THE SEMI-WEEKLY ROBESONIAN'. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Wade Hampton Kinlaw, Attorney at Law LUMBERTON, - - - N. C, Office over Webster's Tin Shop N A. McLean. A. W. McLean J. a. MoCormlok. McLEAH, McLEAH A McCORIICS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LUMBERTON, - - N C. Offices on 2nd floor of Bank of Lnm berton Building, Rooms 1, 3, 8, & 4 Prompt attention given to all businesa OHAS. B. SKIPPER, Attorney at Law, LUMBERTON, - - - N. C. All business entrusted to him will re ceive prompt and careful attention. Office in First National Bank building rfver Post Office. EARNINGS OF PRISONERS. United E. M. BRITT, Attorney at Law, LUMBERTON, N. 0. Office upstairs in Argus Building. All business promptly transacted Mclntyre & "Lawrence Attorneys and Counselors at Law, LUMBERTON, : : N. . Interesting Figures of States Convicts. W. W. rrice, in Charlotte 01)server. Figures of the bureau of labor show that, during the last year (1903-4) for which statistics are available, North Carolina had 1, 310 convicts employed in differ ent kinds of labor that netted a total for the State of $716,380. The largest nil mber of prisoners was at the btate prison at Ral eigh, where there were 532 men and 30 women. Under the public works system, North Carolina convicts produced labor of the value of $478,705. Under this sys tem convicts were employed in 38 States and 100 institutions. Reports were secured from a total of 290 institutions, of which number 257 were penal and 39 juvenile reformatories. These 290 institutions covered more than 400 places in which convicts were located. These institutions also showed a daily average of 80,030 convicts in confinement during the year. Of this number 74,771 were in penal institutions and 11,264 in juvenile reformato ries. Of the total number in all E. J. BRITT, ATTORNEY AT Law, Lumberton, N. C. Office over Pope's Drug Store. R. C. PARVIN, Contractor and Builder. Lumberton, N. C. Plans, Specifications and Prices furn ifhed on application. McLean & Black, Attornbvs at Law, MAXTON, N. C. Office cm and floor McCaskill Building, Rooms 6-8. Dr. N. A. Thompson, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, LumMrton. : : : : N. 0. Office neitdoot above Savings Bank. R.T AM.CN K. 1. OATl.SBl'BV Drs. Allen & Castlebury, Dentists, LUMBERTON, N. C. Office over Dr. McMillan's Drug Store. DR. J. D. REGAN, DENTIST, Lumberton, - N. 0. office in Shaw building, drug store. over Pope'f institutions, 80,420, or 93.5 per cent., were males, and 5,010, or 0.5 per cent., females. Only 59.5 percent, of the total number of onnvicts were engaged in pro ductive labor. There were found to be a total of 10,142 idle men and 544 idle throughout the of the United sick men and Dr. F. H. PITMAN, DENTIST. ASHPOLE, N. C lr. R. B. BECK WITH, Physician and Surgeon, Offers bis services to the people of Lum berton and surrounding country. Office in je McLeod Building. Phon No. 6. Can be found at night at residence formerly occupied by Mr. George M. Whitfield. JOHNSON & BRITT, Real Estate and Insurance Agents, LUMBERTON, N. C. Office over Argus Buil ling. "THE OLIVER" The Typewriter WitL the LONGEST, STRONGEST and BROADEST .Guarantee. Catalog for the Asking. J- B. Grayton & Go- General Agants, Trust ;Bu!ldIng, ft Thlnfl 01 Beauty !Sfl Joy Forever. - Our Photographs are Beautiful and Life life, finished in the mos. up-to-date styles. Come and see onr work. We make Fami ly Grouprs, Vic a Etc. Cotue while the weather in pleaianl nd bring- the little folks. EL J. WAITS, 1 "" "- -' ot TfUDIO, women scattered various prisons States, and 2,541 232 sick women. The total value of alT goods pro duced by convict labor for the years $34,270,205. This sum rep resents the market value that is, the .amount for which the goods were sold, not when used in institutions were produced the estimated amount for whic the goods might have been sold Civilian laborers were thereby cut out of money to this amount during the year. So far as the value of product is concerned, boot and shoe mak ing is the leading industry. The product in this enterprise was valued at $3,527,599- The othe leading industries in the orde of value of products, are: Farm ing, $2,9M:,H75; clothing, $2,044, 511; chairs, tables, etc,, $2,371, 703; brooms and brushes, $1,780, 834; roads and highways, $1, 857,170; coal mining, $1,031,340 binding twine,$l, 513,252; lumber $1,102,032 and the building trades $1,084,h;h. In all, ho different industries were found to be car ried on in the different State )i'ions and juvenile reformat) ne.s in tne united otates. The State showing the largest production of convict made goods was Missouri, where the product was worth $2,451,930; Illinois came next with $2,201,543; Geor gia third, with goods worth $2, 121,080 and Texas fourth with i product of $2, 109, 24 4. The contract system was found in 27 States and 54 institutions. The greatest value of product was again found in Missouri, where the psoduct was valued at $2,298,585; the second was Vir ginia, with a product of $1,631, 040. The thid State under this system was Kentucky, with a valuation of product of $1,470,800 The lease system was found in operation in . Alabama, Honda, Georgia, Virginia and Wyoming. Georgia produced goods worth M.titw.p'Jd under this system, or a little more than one-half of all the goods produced under the system. Southern States led in the value of production under the public works system convicts being employed in 38 States and 160 institutions. The principal States under -this system were: Geor gia, with a product value of $491,- -7H9; North Carolina with a pro duct value ot $478,705; South Carolina with a product of $325, 088,and the United States prisons with a product value of $419,306. Manufacturers throughout the United States consider convict labor unfair and ruinous and they say that it compels the reduction of prices below a fair margin of profit and often even below the cost of production. This is es lecially the case in the boot and shoe industry. In the making of blacksnake whips the prisons hav& been able not only to drive out of existence practically all the factories em ploying free labor, but in some instances have expanded to sup ply the increasing markets. This is also true with regard to whip lashes and other small articles " It has "been estiraatedth.it to perform the work done by 51,172 convicts, 32,801 free laborers would be required. Expressed in round numbers, three free laborers are equal to nine con victs, or in other words, a convict is only three-fifths as efficient as a free laborer. Had all the work done by convicts during the year under consideration been done by free labor the total amount of wages therefor would have been approximately $11,915,429. While in the1 United States as whole convicts were a burden on the public, those in penal in stitutions were profitable in Ala bama, Florida, Mississippi and Virginia. Allowing credit for la bor performed on public works they were a source of profit also in Georgia, Louisiana, Mississ ippi, North Carolina and South Carolina. The value of food consumed per convict per year, $51.68, can not be considered excessive, being a little less than $1 per week, as it has been shown that the aver age cost of food per adult male in workingmen's families is $91.31 per year. The average value cf clothing used, both purchased and made, per convict per year in the public penal institutions was $10.77; the average cost for guards, $56.55. In juvenile in stitutions and reformatories the cost of maintenance is slightly less on the average on account of a lessening of cost of guard hire, RAILROAD WRECKS Bulletin With Statistic by tbc Inter-State Corporation Com-mtsslon. Boardman Notes. Correspondence of The Robeeonlan. Mr. and Mrs. Stone have re turned from their bridal tour in which they took in many scenes of the Norih. Their many friends gave them a hearty welcome and wish them much success in a happy life- Miss Maude Howell, of Board man, is visiting friends and re latives at Chad bourn. Mrs. J. C- Hall is visiting her parents in Chattum, Virginia, and will be away until Septem ber the first. Mrs. T. R. Britt, of Evergreen, spent Sunday with her sister, Mrs. W. T. Sanderson. Miss Leather Walters, of Barnesville, is spening some time with her sister, Mrs. Tom Jones, of this place. Monday afternoon Misses Lela and Ira Burney were called home by telegram on account of the death of their father, Mr. Frank Burney. We learn that in gear ing a mule he was kicked, which resulted in his death. Mr. Bur ney leaves a large family and a host of friends. Those whose hearts are over shattered with sorrow, may they look on the bright side, and re member him whodoethallthing8 well. They have our sincere sympathy. Boardman, N. C, July 25th. Floats Three Thousand Miles. Associated Press dispatch. New York, July 28. Lying in the water with her hull just awash, the wandering derelict John S. Deering, of Bath, Maine, was sitrtiteu on July Id, about 1,000 miles west of Queenstown by the White Star Liner Cevic, from Liverpool, which arrived to day. Captain Clarke, of the Cevic, considers the derelict a serious menace to navigation because it is directly in the path of all west bound steamers on the north At lantic passenger route- The John d- ueering, late in February, left Wilmington, N C, with a cargo of lumber for New York. Heavy storms were encountered and the Deering be came dismasted and waterlogged. Her master and crew were res cued by another schooner and landed at Philadelphia. - It was off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, that the derelict started on her wanderings. Since she was left by her crew she has floated with the Gulf stream in a northeast erly direction over three thou sand miles. Women Successlul Drummer. Bangor Times. Mrs. Alton Milliken, Maine's first and only woman commercial traveler, is visiting her home here after a successful season on the road. A few years ago Mrs- Milliken 's husband died and the excellent position he had held as traveling representative of a large oil house was sought by many of the best men in the bus iness, but the company had faith enough in the young widow to give her a trial in her husband's place. So successful has she been not only holding all of the old- busi ness, but getting many new cus tomers, that she now has the position permanently at a largely increased salary- Mrs. Milliken travels over a wide territory and seldom visits Bangor now, but welcomed by many friends when she comes this way. She a handsome young woman, right and .independent, and asks no favors from anyone on the road. Weevil-Proof Cotton Found. iTaton Rouge, La., Special Announcement that a variety of cotton known as "triumph" cot ton is apparently not attacked by the boll weevil, was made by Entomologist Newell, of the State crop commission. This plant is announced to be free from some other cotton pests. It yields over halLa bale to the acre and is not sensitive to weather conditions. Subscribe for The Robesonian, and keep posted. Charlotte Chronicle. In view of the recent wreck on the Seaboard, a bulletin just is sued by the Inter-state Com merce Corn mission is of more than passing interest. It covers tli ree months ended March 31, and as given in the Washington Post says: "The most disastrous acci dent reported, a collision causing thirty-four deaths and injuring twenty-four, wasduetothestnk ing failure of the train dispatch ing system. A telegraph oner ator at a small and lonely station, who had teen on duty all day and more than half the night, fell asleep, and on awakening inform ed the train dispatcher as to what occurred while he was asleep." The total number of casualties on railroudsin January, Februaiy and March, including passengers and employes, was 18,29(5. Of this number, 17,170 were injured and 1,125 killed. The total number of collisions and derailments was 3,490 (1,921 collisionsand ,509derailincnts)of which 239collision sand 1 (derail ments affected passenger trains. The damage done to cars, engines and roadway by these accidents amounted to a,y27,Yoa. Tneie is a decrease of 232 in the num ber of collisions and derailments over those reported in the pre ceding three months. The number of employes killed in coupling and uncoupling cars and engines was 81, being one less that the number killed in the last quarter. Mining lor Cobalt. Fayettevillc Observer. Thomas A. Edison, the wizard of the electrical world, last week commenced mining oixrations for cobalt near Webster,.Inckson county. It is said that several other mines will shortly be opened. The miningof cobalt by Mr. Edison is being conducted at present on a very small scale, on ly ten or twelve men being em ployed. The cobalt is shipped to New York in crude form and there rendered. It is said that machinery will, however.be ship ped to the cobalt deposits on which Mr. Edison, has options and active mining operations un dertaken Mr. rxlison while in Asheville, declared that, by the use of cobalt, he could reduce the cost of city trafllc 55 per cent. and cut the weight of storuge batteries about 50 per cent. Commissioner's Sale. By virtue JOT authority me Sn Br virtue 'of authority vested in under a judgment and decree of tbe perior Court of Robeson County, in civil action Pennine- in said court enti tied Lilly & Gray executors, vs. Krancix Martin, and others, I will on Mot day ihe 6thday of August, 1906, at 12 o'clock noon, at the l-onrt lloue door in urn ber ton, N. C, offer for rale a publi auction to the holiest bHder for cash the following described land: In Robeson County on Be: r Swnmo adjoining the lands of Elms Billiard and others, and bounded and described a follows: Beginning at a maple In the run of Bear Swamp Branch, Hlias Bui mm s corner, ana tuna uience North At Bast, 14 poles to a pine, thence South H'j Ea t, 19 ch-ilns to a stake b a dead pine; thence outh 40 Hast, 35 poles to the run of said branch; thence with tin various courses of said branch to the lie ginning, ct maining- 51 acres, more or less, and being the Nor li East portion ot a 150 acre tract deeded by Allen Ston to Fete Dial. Dated this July ?nd, 1106 C. 11. SKIPPER, Commissioner. Mclntyre & Lawrence, Attorneys for plaintiffs. 7 Q-4inon Too many people are only half living. We are not thoroughly alive till we are receptive to whatever is good and beautiful in the world about us, till our thrilling pulses respond to the challenge of the sunset, or a half opened rose, or an act of heroism. We are only half liv ing till we have learned to enjoy our work.to find pleasure in com mon things, to carry enthusiasm into which some jieople may call drudgery. Do not le content to go on living on the edge of things. Get all life has, all that God planned for you. Be alive through and through. Ex. If you want knowlege, you must toil for it; if food, you must toil for it; and if pleasure, you must toil for it; toil is the law. Pleasure comes through toil, and not by self indulgence and indolence. When one gets to love work his life is a happy one. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this ptwr will lie pleawd to learn that there Is at If aft one dreided iIIh use that science had tx-en slilr to cure In al ItB stages, and tnst is Ostarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure la the onlj poHltWe cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a con gtitutlon! disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Ha'I's Catarrh Care is taken 'In ternally, acting directly upon tne Diooa ana nmui uurfmces of the Myste , . thereby de stroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the pat'ent strength by Ixjlldlag up Ihe nonstltut on and ssslstlng anl assisting na t ire in dolrg lis work. 1 he proprietors have so much faith In its curative powers that they offer One Hundred- D.illar for ny case that t falls to cure. Semi for list ol testio omals. Address r. J. CHUNKY uo., Toledo, o. Hold by all Droggl-ts. 7fi.;. Take Hall's Family I'll Is for eoui.tlp.tlon. Execution Sale By virtue of an execiitic n directed to the umk-rtii'iicd from the Simcrior Ct url of Rob a n County, issued iiimui :t iinlf. merit dt ckt led in saiif Court entitled iv M. Crow II vs. H. Smith, whcrciimler t lie lai d Imeiu advertised to le s Id were attached, I wi I im Moiidav, the nl lay ef September, iquft. at 12 im loek 0011, at the Court House door in the ow ot Lumberton. N. I . offer f r ;:itf. t public auction totlis biiihest bi liYr for ash losatisfy s idexerutioii all he riclit title mid int r st i f the defendant W. f.. Smith in Hid to the following described land 111 Kotwsoii County, t wit: In H.wellsville township, RoU'son County, lyi on both sides of the HUa belli toad, Ugbiuing at a stake and two pines, Hlowei 's corner, and runs as I In line of the original survey North' i6'2 chains to 11 stake at the Kli.abeth road, thin .as said r ad North 70 I vast $'2 chains to a stake in the line of the Ady Moore sjivcy, thence as that line North 16 West 56 chains to a stake in a larie bay, then North H6 Iv.nt ,S chains to a slake by a short leal' pine in the line of 11 loo acre survey, and as the west ede of a bay, thence South 23 Ivsl H"2 chains to a stake at the public road, thence as said road, South , Iva I 16 chain, thence South 35 (vast 15 char, hence South 43 Ivat 7 chains; Ihence Ninth 70 Ivast W.Hj chains to a st ake by a small short leaf pine 1 11 slid ro.ul, thene- S mtli 24.33 chains to a stake in l'l over's line, then as his line South 75 West 33.70 chains to the iHniiiuiiij;, containing iju acre, more or lels. Dated this 14th dty of July, 1906. George li. McI,rod, Slur ff of kolx-soii County M( Int re - Lnwenc , Attorneys tor plaintiff. 7-16-X-27 "lDThe Good OldJSummer Time," When money Incomes scarce with the Farme rs arid all other business men, we make it a rule to furnish our nitornfrs with all the money they need, at the rate of aix jcr cent. W lend on Ron! Estate or other Good Security. All Money Deposited with 11s will enm four percent., compounded every tlirpe months. RFflIN NflW Dy makinS a D0!"1' ft't'T large or small, IllUlll 'vll and see how fast it increase. Robeson County Loan and Trust Company, i-iumoerton, N. u. A. W. McLean, President. C. II. Morrow, Cashier. Rings ! Rings ! Rings ! Signet Rings for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children. Also Set Rings and Band Rings. ALL SOLID GOLD! And of the Most Beautiful Designs. A Tremendous oiock 10 select from. We can certainly suit you. GEO. S. HACKER & SON McLEAN July JO. ROZIER CO., The G. W. Polvogt Company, Wilmington, N. C. Ours is the Largest and Handsomest Store not only in W ilmington but prolyl ly in the Slate, and our Stock is at all times Full and Complete. Ft ir'rlrde, .v,ry .......... ..ivuc'i i'ji wim nrrai nun uut oiyie sun rricrs are sik Ii an to .-iiiopprr. sa.i ly j Mail Orders Receive Prompt Attention. SEND FOR SAMPLES. Who Does your if we are not now oing your work let 11s oiilor. We expect to turn out a l'irst-( thin we undertake to do. : : Printing? Iry vour next lns .lull on iiny- COMMERCIAL PRINTING 1 femr-- ' MANUFACTURES OF Doors, Sash, Blind. Mouldings, Building Materia Sash Weights and Co. J. Charleston, S. C rurcnase our mattes, wlnen we enar antee superior to any sold South, and thereby save nione. Window and I'an cy Glass a Specialty 4-20 Administrator's Notice. Having this day qualified as Adminis trator upon ihe est-.te of Bryant Oxen time, litre isen, tins 19 to notity all per sons noming c aims against the said es tate to present them to the undersigned ouiy authenticated for payment, on or icfore the 7fh day of July, 10:7, or this notice win he pleaded in bar of their re covery. All parties indebted to said .'state arc notified to come forward and make im mediate payment This 6tli day of July, I9-.6. JOHN II, McNEILL, Administrator. McLean, McLean & McCormick, At orneys 7 9 6jion. The New York physician who contends that a person can get along without a stomach thinks so, perhaps because he knows of persons who succeed fairly well without brains. Raleigh. Times. Dissolution Notice. Thia is to notify all persona, that the Arm of Floyd ft Davis, of Ashpole, N. C, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent and the business will he con ducted In the future bv II. S. Floyd, alone, who assumes all the ,. liabilities ul tue Urm. This July utb, 1906. J. K DAVIS, Jr., II. S. FLOYD. 7-16 4mon 1905 Raeford Institute. 1906 Next Term Opens Aug. 21. '66. A postal card will brlna an attractive cats lofrue. Eight Experienced Teachers. Thorough preparation for an? college. Music : lano. Vocal, Btrlnuwt Instruments. Art Ooore Ul Finest f an prepaiitorr school In the stale r)'t teachers. Bpwisi (jours lor pros-7-4 r-'i WANTED K TRACT OF TIMBER cut by the thousand. Call on or ad dre R. C Parvin, Lumberton.N.C.ji j RALEIGH AfiD CHARLESTON RAILROAD Schedule iu effect June 3. 1906. SOUTH. No. 1, No. 5 t.ve Lumberton 10.25 a in loopa Pope 10. 34 2 10 Kingsdale 10.40 2.40 l'olopolis 10.45 2 48 Proclorville. . 10.57 3 co Delia 1 1 .06 3 lo Barnesville .. II 12 3.25 Flowers 11.18 3 35 Marietta . 11.24 3 55 Holmesville 1 1.29 4 05 Page's Mill 11.35 -M5 Kemper 11.41 438 May 11. ti 4 42 Squires 1 1.49 450 Fork 11.52 5.00 Zion 12.01 p in 5 17 Rogers 12.10 535 Ar, Marion . 12.25 6.05 MORTII. No. 6 No. Lve Marion. ...... 6.00 a m 3.251.0 Rogers 6.20 3.39 Zion 6.30 3.47 Fork 6.53 3.55 . Quires. ....... 6,52 1.., ,. 3-5 , .. May 7.05 4.04 Kemper 7.12 47 Page's Mill .... 7.18 4.10 Holmesville 7.30 .419 Marietta....... 7.50 4.25 Flowers.... 8.00 4.30 Barn, s vi He 8.15 439 Delia 8.25 4.44 ProetoTvllle . . . 8.40 4.52 l'olopolis .. 8 50 5.00 Kingsdale .9.10 5.05 Pope 9.20 5.10 Ar. Lumberton 10.00 5.25 Nos. .1 and a. Passenger. Mail and E press, run duL . Noa. 5 and 6, Mixed Trains, run daily exeept Sunday. J. M. TURNEtt, G.neral Manager. a Our Specialty. Send lis your work. FREEMAN PRINTING COMPANY, E. B. FREEMAN, Manager. m CENTRAL : ACADEMY, High Grade Preparatory School Wits Indus' rial Equipment. H'ivh anil younir m?n rrernreil for ca.leuc In th Ci.ursf embrace t,tln. I.rcfk. Mnth-mallc. History pays tuliion. Iisrd. room, ll((lu,hrt snd library le, ear. An opportunity will be lvfn to a Dumber of i their way throuifh nehool If you are Interested writ. RAYMOND 7 30 9-20 BROWNING, or J. B AIKEN, LITTLETON. N. C. Uior.iiiKb innnr. aii'l l- 'K lh. II )l for th !,. Ib lo "iiii mit to W'frk Principal vi t VV. I. LillKl!JWcS:G0 1906. With grateful feelings for the very lib eral business received duricg the year just closed, we oasa another milestone, and enter the n... tear be ter prepared than ever to supply the trade with any. thing in our line. At all times our pens will be found well filled with the best Tennessee Mules Experience has taught us that tbi class is much better suited to our climat than those bought in tbe far west. On BOGGY AND WAGON REPOSITORY ' Was never better supplied. We earn only STANDARD and HIGH GRAPH work. The Hackney Wagon Is the peer of all in Eastern1, North Caro lina. The old reliable Piedmont Is too well known for comment. In Bug gies, we are prepared to shoar yon from 50 to 100 at all times frotnwhich to select Our Leaders are Wrenn, Eackney, Bab- cock and Hummer. Latest designs a nd hfS-fb-date ' fi tiiab 7"" iYerything in tbe Harness Line. Terms, Cash or on time with Approved Security. W.I.LMHAW & CO. Lumberton, N. O. Jan. 8. WANTED. ALL THE LIVF. FOXES I can boy at a reasonable price. H. E. C. Bryant, Charlotte, N. C. 6 8 Ready for Business. We arc iimv ready to do your work, and d. it right. We make a specialty of mantels, turn work, repair furniture ter; and uplio ishers, U tables, dek safes, etc, etc. Illll 'rs' fin- alsu make clipboards, Freeman's Woodworking Plant, H C. FREEMAN, Proprietor. River foot of Just aciost Bridcre. Iron 6-1 FOR TREATMENT OF Dim, Cocaine and Habits. I am prepared to offer t- all candidates, friends and relatives interested in san e, who desire to reform and refrain from the drink, cocaine and morphit e liahit, in th-? tOD of Lumberton and country at large, the well-known and w..n.! rful Mat Kay Trea int nt which b;i- teen I e forethe public for a quarter of a centory, and hence thoroughly tested Fx.unine . literature and testimonials and n itice its adoption by the .CanMirtli , iSay-jam.fcnt.. .for further information, appl) to R. B. BF.CKWITH. M. I).. McIeod Building, Lumbkr ton, - - . N. C. 5 i8r Granite And Marfiio. Corresjxdi'k im- ik-Mrf! ;tti I designs for monument.-., intnli-tom-, etc., furnished on application Nv ;. lv RAXCKK, 6-16-12-1S I.uuibtrton, N. C. For $1 ".( you et The Robe sonian twice ;i week for a whole year.