The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-08-11

chant OF NIhilngto was mere
last week on business.
There was a decided drop in
the temperature Friday evening
and night and there was a feeling
Of fall in the air Saturday.
Robert Chailin, Jr., who had
been visiting relatives here for
some time, returned 10 his home
in Bennettsville, $. G. last week.
DR.. J. W. Griffith, Of Green's
boro, who had ben attending the
State Fireman 5 Association at
Fayetteville, came over Saturday
on u visit to the family of b. God
win.
The Baptist Sunday School
Chautauqua met at Red Springs
last night and will remain III SEES
ion until Sunday. \ larger at
tendance than ever before is ex-
pected. Lumberton will be we'll
represented.
We return thanks for an invita-
ton to attend the Confederate Vet
Grams reunion ut ETaXtOn on the
10Th. The programme has already
| been published in the RoBEsoNIAN.
A large crowd of veterans and WIS.,
itors is expected.
| Several of our merchants are in
creasing their force of clerks, pre-
paratory to the opening of the fall
trade. Marcus Floyd is at L. III
Caldwell's, Wilbert Pitman at D
w. Millsaps', Willie Rozier at J
H. McNeill's, and F. M. Davis a
| O. C. Norment & Co.'S.
| F. V. Birthright left Monday
evening for Red Springs to assis
in making music at the Chautau
qua. w. w. Carlyle went up yes
terday and will also assist tn,
choir. The RoBEsoNIAN does no
hesitate to say that no town vii
: have better musicians at the Chau
tauqua than the two representa-
tives of Lumberton.
i Nearly all arrangements hav
been completed for Lumbertol
day reception at the Nashville ES
$ position on the Goth. Our repre-
b. sentatives, Drs. R. NJ. Norment
J. D. Mcmillan, H. 7. Pope, Co
| w. F. French, B. Goodwin, Fran
: Cough, G.. B. Mcleod, W. I. Link
g haw, A. G. McGeachy and @. I
d Williams, will leave about the got
y and will make the final arrange
ments after reaching Nashville.
n Children's day was observed {
k the Baptist church Sunday morn
o ing. The exercises were IA Da
II in our Convention,' showing no
;. the great body of Baptists in tt
l. State conduct business at the
: annual meetings. The part
= were we'll sustained by the DO,
and the exercises were entertain
= int and interesting. A collectio
- for Sunday school purposes w;
W taken up amounting to $40.
'd The appeal to sons of Confede
l. ate veterans, published in anoth
N column, should not pass unn
r. ticod. The sons of those wlio
er nobly and unselfishly respond
ct to the call of their State in
hour of sore need should be pro-
st oflan opportunity to preserve
a. posterity the deeds Of heroism a
as sacrifice of their fathers. Shal
~ upon us that we have so long nj
IL fected this sacred duty. Let t
ae obligation rest upon us no long
E- The election Yesterday attract
to very little interest in Lumb
as. ton and the indications as
~ RoBEsoNINN went to press point
-v to very light vote. The propos
S. school tax was assuredly vot
me- down, the white people genera
81 opposing it. The stock law GU
po ton aroused more interest and
nd majority of the votes cast W,
q in favor of it. Its friends fe
on ed that the large stay at home "
off would defeat it, as it required
majority of the registered vote.
re- The Lexington Dispatch 9
I'D that capt. II. F. McCarty, v
a. known mining man of this pls
list was notified yesterday by an att
CPS ney of his brother, Prof. B.
TO McCarty, of Australia, that
bv latter gentleman, together "
md four servants, were drowned
I'd November while on cruise in
ar private yacht. Prof. McCarty
a very wealthy gentleman
leaves an estate worth S4,OOO,(
WV This vast amount is to be equt
~ divided between Capt. H. F.
" Carly, of Lexington, and