North Carolina Newspapers

EIGIH ::r::::::::r:::::::iii:r:ninii!Ti::r:: TbcCoslinaCat of Jimmy Myers it T7ZZXIAM ALLEN WHTTB iniiniuuuumiuuiiiitiitiiiuiuiiui IT SEEMED end thing to do, but we had to do It Tor ours is ordinarily a quiet office. Wo have never had a Ubel mil W have had fewer fight than moat newspaper of fices hare, and while It hardly, may v ..u av.& ima tjk kImM " iHU in the main we try to get on with the people, and tell them as much truth aa taey ara tntltled to for ten cent a week. Naturally, we do our beat to get up a aprightly papar, and In that ' the If yen boy had our Idea exactly. He waa tnduatrioua; more than that, he tried with all Jila might to exer elae hla beat Judgment, and no one could aay that he waa careleaa; yet everyone around 'the office admitted We took Urn from the college at the edge of town. He had been running the college paper for a year, and knew jthe merchants around town fairly well; and, since he waa equipped aa far as education went, ha seemed to be a likely sort of a boy for reporter and advertising solicitor. - One of the first things that happened to him waa a mistake in an Item about the opera house. He said that "n; jdieate had taken a lien on it. What he meant waa a lease, and aa he got the item from a man who didn't know the difference, and aa the boy atuck to It that the man had said lien, and not lease, we did not charge that up to him. A few days later he wrote for a town photographer a paid local criti cising some one who was going abroad the county peddling picture frames and taking orders for enlarged pic tures. That was not so bad, but it turned out . that the peddler waa a woman, and aha came with a rawhide and camped in the office for two' days waiting for Jimmy, while he came in and out of the back door, atuck hla copy on the hook by stealth, and trav eled only in the alleys to get his news. One could hardly say that he was to blame for that, either, as the photog rapher who paid for the item didn't aay the peddler waa a woman, and the boy was not a clairvoyant 1 One dull day he wrote a piece about 'a gang who played poker at night in Bed Martin's room. Jimmy said he wasn't afraid of Red Martin, and he wasn't The item waa popular enough. ana iea 10 a nua on mo piece, wnicn disclosed our best advertiser sitting in the game. To suppress his name meant our shame before the town; to . print it meant hie at our expense. It was embarrassing, but It wasn't ex actly the boy's fault It was Just one of those unfortunate circumstances that come up In life. However, the advertiser aforesaid began to hate the boy. t He must have been used to Injustice all his life, for there was a vertical line between his eyes that marked trouble. The line deepened as he went further and further into the newspaper bulness ; for, generally speaking, a per son who is unlucky has less to fear handling dynamite than he has writ ina local Items on a country naner. j A few days after the raid on the poker room Jimmy, who had acquired a particularly - legible hand, wrote: "The hem of her skirt was trimmed with pink crushed roses," and he waa In no way to blame for the fact that the printer accidentally put an "h" for a a in sairt, inougn me woman s husband chased Jimmy Into a culvert under Main street and kept him there most of the afternoon, while the cheer ing crowd informed the Injured hus band whenever Jimmy tried to get out ef either end of his prison. The printer that made the mistake bought Jimmy a new suit of clothes, we managed to print an apology that cooled the husband's wrath, and for ten days, or perhaps two weeks, the boy's life was one round of Joy. Everything was done promptly, accu rately gence. and tth remarkable Intelll- He whistled at his work and lacKea up more copy man me print-j era could set up In type. , He told us in confidence that he : never felt festive and gay that some- , a. i a . . thlng didn't happen. He was not In . I the building that evening when the paper went to press, but after It waa printed and the carriers had left the office he came in singing : "She's My Sweetheart, I'm Her Beau," and sat down .to read the paper. ..Suddenly the smile on his face with- Kate. The whole. town turned out ered as with frost and he handed the 8nd the foreman; of . our office, and paper across the table to the book- everyone in the back room who could keeper, who read this Item: Y6 "Ped was at the governor's fu- niaH Xfra I llllnn nitoav '. Prepare. for. the hot weather, my good woman.. There is only one way now; get a gasoline stove of Hurley A Co., and you need not fear any fu-. And It wasn't Jimmy's fault. The foreman had merely misplaced a bead line, but' that explanation did not sat- 'iafythe" bereaved "family. . Jimmy waa beginning (o acquire a reputation as a Joker. People refused to believe" that sdeh" things Just hap pened. .They did not happen before Mr. James Myers cams to the paper why should they begin with his com ing and continue-- during his engage - roentT Thus reasoned the comforters ef the Gllseys, and those interested la our downfall. The next day the "Statesman", wrote a burning editorial denouncing us "for an utter lack of 'all sense of common decency" that feraltted us "te violate the sacredest feeling known te the human heart for the sake of getting a ribald laugh from the unthinking.' We were two weeks explaining that the error was not the boy's fault v: - The summer wore away and the dog days came. The Democratic state campaign waa about to open in eur tows, and orators and statesmen as- resembled from : all over the Missouri 'valley. There was a lack of flags at the dry goods stores. : The Fourth of July celebration had taken all - the stock. The only materials available ware some red buntingy Wte bunting, and some blue bunting wtyn aura upon it-. With this bunting the committee on-reception? covered the speakers' stand, wrapping the canopy under which the orators stood in the solid colors and the star-spangled blue. It waa beautiful to sea, and the pride f the' window-dresser -of the Oolden Eagle Clothing store, i But the old sol diers who walked by andged, one an other and smiled., ;c!s. ? . ! .'. About noon of the day of the speak ing the city clerk, who wore the little tbronxe button pt the 0, A. IL. asked, 'Jimmy If he didn't, want someone to Stake care of the Democratic meeting.' Jimmy, who hated politics, ; was run ning his legs off to get, the names of the visitors, and waa glad t have -the thelp. , He turned n the contributed copy without reading it,; a he bad (done with the city clerk's articles many times before, and this is what greeted his horrified eyes when lie read the paper: :JMfy$. 1 . , "Under the Stars and Bars" 4 1 Democracy Opens Its State Campaign Under 'the Rebel Emblem Today ' A 'Fitting folen yvp Treasonable Utterances Have a Proper Setting . And. then followed half a column of most violent abuse of the Democrats ; who had charge of the affair. Jimmy .did not appear on the street that night, but the next morning, when he 'came down, the "office was crowded with Indignant Democrats "stopping? the paper." . ' . j Jimmy had a peculiar knack of get ting up little stories of the townnot exactly news stories, but little odd bits Ithat made people smile without rancor 1 when they saw their namea in the quaintly turned items. One day ha wrote op a story of a little boy whose mother asked him where he got a dol lar (hat he was flojjrtshjnf pjt Ms return with his father from a visit in Kansas City. The little boy's answer was that hia father gave It to him for calling him uncle when any .ladles were around. It waa merrily spun, and knowing that It would not make John Luck, the boy's father, mad, we print ed it, and Jimmy put at the head of it a foolish little verse of Kipling's. Miss Larrabee, at the bottom of her aociety 'column, , announced the engagement jof two prominent young people in town. The Saturday paper waa un usually readable. . But when Jimmy came In after the paper was out 'he found Miss Larrabee In tears, and the foreman leaning oyer the counter laugh ing so that he couldn't speak. It wasn't Jimmy's fault. The foreman had done It by the mere transposition of a little brass rule separating the society news from Jimmy's story with the Kipling verse at the head of it The rule tacked the Kipling verse onto Miss Larrabee's article announcing the engagement. Here la the way it read: "This marriage, which will take place at St Andrew's church, will unite two of the most popular people In town and two of the best-known families In the state. "And this is the sorrowful jtory Told as the twilight falls, While the monkeys are walking to gether, Holding each other's tails P Now, Jimmy 'waa no more to blame than Miss Larrabee, and many people thought and think to thia day. that Miss Larrabee did It and did it on purpose. But for all that it cast clouda over the moon of Jimmy's coun tenance, and it waa nearly a year be fore he regained hla merry heart But as the months rolled bj he be came calm, and. when Governor Antro bus died, Jimmy got up a remarkably good story of his life and achievements, and though there was no family left to the .dear old man to bur extra copies, all the old settlers who are the harden bmdIa 1b the world i - - -j, - r please bought extra copies for their acrapSboka. We were proud of Jimmy, d assigned hUn to write up the fo- nra1 That waa i K. . Kit. . t-t. amph In Capua." There being no rela- tlves to interfere, the lodges of , the town and the governor waa known as a "Jlner" had vied with one another to make the funeral the t greatest I rooster-feather enow ever given In the neraL make up the paper, and told Jimmy to4 call by the undertaker's for a paid local which , the undertaker had writ ten for the paper.that day. -v, , Jlmmy'aj face waa beaming as he snuggled up to his desk at three o'clock that .afternoon. . He said he had a great story. Trusting the foreman ta read the proof, Jimmy rushed out to aet from a United States senator who was attending the funeral an interview on the sugar scandal, for the Kansas City Star. , The rest of us did not get back from the cemetery until the carriera had left the office, and this is what we found: . ? ."yha solemn moan of the organ had scarcely lied away, like a quivering sob upon, the frsgrant air, when the mournful procession of citizens, began filing paat the fiowsrladen bier to view the calm face of their beloved friend apl honored townsman, fa fte rfr THE BOEECCITIAII, LUIIcmTOU, VCZ7H JSfA MISS ELIZABETH KELLY HEADS &XStt , V - TEACHERS ASSEMBLY mUicular Sinfwe desire New. and oiWlb,; Wcall the attention of our readers The North Carolina -Teachers i.As to the admirable work done by our erably came to the end df its thirty hustling young undertaker J. B. Mor- ninth and greatest session with v lee. ran. He has been in the city but a short time, yet by Jils efficient wore and careful attention to duty, he baa built up an . enviable reputation and aa excellent custom' among the best,, families of the city. JL11 work done with neatness and dlspatch.; We strive to please. ..... . Y- '' fWhen-. the If st sad mourner bad !flled ' out, the paU-bearera look" up their sorrowful taskrf and slowly, aa ;the band played theDead March in '6801 the great throng assembled In the street viewed the mortal remains of Governor Antrobus "start on their last Journey ; " , Of course It wasn't Jimmy's fault The "rising young undertaker" had pald the tramp printer, who made up the forms, five dollara to work his paid lecal into the funeral notice. But after 'that Jimmy had to go. Public sent!' ;ment -would : no longer stand him as a reporter on the paper, and we gave 'him a good letter and aent him onward 'and upward, He took his dlsmissaL. decently enough. ' He realized that his .luck was against him; he knew, that :we had borne with him in all patience. The day that he left he was instruct ing the new man in the ways of the town. Rev. Frank Mllllgan came In with n church notice. Jimmy took the ftcicjuad Jean tyjtUns U tot the Printer. As the ' door - behind him opened and dosed, Jimmy; with - his head still in hla workcalled across the room to the new man: "That was old Mllllgan that just went out beware :of him.. -He will load . yon up with track t about Mniself. He rings In sermons; trots around with church so cial notices tnat ought to be paid for, and trlef ta get them In free; llkea to be referred toa doctors allps In mean Items about bis congregatlen," if you fion't watch hint! and insists, on talk ing religion Saturday morning when iyon are too busy to spit More than .that, he has an awful breath cut him out ; he will make life burden if you ;dont and if yon do he - will go -to 'the old man with it and say. yon are 'not treating him right" . " 4 - Theje was a , igattllng and a scratch ing on the wire partition between Jlmmy and the door. - Jimmy looked up from his work and'aaw the spright ly little figure of Parson Mllllgan. com ing over the railing like a monkey,. He had not gone out of the door a print 'er had come In when It opened and L sbut And then Jimmy took his last lying trip out of the back door of the office, down the alley, "toward the sun set's purple rim." It was net his fault. He waa only telling the train where it would do the moist good, Mr. J. G. Prevatt of R. 3, LuW- berton, has purchased a farm in Wake county' and expects to move to. the farm with his family next, week, , The county cpmmissionera, , the county board of education -and,, the county road board are holding re gular monthly meeting here, today. . : Mr. R. T. Sanderson brought to The Robesonian office Saturday a second crop apple tnav wouia , nave oeen some", apple had the frost .not caught it It waa of the early variety. .. 4 In these" perilibua tiu.es It ia fine to hav faith in your customers, and to hare that faith returned in good measure. : It speaks Well for both sides. We have faith that our tustomera will, as lal the past, make a livin and b able to pay their debta. Wewill, as we hare for TEN YEARS, do our best to aid them so that their Tarioua business 1 may be carried on with a minimum expense thru the wise , use of caah money . Before the whr our deposits were ' leaa : than ' $10,000.00 and todajj' they ar orer $158,000.00. - " , V Our cuatomeraJiaTe neyer failed to pay their notes iat full, not even in 1920 when prices "were deflated. We have faith In the f u ture of thia Southland, faith -in the Good Old North Stt, fith In Robeson County; faith in Pembroke Townahip, faith in tho town of Pembroke, and will back thia faith to our limit, realizing always that , Iwt shall be guided by the bankink laws of our State; and that the In terests of our depoaitors are ever firat in our minds, i y - ! ' We invite the business of all our friends and neighbors, and will " asaure to all the best of treatment, and offer to all good safe place to keep your surplus funds,' and ahall extend aid, to our. patrons as ; CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONDITION-NOV, 17th, 1922. - -'. :-: ;wVitiiBaES. Loans and 'Discounts ..i...r..rv-$129,155i6 ; ; Furniture and Fixtures ... ,". 'A :'16208 - " . - -: Cash on hand and to'ltol. Real Estate a .tea ?ajaeeee U.,S. TreaaCicates'iv;;, .V.i. . '- ip.OOO.OS . Stocks and Bonds yi ii . ... . . ';lvi'vf?'-' '''-V : v" : :; $181,780.68 - LIABILITIES. Capital" Stock " ; ... . ; . . . Undivided Profits "Jfet r . r .... ft rV . i .J. vf .480.62 Combined Deposita 1. . ';..;.. ; .r'J 15887.15 Due War Finance Corporation 112.51 Pembrokey N. C; B. H I4VEBJMORE, President, . j- - , A,,BI. BREECE, CAHCLCTA. . : KOITDAY, HZZZZZZ i, 1C22- mre ty vr. uenry van uyae, oi .ran. ce ton, last' night, after the Assembly had elected Miss Elizabeth Kelly, of Raleigh, preseident; Fred Archer, of Greensboro, ; vice-president; and had given' a vote of endorsement to the selection of Jnle B. Warren, ' of Ral eigh, as secretary.' Mr. Warren's term runs until July 1923. - After a spirited fight on the floor of the - Assembly at the afternoon business session, the teachers, reafi f irmed their belief in Thanksgiving week "as-the time for the annual meet. ing when they overwhelmingly .yoted down a proposal to hold the meeting in Raleigh December 27-29, 1923 and immediately ; afterwards ' rejected a similar proposal asking the execu tive " committee to consider another time for .the' meeting. . , , C:? Messrs. J. D. and J. IL. McArthur of-: Wakulla- were Lumberton visitors Friday. - - ; ' - fc J I .. Mrs. C. C. Michael and Mrs, W. T. Sledge and: small daughter,,. Miss Frances, of .: Fairmont, were; among the visitors in town Friday, . ' 'Mr Walter Baxley of R. 1, St, Pauls, was a Lumberton visitor Fri day"' " : ' 'T: : - Mr. - J. W,: Sinclair and ' brother, Master Duncan Sinclair of R. S from Maxton, were among - the visitors in town Friday.. , k ; Mr.-W. U. Britt of Parkton was a Lunabertdn visitor Friday.'. j 7 - - i EXECUTOE'8 NOTICE - - Hatie b hereby riven that the undentened hv qualified u exacuton of thaaitat of Z. T. McMillan, deceued. All penom having claim against th ctate arc directed to ore- enf tb lame, duly Itemised and TcrUied to the - traders Urned exeeuton on ; or: Before the lt' day of Deeember. 1928. otherwUe thil notice -will he pleaded in bar of reeoverr. All persona indebted to said estate are re quested to make Immediate payment to the andeniirned. 'Jt-r: D. T. HeMIUiAN and CLAYTON KOS3, '- "Eieeutors of Z. T. HcMUlan. deceased. JbRnson A Johnson, t '' Attorneys for the Ezeentors, & I2-4-B Hon. M-NOTICE OP LAND 8ALB - - llnder and by virtue of the power end au thority contained In a certain Mortgage Deed executed by A. G. Garrls to R. E. Brbson. dated Nov. lBth. . 1919, recorded in the office of Besister of Deeds, Robeson County in UooK No.49, Page No. 240, default having been made In the payment of the debt secured thereby), the undersigned mortgagee will, on Monday the first day of January 19ZS, at twelve o'clock, M. in front of the Court Boose door, in the town of Lumberton. offer for sale at public auction,' to the highest bidder fee cash the following described real etwe, to' wHt . ':-.- i " . In ParktonJTownehip, Hooeson vounty. North Carolina?' , - Lying on the soatn-west of Little vo uamp Creek; and Including the place . where New ton' saw. mill - waa located bemnina at a pine stump-In the road, oak' peintert, Henry Williams eorne in or near ,Cowan Deans', formerly Musselwhite'a line runs thence with that line N. 60 W. 15.76 chains to a light, weed stump near where the mill was located; Omnat N. SO. W. 10 IS T ehaine to maple at i the ran of Little Cole Camn : thence down i the run with the various courses thereof about 29' chains, to a stake in-gum pointers. Henry Williams corner; thence with said Williams' lie H. S- W. LLflO chains to the beginning. containing 2fr-acres, more or less, ..being the sam tract of land conveyed by Paul B. Ca pelie 'trustee, to R E. Briaeon by deed dated Sept. 11 th, 1918,' and recorded in Book -P, page x 409. Kotteson uounry negwiry. . .ana bv the said R. E. Brisson conveyed to. A. J. Gnrris by. deed dated Oct; 8th. 1919, but not recorded. 1 . Dated this, the first day of ueeemoer ivzz. T, .'R. E. BRISSON, , -v . - .!'' v - - Mortgagetr McLean. Vrsr. McLean-ft Stacy. ' Attorneys. . IZ-- W. - ; 2,000.00 i.,. vv;: . $lO,ooo $181,780.68; BI PAUL, Cashier,; J Vice President.' . him ' -The U. D. C. wIH meet with Mas ' Miss Mary Entwistle of Rocking-1 Flora Neal McMillan Thursday after.' ham and guests; Miss Dorothy Jones noon at " 3 :30. A large attendance is of New ' York, and " Miss . Pat : Ash-. ." desired. " : ..' ; :' . , craft of Monroe and Messrs. William ' r; m.m ' TI. 't-f:"- -': Harry Entwistle, Walter Scales and a Mr. W. I Jenkins of ; Columbia, ' James Garrett of Rockingham spent ' S. O, spent yesterday here with his 'yesterday afternoon here, guests at mother, Mrs." Daisy v. W. Jenkins, the home of Dr. and Mrs. R. S. Beam, " Messrs. J. P. and S.' C Watson ol !J3iehth and Walnutlstreets. ? , , 1'atum, . S. - C; alao spent. yesterday here at the home of Mrs. Jenkins. . ..Mrs. W. B. Crumpton-and two 'chil. dren,' Corrie Ellen and WHL return ed Saturday from BennettsvilleVi o., where they spent a few days vis - iting at the home " of Mr." and Mrs.: D. B. Fletcher. Mr W. 3. NftTMft of PfrtCnnlTo ta a Lumberton visitor today v Put in your, winter eyenings study. tag the farm business. Wsite - the sive ' dairymen of North - Carolina, agricultural extension service at RalHis days are numbered in those herds eigh for a list of available bulletins, whose owners wish to make money They are free-for the" asking. : -j from their cows,' " - - .. ' - 1 youiw9epa ror You' want your best food in the world at the lowest cost W You can get such results and earn a profit , by feeding them : - , ; V J'. Happy Cow Sweet Feed; VI , . (24 Much of the cow's food is required to sustain 4 ' her body and run her milk-making machinery, i The rest of her feed contains the raw materials . for making milk. " , ' " ' It is a rich feed. You should feed it with vour 'home grown jhay or ensilage to give your cows what they need to produce ? " their limit at the lowest Cjost for feed.; s - Happy Cow Feed is a real money- maker for you.'" S ' ; ;v Thia famoua ration ia mad try Edgar-Morgan Co, of Memphis. W sell it 'Phona or cJl today for price and Um newest ideas on feeding for profit . . J ' : j tbank; bouGn oBdoisBY. company( i-.. . Lumberton, N.-C cw.i BUY YOUR from- 5. G. CASHWELL ; ON ELIZABETHTOWN also carry s good lias .Candies a Specialty. ' GIVE $500.00 'A. Vf At! -MORE FOR THE AVERAGE SOUTHERN " FARMER;-. 'v :H ,J 1 This is The Progressive Fanner's Fighting Slogan Every , Issue tell&i yon how to get it! - -v - 'Jri ; r :. Bemember The Progressive Farmer comes Weekly - 62 Big Issues Every Year. i - f OVR SPECIAL CLUBBING OFFER With THE PBOGBESSIVE FABMEB ENABLES, YOU . '.'.;' TO HAVE THIS . ' . , - 4 ' GREAT SOUTHERN WEEKLY; V; , : At little cost, and it will surely help yon to make more money- : YOUR OWN COUNTY N 'l : THE ROBESONIAN ; ; ; , i,-1, and 1 1 " 1 . " - 1 THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER - C f - . ' ' V , Each for One Year for ONLY $2.50. j FiU in Coupon helbw and 'eticiose $2.60 che'ek. or money order. -y THE BOBESONIAN, v a ' ; Lumberton, N Ci V Enclosed find $2.60, for which send tae for a full jear.each THE BOBESONIAN and THE PBOGBESSIVfi FABMEB Name P.O. Boute Box.7.. Mr8.'A, E. White ia" expected home ; this 'afternoon fromManon, S. CL, "... nivi,. . oais t, wvukv waktuuaj luvi UUl to visit friends. VX7 nova " ah' toAnf . K a f n v1 v fnAvtifvtM S.1 Miss. Jane Carmichael of Washing-i , ton spent the week-end here," guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. McLeab, Chestnut street. -r:lr- - - ' - . r.jg -mm The scrub' bull has been., tried, con- Meted and Sentenced by the progrea- cows to produce the Protein) - ; B-D-l GAS AND OIL x- -f BOAO NEAR ICE PLANT. r " of Staple and Fancy Groceries, US A TBIAL. j- " ' - V Ts S t State sf1 " V st . - ' If SB II-" 'IB- II a"-w iii nw. , ' . . 4- .iw ,it';S, .'Si' v ,