The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-09-22

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major of the corps of cadets at
The Agricultural and Mechanical !
College, at Raleigh. We are sure
tbs, 10 better selection could hare
been made. .N-o congratulate EEr.
Sian2el on the homer that be has
Wen and ale proud Of him as d
~oGt!iY son d i;obeson county.
: 2r"trse.ed meeting Was lcld
last weel, y Antioch Ba, list
church, near Attention. The pas
tor, Roy. A. H. Porter, was assis-
ted by his brother, Rev. s. J. Por-
ter, Of Newborn. There were nine |
conversions and eight members
added to the church as a result Of
the meeting. The new members
were baptized at McAllister's mill
Sunday afternoon.
Roy. D. w. Fox will preach in
the Presbyterian church next SUM
day morning. Tt viii be his fare
we'll sermon as pastor here, as he
leaves next week for Red Springs
10 take charge Of The churches
there and at Antioch. Lumborton
regrets to lose such good people as
Mr.. and Mrs. Fox. May they
have much happiness and be use
full workers for the Master III their
new home.
There are some swift cotton
pickers in Robson county, but
the champion picker is probably
Dud Stevens, colored. Last week
on the farm of J. G. Atkinson, he
picked out 404 pounds in one day.
There were some other good pick
ers in the field with him. Edward
Atkinson picked out 30i pounds
and Pat Stevens picked 325 pounds
on the same day. A total of 1920
pounds of cotton i'll one day is a
splendid record for three men.
! Col. I. F. Toon brought the
RoBEsoNlAN last Wednesday the
claw of an eagle, which he killed
on the river near his house. The
eagle measured 5 feet 7 inches
from tip tip. While not profess
ing to be n.u;h of hunter Gel.
Toon is a good marksman and
handles his gun with skill. Du.
ring the past month, besides the
eagle above referred to, he has shot
and killed eight chicken hawks
All were killed within two hun
dred yards of his residence.
We are to return to the greer
postage stamp of former years
The Secretary of the Treausur,
and the Postmaster General, afte
a consultation with e.President
have decided to change the colo
of the current two cent staml
! from carmine to green Of tn
shade now used On government
notes. 1t is thought that gree
is n more desirable color tina
carmine, and by making tn
; change the government will saw
about $4,000 year in the diffel
: ence in cost between the two ink
: The ten cent stamp now prlnte
:" in green, will be changed to son
other color, probably carmine.
"a While indulgent heretofore V
will be compelled in future to II
i idly adhere to the rule in regal
y to advertising. Last Tuesday Il
;, entire mail was missed because
! the number of advertisement
- brought in on that day and the
has been delay on previous occ
sions. To prevent this hereaft
= we must require that all chang
~ in advertising be sent in not lat
than Monday evening. This c
:, be done without Inconvenience
the advertiser and will help I
~ In no case will advertisements
accepted for change after 8 o'clc
Tuesday morning, nor can char
w be guaranteed if they are delay
7io until that hour.
John A. Rowland was tax
suddenly sick last Tuesday aft
:, noon and has since been confi1
to his home, a part of the time
condition being critical. The {
was very hot and MI. EoWla
DIP and his father, Col. Rowland, ?
oos cured team from w. w. Prev
'ei- to go out home for dinner.
AN. their return Mr.. Rowland took
ing horse back TO the stable and
5'e7 getting out Of the buggy e'
"ie planned Of feeling sick. He
our down in a chair, hoping that
bad feeling would pass off,
who soon fell to the floor unconsclc
nee Physicians were summoned
,uy- worked hard with him but he
Co., NAMED unconscious until Wed
lay. day morning. Since then he
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