The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-05-18


meeting, which was addressed
by Messrs. C. B. Skipper and
Jas. d. Proctor, of Lumberton,
VAS held.
Mr.. S. H. Hamilton, mana
ger Of the Western Union office
here, and Messrs. John Pope and
Frank Morrison, operators, were
witnesses in a suit for damages
against the company at Dillon,
S. c., last week. Damages in
the sum of $4,000 for failure to
deliver a message were asked,
but the company won the suit.
Among the cases set for
trial in Robson Superior Court
this week is that of DR.. w. o.
Edmund against the town of
Lumberton, a suit for $4,000
damages for alleged injuries re-
sulting from driving into a ditch
which, it is claimed, was left
open at night unprotected and
unmarked. 1t is claimed that
serious and permanent injuries
were received.
Troy Roberts and Sandy
Lewis were up before Mayor
Rowland at a late hour Friday
night for an assault on M. Lam
bert, an employee of King &
fuckers show. All men of color.
Sandy Lewis was found guilty of
an assault and of being drunk
and was fined $3.50 and cost,
and failing to pay said fine and
cost he was committed to Jail.
Roberts was released.
Mr.. J. P. Thompson, of Dill
lon, S. c., who is visiting rela-
tives and friends in Fairmont,
was among the visitors at this
office this morning. Mr.. Thomp-
sons name was the first ever
placed on the mailing list of The
Robesonian. He gave his sub
scription to Rev. WIS. McDiarmid
in 1870 on the corner where
White & Coughs store stands
now, then known as Fuller's cor
ner.
Rev. w. S. Baker. of Ben
tonville, Ark, will preach at the
Presbyterian church tomorrow
evening at 8 o'clock. There will
be no services at this church We'd
nesday evening and Sunday as
the pastor, Rev. A. E. Baker,
will leave Wednesday morning
for Greensboro to attend the ses-
sion of the General Assembly,
which will last over Sunday. He
will be accompanied by his broth
er, Rev. W. S. Baker, who has
been his guest since Friday.
Walter Morrison, a negro
I who escaped from the Robson
county chain gang about three
years ago, was captured at Ham.
let the other day and brought
back to this county to serve out
his term. He was sentenced tt
the roads for twelve months fol
larceny and the night following
his sentence he, with some othel
prisoners, escaped. Walter wa'
recaptured, served six days O
! his sentence, escaped again
and remained at large until h
was captured again at Hamlet
] Now it came to pass that O,
o the first day of the week, earl
q in the morning, it being about
,. Of the clock, the sound of
church bell summoning wol
n shippers to prayermeeting float
q ed out upon the peaceful still
=, ness. And before the first tone
Of the bell had died away in tn
distance some who had bee
, rudely shaken thereby from tn
= arms of Morpheus rushed Wild
.. out of doors and wanted to knO
:, where the fire was. And whe
= they found that the summon
- was not to a fire, but a praye
- meeting, they crept silently baC
u to rest thinking, maybe, tn
-, instead of being summoned to
" fire in this world they were BEN
~ summoned to prepare to avoid
~ fire in the next. Selah.
he Friday was a great day
II Fairmont, and some 1000 peo1
cd gathered to help make it a me
orable occasion. The closing {
ercises of the graded school we
- held, the address of the occasi
y. being delivered by Col. N.
" Mclean, and he made an exc
lent address, which he ne0
~ fails to do. Most interest c.
W. +arad narhanc in tho horse !.