^EE ROBESONIAN Pnbiiahed Monday and Thursday Aftcmbon By THE ROBEHONIAN. INC. 1. A. 8BARPE . President WBSCRIFflON BATES: One Tear -.MAC Six Mentha ... ... I CO T^ree Mentha .. -50 OaBvered by carrier in Lumbtrttm One Tear . MAO BM Mentha .. I.3M Thane Montha .00 Entered aa second tins* mail matter * Ms# nnatnCce at Lamberten. N. G OMce West Fifth Street Trie phone No. 20. MONDAY, JAN. 5, 1925. CONCERTED ACTION NEEDED ^ A news item in the Wilmington Star records that "resolutions urging that members of the Ccrtcrai Assem bly from Pender, Bladen and Onslow counties be requested to amend the act of 1821 so as to extend route No. 23 of the North Carolina high way system from Elizabethtown to Jacksonviile via Burgaw were adopt ed at an enthusiastic meeting of ti e Tri*€ounty Highway association" held at; Burgaw on the night of the l^t." Speakers called . to the fact that it was the purpose of the ... "W*W"192r ttrfW!WrfdtMft-neats Which has not been done in this immediate section. Wou!d it not he a good idea for Robeson, Blade n, Cumberland, Columbus and Hoke counties to form an association for the purpose of seeing what can be done about remedying the condition of highways connecting their county seats? Hard-surface highways are badly needed connecting Lumberton with Elizabethtown, Fayetteville, Raeford and Whiteville, but no con certed efforts are being made to bring these needs to the attention of Commissioner McGirt. Robeson and adjoining counties,, have slept on their rights, and other counties have secured hard-surfacc roads not even connecting county scats. ii itooeson ana aajommg counties do not press their claims to consid eration and just dealing they are going to get as iittie consideration in apportionment of funds from the additional money the Genera! As sembly will be asked to provide as they have received in apportionment of the sixty-five millions that" have been spent. It would be hard to find roads anywhere that need hard-surfacing more than the roads connecting Lumberton with Fayetteville and Elizabethtown. This is a matter that should have public consideration at once, as The Robesonian sees it. Robeson is beau tifully supplied with State highways on the map, but the improved high ways are not on the ground. They ere merely pictures of highways, with the exception of one 23-mile stretch. This county's claims have received very little consideration and are not likely to be given considera tion as long as the people are content to sleep on their rights. A NOSE FOR NEWS IM'-'' .linger the kbo)My#aptian the es-i 7nji .coptps The Robesonian tell Afft ;{- itigf a^ WaRirtgiJwerld how a photog rapher of color did a rushing busi ness on the streets of this town Christmas morning, giving the names of some prominent and pulchritudi nous gentlement who patronized this 2-minute service, and editorialiy com ments as follows: "We have at times in the past ob served social columns where one's rating was based to some extent on the ability of the subject to assimi late punishment in fashionable hospi tals, but must admit that this newest wrinkle from the pages of the digni fied Lumberton Robeson ian excels. "Can it be that a fast dying leap year inspired a collusion between the eligible bachelors and the Robesonian repotter to advertise to a feminine world the available crop of masculine charms? "Or can it be that Lumberton har bors such a galaxy of celebrities that the mere fact of their patronizing the quick lunch beauty shop becocncs an item of news? "But please, Mr. Reporter, refrain from giving us the color of the mayor's pajamas." Trouble with you, sonny, is that vou may know a piece of news if it's labeled and handed in, but would never recognize an explosion right under your nose. You might priht an item about a dog running down the street with a tin can tied to his tail, but if that same dog happened to walk down the street with the can tied to his tail you'd pass it up. Re minds of the cub reporter who was sent to report a balloon ascension and didn't write anything. When asked by his editor why hg did not turn in the story he replied there was noth ing to report, that the balloon burst and killed the man. Selah. KNOW YOUR STATE It is wcH to learn * something about one's State every day. From time to time this The Roboaonian will give in this column some fact; worth remembering about North Car otins. In its issue New Year's day I the Charlotte Observer published enough '"'firsts" that are to be plac ed to the credit of North Carolina , to furnish grist of this kind for sente time to come. "Cur list of great men and great things", says The Observer, "mahc3 ; up a pridefui record. Some of the I items in it are not so well known, even by our own people . . . Mildred Lewis Rutherford, the old lady who as a young girl struck d smail Confederate !lag in l.er hair publishes The Scrap Book, a pnmph iet which every month contains Valu able information about the South." In the August number "there is a con tribution on 'North Carolina First' by Mrs. P. S. Rothrock of Mount Airy, historian of the North Caro lina Division of the United Daugh ters of the Confederacy", and it is from that record, as reproduced by Tim Observer, tl at The Robeson will draw for a few issues. Here are a fpw to memorize before the next issue: The first and oldest, white settle ment that has been continous in America was established in the town of Bath. The first child of Anglo-Saxon blood born in America was Virginia Dare, born on Roanoite Island, N. C. The /irst open resistances to the British Crown was led by Herman HwdMMap'tn Noftir^Hhgc '. The first real clash at :MM9tag3in3t the rule of Britian, was at ?,Ioore's Creek, North Carolina. The deciding battle of the Revolu tionary War was founght at Gu-lford Courthouse near Greensboro, Guilford County, Horth Carolina. THE ACID TEST Throwing open' the doors of the White House to ait who cared to ca!!, states a Washington d'spatcln President and Mrs. Coolidge n ceived ^,000 visitors at their New Year's se:cption^ For fo-:r hours and a ha!f the President and ins wife stood in the biuc rj-nn sbakin:!* hands with their <.,ll?-s ro d extending and receiving New* Year's gretmgs. Tire number received, the dispatch con tinues, was no greater than in pre vious years, but the proportion of the genera! pub!ic to the portion classed as official wa3 larger. Ail classes and conditions of people called. There appears to be some thing about the President and l,is wife, a former school-marm, that inspires respect and; confidence and love. If they have been spoiled at all by their high station it dees not appear from reports of their doings. Plain everyday folk, bent on doing the day's work creditably, from all accounts. In which respect they dify fer refreshingly from some people who cannot stand a little prominence and prosperity. The smaller the man or woman, the more uppish and cold, haughty and exclusive do they be come when they attain to high place. It is the acid test which makes the plcbian sou! haughty and cold and exclusive and which makes more hu man and approachable the souls of real worth. -:-o SPECIAL RALEIGH CORRESPONDENT. During the session of the General} As^cmbiy which convenes Wednesday' of this week The Robesonian ^iii be represented in Raieigh by*k i^pecia! correspondent, M3<-!% L- Shipman. Mr. Shipman is peculiarly wei! quaii- i fied to furnish a service that wiH j keep Robesonian readers thoroughiy posted on iegisiative matters. His ieng term of office as commissioner of iabor and printing has given him a knowiedge of pubiic men and meas ures that few men in the State pos sess, and he has for years been a suc cessful newspaper man. Mr. Ship man's first ietter appears in today's issue. He not oniy witi keep Robe sonian readers informed of iegisiative matters and news of the capita! city in genera!, but wiii give special at tention to matters pertaining to Rob eson cuonty. The Robesonian never before has been so weii prepared to give its readers fine service during a term of the Genera! Assembly. Daiiy newspa pers sometimes boast of their special correspondents, but it is a rare thing for a semi-weekiy paper to be so weii represented. The Robesonian with a ! correspondent in Raleigh gets right up among the pictures. !f you want real service don't faii to !et The Robesonian be a reguiar visitor to your home. -o-1 LYNCHING RECORD IMPROVES The record in regard to lynchings seems to be growing better. North Caroiina's record in that respect has been dear for a number of years. The smaiiest number, sixteen, in apy l year since records have been kept ! were lynched iast year, as announc ed by the department of records and research of Tuskegee institute. In {making the report R. R. Moton, TO OUR FA!THFUL OLD FRIENDS, OUR CHERISHED NEW FRIENDS AND TO THOSE WHOSE FRIEND SH!P WE STRIVE TO DESERVE, WE WISH A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. \ WE WANT TO SERVE YOU DURING 1925. , g . State Land Development and Insurance Company 2C7 L&FAYETTE LIFE BUILDING. PHONE FO^-OHFOUR. , j#'..;.:-. 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