The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-08-15
WHOLE NO. 25S8
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Lie CedDOdTu AIR Line ny.
began work Thursday on a side
track to the plant Of Kingsdale
Lumber Co. and it is expected
that the track will be completed
In about week.
Mr.. w. B. Hilburn, who for
several months had held the DOS
ition as first trick operator at
the Seaboard station, left Thurs
day afternoon for Middendorf,
c., where he went to assume the
duties of agent for the S. A. l..
Mr.. Hilburn's successor has not
yet arrived.
-Workmen began this after
noon erecting scafsolding pre-
paratory to tearing out the front
of Messrs. White & Coughs
store, which, as shas been men
toned in The Robesonian, will
be replaced with an elegant front
OF steel, stone and plate glass.
Mr.. Ira Mullis, who, as men
toned in Thursdays Robesonian,
came to Lumberton Thursday to
practice his profession as civil
engineer, has opened an office in
the Lumberton Cotton Mills office
building. Mr.. Mullis was for
merly with the Southern Power
Co. of Charlotte.
Hector and Travis Gilchrist,
of Lumberton, and Harrison
Cambpell, of Laurjnburg, all
colored, were arrested at the de-
pot Friday night. They came in
drunk on the excursion fromWil-
mington and were locked up FRI
day night and tried before the
mayoy Saturday morning, being
fined $3.50 each and cost.
-Bellamy, about miles east
Of Lumberton on the Seaboard
Air Line Ry., has been made a
flag station for west-bound pas
senger train No. As, due in Lum-
berton at 7.15 a. M, and east
bound passenger No. 40, which
leaves Lumberton at $50. This
gives the people Of that section
: opportunity to visit Lumberton
and return home the same morn
:. ing.
Mr.. r.R. S. Sledge, who had been
confined at his home on the
; corner of Fifth and Pine streets
!, with chills and fever for several
days, is able this morning to be
at his post of duty in the Lumber
, ton Drug Company's store. Mr..
; David Fuller assisted Mr.. Lacy
I Mckenzie in the store for two
Q or three days during the illness
5 Of Mr.. Sledge.
;. Mr.. RE. L. Correll, who re-
! Gently resigned his position as
{. managerof theLumbertonOilMill,
e has accepted a position as travel
S ing seed agent for the Universal
Q Oil and Fertilizer Co. of Viii
# mington. Mr.. Correll began work
this morning. 1t will be source
: of qualification to many friends
g to know that Mr.. and Mrs. Correl
e will continue to make their home
10 in Lumberton.
y The Lagle Furniture & Car
3 pet Co. # Lumberton, which
y j sells stacks Of, pianos, will give {
~ special exhibition of pianos IL
= Rowland Wednesday and Thurs
y y day of this week. Thursda!
!. evening it will give a musica
= entertainment in the auditorium
~ ~ of the graded school building a
Ae Rowland in which it will be as
sisted by the well-knownTrumal
Quartette of Lumberton.
-Supt. R. E. Sentelle, of tn
es Lumberton graded school. an
ed wife and children returned Fri
l., day night from their farm nea
a Waynesville, where they hav
y. been since the close of the sprin
es term. and are occupying thei
ne residence near the school build
to ing. The fall term Of the grac
ne ed school will begin next month
Prof. Sentelle will assist in hole
oW ing the Robson county teacher:
IN institute which began this morr
on ing in the graded school building
ire
]. During the severe electric;
lsh storm Friday afternoon-tt tx
severest of the summer thus fs
the steeple of the colore
nd Presbyterian church in Nortl
east Lumberton was struck ar
badly damaged and the home
RS. Ed. Love, colored, in Nor
,on Lumberton, was also struck. b
on the damage there was sligh