The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-01-24

License has been issued for
the marriage of Fannie l.. Cur
rie and Jno. Culbreth.
Mr.. Amos Howell, of the
Howellsville section. who was
brought to the Thompson hospi-
tai few days ago, is improving.
"A called meeting of St. AL
bans lodge, A. +. and A. NJ,
will be held tomorrow evening.
There will be work in the second
degree.
"A change for the better has
been made in the court room by
moving the jury box to the op-
posite SIDE of the room from
where it was first located. This
placeSit next to the jury room. -
-Messrs. Geo. Warner, of
Philadelphia. Pa, and David
Baird, of Camden, N. j., capt.
talists interested in lumber, were
in Lumberton Saturday and went
with ex-Sheriff G.. 3. Mcleod to
inspect his timber lands in Blad-
en- county.
Among the calendars not
heretofore mentioned is a beauti-
full one gotten out by j. d. Nc
MILAN & Son, druggists. of Lum-
terton: and w. J. Prevatt, a
general merchant of Lumberton,
: mas neat aluminium calander
adorned with 2 picture Of himself
t and Mrs. Prevatt.
The decided change in the
: weather Friday night brought
snow to some parts of tine county,
5 but Lumberton escaped. Sea-
board passenger train No. 40
. was covered with snow Saturday
morning, passing through snow
= ct Hamlet and Maxton, and the
!, V. & G.. S. cars brought snow
:, . from Hope Mills.
e Joe Ross, colored. was
e brought to jail Friday by Police
d man Wren, of Maxto1. He was
& tried before Justice J. S. Nc
le Rae Of Maxton on two charges
h of assault with deadly weapon
IS and was committed to Jail in de-
s. fault of two bonds in the sum "
ID $500 each. The assaults were
Z. said 70 have been committed in
a row among colored people.
~ ~ Geo. Baker. a young white
N man who lives across the river
,a from town, was arrested Satur.
= day night by Constable Walter
L. Nance on a warrant sworn out
20 % some time ago charging him
10 10 with retailing, and was lodged
20 in Jail. His trial before Justice
IN ~ J. A. Rowland was set for
- O'Clock this afternoon. about the
70 70 time the paper goes to press.
er Miss Sallie McNeill, abou
i'll so years old. died Thursday morn
ing at the home of her brother
at Mr.. Archie McNeill, near Rem
Id merit, of pneumonia. The inter
le ment took place Thursday after
ly noon at the family buryins
ground near the residence. Their
are two other cases Of pneumon
n: liza in the same home and TIVE
he cases at the home of Mr.. j. w
l.. McNeill, just short distance
or away.
H. AT the residence of tn,
= brides father in East Lumbertol
yesterday morning at 10. i!
q O'Clock, Miss Thetis M. McKeith
81 an became the bride Of Mr.
~ Frank Branch. The ceremony
~ ~ was performed by Rev. j. M
20 Fleming, pastor of the Eas
" Lumberton Baptist church, ant
10 Miss Bertha Broadwell, of st
III III Pauls, played the wedding
: : march. Both the contracting
: parties are operatives in the cot
ton mills of east Lumberton.
~ An infant son of Mr.. and
h. and Mrs. Asbury Rice, of Britt's
n township, was given a spoonful
At of Wrang-Tang liniment early
e Saturday morning in place of
rt cough syrup and as soon as the
,e mistake was discovered there
ct was great anX,ely; Tor directions
le on the linim .nt bottle expressly
s. state that adults must take only
:. 5 drops in a glass of water. and
that it must not be given to chill
dren a. all. However. no dam
age resulted beyond a little pain.
Is DR.. w. A. McPaul was sum-
d moned and the small boy soon
+ obtained relief. He did nor
! cough any for some time, though,