodward. wealthy law
try Club.
Finlay L. MacFarland, auto dealer
and president Denver Civic and Com
mercial Association.
Charles H. Reynolds, president Of
n laundry company.
While these men may be capable,
not one of them represents the great
mass Of the working people Of Denver.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
GLIDE TO. GLORY ON FOURTH.
Scores of Ships Due to Hit the Water
on Natal Day.

Scores of ships of both wood and
steel construction are to be launched
in American yards on July 4. In re-
sponse to Chairman Hurley's sug-
gestion that the nations birthday an
niversary be made ship Launching
Day." virtually every shipyard in the
country is speeding up work in an
effort to launch vessels on time
Already it is reported that sixteen
vessels will be ready for launching
July 4 in yards on the Pacific coast.
The plants on the Great Lakes are
expecting to have at least a dozen
ships ready to go into the water. No
figures are obtainable as yet on the
Atlantic coast yards, but it is esti-
mated that little extra effort would
enable the Eastern plants to keep
pace with the Pacific coast yards.
Thus it appears almost certain that
between forty and fifty vessels will go
overheard on the great national holi-
day. 1t will be a unique method of
celebration and ceremony peculiarly
appropriate to the occasion.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
LABOR COMMISSIONER MORRISSEY
TO PROSECUTE WESTERN UNION co.
UNDER STATE ANTI COERCION LAW

shown by the records, this employe
had an interesting session with Night
Chief Lyons, as Garry makes an afi-
davit that Lyons wanted to search
him in order to find out whether or
not he had cards on his person adver-
tising the union meeting. Garry told
Lyons that he could search him il
he cared to. but the chief operator
thought best not to do SO.
Garry claims that Lyons said to
him: Don't be fool" and prom
ised him job in the file room IL he
would tell where the cards came from
or where he got the ones he was dis
tributing. The next day Garry was
of the Western Union pay roll.
InAsmuch as the situation relating
to the Western Union and its en-
ployes had become tense thruout the
country and il was evident that the
war labor board was going to step in
and try to bring about an amicable
settlement, Secretary Of State Noland
and Labor Commissioner Morrissey
felt IL advisable not TO push the cases
in Denver. in spite Of the fact that il
was clearly evident that the men had
been discharged for the sole reason
that they had courage enough TO join
the C. T. u. of A
Carlton Insults President
The war labor board having failed
in its efforts to bring this outlaw cor
poration to time, President Wilson
stepped in and asked both the Postal
and Western Union TO change front
during the war period as a matter Of
patriotism.
To the credit of the Postal Tele-
graph Company, be il said that the
officials Immediately wired President
Wilson that they would not further
object TO their men joining the union.
Newcomb Carlton. president of the
Western Union, virtually told Presi-
dent Wilson to go to hades.
About June 10, while the govern
ment officials were still negotiating
with the Western Union, F. A. Holson
was called upon TO give up his union
card or quit his job. Holson charges
that Chief Operator Myers tried to
force him to write n letter to S. J.
konencamp. president of the national
organization Of Commercial Telegra-
piers. telling him that he was not in
sympathy with the union and desired
to withdraw from it. He gave him
two days to write the letter and give
up his card or he would have to dis
charge him. The union man thought
at first that he would comply with the
demands. rs he is not only the sup
port Of his mother, but also two sis
ters. Upon further consideration, re-
fused 10 be bullied by Myers, and
finally notified the latter that under
no circumstances would he write the
letter or turn in his card.
Rules Like the Kaiser.
An example Of the defiant attitude
Of the company is shown in the post
tcsptinped on Pare Four)
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
GIVE HIGH PRAISE ISALOYAL MOTHER
AMERICAN LABOR MISSION TO
EUROPE COMPLIMENTED.
New York World Says Delegates
Acted Better Than Trained Diplo-
mats on Important Mission

les, deriving their inspiration chiefly
from German sources, who hope by
an inconclusiye peace to instigate a
war of classes and repeat on a larger
scale the follies which in Russia have
prostrated industry and for the time
being defeated democracy.
Our labor mission has spoken with
authority, and, according to all ac-
counts, its message has been received
approvingly and hopefully by most of
the workingmen of Great Britain and
France, who, like our own, see no
prospect of justice or progress in au-
tocratic militarism or in intolerable
anarchy"
The New York World editorializes
on the result of the American labor
mission to Europe as follows:
The return of the American labor
mission, which, representing the Fed
GRAFTON of Labor, has visited Great
Britain and France, marks the COM
pletion of an errand whose import
ance can hardly be overestimated.
Both as to the character of the dele
gates and the manner in which they
carried themselves, sometimes under
great provocation, our principal or
ganization of workingmen is to be
congratulated No trained diplomat
lists could have done better. No other
Americans in any walk of life could
have exhibited loftier patriotism
These men had something more
to say to the trade unionists of Great
Britain and France than that organ
lied labor in the United States is
pledged to the last man and the last
dollar in support of the war. Their
abroad comprehended also the
to workingmen everywhere
that there is no sympathy in this coun-
try with the extremists and visionar-
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29

things that one can eat. That's about
all it takes.
Flour, potatoes and beef are the
big three that rule the realm below,
yet there are 159, 900 pounds of fresh
vegetables waiting to be absorbed,
providing the sea doesn't get too
rough.
Arrange Their Own Menus.
After receiving their food the men
arrange their own menus. For ex-
ample, one takes gravy on his rice
and jam on his bread. The next takes
gravy on his bread and jam on his
rice, using the combination to pro-
duce a crimson-tinted mixture of
startling effect. American ingenuity
is hard to stop.
Outside of providing 210, 900 meals
at sea the mess officer of the ship has
very little to do. Very little.
"He is only called upon to provide,
by the regulations, $50 different va
rieties of food. That's ALL Ever try
to order $50 different things to eat I
Yet this is the authentic list.
Over 1000 Loaves Baked in a Day.
"The food needed to feed several
thousand men at sea ranges beyond
the glutton's dream. You get the an
swer in the ship down below the water
line where 1920 loaves Of bread have
been baked in one day. and eaten. and
tceati.sed On r~gs FssrJ
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29
TEXAS is NOW BONE DRY STATE

Texas became bone dry" state at
midnight Monday when approximately
$50 saloons closed under statewide
prohibition act. Eighteen hundred sa-
looms had previously been closed by
Legislative act re-estsblishing a ten
mile "dry" zone around military
camps and shipbuilding plants. An
other liquor regulatory law effective
at the same time is the "anti-road-
house" act providing that saloon Ii
ccnses must be confined to incorpor-
ated cities. Should the statewide
law be held invalid the anti-roadhouse
law would govern reissuance of liquor
licenses.
Denver labor bulletin., 1918-06-29

The bureau of war risk insurance
at Washington has sent out more than
100000 government checks in the
form of allotment and allowance pay
ments to the families of enlisted men
in the army and navy, according to
the treasury department. The grand
total of disbursements up to June 10
aggregates more than SOS, ,000, 900, all
but Sl,o00,000 being for allotments
and allowances. Approximately S5,-
900 checks are being sent out from
the bureau each day by 5000 en-
ployes. About 3S0, 900 checks for the
May allotment, which are payable in
June, have been mailed.
Evening star., 1918-01-16
tT1IILES1oRlEs t1I
6bEDTImE
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright, 1918, by T. W. Burgesa.)
Peter Finds Welcome Robin.

Peter Rabbit knew that he WASH t
dreaming. He knew that he was awake
and. down In the swamp where the
cedar trees grow. He knew 1t was SO
because he was tired from having spent
the whole long night hopping this way
and that way through that swamp TO
make sure Of visiting every part OF It.
Yes, he was sure that he was awake
Yet he was equally sure that he had
Just heard the voice of Welcome Robin.
He couldn't be mistaken, for there is no
other voice like Welcomes.
Welcome Robins voice In the very
middle Of winter! It was impossible.
and yet, and yet-well. his hearing was
good; Peter was sure OF that. He would
waste no more time puzzling over
the matter. II that was Welcome
Robins voice. why, Welcome Robin
himself must be somewhere near. He
must be right over where that voice
had come from. Peter kicked up his
heels, ducked under a cedar bough and
started pell-mell in the direction from
which those voices had come.
He had gone but little way when
he caught glimpse OF Tommy Tit the
Chickadee fitting about among the
trees. So far as Peter could see he was
alone and he was in high spirits. Tom
my Tit usually is. He was chirruping
and dee-deeing. now right side up and
now upside down.
Tommy" cried Peter. where is he?
Tommy stopped abruptly. SO abruptly
that he hung down from a twig. why.
hello. Peter!" he exclaimed, in surprise.