The Robesonian., 1897-05-05
MAXToN HAPPENINGS
LOCAL AND OTHERITEMS GATH
ERED BY OUR REGULAR
RESPONDENT.

Miss Mary McNair, Of Affords
will e, was visiting here this week.
Miss Isabelle Malloy spent part
of last week here visiting friends.
Miss Hattie McCormac came
home from Laurinburg Saturday.
Rev. N. L. Vardell lectured il
the Presbyterian church Monday
night.
A bale Of cotton every now ant
then finds it's way to the Maxto1
market.
J. r. Bishop and lady, Of Mon
roe, were here Sunday visiting
relatives.
Miss Mary McKinnon, Of Lau
rinburg, is visiting relatives here
this week.
Miss Lille Creach has returned
from a visit to her old home
Four Oaks.
Mrs. McGirt, who live:
near Alfordsville, is very i'll al
this writing. ...
Mr.. John Mckenzie left Monday
to attend United States Court at
Wilmington.
Quite. a large number of oar peo-
pie will attend the Baptist. con-
.vention at Wilmington this week.
Mr.. Jas. T. Le Grand, promi-
nent lawyer of Rockingham, : was
IN town Saturday, on legal busi-
ness.
Prof. w. J. Cottingham, = of
Spartanburg,, S. c., has been
spending a few days with Mr.: A.
J. Cottingham. -
Mr.. L. A. Winston, of Reids-
vile, has been in Maxton for the
past month organizing a Progress
sive Endowment Guild. ~.''<
Miss Annie McRae came down
from the Red Springs Seminary
Tuesday and remained over till
Monday with her parents.
DR.. H. G. Hill will return from
Hampden-Sidney Friday, where
he has been acting as auditor to
the Union Seminary Directors.
A. B. Pearsall was elected May
or of Red Springs by an over
whelming majority, as he was
the only candidate in the field.
The three-year-old child of l..
K. Cottingham died at Rowland
Wednesday and was brought to
MaNton Thursday for interment.
Our Baptist friends have about
completed their new place of wor-
ship and in few weeks more they
hope to be able to hold services in
IT. it. ...s.~.~-s 49,. =
Miss Maude Coble, Of Laurin-
burg, was here Sunday on her way
to school at Raeford. Shewa ac-2
,ompanied by her cousin Mr.. Leak
Smith.
Mr.. Leak Smith, Mrs. W. S.
McNair and Miss Clarke Smith
attended the Coble-McIntyre we'd
ling at Laurinburg last week.
Leak officiated as waiter.
A considerable hail storm passed
over a section of Robeson, a few
miles South of Maxton Saturday
afternoon. We did not learn as
% the extent of damage done.
The Methodist church has un-
iergone extensive repairs during
he past few days. Taken alto
sether the churches here all seem
% be in a prosperous condition.
There will be no letter from
laxton next week, owing to the
act that we will. spend the latter
Dart of this week in Greensboro
md will not return sooner than
Monday. 1
There has been =. considerable.|
lamage done to woodland around
daNton by forest fires during the
'ast few weeks. In several in
tances 1t was caused by careless
less, we learn. .....
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Now that Lrmberton is going
head with the fair advertising
Fould it not be good, idea for
laxton to. follow suit. It's onlyI
bout five months off and it can't
'e advertised too much. . 80 |
The heavy frosts of last week
'layed havoc with early cotton. |
lutte a number of. farmers have |
eplanted' However, on an av-
rage cotton is looking splendid
nd a good acreage has been plant
ID.
The Maxton sphere .twirlers
ave received a challenge from the
,aurlnburg boys to play a game
+ base ball at the latter place and
I'LL accept, and in few DAYS will +
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