fAGE EIGHT.
THE ROBESONIAN. MONDAY, JULY 13, If 14.
GRAND JURY'S REPORT.
New County Home Recommended
present Home Inadequate and Not
Credit to the County Improved
Sleeping Quarters for Chain Gang
Some J. P.'a and Recorders Remiss
in Filing Papers.
The grand jury for the term of.
Robeson Superior Court which closed
Thursday made the following report:
County Home.
We visited the county home in a
body and found same in about as
good condition as present conditions
will admit. There are eight inmates
at present and they all seem content.
We desire to call attention to the
fact that the present home is not
suited to the purposes and unworthy
of our county, and would recommend
that steps be taken for the erection
of one large building sufficient to ac
commodate all of the inmates and
that same be equipped with steam
heat; and we recommend for the pres.
ent that another pump be put down at
other end of the row and that a sink
with pipes to carry water to the wash
house be put in at present pump. We
further recommend that as far as
possible the seperation of the races
be carefully observed, as we find now
one end of a house occupied by white
and the other end by colored.
HUGH A. ATWHITE FOR
. REGISTER OF DEEDS
Chain Gang.
We found conditions good, prisoners
well kept and provided for, with tht
exception of sleeping quarters. The
cots or beds need springs. We there
fore recommend that these be sup
plied. Number of prisoners, 52.
Court House.
We find the condition of the court
house good, all the offices neatly kept
1 1 15 L .1 I
tinu iiic uiuirci 5- luuiwuus in me un
charge of their duties. We recom
mend that two cuspidors be placed
in the basement toilet and that this
toilet be carefully looked after.
We desire to call attention to the
fact that because transportation ex.
penses of jurors to county home and
chain gang have not been paid promt
ly heretofore, we found it difficult to
discharge our duties. We recommend
therefore that the sheriff be required
to provide for this in the future. We
found the jail in good condition and
the prisoners seem to be comfortably
provided for. We recommend that
suitable place be provided for the un
fortunate insane, while awaiting be.
ing sent to the State Hospital.
We find that a number of the jus
tices of the peace and recorders of the
county have failed to file the papers
in cases which they have sent up to
the Superior Court. This not only
hampers the grand jury in the ' dis
charge of its duties, but it delays jus
tice and is a source of increased ex
pense to the county. We recommend
that these gentlemen pay more care
ful attention to this in the future
"We have passed upon 13 bills, we find
51 true bills and 2 not true. We
make one presentment. We desire to
thank the court for its many courte
sies shown this body during the term.
W, J. M'LEOD, Foreman.
HEALTH CONDITIONS
IN ROBESON COUNTY.
Average Death Rate in 5 Neighborinj
Counties 41 Per Cent Higher Than
Robeson's.
-Bulletin Robeson County Board oi
Health.
For the past two months the great
er part of the more serious illness in
the county has been among babies and
old people. Malaria has not yet be
come epidemic in any one section
an improvement over the same date
for last year. A few cases of ty
phoid fever are found, the great ma
jority of same being among negroes.
Statistics from the State Board
of Health show that the average death
rate in the five neighboring counties
for the first five months of this year
was 44 per cent higher than Robe,
son's.. This means a difference of
about 17 lives each month for the
county.
It was thought by a few advocates
of the "Primers of Hygiene and San
itation," the State adopted school
books which have been taught in every
county in the State, that the death
rate would be affected in all counties
very much alike. But a comparison
with various counties in the Stats
shows that sanitary instruction of
school children from these text books
does riot have immediate effect on a
"e co-operation of the
people of the county with the county
Board of Health
feession has been excellent
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(Political Advertisement.) '
Mr. Editor: Please allow me space
in your columns to say a few words
in behalf of one of our candidates for
register of deeds, to-wit, Hugh A.
M'White.
He is a good man, is of one of the
best families in our county. Just in
the prime of life, about 40 years
old, and is amply competent, with a
little experience. Of course having
lived and worked all his life on the
farm, he has not had much office ex
perience, though he has taken the
tax list of his township several times,
I think.
I am not in favor of giving a man
office through sympathy alone, but
everything else being equal, the dis
advantages that a good man labors
under support of himself and family
mav nroDerlv be considered. Mr.
M'White's father being only in fair
circumstances asa farmer could hot
assist him much in making a start in
life. In fact, he died, I believe, be-
fore Hugh was grown. So he (Hugh)
had a hard time making a start, but
soon had a little farm, married one
of the best farmer girls in our coun
ty, builtt, a good house.and it looked
like he was prospering to a limited
extent, when unfortunately he was
forced to undergo two serious opera
tions in a hospital which did not prove
permanently successful, and left him
to some extent disabled for farm
work. A little later a cyclone swept
his house and all his household goods
clear away, tearing his house into
smithereens. Within a short time af
ter this, his good wife developed a
serious disease with which she lan
guished for several years, and died,
leaving him six small children, the
oldest of which was only about fifteen
years old. cut undaunted, he has
struggled along, no one else knows
how, until some of hjs friends thought
of him as a suitable man to fill the
office of register of deeds.
Furthermore, I might say that he
has an extensive family connection
who have for all these years stood
faithful to the Democrat party with
out asking for, or sharing, any of her
honors or rewards. No one of that
large connection has ever sought or
held any county office, contenting
themselves to help faithfully to hon
or others.
Last, but by no means least, let
me say that Mr. TU'White thinks sal
aries are unreasonably high and is
in favor of a sweeping reduction ?n
same as he realizes that the people
he asks to support him are laden with
heavy burdens of taxation. Let us
rally to the support of this good man.
Now he does not know anything
about my writing this as I never have
intimated to him that I had any idea
of doing so.
W. H. HUMPHREY.
Lumberton, N. C, July 1, 1914.
FREE PASSES GALORE.
GHOSTS AND GOBLINS.
Since the world began superstition
has been the companion of ignorance.
As civilization drives out ignorance
superstition also takes its departure,
so that the degree of civilization pos
sessed by any people may be readily
measured by the number and charac
ter of its supcrsitions.
Ethnologists who have studied sav
age tribes tell us that the greatest
barrier to civilization is superstition,
which in many instances so firmly
binds the minds of natives, that they,
are actually afraid to think for them
selves. Science, the handmaid of civiliza
tion, is rapidly separating the false
from the true and is giving the world
facts in place of superstitious fancies.
Even in such everyday matters of life
as food, drink, clothing?- etc., false
notions and hearsay reports are giv
ing away to scientific facts.
Thus the laboratory of the scientist
has now demonstrated the fact that
the caffeine contained in such bever.
ages as coffee, tea and Coca-Cola is
not only not injurious to health but is
positively helpful in that it diminishes
the wear and tear of the nervous
system and serves in the nature of . a
lubricant, as it were. Such
unpleasant effects as were formerly
attributed to caffeine are now known
to the be the result of improper meth
ods in the preparation of the bever
ages and are traced to the door of
caffeol and tanic acid in the case of
coffee and to tannis acid in the cast
of tea. These substances, when talc
en in excessive quantities, give rise to
discomfort but do no positive injury.
. Since Coca-Cola contains only caf
feine with sugar and flavoring ex-
tracts these scientific proofs substan
tiate the oft repeated claim of the
manufacturer that Coca Cola "pos
sesses all the advantages of tea and
coffee with none of their disadvanta
ges. -
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Two Railroad During 1913 Issued
Free Passes to Thousands of Per.
sons A Menace to the Institutions
of a Free People.
Washington Dispatch, 9th.
Free passes representing 11,006V
000 miles of travel and valued at more
than $340,000 were distributed to S4r
000 persons by the Louisville and
Nashville and the Nashville Chatta
nooga & St. Louis railroads during
1913, according to a report submit
ted to the Senate today by the Inter
State Commerce Commission. Tha
commission, whose investigation was
in response to a Senate resolution, in
its report characterized the distribu
lion of free passes as a "menace tc
the institutions of a free people."
The report shows that the Louis
ville & Nashville gave passess to one
United States Senator; two Repre
rentatives in Congress; 139 othe
Federal officers; 1,556 State senators;
2,183 Sta,te representatives: 1769
other State officials; 89' judges, and
many other local office holders. -The
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis
is credited with passes to 151 United
States officials, other than members
cf Congress; 5,814 State senators;
8,439 State representatives; 1,086 oth
er State officials; 170 judges, and
numerous other local officials.
The commission informed the eSn
ate that while it could issue no order
in the special investigation persued
under the Senate resolution, it was
making a general investigation in
which it intends to issue an. order
dealing with the practice.
In order to properly compile the
required information" says the report,
"lists of pass holders in the various
classes were prepared . Such lists
reveal the manner in which these car
riers have dipped into ' practically
every domain of public and private
life, through the instrumentality of
the free pass. There is scarcely a
walk of life which is not presented
in this procession of recipents of pa ss,
es from the Federal bench to the lo
cal politician and .the sheriff who
summons the jury. The threads rep.
resented by these passes tie thous
ands of citizens to the carrier through
improper relation. The lack of mor
ality reflected by the facts here com
piled is a menace to the institutions
of a free people. These citizens, who
sell their influence quite as much as
if they accepted money bribes, seem
to be as willing to be tied as the car
riers are ready to tie them. Men
pledge their influence quietly in the
home or school, or club, in the pro
fessions in business, in city councils
and administrative boards, in court?
of justice, in executive halls and at
the polls.
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Secretary Daniels announced Fri
day that the latest four new dread
noughts, beginning with No. 39, would
be named Arizona, California, Misiss
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so named in order that the States of
Mississippi Jnd Idaho might nqt lose
their ships because of the recent sale
of two battleships to Greece.
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Congress Friday appropriated $200,-
000 for the relief of sufferers from
the Salem, Mass., fire.
Washington, July 12 Trust legis
lation to complete the Administration
legislative programme will be under
taken in earnest in the Senate this
week, and Democrats and Republicans
alike are straining at the leash to get
the task and complete it as speedily
as thorough consideration of the" pro
posed measures to supplement the
Sherman law and regulate issuance of
railroad securities will permit.
Women's rights 'were recognized to
the fullest extent by the National
Educational Association in session at
St. Paul, Minn., last week, which pass
ed resolutions endorsing woman suf.
frage and equal pay for teachers, re
gardless of sex, and allotted five of
the ten vice presidencies to women.
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Crops in the United States July 1,
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condition than the 10-year average on
that date, according to a Departmf nt
of Agriculture bulletin.
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PASTIME THEATRE
July 16th
Will present in Five Reels of Pictures
James O'Neill
' in his famous Version of Dumas' Masterpiece
"The Count of Monte Cristo"
. A photo play produced by the .
Famous Players Film Co.
Show will open at 2 o'clock "
Prices from 2 to 6 o'clock, 10 cents to everybody.
Ladies and children should, take advantage as far as
possible of the afternoon show.
Optimistic views of business condi
tions were presented to President
Wilson Thursday by Henry Ford, the
Detroit manufacturer! during an
hour's conference at the White House.
Mr. Ford told the President he saw
no evidences of any sort of business
depression, psychological or other
wise, and said that in his opinion, bus
iness was getting better all the time.
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF
The Bank of Parkton
AT PARKTON.
.
in the State of North Carolina, at the close of business June 30, 1914.
Resources.
Loans and discounts . .
Liabilities.
.$42,902.12 Capital stock paid in ..
10,000.00
1,712.30 Surplus fund . 2,520.30
Overdrafts, unsecured, I. ..
Banking houses, $1888.87;
Furniture and fixtures $1,
598.83 .. 3,487.70
Demand loans 1,583.54 Bills payable
Due from banks and bank
ers 3,827.08 Deposits subject to check . . 20,147.91
Cash items 211.28
Gold coin 307.50
Silver coin, including all '
minor coin currency .... 296.57
National bank notes and
other U. S. notes 638.00
Interest paid 468.38
Notes and bills rediscounted 8,500.00
8,000.00
Demand certificates of De
posit 5,480.29
Cashier's Checks outstanding 685.97
Total $55,334.47 Total
.$55,334.47
State of North Carolina, County of Robeson, es:
I, E. B. Daniel, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to tho best of my knowledge and belief.
E. B. DANIEL, Cashiei
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 4th day of March, 1914.
My commission expires Feb. 20, 1916. D. M.. HALL, Notary Public.
Correct Attest: J. G. Hughes, A. J. Garris, W. T. Fisher, Directors.
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Your Dollars Jlid City Sins
YOU,
Mr. Citizen of this town!
Do you want your dollars -to add to
the brightness of the lights of the city
that the evils they represent may make a
stronger appeal to your boy?
That is just what you are doing when
you send your dollars to the mafl-ordei
man of the city instead of spending them
at home.
Every dollar you send away from home
means an added reason for the boy to fol
low the dollar. And there is much less
opportunity for him to succeed in life in
the city to which your dollars go than
there is right here in this town where the
people know and appreciate him.
There is not a hundred-to-one chance
for him in the city, and yet you are in
viting him to leave you that he may fol
low your dollars 1
Why not keep the dollars at home
where your boy and not the son of the
mail-order man, will have a chance
at them?
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Why not spend them with the local
merchants?
Think it over
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Moore County Land for Sale
Two tracts near each other, 206 acres in one tract, 130 acres in the
other tract, in Moore county, McNeill township, on South .side of
lower little river, four miles north of Southern Pines, lying on both
sides of sand clay road leading from Southern Pines to Carthage.
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chaser may want to erecV " ' - ,
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