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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07
INSURANCE FOR SOLDIERS.
People at Home Should Urge Sol
diers in Camp to Take Govern
ment Insurance.

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Camp Jackson Columbia, S. c.,
Feb. 2-The insurance campaign now
being carried on at Camp Jackson, S.
c., is gaining momentum and interest
each day. A strong spirit of rivalry
has sprung up among the different
regiments in the division, and the
insurance officer expects to have an
application for Government insurance
from almost every officer and enlist
ed men in, the 81st division at the
close of the campaign, February 18th.
Explanatory talks are being made ev
cry night at the different Y. M. G. A.
buildings and every effort is being
made. 10 bring to the attention Of the
officers and enlisted men the many
benefits accruing from an insurance
policy with the government. In ad-
dition to the Y M. c. A. talks by
Lieut.. David H. Fuller, the insurance
officer, and his crops of assistants,
leach CONF z ss1yt-5s officer Who gives
his entire time to the men of the COM
pany, urging and explaining to them
the vital necessity of an insurance
policy with the Government.
Each Saturday bulletin board
showing the relative standing Of each
regiment in the division is shown at
the insurance Office and last Saturday
the 316th field artillery led with 981
men. out of total strength Of 1908
men insured, to the amount Of
80 ,097 100000.
Safety first" "preparedness,' " pa
triotism." protection" protect
yourself and the folks at home are
the headings of q few Of the large
posters in the quarters of the various
regiments and on the street cars and
billboards at Columbia. The purpose
of the campaign is to apprise every
man Of his opportunity to secure &,'v-
eminent insurance before February
12th.
Governor T. w. Beckett of North
Carolina, accompanied by j. Il. Pou
one of the leading lawyers Of that
State, visited the camp last sseh AND
made several speeches urging the sol,
diers from North Carolina to take
advantage of the Governments splen
did offer to protect their loved ones
The presence of these men at the
camp gave impetus to the campaign.
AS a great many men now at Cam
jackson are from this State, the di
vision insurance officer is especial.
anxious that the people at home writ
sor wire the soldiers to take an lnSur
:ance policy with the Government. I
letter from home will, perhaps, q
more to get your son, brother o
friend insured before February 12t
than any other agency that may b
used in the campaign.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07
MADE.IN-GERMANY LIES
CIRCULATED In CANADA

Canada Is also having trouble with
Made-in- Germany lies calculated to
hinder Canadian food conservation &C.
cording to an official statement re-
ceived from the Canadian food con.
troller by the United States food adj
ministration.
The stories bothering Canada are
Of the same general character as those
the United States food administers
tor recently denounced in this coun'
try, such 81 the ridiculous salt and
blueing famine fakes and the report
that the government would seize
housewives stocks of home canned
goods.
The Canadian food controller est-
mates that when the people listen 10
and pass on such stories, each one
has the power Of destruction that lies
in a battalion Of soldiers.
STORIES without even a vestige Of
foundation have been scattered broad
cast" said the Canadian statement.
Nor have they come to life casually
They have started simultaneous in
different parts of the country and II
each instance have been calculated 10
arouse public indignation.
"They are insidious, subtle, persist
ent. Bit by bit they dissipate puhlN
trust, the great essential in the WoTA
Of food control.
ut lies with every individual to for
bear from criticism; to refrain fron
passing on the vagrant and harmful
story, and thus the more effec,YeE
to COOPERATE In work which is solnss
to mean more than the majority {"
people yet realize"
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07
GOVERNMENT WANTS
CASTOR BEANS
Pro- Germans Are Trying To Dis
courage Their Growth-It Will
Be Profitable to Grow These
80
Beans.

CORRESPONDENCE of The Robesonian.
Hamlet, Feb. st is believed that
pro-Germans. are endeavoring to IN
terfere withTthe conduct of the war
in spreading the following rumors
with respect to the growing Of the
castor bean. Investigations are beng
carried on now to trace these rumors
to their source. =,
These pro- Germans are telling 1t
that the castor bean is difficult to
grow, and that it is impossible to har-
vest and thrash the crop, insinuatlng
that the beans are not being grown
for the Government.
To such rumors no attention should
be paid. because the Government
would not ask the farmers TO do
something that was impossible, and
the Government has fixed liberal
price 50 that it will be very profitable
to grow these heans. The beans,
when gathered, if put into a barn N
a dry place, will thrash themselves
Just as cotton boil will open, and an
ordinary velvet bean or pea huiier,
with q few minor adjustments, viii
thrash them. The Government needs
these beans, and it is going to sur
mount any difficulties met with by
the farmers.
Mr.. T. s. Evans, assistant develop
ment agent of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway, with Offices at Hamlet, who
has undertaken the planting Of 10000
acres in this territory forsthe Gov
eminent, says that when the farmers
found out that these rumors were the
result of pro-German propaganda
they would come to the support of
the government and take these con-
tracts lin a short time.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07
robson COUNTY MAN
DIES IN FRANCE
Civilian Abraham Clauson of Row
land Section Died of Pneumonia

A Washington dispatch states that
IN General Pershing's report to the
War Department on the 3rd mention
is made of the death in France from
pneumonia Of Civilian Abraham Clau-
son, of Rowland, N. c., R. 2. He was
with the transport workers battalion.
The same dispatch stated that six
of the IL American soldiers reported
missing after the German trench raid
on November have been located
by the Red Cross in prison camp at
Tuchel, West Prussia. They were cap
tured in the first assault Launched by
the Germans on an American sector
One Of the the prisoners is Sergt
edward w. HALLIBURTON of Stony
Point, N. c..
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07

store to sell Thomas some brick Dix
On said after shooting he went down
the railroad and that he was weak
and sat down Oh a crosstie, and saw
blood On the crosstie.
States Rebuttal.
Warren Stone testified that he had
been living at Pembroke for Is years
and that he remembered the night
Thomas was killd: he was just in
side Thomas store, went in at side
door to trade; heard the shooting,
some four or five shots, and went out
at the front door and on home; on
way met Mr.. Proctor at cross. roads
coming into edge Of road; talked a
few minutes; later saw Mr.. E. M.
Paul and went back to the store aid
both went in Saw Dixon just before
shooting. He was not intoxicated.
Had known Dixon since coming to
Pembroke, and general reputation
was good. Thomas was bad.
Mr.. A. NJ. Bruce testified had been
living at Pembroke "a years, is in
business there, that W. w. H.. Proc
tors character is good.
Alice Thomas testified that she had
never seen the screwdriver until Sat-
urday The threatening letter was
not in her husbands handwriting.
Joe Thomas testified that Ne was
clerk in his brothers store and that
they did not own a screwdriver. Was
inside the store when he heard the
shooting.
W. W. H. Proctor testified that he
heard the evidence of Dixon and that
there was no understanding that he
was to wait for Dixon till he called
! Thomas out of the store
Bonnie Sampson testified hat he
was some 13 or IA steps from shoot
ing and was looking directly at them
Did not hear Dixon call Mr.. Proctor
I Did not see Thomas strike Dixon.
CASTOR Locklear testified that he
saw Dixon when he shot Thomas, was
about Is feet from shooting.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07

coming to realize that every pound Of
wheat saved in America means pound
of wheat released for shipment To the
nations with which America is aSsoci.
ated in the war.
There are score of corn products
that today possess unusual importance
for Americans. Corn syrup for sweet
ening corn cakes and buckwheat cakes
and for use in the kitchen instea, Of
granulated sugar is one of the leading
products made from corn.
Corn oil, excellent for frying and fot
every other purpose filed by salad OILS,
is appearing on the market in large
quantities. It comes from the germ Of
the corn.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07
FROM SADDLETREE.
Roads Almost Impassable-Moth-
er and Daughter Died Same
Week-School Making Prog

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Lumberton, R. 2, Feb. lowing to
bad weather and much hauling the
roads through our section are getting
almost impossible.
We have been having some serious
times for the last week. Mr.. William
Lockley has lost by death his wife,
Mrs. Dealie Lockley, also his little
daughter, Miss Mary Eliza Lockley.
The remains of both the mother and
the daughter were buried at the home
cemetery. Miss Mary Eliza was
buried Monday, January %, and her
mother January 31-both the same
week. Miss Mary Eliza was about Is
years old. She was one Of our school
students at Piney Grove. She is
missed in our school, as well as at
her home.
Piney Grove school is making grand
progress; the students are attending
school very we'll this session. Prof
C. D. Bennington and Miss Martha
Lowrey are the teachers.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07
Indian Woman of Robson Dies in
Georgia.

Correspondence Of The Robesonian.
Daisy, Ca, R. 2, Feb. AIRS. Sal
lie Locklear died January 81. She
was taken to the Mt. Zion cemetery
mead Adalelle, Ca Deceased was
about AT years old. She had only liv-
ed in this State for short while. De-
ceased was a native of Robson coun-
ty. She had been in i'll health for
some time. She is survived by her
husband, Mr.. Newberrie Locklear, and
Z children, one son, Mr.. Vonnie Lock-
lear, of Hoke county, N. C. The
funeral will be conducted first Sun
day in June.
L. NJ L.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07

For baby's Group, Willie's daily cuts
and bruises, mammals sore throat,
Grandma's lameness-Dr. Thomas
Electric Oil-the household remedy.
Soc and 60 c.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07

Itch! Itch! Itch!-Scratch! Scratch!
Scratch! The more you scratch, the
worse the itch. Try Doan's Ointment.
For eczema, any skin itching. 6Oc a
box.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07
Box Supper at Henderson School

To the Editor Of The Robesonian.
There will be box supper at the
henderson school on Thursday night
ebruary ID, also a voting contest
The public is invited with good be-
havior
LETTICE CLEANERS.
PEARLIE LOWRY.
Teachers.
Fairmont, N. G., Feb. 6, 1918.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-02-07
Chamberlain's Tablets.

These Tablets are intended espe-
cially for disorders of the stomach,
liver and bowels. If you are troubled
with heartburn, indigestion or consti-
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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-22
Fanny Durack Will
Meet Stiff Opposition
From U S. Mermaids

Miss Fanny Durack, champion
woman swimmer of the world, is COM
ing to America from Australia in June
and her entrance in swimming events
here against the most brilliant mer-
maids Of America promises q stimula-
ton of aquatic sports which should
greatly increase their popularity.
There have been many conflicting
reports regarding the great Australian
girl, who holds practically all world
records from SO yards to one mile. 1t
was reported that she would enter the
Honolulu carnival last fall in which a
number of American girls took part,
and when she did not appear reports
aid she had gone to France as a war
1t has lately developed that Miss
Durack had not trained for several
months preceding the Honolulu events
and did not carr to enter against a
field of such ability without being in
the best of condition.
Lately Miss Durack has been train
ing faithfully and should be in prime
condition in June.
Miss Durack is certain to meet the
most difficult competition she has ever
experienced in all events.
A fine array of s%printers headed by
Miss Dorothy Burns of San Francisco
will meet her in the sprints. Miss
Burns last summer set marks of 20
As seconds and 1.07 AS in the SO and
10O-yard events respectively. This is
the fastest time ever made in open
water and compares ver favorably
with Miss Durack's worlds records for
the distances made with the ad-
vantages of turns.
Closely behind Miss Burns in these
events come Miss Claire Galligan and
Miss Charlotte Boyle, Of New York,
Misses Olga Dorfner. Elizabeth and
Gertrude Artelt of Philadelphia, Miss
Thelma Darby of Indianapolis and
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-22
LEGAL NOTICES

0U1QI0N8.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, COUNTY
of Grand Forks-ss. In District
Court. First Judicial District.
Clara J. F.. Hutson, Plaintiff, VS.. George
A. Hutson, Defendant.
SUMMONS.
The State Of North Dakota to the above
named Defendant:
You " hereby summoned to answer
the complaint in this action, which is
filed with the Clerk Of the District
Court in the County of Grand Forks,
State Of North Dakota. and to serve a
copy of your answer upon the subscriber
within thirty days after the service of
this summons upon you, exclusive Of the
day Of service; and in case of your fall
ure to appear or answer judgment will
be taken against you by default for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated at Grand Forks, N. D., this 10th
day of January, 1913.
BANGS, HAMILTON & BANGS,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
(Jan. 15-22-29. Feb. 5-12-19)
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-22
(By C. C. Lyon.)

A French Aviation Station in
France, Jan. 22.-I had hoped to be
able, today, to tell how the German
trenches and defensive systems look
from a French airplane, but
Our blamed engine went dead on
us and we were forced to descend
behind the French lines in a series
Of awful bumps.
1t was my first ride in a battle
plane. Also. without any reserva-
tons. my last.
A certain high officer in aviation
had been promising for a long time
with him.
This morning he said: Lets go
over and see what the 'Boches are
up to-"
Sure" I assented. where's your
bus?"
"Out on the field behind that last
hangar yonder. Tell the mel to strap
you in the back seat. I'll be along
in a few minutes; I've got to get my
toys on"
|. When he appeared Il had been
buckled and strapped ay} tied so Sc,
myself with a set of burglar tools.
1t was a biting cold morning
The pilot took his place and the
mel started turning the propeller.
They twirled and twirled and
twirled n then took off their coats
and twirled some more, but NOT u
solitary kick of the engine rewarded
them for their efforts.
The pilot Vas profuse with orders.
and directions. Three or tour times
one OF the mechanics crawled up on
top Of h engine and hit it with a
big hammer.
This old boat the pilot turned
to me and apologizcd. "hasn't been
acting very we'll lately. We've been
everlasting her and this is her first
flight since she came out OF the
shop. Wen have her going in a
jiffy. Don't get impatient"
If a number of my friends hadn't
have been willing to have called oft
my part in the flight over the Ger
man lines.
1 had never died before and !
wasn't particularly keen about risllins
my neck behind an engine that WASH I
city broke and perfectly reliable.
But overweening pride usually goes
before a fall out Of an airplane, SO
I stuck in.
on the part Of the mechanics and
helpers the motor started and ran
like a top-for about is seconds.
Then it stopped. Three times it act
ed that way. The fourth time 1t
didn't stop, but it proceeded to kick
and sputter and back and fill and to
act in a very disagreeable ann
"Only needs warming up a little"
the pilot shouted back to me.
Five minutes of this and she sud-
denly began running like velvet.
Issaw the pilot wave the men out
Of the way and
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-22
Southpaws On Increase,
Why? Because Wise
Managers Have Learned
How To Use Them

If the value of a southpaw is
doubted the official averages of the
National league recently issued show
c~onclusively that the in the
old circuit have no doubt about their
use.
The records show that no less than
81 port siders worked in the National,
probably the largest number eveI
gathered together under one tent
during a season.
Only a tri7e we half of this num-
Der We're pitchers. II in all, the rest
worked in the outfield or on first base
One manager, Fred Mitchell, could
have put an entire southpaw outfield
into the field had he wished to do so,
Williams. Wolter and Flack all
throwing from the fork side.
The advantage of left-handed
pitchers has long been we'll known
In the days when they were scarce
they could usually be counted on to
broke just opposite to those of the
right handlers. AS the game progress
ed some smart batters learned to bat
left-handed so they would be especial
~ effective against left-handed pitch
ing. This also added speed in. the
8 of fast ~baserunners as they
gained a couple of steps in getting
away from the plate on a, hit.
A few years ago the switching OF
batters to meet pitchers when a south
paw was substituted for a right
handler was figured out.
Bill Carrigan and later Jack Barry
used Del Gainor and Dick Hoblitzel
at first base. the latter against right
handed pitchers. the former against
the southpaws.
In the last world series both Nc
Graw' and Rowland switched to meet
changes of pitchers.
Rowland used John Collins in left
field until the second game when Per-
rift. a Highlander, was substituted
for Schupp, he sent in Leibold for the
balance of the game. McGraw used
Thorpe on a change of White Sox
pitchers.
Left-handers have always been
wonders at first base. Some of the
greatest initial saekers of today
throw and bat from the port side.
Witness Hal Chase. Jake Daubert,
George Sisler and Walter Holke.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-22
GUTHRIE MADE KNIGHT.

New York, Jan. 21.-American
friends of Connop Guthrie. the repre-
sentative in the United States of the
British ministry of shipping. have
just learned that a knighthood has
been conferred him in recognition of
his work here. He has been made
a knight commander of the Order of
the British Empire and henceforth
will add the prefix Sir" to his name.
Sir Connop has made his headquarters
in this city wheDce he has controlled
all the British and some of the entente
allied tonnage employed in the rams
p%ortation of supplies to the war zone.
This has brought him in close contact
with large business interests of Amer
lea. AT the beginning of the war he
went to France with the Grenadier
Guards, was wounded at Neuve Cha
pelle and incapacitated for further
militray service, retiring with the rank
of captain. Afterward he was at
tached to the British admiralty service
in London.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-22
Lyon Takes His First
And Last Trip Over
War Zone in Airplane
We were off!

we were OIL. H Na.
For awhile we sailed along in
glorious style. The old engine APP
peared to be in dead earnest and was
hitting on all c%yclinders as any good
airplane engine should.
Leaning over the side, I began get.
ting real enjoyment out Of watching
the farms n woods and roads and
rivers rapidly drifting out from un-
der us.
At one time a thin thread appear.
ed to be dragging itself along a
winding road far ahead Of us. The
! pilot swooped down toward it and I
discovered it was a French supply
train on it's way to the front. We
lowered over it at a height of about
$50 feet.
The truck drivers waved and
shouted to us and in reply 1 dropped
overheard a copy of a month-old
American newspaper which I hap
pened to have in my overcoat pocket.
Here, we turned sharply, and, at
right angles to the road, made Off
in a direct line for the German
trenches.
We had gone hardly half mile be.
fore something startling happened.
We were owe a thick wood when
the engine, without the slightest adj
vance notice, went stone dead-not q
~ w IL pdlIL 4loI a S11uSs
Having unlimited confidence in my
pilot. who has an International repu-
,ation as a flier, a little matter like
a dead engine didn't, at the time, mn
press me as being Of any particular
consequence.
Id often heard of pilots gliding
to earth after shutting off their en-
| gincs and I supposed that was what
my pilot was proposing to do.
Blu suddenly l felt the machine tip
SO abruptly to one side and dive that
my stomach went weak and I felt
as though a fast elevator had let go
for a few floors.
Howevcr-and this, from my own
standpoint, is a very important
feature OF this story-just as the tree
tops appeared to be coming up to
meet US, that wonderful old engine
decided to go to work again; ana,
with a resumption of deafening re-
ports the machine, like a giant bird,
SCARED out beyond the forest n ove
a long level field.
We quickly landed while the land
ing was good, and as We ~unfastened
ourselves and crawled out of u
seats, the pilot had this apology:
That was a mighty bunpy land
ing l just made; sorry if 1 jolted you
up some But she's working some-
thing awful this morning. When she
Eel dead on us over those woods
back there l thought it was all of
with us and 1 began picking out a
soft tree to fall in"
I felt like punching myself to see
If I was all present.
Never mind about the bumps,
friend" 1 said. 'The thing I like
most about this whole business is that
I'm still alive"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-22
DAVID MOFTATT'S DREAM.
New York SUM

1t was David H. Moffatt's dream to
cross the Continental Divide by
climbing and not by following the
water courses. He wanted his rail-
road. the "Moffatt Road" to be as
nearly an airline from Denver to Salt
Lake as engineering science and hu-
man determination could make. And
he lived to see the road of his dreams
|surmount the great backbone of a
hemisphere at an altitude of some
thing like 1860 feet. He lived to
spend the millions he had made, he
who had begun life barefoot, and died,
as 1t now appears. nearly 1000, 900 in
debt. A picturesque career. with
something admirable about it., even
though the purpose that found in him
its single mind was perhaps neither
judicous nor worth such sacrifices.
The "AIoffatt Road" is his costly
monument-Lthat and the wonderland,
the jeweled Colorado scenery, which
10 unroiled before the traveller upon it.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-01-22
SECOND sU111oMs IN oA1HrsH.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

00SV0~ 0O~~V"o AW ~A~0 IDLY
MEET.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
county Of Grand Forks,
In Justice Court Before P. Mclaughlin,
Justice of the Peace.
Northern State Bank Of Grand
Forks, North Dakota, q cor
poration. Plaintiff,
vs..
Mrs. John Hamilton, Defendant
And Grand Forks Furniture
The State Of North Dakota tq.said De.
i BY THis SECOND SUMMONS HERE.
IN. you are directed to apsear before me
at my office in the city Of Grand Forks,
county Of Grand Forks. state of North
Dakota, at 10 o'clock =. M. on the 18th
day Of February A. D. 1918, there to
answer to the complaint Of the North
ern State Bank Of Grand Forks. North
Dakota, q corporation. against you,
allesinx that you are indebted to said
plaintiff in h sum Of 10000 on q
Of Panooitz Furniture and Carpet Co.
of 5000 assigned to plaintiff for value
and demanding that certain household
goods and furniture garnished by writ
issued out of the above named court,
and served on Garnishee above named.
and disclosed by said g%arnishee, to be d