The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-09-28

celebration we'll worth attend
ing.
Miss Mary Council and Mr..
Frank Fisher, both of Robson,
were married last Wednesday at
the home of the officiating
minister, Rev. J. D. Clark, at
st. Paul's.
"A court of the Independent
Order of Foresters was instituted
here Thursday night with about
40 charter members. Mr.. M.
Bachrach, State organizer for the
order, was assisted in instituting
the court by degree teams from
Wilmington and Southport.
All things are being put
shipshape and in readiness for
the great Democratic rally to-
morrow. The town will have on
its holiday clothes and much peo-
pie will be here. 1t bids fair to
be a great day. And here's hop
ing that nice weather will be
served for the occasion.
Some thirty or forty Jews
from neighboring towns were in
Lumberton Saturday and yester-
day to celebrate with the Jews
Of this place Rosh Hoshannah, or
the Jewish New Year, which be-
gan Friday evening at shutdown.
Services were held in the syna-
gogue Saturday and yesterday.
Mr.. E. M. Britt, who has
been confined at the Thompson
Hospital since he returned from
Raleigh a week ago, it improving
rapidly and will probably leave
the hospital today or tomorrow.
His physician, DR.. T. D. Kitchin,
says that the sight of Mr.. Britt s
left eye will not be impaired at
all.
Mr.. D. W. Bullock, who re-
signed about two months ago as
register of deeds on account of
i'll health and afterwards went to
Hot Springs, Ark, for treatment
for rheumatism, returned last
week to his home in RoWlandand
his many friends will be glad to
know that his health is much
improved. Mr.. Bullock is in town
today.
Rev. F. Weiss, pastor of the
Gospel Tabernacle church, bap-
tized three girls and three boys
in the river near the old bridge
yesterday afternoon at a o'clock.
A protracted meeting will begir
about the first of November al
the Gospel Tabernacle. The pas.
tor will be assisted by Rev. L. B
Compton, of Asheville, who has
assisted in meetings here before
and is we'll known here.
When the next show appear.
at the opera house the improve
ments mentioned recently in TIL,
RObesonian as under way will
have been completed and tn
audience will be comfortably seat
ed in opera chairs. Messrs. Frencl
&McAllister have booked som,
good attractions for the fall AM
they will be given liberal pat
ronage if the shows are as gooc
as one may reasonably expect
The first number of TIL,
Methodist Reporter, a small pape
which Rev. E. M. Hoyle, paste
of the Methodist church, will is
sue bi-weekly for free distribu
ton among the members of hi
congregation, was printed Satur
day and distributed yesterday a
the church. 1t is devoted to new
of interest to Methodists and t
teaching Methodist people NOR
about the work and doctrines O
their church.
The Lumberton correspor
dent of The Wilmington Star say
that a gentleman remarked her
the other day that just after tn
civil war he was one of a part
of five who visited Lemons pom
during a very dry spell and thu
they killed 81 alligators, rangin
in size from 3 to 1O3 feet. An
they also destroyed an alligator
nest containing Sc eggs. 1t seen
that the alligators there al
= rather more seldom now thu
! they were in those days.
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