The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-07-16

-Lumberton's second ball
team will go to Maxton tomorrow
for a game.
The directors Of the First
National Bank in their regular
quarterly meeting held here Tues
day declared dividend of q
per cent. and added 1000 to
their surplus and $500 to undivid-
ed prof IS.
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Lumberton
Cotton Mill VS. held yesterday
and meeting Of the directors of
Dresden Nil is b ing held today.
A report Of both meetings will
b published III Mondays paper.
Mr.. l.. l.. Whaley, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. E. Whaley, has
accepted a position as delivery
clerk here in the Seaboard depot.
Mr.. Whaley began work yester-
day. This seems to be a difficult
position to hold, as there has
been quite a number of changes
recently.
Foster Thompson, colored,
about % years old, was drowned
Tuesday while in swimming with
some companions at Howell's
landing, about six miles above
here, on Lumber river. The body
was not found until yesterday.
Coroner Rancke went to the scene
but considered an inquest unnec-
essary.
Sheriff E. G. Mcneil carried
Eugene Boyd, the negro who was
sentenced at the term of court
last week to Is years in the State
penitentiary for breaking into
the house of Mr.. A. B. Fisher
and attempting an assault upon
Miss Carry Fisher, to Raleigh
Tuesday and. returned home Tues
day night.
Miss Isabel WOoten enter
tanned quite a number of her
friends Tuesday evening at the
home of her Aunt, Mrs. Douglas
Norment, on Second street. The
event was in honor of Miss
Blanch TAFT, of Brunswick, Ga,
who has been visiting relatives
here for two weeks. She will
leave for h ga ne tomorrow.
Quite a nur :-. vi the young
people Of The t.Hn made a few
surprise calls this week. Mon
day evening a crowd Of ten or
ffteen called at the home of Miss
Mary Pope and enjoyed a jolly
time for two or three hours. And
Tuesday cv ming another crowd
or scvlsal If the same crowd as
semblcd for a while at the home
of Miss Matte Lee Pitman.
In the Examinations held last
week by Superintendent J. R.
Poole, u white teachers were ex-
amined for Lublic school certif-
Gates, one foe hight school GER
tifcate, and one for a fiveyeal
State certificate. Twenty-Five
colOred app icants were exam
ined for public school, one fol
five year S;ate certificate, anC
there were II Croatan Indiar
applicants. Three stood the en-
trance examination for the A. ant
M. College a. Raleigh.
Mr.. ". |. Henderson, VIII,
was cUnIlned with fever for seve
raj weeks at his room at tn,
home of Mr.. A. Nash, left thi
morning with his mother, Mrs
Claudia Henderson, for thei
home in Hickory, where Nh
Henderson will remain until h
completely regains his strength
They were accompanied by Mis-
Maria Nash, who will visit {
Mrs. Henderson's home. Mr.:
Henderson came to Lumberto
10 nurse her son through n
sickness.
A lecture will be given
the Presbyterian church at S
PauPs tomorrow evening by Re-
Robert Grant, the assistant pa
tor. Mr.. Grant is a native
Scotland and the lecture will
on his native land, which he lie
about four years ago. The lie
ture and the Scotch songs will
especially interesting. After Il
lecture icecream will be serv
in the church grove. This ente
tainment will be given under t
auspices of the Ladies Mission
ry Society of the church and t
proceeds will be used for t
cause of foreign missions.
Mr.. Millsaps in Washington.
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