The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-15

luS.
N. G. Wade, of Bingham, S. c.,
one OF the managers of the rail-
road which is being built from
Hub to Elrod, spent Friday
here.
l.. w. Carey arrived in Lumber
ton last Thursday and will remain
here during the season to buy cot
ton for Alexander Sprunt &
Sons.
Lonnie Smith and Helen Davis,
both of Raft Swamp township,
were married Sunday morning at
Clybon, Joseph Prevatt, Esq,
officiating.
F. V. Blrthright left Monday
afternoon for Raleigh to accept
position with the Southern Ex-
press Company. Success to him
! III Ills new nelQ.
| Rufus Little, special agent for
the Southern Stock Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Green's
boro, spent last Wednesday and
Thursday here.
| ]. F. Parker, of New London,
Stanly county, arrived last
| Thursday and will buy cotton on
our market for II Sloan & Co,
Of Augusta, Ga.
1t was just impossible to get the
| RoBEsoNIAN out on time today be-
cause of the rush of new advertis-
ing that came in up to the hour
of going to press.
Seven new pupils entered Rob-
eson Institute since last week.
The total enrolment to date is
ninety-nine, of which number
twenty are DOaIucIS.
Miss Della Wadsley, of Balti-
more, has accepted position in
the millinery department of c. D.
; Townsend & Co., and arrived last
week to assume her duties.
James Freeman, of this place,
and Miss Celia Mcneil, daughter
= of E. D. Mcneil, were married
Sunday afternoon by A. w. Full
: Ter, Esq. 1t was a run away
: match.
w. B. Odum former citizen o
J. this county, died of typhoid feve
n at his home, at Mccall, S. G..
Friday. The body was brougt t.
10 Raft Swamp church and buried
= Sunday.
S. P. McNair, of Wilmington
st was here Friday evening on hi
t. way to his old home near Tolars
d. vile where he was called by
IN telegram announcing the seriou
j. illness of his father.
i Mrs. Britt, wife of ODE Britt
and daughter of our townsman
ID w. w. Prevatt, died of typhoi
re- fever at her home near BAG
VI Swamp Friday, and was burie
in the Prevatt grave yard Satul
r day.
re A. G. Oliver, Jr., of Affinity
u was here Thursday with d lot {
fine tobacco, which he sol
w on the floor of the Lumberto
~ Tobacco Warehouse. He VIZ
IN pleased with the prices recei
ed.
os Fuller Bros received anoth
ia car load of horses and mules Mo
ed day night, some as fine a. we
ever marketed here. Call and s
them and get.suited in nice So
E die horse or single or douh
harness driver.
Col. T. F Toon sent the ROB
~ soNIAN q curiosity in the pota
line last week. Upon the sal
root grew two potatoes one
which had red skin and the OF
er white one. We have neN
7Pv seen such q freak.
of
are MRS. Leggett, who had been WI
her daughter, Mrs. Annie Boz
a. for several weeks past, return
49,. to her home in Wilmington NC
day. MRS. Bond and childr
joined yer yesterday and will
side in Wilmington.
ton
cen Married, September 9th, IS
TO in Wisharts township, by Rev.
M. Fleming, ut the residence
the bride, j. J. Britt and Miss
-; lima Phillips. May the Lord bl
the happy couple and give tn
many days to work for him.
ron Tho latest intelligence Fl
.,me Wellington Wishart, Esq, is t
her he is resting more easily, but tt
is no change for the better in
nily ooi,s - o ,.