The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-08-06

completed next week.
w. H. Stalvey was before
Mayor Rowland yesterday for
being drunk the night before and
was taxed S. and the costs.
Mr.. f.. J. Biggs, of Saddle
Tree, father of Messrs. K. NJ,
Jonn T. al Dennis Biggs, of
Lumbrrton, has been confined
to his holn- is sickness for the
past few days.
-Me33rs. Graham McKinnon,
of Rowland, and J. M. Butler, of
ST. Paul's of the county board Of
audit and finance, are in town
today on business connected with
the work of that board.
Mr.. C. H. Odum, who lives
on ex-Sheriff McLeod's planta-
ton two miles from Lumberton,
sent to this Office this morning a
well-opened boil of cotton, the
first that has been received.
In a baseball game at Dillon,
S. c., yesterday between Lum-
berton and Dillon, Lumberton
was badly defeated, the score
being 9 to 0. These teams will
play two games at Dillon today.
About a dozen couples from
Lumberton enjoyed a moonlight
picnic given by Miss Lilly Bar
ker last evening at the home of
of her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira Townsend, at Barker's.
Deputy Shelf T. N. Higley
and Mr.. w. M. Bryant, who lives
near Lumberton, went to Raleigh
this morning with the latter's
son, a young man who is men
tally deranged and will be placed
in the asylum there.
-Lumberton's third ball team
defeated the National Cotton
Mill team on the latter's grounds
last Thursday, the score being 10
to 6, The third team is made up
of boys from ten to fourteen
years old and they play mighty
good ball.
-Messr-. A. T. Mclean and
c. H. MurrOT have orgqnized a
gener:I real cst i. Uu,.n-ss I'M
der the name u the LumbertOn
Really Il Investment Co. They
will buy and sell real estate,
write bonds, negotiate loans,
make investments, handle cot
ton mill stocks, etc.
The regular monthly meet
ng Of the county board of educa-
riCn was not held Monday, two
members of the board. Prof. M.
Shepcrd. Ct Orrum, and Mr.,
Lucius Mc.sae, of Red Spring,
being absent on account of sick
nes~. A meeting will be held or
Wednesday of next week, the
18th.
The National Cotton Mills,
,hich have been running three
and five days q week for some
time, will shut down after this
week for about two weeks. The
The regular monthly meeting OF
he board Of directors was held
day. The Lumberton anC
'sden Mills are also on short
:, running four days a week.
Including those who came il
the Raleigh &Charleston Ry.,
,irty tickets were sold here
esday for the Seaboard excur
ION to Norfolk and Portsmouth
Among those who went from
Lumberton were Rev. E. NJ
Boyle, Miss Ida and Mr.. Shelter
Mckenzie and Mr.. Raymond
Thompson.
Mrs. Carlione Jones left this
morning for Jonesboro in re
spouse to a telegram summ0ninl
her to the bedside of her sister
Mrs. j. M. Stephens, who wa
critically i'll with typhoid fever
Since Mrs. Jones left tel graz
has been received announcing
that Mrs. Stephens died at 11.3
last night. The deceased was a
aunt of Mrs. w. S. Wishart an
was Mrs. Jones' only sister. Sh
was 63 years old.
Mr.. Frank L. Walker, VIII
has been general superintendent
of the Whiteville Lumber Co
arrived yesterday to take charg
as general manager of the Ca
DINA Lumber Co. of Lumbertor
succeeding Mr.. w. H. Bryan
who recently moved to Marion
S. C. The machines and every
thing pertaining to the plant {
the Carolina Lumber Co. will /
ovefhauled and put in shape
tdfhNout nothing but first-cla'
work.
In Mondays Robesonia
mention was made Of the fa
that DR.. N. A. Thompson he
been called to Scarbro, W. Va
to see his nephew, Carl Thorn
son, son of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Thompson, of Fairmont, wi
went to Scorbro to see his brOt
ers and became very sick 500
after leaving home. DR.. and Mr.
Thompson returned this morning
Mr., Carl Thompson's conditic
has improved very much. H
parents are with him.