The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-04-25
LOCAL BRIEFS.

"A called meeting of St. AL
bans Lodge A. F. & A. M will
be held tomorrow evening for the
work of the Master Mason's de-
gree.
On account of unavoidable
delays in starting, Nathan Bros.
shows, advertised to be in Lum-
berton last Friday, will not ex-
hlblt here until Friday of this
week.
From May l to September l
the stores in Lumberton will
be closed every evening except
Saturdays at $50 o'clock. One
wonders why the time was not
made 6 O'Clock instead of $50.
but that is better than closing
later.
"A Methodist chruch was Or
ganized at St. Paul last night bv
Rev. S. j. Mcconnell, who is in
charge of Methodist missions in
Lumberton. Rev. EN-. Hoyle.
pastor of the Methodist church
here, has gone to St. Paul today
to attend to some of the details
of organization.
"A special programme has
been arranged for the young
: mems union prayer-meeting to-
> morrow evening at s O'Clock.
: There will be much good music.
2 and it is to be hoped that a large
! crowd of the young men of the
5 town will be present. The ex-
4 ercises will last one hour.
-Raeford facts and figures:
We heard Robesonian saying
; few days ago that it wasn't
:, . worth while for anybody to run
e aginst Treasurer Mckenzie; that
) the people had made up their
. minds to re-elect him. and they
b will surely do that thing. We do
T. e not know how they could i'm
y prove on the present incumbent.
is MIR. L. T. Townsend says
le that he saw Halley's comet this
d morning and that as it now ap-
le pears it is a mighty poor show
,r and not worth getting up to see.
j. He thinks the comet ought to be
a. ashamed of itself to cut such a
it poor figure after all the fuss that
has been made over it. 1t will
e. do better, though, when it gets
is down to business as an evening
ID attraction.
re Mrs. ]. P. Russell and four
ne children arrived Friday from
10 Augusta, Ga, their former home
er joining Mr.. Russell, who came t.
Lumberton recently to assume
the duties of superintendent O
the Virginia & Carolina South
u ern Ry. They are living in tn
house recently vacated by Mr.
and Mrs. A.W Peace, next t
5. the opera house, on Elm street.
nc n The amount of damage don
'tv ' by the cyclone last Sunday a
# Mr.. VIM. Stones, three mile
81 west Of town, was considerabl
',i I' underestimated in Thursday
~ Of paper. Instead of being onl
Nv w 1,5OO-the estimate did not as
~ ~ sumo to be accurate-it was 81,
sns s,s 500 or $4,000. Mr.. Stone, VIII
~ ~ was in town Saturday, says tha
- no one who has gone CAREFUL
in over his place since the storl
,d has estimated the loss at les
rim than 81, 500.
NO Mrs. Valentine Stone, c
of. Boardman, who was visiting {
est the home Mr.. and Mrs. Murdoc
lry Stone and was injured durin
ad- the cyclone a week ago yestel
1er day, was able to leave tt
ve- Thompson hospital Friday. Mr.
by Charity Nicholson, who unde
went an operation for appendic
tbs at the hospital last Monda.
ngs and Mrs. ]. w. Seasons, of How
ellsville, who underwent {
operation last Tuesday, are ge
ar ting along nicely. Prentice Ba
by ker, son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. /
the Barker, was taken to the hosp
ern tai yesterday for treatment f
ant typhoid fever.
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