The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-07-14

DR.. r. NJ. Normcnt, was elected
president.
Three marriage licenses were is-
sued by Register of Deeds ThomD-
son for the week ending Monday.
the parties being L. l.. M'White
and Winnie A. Allen, A. W. Pre-
watt and jamie Phillips, white;
Wilbert Warwick and Florida |
Thomas, colorcd. :'.'ii;s
We direct particular attention
to the advertisement of the State
Normal and Industrial College,
Greensboro. This school offers
Young ladies facilities for secur-
ing an education second to no
other institution in North Caro-
lima and has an able corps of in
structQrs.
In addition to voting upon the
school question on August 10th,
the voters of Lumberton township
will have an opportunity of say
ing whether or not they want the
stock law. An election upon this
question was ordered by the coun-
ty commissioners at their meet
ing last week.
The Charlotte Observer appeared
in n new form Sunday, changing
from Il nine column, four page, to
u six column, eight page paper.
A new and fast press has
been put in and the Observer has
probably the best equipped office
in the State. 1t deserves we'll at
the hands of our people.
The proprietor of large New
York dry goods store says: 1.-THE
women are the buyers, and / be-
leive that most of them care more
for the advertisements than for
the news" 1t would be nearer
the mark to say that many of
them look on the advertisements
as news-as a good advertisement
always is.
The hot weather since July LIST
has been almost unprecedented
In the North and West the heat
was unusually severe. The re-
ports received up to Saturday
night show prostrations aggrega
ting 1900, with about $50 deaths
The Central States were the prin
= cipal sufferers. There wer,
, very few prostrations in TIN
Y Sonth.
Mr.. w. L. Breeze, foreman 0
B., the RoBEsoNIAN, deserted the res
: Of us Saturday morning, and il
: company with his brother, Mr.. A
NJ. Breeze, of Pembroke, wen
i down to Wilmington to get
e Whit of salt air. Ocean View
Y Wrightsville and Southport wer
visited and Lacy returned Monda
evening delighted with his triI
which he declared a most pleasan
one.
70 Mr.. I. T. Mclean, for the pas
seven months q member of I'll
board of county commissioner
= of which body he was chairman
rendered his resignation last weel
He has been appointed postmast'
at Rowland and resigned as coul
ty commissioner to accept Il
5. more lucrative position. Clerk
=. the Superior Court, S. A. E
mt mund, will appoint commissio
to or to succeed Mr.. Mclean.
Considerable amusement w
ou afforded n crowd on the sire
h Monday afternoon by negro b
SO. and watermelon. The coon W
'ss given the melon on condition til
OK he would eat it without touchi
it with his hands. This he did
in bursting the melon with his he
Il and after it was open he got do
ire on the ground and scooped up t
Nv meat with his mouth. He seem
The to enjoy the fun as much as a
,ho one else.
'ut Lumberton took another 81
forward last Tuesday, when
on citizens of the town, by the dc
OIL sive vote of 81 to l decided to
I'M sue bonds IN the sum OF 20, 900
eek provide a system of water wor
ses- We had previously voted boz
red for sewers, and it is gratifying
siye know that the water works qr
e. ton had less opposition than
former. Lumberton, when tt
49, improvements are completed, '
be behind no town in North G,
.n. lima in its facilities for fire pro
,nro ton and for promoting the hea
,- fulness Of its citizens. The be
iii fits from these progressive acti
will be permanent and lasting