The Robesonian., 1910-11-09
LOCAL BRIEFS.

"A meeting of the county
teachers association will be held
In Lumberton on the 18th inst.
License has been issued for
the marriage Of Rosa Griffin and
w. j. Barker.
Sheriff E. C. McNeill is an
object of much attention today.
He had his mustache shaved off
this morning, and for a fact he
looks like another sheriff.
Miss Julia Anderson and Mr..
Hampton Hodge were married
Sunday at the home of the
officiating minister, Rev. ]. D.
Clark, in st. Paul township.
Mr.. Will Maxwell, who had
been sickwith fever inthe Thomp-
son hospital for some time. is
able to be on the streets again,
though he is still very weak.
1t is reported that Mr.. W.
K. Tyner's store at Lowe was
robbed last night of consider
able amount of goods. though no
particulars have been learned.
A fruit and oyster supper.
to which the public is cordially
invited, will be held at the Oak
dale school house, near Marietta.
Friday evening of this week.
The proceeds will be used for
furnishing the school room.
-Ex-Sheriff Geo. B. Mcleod.
who was injured in an automo-
bile wreck near Raeford last
Friday. is getting along nicely at
the Highsmith hospital in Fay
etteville. His injuries are much
less serious than was at first
supposed.
Prof. j, r. Poole, county
superintendent of public instruc-
/ ton, left last evening for Rock
|, ingham to see his mother, who
suffered stroke of paralysis
Monday. She is at the home of
her son-in-law and daughter,
DR.. and Mrs. F. ]. Garret.
Mr.. A. Weinstein, one of
Lumberton's husthng merchants,
+, is still runing his fall sale, as
I can be seen from an ADVERTISE
: ment in this issue, and says that
: he has found it necessary to en-
ploy three new salesman to take
g care Of the business.
"A criminal term of Robson
: Superior Court convened this
n morning at 10 o'clock, Judge O.
y H. Allen of Kinston presiding
land Solicitor N. A. Sinclair being
present to represent the State.
The grand jury wa; duly i'm
e : paneled and charged with Mr.. C..
:, T. Pate ofPurvis as foreman.
/. -Maxton Scottish Chief:
g Measured by the postoffice re.
= = ceipts for the year ending Sep.
= : tember 30th. 1910, Maxton is on
:" the grow. The receipts for the
-lyear ending September 3Oth,
n 1909. amounted to $5,041. OF
: !; ending September 30th. 1910
!, the amount was $6. 278. 70. Of
% nearly twenty-five per cent in
10 crease.
le A meeting of the Woman,
1t Foreign Missionary Society o.
st the Rockingham district will be
gin in Maxton this evening ant
: last through Friday evening
\ Mesdames Eliza Fuller, A. E
| White and ]. A. McAllister ant
| Miss Lucy Allen will attend th'
| meeting tomorrow as delegate
| from the Lumberton Methods
/ church.
4 Little Miss Anna Lawrenc
I delightfully."- entertained Monda,
/ evening at d nner at the home o
| her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R. c
| Lawrence. on Sixth street. Tn
l occasion was to celebrate he
/ seventh birthday. Several Of tn
i graded school teachers and som
other grown folks were anon
! the guests. 1t was a mos
pleasant occasion.
II Vitations have been recel1
/ ed in Lumberton reading as TO
/ lows:
Mr.. snd Mrs. Milton Lytch
n request the honor of your presence
at the marriage Of their daughter
Naomi
to
Mr.. Charles Arthur Cox
THURSDAY afternoon the twent, four
of November
nineteen hundred and ter
Il at half after four O'Clock
Baptist church