The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-01


Il. b. Wright, of Hub, general
manager of the Buffers Lumber
Company, was here Monday on
business.
Rev. J. 7 Gibbs, D. d., presi-
ding elder for this district. Will
preach III the Methodist church
night.
French Mcqueen, Esq, left
Friday for Clinton, where he will
remain during the fall and winter
buying cotton.
). Z. Pltman, the popular as
slstant postmaster, went down to
Wilmington Saturday to enjoy
the ocean breezes.
The city fathers are about ready
to close the trade for water works
and work will probably begin on
them in the next two or three
weeks.
W. I. Linkhaw & Co.'S. horse
millinery will open this week. A
car load of horses and car load
of buggies are to arrive in a day
or two.
The Junior Missionary Society
of the Presbyterian church were
given n social at the manse last
night at which the mite boxes
were opened.
H. G. Rancke, telegraph opera
tor for the Seaboard Air Line at
Wilmington, came up Saturday
night to see his father, G.. E.
Rancke, returning to his work
Sunday.
The colored base ball teams of
Laurinburg and Lumberton will
play match game at the fail
grounds Friday afternoon. The
game will be commenced at 8
o'clock.
Threenew subscribers from South
Carolina were added to the ROBE
soNIAN's list Saturday. They are
J. NJ. Virgins, of Gaddy; L. S.
Townsend, of Union, and J. B.
Smith, of Zion.
A number of sales of land are
advertised in this issue of the ROB
EsoNIAN. There is one each by K
NJ. Barnes and C. B. Skipper, and
four by Stephen Mcintyre. Be
sure to read them.
We are in receipt of the first
numbers of the Citizen, of High
Point, and the Motor, of Rocky
Mount. Both papers are we'll
edited and make a good appear
ance. Success attend them.
J. NJ. Virgins, prominent far
mer of Gaddy, S. c., was here Sat
urday looking for cotton pickers.
Mr.. Virgins is also a tobacco plan
ter and expects to sell part of his
crop on the Lumberton market.
The largest pear the RoBEso-
MAN has seen this season was pre-
sented it last Friday by Hezekiah
Rhodes, Esq, of Nye. The pear
was of the Leconte variety, weigh
ed fourteen ounces and was eleven
inches in circumference.
Moving is hard work, and disa-
greeable work, especially when
the thing moved is printer
stuff" The RoBEsoNIAN enjoyed
the experience last week and hopes
not to have another like it fol-
some time.
DR.. S. B. Rozier one of the larg.
est FARMERS and most progressive
citizens of the county, was here
Wednesday on business. The
RoBEsoNIAN was glad to have him
call at the new office, even though
everything was torn up with NOV
ing.
Mesdames d. w. Fox, J. T. Bar
ker, l.. Birthright, G.. B. Mcleod
Ed b. Freeman, G. B. Skipper
and II. B. Pitman, and Misses Liz
Packard and Lena VESSEL, attend
ed the Woman's Missionary Union
at Ashpole Presbyterian church
last week.
The first bale of Robson county
new crop cotton was brought tt
Lumberton last Wednesday by J
). Thompson, of Charm, and wa
bought by Caldwell & Carlyle TO.
s cents pound. Mr.. Thompson
it will be remembered, was tn,
first farmer in the county to repor
open cotton to the RoBEsoNIAN.
Misses Mary E. Holt, of Colds
boro, and Estelle w. Richardson
of Beaufort, S. c., who will hav,