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IrtE SEMI-WEEK.L.Y ROBESONIAN. A ;r 1 THE ROBESONIAN WITH AUNT BECKY. i . PUBLISHED B05ESOMAN J. A. SHARPC. MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS PUBLISHING CO. Ldltor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: The Year Six Months -Three Months -One Month - $1.50 .75 .40 .15 In or.lerin the ad.ln-n. of hU paper "?1 lub-rnber hidUI Hive th wlJrex to which It has bn:lni.ndthenewii.ldreK. W th the Urue circulation that It ha. The Kob mnian !h a ttrnt-cliuw ndvert'minif inwlium. RuU' will be f urolnhed promptly to protective advtr- ' Ita paper wanU to be fair to coireponietit and will Kive them an much InMiude aa it thinks put llc policy will permit. We are not renponsiblr forth view of any correMpondrnt. We require thkta 1:riifn hia name to a communication racking iKjme one elite or an institution. In pub lish ac articles where the name if the writer la not reuuire.1 to be published, we reserve the rijrnt for food reasons, to five the name when asked for Entered as second-clafw matter at the Postoflice at Lumberton. N. C under the Act of Congress of Kar.h 3rd. 1H97. THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1909. It is devoutly to be hoped that criticisms of the graded school trustees will cease. At least those who criticise should be sure of their ground, it is easy enough to stand on a street cor ner or warm some easy chair and hold forth about just how things should have been done, but it does not help anything. The men who compose the school board have done the best they could, we are sure, and have worked with the single purpose of doing bushel Present Prospects of Fruit Crop aud Olden-Time Or chardsFarmers Organizing About Fishing - A Trip Through the Country His tory of Clan McQueen. Correspondence of The. Eoba&onian. . Cold blows the l)Tast.this morning and we are fearing for the fruit crop, which is now in full bloom. I think the freeze last week "cooked" the Dears. and some of the peaches too. The total loss of the fruit crop would De a great disaster to U3 country folk, as we are de pendent upon it for our winter supply of canned stuff, besides the enjoyment of fresh consump tion during the summer; but "we will not cross the bridge before we come to it," hoping mat our apprehensions mav prove groundless. In olden times there were vast orchards at tached to every farm home, con taming truit of many varieties- apples, peaches, plums, pears, and cherries while small fruits, such as raspberries, gooseberries, strawberries, etc., also received their share of attention. The canning process had not been invented, but bushels of apples and peaches were dried and pre served. I wonder that the propagation of figs is so neglect ed: they are a delicious fruit, and grow to perfection in this climate. We had them at the dear old homestead, and I trans planted some of the roots around my own yard which bear abun dant crops, and rarely ever fail. Last year we had them by the the best possible under the cir cumstances. It is estimated that some $6,000 were saved in the con struction of the school building, as the work was done at about that amount less than the bids that were turned down. Taking everything into consideration, there is nothing to kick about, and kicking does no good. If it is necessary to kick about some thing it would be all right to kick about the price of sandwiches in the Philippine Islands, for in stance. Aint it just awful, Mabel? MAXTON NEWS A Delightful Meeting of the Edinburg Book Club Rae ford Defeats Maxton An En joyable Dance Movements of the People. Correspondence of The Robesonian. One of the most attractive meetings of the Edinburgh Book Sv Club was held at the home of -O. Mrs. Robert Everett, on Main street, last Thursday afternoon. The guests were first invited in to the dining room, beautifully decorated in green and white. S"r rZS" L n? f or its abundance of blue bream, Our farmers are well up with their work and most of them are about ready to begin planting. Low-priced cotton last season seems to have cut no figure in the quantities of fertilizers, and the preparation for another big acreage, but the farmers are rapidly organizing, and are seiz ed at last with a determination to hold together, and do some thing to help themselves. And I see no reason why they may not carry the movement to a successful issue, if they are only true and loyal, and will steer clear of the shoals of po litical wreck and ruin, which was the rock upon which the Al liance foundered and went down It might be a good idea to let the women folks run the ma- cnine. iney would not be so apt to run it into politics, but then they might quarrel in re gard to the honors of office there is no telling, I went fishing last week with my partner and two other little boys, down to the old mill. The boys made me ashamed, as they caught one each, and I caught nothing; but I shall try again one of these days, when the weather gets warmer. It is a favorite pastime with me. I was raised near by this same old mill, before it was allowed to go down, and the pond was noted tutorship and so fond of it that it was a rare thing when tney got off without me. In fact, they were very willing lor me to go along to help carry tackle and get bait. We used in those ohys "sap worms" instead of the ugly, squirming, snakey-looking earth worms, which I hate to handle. Every season one or more pine trees were felled convenient to the pond, which, when the sap began to decay, furnished an abundance of bait, and I believe it was better than the eartn worms. I shall never forget the ecstacy of capturing my first fish, a poor little blue bream. 1 was in a boat with my father and brother, and when I found that 1 had hirn really "hooked" I made the welkin ring with my screams of mineled fear and delight, and was chagrined to find father and brother laughing heartily at my excitement. I learned to behave better as my experience unfold ed, but have not yet pulled a fish from the water without a tingle of the same old feeling. On Saturday last, in company with a young cousin, Miss Liz zie Hamer, I took a short trip through the lower end of the Fork, passing by Raemonte, the beautiful home of Col. E. F. McRae, on whose farm I saw growing 8 or 10 acres of magnif icent voung oats. A short dis tance below his home we rode for a few minutes over South Carolina soil, but soon struck old Robeson again, near the farm of I- HJT T Tl fl 'iV 1 a kinsman, mr. J. sraun, wno is a brother-in-law of Mrs. Owen Norment. of your town. Mr, Smith, who is a man of fine Dhvsiaue and hitherto robust FAIRMONT NEWS LETTER. An Interesting Debate Death of an Infant The Baseball Craze Some Who Come and Go. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Quite an interesting debate was held last t riday aiternoon between the boys and girls of the literary society of the school. The subject was Town V3. country Lite, and town life, championed by the girls, won the approval of the judges. The girls were greatly praised by their proud friends, but the boys also did so well that they received almost as much praise. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Floyd, reported so very ill last week, died Sat urday evening and was buried Sunday afternoon at the Baptist graveyard, the funeral services being conducted by Rev. D. P. Bndgers. Many inends sympa thize deeply with the bereaved family. I Misses Galloway and McMur- ray spent Saturday and Sunday with friends in Rowland, where they are very popular. Fairmont baseball enthusiasts went m a body to Rowland last Saturday to see the game be tween the two teams. It was a fine game, resulting in a victory for Fairmont. We have the base ball craze right here, even the girls playing match games and big boys, little boys and old men doing the same. It looks like a fearful waste of energy to an old woman, when sawing wood would be so much easier work and accomplish so much more: but I suppose I am no judge of Of Interest to Free Masons and Their Friends. The firm of Chas. M. Stieff and their Southern Manager have donated a magnificent world renowned Stietf Piano to the Masonic Bazaar to be held in the Carlotte Auditori um April 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 1909, Charlotte, N. C. The money derived from this Bazaar will be used in the erec tion of a Masonic Temple, a building that will be a pride to every Mason in the Carolinaa. Don't you want this artistic Piano for your lodge, your home or your friend's home ? Visit Charlotte during the Bazaar. Reduced rates on all Railroads. ISSSZS ADDRESS CH. WILWOTH, Cb. Music Committee, Masonic Bazaar. CHAS. M. STIEFF, Manufacturer of The First National Ramk5 LUMBERTON, N. C Surplus $14,000.00. Capital Stock $50,000.00. ASSETS OVER QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS, THE ONLY NATIONAL BANK IN ROBESON COUNTY. Depository for United States Postal Funds, United States District Court Bankrupt Funds, Robeson County, Town of Lumberton. We should be pleased to be your Depository. 6-1 we re a The Artistic Stieff, Shaw and Stieff Self-Player Piano. Southern Warerooms, 5 W. Trade Street., CHARLOTTE, N. C. C. H. WILMOTH, Mgr. We Deliver any Grade of Fertil izers and Fertilizer Material at any Railroad Station, and at our Warehouses in Lumberton and Fairmont. Messrs. P. R. Floyd & Company Deliver For Us At Fairmont. Caldwell . & Carly le. its fascinations. Miss Rose Ashley, of Bav Minette, Ala., is visiting rela tives in town. She left here four years ago and this is her first visit home, and her many friends are glad to see her look ing so well. Mrs. W. F. Stephens has as her guest this week Miss Egee, a iovely young lady of Chesa peake City, Md. Miss Bryant, of Darlington, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Anderson, this week. Miss Lorena Lewis returned irom Baltimore last week and is working hard to get readv for her millinery opening on April 2nd. She has bought the nicest and largest stock ever bought here and we hope her faith in our people will be rewarded. Rev. E. L. Middleton. secre tary of the Sunday school board of the Baptist State Convention, is to make an address on the work at the Baptist church Fri- health. has been indisposed ot late. However, when we called uuon him Saturday he was up, and much improved. From his house we travelled on a mile or two to the hospitable home of Mr. John McRimmon and fam ily, where we dined sumptuous ly, and late in the afternoon started tor home. Fassing through the farm of Dr. Falk, I there saw another field of splendid grain, I could not tell exactly whether wheat or oats. It you will kindly indulge me, 1 would like through this me dium to inform the "Clan Mc Queen" that my history of the family has been published re centlv. and copies of the book can be had by a card ad dressed to Mr. H. C. McQueen, of Wilmington. The price of book, postpaid, is 55 cts. It is a biography of the McQueen's of old Queensdale, bearing date from 1765, to 1908; shows the McQueen coat ot arms ol our Scottish ancestors, also a fam ily tree obtained from Scotland. When I was at work on this his tory and told the 'Squire I was writing a book, he repeated to ty - TrvcioVi A 11 or a n n avr r Qa mantha, "And who is goin' to J L. McMillan & Son Makes an Important Connection With read it after it is writ : and 1 told him that remained to be dav night. No doubt he have a large audience. We derstand that he will be guest while here of Mrs, Floyd, who is a former pupil his. Dr. H. E. McMurray spent Sunday with friends in Rowland. Rowland seems to be our most popular visiting place these days. Miss Agnes Ashley, who has been teaching in Columbus coun ty, was gladly welcomed by many friends last week on her return, her school having closed last Friday. Mr. A. L. Jones and Dr. W. F. Stephens report sneak thieves carrying off chickens last week. Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Floyd, of Fair Bluff, visited Mr. A. J. Floyd last Monday. Mrs. Roy Williams, of Dillon, S. C, is a welcome visitor in town, the guest of her mother, Mrs. Kittie Mitchell. Fairmont, N. C, March 23, 1909. 5 or 6 doses "666" will cure any case of Chills and Fever. Price 25c. t8-25 SWA pil of WAIT For Our Grand Opening Sale Commencing ni ICvirlmi niutty, Be Sure Not to Miss this GREAT SALE, as this is one that BEATS All the Sales that were Ever Made in Lumberton or any Other Town. Be Sure to Read over our Circular which we have Distributed through the Country and Towns, and Don't For get to COME BEFORE EASTER to Purchase all you need in Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Ladies' Ready-Made Dresses, Waists, Suits, and Many Other Things which we have no space to mention in this paper. YOUR POCKET BOOK WILL SMILE when you COME TO SEE US I Remain Your Friend, A. WEINSTEIN, THE KING CLOTHIER AND LADIES' DRESSER. Mail Orders will be given the Best Attention. Salesladies or Salesmen to wait on you '1 Laurinburg, and Mattie Brown McLean. White silk flags, bear ing "Maxton, N., C.f" and little white shoes were the decorations in the parlor, as the subject of the meeting was Maxton. An interesting history of Maxton was given and then the poem, "Lumber River" (upon which river Maxton is situated) was read. After the program each guest was given a white carna tion to which was attached an artistic "Home Sweet Home" souvenir card in gilt and white. Then little hand-painted shoes were brought in, containing a most original contest consisting of questions to be answered by names of residents of Maxton. The shoes were unique reminders that our prosperous little town in former days bore the dignified name of "Shoe Heel." Several guests were successful in answer ing all the questions and in the cut Mrs. A. B.Croom won a love ly souvenir spoon of Maxton which she presented to Mrs. Wil bur Everett, of Norfolk, Va. Ice cream in the shape of dainty shoes, with cake and green and white mints, were then served for refreshments. Missis Bessie and Alice Cov ington, of Laurinburg, spent last Thursday at the home of Mrs. Robert Everett 'Miss Martha Everett, of Laurinburg, after , spending several days with friends in Maxton, returned home Thursday night. Miss Lizzie Whitfield, of Lumberton, spent Friday and Saturday with Miss Courtney Nunn. Mr. E. B. Hes ter, of Washington, D. C, is visiting his brother, Mr. C. E. Hester, at the Maple Shade Hotel. Miss Clarkie Belle Mc Nair went to McColl,S. C, Tues day evening to visit Miss Pearl Morrison. Miss Kate Souther land went to Laurinburg Tues day. Miss Katie McCallum, of Red Springs," is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. Leak Smith. Miss Emma Belle McRae spent Mon day and Tuesday in Red Springs. Mr. A. W. McLean, of Lum berton, was in Maxton Friday night. Mrs. Ellen Cook spent Tuesday in Fayette ville. Mr. June McKay spent Sunday at his home in Rockingham. Rev. Mr. Jopling, of Red Springs, preached at the Presby terian church Sunday evening. Dr. Hill filled Mr. Jopling's pul pit in Red Springs. Mr. Hecter McLean spent Sun day in Lumberton. The Maxton baseball team filayed Raeford Friday evening, t was a fine game and good playing was done on both sides. The score was 3 to 2 in favor of Raeford. Mr. A. E. "Shaw, of Laurin burg, was in Maxton Saturday. Mr. W. H. Harding, of Pbiladel- and larger fish. My father and brother were expert fishermen, and in those days we all enjoyed the luxury of leisure on the old plantations; so much of our time was spent in this sport, and I became an apt pupil under their A GREAT ENTERPRISE COMES TO LUMBERTON ARGE STOCK seen. No local news of any interest occurring in the Fork, so I will close for the present. "Aunt Becky" Old Fork, N. C, March 22d, 1909. 5 or 6 doses "666" will cure any case of Chills and Fever. Price 25c. t8-25 The Largest Co-Ooerative Corooration in America. Backed By Men Doing An Annual Business Amounting to $75,000,000. PEOPLE OF LUMBERTON BENEFITTED. OF For C S35 is area Troubled with a cough? A hard cold, bronchitis, or some chronic lung trouble? There h a medicine made for just these cases Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Your doctor knows all about it. Ask him what he thinks of it. No medicine can ever take the place of your doctor. Keep in dose touch with him, consult him frequently, trust him fully. NO alCOhol in this CCUgh medicine. JTC.Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. Ayer's Pills. Sugar-coated. All vegetable. Act directly cn the liver. Oently laxa tive. Dose, only one pil!. Sold for nearly sixty years. Ask your doctor about them. phia, is spending this week in Maxton. He has his two little boys with him. They are visit ing their friends. The Mason-Newcombe Co. is filling a week's engagement at the Opera House here this week". The young men of Maxton gave a very delightful dance in the dancing hall of the Maple Shade Hotel Friday evening, 19th, music being furnished by the "Big Four" Orchestra of Bennetts ville, S. C. It was an occasion enjoyed by everyone and will be long remembered. Among the visitors were Miss Lizzie Whit field, of Lumberton, Mr. Hinton James, of Laurinburg, andjMr. and Mrs. Wilbur Everett, Nor folk, Va. Maxton, N. C, March 24,1909. June McKay to Hang. &The State Supreme Court yes terday found no error in the case of June McKay, colored, convicted of murder in the first 1 degree in Robeson Superior Court last fall and sentenced to hang by Judge Biggs. McKay was convicted of the murder of Alex. McKay, also colored, at Rowland, just one year ago, the the coroner's inquest having been held March 31st, last year. Ex-President Roosevelt and son, Kermit, sailed from New fork Tuesday for his long planned and much-written-about African "safari'' (hunt). They will probably be goneaoouta year and a quarter. The ex-President was given a great ovation just be fore he sailed and he left amid the cheers of thousands that swarmed the pier. A spring tonic that makes rich, re blood. Brings strength, health am happiness to the whole family. Nothini equals Hollistor's Rocky Mountain Te as a Spring regulator. 35 cents. J. D'i McMillan & Son. ) WT cunr cran uvi A m If you would keep posted scribe for The Robesonian.. sub-; OI. BIGGS, LUMBERTON, 5& (NORTH CAROLINA. 7 H J. D. McMillan & Son, of this city, have, with characteristic enterprise, demonstrated their ability to keep well abreast of the times by connecting them selves with the largest druggists' co-operation in America. The men connected with this enter prise do a yearly business aggre gating over $75,U0U,000, which well emphasizes its soundness and magnitude. Nearly two thousand retail druggists throughout the United btates have organized themselves as a co-operative company for the purpose ot producing a line of medicinal preparations which they recommend, absolutely guarantee and back up with their own names and personal reputa tions. The formulas of these remedies are thoroughly known to every one of these druggists and the ingredients of each will be truthfully described to the puplic and the remedies sold with the distinct understandiner that their purchase price will be in stantly refunded without ques tion or quibble it they fail to benefit the user. Over two thousand different formulas were turned over to the company. Each formula being selected because 01 its tested and proved value and established rep utation, gained through continued and successful use by prominent pnysicians. A 1 ... A a researcn committee ot ex pert chemists and physicians made a most thorough and ex haustive test of each one of; these two thousand prescriptions until they had selected about three hundred as being the very best and most dependable known to medical science, each for the treatment and cure of a particu lar ailment. These three hundred remedies are now manufactured by the company, which is known as the United Drug Cc, Boston, Mass., in one of the largest, most mod ern and best equipped pharma ceutical laboratories in the Unit ed States. The tremendous output of this company enables it to purchase drugs, herbs and other necessary material, in very large quantities. The co-operation and profession al advice of 2000 leading drug gists guarantees the high quality of everything used and guaran tees that only formulas of extra ordinary merit are used in the manufacturing of their products. The preparations of the com pany are shipped direct to the retail drusrsrists who are cnnrippt. ed with the eterprise. Thus their apsoiute iresnness is assured, it is impossible for their qualify to deteriorate, there are no middle- au- can obtain these products at ac tual cost of manufacture, plus a single retail profit. One noticeable feature of this business, and a very commendable one, is that no one remedy manu factured by this company is a "cure-all." Each one of the 300 different remedies is a known and dependable specific for a particular ailment. The confi dence of the druggists interested in this enterprise is unquestion ably demonstrated by this guar antee which is printed on every package. "This preparation is guaranteed to give satisfaction. If it does not come back and. get your money it belongs to you and we want you to have it." This is certainly an innovation that must appeal to the people of Lumberton. It insures safety and satisfaction because our own local druggists, J. D. McMillan & Son, who are so well known and highly respected for their integrity, are connected with this enterprise and are staking their own personal reputation on the quality of these remedies, and the very frankness with which they take the people of Lumber ton into their confidence insures an unprecedented success for these remedies which are sold under the trade-name Rexall, which means King-of-All. From reports coming from thousands of towns and cities, the Rexall Remedies are certainly demon strating their full title to the name. Those who have previously re fused to buy proprietary medicines because there was no way of as certaining their ingredients, can now purchase Rexall Remedies, the formulas of which they can have for the asking. Besides they are sold by a concern per sonally known to you and located right here in our own city, who guarantees that they are in every way as represented or they will cost nothing. Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets are the first being introduced. Any one in Lumberton who suffeis from stomach derangement, in digestion or dyspepsia should not hesitate to try this Rexall remedy wnen tney are so highly recom mended and backed with such a strong guarantee. J. D. McMillan & Son are so well and favorably known for their sterling honesty and square dealing that we predict a great success for them with the Rexall Remedies, and they are to be heartily congratulated in bring ing this great and modern busi ness enterprise to Lumberton. we urge all who may be General Merchandise fertilizers Am handling the usual full line of general merchandise and have warehouses loaded with fertilizers. See no reason why this should not be a prosperous vear. T. W. J. LUMBERTON, PREVA N.C. lea SYRUP CONFORMS TO NATIONAL PURE FOOD AKO DRUGS LAW. An Improvement over many Cough. Luntf and Bronchisl Remedies, because It rid th system of 1 cold by acting as a cathartic on the bowels. No opiates. Guaranteed to iv Mtisfactlo.. or mcney refunded. Prepared by PINEULE MEDICINE CO., CHICAGO. U. . A. Sold by J. D. McMILLAN & SON, Lumberton, N. C WW xwt men's or jobbers profits tob Tf 1 I . . xr you nave lost anything lhe Robesonian will find it for you; if you have found anv- we urge an wno may be in l; tu- d u -h . . nend ofT &lfi medicines to "" lne KDesonian will assist you in finding the owner, if you have anything to sell Pall OTl .1 11 MnMillon A. 3 m w - learn about the Rexall Remedies. Kobeoman H find a purchaser, if you want to purchase anything read the adver enterprise of this sort should ha titino- c tu. di . ded to their cost, and the pbblic I encouraged. l" mcnuoesoman.
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