The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-10-13
RED SPRINGS DEPARTMENT..
ITEMS OF INTEREST HAPPEN
ING in AND AROUND THE
COMMUNITY.
T. w. cosTEN, JR.. MANAGER.


T. ". cosTEN. ~. MANAGER.
Geo. N. Rose, Esq, OF Fayette-
Vile, spent Saturday here.
"Doclz" McEaehern, of Georgia,
visited relatives here last week.
NJ. C. Mcneil, who has been
quite sick for some time is rapid
~ improving.
Albert Parham has moved to
Red Springs and occupies the
Groom cottage.
President Vardell, Daniel Nc
Leod and Fred Brown attended
Presbytory at Jackson Springs last
week.
Mrs. Mckay and Miss Pearl Hall,
who have been visiting friends
here for several weeks, left
last Thursday for their home in
Texas. v
J. w. Mcleod made an assign
ment Oct 4th. Liabilities will
exceed ST 600. Have not been
able to ascertain his assets. DR..
Mcmillan is assignee.
VIM. Jones, colored,- who was
placed in the guard house one day
last week for being drunk and dis
orderly, escaped at night and has
not been heard from since.
| Miss Katie McDufie, of Spring
| Hill, who attended the Seminary
here last year, passed through one
day last week on her way to the
n & / school at Greensboro.
The teachers at the Seminary
and several of the young men il
, town went on a hay ride last Fri
| day evening and visited Mr.. Neil
Browns grape arbor before the,
returned.
At a meeting of the town com
missioners last week Joseph Bui'
+. was elected clerk of the board t.
succeed L. 4. Mcleod, deceased
:, Some of Mr.. Buie's friends thin]
, he will be elected mayor mex
May.
The C. F. & Y. V. railroad au
: thorities are building a large plat
form just back Of the depotztos b
y used for cotton. They will ais
make some improvement On tn
depot, building new waitin
room. =
d Editor Whichard, of the RoBEse
e MAN, spent Friday in our towr
7. He has made many friends i
d Robson county since he move
l. here, and all who read the RoBI
If soNIAN recognize his fitness &c
g. the position he occupies.
n The programme for the Lyceu1
g last Monday night was very ii
le teresting. The members wefe' d
n vided so as to represent the thrt
1t political parties, and they organ
7, lied into mock legislature. v
lie rlous and sundry bills We're passe,
S The representative from Halifs
1T secured the passage of a bill ma.
Of ing Fred. Douglas birthday
er legal holiday in North Carolin
i'd Halifax and Edgecombe we
u represented by the ''blacks,
10 Messrs. Derby and Branch. tt
ed Woman's Suffrge question, whit
L. has given us so much trouble, w
c. settled. We are going to
if them vote.
TO Sheriff Hall and assistant we
IN here Friday according to appoin
re ment, to collect taxes. The oil
a er citizens of this town say the
ed was more grumbling and dissati
10 faction among the taxpayers tn.
os was ever known in this section /
Ut fore. The negroes had undoubted
sc heard of the new Pop-Pub law
jail delinquents and : they we
here early, but they couldn't u
derstand why their taxes we
more than they had been any pl
on vious year. They remember
~ that they voted with the ''reforn
on party at the last election, W
n promised them to curtail all pu
ISL lie expenses and take off part
: n the burdensome tax but when tn
~ went to settle Friday "char
20 came over the spirit of tn
20 dreams. They realized somethi
'n0 was wrong. Their brother Pc
~ wanted to appease them SO I'll
lo "laid 1t on the Democrats" tie
ing them that the New Hanoi
lbs bank broke several years ago a
l'e the Democrats had the cour
! l funds deposited there and lost |
- money causing the county to s
, behind financially. They may
able to fool few negro vot
a. but the majority of them in t
es =. section are d1sgusted with POI
I ism. They showed it in the
Iuu school n1oo4io,,