The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-08-11
RED SPRINGS. DEPARTMENT,
ITEMS CT INTEREST HApPEN-
ING III AND AROUND The
CoMHauNiTY.
T. VI. cosTE?a. te., IAnRoER.

Miss Jessie Mclean is visiting
Mrs. ". F. Williams.
Rev. G. G. Vardell spent last
week IN South Carolina.
Rev. J. N. Clark and wife re-
turned last week to their home il
Texas.
James EAens, of Monroe, has
been visiting his father for several
days
R. B. Branch, editor of Citizen,
made a visit to Whiteyille last
Saturday.
Miss Alice McLaurin, of Laurin-
burg, has been visiting Mrs. 'Ad. -
Mcqueen.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. McCallum
moved into their new residence Oh
Main street last week.
Quite a number of our towns
people attended the tournament in
Fayetteville last week.
Prof. Carlyle, of Wake Forest,
arrived last Friday. One of the
first to come to Chautauqua.
Mrs. Claude Townsend, three
daughters, and Miss Dillon, of
Lumberton, spent one day here
last week.
Miss Pearl Hall, daughter of
Judge Hall, of Cleveland, Texas,
and Miss Harriet Cox, Of Rowland,
n. c., are visiting Mrs. Frank
.Currie.
The prospective telephone line
| toconnett Lumberton MaXton and
Red Springs should be pushed. Il
is badly needed, and would be q
great convenience to all of the
people of each section.
People were coming in to attend
the Chautauqua as early as Thurs
day, the 5th. All of the vacant
| places were united several week.
ago. Quite crowd has already
gathered and the meeting purport
to be a grand success. A full re
port will be given next week.
| Livermore & McKinnon are pre-
pairing to run a telephone line from
here to Pates, a distance Of tel
miles. This Will be a great con
) venience to these men, rs they al
doing an extensive business q
Pate8, and Mr.. Liyermore Will 500
move to Red Springs and not b
, able to be at Pates every day t
look after the business.
The following is noted from til
Citizen: IAN Atlanta travelln
j; man spent several days during II
institute and rode fifty miles o
Saturday just to spend Sunda
with us. He says he is golr
to insist Oh the people letting hi
Il make Red Springs his headqua
ters, as there is noplace in his tie
u ritory half SO delightful
Is Mr.. Hall, of Maxton, spent OF
or two days in our town last wee
$ Mr.. Hall says that he has the e
dorsement of the leading Repu
., Leans for the postoftice here, al
I suppose feels sure OF being Fran
L6 Currie's successor. One or tN
Is Populists have had a ''straig
al eye" on this office, but, as Of oil
disappointment as a result
s. "broken promises.
j. Red Springs is fast forging
80 the front. It's population has
3, creased more in the past twel
months than any other town
s; the county. The population
double what is was three years az
~ New residences have been built
\. every side. improvements in to-
management have been noted. c
streets are clean and all santa
ON laws are strictly enforced. I
bo business increases with the grow
of the town. A few more We;
L for development and Red Spril
ISL will be the largest town in
u county.
on It is strange that so many ia
he reports go out about the town
i'll Red Springs. A few weeks ago
y, report was circulated in the to
49, of Maxton that nearly every f.
ilv here had a case of fever.
elr the time there was not case
sickness of any kind in the {
porate limits. Recently, Luml
5he ton bored artesian wells, and l
er- boasts of good water. A citize-
tbo this town was asked the quest
in Lumberton IL few days ago
1as the springs here were not ''dry
1t up said certain man was {
to here and reported that the fioy
for water was not half as strong q
was few years ago. We VIC
say: Red Springs still has pie
I'M of water, and it flows freely. n
at be that fellows digestive org
oon were out of order and he coult
see straight. If he will come Z
Jay and drink some of our min
axe water for few DAYS, his Vi