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THE ROBESQMAN 4i .. - Advertising Rates One Dollar and Fifty cents the Year. On Application. I a H.SH K 187C Country, God and Truth. SINGLE COPIES 6 CENTO OL XXXVIII, NO. 104 LUMBERTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THJRSDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1908 WHOLE NO. 2881 a- Rich American Cut Glass AND Genuine Hand Painted China j AT j BOYUN'S JEWELRY STORE. You will find many Beautiful Pieces of either Cut Glass or Hand Painted Chi na. There is nothing more appropriate for Wedding Gifts. Boylin's Jewelry Store. A IteT e Carry Complete Stock ol Silverware also. The K . P. Guano Distributor ' mi 1 1 i mat"" Scatters the Guano and Covers it. No waste around stumps and ends. Eo cogs and chains to clog and bJeak. Nothing about it to break or get out of fix. Large hopper, balanced load, ight run ning. Sows any quantity. Sim ple, strong, durable. Awardes diplomas by North and South Carolina Fairs 1904. Unques tiouonly the only Entirely Sat isfactory Distributor before the people. jr For Sale by Leading Dealers in Robeson and Adjoining Counties. N. JACOBI HARDWARE COMPANY, Wilmington, N C. COUNTRY BOYS IN DEMAND. The Sale of Fine Furniture We are having should prove mighty in teresting to you. It includes just the furniture you need at less than the price VOU'D BE WILLING TO PAY. This isn't an offering of trashy furniture made to sell at cheap prices. We do not handle that stuff at all. It is a sale of fu niture that you will be proud to have in your home to-day and just as proud aftei you have had years of wear out of it. Eagle Furniture and Carpet Co. Luitibertoti, N. C. Statement of the Condition of The Bank of Lumberton, At the Close of Business, Friday, December 13th, 1907. RESOURCES: Loans and Discounts, $132,769.05 Furniture and Fixtures, 3,383.27 Real Estate, 510.00 Expense, 164.08 CASH AND DUE FROM BANKS, 109,147.56 LIABILITIES: Capital Stock, Undivided Profits, Re-Discounts, Accrued Interest due Depositors, DEPOSITS, $245,973.96 $50,000.00 8,918.30 8,000.00 120.74 178,934.83 $245,973. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT: December 13th, 1904, Deposits, $108,126.94 December 13th, 1905, " 143,958.99 December 13th, 1907, " 178,934.83 Cash In all Amounts called for has been Furnished to our De positors at ALL TIHES. THE BANK OF LUMBERTON, More Accommodation and Oblig ing Iban City Boys, and Tbey are Steady and Reliable A Boston employer of labor well known among business circles in that city says that be will ask no more city boys into his employ. He declared that city boys, the kind born and bred in the big cities, do not make as faithful and efficient employees as those from the smalltowns and the country. Therefore, he says: "I have determined in the future to hire none but boys from the towns and communities surburban to Boston. The best material comes from the farm, and I am always ready to make an opening for the town or community bovs in my business." When questioned as to the qualities in which the country boy excels the city-bred boy, this large employer said: ' Coun try boys are lar more accommo dating and obliging than city boys, and what is even more ap preciated by an employer, they are steady and reliable. Their time and thoughts are not en grossed with the so-called plea sures of the city, and thev are willing and anxious to learn and make progress in the world. The city boys feels satis tied to earn a little u.oney and squander it, thinking only of the present. The country boy wants to get on in the world, and he succeeds while his city cousin wast s his time." This is high praise, certainly, out it is strictly true, as every city employer knows. The boy from the country should find world of encouragement in such commendation. There is a de mand for him a demand based on the qualities for which per haps, he had been inclined to un derrate himself, as "too fresh behind the times." The sterling qualities that country fe as a rule br ds in a boy are tie very qualities that city em ployers are looking lor, and glad ly welcome when tbey discover them. This is only one evidence . of the assertion that 'we are going back, in America, to old-fashion ed principles." Honesty, relia bility, courtesy, modesty, help fulness, ambition, economy, will ingness to work hard and make work the chief thing in life these are old-fashioned qualities and it is refreshing indeed to find them once more in demand Country boys, with country characters and qualities, the city wants you! It wants the new moral and industrial bipod that you bring into it. It wants your firm moral and intellectual fibre as well as your strong muscles and powers of endurance. As the employer quoted says. The best material comes from the farm. " The boy from the coun try is at a premium, and it is time that he rated himself as he is rated. Baptist Common wealth. iThe Oldest and Largest Bank la Robeson Ceaaty.) OFFICERS! A. W. McLEAN, President, R. D. CALDWELL, Vice-Pres A. E. WHITE, Vics-Pres. C. B. TOWNSEND, Cashier, THOS. J. MOORE, Ass't Cashier. Save nn A iiV UUI il By Depositing it with Robeson County Loan and Trust Co. HUNGRY CHILDREN IN RIOT. Smash Plate Glass Window ol Restaurant to Get Dinners. New York Diupsteh, isth. Fifteen hundred hungry school children attracted by the pros- j pect of a free hot dinner, were in a riot today in front of a restaur ant at 274 Grand street, and be fore the police could restore; order by assuring the little ones that all would be fed the plate glass window was pushed in. The restaurant accomodates only 480 children, but thrice that number gathered-AdolphLorbee, the restaurant keeper, assured them that there was food enough for all, but those in the rear be came impatient, lest there be not enough time at the noon hour- Many of the children said they had not eaten in two days. Their parents bad no work and there was no food in the house. In view of these conditions, the re8tav,,or,' '".caper sent word to all of the schools in his neighbor hood that he would give free din ners to children who applied be tween noon and 1 o'clock each day. The second and third floors were turned over to the children, the menu comprising soup, a mpn.t oi-der. vegetables, rolls of bread, and tea or coffee. It was while the first set of diners were eating that the trou ble occurred today. Ibe re maining children stood in the rain in a line that went half way around the block, but they kept pushing ahd struggling till the two policemen on duty seat for the reserves of the Eldtldae street station under Inspector Burfield. Before they arrived the children had smashed the plate glass windows. None of the children was cut hv the erlass or injured in the crash, and Mr. Lorbee declined tn pxnress anv reurets at the accident to his property, an nouncing that he would continue the free meals. Cannon Boom Started la 8tU Die trlct. Washington Correspondence Raleigh News and Observer. St News reached here today of a ! strong movement'in North Caro lina to elect delegates favorable to the nomination of Speaker Cannon. The fight is to be in augurated in the 8th district, and will be extended to the other dis tricts intheState. Most of the lead ing Republicans in the 8th din trict have enlisted in the move ment. The plan of campaign was formulated by one of the Speak er's trusted lieutenants, who vis ited the State some ten days ago, going from this city. With the old Blackburn following as a nu cleus the Cannon people have al igned with them ex Congress man Linney, Solicitor Mose Har shaw, Chas. Cowles and Clint Wagner. Although Wagner is a son-in law of Collector Brown, he has no love for the administra tion. No man ever received worse treatment at the hands of the President than he. After unre servedly promising him the col lectorsbip Mr. Roosevelt ignored this pledge for thelsimple pur pose of embarrassing ex-Repre sentative Blackburn. In addi tion to this combination, John Randleman, of Salisbury, who is for the nomination of Vice-President Fairbanks, will line up with the Cannon forces to prevent the selection of the Tatt delegates. The moral support of Republi cans like ex Judge Bynum and Tyre Glenn will also b6 felt in the 8th district contest in opposition to the organization forces. Pres ent indications are that the fight for delegates to ihe Republican National Convention in the 8th district will be one of the most spectacular in the entire South- Oklahoma's Perfec. fl oney "We will pay you Interest, Compounded every tnree montna, ana tnis wui cause your uepoa jtto Continually Grow. : : ; : : A large number of Satisfied Customers is our Strongest Endorsement. : : : : : Open an Account with us, Either Large or Small, and Begin the Saving Habit To-day. Robeson County Loan and Trust Company, The first annual meeting of the Jefferson Standard Life Insur ance Co. was held in the general offices of the company at Raleigh Friday, the re' rts of the officers for the firs' year's business showing that over $1,050,000 in policies were plac i up to Jan uary 1st, and t .t at that time the income o. the company in premiums and interest aggre gated $55,000, the company hav ing assets $504,000 net, not in eluding omce furniture, sup plies, and much other property usually included in assets by companies. VV. McLean, President. Stephen Mclntyre, Vice-President. C. D. Morrow, Cashier. Let Us Do Your Job Printing i WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF Commercial Work. SEND US YOUR ORDERS. Freeman PrlMino Co.. Lumberton, N C. BEAD ROBESQNIAH BUSINESS BUILDERS. Severe wind and rain storms visited the South and South- VVeet Friday, causing loss of live and much damage to pro perty. In Smith county, Tex , several people were killed by a tornado; many points in Mis- sippi report damage by heavy winds and an unusual downpour of rain; from other points come reports of loss of life aud damage to property. The Janplng Oft Place. "Consumption had me in its grasp ; and 1 had almost reached the jumping off place when I was advised to try Dr. King's New Discovery ; and I want to say right now it saved my lifo. Improve ment beaaa with the first bottle, and after taking one dozen bottles I v. a? a well and nappy man gain,' says George Moore, of Qrimesland. N. 0. As a remedy for coughs and oolds and bealer of weak, sore lungs and for prevent ing pneumonia New Discovery is supreme. Sfle and $1 00 at all druggists. Trial bottle free. Statutory tlon. Baltlmo:eSun. ' Oklahoma promises to rival New Zealand in the thorough going character of its legislation. A measure just passed by the House of Representatives for the regulation of hotels provides that sheets shall be nine feet long, so that the pedals' of citizens shall not hereafter protrude from under the cover. The sixfooters of Oklahoma have a grievance in the memory of . cold nights when they found it impossible to wrap up both head and feet in the hotel sheet, and they have elected a Legislature responsive to their behests. The people's aesthetic susceptibility having been jolted by the sight of cracked dishes on j hotel tables, their representa tives in the Legislature have passed also a bill prohibiting the use on hotel tables of any "cup, disb, vessel or receptacle for food that has cracks visible to tie naked eyes." The effete East ought to appreciate if it cannot imitate this exacting nicety of taste. That it characterizes the moral attitude of the forty-sixth State, as well as its sense of fit ness in chinaware, is proved by the enactment by both House and Senate of a law providing jail sentences for lobbyists. Members of the Oklahoma Legis lature, being a new broom, pro pose to sweep the State clean of evildoers of all kinds. They themselves cherish no doubt lofty ideals, as all statesmen should. When they find time to ban bv statute trifling sins like short sheets and cracked dishes, their provision against the gross er evils of modern society must be unusually impressive and complete- The next job will be to find graftless officials who will enforce their paradisiacal code. A. C. L. Will Probably Eater Ral elgb. KaleiKh Correspondence Charlotte Observer. Over twenty years ago the At lantic Coast Line made a survey for what was known as the Spring Hope branch to Raleigh, but work wrs stopped at Spring Hope, a mass of material being stored there ready for the exten sion. Some sort of an agree ment was made by the big rail way, including the Southern and the Seaboard Air Line, that the road should not be extended to Raleigh but that there should be a sort of division of terrjrory, but this agreement has new lapsed by limitation and has also been, in a general way, with drawn or ended, and now it seems that the Spring Hope branch is coming on to Raleigh A lumber company is now mak inga survey for it. There is splendid timber along the route, the distance being now quite twenty-five miles, and there is also some very fine land. It is understood that the road will be a standard one and will ban die passenger travel etc., and very naturally the Atlantic Coast Line will be interested in it. Raleigh will be an important point for this road, and the rival ry between this road and the Norfolk & Southern, which is now so marked in the eastern part of the State, naturally makes the Coast Line more de sirous to get into Raleigh When the union passenger sta tion was built here, space was left for the Atlantic Coast Line to have its " tracks and this space yet remains. It was felt by the authorities that some day the Coast Line would come in, and it seems probable. Partial Programne ol the Press Association Meottafto be Held la Charlotte ta April. The North Carolina Press As sociation, which is one of the most interesting gatherings held in tb'. State each year, will this year meet in Charlotte on Wed nesday and Tbersday, April 22 and 23. Secretary J. B. S&rrill, of Concord, has sent oat tb foilow-' ing announcements regarding the approaching convention: At a recent meeting of the exeeU' ' tive committee of our association, it was decided to hold the meet ing for 1908 in tbe City of Char lotte on Wednesday .and Thurs day, April 22nd and 23rd. April was thought to be the beat month for the meeting, as the school commencements come in May and the political conventions, etc., in Jane. It was unanimously agreed that in July it would be too hot to meet anywhere except in the mountains or on the sea shore. The time selected was preferred by the pronle f Char lotte. President Johnson is now at work on the programme, which he will soon be able to announce ir full. The following are v few of the selections made, and others will be announced later: 'The Failure and the Opportu nity of thfc North Carolina Ed itor." Mr- C- H. Poe, of The Progressive Farmer "How to Prevent Freight Dit. crimination Attain st North Car olina." Mai. E J. Hale, of The Fayetteville Observer. "Independent Editorials in Orontry Weeklies. "Mr. J. Z. Green, of Marshville Oar Home. Papers will also be read by Messrs. R. F. Beasley, 2. J. Farriss. Rev. J. O. Atkinson. D- D-, John M. Julian, R. W. Hay wood, H. B. Varner, H- C. Mar ti. E. E. Hilliard. and others. The indications already are that the meeting will be the lar gest and most important the as sociation has ever held. Tie people and press of Charlotte are taking much interest in the meet ing. I STUFF !' PROFESSIONAL GIRDS. Stephen Mclatyre, mea D, R. C.lwrnc) Proctor. Iclstyn, a Procter. The Piano Whose Name is the Worth of Pure Gold to the Piano Buyer in Piano Value and Piano Goodness. IT'S THE You "want It's ike P.iano you must haye.. WRITE TODAY. Chas.M.Stieff tfs&irer of th .Piano Wit tte Sweet TotuT Soathera tsYarerom VTst Ta4e St., CHARLOTTE, N. C. H. W1LMOT1I, Mar. Attorneys sod Counselors st Lw. LUMBERTON, : : : N. C Practice in State and Federal Courts. Promp attention given to all btuineaa LEON T. COOK, Attoknsy at Law, LUMBERTON, N. C. Office in Firat Xationa Bank Bllding. t. a. McNeill, Attorney at Law, LUMBERTON, N. C Will practice in all the Court. BamS uesa attended to promptly. WADE WISH ART, Attorney at Law, LUMBERTON, . C. Prompt attention given to all bnaini. O&cc over Bank of Lumberton. t-l D. P, SHAW, Attorn? at Law. LUMBBRTOH, - - H. C All business entrusted to Ufa acatBst 1 attended to. Office in Sua Building. I. A HalMi. McLEAN A. W. Matoaa Arrives. Between Safety and Danger The wise man secures the protection of FIRE INSURANCE. When fire occurs, the most valuable pa per a man has is a policy in a good com pany. We represent seme of the best companies in existence. They pay promptly and honorably all losses incur red. Some day you may be sorry you didn't let as write a policy tvday. Q. T. WILLIAMS. 1-9 & McLEAN. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, . UXBERTOH. - 9 C Jmoss on Sad floor of Bank of Lasn berte ?iidi&g, Boom 1, 1. 1, s Proxt sUsow given to all oasis in CHAR a gSIPPEli, " 4ttotcy Law. LUMBIUTOrf, If, C kl! business entrusted U Mive tcvinpt and cartful atttnC?' Office fc Pint Natiobsl Bank kaUdjLv ver Post OtSiC. area Taltahlra New York Disrated, lth. Declaring that war between the United States and Japan would be "the most inhuman etent in the world's history" and was too hellish" t be thought of, Baron Rogoro Takahira, the new Japanese ambassador to Washington, said today upon landing in New York from the steamer Etrnria, that the Japan ese people knew absolutely noth ing oi a Dreaic in tne cordial re lations which have been historic oetween tne two nations. Talk i . D m i i , . ' ux war, AarouiAaK&Qira aeciarea with much emphasis, was utter ly unintelligible to him unless, as some on had suggested, it was spread broadcast , to serve 1 the commercial ends of some newspapers. The new ambassa dor said there might be some matters pending in Washington which would require bis atten tion, bat they were not serious. As to the cruise of the Amerian fleet to the Pacilc ocean he re garded it purely as a naval man euver on a grand scale design ed to show to the world at large that America has a wonderful aaval power which can be dis patched anywhere at a moment's notice, "in support of a legiti mate cause, which always is at the bottom of American diplo macy . As Tker Are No Better Provision there eao be no better and there are few so good as those in our stock. In pur chasing these foods, price dees not influ ence us as muck as quality. - The saving of dollars vrill not snake up for the slight est falling ofi in quality. Reliable Goods are what we offer but we charge no more t than ordinary rates tor tuein. J. H. Wishart Lumberton, N. C. Tie Delivery. Phone No. I. Cashier W. G. Whisnant was : locked in the vault of the bank at Granite Falls, a small town near Hickory, Saturday evening about 6 o'clock by three masked rob bers, who held him up at the points of guns, and was not dis covered and released until Sun day. Owing to a vent in the door of the vault Mr. Whisnant escaped suffocation. The ban dits escaped with 2,700. The Wake County Medical As sociation has adopted resolutions to the effect that in view of the fact that the law has honored the medical professionof the country with the legalizing of the sale of liquor through prescriptions, it would be dishonorable conduct for a physician to either give or sell a prescription for whiskey for beverages merely and viola tion of this trust reposed by the law should be ground for re yoking the license of such pbj - ician. Why get up in tha morning fool ing blue Worrj others and worry you ; Here's a secret between you and me, Better take Rocky Mountain Tea. J. l. MoYiiiaa & eon. Hsw'i This ? We offer One Hundr- d Dollars Reward ir auy case of Catarrh that cannot be ured by Halt's Catarrh Cure. f.J. CHDNBY & Co.. Toleds.O. We. the adersigaed. have known K. Cket er for the Ist is years, and be ieve h:.m, perfectly honorable in all burd en traju&lOBS,and financially ahl to -atry cut any obligations made by his in. ViAtOINp, JLINHAXflt MAEV1S, Wholesale Diuggists. ToUdo, O. H all 'JtCatacrb. Cure is taken internally. etinsr tnxtlT-upon the blood rod m ous surfacsB oiibe system. Testimonial ent fre.lS4q& 73. V tUe eWd by Jl irugtW. . Take Hall's Family Pills for constros- tiea. ' a result of investigations that have been made by the sen ior class at the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Raleigh into the hazing that created eo much excitement last week, two of the ring leaders have been or dered home and it is said that three or four more will fellow in a fey days. The new armored cruiser North Carolina broke all records in her third speed lest off the Virginia capes Saturday night The ship maintained an average speed of 22.48 knots or -48 of knot in excess to the covtract speed required. This was the best speed ever made by a snip of the armored croiser- class. BY-LO Talcum Powder. . Natural Violet. Bt-3 air. and so delicately perfumed . with the odor of fresh flowers, that we know yon wilt like k It does, not have that Talcum Powder odor,' just Tfce Smell e! Frcsl Yiolets. Wi handle all the different knds of Bigb-Grade Talcum Powders, but re gard By-Lo as the twet there k. You 1. . J A I- . !. wui wins so ioo wnea yon ay n. ' , Yours to Please, r Or. J. D. McMillan & DRUGGISTS, Lumberton, N. C. K M. BRITT, Attorney at Law, - LUMBEBTON, N. 0. Offie npste'rs ia Argns Building. All business promptly transacted. R J. BRITT, ArrSfc Z7HtTlAw. LwilbeilbmTircr Office over Pope's STOCK REMEDIES. Every bottle of Dr. Edmund's CoMc and Lung Fever Cure is Guaranteed fas colic, travel, pneumonia, stomach and lung disorders. Also a blood purifier. Dr. W. O. EDMUND, 3-31 Lumberton, N. C Dr. N. A. Thompson, PHYSICIAN AMD 60&GBOW, Lumberton. : : : : H, 0 Office at HospitaL Phone Ho. 41. -Down town office overiDr. kf rVTtiUa'a Drug Store. Calls vromDtlT aaswenst night or day, in town or in the counter. - Dr. R. T. ALLEN. Dentist, LUMBERTON, N. C. See over Dr. McMillan's Dree Dr. JOHN KNOX, Jr , Paynlclaa a ad Sarfooa, Lurafeerton, H. C. Office at McLean-Rouer Drag Store. i-a-08 J. A. MacKethan, M. D MacKKTBAM BUIIBIMO, Fayetteville, N. C Eye, Bcr, Nose and Throat a Specialty. 1-13 ''I trust this way be read by maiiy sufferers from kidney and bladder trouble" writes Mrs. Joe Kins, of Woodland. Tex. "I suf (erred four years and could find nothing to give oven temporary relief. Our drnianet is - last ia driflod me to trvvour SOdava'tro .t meat of Piaenfea for 11. This one bottle has eared me aid money oould not buy the value it has been to me. Guaranteed, .cold by J D. McMillan Son. Sob, lone iBth 100,000 Old Yirginia Cheeroots Just Received-Prices Right WHITFIELD & FRENCH. 7-8 GEO. S. HACKERS SOU K G. SIPHER, ELECTRICIAN, LnmbcrtOK, H. C. Office in Shsw Building, Phono III .1-6 Dr. R. F. GRAHAM DENTIST, Lumberton, N. C " Office over Bank of Lwsrctio. . Rooms No. 7 and 8, I' LEEbertcH Pressiol Oik ulTijlcr Over RobesoM Cafa. Phone He. 1. We call for and deliver goads fesatatry. R. T. MVSSSL'WHTVV, aTgs. MANTJFACT ?RS OF ooro. Saaa, BllndK Moaldlaao Balldlaa Materia Sana Wclabta and Co.d. Charleston, S. C Purchase our makes, which we guai an tee superior to any sold South, and tnereoy save BMe. winaow ana ran ry Glass a Specialty 4-ao Jewelry, Watte, Diicsifs, SilYerrare, Cut Glut, Ciecb. Ours is a complete iewelry store. He line of goods more reliable Is carried ho jewelers anywhere. Whatever Is nita having in a jewelry store ia to be looad here. Our Repair Department is tsoinlsts la every detail. Srsciax. Attention To Mail Oaesaa GEO. W. HUGGIN8. 1M Market Street. WILMINGTON, t X i I N. C Notice! U1MBERT0H MILTY I0Ut for Mantels, Columns. Brats sto. Bslustem, Pnlpits, Church Pews and all kinds of odd jobs. ' Mail orders solicited. Ti ism rossoa Me. R. B. Humphrey, Proprietor sad Kaaager. is-so r . Subscriber- Ths op wXh the oswtl.