The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-08
Prof. Dnckett and S. T. Free

Anniversary at Grifin's Gross t
Roads, in Columbus county, last {
Saturday. The exercises We're J:
very interesting and were at {
tended BY large crowd Of people.
i good dinner was served.
John Barnes, who began his ar
premiership i'll the RoaEsoNIAa
office -,hou. a year ago, but who
stapIa,iaitert Ire destruction Of tile
old Office by fire in January, has
again begun work. John is q
bright and trustworthy young man
and bids fair to make q good print
or.
W. I. Linlzhaw & Co. talk hores,
mules and buggies in their new
advertisement today. There are
precious few folks who are not in
terested in these very things, and
even those who can It afford to own
them like to see and read about
them. Don't pass over their an
nouncement.
Henry l.. Baxley aged about 60
years, died suddenly Sunday after
noon at his home near Company
| Mills. Neuralgia of the heart is
supposed to have been the cause
of death. A brave ex-Confederate
: soldier and good man has gone
to join his comrades in the Great
, Beyond. A wife and several chill
dren survive him.
A severe hail storm visited the
, Leesville section of the county
Tuesday afternoon of last week.
; The hail was of irregular form and
very large being the heaviest ever
, seen there. Cotton was beaten
, out of the bolls and the stalks bro
: ken, grapes were knocked off the
y vines and considerable other dam
age was done. The hail was ac-
companied by considerable wind.
is Rev. D. w. Fox will preach in
!. the Presbyterian church here two
l. more Sundays during this month
|. He goes TO Red Springs and An
1t tioch one Sunday and Will take
h regular charge of these churches
/. the first Sunday in October
| Lumterton loses a useful citlZei
D. in Nr. Fox. Red Springs ano
Antioch are to be congratulated
in upon their wise choice in select
st ing a pastor.
rs On the first page Of this issuse W
nd publish the tribute to the late W
X W. McDiarmid delivered at tn
recent session of the North Caro-
] q lima Press Association by J. "
ri Bailey, editor of the Biblical Re
is corder. The patrons Of th
oy R0DEsoNIAN, who were friends {
he the late editor, will read This trit
ute with pleasure and those VIII
70 best knew him Will find not
mo- single word overdrawn,
IN. Mrs. J. W. Barker, an accoul
Zip Of whose serious burning appeare
is in the RoBEsoNIAN OF last wee
fingered until 10 o'clock Monds
The morning, when death came as
ais relief TO her suffering. She was
Go. good woman, enjoying the con
ers dence Of all who knew her. On
en- four months ago she became t
bride of Mr.. Barker, whose hoT
- q, has lost its brightness. All syl
au+ pathize with him III his great /
tho reavement.
,ur- Our neighbor, the Scottl
ind Chief, of Maxton, was in er1
last week in giving Red Sprln
Who the credit for receiving the fl
18th bale of Robeson's new crop cote
the Lumberton has that distinctiC
not as was stated in the RoBEsoNI
gies of last week. Our bale was
eek. ceived on Wednesday,, Augl
25th, and that at Red Springs
, Thursday, Goth, one day lat
l.an A larger price was paid for the C
r. ton carried to Red Springs, he
ever.
veil. G.. W. Mcqueen, Lumberto
now. old reliable barber, has moved
pso to his new shop near the Blf
root hotel, and now has the most
and tractive and best equipped 81
a1, that was ever in Lumberton.
,oed erybody in and around Lumber
knows "Wash," who has ser
them for twenty years, and t
iIi'0 know the character of his W.
,""S In his new quarters he feols t
VS. he is better prepared toserve Il
" '',>0 than ever and asks continue
' Of their patronage.
We Dragged a little to soon
week. The task of moving
. 81 getting ont paper was a gre
ioi,'- one than anticipated and the |