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nn TO si Advertising Rate -One -'Dollar- and . i Fifty cents the Year, f Oa A?; lication, W7C- Qoutitry, God and Truth. SINGLE COPIED 5 CENTS r VOL. XXX Vm, O. 102- LUMBERTON. NORTH CAROLINA, TSUtiSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1908 Stateliibrarr : WHOLE NO. 2329 Just Reccivjd k M Supply (1 Watch Crystals CROAT API INDIANS. I ' ' . . . " , . - V - y And wc are pretty sure we've rit the t-ize your Watch takes as vell as Uie kind you want. Anvv.ity, drop in and let us try it, Also It MEMBER we at all times Carry a Large Stock of Crystals, and would be glad to fit our Watch. We've just Received a New Supply of Wal tham and Ely in Watches. Have you seen thetn? Boylm's-' Jewelry Store. frrf" We Mjlit' Specialty of Fine Watch Repairing. The EUP. G uano Distributor kM W a "U-l 'l Scatters the Guano aud Covers it. No waste aroim i slumps and ' ends, l'.o cogs and chains lo clog and b-ieak. NolhiHg about it to break or gel out ot.fi x Large hopper, balanced load, light run ning. Bows any quantity. Sim ple, strovg, durable. Awarded l iploin.vs i y North and South Carolina Fairs 14. Unques tionably the only Entirely Sat isfactory Distributor bed. re the ptojle. For Safe V." Ltadirs I'tr.lsrj in Robeson and A'joi'iing Counties. JACOB I HARDWARE COMPANY, I--". . Wlh.iin-.-lon. N C. i he Sale of Fine Furniture '-Ve are having should prove mighty in teresting to you It includes just the tuniiuire you r.;ed at less than the price VOV'D BK WILLING TO PAV. This isn't an offerinj; of trashy furniture made to sell ut cheap prices. We do not handle that stuff at all. It is a sale of in iiitnre that you will bo proud to have in rour home to-day and just as proud oltti you have had years of wear out of it. Eaglf furniture and Carpet Co. ' Lmiifoerioif, No C. :itet.,-!it 'it Gf the Condition cf The :ff Bank of Lumbertoi, At the C1ch; cf E ? s FrJdaj-, December 13th, 1907. ' - BEcJOUBCES: Lot.nd.LI'..imt-., $132,769.05 Furniture ai.d Fixiurts, 3,383.27 ReaV Estate, 510.00 Expense, ' 164.08 CAi$H ANt) DL'E FROM BANKS, 109,147.56 $245,973.90 $50,000.00 8,918.30 8,000.00 120.74 178,934.83 j I ABILITIES: Capi-tnl Stork, Undivided Profits, Re-Discounts', AccrtKul Interest due Depositors, DEPOSITS, $245,973. COMPARATIVE STATfiatENT: Deembor l.'itli, 19U1-, Dt-josits, I)e?mWr 'lili. 1905, Decpmber i:;th, 1907, " Cash In all Amounts called for has b.en Furnished to our De positors ut XIX TIWE9. $i03,126.94 143,958.99 178,934.83 OF LUMBERTON, ;Tbe Older ianl Largest Hank iu liofaeson County.) A. W. McLE K H, rrtwt, P- CALDWELL, Vice-Pre A. K. WHITE Vit-rrs. B- TOWkShM), cashier, TilOS. J. MOOU. Asa't Cashier. Save E IV I Rv Dfuositinfjr it with Robeson County Loan and Trust Co. Wo will pay y ou Interest, Compounded every three months, nd ttiis will ca.use your Depos it to Continually Grow. : " J : ' A largo number of Satisfied Cusfomers is our Strongest l!ridorscm?Lt. Open an Account with h, Hither Large or Small, and Borsiii the Saving Habit To-day. Robeson Coontj Loan and Trust Couipanj, A. W. McLean, PriK-nt. St'ir" Mclntyre, Viie-l'r'j.sidtnt. C. H. Morrow, Cashier. Lit "Us Do Your Jo!) Printing! People and Their School at Pates Answered and Commented on They Render Willing Obedience, Are Excellent Students, and Re spond Readily to Moral Teach ingsUnfair to Judge Any Race gby the Criminal Record of Its Lower Classes Many of Their Men and Women,Insplred by the Training Received at Their School, are Leading Their Peo ple to a Higher and Nobler life Why They are Called Croatans With Small Means Much Has Reen Accomplished, and More Rapid Advances Will be Made. Editor ut The Robcsonian. Since being in control of the Croatan normal school at Pates, I have been asked many ques tions regarding the school and people. With 3'our permission I will answer a few questions and make some comments thereon. "Are the pupils defiant of school authority?'' On the contrary, they render willing obedience. "Can they learn"? As a school they are excel lent students, while many of them have very quick perception. "But they will not heed mor al instruction"? Mistaken again; I have never persuaded pupils to live a moral life who seemed more impress ed than do these. Some of the young men told me they neith er use tobacco nor whiskey. "Well, but how about their criminal record? Their cases, in court are out of proportion to their population." It i3 unfair to judge the larg er element of Rood citizens of any race by the criminal re cord of h lower stratum. Be sides, enviionment has a great deal to do with a people's de gradation or advancement. None who are not familiar with their history know the terrible ordeal they were subjected to until recent years. Their nor mal school has been in exis tence onlv about twenty years, with an appropriation of about $55o a year to run it. Poorly equipped as it has been this has been the only school in the South open to them for the training of their teachers. Yet many of their men and women have received such an educa tion from this institution as is enabling them to lead their peo pie to a higher and nobler life Some one has said that crime is an ignorant manifestation of restlessness for higher attain ments. If the same amount of money had been spent many years ago in good schools, as has been spent in the last sever al in the prosecution of crimi nals, there would now be fewer criminals amongst them. The mountain fendsamong the whites prove this. Educational advan tages is the heritage of whites; : it is the hope of the Croatans. j "Don't they object to being called Croatans?" Some few do. while others do not. An old man told me that a wily old politician explained the name several years ago to ! them in this wise: "They pre tend to be your friends they are yourenemies and make fun of you to your face.They call you 'Croatan", which means"Crot-at-Ann." Those who believed this explanation of course did not like it. T wonder how many intelli gent white people of this co'i.i ty know the origin of the name? Col. McMillan, of Red Springs, a gentleman, a scholar, and a historian, from history and tra ditions collected overwhelming data which proves beyond doubt j that the present Croataiv In dians are the descendants of Jno. WhiteV'Lost Colony" and the Croatan Indians, a tribe ol indiaas who were friendly t the colonists and who offered the whites a home among them selves. Subsequently the colo nists accepted this kind offer. So today, I have many sur names of children enrolled on my school register identical with surnames of those enroll ed a i Gov. White's colonists Col. McMillan, as a friend to these people, several )'ears ago was instrumental in having the Legislature to recognize them as a separate race and give them seperate schools under the name of "Croatan indians". Through the friendly aid of Col. N. A. McLean the appro priatton was last year increas ed from $550 to $1,250. I Capt. Jno. Duckett, of Rl eigh, who has been for a yrar the State superintendent of this normal school, is manifesting an intelligent and active interest in the advancement of this school. The prints of his work are already seen iuainuchlarg er enrollment than formerly. With small means much has already been accomplished, with a larger appropriation, with a broadening- interest among the whites, and with their own increasing inteU gence we may expect a stil! more rapid advancement among them iu the near future, H. 1-. Edens, Prin. Croatan Normal Col Pembroke, N. C, Feb. 10,190?. WITH AUNT BECKY. some, and appropriate. Norfolk & Western Railway Flics Answer to Complaint of Corpor ation Commission. The corporation commission at Raleigh has received the an swer of the Norfolk & Western and the Louisville & Nashville Railways to the charge S$f dis crimination by the latter against North Carolina towns, notably Winston-Salem and Durham, in favor of a number of Virginia points. The an swer is a joint one, made by Edward Baxter, the special counsel of the Norfolk & Wes tern, and the answer thus joint because of the connections be tween the two roads at Louis ville and at Norton, which the commission is after with bo A Search Througb Some Old School Readers Crises to Mem ory Some Who Selected Ora tions From them la Other Days A Little Maiden From Luai berton Writes Aunt Becky a Letter Which Is Highly Appre ciated Colds Prevalent In that Section A Photo ol the Cooled erate Monument Received. -.'orreapendence of Tha Robesonitn. The variable weather of the past few days has aggravated the severe colds prevalent in this section, and caused the patiants to contract fresh supplies, sev eral of whom have been confined indoors. Children seem to be chief sufferers, thoughone of our near neighbors, Mr.R. D. Hamer, has been numbered among the afflicted ones. To-day the weather indicates snow; it is real cold, and we are shut in closely by the fire. The Squire whiles away most of the time in reading, and I've been overhauling old school readers in search of some old-time recita tions which our Oak Grove teach er requires in some school exer cises in which she is training her papils. As I turned the well thumbed pages, now yellew with age, ever and anon my eyes would fall upon some familiar piece, once the favorite speech of my schoo!-boy friends of the long ago, and how distinctly I re call each one, his form, feature and manner of oration. Patrick Henry's famous speech before the . Virginia Convention, in favor of independence, was wont to fall from the lips of J. S. Mor rison, elder brother of thelatf lamented John H. Morrison, an honored citizen of your town dur ing the latter years of his life, though the family were born and reared in this section. "Bax" as his school-mates called 'the young speaker above named was highly gifted in oration, aDd I have often thought what n brilliant career might have beer. his had bis life been spared; but alas! a deadly missile from the enemy's gun, in the wilderness, pierced one of the pretty, soul ful brown eyes, and silenced thf silvery voice forever. In the same old book was found 1 another recitation the siuht ot which revived the saddest,sweet est memories. This was "The fall of Napoleon Bonaparte," and was spoken by my dear, only brother, who also fills a soldier's grave, as likewise do the majori ty of those brave, noble boys who were once the cherished friends I have read with interest the j defense of our board of commis sioners as published in the coun ty papers and am glad to see that j the charges against thorn hivel resulted in naught as to their! honor and integrity. I had net j time as yet to peruse the defense j of ex-Sheriff McLeod. "aunt BECKY." Old Pork, N. O, Feb. 11th, '08 FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER. The Piano Whose Name is the Worth of Pure Gold to the Piano Buyer in Piano Value and Piano Goodness. IT'S THE PROFESSIONAL CARDS. : Steuben Mclntyre, R. C. Lawrence Jane3 D. Frortor. --- - - Mclntyre, - Lawrence ft Proctorf Attorneys and Counselors at Law. LUMBERTON. : : : N. C Practice is State an-1 Federal Courts. Promp attention given to all busiuesa You want. It's the Piano you must have. WRITE TODAY. Chas.M.Stieff Manufacturer of tlie Piano With the Sweet Tone. Southern Warei o m, S West Trade Si., CHARLOTTE, N. C. C. K. WJI.MOTH, Rar. The Marrlaae ol Ml&s Jantc Mltehell and Mr. A. C. Mc Cormlc a Surprise to Their Friends The First Interment In Fairmont Cemetery Per sonal M ntlon. Coirespondecoe of The Robesonian. Mr. A. E. McCormic and Miss Janie Mitchell were quiet ly married at the residence of Rev. J. B. Jackson last Thurs day night. It was quite a sur prise to their many friends, who wish them great happi ness. Misses Chappell and Mc Millan and two men friends spent Sunday at Elrod. J. E. Thompson and little daughters spent last Sunday with Mr. Adams, of Purvis. Miss Good.', a pretty young teacher of Artesia,'vi sited her schoolmate, Miss McMillan, last Friday and Saturday. Miss Ila Blue w;is called home to Aberdeen bust Friday by the serious illness of a little cousin. J. D. McLean is moving' this .vcek into the residence on the corner of Red Cross street re cently occv: pied by Dr. Steph ens. Mr. and Mrs. Sim Brown, of Chadbourn, were guests of Mr. A. L. Jones last week, being called here by the severe ill ness of Mr. Brown's mother, j who makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. A. L. Jones, j We are glad to report Mrs j Brown better. ' i Mrs. J. L. Townsend and j two children, of McDonald, j spent Saturday last in town I with relatives. j Mrs. Jame9 Rowland and ! Mrs. Julia Rowland were over ! from Dillion, S. C, a few day! last week visiting relatives, who were delighted to see them but Theie Are No Better Provisic n there can be no better md there LEON i. COuK, Attorney AT Law, LUMBERTON', N. C. Office in First National Bank Building. T. A. McNEILL, Attorney at law, LUMBKRTON, N. C Will practice in all the Courts. aess attended to promptly. Bnst WADE WISH ART, Attorney at Law, LUMBERTON, N. C. Prompt attention giveu to all businM, Office over Bank of Lumber ton. 8-1 D. P. SHAW, Attorney at Law. LUMBERTON, - - - N. C All business entrusted to him prompt! attended to. Office in Shaw Building. -' A. Mclftii . McLEAN Between Safety and Danger The wise taan secures the protection f FIRE INSURANCE. When fire occurs, the tuost valuable pa per a man has is a policy in a good com pany. We represent some of the best companies in existence. They pay promptly and honorably all losses incur red. Some day you may le sorry you didn't let us write a policv t -day. 0. T. WILLIAMS. 1-9 sharp a stick. . In the answer the Norfolk & Western road and school-mates of my youth, demands proof of the allegation! One ancient little poem, of of discrimination and denies wu,cu A w& msu' A ia"BU end, although. that the alleged short line dis tances as set out by the com mission are correct. It is ad mitted that there is a lower rate for merchandise to the cities named as compared with Winston-Salem and Roanoke, Va , 5rl there are ; few so good as those in our stock. In- pur j chasing these goods, pr ce does not iuflu- erice us as rnucn as quniiiy. i i:e sHvinj; r the shslit- iab'.e Goods rge no more I I was sure it was in the McGuffey series of readers, viz, "Casabianca," a great favor- it in my day. So I went to delving into the long-disused re cesses of memory, and finally managed to drag forth, in slow installment, every tstanza except LumbertoD, N. C. Free Delivery. Phone No. I. over the Norfolk & Western ! the last, which refused utterly to VS MAKE A SPECIALTY OF CoiMisierefal Work. SliSD US YOUR ITDEKS. freeman Printing Co.. Lumbortori, N. C. READ RQBBSOWAH BUSINESS BUILDERS. The Jumping Oil Placr. 'Consumption had roe in its grasp; find 1 had almost reached The jumping off place when I was irWiapd to trv Dr. King's Hw Dificovery ; and I want to eny right now it saved my life. Isiprova o with the first bottle. and after taking one dozen bottles T o. o vail And harmy UtAB X , -' " - - u .. XTisvo rtf gain, says v7uigo iuw., n.:.i.nH XI n As a remedy UIIIUCDIOUU, . ft for coughs and colds and healer ot wnak- sore lnnars and for pteveat- ina pneumonia New Dieeovery is Bunreme. and $1 CK) ai all .drfftflite Trial Wottl frw. There is denial that any coal originates at Bluefield and that the charges to Durham, Winston-Salem or other points in North Carolina are unjust or unreasonable in themselves or relatively as eorapared with the rates and charges to Virginia cities from the same points in thi West, in vioiatiou of the ii.-ter-State commerce act or that they are unjustly, discrimina tively or unduly preferential .r prejudicial in favor of Virgini merchants, manufacturers, dealers or shippers as against those in North Car Una. The Norfolk & Western admits that the lates and charges on ship ments originating at the Wes tern cities named by the com mission and destined to Winston-Salem and other North Carolina points are at a greater rte a ton a mile than to Vir ginia cities, but declares that this is due to competition caus es beyond control ot the roads. It is further admitted that the rates south of the Virginia gateways and, further, that ths rates south of the . Virginia cities, including that part of the Norfolk & Western roads in North Carolina are higher than (Continued on 4th pae.) rise at my bidding from its 40 year's slumber. I was made happy one day re cently, when the mail brought to me a letter from a dear little maiden of Under years, from your town- This little letter was i neatly written, all in capitals,! which denoted energy and per severance, and the spelhnp was perftct, though the the greatest charm to me was the affection expressed there-in for 'Aunt Becky," from the dear little child-heart, with whom I have not, as yet, had the pleas ure of an acquaintance, though her father is a friend of long standing, and I shall answer her letter oon. I think one of the greatefct pleasures which results to me from my poor little contributioHs is the messages I receive from the little ones, who seem to knbw that "Aunt Becky" loves them, sorry their stay was so short. Mrs. Devane, of Brevard, N C , IS Visiting her SOD, Conduc- ! of dollars will not main. p f . f ; ct foiling off in quality. R--I tor um. Levane. : are wj,at we cffer bat we char The first interment in Pair- 1 than ordinary rates for them raont cemetery took place last j SSftSFt Wednesday, being the remains: of the late N. A. Thompson, j which were that day removed j from the Baptist churchyard.! Other removals will follow. j The Misses Weinstein and' Freeman, of Lumberton, spent last Sunday with Mrs. Sar.ij Dunie. j Mr. Sam Dnnie has recently; returned from a business trip! to New York and doubles?' sorinc stock of dry o-oods and ! Ntt Smell 0! Ft YlOfctl. Clothing. ; We handle all the different kinds of High-Grade lalcum 1'owdtrs, but re. Talcum Powder, NaSural Violet. By-Lo is so fine that it flonts in the air, and so deUchlely perfumed with the odor of fresh flowers, that we know you will like it. It does not have that Talcum Powder odor, just A. w. MaL & McLEAN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, t.OMBSHTON. .- N C )ffioes on 2nd Coor of Bank of Lsav barton Bciiding, Rooma 1, 3, 8, A --ijn en'.!..-. ..Mvvi. t-j ell bcsd&WM CHAS. B. SKIPPEH, Attorney at Law, i t MUKKTON, ... H. C W liu.smebs c ntriihUd to him will r--ivt prompt und caret ui xttsotion. Office i- Firs. NUoual Bank U oil din tr Pr:t Office E. M. BRITT, Attorney at Law, jl Lumberton, N. C. Office upste;rs is Argus Building. AU business promptly transacted. E. J. BRITT, ATTORNEY AT Law, Lumberton, N. C. Office over Pope's Drug Btwre.- STOCK REMEDIES. Every bottle of Dr. Edmund's Colic and Lng Fever Cure is Guaranteed fot olic, gravel, pneumonia, stotuache and ung disorders. Also a blood purifier Dr. W. O. EDMUND, 3-21 Lumberton. N. C Dr. N. A. Thompson, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, jtuaberton, : : : : N. Office at Hospital. Phone No. is. Down town office over.'Dr. McMillan'f rug Store. Calls promptly answered jiglit or day, in town or in the country. " Dr. R. T. ALLEN -Dentist, LUMBERTON, N. C. ce over Dr. McMillan's Drug Store Dr. JOHN KNOX, Jr, Physician and Surgeon. Lnmberton, N. C, Office at McLean-Rozier Drug Store.. 1-2-08 J. A. MacKethan, M. D., MacKhthan Building, Fayettevllle, N. C. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat a Specialty. 1-13 B. Q. SIPHER, ELECTRICIAN. Lumberton, N. C. Office iu Shaw Building, Phone lit 1-6 gard By-Lo as the b-st thtre is. You will think so too when you try it. Miss Annie Lewis returned j to the Baptist Female Uni-i versity at Raleigh last Monday, j Yours to Please, - She was accompanied as far as j ft j n Uplffflan J& 5ntl VI I Ml 1t UlVlIUilUU IA UVU DRUGGISTS, by her uncle, A. J. Selma Floyd. t Miss Rosa Pitman returned last Friday night from a de- i lightful visit to relatives at: Fayetteviile and other point' Miss Maggie Piiman, who is teaching musicat Marietta, a:.d Miss Ethel Cole, who is assist ant in the same school, were i both at home last Saturday and Lumberton, N. C. tune 18th and feels a deep interest in j suriday. tb?' . ... t ! Fairmont, N. G, Feb. 11, '03. While visiting your town re-j 100,000 Old Yifginia Cheeroots Just ReceivedPrices Right WHITFIELD & FRENCH. 7- GEO. S. HACKER & SOS cently, Mrs Olinstead sent me a photo of the Confederate Monu-; ment erected there, which I bad never seen, and therefore greatly prize; I also think it very hand Why get up in the morning fse'- ing blue Worry others and worry you ; Here's a secret bstweea you and me, Better take Rocky Mountain Tea. j. 1. Manillas & Son. How's This 7 j We ffer One Hondr d Dollars Reward for any case of Caiarrh that cannot be ; cured by Hj1:s Catarrh C lire j F. J. CHKNBY & Co.. Toledo. O. ' TP'-, the cndcrBigaed, have ltnou I j J. Chtcer for the 1 ist 15 years, asd be- "I trust this may be read by : iee him perfectly honorable in aii b um- any emterers irew Kianey aoa , - - obWtons made by his tlfu - - - - ... w . r r bladder -trouble" writes Mrs. Joe King, of Woodland, Tex. "I Buf-! f erred .four years and could find! nothing to givs sven temporary relief Oar druggist is last in duesd me to try your 80 days' treat ment of Pineiiles for $1. This one bottle ti8 oured me and money could aot buy the value it has been to me. Guaranteed. Bold by J. D. McMillan k Son. WaI-DIKG. KINHAK& MARVIN Wholesale D.uzzist9, Tel. do, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure i- Uken internally, j acting direeUy upon the blood nd nn:- j Co us surfaces of the system. Testimonials I sent free. P ice 75c. per bottle, boicl Dy all Druggists. Take nail's Family Wis for constipa-tios. Dr. R. F. GRAHAM, DENTIST, Lumberton, N. C Office over Bank of Lumberton. Rooms No. 7 and 8, 1-20-0 Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds, Silienare, Cut Glass, Clodi. Ours is a complete jewelry store. Ho line of goods more reliable is carried by iewelers anywhere. Whatever is worth Having in a jewelry store is to te ioudo here. Onr Repair Department is complete ia every detail. Special attention to maii, obdm GEO. W. HUGGIN& 10S Market Street, WILMINGTON, : : 1 : N. C Notice ! J4ANOFACT1RES OF oors. Sash, Bllndo. Uocldlsss, Bulldlna Materia . Hush J Weights and Co.-J. j KoadstOHes. Charleston, S. C Mouutuents, rarcnosa onr mattes, wmcn we gua: 1 EMBERTON KOYELTY WORKS For M-.ntels, Columns, Brackets, Balusters, Pulpits, Church Pews ad ail kinds of odd jobs. Mail orders solicited. Terms re&sotn ble. R B. Humphrey, Proprietor and Manager. Mark Your LoM Ones Grates. , ., , . . 1 v- ifltc-e superior to tnr sold Sontb, or.c Subscnbefor The Kobesoman and keej, tbere,,y ve mon . Window and Van up with the crowd. j cy Glass a Specialty 4-20 $4.00 Up 11 00 Up Best Blue and White Marble. I Save Traveling Agent's Commission srder through G. RAKCKB, 1 I-3-7- Lumberton, X. C.
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