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THE ROBESONIAN ,gtwrM!, rnpY CENTS. COUNTRY. GOD AND TRUTH iUO A YEAR. DUE IN ADVANOt ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE liaxra. . LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1915. NUMBER 92 VOL, XLV. LEGISLATURE DOWN TO WORK Duly Organized for Business Yener. day Will Receive Gov. Craig a Mes sage Today One Measure Parsed Provides for Representation of State at Celebration of Battle of New Orlean3. ' Raleigh Special, 6th, to Charlotte Ob server. , , . , The 1915 General Assembly is au- .g Ur nrtranized for business ana Will ' tomorrow receive from Governor Craig his message which will out line the condition and needs in Mate affairs as he sees them. Then the wheels of legislation will begin to turn for the GO days grist that lies just ahead. Indeed, the mill took a little start tbiM afternoon .when resolution No. 1 in both blanches oi xne Leg.wc passed an reaamgs mm as enrolled. It provides for the appoint- ment of a joint committee to repre sent the State at the centennial cele bration of the battle of New Orleans January 8, and two bills were intro. duced in the Senate. The first was by Senator Chatham for amending the charter of Winston-Salem and ratifying a $460,000 bond issue. The o)ther was by Nash of Orange and provided for the maintenance of the Orange county public roads. A Renublican olive branch was held to tha Democratic majority today through an .incident in -the benate arough an.inciaent in-m. Lincolnton, Republican, in seconding the nomination of Senator naymore for President Pro Tern, declared that in organizing his party was not pre paring to play small policies but get tingin line for co-operation with the majority party forihe best interests of the State. Neither branch devoted much time to organization. Nominating speeches were brief and the election of Sen ator O. Max Gardner for President of the Senate and Emmett R. Wooten as J Speaker of the House went through on strictly party votes and all the other Democratic caucus nom inee, named last year elected with the combined vote of Democrats and Republicans alike. RECORDER MAXTON DISTRICT Mr. McKay McKinnon Appointed Yes terday to Succeed Mr. G. B. Sel lers, Who is a Member of the Leg islature. Mayor McKay McKinnon of Max ton was appointed yesterday by Gov ernor Craig recorder of the Maxton district to succeed Mr. G. B. Sellers, who gives up the oflice to become a member of the General Assembly. Mr. McKinnon is well known and popular and will no doubt make an excellent recorder. He spent last night in Lumberton. Methodist Church at Dillon, S C, Burned. Mr. W. F. Bullock of Row land, who was in town yes terday, informed a Robesonian reporter that he learned before leaving home that the splendid new Methodist church at Dillon, S. C., was burned Tuesday night. It is understood that the church had re cently been completed and furnished at a cost of about $40,000, including a new pipe organ valued at $2600. The amount of insurance carried, if any, has not been learned. Recorder's Court. The following csaes have been dis posed of by Recorder E. M. Britt since the last report was published in The Robesonian: Raymond Lowrie, Blake Locklear, Sol Oxendine, all Indians, cruelty to stock and driving Joe Clark'- mule without his consent, prayer for judg ment continued on payment of cost. Mayo Granger, stealing hog, 12 months on the roads. Granger was charged with aiding Oscar Thomp. son, who is now serving a road sen tence for stealing a 250 pound hog belonging to Mr. Thomp Williams of the Barnesville section. FIXING UP HOTEL Columbia Hotel Building Will be Fitted Up to Better Take Care of Traveling Public. Miss Anna Thompson and Mr. F. A. Crabtree have leased the second floor of the Columbia hotel build ing, Elm street, and will put in fur. niture and fixtures early next week. They will conduct a first class hotel and boarding house. Mrs. Thomp son is now conducting a boarding house in the Caryle building, First street, but will discontinue this when she opens the other. She has had several years experience in the hotel and boarding house business, and no .doubt Lumberton will have a better place for her visitor,, to rest in the future than it has had for some time. Dr. J. D. Regan, rwho has had beds in the rooms in the building, is moving them out today. The Lumbee theatre, which was opened here about November 1st for motion pictures ana vauaevine, nas been closed and the fixture- are be ing taken out and stored. Manager 'Wishart says it was a losing propo sition from the beginning, and the fact has been fully demonstrated that Lumberton will not support two pic ture shows. In the expense account is $80 per annum for taxes, includ ed in this amount being $50 war tax. The Pastime, theatre, the fa.v f orite, is still on the job. far ciMdreni t'zfc, turm. No ejia.i STUBBORN FIGHTING IN ALSACE Most Violent Battle of War Raging in That Region for Week French Forces Appear U Maintain Ad vantage Tide of Battle Continues to Ebb and Flow Along Rest of Western Front. London Dispatch, 6th. Next to the Russian victory over the Turk, in Trans-Caucasia, which described in a dispatch to the . jcm.oc.a frnm Pftrn(rrrl as Russian Embassy from Petrograd as "complete", interest in the war cen ters in the stubborn fight between the French and Germans for the roads to Cernay and Melhausen in upper Alsace. j The battle in that region, raging for a week is described in a Berlin dispatch as the most violent, of the i war me uermans regainea one trencP thev had lost, but on the whole the French reports appear to show that the forces of France main, tain their advantage for every inch of which they had to fight, often with the bayonet. Along the rest of the western front, the tide of battle continues to ebb and flow. On either side of Rheims, ac cording to reports, the French daily push their lines a few yard3 forward, while in , the Argonne, where more hard figting is going on, both the Germans and the French report the capture of the other's entrenchments. Another region where 'the French seemingly keep nibbling away at the gains they reported last night and again today must have gone a long way toward rendering the Germans' long occupation of St. Mihiel on the Meuse less comfortable The Russians with all their other frontiers t cover have found another army with which to take the offen sive frontier, arid tonight report the capture of a village on the road to that town. The Germans still are hammering at the Russian line drawn directly across the roads to Warsaw from the west but, it is reported, with less force behind t em. In West Galicia, however, where they have reinforced the Austrians, ,'they lhave held up the Russian advance near Gorlice. In Southern Poland rain has stop ped the fig ting. Neither side is able to move there owing to the high water and mud. The Russians continue to drive the Austrians through the snow-covered passes of the Carpathians and out of Bukowina and simultaneously the dealing in detail with the remnants of the Turkish armies in Trans-Cau casia which are reported either to have been routed or surrounded. The Turkish dash into this distant province of Russia is described by military men here as having been an unwise maneuver. Military opera tions in that part of the world would be difficult in this season at any time they say but in a particularly severe winter there was little chance of the poorly equipped Turkish troops succeeding in their efforts. Altogether the Russians engaged the Turks in 10 pitched battles, in many cases while knee-deep in snow and at an autitude of from 6,000 to 10,000 feet. In the realm of international poli tics the next move by Roumania is awaited with interest, while the ar rest of Cardinal Mercier, primate of Belgium, is attracting world-wide at tention FAMILY FACING STARVATION Family of Nine Near Marietta Found in Pitiable Condition Without Food or Sufficient Clothing Slept on Floor During Bitter Cold Weath. er Wilh Scant Covering Another Instance iu-. c. K. Morgan of route 1 from Marietta was among the visitors in town yesterday and had with him a small boy that had the marks of starvation on hi, face. Mr. Morgan said he was the best-lookine one in a family of nine, whom he and Mr. J. r. Johnson, pnncpal of the Oak- date scttool, tfound SatuJday .-when they called at the home to see why the children wene ifot (attending school. He said the whole family were just about starved to death and had slept on the floor without cover, except one quilt, during all the cold weather of the past few months. The whole family was with out decent clothes, too. He said the family didn't have a thing to eat and there was no work they could do to get anything. Judging from the appearance of the boy, who could barely get about, they are not able to work too near starved to death. Some of the neighbors, he said, had contributed food and clothe, and a number of the citizens of the town gave the boy clothes for the family and some money. Prof, J. R. Poiole and Drtj B. W. Page,at the request of Mr. Morgan, went to the home yesterdav. and Dr. Page, who is county health officer, rendered medical aid to those of the family who needed it. The Robesonian's reporter recently heard of another family that had not had anything to. eat in several days except dry per boiled in clear wa ter. Judgingfrom these instances, a Robeson relief fund is needed bad ly. - CHICHESTER'S PILLS N llliAM) IMLfS ( S inn known? Btsl, Safest. Ahray KelUbM MOMI jour iruicin kw 1 OWbM Kra Diamond lirj I'Uls ia lied nd Void ntliM.V hoics. scalfi wilii !iu RiUwa. V Take mthrn Kny f jmp nilL Askf, Ill i m s-TERS DIAMU SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE BARNES VI LLE NEWS BATCH Cupid Bu8y Marriage of Miss Lin. nie Bass and Mr. Jim Walters Personal Mention. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Barnesville, Jan. 5. It is very pleasant to note that regardless of "hard times" and war scares, cupid continues to shoot his piercing ar rows into the hearts of the candi dates for matrimony. But the most pleasant thing about it is, this con- dition is especially true in Barnes. h vale, for since the price fell below i ; tr.o freezing point we nave nau nu i less than fifteen unions in tne re-: i i ii- . r ,1 juons ot cnnuuiai miss . juuinj; 1915 by returns, so far, it promises to be most abundant in marmge, as"' last Sunday . afternoon Sir. Jim Walters was yjomed hn the happy bonds of wedlock to Miss Linnie Ba?s, both residents of this city. Here is hoping .them 'a successful .married life. Miss Annie Coins has returned from Fairmont, where she spent the holidays with friends. Prof Max L. Ponder and Mr. i. T. Power- made a pleasant trip to Lowe Monday night, returning Tues day morning at 3 o'clock. Messrs Romulous Hedgpeth, R. A. Hedgpeth, Cravan Pitman, T. T. Wil liams, D. J. Gales and iVesley Ed wards were in Lumberton Monday on business. Mr. J. W. Barnes went to Maxton Monday to . get the jaonthly- cotton einnine ' r&'dbtu ' " Social life at Barnesville will be greatly handicapped by the return of the following young people to college: Misses Andrew and Bertha Barnes to Meredith, Miss Hesha Hedgpeth to Pineland school for girls, Salem- burg; Mr. Elbreth Johnson to Trin ity and Miss Stella Murray to Car olina College, Maxton. Mr. E. G. Floyd of the Fairmont Supply Company, Fairmont, was in town visiting relatives Sunday Jurors for January Court Solicitor McLean's First Term in Robeson. While in session Monday the Board of county commissioners drew the following list of name, for jurors to serve at the two-weeks term of criminal court which will convene Monday, January 27), Judge O. II. Allen, of Kinston, presiding: First week C. W. Evans, II. IT. Straughan, Dan McRimmon, B. W. Lowrie, Walter McMillan, D. A. Stewart, C. L. Beard, V. L. Byrd, N. M Allen, Jno. Williams, A. F. Floyd, E. B. Paul, W. L. Price, H. R. Powell, D. K. Lawson, Stinson Powell, Grover T. Page, J. R. John son, B. W. Pittman, John II. Sutton, Geo. Klarpp, J. F. Boahn, Andrew r reeman, N. A. Mercer, M. 1). Paul. Second week G. H. Floyd, E. S. Pate, W. II. Humphrey, W. J. Gibson, J. W. Bryant, J. H. Wishart, D-. E McLean, W. I. Linklaw, J. T. Bar- ker, G. A. Inman, James Taylor, Clayton Russ, I. D. Britt, B. F. Mc Neill, J. I. Carter, A. H. Hinds, R. S. Bond, M. P. Andrews, J. R. Har fington, D. J. Walters, J. S. Willis, W. O. Burns, T. C. Barnes, A. B. Hedg peth, Chas. Terry, W. H. Rozier, D. W. Meares, W. L. Stanton, H, d. Ashley. This will be Jthe (first term of court which Mr. S. B. McLean of Maxton will attend in Robeson as solicitor. GOVERNOR OFFERS REWARD $150 Additional Reward Offered Yes. terday by Governor Craig for Mur derer of Patrick McEachin Total Reward Now $400. Governor Craig yesterday offered $150 reward for the arrest and con. viction of the murderer of Patrick McEachin, who, as haa been men tioned in The Robesonian, was foully murdered near Maxton on Christmas Eve as he was on his way home with toys and other Christmas things. This brings the total reward of fered for the murderer to $400, the countv commissioners, as mentioned in Monday's Wroesonian, having of- fered a reward of $250. Mr. J. S. McDonald Sells Interest in Drug Store Will Return to Ral The many friendB of Mr. J. S. Mc Donald will regret to learn that he has sold his interest in the McDon aid Drug Company and resigned as manager of said company, his resig nation to become effective Saturday of this week. Mr. and Mrs. McDon aid will leave Lumberton February 1 for Kaleigh, Mr. McDonald, old nome, where he nas accepted a po sition with the Henry T. Hicks Drug Company, with hich he was as sociated for 10 years before coming to Lumberton some two years aeo Mr. McDonald says he never hated to leave a town so bad, and would not leave to go to any place else ex cept his old home, and the people of Lumberton as a whole are much more sorry to see him and Mrs. Mc Donald leave than they are to go. A more clever and better liked family never lived in Lumberton. Mr. Mc Donald will be succeeded by Mr. C, E. Grantham of Fairmont, who be gan work January 1. Mr. McDonald's stock was purchas ed by other stockholders who had been associated with him. Mr. M M. Sessoms of Windsor, Bertie coun ty, was employed yesterday as phar macist. He will arrive Saturday of this week. To Prevent Blood Poisoning PtJy at once the wonderful old reliable DR. PORTER'S ANTISEFTIG HEALING OIL. a ur iical dressing that relieves paia and heals ai tne tame time. Not a liniment. 25c SOz, Si .03 WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER Note to Great Britain of Great Im portance The Immigration Bill Ship Purchase Bill and Other Meas. ures Before Congress Revival of Business and Increase in General Prosperity. Correspondence of The Robesonian: Washington, aJn. 5. The note to Great Britain, sent by the State De partment and approved by the rres. - Jent, protesting against the inter ference with American shipping by ,'f l-.ngianu s iavy, is retaruuu as mi- i most important development, recem.- .i . i . L - . . . c iv. America n snippers nave Miner. . - d much inconvenience by having hheir ships- delayed, searched, and sometime sent to a prize court by the activities of the English in .search ng for contraband of war. England's , right to exercise due diligence in preventing contraband from reach ing her enemies in the present war is clearly recognized but it is charg ed that they have been unduly severe and causing unnecessary delay, In many way, the representations are similar to the stand taken by Eng land durring the Russo-Japanese War, when the ships of the belligerents in terfered with her neutral commerce. The note, friendly but firm in tone, haa been received in a friendly spirit by the English Government and it is confidently expected that an amic able, agreement will be reached in due time. The Senate adopted the Burnett Immigration bill, in spite of the pre dictions that it would be sidetrack ed, by -a vote of 50 to 7. The illit eracy test was adopted without change. The bill was amended so a, to waive the restrictions in the case of Belgians coming ' into this country, who could satisfy the Com missioner of Immigration that they intend to take up farms, engage in agricultural pursuits and become cit izens. Another amendment that will probabiy be accepted in conference is a provision to exclude from entrance nto the United States all persons of the African race or of negro blood. The President has expressed his dis approval of the literacy test and some expect he will veto the bill. If that done it will nrobablv hp nasspd ! over his veto in the Senate, as there j was a lftege majority on its passage, but is is very doubtful if that will j be dono in the House. This would i vvoma,,.s tstitute will be held at the leave the bill in a similar position as!sarne time and place, conducted by the last immigration bill containing the literac test after its veto bv President Taft Administration leaders are some what justified in being worried ov er the possible failure of the stren uous legislative program. In spite of the fact that Congress remained in session throughout most of the hol idays, there i still so much to be accomplished with only about eight weeks in which to do it that there is a growing sentiment that it will be next to impossible to conclude before adjournment. Long daily ses sions and hard work will no doubt characterize the remainder of the present session. The ship purchase bill has been reported and Senator Fletcher ig urg. ing action, but just how much will be accomplished on that before the appropriation bills come up is prob lematical, this bill authonzea the United States, acting through a ship ping yard, to capitalize a corporation to ' 'purchase, construct, maintain, equip and operate merchant vessels in foreign trade of the United States." Many consider this proposed law as the last solution of the present ma rine question and point out the fact that with our own shops we could carry our cotton crop to Europe at once and materially reduce the pre. vailing ocean freight rates. In connection with the considera tion of the Jones bill, granting great er freedom to the Philippines, former President Taft appeared before the Senate committee and gave his views on that subject, He is strongly against the passage of the bill in its present form and expressed the opinion that the natives of those is lands are not yet ready for Belf. government The stand he takes has greatly impressed the committee, as they are aware of his comprehensive knowledge of conditions acquired when he was Governor General of the islands, and his testimony will likely result in some changes in the drastic provisons of the pendine bill. The old familiar river and harbor bill probably will be forced on its way to passage in the House some time this week. Thi, tme the bill carries over $54,000,000, and will probably cause another lively discu9 sion in the Senate. The friends of the measure claim that all "pork" has been eliminated, but an analysis of its provisions reveals many of the projects which caused the fam ous filibuster in the Senate during the last session. Indications are strong that the new year is bringing a revival of busi ness and an increase in geeral pros perity. Reports show that many of the mills are reopening, more freight being handled and credit somewhat easier. In review by the United States Chamber of Commerce they report busness conditions "decidedly reassuring", especially along agricul tural lines, a-d to a slow but general improve rr.ent in the South H. E. RICKARD. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CAST O R.I A CLARKTON NEWS NOTES Marriage of Miss Georgia McKee and i Mr. Pearl Townend Personal ! Mention j Correspondence of The Robesonian. i Clarkton, Jan. 5. Mr. N. A. Cur-! rie spent yesterday in Elizabethtown on business Mr. J. E.Wayland, who spent the holidays tot his home in Virtrinia. wis reiurnea ana win start tne spring session of the school today. Mr. Luther Fields of " Boardman las returned and will start the spring n .'pent one night last week with her th , -vj Monroe an 1 Mr; V. J. Monroe of S;i:.l'ord sper,:. the week-end in town v. it h n kaive-. The wedding bell-- rung verv si uv iv thin Chri-tmas,' but despite the European war, a few coupks made the trip. On Christmas Eve MUs (;,.orgia McKee and Mr. Pearl Town- -end were married at the home of the bride's sister. Mrs. Joseph Mc. Kee, W. J. McEwen, J P, officiat- mg. Mr. and Mrs. D. D; McKee of Dub lin Jspent, kind.1y Inefcr here with Mr. McKee's father, Mr. A. D. Mc Ke.'. Messrs. Joe C. and Clark Burney returned to Ashboro yesterday af ternoon after spending the holidays here. Glad to report the condition of Mr. D. F. Ward improving after sev eral weeks' illness. Mr. W. Mj. Fields SDent veAterHa" in Elizabethtown on business. Mis, Sallie Benson of Councils, spent Sunday with relatives here. Mr. John D. Ward spent one day last week in Rosindale and Councils with relatives and friends. Mr. ahd Mrs. Willie T. Kelly of Fairmont spent part of last week with his father, Mr. John N. Kelly. Mr. Hartwell Monroe and Miss Margie Wheeler of White Oak pass, ed through town one day last week. INSTITUTES THIS MONTH j , , .... ! larmeis and V omen's Institutes Willi be Held at Lumber Bridge Jan 18: and Philadolphus Jan. 19 ' i Farmers' Institute, will be htdd at I liiimrier linage Monday. Janunrv 1H and at Philadelphus farm lifo scfool ! Tuesday, aJnuarv 1!. Discussions nfiwlm'h hc fa'1 to give, on a charge subjects pertaining to farm opera. ' t'ons, crops, live stock, marketing, ;tt'- f,y prominent speakers. A .-..o. . it. nun an i Miss jane Ward, to which the women of the surrounding territory are invited. Subjects pertaining to household economics, home conveniences, health and education will be discussed These institutes are well worth while and no farmer or farm wife loses anything by attending them. 1 VT 1 H. Three Store Buildings Bui-nod at Rowlond. Monday Xji, Three wooden store buildings were burned at Rowland Monday night. Ihe fire was discovered about 7:30 0 clock in the Hayes grocery store, a large wooden structure. That build mg was burned, also the building next to it, occupied by Messrs. Co hen & Cohen, dry goods merchants, miu me Dunciing next to that, oc cupied by John Edens with a bicycle repair shop and butcher shop. Messrs Cohen & Cohen and Edens sav. ed some of their goods. It i un derstood that they had no insurance How the fire originated has not been learned. One of the walls of Mr. S. L. Adams' 2-story brick building", adjoining the building in which the fire started, was very much dam aged. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEET ING. Legislation Needed for Graded School and Other Interests of Lumberton Will Be Considered at Meeting at Court House Tomorrow Evening As stated in Monday's Robesonian, President J. P. Russell has called a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce to be held tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the court house for the purpose of considering local legisla tion needed. Some legislation is be ing advocated for the graded school, and perhaps legislation along other lines will be considered. This is a meeting in which every citizen of the town should be inter ested and "it hoped that it will be attended by a large crowd. Can't Do Without It. The following letter from a broth er who, when he first subscribed, asked that his paper be stopped when the time was out if he had not re newed, shows how many regard thir county paper, The Robesonian: Rowland, N. C, Jan. .4, 1915. "Gentlemen: Find enclosed $1.50, for which send me The Robesonian for another year. I cannot do without it. It is the best paper in the county. Yours truly, C. A. GRIMSLEY." Colored Teachers Association Will Meet Here February 6th. The Colored Teachers' Association of Robeson county will meet at the court house here Saturday, Febru. ary f.th. ProL,N. C. Newbold. State Agent Rural Schools, State Depart ment of Education, will address the association. Supt. J. R. Poole is anx- j ions to have more industrial educa tion in the colored schools of the county and Prof. Newbold will talk on this subject and explain how to get for the colored schools a sup ervisor, who will be paid in part by what is known as the Jean fund. . ' : ':.'::. BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS . , . Good cotton today, 3-8 cents. Licence has been issued for the marriage of Archie Lane and Beadie Rogers. .. . . ., Mr. . - Prevat-t and family lt't yesterday or Keysville Va wh.ere Mr Prevatt recently bought fa,rm,- lle wlU a truit and truck farm. -.The Climax Barber Shop, Mr. W. E. Hood proprietor, haa been mov d fr-m the rear of th.- National !::r:k f Lumberton building to the dl stand on E!m street. Mi. E. L. H illoway attend ed tin- on-ccration of Hi.-ihop l-'urv, at St. .J'imeS' church, Wilmington, yeier.'lay as a repre sentative from Trinity P. E. church. Rev Mr. Moodv of Fayetteville will preach at Trinity church. Epis copal, Sunday at 11 a. m. There will be Sunday school at 3:30 p. m. The public i, invited to attend these ser vices. Rev. Lacy Little, an evangelist of Mt. Gilead, lectured on Foreign Missions at the Presbyterian church Tuesday night. Quite a large num ber heard Mr. Little's lecture and were well pleased. Mr. H. F. Townsend of Buie. route 1, was a Lumberton visitor yesterday. .-..He says the "farmers in ifis neighborhood are ' planting more small grain than usual and will not plant so much cotton. Mr. M. D. Bullock of route 1 from Pembroke was among the visi tors in town, Monday. Mr. Bullock pays r.is son, Mr. INorman, haa the misfortune recently to fall from a ' barn loft and break hi, left arm. -The graded school opened Mon day for the spring term. Supt. R. E. Sentelle says it was the biggest opening in the history of the school. Twelve were refused admittance to L i - . i lie iirsi grade on account or room. , . -, John Hall was brought to jail here Monday night, having been bound 6ver t0 the Ma' term of Fed- it,ai l"u"' "y v ominisMoiur i.urpun- ter of Maxton under a $200 bond fi; ' .-ctajl1"-- He was arre.-ted near ''h'ladelphus. Senator Geo. P. Mcleod return- : eu home from Kaleigh yesterday 'morning in response to a message ai'vising him ot the serious illness of his mother, Mrs. Emily S. Mc I.eod. If there is no change for the worse 'in. -Mrs. McLeod's 'condition Senator McLeod will return to Ral eigh tonight. Mr. J. L. Prcvatt of route 2 rrorn. Buie was among the visitors in town Monday. Mr. Prevatt got on the "God blessed" list by paying his subscription a year in advance. He says he needq a Robesonian for each member of hi3 family, as it al most causes a row sometimes as to who shall read it first when it ar rives. Mr. Prevatt thinks a man ia almost robbing his children when he fails to take his county paper, The Robesonian. Mr. Ellis Miller, who lives down Fairmont way, is a man who pos itively enjoys paying hi, Robesonian subscription, and he always pays a year in advance. Tuesday he came into The Robesonian office and to his own satisfaction, no less than to the satisfaction of the editor, planked down his $1.50, which paid his sub scription up to January, 1916. Mr. Miller said he came in to pay some other debts but saved enough out tS pay The Robesonian, as he knows the newspaper men need money as bad ly as anybody. Mr. Miller has things slaed up rleM "n to the ground, and he, unotner man after the ed itor's heart. , :1 Wind and Rain Storm. Reports from )down 'Or rum way say that a severe wind and rain storm visited that section last night about 7:30. It is understood that a number of houses were unroofed, sev eral chimneys blown down and any amount of tree, laid low. There was considerable rain and some wind, also thunder, here last evening. Best Enrollment and Best Average ..Attendance in Schools. Prof. J. R Poole, county superin tended of schools, and Dr. B. W. Page, county health officer, visited yesterday the Mount Eliam, Bloom ingdale,' Bethesda, Nye and Oakton schools, in Britt's and Sterling'3 town ships. Supt. Poole say3 he found in these schools the best enrollment and average attendance he has ever found during the ten years he has been visiting them, all the teachers do ing excellent work. Washington dispatch, 6th: Gener al Villareal, Carranza governor of Nevo Leon, has defeated decisively a command of Villa troops at Marte. near Torreon, according to a dispatch from Vera Cruz to the Carranza agency flierej today. The .message said Villareal's forces captured two trains of arma and ammunition and many prisoners : - Sick Two Years With Isdigestion "Two years go I was greatly benefitted through using two or three bottles of Chamberlain's- Tablets, writes S. A. KeJkr, Elida, Ohio. "Be fore taking them l was elck for two years with Indigestion.' Sold by 1-3 dealers. v .. ....U. i ..V. -- -
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