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' PAGE TWo" " ' 1 ' ' " '-" ' TBB ROBESONIAN. MONDAY. JUNE 1. 1SU. r -v''V ; .' V- - S..v-'iT..' -V. , U - ' v -'' - ; .. ... ... j x i kite' ?v;; v w 1 Want a Shetland Pony ? The easiest way to win the Shetland Pony that will be given away by some Lumberton business houses is to collect subscription money for The Robesonian. 7SO Votes for $1.50 paid on new or old subscriptions. Votes will count up mighty fast getting them at 750 a clip. $1.50 750 Votes- $1.50 Coupons given on all Advertising and Job Work THE ROBESONIAN, Lumberton, North Carolina .I i i i TyiTE DON'T EXPECT you to have your pocket-book or check-book in hand, or even in your pocket every time you enter our store. We want you to inspect and come to know our stock thoroughly, so that when your needs demand something in our line, you will know just where to procure it Our stock is constantly changing, and we hope to see you often. You are always welcome, whether con templating immediate purchase or not Stephens & Barnes I Ka Every Part of "Thornhill" Wagons Must Pass Extreme Tests Out at the saw mill the makers of this wagon select the pick of the oak and hickory. From three to five years they keep it under shelter so piled that the air can circulate freely. When finally U is ready to go into a Thornhill Wagon, it is as dry as a bone tough well nigh unbreakable. The straight grained hickory for spokes and axles is steel-like in its strength. The oak for hub's and felloes is as sturdy as tough oak grows. As it goes thru the mill, each part is inspected again and again. All defective parts are thrown out Each part must have the O. K. of scores of men. The steel and iron must pass extreme tests twice as severe as ordinary service will ever demand. Ma chines, sensitive to the thousandth part of an inch, gauge the work for accuracy perform the work that can best be done by machinery. It is this excess of caution this surplus of strength in every part that makes the "Thornhiir come preny close to utter pertection. Before any one buys a wagon, they should find out about the six big points of superiority built into the "ThornhilL" ut us show you this wagon. mum JOHN T. BIGGS COMPANY Incorporated. LUMBERTON. N. C. CURRENT COMMENT. TRY TO BE FAIR. the Scottish Chief, in reply to a courteous request by The Robesoninn that it explain a reference to this pa per, uses the small-boy answer "You're another," and says: ' "Further, lay "way "of informa tion, the combination is common talk in the county but we decline to use the 'club' therefore if our contemporary does not choose to tell why 'not a soul has entered against its partner, 'the namesake of a Carthagenian of long ago' we shall not insist." The Chief is still not clear; it hints at something but does not come out like a man and say what it means. The Robesonian knows of no "com. bination" that "is common talk in the county" and must conclude that what The Chief is driving at originated in its own brain. Shame on The Chief! We did expect better of it. It is sad to see a good man go so wrong as to be willinsr to sink to any sort of depths to besmirch any one who doe3 not choose to abandon himself to a policy of barking. If it does The Chief any good to hint at "combina tion" and "partnerships" it is perfect ly welcome to all the satisfaction it can get out or. it. r or ourselves, we are too busy trying to serve our large and ever widening circle of readers to have time to devote to an unpro fitable controversy. We pray that out neighbor may get on a little higher ground - and become ashamed of himself for his unworthy reference to "combinations" and get above the low plane where he questions the motives of all who do not agree with himin every particular. We will say for his benefit for, while he has placed himself outside the pale and doesnot deserve to be noticed, we still hope he will repent and bring forth fruits meetfor repentance we will say, then for his benefit, that" our guess why no one entered the race against Mr. Godwin this year is that no one felt strong enough to defeat him. If there is any other reason we should be glad to learn it. That is I r v-jthe-Jbest guesaw jf,aa make.. As no one else entered the race the district committee had no discretion in the matter, according to our un drstanding of party rules, and oppos ing Mr. Godwin now amounts to party insubordination . But we are not concerned about The Chief's dis regard of party rules and regula tions. What we ask it to do is to be fair to The Robesonian and not hit below the belt just because the editor of this paper does not see fit to weary a long-suffering public by unprofitable nagging. . -o ' . "Eighteen of Raleigh's leading bus iness citizens," so reads a Washing, ton dispatch, "have filed a petition with Representative Pou asking that the Hobson constitutional amendment, which in effect would drive liquor for ever from the bounds of the United States, be defeated. This heroic band of 18 declare that to enact nation-wide prohibition would among otherhardships, deprive them of ' the "right and opportunity to govern our own appetites and to determine our own personal customs and habits.'' Full many a sincere drinker would like to add his name to that peti tion if he felt sure his name would not be known and it is dollars to doughnuts that the 18 Raleigh braves would not have signed their names to such a petition if they had thought their names would be made known. And if every Congressman had his "ruthers" about it many of them would cast their votes against the Hobson amendment without being urged. But they don't dare. They will march up and vote for it like soldiers under orders . So mote it be. 0 LONG BRANCH LOCALS Successful Meeting Closes Death of Mrs. Eben Stone A Good San. day School Personal and Other Items. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Lumberton. R. F. D. 4, May 26 Prayermeeting seems to be the order of the day at all the near-by churches. Our meeting closed last night with success- Our farmers are almost at a standstill with their crops and they can t do a better thing than to go to church . Mrs. Cynthia Britt and daughter Miss Maud left last Wednesday for Charlotte, where Mrs. Britt goes for treatment. We hope for her success. Sorry to report Mrs. J. W. Branch on the sick list. Our community was very much sad dened by the death of Mr. Eben Stone. He was buried near Long Branch, church Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the funeral services being conducted by his pastor, Rev. M. A. Stephens. We are preparing for a children's day exercise in the near future. Mrs. Eli-Britt and baby are very sick. Mrs. W. T. Thompson spent part of last week in Lumberton with her father. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Britt spent the week end with friends at Cerro Gordo. Mr. Leon An. drews of Fairmont was a pleasant caller at Mr. G. W. Page's Sunday afternoon. Mr. Gaddy Page, who lives near Fairmont, spent the week-end with his parents Mr. J. P. McNeill and family and Mr. J. r Frank Meares of Lumberton were down at Long Branch Sunday afternoon Mrs . Joe E. Britt and children of Hope Mills spent last week with relatives here. Let everybody remember we have a good Sunday school and while these beautiful Sabbaths are passing by, let us remember and make use of the op portunity. We also have a good Sun beam band and oh, what a exeat work j there is for us all to do. So let us wake up and do something while the I days are going by. A Surprise Marriage t Death of Mr. Mary Mclntyre Personal Correspondence of TheRobesoniah. Mt Tabor, May 27 Mr. F. A. Humphrey and Miss Eva ' Heustess took their friends by surprise , when they were quietly married . by Mr. Brown near Buie last Sunday after noon. They will maTce their home on their farm nea Mt. Tabor. We' wish them long Vappy and prosper ous life. Messrs. Baker and Warren Bryan from Lumberton spent Sunday at the home of Mr. E. D. Huestess. Mr. E. D. Baker from Pembroke was in this vicinity Sunday afternoon. Mr. Henry Atkinson spent the 'week-end at Abbottsburg. Messrs. Huestess, Stanton, Britt, Prevatte and McLeod spent Sunday in Bennetts ville, going in an auto. They report that the cotton in Marlboro doesn't come up to that of Robeson as the sandstorm destroyed-it. " The whole Community was shocked Sunday afternoon by the death of Mrs. Mary Mclntyre, who was visit ing her daughter, Mrs. John McNeill. She had only been sick a few days and death was not expected. She was buried in the Smith graveyard by the side of her husband. She leaves two daughters and three sons, besides a host of other relatives and friends, to mourn her loss. Mr. Daniel Skipper and fatmily were in this section Monday after noon. , JACOB A. RIIS DEAD Noted Author and Social Worker Passes. Barre, Mass., Dispatch, 26th. Jacob A. Riis, author and social worker, died at his summer home here today after a long illness. Mr. Riis was brought here two weeks ago from a sanatorium at Battle Creek Mich., where he had been a patient for several months, taking treat ment for heart trouble of long stand- Jacob August Riis ecame, through his work inbeljalfpf the poorer peo ple in New York ''the" most' useful citizen" of the metropolis, according to a tribute once paid him by Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, his intimate friend. As an almost penniless immigrant, he obtained knowledge of the slums at first hand, and found conditions there so repellant that he consecrated his whole life to warfare against wretch, edness. Riis led a varied career after com ing to America. He was bora in Denmark in 1849 . He built miners huts in a Pennsylvania construction camp, mined coal, made bricks, drove a team and peddled flat irons and books. At 27 he spajit his last cent in reaching New York, hoping to en list through the French consul in the French army against Germany for the Franco-Prussian war, but his ser vices were refused,' and Riis was forc ed to accept a beginneds' place . as a reporter for a New York news bu reau. At the very first he made his most conspicuous success in the study of conditions on the East Side of New York. With only 75 capital and notes for $575 he succeeded in buying the the "South Brooklyn News," which was on the verge of bankruptcy, and .made such a purce&s with the piipertv that was i Me to sell it at o.islticruole profit a few years later. He return ed to Denmark and married the girl who had refused him. when he began as a carpenter's apprentice. The first wife died in 1905, and two years later Riss married Mary Philip, of St Louis. As a reporter on The Njew York Tribune and later on The New York Sun, Riis took up his real work in slum-fighting. While attending rou tine work as a police reporter, he worked day and night to arouse the people to the need of improved living conditions. One of his first cam. paigns was against the impurity of the city. water, and it was his fight which finally led to the, purchase of the Croton watershed, to assure safe drinking water for New York. He brought sunlight to the tenement districts by forcing the destruction of rear tenements. He entirely clear ed Mulberry Bend, one of the worst tenement sections in the city, and re placed the squalid homes by Shady parks. , Theodore Roosevelt was Police Com missioner of New York when Riis at. tacked the evils of police station lodging house. He won his point and incidentally a strong ally in Mr. Roosevelt. Riis drove bake shops out of tenement basements; he fought for laws abolishing child labor; and was largely instrumental in getting the passage of the "briefest, wisest and best statute on the books of New York, laying down the principle that hereafter no school shall be built with out an adequate playground.'" . After 27 years as a reporter, Riis resigned to continue) his fight Iby writing and lecturing. Among the products of his pen are: "How the Other Half Lives," "The Children of the Poor " "The Making of An Amer ican," (his autobiography),, "The Bat tle With the Slum," "Chfldfen"df.the Tenements,? "The Old Town," "Theo. dore Roosevelt, the Citizen," and "He ro Tales from the Far North."' Hot Weather Tonic and Health Build, er. Are you run down Nervous Tir ed? Is everything you do an effort? You are not lazy you are sick! Your Stomach, Liver, Kidneys, and whole saystem need a Tonic. A tonic and health builder to drive out the waste m&tter build you up and renew your strength. Nothing better than Elec tric Bitters; Start today. Mrs. James Duncan, Hayne-ville, Me., writes: "Completely cured me after ncvpral doctors pave me up." 50c and $1.00 at your druggist. Bucklen's Ar nica Salve or Cuts. " Subscribe for Ihs Robesonian. " ShetaiJJ scolJeon Cm. i. - M .-. - Jiimnave one of Ours r's-' m. . m w aw t m m if w Young man, If you have taken on a "Shine" to a girl, TAKE OFF your shiny clothes and put on a suit of our brand new ones. New clothes will not only help you win the girl but EARN MORE MONEY for her. WE'VE got the good clothes and will sell them to you as low as the high ' quality will allow. WeVe got the good socks; Ice cream underwear, ample shirts and ties In every hue of the rainbow. or 3 OUTFITTERS ilr((HiiHc,(ipfi Lumberton. North Carolina Oocfoirs polMd Like to Us Com- THieiir ioins they bow how careful we are abontthe absolute purity and freshness of osr drugs, and that we never substitute or guess. THE SAME CARE THAT WE GIVE TO OUR PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT is shown in everything else we buy and sell from the quality of our Rubber Goods and sick room Supplies to the kind of Syrup we use at the soda fountain. SAFETY means satisfaction, and your satis faction means our success. McMILLAN'S The Old Reliable Drug Store The Siiipply Hoiise FOR THE FARMER It matters not what you need in the - way of Groceries, Dry Goods, Hardware, Wagons, Baggies, farm implements, etc. We can Supply Your Wants jWe have everything for everybody at the right prices. CaU and let us showyou. " TiIcEachern, Johnson & Mcfech? Co. St Pauls,1 . - - - - . N. C -9 - - i r V
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