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MONDAY. MARCH 1, 1920-
THE ROBESON IAN, LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA.
K'ME K0BES0NIAN
Published
By
COBESONIAN PUBLISHING CO.
J. A. SHARPE . . . President
SUBSCRIPTION'rATES :
Om Year 12.00
Cbc Months 100
TferM Months 50
MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1920-
OffiM 107 West Fourth Street
Telephone No. 20.
Entered sj second clsss mail matter
t ih pottoffice at Lumberton, N. C
BLOODY SIXTH IS READY FOR
BATTLE,
Notice the way this starts out?
"When was the "Bloody Sixth' not
ready for battle? Not since the
moon was green cheese and J;he cow
jumped over it But the above cap
tion is the interesting head-line to
an interesting article by a staff cor
respondent of the News and Observer.
Everybody is taking a shot at the po
litical slant in the Sixth these latter!
days, and this writer apparently hasj
the situation doped out pretty well,
only he missed a trick when he said
that Candidate Lyon (Homer) had
often held court in Robeson. His
father, Judge C. C, has held court in
Robeson, but not Homer; and Homer's
district as solicitor does not embrace
Eobeson.
This writer goes on to say that the
"Bloody Sixth" "promises to be blood--3er
than ever this year when Cum
berland county's war horse gives
battle to the Hon. Hannibal LaFay
ette Godwin for the Democratic nom
ination for Congress." (Ever notice,
gentle reader, or honorable reader,
bow, when a political campaign is on,
-writers always swell out a candidate's
name to its utmost length? A can
didate is never just plain H- L. or J.
G. or H. L. or P. D. Q. or H. C. L.
or D. T. H , but he is all that his ini
tials stand for and then some. When
it is written out in full it is meant
for you to pause over it and ponder
it, roll the name under your tongue
as a sweet morsel and taste and see
how well it becomes a statesman.
This habit of writers is extending so
that it embraces all candidates, even
as Deople are prone to dub as "hon
orable" every one who has ever of-J
fered for an office that entitles the
winner to that distinction before his
name.)
But to return to this entertaining
article from which quotation is made
A lively time is predicted in the Sixth,
for Mr. Shaw beg pardon: such a
slip! the Hon. John Gilbert Shaw
is put down as the most aggressive
candidate that ever aggressed. He
knows how. He has done it before.
01d-timer3 remember that Mr- John
Gilbert Shaw went to Congress from I
the old district back in the 90's, and
it is related that in a three-cornered
debate over in Sampson county, when
Mr. Shaw arose to speak the Repub-
lirnne nttpmntpH t Hnwl him rlnwn
"but he reached down in his pants and
extricated an old horse pistol about
three feet long and laid it on the ta
ble." (H-ni! showing that Mr. Shaw
is a tall man of his legs). "Gentle
men," said Mr. Shaw in the hush that
fell on the assemblage, relates his
Bosworth, " 1 came here to speak and
I am going to speak."
Just like that, kinder abrupt and
careless-jike, fingering fondly the
while that there walking-cane of a
gun which he had disentangled from
his pantaloons.
Now, what are you going to do
when a man pulls his gun and tells
you to be still and listen ? Answer
us that.
Well, this game man, tamed, may
be, by the years, and maybe leaving
the 3-foot gun at home, is on the
warpath again- And welcome. And
Homer L. Lyon is on the warpath
too. (It bothers us no little that we
do not now know Homer's middle
name and cannot give him his prop
er candidatorial entitlements, but we
Khali acquire it in time). And Han
nibal La Fayette Godwin is on the
warpath. And there ye are. You
can take your choice.
All hands admit that Robeson is a
pivotal county. Now that Mr. Var
ier has announced that he will not be
in thg race, it is not at all likely lhat
there will be a candidate from this
county, so the other candidates will
roam its confines at will and gather
votes where they may. The Robeson
ian bids them welcome, no matter
how high-sounding and awe-inspiring
may be their full names- Here is
room enough, gentlemen, to graze
How's This?
W offer $100.00 for any case of catarrh
- that cannot be cured by HALL'S
CATARRH MEDICINE.
HALLS CAT ARK H MEDICINE Is tak.
ca internally and acta through the Blood
on- the Mucooe Surfaces of the 8ystem.
Bold by drurglata for over forty years,
Price 76c Testimonial! tree:
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' iimfil ilia npimflrr
As to who will win the nomina
tion, one guess is as good as another
and far better, to use an Irish bull.
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THE ADRIATIC QUESTION.
Premiers Lloyd George and Miller
and invite President Wilson to join
them in a formal proposal to the Ital
ian and Jugo-Slav governments to
negotiate an agreement on the basis
of withdrawal of all previous pro
posals for settling the Adriatic con
troversy. They declare in their re
ply to the lateat communication from
President Wilson that they never had
any idea of settling the matter with
out obtaining the views of the United
States government. President Wil
son expressed a willingness to accept
a settlement "mutually agreeable to
Italy and Jugo-Slavia regarding their
common frontier in the Fiume region,
provided such agreements not made
on the basis of compensation else
where at the expense of nationals of
a third power."
The premiers grab at that- They
say all right, let's wipe the slate
clean and let Italy and Jugo Slavia
reach an agreement. If they can't
do it, then they'll step in with the
linked States and try to solve the
matter, but so far as they are con
cerned they can see no way to settle
it except by the treaty of London a
treaty making certain concessions to
Italy as the price of her entrance in
to the war on the side of the Allies.
That is about the substance of the
latest from the British and French
premiers on this vexed question.
President Wilson had warned the pre
miers that unless the terms of set
tlement were returned to the provi
sions of the agreement of December
9, last, he would take under consider
ation withdrawal of the treaty of
peace and the French alliance from
the Senate- This Dec. 9 agreement
was regarded by England, France and
the United States as fair to Italy and
to Jugo-Slavia. Italy refused to ac
cept it, and the terms were changed
by the Allies to suit Italy without
consulting President Wilson. He con
sidered that the compromise settle
ment was a matter of expediency anl
contained the germs of another war,
that it opened "the way for Italian
control of Fiume's foreign affairs.''
President Wilson is expected to
make this week reply to the latest
proposal of the supreme council. His
stand is merely notice that if Europe
is to continue the land-grabbing meth
ed of settling matters, not allowing
small and weak states a chance, that
if the country that can hold out long
est can have its demands granted
without regard to justice and right,
then the United States must decline
to assume any obligations in connec
ts n with such settlement"!.
, ROBESONIAN NEWSPAPER
LUMBERTON AND ROBESON
Half a Century of Useful, Vigorous
Life Interesting Review of Lum
berton and Robeson.
Fayetteville Observer.
The Lumberton Robeson ian, one of
the good newspapers of North Caro
lina, recently celebrated its fiftieth
anniversary. Half a century of vig
orous, useful life! That is a fine
record for a newspaper, and one of
which the present proprietor should
be proud. For many years after its
foundation, the Robesonian was the
only paper published in the great
county of Robeson, and the strides
made by the people give evidence
that the little weekly newspaper es
tablished in 1870 by the Scotchman
McDiarmid of Quewhiffltf-township,
Cumberland county, has wielded a
potent influence for good in one of
the , richest agricultural sections of
North Carolina.
W. S. Wishart of Lumberton con
gratulates the editor on the fiftieth
Dr, Lewis, Dr. Bryant, Pope and Mc
Leod, the McQueen boys, Ed andj
Henry, Capt. William Norment, "Red ,
Own" Norment and others were thej
leading lights of the town, and fine !
men they were.
fe. . A I. tiif 4-Vi a tim a f h a PAriAannian tiro t I
started Henry Berry. Lowry and his';
gang were active in their devilment j
in Robeson county. One night in the;
summed of 1870, if we remember i
aright, there came a knock at the j
door of a store in which Clarke
Bridgers slept, and Clarke went out
to be told that Henry Berry Lowry
had killed his (Bridgers) brother-in-law.
"Black Owen" Norment. Those
were strenuous days, and the Robe
sonian was cradled in the storm.
Yes, changes have taken place in
Lumberton since the Robesonian was
established, ' in the days when Jogh
Barnes peddled peanuts on the
streets; when old Mr. Linkhaw shot
frbgs in Lumber river and sang
psalms in the Presbyterian church,
always finishing a line behind on
each stanza; when Mr. Caldwell
taught singing ui the different
churches finally abandoning the
anniversary cf his paper as follows: j Presbyterian church because hogs
To the Editor of The Robesonian
I desife to. congratulate you on this
your fiftieth anniversary.
There seems to be no record '.by
which the exact date of the first is
sue of the Robesonian can be given,
hut it was in February, 1780, and the.
latft Mr. J. A. McAllister told me a
few years ago that the first paper
came out on or about the lotn.
slept under the building and filled it
with fleas. But the good town has
steadily gone forward, and the Robe
sonian has grown and advanced with
it. Congratulations to Editor Sharpe
and his able and faithful force.
This is a long story about a news
paper and a town, isn't it? But it
is well to review the past occasionally
noting the changes which have taken
During its existence the Robesonian pace and tnp progress which has
has lived under seven managements,
and has always exerted its influence
for the best interest of the town,
countv. state and nation. People
have come and gone, and conditions
have changed many times, but tne
old paper has always stood' for what
was best, and I rejoice at its continued
success and prosperity- As the Robe
sonian grows older in years, I hope
it may continue to grow in usefulness
and popularity and receive the boun
teous support to which it is "justly
entitled.
On a bleak and gloomy day in Feb
ruarv. 1870. three individuals alight
ed in Lumberton from a stage coach.
Thev were met by McDiarmid, pros
pective editor and proprietor of the
Robesonian. He conducted them to
a little one-story brick building fac
ing Lumber River, in which they found
a dry goods box of pied type, a stand
and a few type cases, rescued from a
fire which consumed the office of the
Wadesboro Argus. After a short time
of fruitless effort to bring some sem
blance of an outfit from a mass of
"pi", the printers told McDiarmid that
he must get busy if he wished to pub
lish a newspaper. Accordingly Mac
went to Charleston and purchased
from Walker, Evans & Cogswell a
Washington hand press and a nice
outfit of type, and the Robesonian
took root and began to grow. It has
seen its ups and downs, but has al
ways been the staunch, reliably pa
per which it is today, with its mod-
i ern equipment under the management
of Editor Sharpe.
Of course many things have taken
place and much history has been,
made in Lumberton since 1870. Fifty
years aero Col. Neill Archie McLean;
J- A. McAllister, Colonel Rowland,
Judge Leach. Col. Nat. McLean, Mr.
Vonglahn, A. W. Fuller, Foster
French, Berry Godwin, Mr. Petteway,
Townsend Motor Co
Garage Phone 196.
Residence Phone 154-
MORE PRIZES FOR BEST ESSAYS
IN ANTI-MALARIA CAMPAIGN.
Prizes are piling up for Robeson
county school children in the anti
malaria campaign. The Robesonian
has Mentioned prizes offered by this
paper and the Robeson board of
health, in addition to the prizes of
fered by the North Carolina Land
owners' Association. Now comes the
following letter:
"Dear Mr. Sharpe: Please let me
in on prize offer for best essays
on eradication of malaria. I offer
as first prize, a volume of either We've robes and gloves and wind
'David Copperfield' or 'Ivanhoe' or! - shields 00' ...
, 0, , , ir, . io keep the cold from freezing you
Jaler From Shakespeare' or 'Pal-Arm yourseif and your car against
graves Golden Treasury,' bound in the cold. Driving an auto in the
full leather; as second prize, either' summer and in the winter are two
of these volumes re-inforced binding: I different and distinct propositions
,,. , .a . , ; and dont you forget it. You won't
as third pr.ze, e.ther of these vol- forget it y1 on a long jour!
umes bound in cloth. J. T. Nors-j ney unprepared. Make this your
worthy, the isook Man, xarborough; preparesnop.
Hotel, Raleigh, N. C."
We have nothing to do with it but
it is not likely that anybody is stand
ing on the fence with a stick beating
back those who want to offer prizes
for the best essays on the cause and
prevention of malaria, so we presume
Mr. Norsworthy will be allowed' to
come on in; and The Robesonian is
giving him this free advertising be
cause he sees a good thing and puts
one over on us, knowing that we hate
malaria worse'n pisen and will rejoice
every time another prize is piled up
as an inducement to Robeson county
school children to fight this disease
tooth and toenail with determination
to drive it out of the county and
keep it out.
So this is where abook man puts
one over on The Robesonian with its
eyes wide open.
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The Robesonian is beholden to
Editor G. G. Myrover of the Fayette
ville Observer for his splendid Teview
in connection with the filtieth anni
versary of the founding of this news
paper. It is reproduced elsewhere in
this issue and makes mighty inter
esting reading. Don't fail to read it.
Mr. Myrover and Mr. W- S. Wishart
of Lumberton know more about those
old days in Lumberton and Robeson
than any other two men living, and
if they would they could a tale un
fold that would be. treasured by gen
erations to come.
been made in a little city of 7,000!
inhabitants.
Has Had Stomach Trouble For Seven
Years.
Theodore Sanford of Fenmore, Mich,
has had stomach trouble for seven
years and" could not eat vegetables
or fruit without pain in the stomach
and restless nights. By taking Cham
berlain's Tablets he is now able to
eat vegetables or fruit without caus
ing pain or sleeplessness. If troubled
with indigestion or constipation give
these-tablets a trial. They are cer
tain to prove beneficial.
Daniel C. Roper, commissioner of
internal revenue, has informed offi
cials of his intention to resign shortly.
Don't use harsh physics. The re
action weakens the bowels, leads to
chronic constipation. Get Doan's
Regulets. They operate easily. 30c
at all stores.
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When you buy your new
Spring Hat, be sure it's a
"Mallory."
You can't find newer styles,
better shapes, or more attrac
tive shades than come in
Mallory Hats
Every line, curve and dimen
sion is exactly right.
The materials are of the high
est grade and they are made
by the most skillful workmen.
How could better Hats be pro
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R. D. Caldwell & Son
Lumberton 's Leading Depart
ment Store.
OPPORTUNITY calls at times unexpected and her demands
sometimes are hard to meet.
Have you ready money t Have you an established credit
that will enable you to meet her call!
Even if you are unprepared we might help you. At best you
will be welcomed if you will call.
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Our customers' prosperity governs our own, and that is
one reason for our interest in the real progress of every
patron. .
Discuss your plans confidentially with us. It will in
sure safety and invite profit. Use our facilities for
making investigations!
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