The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-09-30

LOCAL BRIEFS.

License has been issued for
the marriage of Lizzie Britt and
Clyde Flowers.
"A two-Weeks' term of Robe
son Superior Court for the trial
of civil cases begins next Mon
day. Judge C.C.Lyon, of Eliza
bethtoWn, will preside.
The Offices of the National
Cotton Mills, in the Mcleod
building on Elm street, have been
considerably enlarged by the
moving of a partition and door.
Rev. A. E. Baker, pastor of
the Presbyterian church. and
family were the victims of a
pounding last Thursday evening.
Many good things were received.
The fronts of Mr.L.H. Cald :
wells stores on Elm street have
been improved considerably by
recent painting. and improve
ments have also been made on
the inside.
Mr.. R. d. Caldwell, of Lum-
berton, has been appointed by
Governor Kitchin a delegate to
the southern Appalachian good
roads convention, which will be
held at Asheville October ST.
Miss Theresa Patterson. of
Bladen county, has accepted a po-
sition as stenographer in the
office of Clerk of the Court
W. H. Humphrey. Miss Patter-
son is sister of Mrs. Geo. Len
non, of Lumberton.
Mr.. j. w. Taylor, of rural
route Nos from Lumberton, was
in town yesterday to see his
wife, who is at theThompsonHos-
pital, where she underwent an
operation Saturday. Mrs. Taylor
is getting along very nicely.
-Mr.J. H. Powers, of Powers
vile, was knocked from a wagon
at his farm nearMr. Robt. Lewis !,
Saddle Tree, yesterday and suf-
fered a broken collar bone and
other minor injuries. DR.. N. A.
Thompson was summoned to
dress his wounds.
-Messrs. Caldwell & Carlyle
are moving their crockery de-
partment, which has been in the
rear of the room occupied by the
millinery department. to a glass
partitioned room in the rear OF
the grocery department, the
change being made to give more
room for the millinery and CLOAK
departments.
Mr.. F. P. Gray, who return
ed Sunday night from Baltimore
Md, where he underwent an op
Grafton recently for appendicitis
, is not t'yet strong enough to re
sumo his work at the office of tn
Lumberton Cotton Mills and lef
: Tuesday evening for his home i
: Suffolk, Va, where he will spen
= a few days. He expects to retur
: to Lumberton next week.
There was a slighterror in til
mention of the beginning Of ma
: service on the Virginia & Carol
: na Southern in Mondays pape
! The first pouch that went owe
u the road came from Hope Mil
:, - to Lumberton and was entire
u empty, and it was the secol
pouch over the read, the fir
rom Luuberton tt Hope Mill
6 tiat carried one ltne letter.
n --Theartesian we'll near the po'
e ar house is getting feeble and
}. stream is tiny now compared
Il Is former bold flow. This h
rt happet ed since the town beg
It % take water from the wells !
K Gently sunk near the power hoU
!. md that may be the cause; OF
&C nay be that the pipe is obstru
w ed in some way. 1t would bt
ds calamity if that we'll were
cease flowing altogether.
gf "A saries of meetings. VIII
A. will be conducted by Rev. w.
ho Harvey, Of Kentucky. will be,
Id at the Gospel tabernacle ns
"a, Monday evening at 7:3) o'cl<
be and services will be held ev'
,r< evening at that hour and aft
il noons at $3.50. The pastor, R
( +. Weiss, will cenda>t servi
It'll At the regular nou'5 >,un3
lol His subject at 1e ]roIling S
,el. vice will be A Great Victor,
car at the evening service, No NJ
Sea. "
, Go With a Rush,
: y The demand for that wonderful s