The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-07-21

ME are spending some time at
Red Springs.
The heaviest rainfall of this
season visited this section Satur-
day afternoon.
Miss Hettle Porter, of Emerson,
is spending few days with the
family of Mr.. VIM. Benson.
Miss Annie McRae returned
from Mccall, S. c., Friday morn
ing accompanied by Miss Lalla
Grice.
Mr.. D. c.. Mcmillan and family
have moved into the Lester house
We are glad>to welcome them to
our city.
There was quite an exodus from
here to Wilmington Saturday.
| Fifteen tickets were sold over the
Seaboard.
! The Charlotte Observer is read |
with great deaI>o interest now,
especially while the Page-Kilgo
controversy is going OF. Both
sides have warm supporters here.
We admire the stand Rev. Jesse
Page has taken in this matter and
he is not the only preacher in the
Estate that seesFthes matter, in the
Isame light.
/ Messrs. Neill Carter, J! B.
Weatherly, 7. B. Pace and A. J.
nottingham took a trip to the sea-
shore Saturday. Some of the
crowd tell some wonderful tales of
the monstrous turtles, fish, whales
ETC., they caught-in fact, some of
the stories sound rather ''fishy."
We were once fishermen ourselves,
: and we know just how fish grow
after being caught.
There is an ordinance against
hitching horses to shade trees and
the marshal should keep a lookout
land see that the law is enforced.
: At the churches during almost ev-
cry night service horses are tied to
: the shade trees. It's not only
breaking the law but is dangerous.
: Those passing at this time are COM
;, PEELED to get off the side walk or
e run the risk of getting kicked. 1t
Ishould be ppedby=altmeans.
al We are glad to learn from re-
y liable source that the citizens of
/ Manly are not on the bond of the
negro Allen, as postmaster. With
: only one exception his bondsmen
g are Yankees, and the one is not a
:. citizen of Manly, but of Aber-
deem. The people, we learn, are
very indignant at disappointment
o it having come through the infu.
+ ence of the Yankee settlers in that
. community. We make the above
= correction in justice to the citi
-. zens of that place.
is Col. J. S. Carr, of Durham, ha!
r. offered $500 to the county tina
shall poll the largest percentage
of its voters in favor of~lecal tax
=, alton. Why can't Robesol
= county win this $500? Thi
- special school tax is the saliva
- ton of the poor people. With
out it how are they to get an edu
cation? Those who are in favo
~ of the ''higher" education of tn
= poor people of North Carolina
10 will, on the 10th day of August
" have an opportunity to show it.
THERE'S some talk at Laurin
burg about connecting with tn
~ long distance telephone. Shout
~ it prove more than talk and tn
}: connecting links established the
IT, Maxton would be on the long dis
''' lance phone also as line is a.
ready established from here
re Laurinburg. With two TELEGRAPH
'ss lines and the long distance phon
X Ma1ton should keep up with tn
as outside world. We believe it Wi
ne soon be established as the Lauril
burg people are always ready t
ls- take hold of anything that wi
* help the town.
IN So Lumberton has the promil
ny of new passenger depot. Maxto
II was promised one by the Railroa
@n Commission over three month
ago, and as yet, there is no mo-
in prospect of a union depot here no
AS than on the day the order was
to sued:' Now that the Cape Fe'
ny and Yadkin Valley railroad is n
ar to be sold for over d year, we a
a of the opinion that. it is a lol
time before Maxton INDUCES
hin The luxury" of new passeng
,ed depot. Some effort, howeve
ase should be made to require II
i'm roads Immediately. "
Up. Several small boys, ranging
ere age from ten to fourteen veal
in we're before His Honor, J.. S. N
M tPoo loot Wod,asdd.x- ol.