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w n it" n n 7 I J 1 1 JtxJtLi ROBESONIAN I Advertising Rates a a I On Application. $ Iluiin One Dollar and I Fifty cents the Year. Established 1870. Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cents. VOL XL NO. 17. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1909 WHOLE NO. 2452 I AAflft . ft mi V 1 i ; t tut-; n rrr-M, ri-wwTrmrirtrMB QB5552SZEEB2. Jewelry For Gents. Very Best Quality- . . , . . r ... ',;.. Cuff Buttons, Collar Buttons, Shirt Studs, Scarf Pin3, Watch Chains, Etc., Etc. Boylin's Jewelry Store. 30593 13 illl! 1 1 nnriBBir&ft'u WITH AUNT BECKY. Raising Cotton to Buy Corn and Forage-1-A Dog Story About Hats. i I i i . I lllB'TVII) & SJC Tfc - j- r .-.a. - . n Ginning Machinery, Shingle Mills, Boilers, Engines, Hoe Circular Saws, Disston Circu lar Saws. In Fact Anything in the Hardware Line, Call or Write us for Prices. McAlli 4-19 r Hardware Lumberton, N. Company, C. There iseverv reason? 1o use W"NV!vi. There is no j FP MIMING !; Better Than Shingles $ 0 rT,II0USANrs "f pcot !e your building has real protection. I J- buy shinuk-a for their Amatite is easier to lay than ever I j roofs rather than f.icc the pruspect this year. The liquid cement for H of painting a ready roi.f."L' every the laps does not require heating ij W year or two. before use. A throc-inrT, hi Shintrlcs arc cxnensive. but fhv margin is left at the edee of the III of painting a year or two. Shingles arc expensive, but they are actually cheaper during ten years than a ready rooting which needs frequent painting to keep it free from leaks. Am:rtite roofing costs lebs than half as much as shingles and does not need painting eilhcr. It is easier to lay and will give years of long hard service without any care. Amatite has a real mineral sur face. That's why it needs no painting. Once laid on your roof your building has real protection. Amatite is easier to lay than ever this year. The liquid cement for the laps does not require heating before use. A three-inch smooth margin is left at the edge of the sheet so that the laps will be tight fitting and easily cemented. The large headed nails which we fur nish save fussing with caps, which rust easily. Amatite is up to date. Send for a Sample and look it over. You'll never buy any other. N. JACOBI HARDWARE COMPANY, Agents. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE BANK OF LUMBERTON AT LUMBERTON, In the State of North Carolina, at the close of Business, February 5th. 1909. Resources: Loans and Discounts, Overdrafts Secured and Unsecured, Furniture and Fixtures, All other Real Estate, Cash on Hand and Due from Banks, $158,055.29 1,205.80 3,383.27 510.00 76,557.01 Total, Liabilities: Capital Stock, Undivided Profits, Less Current Expenses and Taxes Paid, Rediscounts, Bills Payable, Total Deposits, $239,711.37 $50,000.00 9,188.06 20,000.00 . None 160,523.31. $239,711.37 Correspondence of The Robesonian. The morning dawned rainy and flustery, but I see from my doorway on the adjoining farm our neighbors are busy planting cotton, and this is the week ap pointed in the Fork for a general putting in of the great Southern staple. Ihe Squire and I took a trip yesterday into the Midway sec tion aDout 8 mues east oi our home, and on almost every farm on our route a scene of busy ac tivity was presented. Some were planting, some getting ready, and others had been planting last week, and I could see no evidence anywhere of reduced acreage As we traveled along l kept a sharp look-out for the corn pros pect, but, with only one excep tion, saw but two or three acres in a place, ana tnese stuck ott in some little corner of a sand-bed From these prevailing conditions the ever-recurring question arose in my mind, Does it pay to raise cotton with which to buy corn and forage, especially at the pres ent prices? We visited the home of Mr, Neill McCallum and family, hav mg learned on Saturday of the serious illness of Mr. McCallum, who is a beloved kinsman and one of nature's truest noblemen We iouna mm some better ana nope ne may graauaiiy recover his wonted health, as he is one 1 ITT 1 wno wouia De sorely missea in church, community, and all of the relations in life. While in his home, his son Mr. James Mc Galium, oi Jacksonville, j?ia., ar rived, which was a source o great pleasure and comfort to his father and family. On our re turn home, we called by Mr. W H.McCormick's,of the Turn Out who informed us that some mur derous animal, presumably a dog. had the night previous visited his back piazza, where a fine lit tie Scotch Collie puppy was sleep ing in a box, and spirited him away so noiselessly that nothing was known of his presence unti the next morning. Tne remains of the poor little victim were found some distance from the house, with his head entirely eaten off. A colored man living near by informed us that on the same night a dog of tremendous size was around his house and bit one of his puppies. He made an effort to shoot him, but he es caped. I advised him either to kill or confine his own dog, as the marauder was probably mad. I can not account for the great prevalence of these rabid crea tures which are such a menace all over the land. Up to a few years ago such a thing as a mad dog was almost unknown, and in old times there were packs of hounds and hunting dogs on al most every plantation and noth ing ever was heard of their go ing mad. The very idea of hy drophobia is so awful that 1 of ten wish there was not a dog in the world, and yet I have always had a liking for canines of good character and habits, and many of them exhibit trails of wisdom and affection wonderful in the brute creation. During a visit down in Florida once my Drotner-in-iaw, Mr, Fickle, and Dr. McRae, of Mel rose, rla., went down on the train one morning to some ham mock lands about 30 miles dis tant, on a quail hunt, taking with them a beautiful and valu able setter of Mr. Fickle's by the name of Flora. They got off at. a little railroad station, and hunted the most of the day, so when train time was approaching they found themselves near the next station further down, having traversed about 6 miles from the point at which they disembarked that morning. So they made for the nearest station but found up on arriving there that Mora was missing, and they were both much troubled thereby, but it was now late in the afternoon and they were obliged to get home, so they boarded the tram, and when they pulled up to the little station where they got off in the afternoon they were de lighted to see Miss Flora sitting upon the platform, apparently waiting to get on where she had Army Officer, Looking After Flood Sufferers, Finds a Won derful Country. Fayetteville Observer, lfith. Maj. J. H. McKenney, U. S. ,, stationed at Fort Caswell, spent yesterday in this city, un der orders from the War De partment, at Washington, in vestigating the condition ot the flooded district, with a view to rendering aid. Maj. McKenney had just come rom Pender and Bladen coun ties, where he distributed seed corn, etc., to the farmers asking or it. He said he had only $2,000 available for this purpose. He "ound the conditions in Cumber and not near so bad as he ex pected, in fact could find only one man, who it was said needed aid. He said we Cumberlanders, either did not need out side aid, or else we were proud people. He purchased several hundred bushels of seed corn, and left it for distribution at Dunn, where he went yesterday to consult with Congressman Godwin. It is certainly very gratifying to learn that despite the damage wrought by the flood, the people in the Cape Fear valley were able to take care of themselves, and recuperate so quickly. It will be remembered that a large sum of Hioney was subscribed in Fayetteville for the flood suffer ers and that so few of them ask ed or appeared to need aid, that eighty per cent, of the money was refunded to the subscrib ers, it is indeed a wondertul county. Total, The Bank of Lumberton Calls Attention to the Excellent Condition of the Bank, as shown in the above statement. Total Deposits in Commercial and Savings Departments, $249,685.12. Advertise In THE ROBESONIAN. gotten off." The two huntsmen brought home in their bird-sacks 62 partridges, which supplied several families m town with de licious breakfast dishes. Flora was one of the most sensible dogs I ever saw, and her devotion to her master and his family was akin to that of the human race, but she fell a victim to some fa tal climatic disease which pre vails in that country, and for which no remedy could be found wen, master has passed, and so far we have escaped any treezmg weather. I think we will have plenty of peaches un less some disaster befalls them later on. I attended service at Oak Grove on Sunday afternoon, where the sacrament oi the Liord s supper was administered by the pastor, Rev. Mr. McColl. I saw a few "Easter hats," too, but none on the extreme, as I have been read ing and hearing of. Our modest little country girls seem to have no desire to take on "the big head". I was amused at a poem in the Easter number of The Scottish Chief, which described a happy, jolly girl tripping away to church in all the pride and pomp of one of the newest and most gigantic creations of head gear. She was absent only a brief season, when she returned in tears, her joy turned into sore disappointment and grief, be cause her hat was so big it could not get in at the church door. oor little girl, was not she in a desperate hx! Well, I made me an Easter bonnet at least I made it the week before Easter Sunday but it is for every dav wear a real old-timey calico bonnet, with pastboard splits in it, and it is regular curiosity to the growing generation, but is very comfort able to an old lady who has neith er adopted the bareheaded style nor is fond of wearing some old flopped hat wben out and about among the poultry or the garden. Talking of hats reminds me of the Squire. We . were riding along one of these late windy days. I had a hard time holding mine on, although it was well pinned to my hair, and every few minutes he would grab his with both hands, but finally when he was not sufficiently on the alert a sudden puff of wind lifted his chapeau and sailed away with it. He recovered it, though, and I suggested that I would loan him a hat pin, and fasten it on to the scalp, as "he has no hair on top of his head, the place where the wool ought to grow. Now if the 'Squire was "single again" I expect it might be a little dangerous to tell that he is baldheaded, as some people are a little sensitive on this subject, No news of any local interest in the Fork at present, so I will close. Aunt Becky. Old Fork,.N. C, April 13,1909, Words to Freeze the Soul. '"Your son has Consumption. His case is hopeless". These appalling words were spoken to Geo. E. Blevens.a lead ing merchant oi bpnngneld, JN. O., by two expert doctors one a lung special ist. Then was shown the wonderlul power of Dr. King's New Discovery. "After three weeks use," writes Mr. Blevens, "he was as well as ever. 1 would not take all the money in the" world for what it did for my boy." In fallible for Coughs and Colds, its the safest, surest cure of desperate Lung diseases on earth. 50c. and $1.00. Guar antee satisfaction. Trial bottle free. All druggists. Swept Over Niagara. This terrible calamity often happens because a careless boatman ignores the river's warnings growing ripples and faster current Nature's warnings are kind. That dull pain or ache in the back warns you the Kidneys need at tention if you would escape fatal mala dies Dropsy, Diabetes or Bright's dis ease. Take Electric Bitters at once and see Backache fly and your best feelings return." After long suffering from weak kidneys and lame back, one $1.00 bottle wholly cured me," writes J, R. Blankenship, of Belk, Tenn.Only 0c. at all druggists. The Man Brought to Jail Here Last Monday Engaged in Ex tensive Operations. In Thursday's Robesonian an account was given of the impris onment here of A. II. Rivenbark, charged with using the mails for fraudulent purposes. Friday's Raleigh News and Observer gives the following account of Riven bark and his extensive opera tions: "Allie H. Rivenbark, at one time employed in a cotton mill here, his people being also cotton mill employes, has been arrested at Hamlet by Postoffice Inspector Mitchell lor using the mails in swindling transactions, this upon complaints ot the Kucanola Com pany, of Atlanta, Ga., a number of Northern firms, and the At- antic Coast Line people. "Rivenbark, who, besides his work as a cotton mill operator, had at one time been a baggage master for the Seaboard Air Line, was arrested at Hamlet in the baggage car on his way to Co lumbia, his description having been secured from his mother, who lives at Laurinburg. He was taken to Lumberton by In spector Mitchell and is in jail there, while Inspector Mitchell has gone on to Washington. Rivenbark is a young man of about twenty-one years of age, nd lately he had talked to sever al people here, saying that he was going to Wilmington to open up a bottling plant for soft drinks, and that he would also build a knitting mill. His purpose, he said, was to make brick out of sand about Wilmington, which he said was quite easy. Asked how he would do this as he had no means, he said that parties with money were backing him, and that he had valuable proper ty in Norfolk. Rivenbark had goods shipped to him in Raleigh under the name of the A. H. Rivenbark Company About ten days ago a shipment came over the Seabord Air Line to him from the Burg Compres sor Company, of Erie. Pa. , but it was not delivered. The mater ials tor a Dottling compressing plant were shipped to deliver, but the road was notified immediate ly after the arrival of the goods not to deliver till the draft sent Rivenbark was paid and present ed by him. Rivenbark did not call for the goods. Investigation shows that Rivenbark went into the business with a big knife wide open, and that he had ordered some ten thousand dollars'worth of goods, in the consignments being outfits for bottling soft drinks and for making candy, automobiles and other things. He had sent or ders to Charlotte firms as well as to Northern firms, the shipments being ordered sent to Raleigh Laurinburg, and at various points on the Seaboard Air Line and the Atlantic Coast Line. There are two carloads of goods sent to him here that are held by the railroads. "Rivenbark sent out notices to firms of his having a company in Raleigh, the firm name being A. H. Rivenbark & Company, with Mr. John T. Pullen.the president of the Raleigh Savings Bank, as president, and Mr. E. N. McDon ald, a cotton mill engineer, as a member of the firm. Both these gentlemen deny having any con nection with Rivenbark, or of knowing anything about his af fairs, a card having been issued to this effect by Mr. Pullen. Rivenbark had mail addressed to D. M. Williams at Raleigh, whom he eave as a reference, this a fictitious name. Securing these letters he would reply, saying the firm was all right. By this means he reported to Brad- street's that he had 5,000 in as sets in Norfolk, besides real estate. "Rivenbark's mother and family live at Laurinburg, and great stacks of mail, some fifty letters a day, came to Rivenbark there, it being to Laurinburg that an automobile was shipped to him. The firms sending goods to him began to get uneasy and an investigation was begun through the Postoffice Depart ment. Inspector Mitchell went to Laurinburg and on Tuesday spent the day acting as delivery clerk at the postoffice. Riven- bark's mother called for his mail, but the letters marked per sonal, and there were many of these, were not delivered to her. Without knowing what was to happen she gave a description of her son. of whose doings she later declared she knew nothing A Great Cotton Country About County Division Interested in Native County. To the Kditur of The Kobesonian: It may not be amiss to many of the readers of The Robesonian to hoar from Mississippi, a land in which almost anything will grow and flourish. If cotton don t exactly grow in the woods here, it will come as near it as any country in the world. There are a score or more counties in Mississippi which will average a bale of cotton to the acre, with out fertilizing; and even here in the piney woods the bottom lands make a bale to the acre without help. A great many farmers keep up the ante-bellum habit make cotton and have their barnes and meat houses in St. Louis and Chicago. Habit indulged in for a long time is hard to over come. Several years since, in company with a friend, I attend ed the Charleston Reunion of Confederate soldiers. Standing a on crowded Meeting street whilst the veterans were march ing by a good looking man close by asked me where I was from. told him from Mississippi. I asked him wThere he was from; he replied about 20 or 30 miles up the coast. He said, "You peo ple in Mississippi think you can make cotton, but we can beat you here too badly to talk about." replied, My friend, how is that?" "His answer was, "By our system of labor, improved implements, cultivators, etc." 1 told him that cotton grows in the woods in Mississippi and all we had to do was to gather it in the fall. His reply was, "That's a D d lie, sir." I see in The Robesonian that an effort is being made to estab hsh another county out of Rob eson territory, also parts of oth er counties. When 1 was a boy years before the civil war I heard my father and his neigh bors' discussing the same thing. The trend of opinion was to make a new county out of upper Robeson and the lower end of Richmond with the county seat at or near "Shoe Heel," now Maxton, the division line start ing from the State line south of Rowland, leaving that locality in the new county and running by Pembroke then known as Low- ry's Bridge and joining Cum berland not far from Lumber Bridge. The way to arrive at correct conclusion in regard to many things is to put yourself in the place of the other party. Now, I will ask the voters o: lower Robeson to put them selves in the place of the voters of upper Robeson. Would they not be in favor of a new county to a man? Remember the golden rule. Cannot the people of Rob eson be as just as the people o Richmond. Would Scotl a n county ever have existed but for putting in practice by the citizens of Richmond county that God iriven principle, justice. When another effort is made in the in terest of a new county out of Robeson I hope it will succeed. Robeson county is amply able to have two counties, both as re gards territory and finances. I can't do without The Robe- soman, inougn l nave uvea in Mississippi thirty-eight years, my interest in the land of my birth is unabated. The Rowland Sun and The Robesonian keep me posted. I read nearly every thing in both. Aunt Becky s letters with many others, are in structive. Thouarh the railroads have changed the face of the country, established new towns and postoffices, still from names and other circumstances 1 can locate most of them. I have writ ten to Crogressman Godwin to send me a soil map of the coun ty. This I will appreciate, and am willing to pay the price therefor. D. McCallum Weathersby, Miss., April 12. '09. $150.00 Not Often A Bargain Like This. An Upright l'i;im in nin condition c-asc; ri-t'mi.sh.Ml; looks like n.-w. l-.ln,mi-.l cast'; thcri'foiv will jjo with any style furtiiluiv. If you want tliis Imijiiii Write Today. CHAS. M. STIEFF, PROFESSIONAL CARDS AI.iut UarU. r, Thomas 1.. Jhnm. BARKER & JOHNSON, Attounhs at Law. 1. 1' Ml: Kin on. N. c All IHISIIU'SS IV II ,,,.ll.t 'iin-iiiion. m and cure- ill .St in rs iiv. r If -s.'!i IV.imty 1-oiuwV Trust t o. lo s I'lion.- No. ;i7. look. 1. I". Shaw, , T SHAW & COOK, Ai rouM-Ys at Law, LliMUKUTON, N. C. All imsinuss fiiiruslvil to Uu-ni will r.-o iv- can-liil amt .ion..l attention. Olliee over First National Uank Wade Wishart. i.' m u.: WISH ART & BR ITT, Attoknkys at Law, i.UMKKKTON. N. C. Im.sinesa given prompt mid ce- UHice upstairs in Argus t-10 All lul attention. l'Uildilijr. Tlv Manufacturer of Artistic Stieir, Shaw ami Stietr Self-Player 1'iano. Southern Wareroom. 5 W. Trade Street., CHARLOTTE, N. C. C. H. WILMOTH, Mgr. y Stephen Mclntyre, K. C. Lawrence James 1). Troctor. Mclntyre, Lawrence & Proctor, Attorneys and Counselors nt Law, LUMBERTON, - - - N. C Practice in StaU and Federal Courts. rompt attention given to all business. I. A. McNeill. T. A. McNeill Jr. McNeill & McNeill, Attorneys at Law, LUMHKTON, N. C. Will practice in all the Courts. Busi ness atUMiiled to promptly. for xxm A 11. ;.v!i I i ij.: price .':''s iLc between r-:it !i;." r. i:t Beacon P.thI otli; 6 (T t 1 T t : r sin x:S f.-iinv. .'.:;nn-to tlic i taii'Iaid .f : :im .-; t!..it m !I for $2 and -3 i.iors, but d- n-t give you a ccM's v.-rth bet ter material, '..xrkmansl.ip and style. Uui'-n niade, tji,.,lye-r welt, Land-sc-ved process, uppers in all leathers, liajx-s arc the latest New York styles. We've got 'em all can fit you comfortably and in uj-to-date style. Sold from maker to wearer by JNO.T. BIGGS & CO. Anfl Bftoen hnnrtred other fTr!tmiw seentfl throughout the Lnit:i i-tHte bin! huniu N. A. McU-an. A. W. Md W. It. Snow. McLean, McLean & Snow, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, LUMBERTON, N. C. Offices on 2nd floor of Bank of Lum berton Building, Rooms 1, 2, S, and 4. Prompt attention given to all businesa. CHAS. B. SKIPPER, ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW, LUMBERTON, N. C All business entrusted to him wil receive prompt and careful attention. Ollice in First National Bank Build uig over 1'ost Ollice. E. J. BRITT, ATTOIINEY-AT-LAW, LUMBERTON, N. C. Office over Pom;'s Drug Store. THOMAS N. McDIARMID Attorney at Law, U.'MBERTON, : : : N. C Office with Shaw & Cook, in First National Bank Building. 2-25 STOCK REMEDIES. Every bottle of Dr. Edmond's Colic and Lung Fever Cure is Guaranteed for colic, gravel, pneumonia, stomach and lung disorders. Also a blood prurifier. DR. VV. O. EDMUND, 3-21 Lumberton, N. C. HONEYandTAR The original LAXATIVE cough remedy. For coughs, colds, throat and lunir troubles. No opiates. Non-alcoholic Good for everybody. Sold everywhere. Th genuine FOLEY'S HONEY and TAR is la a Yllow package. Refuse substitute. Prepared only by Polay A Company, Chicago. Sold by All Druggists. Learning1 from her where Riven bark could be located, Inspector Mitchell went immediately to Hamlet, where he arrested Rivenbarl:. whom he found in a baggage car, with Columbia as his destination. He put hand cuffs on the man, brought him back to Laurinburg, where his family saw him, and then took him to the Lumberton jail. To the inspector Rivenbark declared that a man in Raleigh by the name of D. M. Williams put him un to the scheme, but no such man has been located here." Up Before the Bar. N. H. Brown, an attorney, of Pitts field, Vt., writes: "We have used Dr. King's New Life Pills for years and find them such a good family medicine we wouldn't be without them." For Chills, Constipation, Biliousness or Sick Headache they work wonders. 25c. All druggists. Object to Strona Medicines. Many people object to taking the strong medicines usually prescribed by physicians for rheumatism. There is no need of internal treatment in any case of muscular or chronic rheuma tism, and more than nine out ot every ten cases of the disease are of one or the other varieties. When there is no fever and little (if any) swelling, you may know that it is only necessary to apply Chamberlain s Liniment treely to get quick relief. Try it. For sale by all aruggists. Do You Want Good Work? Dr. J. H. HONNET, Eye, Ear, Nose and Tbroat Specialist, No. 12 North Front Street, . Wilmington, N. C Formerly Eye and Ear Hospital Nei York City. Late Assistant Jsurgeon, Cornell Hospital. 8-6-tf Thurman D. Kitchin, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. LUMBERTON, N. C Office next door to Robeson County Loan and Trust Company. Office phone 126 Residence phone 124 , 7-9 Dr Thomas C. Johnson, Physician and Surg eon, Lumberton, N. C. Office over McMillan's Drug Store. Call3 answered Promptly day or nigh t Residence at Mrs. Sue McLeod's. 4-27-tf. DR. N. A. THOMPSON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, LUMBERTON, - N. C. Office at Hospital Phone No. 41. Down town office over McMillan a Drug Store. Calls promptly answered night or day, in town or in tie country. Send Your Clothes to the DER CHUN LAUNDRY, LUMBERTON, N. C. PRICE LIST: Bosom Shirts. 12c Shirts Plaited. 12c Negligee Shirts, 10c Collars, 2c Cuffs, per pair, 5 c Undershirts, 1 c Drawers, 7 c Vests. 20c Work taken every day of the week and returned the 2nd or 3rd day thereafter. Not responsible for goods left over GO days. 4-5 E. G. SIPHER, ELECTRICIAN, Lumberton, N. C. Office in Shaw Building, Phone No. . 11 1-6 Sub3crib3 for The R-jbes ian DR. R.T. ALLEN, DENTIST, LUMBERTON, - N. C Office over Dr. McMillan's Drug Store. J. G. MURPHY, M. U., Practice Limited to Diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throai, Wilmington, N. C 6-1-tf Repair and Machin eShop Repair Bicycles, Guns, Pistols, Locks, Etc. Keys made to fit locks. U. M. EDWARDS Lumberton, N. C. 4-8 D!I PC Immediate rcHef frwi rlLLJ Or Shcop's Kajic Ciciseu
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