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The Robesonian., 1918-06-17
THE AMERICANS
AT THE FRONT
Baltimore Sun.

DUH.
Kipling has immortalized the Brit
ish marines, in his lines to ''Jzr MaJes-
tvs Jollies, soldier and sailor too,
but the American marines, for good
many years now, have gone cheerlly
along immortalizing themselves when
ever the opportunity came their way.
Whether in landing themselves with a
Gatling gun to talk to the 'eathen
kings of the Philippines, or to have
equally emphatic conversation with
the voodoo worshipers of the Antilles,
or. as now, in launching themselves
against the trained soldiers OF the
greatest military power OF the world,
they have always given the same ac-
count Of themselves-cool, lntelii-
gent, eager, gifted with superb en-
ergy that counts no task too difficult.
After properly discounting :ne COM
plimentary remarks of the French re-
ports and the possible exaggcration
of the American correspondents, 1t
may still be accepted as a fact that
the marines at Chateau Thierry. as
the regular soldiers at Cartig' have
proved themselves not only brave but
also efficient fighters. They will not
be uniformly successful in all their
efforts, but we may take it for grant
ed that they will be uniformly faith
full. When the casualty lists come in
we may better gauge the extent OF
their sacrifice and the debt that the
country owes them. In the meantime
we can be proud that we are repre-
sented by such men as these IN the
! struggle for q cause on which the
happiness and the safety Of the
| world depend. May God bless them
as greatly as we honor and love them!
The Robesonian., 1918-06-17
SPEED THE DAY.


American troops in training at
home are being especially schooled
now in preparation for the forward
movement of the allied armies, which
is expected to follow the ultimate
crushing of Germany's offensive pow
er, according to information from
Washington. The trench training is
being cut and division commanders IL
structed to lay greater stress on open
warfare. This is against the day
and maybe it's not so far away
when the Allies will get the Germans
on the move-back across the border
into Germany; when the German az
mics will be compelled to fall back, 20
give ground because their lines won't
hold, can't hold. Then, with a big
American army reinforcing the vet
Grams of France, of England, of Bel
gium and Italy, there'll be a retreat,
my masters, that will send the b,ood
coursing through the veins of tire
people Of all the allied world.
Speed the day, Lord God of hosts.
To US it may seem long, but it's cS.n-
ing, it's coming, ard it may be near
er than we think.
Speed the day. The folks hack
home can speed it by putting every
ounce of material strength ard spirit
behind the government and behind
the boys Over There Every should
er to the wheel and pushl Then TIE
tide of the hated Hun will be rolled
back and once the rolling begins it
will go faster and faster until the
flags Of the Allies, the Stars and
Stripes chief among them, shall wave
in Berlin.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-17
He GAINED &c LBS.
She Became Plump ani Pleasing
Flesh Rake: Found. Eat il One We. FEE

A real fesh-nake- ar
strength-g;ver has been dis
covered. Eat i: .c- E l:~
days and get New Lie. III
er Blood. Sreadier Nerves az :
Improved Digestion. T.j
CERTONE is a grand d.
covery, absolutely sale 20
man, woman c. chi,G. lc-
can prove il free. Ea, aii...:
CEKTONE ard note yoC-
The Robesonian., 1918-06-17

Serve abroad or serve at home.
Buy War Savings stamps.
Hartley Withers, the editor of the
Economist, of London, says: "Money
spent in war time on things not
needed is money given 60 the enemy
The Robesonian., 1918-06-17

Twenty per cent increase IN sara
ries for the teachers OF Wilmington
and New Hanover county schools Tor
both races and an s 1-2 months schooi
term has been ordered.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-17
NDTiCE OF DISSOLUTION.

NDIiCE OF DIsSO.UTEN.
Nice = eteny gival int TIE co-parener+
hip heretofcre existing as The Fairn:oi:t Hard
1tare Co. =, has his d:y been dissolved !:
Ulut40i consent. TIE business viii oe co1ltir
usG ~ Ar. j. 2. Br-c>.. u-iGe- u E.rm
u - fa.clnoat Had ave Company. =
eccolrts o~e-ng re :. icIlorl Hsrdwar
CclniacJ Eo 10 .,sas -, -3i2 aEou.d be pai
20 the '.-iers:sneG T. tiaer authorized sgent
and al, inGeb- -edne<s :rc.rred ky the sal;
.c:rnlo-t Hardware Ion-ary ..e-er June Isl
- "':le1 ty NJ. 5c.cGy.
June 1st, 1918.
H. H. BAILEY,
W. B. FORD.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-17

Help YOUR government and yourself
at the same time-5uy War Savings
stamps.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-17

"a GAA ages willie now
them flesh, strength and
health after everything
else failed to help them.
Here is a picture of
Wn. Kieffer who gain
ed rs Pounds through
{ E RTO NE. Miss
NMyman gained 1,
The Quickestand best
way to settle all doubts
Is to eat CERTONE for
a few days. So we will
send you a o0-Cent box
II you will mail this
Coupon and 10 cents
toward our postage e1-
penses. Or you may
buy q Dollar box
through your druggist.
Get your CERTONE
at once. then watch
your mirror. Note your
daily gain. Feel better
a,d look better, get
good, solid flesh, and
lasting good health,
The Robesonian., 1918-06-17
EXECUTRIX NOTICE.

Having this day qualified as execut-ix IF
the last will and Testament OF 6. Mag :
Brown, deceased, late of Robeson coz =,
North Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate o. sad
deceased, to exhibit them 70 the unders;Er-i
duly authenticated, on >or before the 27th
day OF May. 1919. or this notice will be ple9d-
ed III bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate vii
please make immediate payment
This 25th day of May, 1918.
NANCY B. BROWN. Executrix,
Red Springs, N. c. r I. D.
! Mclean, Varser & Mclean,
Attorneys, q MI
The Robesonian., 1918-06-17


up. fill out neck. shoulders. bust and LIMBS.
Doctor, ministers, nurses, men and woE2e1
OF all ages write how CERTSNE has g!ve2
The Robesonian., 1918-06-17

To be continued.
The Robesonian., 1918-06-17
"0v!er the Top"
By An American Soldier
Who Went
ARTHUR GUY EMPEY
Machine Gunner Sssuins in France
CHAPTER v.

fCooyrieht, 1917. By Arthur Guy Hmpsyl
The Robesonian., 1918-06-17
FREE 80 Sox

This Coupon With 10cents
Ccoln or stamps) to cover
cost of packing and for
warding. entities you to one
5o-cent box free of GER
TONE. provided you have -
not already proved the remarkable
Of CERTONE. tOAly one f.ee box TO q
= CERTONE COMPANY. In
Dept. M!e02 World Bldg. EewYt
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
National Drygoods
Dealers Chagrined
At Coal Restriction
Banqueters Hear Reading
of DR.. GarheId's Order
in Silence

DR.. Garteld's closing order took the
JOY out of life for the diners at the
National Wholesale Dry Goods Asso-
cations dinner at the Waldorf-Astora
last night Before introducing any of
the speakers Frank S. Evans, president
Of the association. who acted as toast
master, read the order of the Fuel Ad-
mnistrator.
1t was received with absolute silence.
Later there were some feeble attempts
at handclapping. For some time after
the announcement the room was filled
with the sound Of whispered conversa-
ton.
The dinner was held to mark the end
of the fourteenth annual convention of
the body, which began here MonNay.
About 700 persons atterced. Wine was
eliminated from the dinner, and the
difference it made in price was devoted
to the Red Cross.
Darwin p. Kingsley in his address
predicted that autocracy. defeated at
the Marnc, would eventually be crushed
in Berlin. He said that the Allies
would face at the end of the war con-
ditions almost identical with those that
the thirteen colonies were confronted
with at the end of the Revolution.
The Allies must overcome their false
pride, surrender their sovereignty and
become league Of nations.
"a league of honor" said Mr.. Kings
ley, "wil not be enough. However
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17

war purposes all Of the larger tugs
operating in New York harbor leaving
only the less powerful tugs to do THE
neavy towing under unfavo1able condi
!lons, and they are incapable Of break.
ing the ice in the harbor. The Fuel Ad.
im1lnlstration has made every effort in
IT'S power to get tugs
the Fuel Administration does not
control the railroads, nor the labor. nol
'hc harges, nor the tugs, but it has
sought to speed up the docks and to
remedy the deficiency in tugs. But
Notwithstanding it's efforts, from the
,'d to the 9th Of January, inclusive
there were dumped Mt eleven docks an
average of ] ,2b0 cars day when there
were standing ready for unloading az,
average of 4,l27 cars daily. In other
words, there were over three cars
standing ready to be dumped at these
docks for every one dumped during this
period
ALBERT II. w1GG1N,
~: 5: Fuel Administrator for New
HARRY T. PETERS.
"Chalrman, Conservation Commit
tee.
REEVE GCHLEY,
N. y. County Fuel Administrator ~
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Peabody Urges Coal
Zone and Price Plan

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Francis S.
Peabody, chairman of the coal produc-
ton committee of the Council &C Ma
tional Defence, submitted to the Senate
Manufacturers Committee to-day a
coal price list. together with zone
system plan, which, he said, would be
fair to operators and consumers, in
crease production and insure better
coal to the consumer.
He urged that any operator who sold
coal below a standard to be fixed by
the Bureau Of Mines be penalazed 81
ton. This would preclude shipment
of low grade coal. which consumers
have complained of this year, he said.
He suggested price maximums for
coal at the mine as follows:
"For veins 36 inches or under, S4
SO inches to 4s inches. $3.50; AZ inches
to feet, So; 5 to feet, $3.50 and
over feet. 1925
These prices practically are the same
as now fixed by the fuel administra-
ton, with the exception Of the last
class. His plan also contemplates d
viding the country into zones, as was
done in England, 20 eliminate long rail
road haus. He believed it inadvisablc
for the government to take over the
mines or the output, and insisted that
production would be adequately in
creased under the prices he suggested
Coal operators profits since last
July "have been enormous" Peabody
declared.
81 think my company will earn be-
tween 20 and 80 per cent before de-
Quoting war taxes" he said
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Big Arms Companies
Forced to Shut Down

The desperatencss Of the coal situa-
ton is illustrated by the fact that the
Remington Arms Company at lllion, n
Y, and the Savage Arms Company at
Utica arc idle to-day because the Utica
Gas and Electric Company, being with
out coal, had to suspend delivery Of
electric current to the two great COM
panics~ engaged in making machine guns
and rifles for the United States gov
crnment.
A paper board factory. supplying ma
tcrial for packing cases to the Win
chester Arms Company at New Havcr,
was also forced to shut down for lack
of power. The Winchester plant has
hcen kept going D.; ordering a local
coal dealer to deliver his entire stock
to that plant. but the consequence hasi
been the closing down or restriction Of
other war Industries, among them the
Stanley Rule Level Company, which
besides working on 28 different GOV
,rnment orders is making tools and
parts for many other government re-
quirements.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Miners Say They
Are Not at ault
In Fuel Shortage
indianapolis Convention
Expresses Sympathy for
Crippled Industries

lNnlANAPOLlS. Jan. l6 - Leaders
among the 1900 delegates here from
the twenty-onc coal producing states
of tho country attending the biennial
convention of the United Mine Work
ers OF America, expires ssed sympathy to-
day for residents and business inter
ests in districts that are suffering from
fuel shortage.
shutting down manufacturing indus
tries for five days made the miners
realize more than ever the seriousness S
of the situation and the Importance
of their work. AS serious as the sit
uation is. the miners say they feel they
have done all that is possible under
present conditions to relieve the situa-
ton.
"Thc trouble is with the railroads" "
said John p. White. former president
of the union, who is now associated
with National Fuel Administrator Gar
field as labor adviser Mr.. White. who
is attending the convention as dele
gate. continues:
ut is not a question Of production.
There is plenty of productions; but the
railroads cannot move the coal that is
mined. There are miners walking the
streets in mining towns right now, un-
employed. because the railroads do not
furnish cars.
"'rhere are miles and miles of loaded
coal cars on railroad tracks that are
not moving. The trouble is the coun-
try has outgrown the railroads. The
railroads have not kept the pace"
Another leader declared that while
there is no general idleness anywhere
in many spots. men are not working
full time because of the lack of rail
road cars. In the central Pennsylvania
btuminous fields, one delegate said
some miners have worked on an av-
erage OF only three or four days g
week for the last three or four weeks
In parts of the anthracite regions
coal companies are not only unable to
get cars. but are not able to get suf-
iicient timber, because Of railroad con-
gestion. to timber the mines.
The miners to-day received practi-
cal demonstration of what coal short
age means. The convention adjourned
before noon until tomorrow to permit
committees to meet. This gave more
than one thousand Of them an after
noon of, but there was no place to go
because the county fuel administrator
last night ordered all theatres, motion
picture houses, bowling alleys, billiard
and pool rooms, lodge rooms, saloons
and churches to close at once and re-
main closed until further notice.
The convention did very little to-day
Former President White made strong
plea for the ratification of the Wash
ington wage agreement, through which
the miners received an advance in
wages. The early adjournment for the
day enabled committeeman to consider
a large amount of business to come be-
fore the convention. The recommends
tions of the officers Will likely be
adopted.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
lime for Return Of Railroads
Will Be Fixed by Committees

1t is also regarded as certain that
the committees will write some sort
OF amendment into the bill before
either reports it. with view to reas
suring the owners of the short line
railroads. in view of the indccision, Of
the director general and his staff as to
whether it is desired to take over
these roads under the government COM
Wandering.
The proposed amendment providing
for the return of the roads to their
private owners Will. of course provoke
on the floor a clearly defined fight be-
tween the advocates and opponents Of
government ownership.
Inc government ownership advO-
Yates in making their battle will be
able to claim that they are only seek
ing to pass the bill in the form in
which the Administration desires it,
and can make the claim that they are
seeking to protect the Administration
from the "reactionary" tendencies of
the majority Of the committees.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Merchants Ask
For Coal Relief

Vigorous protest has been made by
the Merchants Association. on behalf
o. the business men Of New York City
and the inhabitants of the city, against
the diversion Of coal from New York
t. New England by priority orders.
The protest, sent to Washington in
the form of resolution, says:
Whereas. The insufficicncy OF the coal
supply at present available to the City os
New York is already causing untold suf-
ierlnE to thousands of its people. forcing
affecting its industries, business and COM
merce and
Whereas, Unless the coal supply be i'm
medlately and greatly increased and effective
provision be made for Il continuous and ade-
uuatc future supply.
The entire population will be subjected
to great hardship. excessive suffering and
danger to human life:
The conduct of business and manufacture
ing will be to a large extent suspended:
The operations of the lighting. heating
power and transportation companies, upon
which PEOPLE and industries alike are abso-
and many thousands reduced to unemploy-
ment and loss of earnings at a time when
their necessities are greatest; and
IVY hereas. part of such coal absolutely
required to avoid Il coal famine in this city
is not so applied and will not be available
for this city's .:se even when temporary con-
ditions which prevent the bringing Of coal
across the harbor are past. because. by prior
iiy orders OF the coal administration, coa
is being diverted from New York to other
sections whereby sickness and death are i'm
posed upon the people of this city and its
business activities threatened and will
continue to be threatened with general and
disastrous paralysis: therefore.
Resolved. That we demand the immediate
resembling of such priority orders so far as
they affect the supply Of coal required by
the pressing needs Of this-city that the Goa
now arriving at this port be devoted in ate
quate quantities to the relief Of New Yorl
and the adjacent communities, and that al
practicable measures be taken to increase
coal production and to provide for its speedy
transportation and equitable distribution"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17

New 1 Ork newspapers arc ulVlueu IN
their comment on DR.. Gartield's closing
order. "The World" staunch Admin
istration paper, attacks it, Editorial
extracts follow:
The World
The coal order issued by Fuel Adj
ministrstor Garfield last night is the
greatest disaster that has befallen the
United States in this war.
Unless is is revoked forthwith by
President Wilson it means the loss Of
hundreds >of millions of dollars in
wages and in products, and demor
alzation of industry that can be moth
ing short of calamitous. And this
apart from the actual suffering that
must ensue among great armies of
wage -earncrs who depend on their
days wages for their daily bread and
who arc arbitrarily made idle by the
fiat of Federal bureaucrat.
Mr.. Gartield's plan to increase the
supply of coal by shutting up the
United States is an act of folly and
panic for which there is no precedent.
We cannot imagine what Mr.. Gar
field was thinking Of when he issued
this order, nor can we understand why
President Wilson permitted him to
issue it. The order in itself is a con-
fession of incompetency. There can be
no more damning indictment of fuel
administration than the wholesale sus,
pension of industry on account Of a
temporary shortage of coal in a coun-
try that has more coal than any other.
President Wilson should not lose an
hour in pullfying the Garfield order.
That done, his next duty is to remove
Mr. Garfield and find fuel adminis-
traitor who measures up to the job.
The Sun
Primarily, the Fuel Administrators
order to shut down the greater part
of the nations industries, trades and
business for a fortnight of working
days, all told, is the fruit of the in
anc. criminal starvation of the rail
roads by the government for gen
Grafton.
suspended industry can get the rail
road tracks clear, and if the subse
quent period Of Monday holidays can
set the trains moving with their old
clocklike regularity, VIC shall have
emerged from chaos into order. II
then we can resume being the busiest
! nation on earth. instead Of being al
industrial paralytic as VIC now arc. VIC
shall again be great nation for our
selves and for the world Not before
"The Herald"
at is impossible to escape the con
viction that somebody at Washington
/ has bungled badly in the handling o
the fuel problem.
"The order Of the Fuel Admin stra to
! is blow between the eyes Of business
There would seem no probability tina
the programme promulgated yesterday
has had the approval Of any person
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17

the presen. status Of the rosd, which
is in the hands Of temporary receiver.
Mr.. Atwill says:
VI recommend that provision be made
authorizing representatives of tho Com
monwealth to take such steps as may
become necessary to protect the in
terests of tho Commonwealth in the dis
position Of the road and its leased lines,
OF course this would include authority
to purchase tie road and its leased
lines with provision for financing the
same. and would Of necessity impose
the obligation of operation unit; such
time as !. might be deemed cxpedient
to sell the road to others.'
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17

with knowledge Of the needs Of bust.
'''ess. else its cruditcs would have beer
corrected
The people of the United States will
submit willingly to any necessary
hardship which will contribute TO the
winning Of this war. They have shown
theIr readiness to follow the lead of
Washington at all times. They arc
not inclined to be hypercriticaI, rcaliz-
ing that while men in high places NAV
not be doing rs we'll as others might
they still are doing the best they can
IT, therefore, this order of the Fuel
Administration evokes general and Wig
orous criticism It will be only because
the people believe that which is de-
creed is needless and strikes them un
necessarily hard.
The Times
We hope the President will imme-
diatcly reconsider and revoke Mr.. Gar
'leid's astoundig order suspending, WI i.h
specified exceptions, the vast bulk oi
the country's business for five days
from tomorrow, and on every Monday
Tor ten consecutive weeks. An invasion,
Of the United States by German arm;..
and the capture of cities could hardl,
De more caIamitous in it's effects upo~
cur industries and our trade or upor
the spirit of the nation. The Adj
mlnlstration cannot have thought thi:
measure through to it's sure result,
or 1t would never have given sanction
10 such a ban upon the mind and bralr
end energies Of the American people n
a tune when they. are putting forth
'nelr whole strength to meet the need.
Of war. ''e ~
The American public will be pro.
1oundly disquieted by the order. Its
confidence will be shaken Apprehen
SION VIII be aroused. If such things
are put upon us at this incipient stage
or the war what may befall US when
at at length, we really grapple with the
Toe? In spite of all that Mr.. Garfield
says of the dire straits to which we
have been brought by the pitiless
Wlnter " and coal shortage, we feel that
= ne mas gone far wrong in his choice OF
remedy. 1t is a mistake to be cor.
rccted, and at once.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
staff Co,3'espon(lencc1

j
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-A definite
s'''e Tor the return of the railroads
''o'h government operation to their
private owners will be fixed in the Adj
"''lstratlon railroad bill before it is
'eported from either the House Or Sen
ave r. committee, it became known 20. day
ne House Committee on Interstate
""u rorelgn Commerce, it was learned,
,sa"ds ~ to in favor of writing into
Wv ,i,e OIL some definite stipulation for
o"e return of the roads, with view to
ssuarding against the possibility Of gov
lament ownership gradually growing
ton - '''''N Nv op''"
=. ms Is also the view of the major
~ OF members of the Senate commit
" although in the death of Chairman
a.e~Iands of that committee the Sen
nse lost one of it's most vigorous op-
Soaents OF government ownership.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Urges Bay State to Buy
Boston & Maine Railroad

BOSTON. Jan. lG.-Thc possible pur-
'hasc Of the Boston (. Maine Rail
'oad' as means of protecting the IN
''rcsts of the Commonwealth, was sug:
sested in the annual report of Attorney
general Henri c. Atwill, made to the
legislature to day. After referring to
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Federal Official
Coal Saving Victim
Trade Commissioner Develops
Cold in Building Left
Without Heat

WASHINGTON, Jan. l6.- Fuel con-
servation by tho government has put
Chairman William J. Harris of the
Federal Trade Commission in bed. Mr.
Harris has beer working very late at
his office, and the custom of banking
the fires in the commissions building
at the close Of the day left him with
out heat.
He developed so severe a cold that
lie has not been able to be at his office
this week
New-York tribune., 1918-01-17
Chinese Dying in Streets
Pneumonia Plague Kills Shan
81 Province Natives by Scores

FENGCHEH... Shansi Province, China
Jan. 16.-The hotbed Of the pneumonia
type plague prevalent here and in other
parts of Shansi Province is at present
Paotechow, on the Hoang-ho, west of
in the streets.
Appeals for help are being sent
broadcast by the American doctors re-
Gently sent into the province to investi-
gate the plague conditions