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MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1912.
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A REFORM WORTH WHILE
Under the above caption the Bal
tlmore Sun copies the following
Dlede-e which members of "The
Sensible Christian League" take:
"I will be brave enough to give only
where love and sympathy and help
IUlness mane giving worm wnne.
will not turn Christmas Day into
dav of barter and exchange. I will
make those whom I love and who love
me happy, and bring joy, as far as
I am able, to those who otherwise
would have no joy to the poor, the
lonely, the ill, the old, the friendless
and the helpless.
And The Sun exclaims, "May
strength descend upon the arm which
started 'The Sensible Christian
League.' Amen and Amen. If every
body would take such a pledge as
that and live up to it, how much more
like what it was meant to be Christ
mas would be.
A MASS MEETING.
While the mayor and town commis
sioners are considering the advisabil
ity of selling the town's power plant
to the Yadkin River Power Co., why
not call a mass meeting of the cit
izens of the town and find out where
they stand on this matter? It is a
matter in which every citizen is interested.
Coleblease may not shine much in
a conference of respectable Governors,
but he would make an arch light in a
conference of thugs and cutthroats.
We bet that coleblease convinced
the conference of Governor's that at
least it would be a pious and
holy deed to lynch the Gov
ernor of South Carolina, whether
any other lynching would ever be jus
tifiable or not.
Clarence H. Poe, editor of The
Progressive Farmer, who has been
persistently mentioned as a probable
member of President Wilson's Cabinet
as Secretary of Agriculture, has
come out in a letter saying that he
is not a candidate for any appoint
ment under Wilson and that he will
support Editor Josephus Daniels of
The News and Observer for a Cabi
net position. Mr. Daniels' prospects
for landing a position in the Cabinet
seem particularly bright.
The Scottish Chief thinks that the
"eood authority" from which we
quoted in a recent editorial about a
certain vote in Maxton township
"was loaded." Nay, he was not load
ed when we saw him. But The Chief
was loaded to the extent of nearly a
column and we hope it feels better
after getting that out of its system.
For our part, we care nothing about
it. Our reference to the senatorial
vote was merely to show that all
three of the candidates for the Sen
ate in the recent primary in this State
were voted for by former Republicans
and that it was not worth quarreling
about. The Chief is welcome to all
the comfort it can get in
quarreling with itself about the mat
ter. We only care to remark in pass
ing, in reference to an absurd refer
ence of The Chief to what a busi
ness associate of the editor did, that
no business associate of the editor is
responsible for the policy of this
paper, nor does any business associate
of the editor seek to influence the
paper's policy. For that the editor
alone is responsible.
We hope Mayor Caldwell and the
town commissioners will not delay
admitting the Yadkin River Power Co.
to town longer than is absolutely
necessary. We hope they will re
member that every day of delay is
standing just that much in the way
of Lumberton's growth in the way
of greater Lumberton.
overdrawals of his personal account.
All of these acts, it is alleged, were
committed during a period ranging
from December zith, l'Mif, to Aug
ust, 1910. In September, 1910, Car
ter resigned the presidency of the
bank and has. it is said Daid back to
its directors approximately $40,000 of
I II J ' 1 UT1
n8 auegea misappropriations. ms
dealings,' said District Attorney A.
E. Holton, "were similar in character
to those for which the banker Morse
was convicted in New Yor.
President Taft and Secretary of
Agriculture James Wilson, after
months of consideration, have decided
upon the appointment of Dr. Carl
Alsberg, a chemist in the Bureau of
Drugs and Plants, as chief of the Bu
reau of Chemistry of the Department
of Agriculture, a position that has
been vacant since thq resignation last
spring of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, the
famous defender of the pure food law.
Mr. D. Scott Poole, editor of the
St. Paul Messenger, was a Lumberton
visitor Saturday.
Croupy Coughs and Wheezy Colds.
The quickest simplest way to rid
the children of dangerous croupy
coughs and wheezy, stuffy colds is
to give them Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound. It gives almost instant
relief and stops a cough promptly. It
soothes and heals. Contains no opi
ates. For sale by all dealers.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
C ASTO R I A
Any skin itching is a temper tester.
The more you scratch the worse it
itches. Doan's Ointment is for piles,
eczema any skin itching. 50c at all
drug stores.
Knights of Pythias
ATTENTION
All members Unity Lodge No. 2
It is absolutely essential that you
attend a meeting tonight (Monday,
Dec. 9th), Castle Hall, third floor
Jno. P. McNeill store, 7:30 o'clock
sharp. Matters for consideration that
cannot be ignored.
GEO. M. WHITFIELD, C. C.
LAND POSTED.
Any persons caught hunting or
otherwise trespassing on the lands
of the undersigned in Britt's Town
ship will be prosecuted to the ex
tent of the law.
J. A. McAllister,
H. T. POPE,
JOSEPH PREVATT,
G. W. POPE.
12-4-4 w.
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Charlotte, N. C.
The annual convention of the North
Carolina Farmers' Union will be
held in Raleigh, in the city audi
torium, this week, beginning at 2:30
p. m. tomorrow.
Subscribe for The Robesonian.
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Attention !
Landsee rcer !
The Supreme Court opinion, men
tioned elsewhere in this paper, hold
ing that an act exempting bonds of a
drainage company from taxation is
invalid, does rot a fleet the bonds of
the Back and Jacobs Swamp drainage
distric in this county, which bonds
have been sold outside the State. The
only effect that opinion will have, ac
cording to Mr. T. L. Johnson, who is
attorney for this drainage district will
be to keep the banks within the State
from bidding on bonds of any drain
age district within the State.
The Pity and Hopelessness of it All
Oppresses Judge Connor.
Raleigh Dispatch, 5th.
There was a distinct sensation
in the Federal court this morning,
when, in the midst of the trial of a
decrepit prisoner charged with sell
ing whiskey at Wake Forest, Judge
11. G. Connor completely gave way
to pent-up emotions and declared in
broken sentences that he wished so
much that everybody had that grace
of God in their hearts that would
make them orderly and law-abiding
citizens. The trials, he said, to which
he as a judge was put in dealing
with the great number of liquor sell
ing -and blockading cases seemed to
him at times unbearable and he felt
like quitting the bench.
Already at this term of the court
he has, he said, practically made
more than 40 orphans and numbers
of widows by having to send hus
bands and fathers to prison for these
offenses, applying, at the same time,
the most humane sentences. The
case under trial was that of Lonnie
Whitley, who is drawn with rheuma-J
tism and has a large family.
The high and noble Chief Executive
of South Carolina, with ears set vil
lianous low, regaled the Governors
in conference assembled at Rich
mond last week with some choice stuff.
He gave notice that in South Carolina
lynching of negro assailants of white
women would go unpunished and he
professed particular pride in his par
don record, declaring tha,t in 22
months he had pardoned or pa-
roiea approximately wo persons i
and that he hoped the num- j
ber at the end of his second term j
would be 800. Gov. Blease is a perpet
Rarnesville News Batch.
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Barnesville, Dec. 6. The Sunday
school of the Methodist church will
give the following programme Christ
mas Eve night:
Song Scatter
Gladness.
the Sunshine of
Address of Welcome.
Song O Silent Night.
Recitation Christmas.
Song O Little Town of Bethele
hem. Recitation A Christmag Carol.
Solo Star of Glory.
Recitation A Christmas Song.
Song Hark the Herald Angels.
Recitation A Merry Christmas to
All.
Cantata Santa Clausr Double.
The public is cordially invited.
There will be services at the Metho-
ilwf fhnrfli tVio rlV .unHrnr of 11
ual joy to upright and sober minded j o'clock.
people. Of course it has a most up- So news much, but getting married,
lifting effect upon people to en- j Seems there is plenty of that going
gage in lynching bees they ought ! n'
to be substituted, whenever possible, j
for church services and everybody
knows it is a beastl
An
Abbeville Banker Charged With
Defalcation.
shame to put ; Grensboro Dispatch, 7th.
a man behind prison bars because he ! An indictment against John H.
happens to get caught in a crimp. ("arte:-, former president of the Amer-
The victims of crime have no claim at
all on anybody's sympathy and so
ciety does not deserve to be protected
against criminals. Away with courts
of justice and let's coleblease every
- criminal.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
That Contain Mercury
as mercury wil! ruroly destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whele system when ertenr.g it
through the mucous si.rfr.iea. Such
articles should never be used except on
prescriptions fram reputable physicians,
as the damage thev wi!l do is ten fold
to the good you can posibly derive
from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure manu
facturei i,y F. J. Cb ney & Co., Toledo,
O., contains, no mercury, and is taken
internally acting directly upon the blood
and mucois surf-ic: of the snstem. In
buying Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure
you get thr genuine. It is taken intern
ally and made in Toledo, Ohio, ty F. J.
Cheney fc Co. Testimonials free.
Sold bv rruggiHta. Price 7oc rer
bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for
constipation.
lean .National liank, of Asheville,
charin the misappropriation and
dcfalcixn of funds approximating
?H.'O.O0() during a period of seven
mo!:.!i.', was returned by a
Federal grand jury here today. There
are 51 seperate and specific counts.
It is alleged, Carter, as president of
the Asheville bank, deliberately, wil
fully and wrongfully misapplied the
funds of the bank by drawing ex
change drafts on its New York cor
respondents, these being made pay
able to himself and for which he
placed no funds in the Asheville bank.
Other counts charge false enterics to
cover alleged misapplications and
defalcations, false reports to the comp
troller of the currency and large
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11-9-tf
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION.
Having qualified as administrator of
the late N. A. Mclntyre, deceased, this
is to notify all persons having claims
against said estate to exhibit same
to me at my residence near Rennert,
North Carolina, or to my attorney,
Thomas L. Johnson, at Lumberton,
North Carolina, on or before the 9th
day of December, 1913, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their re
covery. All persons indebted to said estate
will plase make immediate settle
ment. IRA McINTYRE,
" Administrator.
Thomas L. Johnson,
Attorney for Administrator.
12-9-G mon.
Many valuable farms for sale. We beg to announce that
we have Twelve Valuable Farms for sale in Robeson and
Bladen counties, ranging from 50 acres to 500 acres in
each tract
Five 1 0-Horse Farms in the Lot
These farms are all highly improved, now raising fine
crops. Can supply any size from a 1 hdrse to a 10- v
horse farm of the finest lands.
Also Much Valuable Town Property
in the town of Lumberton. For further information,
call or write for descriptive booklet.
ROBESON DEVELOPMENT COMP'Y.,
11-13 mons
Incorporated
ArT. McLEAN, General Manager,
Lumberton, N. C.
John T. Biggs Co. BmBssaeasraa
Christ
SALE
OF
COMMISSIONER'S
LAND.
Unde rand by virtue of a judgment
of the Superior Court of Robeson
County, rendered at the April Term,
1912, in a foreclosure action wherein
J. S. McRae was the plaintiff and R.
F. Groves and wife Laura Groves
were the defendants, the said judg
ments having afterwards been trans
ferred and assigned to T. L. Johnson,
the undersigned commissioner will on
Monday the 6th day of January, 1913,
offer for sale at public auction, to
the highest bidder for cash, at the
Court House door in the town of
Lumberton, N. C, the following de
scribed real estate:
In Smith's Township, Robeson
Countv, North Carolina, bounded and
described as follows: FIRST TRACT:
East of Ixng Swamp, beginning at a
stake, McEachin's and Johnson's
corner, and runs with said Mc
Eachin's line North GO West 91,0
chains to a stake; thence South 13
West 28.50 chains to a stake by three
short strawed pines in the line of the
48 acres deeded by W. D. McLean to
Albert Buie, by deed recorded in book
."'-II, page 737, office of the Register
of Deeds of Robeson County, thence
as its line South 45 East 9.50 chains;
thence North 14 East 22 chains, North
.',7 West 5 chains; North 53 East 3
chains to the beginning, containing
23 acres, more or less, it being a part
of the 48 acre survey.
SECOND TRACT: In said County
and Township, beginning at a stake by
4 pines in the North edge of the Mill
Branch, McEachin's corner, and runs
South 45 East 13 chains to said
Grove's corner; thence South 13 East
28.50 chains to a cypress stake in
McEachin's line; thence North 57
West 9 chains to a stake and sweet
gum in a pond, McEachin's corner;
thence as his line South 15 West 26.50
chains to thebeginnnig, containing 30
acres, more qr less, and being the
same land deeded by Alber Buie and
wife to said R. F. Groves on the 20th
day of November, 1897, by deed
recorded in book 4-H, page 257. of
fice of the Register of Deeds of
Robeson County.
This the 4th day of December,
11)12.
J. P. WIGGINS,
Commissioner.
T. L. Johnson and J. I'. Wiggins,
Attbrnevs for the l'laintiff.
12-7-4 mon.
The Question of . . .
mas irreseocs
Let us fettle it for you. Come and look at our line of jewelry,
the finest and most attractive in Lumberton. We are jewelers by
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commend a piece of jewelry to you, we know how it is made and
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For Hi m
A watch, chain, fob, cuff buttons, a
ring, diamond, Parker fountain pen,
stick pin, military set, shaving set,
umbrella, etc.
For He r
Silver comb, brush and mirror set, ster
ling silver desk and manicure sets, a gold
locket and chain, a bracelet, watch,
cameo brooch, gold waist sets, bracelets
eye glasses or spectacles.
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It is easy to select presents here, we have
things at such reasonable prices.
so many beautiful
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For a small deposit, ve will be pleased to lay any thing aside you
may wish to call for later, so select early. Our 'phone No. is 126.
W. W. PARKER,
Leading Jeweler and Optometrist.,