The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-11

On last Sunday morning foottndo-
ter Collier Cobb, Mrs. Cobb and
daughter Sarah, Capt. W. L. Thomas
and the writer left for Wagram IN
the formers car. The trip OF 70
miles was made in less than two
hours and by 10:45 we found our
selves at our destination and were
ushered into that beautiful br1ck
church that was to be dedicated that
day. We were shown the way near
warm stove, which at that time
was very acceptable as the air was
quite sharp that morning.
The new church that was DEDICATED
was the Spring Hill Baptist church,
the old one Being located in the
country short distance: The ded-
icatory sermon was preached by Rev.
Mr.. Kestler Of Morganton, one OF their
former pastors. Mr.. Kestler remark
] ed that he was their pastor Is years
ago. His theme or text was "Cit-
izenship", and he held his large con- !
gregation spellbound The pastor of
the new $4,000 brick church is Rev.
w. E. Goode, and we learn that he
is a noble preacher and his congre-
cation stands by him and upholds
him in his great undertakings. Mr..
Goode remarked in the outset that
from a financial standpoint the
church could have been dedicated ear
ly in the spring as the money was
all paid in before the work was done.
We must say this is most remark
able. We learn that they have a
very substantial and loyal member
ship. At any rate this congrega-
! ton is to be congratulated on their
beautiful church, and to think it was
built in little less than a year,
and that their first service was the
, dedicatory service.
+ We are persuaded that the Wag-
ram section is more or less Scotch,
as we were introduced to many per-
, sons and most every one was "Mac".
f We were royalty entertained Sunday
, and Monday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. D. Thames. Mr.. Thames is
a former Parktonian, but since his
marriage of only a few years spent
! last year with the Wagram Mercan-
tile Co., and this year is still with
] them and holds position as head
:. clerk; and We learn from the pat
1 rons of the above firm that he is
: popular and grows in favor with their
: ustomers daily.
Q Space forbids much mention of
n this thriving little town, but we were
very favorably impressed with the
e town and citizens. While the crop
s Of 1916 was almost a failure, yet
a the people are in the best of spirits
e and will enter the new year in bright
: hopes. We learned that the Presby-
n terrain congregation has recently ded-
: icateda nice new brick church, on
which they are to be congratulated.
The Methodists are yet to build
e We visited at the elegant home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Livingston on
Sunday afternoon and passed the
e home of the late John Chas. McNeil1.
He has a nice monument in the
:. cemetery of the old Spring Hill
r church yard
Wagram section Is noted for it's
: educators. More collegebred people
In that section than we can recall
: anywhere else.
We must not close without men
ton of our other former Parkton-
;, ions, Messrs. Rowland and Henry
$ Jones of the Wagram Mercantile Co.,
y and their young brother Gordon, all
v three possessed of good business en-
il terprises and are making good, the
! former having been married four
s months ago to one of the fairest
e girls of that section.
It Mr.. w. M. Alley of Catawba came
= on visit to his son Mr.. W. E. Alley
l. the first of the week, bringing with
It him his pack of hounds, numbering
v eight, and it was our privilege Of
+ enjoying two splerdid races with
l him and Mccormick, Hudson and
y Malloy and Everett, all combined,
the pack then numbering 20 strong.
t The race On Thursday night was a
: noteworthy one, lasting 8 hours of
e high-gear racing, and at four o.
l. clock a. m. succeeded in capturing
the very cunning old reynard. The
= supporters of this race ranged in
\ ages from fourteen to seventy or
! more. All held out faithful and all
arrived home at 5 o'clock in the
morning declaring that we had the
best race of our lives. We have
decided that at least one hundred
miles were covered during the eight
hours by the pack. No one but low
ers of music can appreciate just such
sport.
We regret that message has beer
received from the border that Mr.
Carl johnson is quite sick with pneu
mona, but still later wire advises
he is somewhat better. We trus
he may soon be out Of danger ane
y that he may recover.
Capt. J. B. Malloy has returned
- to the border after spending Christ
n mas with homefolks
Il We are still hoping to learn tina
n Aunt Becky" is fast recovering AM
n that she may soon be able to sen,
ho Of Tho Dbl 10,
v some more of her splendid letters.
N We were pleased to know that TIL
ia Robesonian is received and read wit
n much interest in Scotland, as mos
d every other section we trave...