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THE SEMI-WEEKLY ROBESONIAN COMMENT WHICH REMINDS US The news item in a recent Bobesoman about Mr. Willie IfeGill suddenly and without warning losing control of his tontrue the other day and beinjr unable to speak except stam- meringly since then, reminds us of a story of Kipling's. This atory was about a man who was something of an atheist and waa so persistent in thursting upon others UDon all occasions his skeptical views that he was & clacking nuisance. Nobody could drop in his presence a chance re mark seeming to give the Deity credit for something wonderful bat the we can't recall the ap propriate name Kipling gave him the nuisance would butt in with his views and attempt to explain that it waa due to perfectly nat ural causes. One day during a thunder storm a knot of men were sitting around a table in a club room smoking and reading. This thunder storm followed a particularly trying hot spell that had left every body on the ragged edge it happened in India, where they have hot weather as is hot When a particularly daz rling flash of lightning blinded everybody for a moment one of the men exclaimed quite natural ly, somewhat awestruck, "God!" Then the atheist idiot spoke up and said 'I assure you it is due to perfectly natural" and then he broke off and the men in the room looked up to find the man fighting vainly for speech, which had been wiped away from his lips as completely as a mother wipes the lips of her baby. And though his speech paralysis was due. as he himself might have said under other circum stances, to perfectly natural causes, being struck dumb as he was in that dramatic way was rather calculated to strike awe into those sitting about, especial ly any who were inclined to be superstitious. So, naturally, when we first heard of Mr. McGill's rather sin gular affliction this story occured to us; but of course we do not mean to say that Mr. McGill has been blaspheming or impudently questioning the Almighty. And since the above was written we understand that he has entirely recovered from his speech impediment Judge Walter Clark, one of the candidates for the United States Senate, has changed the manner of his campaign' and began i speaking campaign in Greens boro the other night He re viewed Senator Simmons' record in the Senate for the past 12 years and said he had done noth log for the farmer and the old soldier, and that the record of Governor Kitchin, 12 years in Congress and now nearly four years Governor, was even worse The Governor, says the Judge, has not only failed to enforce the planks of the State Democratic platform regarding trusts, but he has "gone the limit" in pardon ing convicts. Among the things Judge Clark favors are a land- bank" institution similar to that established in Germany, which enables farmers to borrow money at a very low rate of interest: legislation that would destroy the trusts; payment of pensions oy the Federal government to old soldiers, both North and South. If South Carolina could cage Blease and exhibit him as a sav- ! 1 acre who is posing as a civiuzea man he would be worth more to the State than he is as Governor. He is strong with the "red necks and hill billies," though. The other night in Spartanburg a bunch of hoodlums broke up a meeting at which Mayor. Grace of Charleston was trying to tell something about what a crook he knows Blease to be. Governor Kitchin, at his steady job of criticising somebody and trying to make people believe that he himself is the only true man and Democrat intimated in a speech in Charlotte one day last week that Senator Simmons has subsidized the newspapers of the State and is paying them large sums of money for space in their columns. Senator Simmons, in a statement issued a day or so thereafter, said that the charge was without foundation, that very little has been spent by him and his managers for pub lishing campaign matter in news papers; that the further charge of Gov. Kitchin that he was get ting money to run his campaign through the lumber interests was also untrue; and that he is a poor er man today than when he first went to the Senate, with the ex ception of a farm which went to him upon the death of his father. The Governor is mighty careless about the way he flings about mean insinuations that he can not prove. Certain sections of the State are being flooded with copies of a certain paper that seems to have only one purpose, and that the defeat of Simmons, though it poses as the exponent of true and undefined Democracy. It must cost the Governor some thing. We'd welcome, as an ad vocate of the renomination of Senator Simmons, a comparison of the campaign expenses of the three candidates for, the Senate. It is to be hoped that no can didate for office in Robeson county has his heart so set upon office that he will do like the register of deeds of Haywood county did the other day when he did not receive the support he expected commit suicide. The man who is not good enough sport to lose with the same, grace he wou d win with has no business enter ing the game. . News Notes and Personals from Rex. .oirMDOndenoc of Tb Roboonlan. .Rex, Aug. 7. Mrs. W. F. Townsend and children return ed to their home at St Paul vesterdav after spending sev eral, days with her mother, Mre. Kate Ausley. Miss Leon Beard spent Tues day in Lumberton. Mr. J. D. Maxwell and family have returned to their home in Florence, S. C, after spending a few days with relatives here. The pastor, Kev. J. U. Uoch- . i i r a rt t ran, assisted oy Kev. a. w. Shaw of Jonesboro, closed a very successful meeting here on last Sunday night The services both morning and evening were largely attended. Miss Cora Belle Johnson of Cades, S. C, is visiting relatives here. Mrs. J. A. McGeachy of Wil mington, has been very ill with fever at the home of her brother-in-law, Mr. McLean McGeachy. Mrs. Mary McEachern of Red Springs, spent last week with her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Mclver. Mr. John Jordan, who lives near Antioch, spent several days here last week, visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Smith of Bun's Level have been spending some time visiting relatives here. Mrs. Smith, who was Miss Mary M. Shaw, has many friends here who are always glad to greet her. Miss Lula Crenshaw has re turned to Charlotte after visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Crenshaw. Katye Belle. Saved! "Infused to be operated on, the morning I heard about Cardui," writes Mrs. Elmer Sickler, of Terre Haute, Ind. "I tried Car dui, and it helped me greatly. Now, I do my own washing and ironing." ttfRl Tita n U' : ivy i i ii ii n mum 1 The Woman's Tonic Cardui is a mild, tonic remedy, purely vegetable, and acts in a natural man ner on the delicate, woman ly constitution, building up strength, and toning up the nerves. In me past 50 years, Cardui has helped more than a million women. You are urged to try .H, because we are sure that it will do you good. At all drag stores. New Closets Same as the Old One NewGuard House. In the matter of public closets the town marched up the hill and then marched fcdown again marched up the Bill about a year ago by tearing down the old un sightly closets that jutted out over the river just off Water . . - n - am . a. street Between imra ana uoarw and threateping to put in aani tary closets; and then marched down the hill by building' an other row of closets, as like as peas to the old one, just a Httle distance up from where the old ones stood, at the foot of Fourth street in rear of the town hall andgaard house. Public closets of some kind have 'been badly needed since the old ones were torn down and these new ones have just now something of the tidynesa of newness and they are rather better located from the up-town viewpoint It is about six of one and half a dozen of the other so far as the view from the river is concerned. At the foot of Fourth street, also, just beside the town hall, so that a transgressor may be yanked out and taken before his honor the mayor in a pair of minutes, a new guard house has just been completed. It is a tidy little guard house with five little cells. Chichester spills klM. ---' ' Mh Ilia. Bilw rmw A " w t il 141 EB.TEK w Umnd mkamb pill. em i ft 3fc ' B Between Salety and Danger Its viae man pecans the protection of FTJRJB INSURANCE When fire occur, the most valuable pa per a man haa la a policy in a good com panT. We represent aome of the beet companies in existence. They pay promptly and honorably all losses incur red. Some day yon may be sorry yon didn't let ns write a policy tu-day. I-Q Q T. WILLIAMS IE ORIGINAL LAXATIVE CuUCH SYKUP KENNEDY'S LAXATIYE H0NEYTAB Irl Ciorar Mmiocs and lonrr Bar ta Irtrj Battle. Professional ervices ' We deiire.to inform the public that we are prepared to render best services as Undertakers, Funeral Directors and Embalmers. We carry in our warehouse one of the largest assort ments of Burial Caskets, Coffins, Robes for Men, Women and Children, carried by any firm in North Carolina. , We offer professional services as Embalmers. as our Mr. Stephens has made this a study for the last two years. and as he took a thorough course of instruction under one of the best teachers of this science he was well prepared to stand the examination at the meeting, held recently, of the State Board of Examiners. He stood a most satisfactory examination, making the highest average made by any applicant for license. His services guarantee the comply ing with the State health laws and best perservation of bodies treated. s- We have also a splendid funeral car. or hearse, and other accessories necessary to render decent and satisfac- tory services, we give prompt attention to au orders in town or country. Rs D. Caldwell & Son, Inc. Lumberton, N. C Farm for Sale ! I have bought the James Thomp son farm in Britt's township, about 4 1-2 miles from Lumberton. About 300 acres in tract Will sell same as a whole or will cut it up to suit purchaser. This property is going to be sold at once. is The above-named property sold.' Anyone wishing to buy or sell farm property will please see me at once. CM. Bark 87 Lumberton, N. C. e r Whitsett Institute A leading boarding school for 250 students. Same management for 26 years. Literary, Business, Normal, Music, Etc. Excellent Buildings and all advantages. Noted for health Near Greensboro. N. C. 3 Literary Societies; fine College band; leads in athletics, etc. Good board at about cost Reasonable tuition rates. Graduates in great demand. Students yearly from 60 North Carolina counties. A school that will satisfy you in every respect. Beautiful catalogue with views, etc., sent Free Write to day. Address the President. W. T. WHITSETT, Ph. D Whitsett, N. C. ' . THE ... Farmers and Merchants Bank, of Lumberton, wishes to announce that checks issued by Treasurer of Robeson county on The Bank of Red Springs will be honored at par by Farmers and Merchants Bank. No charge will be made for exchange. : : : : : T. A. McNEILL, Sr., Presides!. T. C EVANS, Casiuer (f SAVINCS f COMPOUNDED QUARTERLY Ijgjjgljjl I r: TUT M lrCT LARGEST BAXK IN ROBESON: COUNTY;?-.. This is our home. Why not make it yours? We want every man in Robeson county to make our bnk his finan cial home. You will receive a cordial welcome. C V. BROWN, Cashier. A. W. McLEAN, President. and all other kinds of delicious drinks QUR FLAVORS ajid SYRUPS are made from the finest crushed fruit and pure sugar. They are therefore not only exquisite in taste but healthy and satisfying. On a sweltering hot day you will appreciate one of our special thirst quenchers i eems as if it came from the frozen North Pole itself. Try one today. J. D. 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