The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-03-01
EAST LUMBERTON.
Splendid New School Building
and a Good School-Church
and School Facilities Good
Field for Work.

and School Facilities Good
Field for Work.
Correspondence of The Robesonian
Rev. E. M. Hoyle filled his reg
ular appointment here last
Thursday night.
According to an old saying, it
will be a good crop year. Hope
it will be so.
Mr.. D. C. Kinlaw, of Howells-
vile, paid usavisita fewdays ago.
We are always glad to see such
men come. He is one of the
veterans. We can't help, and
don't want to help having great
respect for these old soldiers,
and more especially for those
who were so faithful to the
Southern cause during the war.
l for one love all of them who
survive and are now living good
and upright lives. We should ali
honor their gray hairs.
We are much indebted to the
Lumberton and Dresden Cotton
Mill Companies for the splendid
new school building which they
have erected for benefit of the
children who live in the village.
tits indeed a handsome structure,
having three large recitation
rooms on the first floor, and fur,
nished with elegant patent desks.
The auditorium on the seconc
floor is a thing of beauty, anC
will comfortably seat about 400
1t is provided with gas lights
which give a very splendid eff.
feet.
The public school opened here
the first day of February with
Mr.. A. B. Mercer as principa
and Miss Anna Belle Humphrey
and Mrs. Gallispie, assistants
The school is progressing finel!
under their management. Th'
enrolment has already reached
100. 1t you have never seen lit
tie children come down and se'
them lined up and entering tht
building. We have about 80 il
the first grade.
The young men of the tow
are getting up a night school
which will open next Monda
night. Already about 40 hav
matriculated. This school will b
taught by Mr.. A. B. Mercer
principal of our public school,
and Mr.. V. H. Taylor, of Lum
berton. They will instruct i
spelling, reading, pemanship an
arithmetic. We wish them muc
success, both teachers and pu
pills.
We have preaching twice
week in the auditorium of tn
school building, each Tuesda
night at 7::30 bv Rev. Mr.. Weiss
and each Thursday night at 7:3
by Rev. E. M. Hoyle. Rev. J. N
Fleming, pastor, also fills his az
pointments regularly at Ea:
Lumberton Baptist church ever
second and fourth Sunday at ]
a. m. and each first and thir
Sunday at 7:3O p. m.
The people of the village shoul
feel very grateful to the mi
companies for providing thel
, with such excellent opportuniti'
of hearing the Gospel preache
and educating their childrel
We hope the people will tai
advantage of these opportuniti'
!, of sending their children to scho
and carrying them to Sunds
school and preaching. Out of o.
. enrolment of 100 children, ran
ing from 6 to IA years of ag
about 25 or 80 of them after
Sunday school. Out of this 1
= about Is are in the first grad
so you see we are sadly in ne
of school every day, and Sund
school every Sunday.
Right here l wish to say tn
here is a great opening for m
sion work. If some means COT
be employed to get the childr
to come out to Sunday scht
every Sunday, instead of playi
ball, marbles or other gam
and strolling the woods and {
gaging in a great many otf
things that tend toward i
~ moral habits, would be so mt
better for lthem, sand sur
there would be more hopes
them to beome good men q
women. I would suggest Il
r. we invite the nearby minist
~ and all good Christian people
pay the village visits and talk
our people and encourage tn
- to 90 to Sunday school.