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The Robesonian., 1918-09-30
MARIETTA NEWS ITEMS.
Annual Meeting of Red Cross-Sch0ol
Begins October 7th-Thursday
Cleanup Day-Pers0nal.

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Marietta, Sept. 27.-The Red Cross
held its annual meeting at the school
building on Wednesday afternoon. The
following officers were elected: Mr..
C. T. Harrington, chairman; Mr.: W.
M. Oliver, vice-chairman Mrs. 7. c..
Parham, secretary; Miss Laura Scar
boro, treasurer. Miss Mae Oliver is
acting for Miss Scarboro unit! she
arrives. 1t Is time to pay our dues
again. We hope you will do it prompt
ly. We would like to see more pres
ent at our meetings.
Prof. W. T. Jenrette and Mr.. and
Mrs. Timothy Page were Lurnberton
visitors today.
We are very glad to welcome Mr..
and Mrs. Tom Harrington to our lit
tie town. Mr.. Harrington purchased
the house formerly occupied by DR..
Wells. The wedding was very quiet
on account of the recent death in the
brides family. We wish for them
happiness and success.
Mr.. Paul S. Oliver Lett Saturday
for A. and E. college, Raleigh. He
only spent two days at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. S. Page and Mrs.
| lOI0uC0- OllVGI CdiIlGu NILE. Lilly
Oliver to the hospital in Fayetteville
Wednesday to have an operation on
her nose.
Mrs. ]. M. Connelly's condition cen
tinues about the same. She had a
very weak spell last Saturday.
Our school will begin On October
7th. We want all the. children.
who possibly can to enter the first
day. Also all the little ones who ex-
pect to start before Christmas, so we
J can arrange the classes. We have our
same teachers except Miss Cherry
Miss Lula Page has the grades she
taugh. Next Thursday afternoon has
been appointed to clean up the school,
house and grounds. Now don't de-
pend on some one else to go and dc
your part or clean it up for you,
children. You go and help Go early
SO we can get through before night
Don't forget to carry something Il
clean up with-brooms, hoes, etc. Il
it be rainy day so we can't work. gt
Friday afternoon.
= Messrs. Craven Harrington anc
Forest Hamilton left this week fol
/ Trinity Park School.
The Robesonian., 1918-09-30

my health so l can do all my work and
I am so grateful that am recommend
ing it to my friends. - Mrs. D. M.
ALTERS, R. R. a, Oregon, Ill.
Onlywomen who have suffered the tor
lures of such troubles and have dragged
along from day to day can realize the
relief which this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, brought to Mrs. Alters.
Women everywhere in Mrs. Alters
condition should profit by her recon-
mendation, and if there are any COM
plications write Lydia E. Pinkham's
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for advice.
The result of their 40 years experience
is at your service.
The Robesonian., 1918-09-30
A Message to Home Girls.

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Please allow me space in your val
liable paper to write a few lines to
my home girls of Robson county.
Girls, remember me. You remem-
ber, perhaps, when we would meet to-
gether every Sunday morning around
the church in Sunday school, when I
could see your beautiful bright faces
and sing those beautiful songs to-
gether, and now often think Of those
good times that we used to have to-
gether. Hope you girls are having a
good Sunday school now and progress
ing as you used to. Hoping. to be
back in my home Sunday school some
time, by the help Of God. So girls,
remember this one that often thinks
of you.
Private RILEY LOCKLEAR,
Company H. 321st Infantry,
A. E. F., Via. New York.
Son of C. L. Locklear, Lumberton,
N. c.. R. F. D. No. 2, Box As.
The Robesonian., 1918-09-30
WITH robson
SOLDIERS
FROM THE TRENCHES.
Plenty of Fun Along With Work.
Boys Get Good Food, Are Well Car
ed For and Enjoy Good Health
RobesOnian a Welcome Visitor.

ed For and Enjoy Good Health-l
Robesonian a Welcome Visitor.
To the Editor of The Robesonian:
We are in the trenches. but not
being caught right at present on
either wiring or carrying party, my
thoughts turn to home folks and de-
cided to write and try to describe our
life over here as / see it.
We have plenty Of fun along with
our work. When behind the lines we
play ball, have field days and lots
of other things for amusement, and
at no time is life dull to us, and we
like it much better than we expected.
In part, life isn't at all bad. The Y.
M. c. A. sees to it that we are sup
piled with plenty of paper and en-
Velopes and our government doesn't
require us to buy stamps, so there
isn't any reason for us not writing
home. The "Y" also has huts close
up behind the lines and all at any
eM Su!qiHue sn pu9s o. HpeeI ou1l
want, and often come right up into
the lines with candy, cakes, gum, ci-
garettes, tobacco, and paper and en-
velopes. They seem untiring in their
efforts.
We get very good food, too, in our
ration issue-meat, beef, cheese,
spuds, onions, and loaf bread. We get
wheat bread, too, having you all beat
IN that way. ours being all wheat;
and we can purchase coffee, cakes,
meat, eggs and milk from the civil
ian population. And in strawberry
season we had bigger and finer straw
berries than have ever seen at home.
Besides all these the Red Cross
comes. along occasionally with a nice
box of smokes. This week the Times
Herald of Dallas, Texas tobacco fund
sent our battalion big box of smokes
which we have been enjoying at all
leisure minutes.
The people back home seem to be
all filled with the idea that we must
have everything we can possibly get,
and they have succeeded so we'll that
many boys will be loath to leave the
service after we have driven Jerry
back onto his own soil.
VI course we are under>fire when
IN the line but each of us and all the
people back home expected that before
coming over; but we also know that
every shot isn't aimed at you; SO we
think that the majority of US will be
going back home some day.
The health Of the boys is better
here than in the States. Rarely do we
have man go to the hospital, and we
haven't yet had serious case Of sick
ness.
Among letters from home CONES a
big letter to all in the form of The
Robesonian, and a good-sized scrap
always follows as to who will read #
first, no matter to whom it is ad-
dressed, and it is always read by ev-
cry man from that part of the State
With good luck to The Robesoniar
and everybody at home, am,
Very sincerely,
BUGLER JENNINGS GERALD.
Co. L, 119 Inf, A. E. f.
(Letter not dated).
The Robesonian., 1918-09-30
Robson is There and Will Do
Her Share ''-Interesting Letter
From Elwood Whaley Of Lum-
berton. Now in France.

Mr.. s. F. Caldwell of Lumberton
received a few days ago the follow
ing interesting letter from Mr.. Ell
wood Whaley, who is now in France:
Dear Sir:
You have been i'm my thoughts
many many times since I bade you
farewell in your office on that hot Au-
gust afternoon just one year ago to-
day, and l intended to write you long
ere this, but "just didn't get to it,
is the only excuse I can give. You
know how we, some of US at least,
are prone to neglect the execution Of
ou rgood intentions. But something
has militarily speaking" snap
out Of it"-so here goes.
Well, yes-dog- gone we'll q don't
cuss you know)-we have put another
nice one over on Fritz and his barbar-
Gus bunch, for the transport on which
we sailed, along with several others,
steamed safely into a beautiful rock
bound harbor of France loaded brim-
full of khaki-clad Kaiser-killers. AS
we steamed into port one of the Vic
tor machines aboard was playing "a
Perfect Day"-and as we drew nearer
"Helle! Kaiser Bill', was put on.
Then / walked up further on the far
ward hurricane deck Just aft Of the
big guns and discovered a native
Frenchman, an enlisted man III one of
the souadrons aboard, standing in the
midst of throng of soldiers singing
"The Marseillaise," and other allied
national songs. Thus we entered
France to lend hand in stopping the
biggest attempts to work wholesale
evil a barbarous people ever coaceiv-
ed.
We are not near enough to the
front yet to hear the big guns, but
hadn't been off the boat long before
we saw some Germans. They were
prisoners of war, and it is quite sat
isfying to see them, for once, en-
gagged in a good work We were told
that captains and lieutenants We're in
the bunch-but they all looked alike
to me. A dirty, mean-looking lot.
I'll tell you.
was not the only Robesonian
aboard Lieut.. Claud Poole of St.
Pauls and one of Pink Campbell's
boys sailed on the same trans port.
So you see old Robson was pretty
well represented aboard our craft, but
that's not surprising, for she always
has been we'll represented and always
will be when anything really big is to
be done. You remember the famous
telegram, "Hold Robson and save the
State" and hold she did. Now it's
"Hold France and save the world
a bigger job and across hazardous
seas, but Robson was among the
first to respond-and still they come;
and will continue to come; you will
gladly come Il know you) even
though in your case it will be great
sacrifice. Yes, I'll tell you, Sim
when this autocratic, Hohenzollern
barbarous bunch of murderers baby
killers which have so seriously
threatened the peace and liberty of
the world, are buried so deep that
the seed of the;-, kind shall never
sprout again, it can be SAID that
"Robeson was there and done her
share"
We are quartered in a very inter
esting, historic old fortified camp
They say that Napoleon once had
headquarters here, and Judging from
the aged appearance of the old stone
barracks and other buildings here.
abouts, don't doubt it one bit. This
The Robesonian., 1918-09-30
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS &C 49,,
cannot reach the seat of the disea se
Catarrh is local disease, greatly in.
nuenced by constitutional conditions
ano IN order to cure it you must
tarrh Cure is taken Internally and
acts thru the blood on the mucous SIR
Iaces E Of the system. Halls Catarrh
Sure was prescribed by one of the best
rs rs composed of some Of the best tonics
hhnoWn; combined with some of the
bins. bHss blood purifiers. The perfect COM
Catarehh OF the. ingredients in Halls
wonderful results in catarrhal conSii
Eons. Send for testimonials, free
Al; GGHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo. O.
<aairs Famil- Pills Tor constipation.
The Robesonian., 1918-09-30

Mr.. VIM. Bullard, vino lives :,
the eastern part of town, fell wblo
working on a barn near Boa~dmq,
Thursday and broke rib. Mr.. Bn,
lard did not fall to the ground. h,t
fell against piece of sheeting
The Robesonian., 1918-09-30

Entered as second class mail matter
At the postoffice at Lumberton, N. c.
The Robesonian., 1918-09-30
EAT
CORN
SAVE
WHEAT
Has a High Opinion of Chamberlain's
Tablets.

II have high opinion of Chamber
lain's Tablets for biliousness and as
laxative" writes Mrs. C. A. Barnes,
Charleston, Ill. 81 have never found
anything so mild and pleasant to use.
My brother has also used these tab
let's with satisfactory results
The Robesonian., 1918-09-30
Letter From Camp jackson.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.

Camp Jackson, Sept 2O.-Every-
thing is o. k. in old Jackson. It is
raining hard now. l am in the hos
pital and have been here for some
time but the doctor told me tonight
that he would get me out by Sunday
and you may know that l was some
glad to hear that. I sure want to get
back to my company where l ran get
some more good stew. / am tired of
The Robesonian., 1918-09-30
Land Auction Sale FridaJ.

The John H. Caldwell plantation,
about 5 miles from Lumberton on
the Carthage road, has been cut into
small farms by the Newberry Realty
& Auction Co. of Warsaw. The farms
will be sold at public auction Friday
of this week at 1920 a. IN.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-04
MAYSVILLE and
GAINESVILLE PIKE
may Be REOPENED
Meeting Of Road Enthusiasts With
State Road Engineer TO BE Held
Tonight at West Union In In
terest Of Project.

The State of Ohio is planning to
improve some of the more important
pixies of the state during the coming
year and d meeting of those interested
in the repairing and revival of the
old Maysville and GAINESVILLE turnpike
will meet at West Union, Ohio, this
evening with the state engineer Of
Ohio.
Maysville is vitally interested in the
revival of this old road which for
years was the most extensively used
turnpike in the country but parts of
which have become almost impass-
able. The repair of this pike through
Ohio would mean a new artery to
Maysyille and would no doubt be a
great benefit not only to our retail
business but also to our splendid to-
bacco market.
A Chamber of Commerce Committee
from this city will likely attend the
West Union meeting tonight to lend
their support and influence.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-04
EFFORTS TO Be MADE TO
INTEREST farmer BOYS
State Leader Of Boys Clubs Of the
State Here to Revive Interest In
All Clubs Among BOys-Wlll
Be Urged to Raise Pure
BREEDS.

Mr.. Otis Kercher, State Leader of
Boys Clubs, of the State College OF
Agriculture, is in the city and expects
to visit, with County Agent George
Kirk, during the next few days some
of the boys who are interested in the
club movement.
Mr.. Kercher is especially interested
in seeing Mason county have live Boys
Clubs this year and both he and Coun-
ty Agent Kirk will advise and urge
that the boys in the Pig Club secure
pure bred pigs so that they VIII have
something Of which to be proud and
at the same time have something that
will be worth money to them.
In the past the Boys Club move
ment in this county has met with
much success in membership and has
had the hearty cooperation of the
people but it is hoped to make it even
more popular this year than ever.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-04
GENERAL HALEY is TIPPED FOR
GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY

According to political dope Senator
Beckham and Senator-elect Stanley
have agreed on Gen. Percy Haley as
the Democratic candidate for COVER
nor of Kentucky and he will be given
their united support in the coming
contest for the nomination. The dope
also has it that Governor Stanley will
not resign his post as the chief execu-
tive of the state until just before the
convening of the next congress and
thus prevent Lieutenant Black who is
an avowed candidate for the demo-
cratic gubernatorial nomination from
getting into the governors chair and
securing the inside track on Haley
Ashland Independent
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-04

for two years. l then let them have
200 acres, each Of them paying the
taxes and keeping all balance pro-
ceeds. In 1883 C. b. Pearce and Ed
ward Pearce of Flemlngsburg, came
to me to take charge of Maysville and
Mt Sterling Turnpike Road and said
that it was $4,000 In debt and worn
very badly. With one proviso took
charge and that was / was to have
absolute control. / took charge in
1883 and made 1t better road than
1t ever was and kept 1t so until 1t was
sold to the county in 1898. The stock
advanced from So per share to $50 and
was worth the price.
In 1889 July II, my wife died. In
November, same year, my daughter
got married and moved to Maysville.
and in August 1890 l married. E. ].
Peed, lived on the home farm all this
time, increased in acreage to 23O.
In 1895 the last day of January i
bought property, gave up my home
farm of 230 acres to my daughter,
Mrs. Worthington; had increased my
sons, w. E. Cliff. farm TO 200 acres
and my son, Johnny, to 200 acres
Neither of my children paying any
thing for the use of said land except
the taxes In 1905 my last wife died
leaving will with a codical In which
she devised all of her property to me
so long as l lived. The day she died
she requested me under promise to
give up some of her beneficiaries be-
come very hard up for the needed
help. Her fathers estate had left her
$4,000. In 1907 gave heirs under her
direction $4,000. Hence 1 have never
been the beneficiary from any source
in my life of gifts except about $4,000
received from my fathers estate ten
years after his death. In 1912 when
my son, Johny, died 1 felt compelled
to come back to my old home where
| had moved to with my parents 1886
and left my daughter 1885, she hav-
ing died 1907, to spend my remaining
days of old age with furrowed cheeks
and whitened locks, but thank the
Lord for good eye sight and clear
mind. To my old home where l spent
my youthful days under the watchcare
of as good mother I am persuaded
as ever fell to lot of any child. In
1850 became member of the Mays
lick Baptist Church, hence am now
the oldest living member, the only one
that was old enough to take a very
active part in the reconstruction OF
he old house to. present building OF
which was chairman of the building
committee.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-04
OHIO RIVER TRAFFIC
STIFLED BY ORDER
OF FEDERAL BODY
Col. Lansing Beach Says Interstate
Commerce Commission Greatly In
jured River Interests.

Washington, December 3-Ohio Riv-
er traffic has been stifled as a result
of recent order by the Interstate
Commerce Commission directing that
railroads should not pro-rate with the
steamboat lines, declared Colonel
Lansing H. Beach, of the army engi-
neers, in a special report transmit
ted to Congress today by Secretary of
War Baker.
Colonel Beach said the policy of the
Interstate Commerce Commission
against pro-rating practically put the
Pittsburg and Cincinnati Packet Com
pany out of business overnight.
The report recommended that the
practice of pro-rating be restored, and
urged legislation ordering the Inter-
state Commerce Commission to COM
pei all carriers, whether operating by
rail or water, to issue through bills of
lading and to prescribe terms for pro-
rating.
Colonel Beach recommended "That
the Interstate Commerce Commission
be required to exercise the same SUI
pervision over movement by water
carrier that it does by rail; that the
Interstate Commerce Commission be
authorized to fix a minimum rate for
movement of freight by water as we'll
as maximum rates, and that all COM
mon carriers, whether operating by
water or rail, be required to issue
through bills of lading and pro-rate
on such terms as the Interstate Com
merce Commission or other establish
ed authority may prescribe as just
and equitable
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-04
MAYSvILLE INVITED TO
ClNCIMNATl'S war SHOW
Cincinnati Extends Invitation to
Maysville to Attend Her Big
War Show.

Mr.. ]. s. Small of Cincinnati was
here today personally delivering Gin
cinnati's invitation to Maysville peo-
pie to attend the big war show expo
sition to be held there December Ia
to %.
The city of Cincinnati has guaran-
teed 100000 for the presentation of
this stupendous exposition which will
give those attending some idea of how
the war was won by the Allied SOL
diers. Reproductions of battles will
take place while all kinds of war re-
lies and captured articles of warfare
will be displayed.
Mr.. Small created considerable in
terest in the exposition and it is ex-
pecte6 that there will be quite few
Maysville people attend.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-04
FEEBLE MINDED ILL

Frankfort, KY. December S-Out of
a total population of 460 inmates of
the Feeble Minded Institute in this
city 400 inmates and many of the en-
ployees of the institution are i'll of
influenza. DR.. G. C. Armes, Superin-
tendent of the institution, said tonight
that there is no occasion for alarm, as
there has been but one death and only
one inmate is in critical condition
tonight.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-04
ALBERT DAY DEALS IN LAND

Albert Day who the other day
bought the Thomas A. Dudley farm of
III acres on Allison has sold the same
since to Leforge Bros. He paid S7S
per acre and on the deal gets profit
of over $1,000 on the place. Troy Rob-
erts who bought 100 acres of the Yam
tbs place near Blue Bank at $50 is also
said to have sold it again to noun
tain man at rs per acre which shows a
fine profit within few days-F1em-
ing Gazette.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-04
B. F. Cliff DIES
AT home IN COUNTY
after LONG ILLNESS
One Of the Best Known Men In Mason
COunty-Writes Own Obituary
For Publication In the Pub
lie Ledger Telling of Ac-
tive Life.

Mr.. B. Frank Cliff died at his home
on the Cliff pike this morning at 8
o'clock after an illness of several
months. Several months ago he was
stricken with paralysis but seemed to
improve. About four days ago he be-
came worse and steadily sank until
the end came.
Mr.. Cliff was So years of age and
probably the best known man in the
county at this time. For years he pur-
chased cattle in this and all adjoining
counties and was for many years Su-
perintendent of the Maysville and Mt.
Sterling turnpike and later when the
county took over the pixies was Coun-
ty Road overseer for some time,
He was naturally one of the most
brilliant men in this section of the
state; an extensive reader and very
successful manager for after having
managed his fathers estate left with
heavy debt, he was able to gather
several hundred acres of the best land
in Mason county.
He is survived by one son, Mr.. Elzie
Cliff, of East Second street and Mr..
Stanton Cliff, of Market street. is a
grandson. Funeral will be held at
Mayslick 1880 p. m. Thursday.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-04
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS

High School atletics were greatly
interfered with by the "hu" epidemic
but it is understood that a basketball
tcam will be organized in several of
he classes and will begin intensive
practice at once expecting to get in
Trim in time to get few games with
state high schools for the winter
months.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-04

See our new line of French Ivory.
Just received anything you want in
Ivory, Ivory Files, Buttoners, Cuticle
Pieces, etc, 25c and upwards. Toilet
and Manicure Pieces, Puff Boxes,
Clocks, Buffers, all in French Ivory.
Call and make your selection. We
engrave any piece you buy, and ena-
mel same in colors to suit.
MURPHY, Jeweler and optician,
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-04
FIRST PRAYER MEETINGS TO BE
HELD TONIGHT

The first prayer meeting services
since the lifting of the ban will be
held tonight and tomorrow night 1t
is expected that there will be good
sized audience. Plans for the begin
ming of the Union Teachers Training
Class are also being considered by
those in charge.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-04
MUCH "FLU, IN FLEMING

The Fleming Gazette says: The flu
situation reported by Health Officer
Brice this morning for the county the
past week is as follows: New cases
1873, cases of pneumonia 10, deaths 5.
Total number Of deaths to date 81.
Most Of the flu cases are out in the
county, but four being reported in
Flemingsburg.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-04
sHERIFF'S HAVE HAD BIG JOB

The county sheriffs have mad some
big job on their hands for the past
several days in figuring up their tax
collection. 1t is understood that there
are very few people this year who
will have to pay the penalty ON their
taxes.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-04
PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT

The Maysville Public Library export
for the month of November is as fol-
lows
Number of visitors-50S.
No books were taken out on account
of the epidemic.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-04
MOVIES OPEN IN FULL BLAST
TOMORROW

The Pastime Theater opened its
doors to it's many patrons on Monday
evening but the Gem and Washington
have remained closed thus far These
two theaters will be opened to the
public on Thursday with big featuresl
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-04

Mrs. Sherman Arm, who has been
suffering with pneumonia at her home
in East Second street, is reported as
having passed the crisis and as now
improving nicely.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-12-04

To those who have accounts and
whose accounts are desirable. We will
make payments due February 1, In
stead of January 1. P. J. MURPHY,
Jeweler and Optician.