The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-01

where he has been spending a few
weeks for his health. He is mucl
improved.
A wild hog was seen in the swan,
near the David Mccall place som,
time ago. Some parties are goin.
to try to capture him soon. Re
suits will be given later.
The road machine is at work OF
our streets. Its management is |
little awkward, something like tn,
little boy when he first attempt
to pillow. We think it is a gooe
thing.
Misses Kittie Afford and Nors
Wright, of Floral College, passed
through town Saturday on theil
way from Alfordsville, where the,
have been visiting relatives ano
friends.
| This is a dull season of the wear
tor news and the reporters absence
from town will have to be offered
as an excuse for the small
amount of news in this column
this week.
jim Blue, the distillery man.
will have the blues sure enough
when the good citizens of Robson
and Richmond counties get thro'
with him and John Shaw has all
his spare change.
J. D. Black, the popular and eff
ficient agent Of the C. F. & Y. V.
at this place, has returned from a
tour of the northern cities. He
went al far as Montreal, Canada
and reports pleasant trip.
Rev. N. 6. Hill left Monday af-
ternoon of last week to attend a
meeting of the Board of Regents of
Barium Springs (Presbyterian)
Orphanage, which met at Barium
Springs at 1870 a. m. Tuesday.
Col. NJ. McRae, of Raeford, was
IN town last Friday looking as hale
and hearty as ever. The Colonel
IS one of Robeson's most pron1i-
nent citizens and his many friends
are always glad to see him here
All the merchants are daily re-
celvlng large quantities of fall
goods and preparing to meet the
large trade they expect this sea-
son. This is the best cotton mar
ket between Wilmingtona and Char
lotte.
Let the citizens of Maxton, who
have relatives buried in the ceme-
terry, appoint a day and clean UP
the place. 1t seems that some
people soon forget their dear ones
that are resting there. The place
ls i'll an awful fix.
A tenant house on Hamp Nc
Cormac's place at the Turnout
was destroyed by fire Saturday,
and on Sunday night John Currie,
Of the same neighborhood, met
with a similar loss. We did not
learn the origin of the fires.
Miss Pearl Hall, a most charm
ing and accomplished daughter of
Judge Hall, of Texas, is spending
some time with Miss Harriet Cox,
one OF the most popular and at
tractive of Alfordsvllle's numer-
GUS fair daughters.
Quite a number of young people
attended the missionary meeting
at Ashpole Thursday. Among them
were Misses Cammie McCaskill.
Fair and Bessie Payne, Messrs. E.
s. Smith, J. Isham Fowlkes and
A. Bascom Groom.
Mrs. E. J. McRae, Mrs. J. A.
Mclean and Miss Hattie Mcbride
attended the Ladies Missionary
Union of Fayetteville Presbytery,
which was held at Ashpole Church
last Thursday, as delegates from
Maxton Presbyterian Church.
Misses Ida Townsend, of Red
Banks, and Mary Plummer, of
Wilmington, who is visiting Mrs. |
d. W. Townsend, of Red Banks, |
spent the day last Wednes-
day with Mrs. Weatherly at the
Maple Shade Inn. They came up
on their wheels returning the same
day-a distance of about Is miles.
Remember the Maxton Fair,
October 9th, 28th, and Goth, and |
get your exhibits ready. We are
going to have the biggest and best
fair this year we have ever had.
A number Of new and interesting
features have already been secur-
ed. Come and bring your fan1i-
lies and have a good time.
Duncan Mclean was the first to
bring q bale of new cotton to town