The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-06-16

DR.. 7. A. Norment has the hon
or of being the first depositor in the
Bank of Lumberton. He was
ready with his money before the
bank was opened for business and
had his name first entered on its
books. Mr. A. w. Mclean was g
close second to DR.. Norment.
Saddle Tree postoifice, which
had been getting mail irregularly
for some time, is now on a daily
route, being placed on the ST.
Pauls line. The mail from ST.
Pauls comes in by way of Rozier
and goes out by Saddle Tree. The
change went into effect this week
and is q great convenience to the
people.
The proceedings of the county
commissioners appear on the first
page of this issue. In addition to
the regular routine of work the
commissioners drew jury for the
July term CT the Criminal Court.
appointed registrars and poll
holders for the school election in
August and fixed the tax levy fol
1897. This makes the proceed
ings of more than ordinary inter
est.
Mr.. Jabez Myers, of Charlotte
died last week in hospital in
New York. Mr.. Myers was 9
drummer and was we'll known al,
over the State. His brain became
affected several years ago, since
which time his mind had been i'm
paired. In one of his fits of de-
firium he was shot and seriousl,
wounded by citizen of Charlotte
He was in the insane ward of tn,
hospital when he died,
Capt. R. T. Faucette, manager
of the Lumberton tobacco ware
house, accompanied by his son
Robert, arrived from Durham
Monday. Mrs. Faucette an,
daughter, Miss Matte, are still il
Durham but will come here a
soon as their house is ready TO
them. Capt. Faucette made man,
friends here last year and will re
ceive cordial and hearty Wel
come on his return as a perma
nent citizen.
| The RoBEsoN1AN believes Their
is no prettier field of corn in tn
county than that of Mr.. William
EPrevatt, near Col. Rowland's. /
is worth looking at, and no mis-
take. And the peas are about a
good as the corn. Mr.. Prevatt ha
six acres in the piece and is calcu
lating on getting two hundre
| bushels of corn from it. If tn
seasons are at all favorable MI
| Prevatt will be more than likel
to gather as much as he expects.
| DR.. R. NJ. Norment has returne
from Asheville, where he had bee
attending the United States Gin
cult Court, in which the injunct
ion suit of the Southern Railwa
against Governor Russell and tn
officers of the North Carolin
Railroad, was argued befo1
Judges Simonton and Brawley
The argument was conclude
, Wednesday and Judge Simonto
has the case in hand and will rel
| der his decision later. DR.. No
ment is president of the Mort
Carolina Road.
The State Press Association hel
} a very pleasant convention {
: Morehead City last Wednesda
r and Thursday. Officers electe
{ for the present year were as TO
2 lows: J. B. Whitaker, Jr., pres
3 dent; J. T. Britt, w. A. Curt
2 and w. S. Herbert, vice-pres
dents; John B. Sheriff., secretal
and treasurer w. C. Dowd, or
, tor; Josephus Daniels, poet; ]
A. Deal, historian; J. A. Thoma
Thad. R. Manning, H. A. Londo1
j. w. Bailey and J. A. Robinso
executive committee. John
Sheriff. was elected delegate
: the national convention.
4 After two weeks of waitin
caused by the delay in getting Il
n books from the printers the Bal
!, of Lumberton opened its doors f
4 business Monday morning. It
officers of the bank were very mu'
) annoyed at the delay, but it W
Y due TO no carelessness or neg,
i gence on their part and was un
u voidable. The RoBEsoNIAN col
v mends this home institution to t
r people Of Lumberton and Robes
county. 1t is worthy of their p,
ronage and should be encourage
as it fills one of the needs of