The Robesonian., 1897-11-24

was made last week. In
:,ddljion 10 patroiIin& the town at
night the rov officer viii look af-
Ter ,'.c street lamp: nd keep tisesa
lighted and in order.
Raleigll's 8 new morning pane:
#ill-appoar about he FIRST o' lie
cember. The REV press and other
machinery was received last week
and is being pat up. Ex-State
Auditor r. N. Furman, g capable
and experienced newspaper man,
and a Democrat without compro-
mise, will be editor.
Mrs. K. NJ. Biggs went out to
Saddle Tree Monday to spend
few days with relatives. She will
also go to Red Springs to attend
the meeting of the Woman's Mis-
sionary Societies of Robson Asso-
citation, of which she is secretary,
and before which she will read
paper today.
Rev. J. Henry Smith, D. D., for
.thirty-nine years pastor of the
First Presbyterian church at
Greensboro, died Monday morn
ing. DR.. Smith was sufferer for
the past year with Bright's disease,
and his death was not unexpected.
He was good man and performed
q great work.
D. G. Worth, senior member of
the firm of Worth & Worth, whole
sale grocers, of Wilmington, died
Sunday night. Mr. Worth was
the only son Of the late Governor
Jonathan Worth. He was a prom
inent member Uf The First Presby-
terian church of Wilmington, from
which his funeral was held yester-
day.
Ed Purvis, the negro tramp,
who murdered N. J. Blackwell, q
flagman on the Atlantic Coast
Line last summer in revenge for
being put off train on which he
was stealing a ride, was hanged at
Ellington, Earnett county, last
Wednesday. Purvis acknowledged
the killing but said that it was
unintentional.
The festive gobbler will grace
many table tomorrow. While
enjoying your dinner don't let the
qualification Of your own appetite
cause you to forget the needs o.
your less fortunate brethren. Dc
something that viii make then
feel thankful also. Your rea,
pleasure will thus be far greate-
than if you had looked only afte:
the comforts Of self.
State Auditor Aver announces
the pension allowance fer thi
year for each class Of pensioners
as follows: First class $62, eooins
$64 last year; second class $46.50
, against $48: third class $o1
, against s32; fourth class and wild
ows $3.50 against SIC. There
q falling off OF about g, 200 in tn
pension tax. There is an incrcas
of forty-nine pensioners.
E. K. Proctor, Jr., continue
to make improvements. Addition
al rooms are being built to his res
idence and 2 Bis change is bein
made in his law office. That PAL
of the building occupied by til
7 hardware store of Proctor & M
Leod is being torn down, leavin
> only the Office on the corner {
. the lot. This is being remodelet
The work is being done by H. {
: Jones.
: The printer made our St. Pau
correspondent say last week th,
Reuben Brisson had shipped tv
= baskets of ''graves'' to Florid
y when "grapes" were write
q % Even we're itpossible to ship gray
y we presume there would be 1
Il demand for them. It is prop
y to say, too, that our St. Pau
- friend wrote the item about tt
% "plugs" being carried to and fro
the Fayetteville fair and that
1t mistake it was taken from hi
l, and placed in the column wi
re the Lumberton locals.
" DR.. J. P. Brown, of Ashpol
- was in town Monday. He te.
:, :, us that his section continues
keep up it's spirit of improyelnor
~ The Coast Line has force Of han
at work on its new road from HI
e, to Elrod and is pushing eve
t. branch of the work. The pilil
I'd has been driven in Ashpole o.
lie the other swamps and quantiti
7d of cross ties have been deliver
en along the line. It is expect
g. that the road will be complet