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ROBESONIAN I Advertising Rates lOnApplication. $ Established 1807. One Dollar and Fifty cents the Year. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cents. VOL. XXXIX NO. 55 LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY AUGUST 31, 1908. 1 A WHOLE NO. 2386 liriJKi Emblem Headquarters A Complete Stock. We Carry a Most Complete Stock of Emblems, Buttons, Pins, Charms, Fobs, Etc., and our Prices are as Low as Reliable Goods can be sold for. Our Personal Guarantee goes with each piece of goods. COME TO SEE US. Boylin's Jewelry Store. THE Fay NATIONAL BANK. etteville, N. C. COMMISSIONERS NOT SPONSIBLE? RE- So Say Messrs. Mclntyre, Law rence & Proctor A Review of the Case Showing That the Commissioners Are Responsi ble, and They Alone. To the Editor of The Robesonian. We observe in an editoral in your paper of the 20th inst. that you criticise the board of county the matter. It could and would have been settled in less than half an hour in this way, but Mr. G. B. Patterson appeared upon the scene for the commissioners and said that he was instruct ed by the chairman of that board to order Treasurer McKen zie to fight the payment of that claim "to the last ditch." Mr. R. C. Lawrence, of the firm of Mclntyre, Lawrence and Proc tor, told his client, Treasurer McKenzie, that while he (Mr. commissioners for paying out of Lawrence) still thought he would E. II. WILLIAMSON, JOHN ELLIOTT, JNO. H. CULRRETI1, HUNTER G. SMITH, H. McD. ROBINSON, W. E. KINDLEY, A. R. McEACHERN, W. H. SIKES, C.'J. COOPER, 6-21 -lm S A. B rr iT'iiiff I w county funds the costs in the case of Sonthern Audit Company against McKenzie, county treas urer.' We have no desire to en ter into any political controversy with you or anyone else. We recognize the right of the editor and stockholders or the Kob esonian to support whomsoever you please for public office. At the same time we think it hard ly fair for you to criticise the board ot commissioners tor something they had no more connection with than you had. the costs reterred to by you were paid by Mr. McKenzie, the county treasurer, because the Supreme Court rendered judg ment against him tor the amount of the claim and for the costs, The suit was not brought against Mr. McKenzie personally, but against him in his official capaci ty as treasurer. Hence the costs were paid out of county funds and if he had not paid them, he would have been in contempt of court. The commissioners had nothing whatever to do with the payment of these costs. Ail the commissioners ever agreed to do was that in case any personal judgment was render ed against-Mr. McKenzie for the costs they would reimburse him No personal judgment was asked tor by the plantifr or rendered by the court against him. These tacts are all shown by the records which are open for inspection at the court house and could easily have been ascertained from the attorneys for the plantiff or from ourselves, who reprented the de fendant. Ynn .psti pasilv spp that, if the They Have Forged Their Way To The count? treasurelf or the board of j j t ii. i j rp-k-j m"X.7" vT-fcT" costs oux oi tneir own pocKeis WHEREIN WAS LAW LATED? VIO- D. P. SHAW FOR SENATOR. SHOULD RESIGN. EVERYBODY REGARDS A DOLLAR A well worth making. Has it occurred to you that after you have made it, it la foolish not to take care ot it in the best possible manner? Deposited In the National Bankof Fayettevllle, y our cash is far safer than if you kept it yourself. Fire cannot destroy our vaults nd they o!l"er very little temptation to burglars. The latter gentry know it is m uch easier and safer to rob a store, office or home where money is known to be Irnr. Vfln . ..- u I -I ii. -.1. iL- l. . i mane juui uaaji Httie uy ucpusmng 11 Wltn mis UalK, W. A. VANSTORY. Phesidfnt. have to pay the order, since the commissioners wanted him to re sist payment he advised him to do so. Mr. Lawrence admitted that Treasurer McKenzie would have the claim to pay, but not withstanding that, he advised him, because, forsooth, the com missioners wanted to resist, want ed "to fight it to the last ditch", not to pay. Mr. McKenzie said that he was going to pay the or der unless the commissioners would guarantee him against personal loss. Mr. Carter, chair man of the board of commission ers,was called up over the 'phone and he assured Mr. Patterson that the commissioners would stand between Mr. McKenzie and any loss, and he later told Mr. McKenzie the same thing; and he told Mr. McKenzie furth that the costs would not fall Vice-Presidents S. W. COOPER. Active V. Pres. T. M. SHAW. Assistant Cashier. McMILLAN, Cashier. DIRECTORS: J. VANCE McGOUGAN, W. A. VANSTORY, E. H. WILLIAMSON, A. L. SHAW, H. L. COOK, W. J. JOHNSON, JNO. R. TOLAR, JOHN ELLIOT. JOHN A. OATES, S. W. COOPER W. L. HOLT. W. McLAUCHLIN, T. B. UPCHUCRH. Peters Shells to the Front! They Have an Unequaled Record ior accuracy, i ry i hem and you will be SATISFIED. For Sale by Your Live Merchants. N. Jacobi Hardware Company, Wholesale Distributors, Wilmington, N. C. 6-20 The Most Skilful Player er, upon the county; that the com missioners would stand between both him and the county and any expense in connection with the suit. "Look you, now, what fol lows:" When an order of the court was received for the pay ment of this claim and the costs, Mr. S. Mclntyre, of the firm of Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proctor, went to Treasurer McKenzie and told him that he would have to pay the order at once, that very day, or be in contempt of court, or something to that effect. Mr. McKenzie called Mr. Mclntyre's attention to the fact that the commissioners had agreed to be personally responsible for the costs and that the county should not pay a cent; but Mr. Mclntyre assured him that he would have it to pay; that the suit was against him as treasurer of the county, and not as an individual, and that he must pay it out of the funds of the county. Of course Mr. McKenzie could do nothing but pay, under the cir cumstances. Nobody claims that this was paid by a direct order from the commissioners or that the suit was brought against Mr. McKen zie as an individual. The order from the board of audit and finance was just as valid an order as one from the board of commissioners, and Treasur er McKenzie understood all along that in case he lost the case the costs would be paid by the com missioners individually and that the county would not De out one cent. . Of course the commission- Cannot produce really fine music from a poor naiio. i ne pure nase ot such an instrument is a mistake, the seiling of they would be loathe to resist the payment of any claim, no matter how unjust it should ap pear to them. In the case re ferred to after consulting coun selothers as well ourselves the commissioners felt it their duty to advise the treasurer to have the claim contested. . He did so and the Superior Court inclined to our view of the matter. Upon an appeal by the plaintiff, how ever, the Supreme Court decid ed adversely to our contention. Very truly yours, McIntyre, Eawrence, & Proc tor. Lumberton, N. C, Aug. 24, 1908. rWe are srlad that Messrs. Mc lntyre, Lawrence & Proctor have ers di5 not order Treasurer Mc- one is worse. When Yon Select a Piano Here we are always glad to have you bring an expert player with you. Then the tone aud volume ot our pianos are brought out in all their beauty. Then the quality ot our instruments is proven better than any attempt at description we might make. Eagle Furniture and Carpet Co. Luitiberton, N. C. A Reliable Baek Is one which puts the Interests of its Depositors above the Interests of its Officers and Stockholders. Conservative and Safe Management is more Important than Big Dividends. It has been the Policy of this Bank to follow these Ideals. Our President and Cashier borrow no money of the bank. the same security of every one who bor- We require vows from us. Not a Dollar Eleven Years. gone into tnis matter. It will not do to say that the commis- sioners had nothing to ao witn paying the costs in this case. They had everything to do with it, as the following tacts will show: Before the Southern Audit Co. had completed its work and that was before a line of testi mony had been taken by the board of audit and finance Treasurer McKenzie was ordered by the commissioners not to pay that company for its work and Treasurer McKenzie told Mr. Smith, president of that com pany, that the commissioners had so ordered. Col. N. A. McLean, counsel for the board of audit and finance, by which board the Southern Audit Co. was employ ed, warned Mr. McKenzie that, since the Legislature had, when it created the board ot audit and finance, given that board the power to order the treasurer of the county to pay its bills, if he resisted payment ot that order from the audit and finance board he would have to bear the ex pense of the action personally; that the county could not be tax ed with the cost of the suit. There upon Mr. McKenzie employed Messrs. Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proctor and they gave him a written opinion in which they Lost by Bad Loans in our Existence ot was a DroDer one and he would pvpntnnllv Vinvp it. to TlRV. but lo U in Vatiy Tntnidfiof fA float With SllPh fl Raillc? they advised him, nevertheless, 10 11 IU 1UU1 llilUlUUl IV Uikl lliiu uuuu u imun. . to resist payment and get an or- , , . , der from the court. Open an Account with us ana De onvincea Kenzie to pay the costs; all they had to do was to sit idly by and let the order of the court be paid out of county funds. Messrs. Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proctor say that "after con sulting counsel others as well as ourselves the commissioners felt it their duty to advise the treasurer to have the claim con tested". So. And yet Messrs. Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proctor advised Mr. McKenzie that they thought he would have to pay the claim. When the order of the court was received to pay the costs all the commissioners had to do was to step out the back way, so to speak, and leave the county to pay. It was not at all necessary for them to issue an order. We do not consider that Mr. McKen zie is at all concerned in this matter. Of course the order was against him as treasurer and not as an individual. But Mr. J. W. Carter had agreed, for the com missioners, to pay the cost?, rind hence he fought the claim, the board of audit and finance was to investigate the conduct in office of the very men who order ed the treasurer not to pay for work that the board had to have done. It would have been a farce of an investigation if the very men being investigated couia Mr. McEachern's Firm Charg ed Chain Gang Less Than it Charged Others Another In stance Cited. To the Editor of The Robesonian. You charge J. W. Carter and A. R. McEachern, while county commissioners, with having re ceived large sums of money for supplies furnished the chain gang. Did these men charge too much for these goods? Did they not furnish itemized state ments for every cent of this money? Have not men of good character and honor like K. D. Caldwell. M. L. Marley and others sold these supplies when they were county-commissioners? Let us have all the facts and not a part. I know that Mr. A. R. McEachern's firm charged me more for meat, spot cash, than they ' charged the chain gang. I have heard W. K. Brock, chain gang keeper, say that he had to pay Mr. McEachern a much greater price for goods for his family than for the chain gang. Wherein did these men violate the law? T. S. Northrop, M. D. j St. Paul's, N. C, Aug. 27, 1908, We are informed that it is a positive violation of law for the commissioners to trade with the county. We do not charge at all that the commissioners are not honest men, but they certainly ought to observe the law. We do not question the accuracy of Dr. Northrop s statements, but we havs another state ment that does not speak so well tor this custom of the commissioners of trading with themselves. In 1905, when the chaing gang was at work on the new road which crosses Lumber river and runs by the Lumber ton Cotton Mills, Mr. A. W. Pre- vatt, a merchant of Lumberton, proposed to furnish the chain gang at cost of handling the goods. Mr. Prevatt says that Mr. J. W. Carter, chairman of the boarcLjof commissioners, did not at first seem inclined to agree to his pro position, but finally did agree. Among other things, Mr. Prevatt furnished some brogan shoes, at $1 per pair. The shoes cost him 94 cents. Mr. Prevatt says that Mr Brock, who was keeper of the chain gang at the time, told him, when the bill was present ed, that the firm of J. D. McLean & Co., of Fairmont of which firm Mr. Carter is a member had been charging him $1.40 for the same shoe. Mr. Prevatt says that that shoe was usually re tailed at $1.25 the pair, showing a difference of 40 cents between the price Mr. Prevatt charged and the charge made by J. D. McLean & Co., according to Mr. Brock's statement, and a differ ence of 15 cents between the re gular retail price and the price that firm charged the county. Editor. Who Would Well If Nominated He Will be Accept able to all Factions. To the Editor of The Robesonian. Ex-Sheriff McLeod Should Re sign as Chairman of County Executive Committee and if He Does Not His Resignation Should be Demanded. To the Editor of The Robesonian: I see by the rules adonted hv the executive committee govern ing the holding of the Democrat ic primaries, that all sorts of powers are given to the chair man of the Democratic executive committee. He acts as a iudee in almost every instance. It is made his duty to receive the of ficial notice of the candidacy of the various parties, and to have the ballots properly printed with their names on them;to have two PROFESSIONAL CARDS Three Men Represent stated that they thought the claim have forbidden the payment of the expense necessary to that m vestigation. the commissioners had no right to order the treas urer not to oav that bill, and The Bank of . Lumberton, Lumberton, N. C. K. W. "McI,EAN, President, A. E. WHITE, Vice-Pros. T1IOS. OFFICERS! R. D. CAUJWEIX, Vice-Pres. C. B. TOWNSEND, Cashier, J. MOORE, Ass't Cahhier. Later Messrs. Mclntyre, Law rence & Proctor agreed with Mr. Smith, of the audit company, Treasurer McKenzie and Col. Mc Lean to draw up a statement of agreement as to tacts and to submit same to Judge Long and have him pass upon it and end SUPERB CHOCOLATES All other chocolates si t-m just ordinary after you once try Huyler's. They are iut oU ........ ,.,u..i,.u,. u thuv are deliciouH. We secured the agency lor the Huyli-r line knowing there is nothing finer, and because we know too that people will unconsciously judge the value of our stock by the individual lines we f r. ,r . -ii i . i l ;.wir V.ia v.nfWlinniirv futon as conven- carry. we win oe giaa 10 nave you junc a j int. In packages from S cents up. . "Act normal," says Roosevelt, "and there will be no hard times, means, send II EK a box of Hurler's. That McLBAN-BOZIBR CO they virtually admitted that the county ought not to bear the ex pense by agreeing to become per sonally responsible. We repeat that the commis sioners, and they alone, were re sponsible for saddling this ex pense on the county. Editor. State of Ohio, City of Toledo, I ss Lucas County. ) Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State afore said, and that said firm will pay the sum Of ONE HUNDKUU DUL.L.AKS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. 1. 1886. Seaj. A. W. Gleason, Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal ly, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipa tion. Cbronlc Diarrhoea Relieved. Mr. Edward E. Henry, with the United States Express Co., Chicago, writes, "Our General Superintendent, Mr. Quick, handed me a bottle ot Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Di arrhoea Remedy some time ago to check an attack of the old chronic diarrhoea. I have used it since that time and cured many on our trains who have been sick. I am an old soldier who served with Rutherford B. Hayes and Wil liam McKinley four years in 23rd Ohio Regiment, and have no ail ment except chronic diarrhoea, which this remedy stops at once." For sale by all druggists. all Sections. To the Editor of The Robesonian: I am a voter and writing is not my business, but I would like to say a few words to my com rades all over Robeson county. We have stood shoulder to shoul der in many a hard-fought Demo cratic campaign; we have sent our delegates to conventions at Lumberton and often men that we did not want were nominated; we have always stood by the nomi nees. This is the first time in our history we have an opportunity to cast a free and open vote direct for our choice. I suggest a leg islative ticket that I hope we can all pull for: For the Senate, K. M. Rarnes; for the House, Jno. E. Carlyle and W. J. McLeod. These three are men of high Christian char acter; each one stands high in the councils ot his church. Mr. Barnes is a steward of the Metho dist church; Mr. Carlyle is a leading member of the Baptist church, and Mr. McL.eod.is an elder in the Red Springs Presby terian church. Again, Messrs. Carlyle and McLeod have stood four square with the people; they both defended the right of the people to vote by primary. This alone entitles them to our support. It you cannot agree with me on the whole ticket suggested here, Jno. E. Carlyle, as some one else has said, is fairly entitled to one place on the ticket for the earn est work he has given to the farmers, move to better their condition. W. J. McLeod is from Red Springs, Jno. E. Car lyle from the middle section, and K. M. Barnes trom the lower. The three sections of a great county would each have a rep resentative and the three great religious denominations, includ insr nearlv the entire population of Robeson county, would each be honored. Voter from Lumberton Township. The good Democrats of Robe son county will be pleased to hear of the announcement of the can didacy of Mr. D. P. Shaw for the Senate. He is a young man of fine ability and the highest char acter. . He comes of good ante cedents, and is prominently connected by marriage with one of Robeson's most illustrious families. He is well educated, having received his education at Davidson College and the Uni versity, and is thoroughly quali fied to fill the office with honor and credit to himself and his Heis : absolutely independent ot all cliques and tactions, and, if nominated, he will not go to Raleigh as the "Taft-like" can didate of some Robeson county "Teddy Roosevelt;" but he will be guided by what is fair and right, and "my policies" will re ceive a deaf ear. He is well mtormed on ques tions of State interest and is fa miliar with matters affecting the welfare of our great county, and he will be firm and bold in his convictions. He will not have to "seek advice" from those whose counsels might be tempered with selfish interests, nor would he be guided by any dictator. He is a good speaker and deba ter and has acquired ease and composure in public speaking by an experience of six years in the court-room. Hence, he would not catch a spell of "stage fright" or "quaking-in-the- knees" as he arose to address the Senate, when the eyes of that intelligent and august body were turned on him. He is an honest, broad-minded man, and his views of public and private life are such as to appeal to broadminded and intelligent men, who will be his associates in the Senate, if he is nominated and elected. He has no "holier-than-thou" air about him he si just a plain, honest fellow, and does not believe that all virtue and goodness are contained with in his breast. If nominated, it is believed that Mr. Shaw would be accepta ble to all factions, all cliques and all Democrats. While for sel fish reasons he may not be the preference, in the first instance. of some special factions, still all will be satisfied with his nomi nation, because they know that he will be fair to all alike. There will be no dissatisfied element in the Democratic party if he is nominated. The interest of our party demands the nomination of such a man tor the benate. If Mr. Shaw is nominated, Robeson county will be repre sented in the Senate by an able, honest, upright man, and no man, c i . i u t x. , t i : cause to be ashamed of his Sen ator. Democrat. Maxton. N. C, Aug. 25, 1908. in New W. H. KINLAW, Attorney-al Law LUMBERTON, N. C. All business promptly transacted. 4-lGtf 11. C Lawrence Proctor. Stephen Mclntyre, James I). Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proctor, Attorneys and Counselors at Law. LUMBERTON, - - - N. C. Practice in State and Federal Courts. Prompt attention given to all 1 usiness. erning the primary distributed. to furnish the poll lists, verified copies from the registration books, blanks for the managers of the primaries to make the of ficial returns, and to act as one of the canvassing board, when the returns are in to see who is named. Any fair-minded man will admit that he official who is performing all these duties among Democrats should be ab solutely impartial, and have no interest in any of the candidates. The conduct of the chairman of the Democratic executive com mittee, in carrying on the pri mary, and attending to the vari ous duties required of him by the rules, should be like Caesar's wife, "beyond suspicion". It is a well-known fact that ex-snenrr. MCLeod has great in terest in this pnmary, although he has withdrawn as a candi date for the Senate. He has championed the cause of the old board of commissioners, and he no doubt has a great deal of interest in the naming of a Sen ator and members of the Legis lature, because he may desire the act creating the board of au dit and finance repealed, or he may desire some other legisla tion which he may imagine is in his favor. Under these circum stances, and in justice to the other candidates, we must re quest that he give up this posi tion, and let some disinterested party be named. He ought to be fair enough to see the posi tion in which he is placed, and go out without being asked to do so. If he does not see this mat ter in its proper light, then the candidates ought to demand that some one else take charge and perlorm these duties, which are required to be performed under the rules of the primary. Ex-Sheriff McLeod has been greatly honored in the past by the Democrats of Robeson coun ty, and when he sees, as he is obliged to see, that his connect ion with it is now hanging like a mill-stone around its neck, he ought to be grateful enough, for past rewards, to take his foot off LEON. T. COOK, Attorney at Law, LUMBERTON, N. C. Office in First National Bank Buil ling. T. A. McNeill, T. A. McNeill. Jr. McNEILL & McNEILL, Attorneys at Law, LUMBRTON, N. C. Will practice in all the Courts. Busi ness attended to promptly. WADE WISHART, Attorney at Law, LUMBERTON, N. C. Prompt attention given to all business. Office over Bank of Lumberton. s-1 D. P. SHAW, Attorney at Law, LUMBERTON, N. C. All business entrusted to him prompt ly attended to. Office in Shaw building. N. A. McLean, A. W. McLean. McLEAN & McLEAN, Attorneys at Law, LUMBERTON, N. C. Offices on 2nd floor of Bank of Lum berton Building, Rooms 1, 2, 3, and 4. Prompt attention given to all business. CHAS. B. SKIPPER, attorney-at-law, LUMBERTON, N. C. All business entrusted to him wil receive prompt and careful attention. Office in First National Bank Build -ing over Post Office. E. M. BRITT, attorney-at-law, LUMBERTON, N. C. Office upstairs in Argus Building. All business promptly transacted. E. J. BRITT, attorney-at-law, LUMBERTON, N. C. Office over Pope's Drug Store. Dr. Eye, J. H. HONNET, Throat What is Best lor Indlgcston? Mr. A. Robinson of Drumquin, Ontario, has been troubled for years with indigestion, and re commends Chamberlain's Stom ach and Liver Tablets as "the best medicine I ever used." If troubled with indigestion or con stipation give them a trial. They are certain to prove beneficial. They are easy to take and pleas ant in effect. Price, 25 cents. Samples free at all drug stores.. Miss Georgie Pearsall York. The following from the June is sue of The Musical Observer, New York, will be of interest to many Robesonian readers. Miss Pears all is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Pearsall. "Miss Georgie Pearsall, of Red SDiners. N. C. who has been for some time under the instruction of Gustav L. Becker, gave a pi ano recital at his home 1 West 104th Street, on May 16th, be- for an audience that filled the rooms. Miss Pearsall undoubtedly has a future; she possesses both temperament and the power of concentration. Her talent hss been admirably trained bv Mr, Becker, whose influence is plain ly shown in her interpretation. Miss Pearsall was recalled again and again after her pro gramme and forced to repeat one number." While hunting squirrels near his home in Nash county the other day Mr. Reddick Dixon, a prosperous farmer, met death in a peculiar manner. He was go ing: around a tree in a crouched position with his gun over his arm ready to fire, the stock being near his stomach, the gun acci dentally fired and the rebound caught Mr. Dixon in the stom- ch, causing internal injuries from which he died Friday. At a recent meeting of the stockholders of the Scottish Fire Insurance Co. it was decided to move the main offices of the company from Fayetteville to Charlotte. Diarrhoea Cured. "Mv father has tor years been troubled with diarrhoea, and tried every means possible to effect a cure without avail," writes John H. Zirkle of Philippi, W. Va. "He saw Chamberlain's Colic, Colera and Diarrhoea Remedy advertised in the Philippi Repub lican and decided to try it. The result is one bottle cured him and he has not suffered with the dis ease for eighteen months. Before taking this remedy he was a con stant sufferer. Ha is now sound and well, and although sixty years old. can do as much work as a young man." Sold by all druggists. mocracy and let it gain strength to fight its old emeny, the Re publican party, in the coming campaign. By the way, 1 haven t seen any ot these rules distriDuted, and the executive committee or dered that they should be. Democrat. Red Springs, N. C, Aug. 25, 1908. Ear, Nose and Specialist, No. 12 North Front Street, Wilmington, N. C. Formerly Eye and Ear Hospital New York City. Late Assistant Surgeon, Cornell Hospital. 8-0-tf Thurman D. Kitchin, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, LUMBERTON, N. C. County Office next door to Robeson Loan and Trust Company. Ulhce phone 120 7-9 Mr. John E. Carlyle for the House. To the Editor of The Robesonian: We, the Democratic voters up my way, all want John E. Car lyle nominated at the coming pri mary for a seat in the Lower House of the general Assembly. We have known Mr. Carlye for a quarter of a century and find him to be a good farmer, a good Sunday school worker, a good neighbor, a good citizen in every way worthy of the honor. In the Populist days, when almost all of the men where he lives went to that party, Mr Carlyle was one of the fathful that stood firm to the old Democratic party. Give us Mr. Carlye and we v ill give you all a good Democratic vote at tfee coming election. J. E.JDIAL, -Aug. 24, 1908 The mystery of the theft of $173,000 from the United States sub-treasury at Chicago a year and a half ago, one of the largest losses the government has ever suffered in this manner, is be lieved to have been solved by the arrest at Chicago Sunday of George W. Fitzgerald. Others are Uelievcd to nave Deen impli cated in the crime which for months completelybaffled govern ment secret service men. J. M. LILLY, M. D. Practice limited to diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. 115 Green St. Fayetteville, N. C. 4-16-tf Dr. Thomas C. Johnson, Physician and Surgeon, Lumberton, N. C. Office over McMillan's Drug Store. Calls answered Promptly day or night Residence at Waverly Hotel. 4-27-tf. DR. N. A. THOMPSON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, LUMBERTON, - - N. C. Office at Hospital. Phone No. 41. Down town office over McMillan's Drug Store. Calls promptly answered night or day, in town or in the country. DR. R. T. ALLEN, DENTIST, LUMBERTON, - N. C. Office over Dr. McMillan's Drug Store. Why James Lee Get Well. Everybody in Zanesvilie, Ohio, knows Mrs. Maty Lee, of rural route S. She writes: "y hus bRiid. Jamus Lte, firmly belitsves he owes his life to the ue of Dr. King b New Discovery. Uis lucga were po Sf varely hffect d that con sumption seemed irievitnble, when a friend recommended New Dis coveiv We tried it, and its uee has restored him to perfect health. Dr. Kirg s New Discovery is the King of throat and lung remedioB, For couhs and cokla it has no equal The fist duse gives relief Try it! Bold under guaiantee at all drug stores. 50. and $1.00 trial bottle free. 5 or b doses bbb will cure any case ofCHiLLS andFEVER.25c DR. JOHN KNOX, JR., Physician and Snrgeon, Lumberton, N. C. Office at McLean-Rozitr Drug Store 1-2-03 J. G. MURPHY, M. D., Practice Limited to Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, Wilmington, N. C. 6-1-tf J. A. MacKETHAN, M. D., MacKathan BliU)IN FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat a Specialty. 1-13 E. G. SIPHER, ELECTRICIAN, Lumberton, N. C. Office in Shaw Building, Phone No. US. 1-6 DR. R. F. GRAHAM, DENTIST, LUMBERTON, N. C. Office over Bank of Lumberton. Rooms No 7 and 8. 1-20-08 7-9-tf