The Robesonian., 1897-11-03

Monday there was a good crowd
of people here attending the meet
ing of the county commissioners.
Sheriff Hall finished his first
round ofcollecting taxes Saturday.
The people have been paying
very promptly, the collections for
the month of October aggregating
nearly $25,OOO. The collections
IN Whitehouse, Thompsons and
Alfordsyille, the last three town
ships visited by the sheriff, were
over 81, 200.
Bill Arp, the celebrated Georgia
humorist will be at the opera house
next Monday night, 9th, in his
best lecture, THE Cavalier and
the Cracker" Everybody has
red the quaint sayings OF Bill, Arp
and laughed over them and all
our people should be anxious to
hear him speak. He is one of the
best in the South.
During the days of the Fair Mr..
O'Riley, the Photographer, will
make sittings for Cabinet Pictures
in the Mcleod Building, opposite
the Court house square. All work
will be finished in Lumberton.
Mr.. O'Riley made pictures of the
s9nool and business section of the
dity last week.
The two front rooms (Nos. and
p of the second story Of the new
Proctor & Mcleod building are
being fitted up for law Offices fol-
Col. N. A. Mclean, who will move
into them next week. Col. Nc
Lean will have the handsomest
and most conveniently arranged
offices of any attorney in town.
Last Friday night E. K. Proc.
tor, Jr., and Chas. Prevatt were
returning from Pembroke, where
Mr.. Proctor had been on business
Just on this side of L. E. Tyner't
one of the horses fell through 8
bridge and was badly hurt. The
horse fell astride the sleeper ano
it was about forty-fve minutes be-
fore he could be gotten off.
| DR.. Vampill received a Telegram
Monday morning from the Chas
King Dramatic Company stating
that owing to failure to make rail
road connection 1T would be i'm
possible for them to reach her
before this morning. They viii
appear at the opera house for tn
rest of the week. Change of pro
Egranrme every night. This ls de
cidedlY the best company that eve
visited our town.
i Henry Barker, of Howelsvill
township, died at his home nea
Tenmile church Monday mornin
of heart failure. He was a consist
ent and very useful member Q
Barkers Methodist church. II
will be missed is his home, in hi
church and in his community. H
was buried at the family buryin
ground, near his late residence
Funeral services were conducte
,, by Rev. J. D. Bundy.
, Every boy and young man i
Robson county should read tt
!, article "The Old Southern Gel
\ tleman, in another column. tt
writer is q native of this count
and is q trhs representative of Il
!. type he 80 we'll portrays. He
too modest to- clsim the title hin
self and will probabfy dsn1nr
: what the RoBrsosIAH says of hir
: It would be we'll if the artic
could be placed in the hands
every youth in the South.
q Last Fridays sales at the Lu,
berton Tobacco Warehouse we
the biggest ever held in Bumbt
! ton, not excepting opening BOD
and special days. The prie
!, paid, 80 far AZ we could lear
g were satisfactory to the farme:
: The RoBEsoN1AN is glad to nc
:. that the patronage of our wa.
- house is increasing steadily a
hopes to soon see the day VII
the market will out grow the I
81 pacity of q single warehou
10 making the building of anothe
% necessity.
oo Officer J. K. Kinlaw, of Fayet
at vile was here last Wednesday
as ter Eliza and William Perry, "
+o were wanted to answer to
charge of stealing "a OF and
pig from a negro justiee of
o. peace of Cumberland eoun
ne The men were in Jail here 6
W we're taken to Fayettevilts N
NJ nesday evening Mr.. Kinlaw ,