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THE ROBESONIAN, MONDAY, JULY 3, 1916
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President Wilson said the other
day in a speech that he was in a
iiehtine mood. Well, he has a right
to be in a fighting mood about now,
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"There are some gentlemen who
are under the delusion that the pow
er of a nation comes from the top.
It does not. It comes from the bot
tom." And that is another time
President Wilson rang the bell, in
a speech the other day. He was not
..talking about the primary, but u
may be that some gentlemen who
oppose the primary are under that
delusion.
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In a speech at the New York Press
Club banquet Friday night President
Wilson made it plain that he would
aot countenance war with Mexico
until there was no other method of
settling the border troubles. That is
what the country expected from the
President And that is another sight
better than going to war first and
then finding that war might have
been avoided.
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In an address before the North
Carolina Dentists' Association at
Asheville last week Dr. A. E. Smith
of Chicago is quoted as saying "the
time is coming when the dentists
who inflict pain on their patients
will be looked upon in the same man
ner as the man who does improper
' bridge work today." We are in fa
vor of it Only we .hope, the .den
tists will not only be frowned upon but
will be publicly executed as horri
ble warnings, and that the day is
aot far distant
A rZIiPETUAL VISITOR
The beautiful poem on ."Opportun
ity" by Ingalls, quoted by our cor
respondent "W. V. B' elsewhere in
tr.is issue, is not to be taken too. se-
riously. If will do for a man in
. ni l J l : .1 a i t.
stage to quote morosely and pessi
mistically and dyspeptically, but it
has nothing to do with youth and
vigor and strength. One ought to
read this poem but all means and
admire its dignified and stately
lines, but when a youth is lead to
it to admire its beauties it ought
always to be explained that . it is
false. Opportunity, instead of being
a thing of a single visit is the most
persistent visitor that ever happen
ed. If you don't accept her the first
time, she comes and comes again;
she will all but knock you down: and
she will follow you almost to the
grave. So, young . man, don't, for
love of grace, quote Ingalls on "Op
portunity" except to admire as one
of the finest things in the English
language and to lament that such
nobie tines were written about a
false doctrine. Every time the 'sun
rises it rises on a day that has nev
er been spent; bo don't go pottering
(about with the pessimistic notion I
that Opportunity comes but once and
fret yourself for fear you'll be asleep
when she comes, or feasting, or play
ing baseball. Grab hold of Oppor
tunity a million times a day and be
ready to grab hold of her a million
times tomorrow.
Addressing the North Carolina Bar-
Association at Wrightsville Beach
last week Mr. J. C. Buxton of Winston-Salem
declared that unless re
quirements for lawyers' to secure
license in this State are raised the
time will come when it will be im
possible to maintain the present high
standing of the judiciary; for any
ignorant shyster with nerve and a
Bensetf "the proper time to offer
may be elevated to the bench if the
present tendency continues. He
would have an examining board of
lawyers and would do away with
printing the questions asked on ex
amination: the questions, he thinks,
should be destroyed after they have
served their purpose. Power to Mr.
Buxton in his preachment that the
standard should be raised-! ; It is
passing strange how some fellows
fe'et by and secure license to practice
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The North Carolina Bar Associa
tion at its annual meeting at
Wrightsville Beach last week went
on record as favoring increasing the
number of Superior Court judges to
82, the number recommended by the
commission appointed by Gov. Craig
some time ago, and reducing the
number of recorders? court The
legislative and reform committee of
the" association, of which committee
Mr. A. W. McLean of Lumberton
is' chairman, recommended that the
number of judges be increased, and
that the number of recorders' courts
be decreased, but did not go so far
as the commission, .that is, it did
not say how many more judges there
should be nor just how many record
ers' courts there should be. The com
mission recommended that the re
corders' courts be cut to fifteen, these
to be in the principal cities. There
are a good many people who think
that if the judges would work as
hard as most folks have to work
there would be no need' "of more
judges, but .The Robesonian believes
that emergency judges would serve
a good purpose. The recorders
courts are In favor in Robeson af
ter having been tried in this county
for several years.
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Representative H. L. Godwin, renominated for sixth term in Sixth dis
trict primary Saturday. v 1
USING OPPORTUNITIES
BASEBALL: CAPE FEAR LEAGUE
Dormant Powers Whfch Migjht bi , Three Games Here This Week Lum
Made Useful Grasp Opportunities berton Clinched Hold on First
To tiie Editor f "The Hobesdnianc I Place Last Week by Winning 4
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Th? Laurinburg Exchange came
out with a special edition of 20
pages last week, celebrating the
24th birthday of the paper and the
16th birthday (of Scotland V-ounty.
The issue contained a great deal of
inf ormafion and history about Lau
rir.burg snd Scotland county and is
a credit to the paper and to the coun
ty. We congratulate Editor J. P.
Wiggins upon the success of his
effort. Having had experience in
petting out a special edition, wj
know something of the difficulties.
With this issue Mr. Mac Cameron,
who hadbeen connected with the ed
itorial and business end of Th; Ex
fchange for four years, severs his
connection with that paper, on which
he ;.as Cone good work, to go to
Henderson to work for the Gold Leaf
Pub. Co., which publishes two pa
pers, Th Semi-weekly Gold Leaf and
The Daily Dispatch. Mr. O. L.
Moore of "Mooresboro, Cleveland
fcourtty, succeeds Mr. Cameron on
The Exchange.
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White Man and Two Negroes Pr
haps taLally Shot at Four Oaks
A white man named Johnson and
two negroes, Dave and Clarence May
nor, were all perhaps fatally wound
ed in a shooting scape at Four Oaks,
Johnston county, Friday. Reports
state that the negroes met at the
station house the white man, with
wnom they had had a difficulty the
day before, and after a few remarks
Johnston opened fire on them with
a Winchester rifle. The negroes re
turned the fire with pistols. It is
said that 23 shots were fired in half
a minute. When the smoke of bat
tie cleared away all the men were
down, one of them shot through both
thighs and another through the back,
the ball lodging just under the skin
of the stomach. The white man was
shot through the hips and lower part
of the abdomen. It is thought that
all three will die, if indeed they are
not dead before this gets m print.
The negros were taken to the High
smith hospital at Fayetteville. The
white man was left at home, too
dangerously wounded to be moved.
Convict Made Bold Dash aim Escap
ed From Chain Gang
Lcnzo Braddy, colored, escaped
from chain gang No. 1, which is lo
cated about two miles south of town,
Saturday morning just before' day
break. When a guard opened a cage
to let out another convict to feed
the stock Lonzo dashed out of the
, cage and made his escape. The
guard took five shots at the negro
t.-. he faded into darkness, but to
no avail. Deputy A. H. Prevatt took
the county's bloodhound to the scene
and trailed the negro for several
miles. Braddy took to the swamp
and the dog had to swim much of
toe time while he was chasing the
negro. There b?ing so much water
on the route the fleeing negro went.
the dog gave out before he reached
the fugitive. - -
Braddy was sent to the gang by
the recorder at Maxton for 14 months
for disposing of mortgaged property
and had served about 4 months of
his sentence. The negro is so bald
that he has not a single hair on his
head.
Just one year ago Saturday, July
1, two convicts escaped from this
same gang.
said David long ago. Tonjght we sit
pondering over the sorrows of., the
past, the glories of the future. Our
mind pauses as we pass the golden
opportunities that have come and
sped away into the depths of fleet
ing time. Have you ever stopped to
consider that there are in thousands
of oar people today dormant powers,
which if brought into play might
place you in our country s palaxy of
fame. Lowell said, "There are in
finite powers lying dormant in man
here and there, powers which could
be but catch a glimpse of would en
dow his life on this planet with great
er splendor and impart to it a re
doubled interest."
Every day we see men who have
entered the December of Jife little
realizing what they fright have ac
complished, had ,they (brought out
the best that was in them." The rea
son men don't accomplish' more "is
because they don't try; - ''."
m my mind's eye I see the picture
Reported for The Robesonian .
Three 'games will Be played here
this 'week.. 'Fayetteville which is
said to be strengthening up, comes
here Wednesday and Thursday. The
Raeford game which was postponed
last Wednesday on account of rain
will be played here Saturday.',
Lumberton clinched its hold on
first place in the Cape Fear' League
last week by winning four straight
games, three from Raeford and one
from Fairmont. The first Raeford
game, played here, was an easy vic
tory, but the locals met a team that
had been considerably strengthened
when they journed to Raeford.
The first game at Raeford was won
2 to 0. Barnes bested Murchison in
a pretty pitcher's duel. Each allow
ed five hits, but Murchison gave up
tljree bases on balls, which proved
his undoing. He, passed Stone in
the -first inning and hit Love. Cor
rell brought them across with a
clashing single after they had advanc-
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of an old ma whose locks of eold ed a base on a fielder's choice
have faded into silver-and as he Score by jnnings: . R. H. E.
Death of an Infant
Mary Ellen, 24-months-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Boone, who
live on route 1 from Lumberton, died
Friday night at 8 o'clock of colitis.
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sits with folded hands the dim of
life is sinking over the Western ho
rizon and as he reflects over the by
gone days he is happy to know that
a mark has been made in the world,
upon the hearts of men, that he and
his surroundings are living in com
fort all because when opportunity
came with an extended hand and
bade him arise and follow, he obeyed
the command. On the other hand,
we see the old man whose locks
are as the snow, as he sits in the
evening of life scarred by the weath
ering effects of the erosion of time.
He endures the discomforts of life
fll because he did jiot do as oppor
unity , bade.
Nature has fashioned us all of the
same clay and the difference between
a purple robe bordered with ermine
and a cotton tunic represents the
difference in effort, just as it was"
fifty or ive hundred or a thousand
years ago.
The ancestors of the European
kings learned how to command. The
forefathers of the peasant made no
effort and had to obey. We are all
engaged in the same struggle for
livelihood tnat was imposed upon old
father Adam when he was ejected
from Eden. We battle under the
same sky the same old conditions
that were hoary with centuries when
the Pharoahs builded the first Pymaid
in the valley of the Nile.
As the leaves of the tree differ
one from another only in detail, so
men's lives duier in petty incidents.
opportunity and ambition bid you
try. Wisdom concils you to choose
wisely, Persverance bids you journey
onward and not be turned out bv the
side of the road.
Opportunity comes to a man but
once and its then or never. What
could picture opportunity to us more
than the noble sonnet of Hon. Jas.
J. Ingalls
Opportunity
Master of human destinies am I.
Fame, Love and fortune on my foot-
Eteps wait;
Cities ami fields I walk; I penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and pass
ing by f,
Hovel and mart and palace, soon or
late
I knock, unbidden once at every gate.
if s'ee ping, wake: if feasting, rise
Before I turn away. It is the hour
of fate.
And they who follow me reach every
state
Mortals desire, and conquer every
foe
Save Death; but they Who doubt or
. hesitate,
Condemned to failure, penury and
woe.
Seek me in vain and uselessly implore
i answer not and I return no more.
Three hundred and thirty-one years
ago Monday the first colony arrived
in North Carolina waters which was
probably on Neuse river.
W. V. B.
Gaddysville (Fairmont, R. 1).
June 27, 1916.
Lumberton . . 200 000 0002 5 1
Raeford 000 000 0000 5 0
Barnes and Correll; Murchison and
McKeithan. v
In the second game Currie .held
Raeford to two hits, while Lumberton
bunched their safeties and won & to,
0. Singleton led off in the -seventh
with a scratch hit and McNeill fol
lowed with a single. Two infield outs
advanced the runners, and they scor
ed on Love's single to left centre.
Love went to second on the throw in
and scored on Correll's single. Cor
rell was caught at second.
Score: , R. H. E.
Lumberton .'. 000 000 3003 7 2
Rr.rford 000 000 0000 .2 3
Currie and Correll; iRussell and
McKeithan.
Lumberton went to Fairmont Sat
urday and won a game 6 to 1 that
'aed been postponed on three occas
ions. Smith was hit hard while Fair
mont could not solve Barnes' deliv
sry. He deserved a shut-out. but
errors let in one run. Love and Proc
tor fielded sensationally. Correll and
Barnes hit over left field fense, while
Persons got a double and three sin
gles out of five times up: Jones, um
piring for Fairmont, appeared to be
badly off ' on his decisions, which
undoubtedly cost Lumberton two
runs.
Score: R.H. E
Lumberton 001 000 3026 10
Fairmont 000 000 0101 5
Barnes and Correll; Smith and Mc
Cormick.
Troopers of Tenth Cavalry Brought
Safely out of Mexico -.
El Paso Dispatch, June 29.
The twenty-three negro troopers of
the Tenth cavalry, who at Camzal
Villa Ahumada, Chihuahua City and
Jaurez have been central figures in
the Mexican situation, are safely out
of Mexico. Survivors of an engage
ment with a superior force, Victims
twice of mobs that stoned them
more than once in fear of execution,
and, lastly, objects of intercession by
the President of the United States,
-they were brought to the border
from Chihuahua City on a special
train today and turned over to Gen
eral Geo. Bell, Jr., commander of the
El Paso base.
After 3 years of unsuccessful ef
fort to establish a proprietary news
gathering and distributing i organi
zation in opposition to. the co-operative
form of the Associated Press,
The New York Sun was sold Fri
dav to Frank A. Munsey, a member
of the Associated Press, and begin
ning today will no longer try to
gather its own news and will receive
the service of the dominant organization.
Mr. Ed Kinlaw of Btar route from
Lumberton was in town Saturday.
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