The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-03-03
- LOCAL BRIEFS.

License has been issued f.
the marriage of Alice Humphrey
and w. A. Graham.
-Messrs. A. w. Mclean and
K. G. Lawrence left last evening
for Wilmington, where they viii
attend a hearing of the Floyd
Bros, & Mitchell bankruptcy case
today.
In response to a telegram
announcing the illness of his IA
ther, Mr.. James Kerr, pharma-
cist for the Pope Drug Co., left
yesterday morning for his home
at Kerr, Sampson county.
The school at Long Branch,
Mr.. Geo. Warwick and Miss Ber-
tina Barker, teachers, will close
tomorrow evening with exercises
consisting of dialogues recita-
tions, drills, etc., beginning at
7:30 o'clock.
The office of John The Bap-
tist" will be the subject at the
young mems union prayermeet-
ing in the Pythian hall. over the
postoffice, Sunday afternoon at
8 o'clock. The service will he
conducted by Mr.. j. B. Bowen.
The primary pupils of Miss
Marion Moring, music teacher at
the graded school, will give a
recital tomorrow evening, be-
ginning at $50 O'Clock, in the
: auditorium at the graded school
; building. The public is cordially
invited.
; The Lumber minstrel troupe
has called off its engagement at
: Rowland for this evening and
! will give it's show in that town
on Wednesday evening of next
! week. The change of date was
deemed advisable on account of
) the condition of the roads.
$ "A meeting will be held this
= evening in the commissioners
room at the court house for the
purpose Of organizing a base
o ball team. Lovers of the sport
! are determined that Lumber.oa
] shall have a team this year and
! all who are interested are urged
J. to attend this meeting.
It The school at Bethesda, near
Barnesville, closes today with a
picnic and a concert this evening.
= There will be several speakers
present, among them County
g Supt. j. R. Poole and Mr.. T. L.
8 Johnson, of the firm of Shaw
e &Johnson, of Lumberton. There
Is will be ball game this after
): noon.
5. Mr.. Fred ]. Thomas, agent
(, for the Southern Express Co.,
|c who keeps an eye open for the
r interest of his business, has sue
), ceeded in getting the company
n to give him a delivery wagon.
}; The wagon is a nice one, costing
r about $500. It has been shipped
g and is expected to arrive one day
;, this week.
/. Mrs. Geo. M. Floyd, who re.
!, Gently underwent an operation
4 at the Thompson hospital, has re.
=. covered to such an extent thai
i she was able to leave the hosui
- tai a few days ago and she left
yesterday morning fer Toma.
" hawk, where she will spend some
time at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Herring. She
n was accompanied by Miss Josie
al Barksdale, a nurse at the Thomp
e. son hospital.
~ ~ Luke, Leslie, Amos and Jack
10 10 son Jones and Wilson Brooks, al
:; ;s Croatans, of Raft Swamp town
10 ship. were summoned yesterday
n by Deputy T. C. Barnes to ap
20 pear this morning as witnesses ir
10 a trial before Justice j. A. Row
ad land against Levy and Neil
81 81 Thomas and Chas Locklear, alst
Mt Mt Croatans, who are charged with
being engaged in cutting ane
shooting scrape in Raft Swamp
,. on Sunday, the 10th ult. The
three defendants have not We
OF been caught and the trial ha:
OK been postponed until Saturday O
next week. No one was seriousl;
ID injured in the row. 1t is sait
that LevyThomas shot himself il
or the arm in trying to shoot Luke
Jones. One of the witnesse
er here this mtrning has, lon,
cash, received in that mix-up
or in the back of his coat.
llo An Awful Eruption
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