PARKTON PARAGRAPHS.
Laying of Corner Stone of Grad
ed School Building a Red Lefr
ter Day Personal.
Clniiiiriiiirirfni"t""'"-
Parkton, May 3l-Thursday.
May 30, waa really a red letter
day for oar. little town. It wm
the occasiorC cf layinsr the corner
tone of; thjj rade4jchool build
ing. The weather was ideal
The programme of the day was
not published but the committee
of arrang ementt was at work all
the while, and had everythinfria
readiness. A nice picnic table
was erected in HVNeill Mc
Neill's groveTaos ideal place, a
beautiful shady trove. The first
thing on the programme was
dinner at 12:30 o'clock. While
the ladies were preparing dinner
the Parkton band rendered some
of its best selections, which was
highly appreciated by every one
present The picnic dinner spread
was beautiful. It excelled an
ordinary picnic in quality and
quantity. Plenty of lemonade
and ice-cream and cigars were
furnished free by the Masons.
At 2:30 the Masons assembled
at the hall and soon were lined up
ready for the parade for the
school building. About 100 strong,
headed by the Parkton band.thev
marched in fine style to the
building, where the ceremony of
laying the corner stone was per
formed. Dr. Wm. D. McMillan
of Wilmington, grand master,
presided at the corner-stone-laying,
assisted by several other
Masons, as follows: Messrs.
Cook of Red Springs. J. T. Bynum
of Lumber Bridge, Sheriff Edgar
Hall of Raeford, and others.
Hon. H. McD. Robinson of
Fayette ville was the orator of
the day. His speech was very
flattering words for Parkton ana
the school district He said that
the time had been when young
men were advised to go West,
but his advice as a man that
had travelled extensively, had
been through most every State,
was stay at home, as it is the
best place yet He also congrat
ulated the citizens of Parkton
and the graded school district in
the stand they have taken for the
betterment of education, by vot
ing a high tax. He said our dis
trict was paying the highest
school tax of any. school in the
State. The speaker was intro
duced in a very graceful manner
by Sheriff Edgar Hall of Rae
ford. Among the many visitors were
Prof. Poole and Dr. Page of
Lumberton, F. P. and J. F.
Stanton of Clio, S. C R. F. Cuf
rie, Austin Smith and Tom Con
ly of Red Springs, R. McMillan,
J. W. Anderson, E. Shutz. H. S.
Everett, G. L. Williamson and
wife, R. H. Upton, C. O. An
drews of Fayetteville. Space will
not permit cf all the visitors, .
There was a game of baseball
played on the diamond after the
ceremonies were over by the lo
cal boys and Dr. Forbis, son of
Prof. J. H. Forbis, was accident
ally struck in the mouth with the
ball, loosing three teeth and cut
ting his lip, on which it was ne
cessary for Dr. D. S. Currie to
use a few stitches.
Mrs. J. B. Cochran is quite
sick
Mr. A. A. Wright returned
home from Baltimore Tuesday,
where he had been for treatment
of his wounded hand that was
caught in the gin late in the fall.
We trust he may speedily be re
covered. Mrs. Annie Haywood returned
home today from Bennettsville,
S. C., where she has been on a
risit to her son Mr. Ernest Hay
wood. Mr. J. B. Evans of St. Paul
was in town today.
Get The Habit
This neglect on our part ia not
fittici every building with good,
reliable acreens bis merely come
to be a habit, handed dowtifrom
the years that have , passed and
the tune has arrived to offset it
Get the fly screed habit!
Did you ever attempt to Spend
the night at the home of a' f riend
whose house, although screen
lesi, appeared mighty inviting
and cool by day?
The plan of attack is compara
tively simple.
Keep screens and covers over
refuse and everything pkely to
offer a breeding place lor; flies.
Screen every window and door
and banish the fly from the
house.
In this way the amount of dis
ease and discomfort will be
greatly reduced.
Every careful householder will
see that his home is properly
screened. In spite of this pre
caution Hies will invade houses.
Should ihey do so no mercy
must bj shown them. They
should be killed whenever found.
Tnere is no telling from whence
ihey have come, but one thing is
certain, they have come from
no clean place. Thexe is not one
chance in a million that they
have not come from a a manure
pile, a garbage can, a privy, or a
sick room.
During the summer months,
especially, we flhould drink an
abundance of water. Many peo
ple make mistakes and drink too
little water at all times. But in
warm weather more water is
needed to keep body functions
properly working and to main
tain .physical health, and vigor.
Now is the time to suit your
diet to the season. From now
on until the coming of cofd
weather you will need less meats
and rich gravies and can make
larger use of fruits and vegetables.
The royal road to health leads
not by the way of big pills or
little pills, purgatives or patent
medicines, but by the homely
road of correct habits.
Half the men and the women
who complain of sleeplessness
have done nothing to entitle
them to the use of "Nature's
sweet restorer."
County Meeting of Robeton
Farmers' Union.
The county meeting of the
Robeson division of the Farmers'
Union will be held at Center (on
the Lumberton-Fairmont road)
Thursday, June 20. A full dele
gation from each local is de
sired, as there is some very im
portant business to come before
the Union at that time, some
thing that means money to every
member; alao the local secre
taries are requested to be pres
ent. Grover Britt
Sec. & Trea3.
Ends Hart for Rich Girl.
Often the hunt for a rich wife ends
when the man meets a woman that uses
Electric Bitters. Her strong nerves
tell in a bright brain and even temper.
Her peach-bloom complexion and ruby
lips result from her pure blood;' her
bright eyesN from restful sleep; her
elastic step from firm, free muscles, all
telling of the health and strength Elec
tric Bitters give a woman, and the free
dom from indigestion, backache, head
ache, fainting and dizzy spells they
promote. Everywhere they are wo
man's favorite remedies. If weak or
ailing try them 5Cc at all druggists.
And about the fly nuisance.
Are you taking any sort of prac
tical interest in its suppression?
If not why not, whv not?
Cheer up, the flies and mos
quitoes have come.
Mr. Charles Gibson Succumbs
to Wounds Negro Murderer
Still at Large.
Mr. Charles Gibson, who was
shot at Red Springs last Satur
day by Geo. Swann, a worthless
negro, as mentioned in Monday's
Robesonian, died at St Luke's
hospital,. Fayetteville, where he
was taken immediately after the
shooting, Tuesday morning. Lit
tle hope had been entertained
of his recovery from the first.
He was shot twice, one bullet
passing through both eyes and
the bridge of the nose and the
other penetrating the liver and
lower lung. He is survived by
his wife and several children,
the oldest about 14 years old.
Mr. Gibson was Superintendent
of the Morgan Oil Mill at Red
Springs and he was shot on the
company's yards following some
insolence on the part of the
negro, who was an employee of
the company, when told by Mr.
Gibson to quit smoking about
the plant. He was shot with his
own pistol, which the negro took
away from him. The remains
were taken to Red Springs Tues
day afternoon and were interred
there yesterday.
Swann has a bad reputation and
has been in trouble before. He
has not yet been captured.
Released when a negro fireman
carelessly moved the throttle, a
Seaboard locomotive left its
moorings at John street station
in Raleigh Monday and gaining
speed as it went, crashed headon
into Seaboard passenger train
No. 33 eight miles north of the
city, killing engineer W. E.
Kirkwood, demolishing both
engines, telescoping the baggage
coach and slightly injuring Ex
press Messenger C. E. Hudgins,
of Richmond, Va. Several pas
sengers were shaken up. but
none injured. The collision
caused a complete wreck of both
engines and left them nothing
more than black, twisted steel.
Hazie Thomas, the negro fire
man, jumped and saved his life.
No One Knows What the Dollar-4-Day
Pension BJ1 Will Cost
The "dollar-a-day" pension
bill became a law two weeks ago.
Already more than 200.000 ap
plications for increase have been
received at the Pension Office.
There are 500,027 Civil War vet
erans registered as alive, and
450,000 of them are expected to
apply for the larger pay. Per
haps 50,000 more will get on the
rolls.
'There is no telling how much
this increase will cost the Gov
ernment" says Commissioner
James L. Davenport "More
than 50,000 veterans die each
year, and the rate of mortality
will, increase. However, about
half of those who die leave wid
ows who are entitled to pension,
provided that they had been
married to the pensioner prior to
June 27, 1890." The last pen
sioner of the Revolutionary War
died only a year ago. Over 100
widow pensioners of the War of
1812 are still on the rolls.
Estimates as to the cost of the
dollar-a-day act range from $20,
000,000 to $40,000,000. evidence
that the Congressmen who passed
the bill had no idea how much
money they were appropriating.
Civil War pensions already cost
us $4,135,719,836. The most ex
pensive thing about war is not
troops or battleships but pen
sions. Health Campaign.
Robeson county, assisted by
the State Board of Health, will
wage a vigorous campaign against
consumption, typhoid fever, ma
laria, smallpox, hookworm and
other preventable diseases dur
ing the entire summer.
Lectures will be delivered, land
literature wiH be., distributed and
hook worm wilrbreated free at
the following places and dates:
Rowland, Tuesdays, May 21, 28,
June 4, H.
Parkton, Thursdays, May 23,
30. June 6, 13.
Pembroke, Saturdays, May 25,
June 1, 8, 15.
McDonalds Tuesdays, June 25,
July 2, 9.
Rennert Thursdays, June 27,
July 4, 11. r
Lumberton, Saturdays, June 29,
July 6, 13.
Maxton, Tuesdays, July 16, 23,
30.
Orrura, Thursdays, July 18, 25,
Aug. 1.
St. Paul, Saturdays, July 20, 27,
Aug. 3.
Howellsville, Tuesdays, Aug. 6,
13, 20.
Fairmont, Thursdays, Aug. 8,
15. 22.
Buie, Saturdays, Aug. 10, 17, 24.
This will be the greatest health
campaign ever waged in North
Carolina. Every citizen should
come out and see what is being
done.
B. W. Page,
County Supt of Health.
CASTOR I A
Tor Iafaats aad Children.
UtiKhjYdEatiAhnjst
Signature of
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We Fill the BiU
when it comss to supplying you
with the best Groceries. It is
our constant aim to offer you
Groceries of the highest stand
ard and at a price with the lower
in quality. Try us and see how
well we succeed.
J.H. Wishart
'Phone No. 1.
Free delivery. 6-8-tf
UNIVERSAL" Model
l ore measure,
with concave
THE "Happy Medium " in Semi-sri-toed shoes.
'Extremely comfortable, while being up-to-the
hour in Style expression.
Its fine, easy-fitting qualifio '
to the skillful "rocker" c :-. .
curve of upper.
This latter gives a short ra j
that will not wrinkle (through
excessive slackening of leather)
when forepart of shoe is bent in
walking.
SPECIFICATIONS
Black Smooth Calf
Bhicher Oxford
Also Russia Calf
Soles 15 Sq. Single
-Heels 113 Military
Stock Nos.
74919187
Price
Townsend
EVERYBODY INTERESTED
in our big bargain sale this week.
You will be the loser if you do
not make it a point to attend, for
you are sure to want something
in the line of General Merchan
dise and you will not have an op
portunity soon again to buy such
high grade goods for so little
money. Come early and get the
first pick of the bargains.
John T. Biggs Co.
11-9-tf
Bros.
Lumberton, N. C
ATTENTION !
to be diligent in enforcing the game law.
Quail, Woodcock, Doves, Robins and
Larks can only be billed after November
1st, and. until March 1st All other birds,
except Hawks, Owls, Crows and English
Sparrows are protected at all times. A
reward will be paid for evidence of viola
tions of the law.
FRANK A. BOND, Chief Game Warden.
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A GREAT
WHY WOMEN SUFFER.
are
Many Lumberton Women
Learning the Cause.
Women often suffer not know
ing the cause.
Backache, headache, dizziness,
nervousness.
Irregular urinary passages,
weakness, languor o
Each a torture of itself.
Together hint at weakned kid
neys.
Strike at the root get to the
cause.
Quickly help the kidneys if
they need it.
No other remedy more highly
endorsed than Doan's Kidney
Filis.
Here s convincing testimony
from this locality.
Mrs. S. H. Kefauver, 428 Ram
sey St., Fayetteville, N. C, says:
"I have no hetitation in recom
mending Doan's Kidney Pills for
I know them to be a remedy of
merit. I used them for kidney
complaint and a dull, nagging
backache. 1 received great bene
fit and consequently I know that
this remedy can be depended
upon."
For sale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name Doan's
and take no other.
TRADE MORAL Nobody would
have known tne Good Samar
itan's kind act were it not tor
Our Saviour's parable. Be the
home folks' Good Samaritan,
Mr. Merchant; make this pa
per your commercial bible;
write your own parable and
put it In our advertising 'columns.
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For the benefit of our
friends and customers
we will continue our Cash Sale, and in this sale we
have every article marked down in plain figures.
We are not after large profits, for we realize that
quick nickles are better than slow dimes, and this is
another reason why we announce this Great May
Sale. In this sale we put our
Entire Stock
consisting of Clothing, Dry Goods, Notions, Hats,
Caps, Shoes, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing, Groceries,
Hardware, Farm Implements, Etc., in fact, every
thing you need to make your home comfortable.
We have two warehouses full of first-class
FURNITURE
that we have put the price at the first cost, and for
the benefit of those desiring we will arrange for
them to buy on the installment plan, thereby furn
ishing their home and paying it in small payments.
Come one and all and share these good things.
Respectfully,
W. J. PREVATX
Lumberton,
North Carolina