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7 ROBES'ONIAN t Circulation la Robe- - Watch Ota liM MT jraa Paear. H talto afcaar toa Cwisty, Ha nur tbaa If .MM Reader. Unaurpa- raar Safcacrtpua Ejalraa.4, I -. AdvcrtMng Medium. laaaa RimwiCmk. . ESTABLISHED 1870. Country, God and Truth. SINGLE COPIKS 6 CENTS WHOLE NO. 2168 LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY, JULY 23. 1006. VOL. XXXVII, NO. 41. IN SOUTH GEORGIA AND FLORIDA Rev. P. R. Law, of Red Springs, Spends Two Weeks Down In South Georgia and Florid and Writes Most Entertainingly ol His Trip-Many Robeson Boys Doing Well There. Correspondence of Tlie Robconittn. The future is impenetrable. And the fact is a pncless boon If we could in the leastwise pene trate the deep darkness beyond, many of our plans would be re shaped. But would life in its en tirety not be emasculated if not ruined. It is so easy to run to the final limits of thought. We could not foretell the weather during the days to follow, there fore we boarded -he cars the fourth of July to work two weeks in South Georgia and North - Florida. Every day till the last the weather .was as heavy and thick as that which oppresses in London. To the asthmatic the suffering it indicted was unspeak able- From the moment wo step nod upon the platform of the coach until we landed at Quit man, Georgia, uo known face greeted us. Such experience had not fallen out to us before Ana we never traveled on this great holiday before.- At every place there were negroes in crowds with banjos, watermelons, booths, gay and picturesque at tire and uncareful and jolly past i times- Between showers, we show up at our destination, after an all night run, at 10 a. m. Nt hostess ever gave a guest a more cordial greeting than did Mr.and Mrs. A. C. McLeod give us. Mr. Tom McLeod, who had been seri ously and painfully hurt by the explosion of the boiler at his saw mill down in Florida, was here, too, to welcome us.. It was a keen pleasure to find him roeup orating so rapidly. Wo shall not know the solution of tiio mystery of his escape with his life until the end of the world. The auto matic apparatus for tin escape of excessivo steam ceased to work, was the cause of the explosion. It was terrilic. Though he was only about fifteen Pout away he was not killed. Evorythiug.brick, timbers, machinery were dashed in every direction. The site on which it rested was swept clean. He was felled to the ground, three ribs and probably a bono in one l g broken, with uncountable and painful bruises over most every part of his body, llisctew were all hurt and disabled. It was tii roe miles to the nearest neigh bor and a'phone- Fortunately Mr- D. G. Malloy was en route to ilie mill and was near by and be gan prompt and helpful minis tries. It was called a case of special Providence. e retold the story of the good old Trucker near Princeton whoso gentle horse dashed off in fright at a furious speed, smashing to pieces the rig and throwing him violent ly upon the ground near a great stump. Rising up and looking at tho stump and reflecting upon how near he came to losing his life, he rushed into the study of the venerable Dr. Witherspoon, the president of the college, who lived near by, poured out the story of his preservation by the special providence of God. In reply tho great Divine suavely said I have had in my experience a greater proof than you of God's providential care along that road. I have been driving back and forth on it to the cclvgo for twen ty years and my horse has never runaway at all: It is pleasing to know that Mr. McLeod is con valescing rapidly and wilL suffer no permanent disabling as a eon sequence. The Robeson boys at Quitman are doing well. There is John Shaw, wlio has learned to make pictures with accelerated velocity arid loves it. John McGoogan, who-has come to love working with iron, is a success in the machine shops, while M. H. Murphy, one of the live urid en terprising saw mill men of the country and who has one of the coinpletest mills, has his resi dence in the city, while mine host js one of the pillars and leaders of tho business life of the com munity. It was a pleasu re to us to spend a nicht at tho hospitable home of Mr. Duncan McEachern. Be bubbles with business projects and apparently knows no minute of inactivity. We enjoyed a few hours and dinner at Boyd with Messrs. Al,. II. Murphy and D. C. Currie. We stopped over for a night at Perry, Fla., with Mr. D. G. Malloy at Mr. G.C Hughes' It got s without saying we en joyed seeing these dear friends. The town'continues to grow. But calomel is a popular drug-. We failed to see the dogs, but we saw "Hogs" which was far bet ter. And we saw John Currie who is fat, bright and yet un married despite all reports There was so much water and we thought so much about boats just here we came near saying we set sail 2:40 p. m., but we really went away on the cars, yet at places we steamed through the waters. Our destination was Pin and our route was via Live Oak, Baldwin and Citra. Live Oak is a growing, prosperous town with several railways, a splendid new court house and the capitol of Sewanee county. We tarried here an hour. Under lowering and darkening clouds, the flashing of lightning, the roar of thunder and the pouring of rain we boarded a Seaboard train for Baldwin. At 8:30 o'clock the porter cried out Baldwin. No darkness at any time could be deeper. The dim kerosene light enabled us to see it- Here we are to tarry three hours for the Citra train. The town, though a railway junction, has not yet been reclaimed in a rainy season, from a great ixjud. Bridges are built to the stores. No porter, no ho tel, no supper, nothing but dark ness, clouds, rain, the uproar of perhaps ten thousand frogs and a wailing New York drummer Such was our doom for three hours. When these painful and memorable hours are gone we are aboard a new train tor Ultra. Our co-passengers wero numer our, uncouth, boorish and ma- lodourous, and made every hour thirty minutes or more longer. At 2 a. m. we stepped down from the cars at Citra to rind there were rifts in the clouds, but only one human being about the sta tion as the train rolled away. And this human brother was of ony hue. He was very kind uul we were very thankful and 1 so. Ho was charged with arrying travelers to the hotel We tramped along liehind him with solemn interest. It was along ghostly paths he led us in the early morning hours. The luge willows were hanging weep- nigly, the wide spreading water oaks were draped heavily in moss that reached low down nearly to the ground and the shadows these umbrageous trees cast in the light of the moon wero so dark and weird the stories of hobgob lins and ghosts we had heard in the iiegro cabins in ante-bellum days came trooping back upon us. Meanwhile, the heaviest, cer tainly the fiercest mosquitoes we ever encountered, pelted and pierced rapidly our faces as if impelling an invader from their realm- In the midst of this pro fusion of great trees there stands a splendid hotel on a slight emi nence and in spacious grounds. It is qu lint, beautifully finished, yet out of line with any tye of architecture yet seen in the world. We found delightful, cre ative comforts of every kind in it and never enjoyed them more. The next morning Mr. Angus P. Monroe carried us out to Pine, five miles distant, where we were a guest in his hospitable home. We enjoyed greatly this visit. It was interesting to hear "Angus" tell of the game in the wilds and his success as a Nimrod. Wo wanted to go turkey and quail hunting. Then we saw our old friend and brother. Archie Ale- Donald- His appearancesuggests tho description of the notable old pioneer Hector McNeill, through whose instrumentality so many Highlanders migrated to the upper Cape Fear. lie has the study physique, the resolute will, the genial impulses and un faltering devotions to that he es pouses that have made his race in mortal. The numerous friends of these boys scattered abroad will be glad to hear they are mi i 1. 1 prospering They nave i-ne moral forces, the industry and business methods that always tell. We could tarry here but for a night. Our next stopping place is Jacksonville. This is a hustling little city. The Yankees in the winter andthe naval stores in the summer keep it astire tho year round. Less than a &ear ago its census Was taken under its own orders. The footings showed a population of about 33,000 The work was rejected as inaccurate. Usually people think their own work is bettor done. But Uncle Sam's was prefered in this-ca.se. He had found over 54,000 people in the city. Bay street is the busi ness stret- On this long street nearly all tho business is done and strange to say almost all the street walkers throng one side of it. We were delighted to meet the Baker boys from Robe son, A. S- and John D., ' and to learn they are men of high character and business standing ! and are prospering. We were placed under obligations, court ages and whole souled hospitality to Mr. D. A. McMillan. He is fond of riding on the land in his autombile and on the water in his yatch. We enjoyed rides with him in, both which are run with gasoline- We asked him if lie run all his machinery with gasoline and he said yes, all that he did not run with gas. we told mm mat aoout an we see men doing, indeed, about all that the world does is of the nature of reproducing itself- Man is mainly composed of gas, so is land and bank stocks and so on- nonce cne cniei tning going on is gas producing gas- iwo river rides down the river and up the river on successive days at the speed of fffteen miles an hour was deliciously breezey and cool after sweltering in the city. In the run down the river Miss Beulah, his only daughter, was the pilot while he played role of engineer. Miss Annie McLean, cousin and Scotch lassie of Robeson, with others were the passengers. By the way this is one of the coziest and but com pleted little yatchs we ever saw it is 4b feet long and a veritable gem. It is the pretiest boat, we were 'told, on the river- There are in it arrangements for cooking, eating, sleeping, a lavatory, cloak room and everything found in a full sized boat of the kind. Our ride up the river was 17 miles to a place called Mandarin. He re we saw the site on which stood the house in which Harriett BeecherStowo lived. There is nothing about it to attract atten tion except a beautiful view of the river which m front has widened out seven miles on ac count of vis a vis coves. The dwelling of the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin lived in Was literally carried away as souvenirs by the Yankees years ago. The St. .jonns is an interesting river, it navigable 200 miles but at no piaco iooksso mucn like a river as a lake or arm of the sea- Few waters are tilled with more or a greater variety of fish- At a run of 14 miles from Jacksonville the boat dips over the bar and begins to ride tho blue waves of the Atlantic. Our two weeks are over and we board the cars at 7:45 p. m., Tues day, on the Seaboard Air Line homeward bound, We reach Hamlet on time next morning but the south bound train from Max ton and Wilmington is just clear ing the crossing out of our way as we slow up and there we and others were forced to spend the ,1 nt. Hnmiot 'VUa. P,.im,n ..a- conductor told us that the offi- ninia h,i hocn iro,! tw u.,-o nnaaono-ra hn.ni for Mo v. ton. Railway officials that would do such things are absoluaelv cruel. It is not surprising that there should beso little sympathy among the people for them. We would say to all of our friends everwhere, (we could say it too to our enimies if we had I any), tho timo to go South is not in the summer but in the winter. Among other reasons for this advice we will say there are then fewer croaking frogs, not alto gether so many and vicious mos- quitos, there is less loose vapor in the atmosphere, and it is cool er. We expect to go back but never again in the summer. P. R. Law. Marietta Locals. CnrreHpondence of The Robosonlan The rains of the past few days I nave seriously arrected growing crops. The melon crop is a fail ure. Subscriptions to the Marietta cotton factory encourage the be lief that it will be built- Tobacco curing is progressing very wen, tnougn there are a number of idle barns this year, Airs. J. D. Judd and children are spending some weeks at the summer resorts, Mrs. Dr. Oliver has returned from Jackson Springs, improved in health. Sr. Mrs. Fred Brown and little son Aiss Johnson, a charming are on a visit to the parental young lady, of Fair Bluff, is visit home, Mr. and Mrs- Henry ing Miss Mamie Kyle. Roberts. Air. Fred Oliver, of near Row land, was recently in this com' munity with ins automobile giv ing pleasure to his lady friends. Politics in this precinct in hot in a perment not in a pennent yet- The county f mces are' all spoken for, so it is time the legis lative ticket should be taken up; therefore I suggest the name of Mr. Jno. E. Carlyle as one of the representatives. He is of the people, knows their needs, and would make an honest represen t BUIE FARMERS LAYING BY They Will Enjoy Needed-Rest-Crops Looking Fftae-BIg Cab bage; Prodnctlon-43ulldtng Progress- With the Shelc. Oormpondnnoa of Tha Kobeaanlan. a Laying by crops seem to be the order of the day. This is to be a rest time for the farmers which is much needed bv them. The crops are looking well in this section. There will be a car load or two of watermelons shipped from this burg today. Most of the farmers have held up -on the trucking business for the j last year or two around here There are a few irish potato crons. some cabbatre and a fow strawberries beintr raised. Mr. W. T.Jones, of near here, planted his garden in early cab bage and we are informed he sold $35 or $40 worth from less than half an acre or there about But it won't do for everybody to raise caooage. The sound ol nam mer and saw is heard daily in our prosperous village. The new store building 0f Baxley & Towpaend is rapidly nearing completion. They ex pect to open up in time for the fall trade with a full stock of general merchandise, suitable to the need of every body. We bespeak a liberal share of pat ronage for them in their new en terprise- Our hustling mill man. in the person of Mr. S- B. Williams, is running on very nearly full time We understand there will be the sound of another mill whistle in a short while under the manago- mentofCapt. D. W. Sherrill. The people who patronize the Atlantic Coast Lino, here and the surrounding country will be greatly pleased to learn of the improved service in the way of passenger trains.which have been a long felt need. It is a bad winj that blows no good to no- body The little son of Mr. A. C. Mc Leod, who has been quite sick with fever, weniearn, is improv ing. We learn that the fever patients in the Philadelphus sec tion are doing as well as could be expected. Mr. I. T. Brown has oeen taken witnwver since our last letter through your column, and we understand that he is do ing very well. Mr. Earl Brown, eldest son of Mr. John S. Brown, has been very sick but he is bet ter, Mrs. Troutman, of Wedgefield S. C-, is speding a few days with Mrs. Ray '8 family. Miss Mary Ray, who has suffered a prolong ed illness, has improved wonder miiy ana we are giaa to say sne n i a i is speedily on the road to perma nem recovery, ner inenos are glad to welcome ner nooie again and h5,r usual Pla9 of useful' nesa m W1B wuiu."jr Mr. Morris Pate, of Bingham, S. C, was a visitor on last Sun- day at the home of his brother, Nr - J. Pate Miss Glenae Graham, of Red Sorinsrs. is a visitor at the home of her aunt, Mrs. J. T. Pato, Buie, N. C, July 20th- Ashpole News Letter. Correspondence of The Robeson is n. Mrs. Fisher, of Parkton, has A. been with her father, Mr. N. Thompson, part of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Jno. M. Floyd, of Barnesville, were in town last 1 uesday. Dr. and Mrs. Brown and Miss Hattie McPhaul spent Sunday last at Wrightsville Beach- Mrs. Frank Powell, of Fair Bluff, spent part of last week with Mrs. C. b. Thompson. Mr. David AIcLean and family have moved back herefrom Alma. Mr. E. Fisher expects to build a residence at once for his own home, the house he lives in being rather small. Miss Nannie Stafford, of Latta. and Grace and Earl Mitchell, of Bennettsville, are visiting their grandfather, Mr. II. G. Mitchell, Afessrs. Reeves, Chambers, Drummondand others returned last week, and will hold the open- mgySale at the tobacco warehouse next Wednesday. Mrs- Anderson, of Clarendon, S. C, is visiting her friend, Mrs. Stanley, this' week. Joab Burch, the well known tobacco buyer of Durham, is in town. Ashpole, N. C, July 21. Maxton and the Lumberton Athletes will play ball again Fri- TWENTY-ONE REPORTED DEAD. Fatal Collision on the Seaboard Long List ol Dead and Infured Result Irom Head-on Collision ol Freight and Passenger Trains near Hamlet-Frank B. Lewis Among Dead -Wreck Reported Due to Contusion ol Orders. n u Winn last nignt, a A t 17. on i ... short distance west of Hamlet, ino. 44, the passenger train dm train due ght, with Vinty one hore at 9:30 o'clock.collided on, with an extra freight, most fatal results. Twint v one M,wtn-l l,:n i 4.: ,c,4 unvr noon unu a large number injured, Of the dead it is known that three wero white and the rest colorod Amntiwi0.i ;o t, Lewis, anativeof Lnmberton, and for many years an employe of the Seaboard. He and his family were living at Hamlet and he was engineer on the passenger train Another of tho dead is llaggago master Byrd, also well known hero. A special to The Observer from Rock in gh a m say s that i t i s r u m o i ed thero that tho cause of the wreck was due to the failure oper- ator there to deliver orders to the passenger train to meet the extra freight. However, this is not official. It was some confusion of orders. The injured were taken to Char lotto for treatment, on a social train. The engineer and fireman of the freight jumped and escap ed with a few bruises. The coach for colored people was com pletely demolished and nearly every one in it were killed. Both engines and many of the cars were shattered. Definite details are not obtain able when wo go to press. A special train, carrying the remains of Mr. Iiwis and the funeral party, arrived hero at 3:20 this afternoon, where the re mains will be intered. WILL HAVE UNION DEPOT. Commission Will Make Order This Week Interesting Fig ures. The hearing on the union de pot matter for Lumberton was resumed Saturday before the corporation commission in Ral eigh. Maj. J. D. Shaw, of Rock- ngham, representing the Sea board Air Line, Mr. .J.M.Turner, the Raleigh and Charleston, and Mr. A. W. AIcLean, the ietition- ers, were present. Additional evidence was nro- duced by the petitioners showing freight and passenger receipts, also number. of passengers for the previous year. After hearing this evidence and artrument the commission stated it would take the matter under advisement and make formal order this week, The building of a suitable depot will bo ordered, the only ques tion under advisement is as to size and proxrtion of cost to be borne by Raleigh and Charleston road- Anyhow, we will have a good union station and one that will meet the demand. The roads were required to furnish a statement of the freight and passenger receipts and the figures make interesting xeading and a good showing. During the seal year ended December 30, 11)05, the receipts of the freight department of the Seaboard at Lumberton amounted to $171, 194. 61; passenger department, $UV 807.0'J. The freight receipts for the Raleigh and Charleston for the same period were $37,477. h0. he number of passengers out of Lumberton on the Seaboard for the same period was 4'J per day and the number coming in as approximately about the same. The total handled by both tho Seaboard and Raleigh and Charleston was about 1 1 T) per day. 5Thp freight receipts here were largest of any station beteween Wilmington and Charlotte- The figures for some of the other stations are: Alonroe, $!IH,U00; Rockingham, $05,000; Alaxton, $78,000; Laurinburg, $110,000. Remaining in the Lumberton, N. C, postothce, July 23rd, 1000. If not called for in one week, will bo sent to the Dead Letter C rice, Washington, D. C. Parties call ing will please say advertised. W. S. Allen, R. II. Barnes, Fred Burnevs. Miss Mousira Cook, E- H. Hobbs, Aliss Annie L Johnson, Miss Ada Lee, Miss Ida McAuthur, T. II Tyson, George Thaws, H. M. Williams. LOCAL BRIEFS. Judging from the amount that is being sold we should say the fruit crop in this section is an abundant one. Mr. A- W. McLean went to Kaleigh Saturday morning toap lear before tho cororation com mission in behalf of the denot i,cre. n n T , of Kernersville, has moved f rom tho latter place to Augusta, Ga. tho latter nlaoe to Aut?nsto. . . . . . - license navo been issued for ino marriago or inr. John T. Pre vnU ftnd M's Kmma Mercer, aauP,lU;r OI Mr and Mp- Agrip- l "rcer. pjiieriu Mcleod convened court this Tiiorning and adjourned it until 2 o'clock because of tho in disposition of Judge W. D. Coun cil.who was in the wreck and suf- e red a considerable shake-up Air. F- P. Yates, who recently resigned bus position here with the Seaboard, has moved to Joncsboro. 'Mr- W. G. Costin is occupying the house vacated by Mr- Yates. A new concern at Poinbrokn in the Pembroke Iron Works, which will operate a machine and repair shops. Tho building for tho plant lias already been started. Mr. .las. P. Barnes, ofOrrum, has been ill for some days and his condition was reported criti cal this morning, old. " . no is years Mr- 10. C. Nye walked into the office of his store at Orrum a few days ago and found an unwel- come visitor in tho person of a rattlesnake about four or more feet long and wearing five rat tles. His Snakeship was resting comfortable in his coil when he was killed. Annie Slngletary, colored, was brought hero Thursday night from Kingsdale by Deputy Sheriff Barker, she having been arrested on a charge of stealing money from Air. and Mrs. Benja min. She was kept in jail all night and Friday morning the money -fcOH was found in the Benjamin house. Whereupon the woman was released. GEORGIANS RAISE SAND. Two Men Were Taken From Train Here and the Incident Causes Much Excitement, Thursday afternoon Policeman Floyd received a telegram from Mr. Williams, conductor on the westbound train from Wilming ton, telling him to meet the train at Lumberton as there was busi ness of importance. The con- tents or the telegram were re peated around town and when the train arrived at the depot there were not Only Policemen Floyd and Bridgers, but a good per cent of the citizens of the town down there. A little fuller information had been learned by the crowd some men who were drunk and had been raising cain were to be taken off. Excitement was wild. Some had crawled on box cars to fetter see what took place- The officers entered the car and after a few minutes brought out E- II. Clay and E. P. Chamberlain, twoGeorgians, who had made themselves obnoxious to passengers. The two men had been at the beach for several days and start ed home Thursday. They had been drinking at a lively clip and still had some left- Chamberlain displayed a bad looking pistol in the car and Clay wielded a bottle of liquor. He made himself ob noxious to some of the ladies by offering to introduce himself and in other ways. The conduct of the two men was such a to frighten other passengers and they comp'lainad to the conduc tor. He was as patient as long as he could well Ixj in justice to his duties and the passencers. The men had got rough at times and broke out some glasses. Mr. Williams wired the officers here and had tho men removed- As they were guilty of offenses com mitted on the train outside of the town and were apparently as sober as judges when taken off hero the local authorities had no no chance to get at them. The mayor recognized them on their recognizance to appear Friday morning at 11 o'clock, but the men left on the early train for their homes. Among those from here who spent Sunday at the Beach were Messrs. C. H. Morrow, S. A. Ed mund, F. P. Gray, Howard Mor rison, Ed. McMillan, D.D.French. Also Mr. J. D. Judd.of Marietta. SNAPPY GAME OF BALL. Maxton and Lnmhri, -r.. ' Furnish Fine Amusemeat Mazton Wins In a Score of to 4. The aamc. of hnsnun r, ,;,wllUCinTOIiu Maxton and the Lumberton Ath letes resulted in a score of 5 to 4 in favor of Maxton Mr ' A fl Thompson umpired. When the Maxton bo JeJ'm eil t, , n T 1, "'"ut J w hen the Maxton lxys alighted lay morning they had como fheir root- I . . " "tvui ami RM u-ora nin,r tk reit the samo ronfilf.n,.o m. - 1 local boys W(.re there in roll' force to meet them and Dr. Thoa. worment, a baseball enthusiast rigm,, was mere with them. He stayed with them until tho game was over, not even going to din ner. When the L'ame was called at 2 o'clock the side-lines were crowded with sneetators uml they stayed right with the boys until it was over. Hie Lumber- ton boys' sweethearts were there to cheer them to victory, but suffered defeat with them trlori- ously. V Maxton's line up was: Mr-Kin- non, hrst base: Martin, third base; Smith, pitcher; ,J. Carter, cfnter tM Hasty, loft Carter, second base; field ;'W. Lovine. catcher; Peterson, right field; Dunn, shortstop. rheline up for Lumberton was: Fuller, second base; Nor men t, pitcher; l.ridgers, left field; Kinlaw, first base; Pone, center I inuittn. inn, u.-ii;t , 7W, neid. Mcfa,,, third base: Nunn, catcher: Stone, short ston:ShKt- er. right field. The Athletes were un first and failed to score. AIcKinnon made a run for Miixtnn fn t.h second W. Carter made a run for Maxton and Pone one for Lnm- berton. In the third innincr it was a "iroose oci"for both aidps. In the fourth Lumborton failed to tally and J. Carter and Hasty scored each a run for Maxton. The fifth and sixth were both goose egg innings. Nothing do- "mberton in the seven- th; McKinnon scores one run for Maxton. In the eighth Fuller, Norment and Bridgers each scored for Lumberton and Max ton does not change its score. The Athletes fail to score in the ninth. The star play of 1 he game was made by David Fuller, second baseman. He caught a difficult driver and put out the runner on second, thereby sending two to the shade- The game was well played all around and its equal is not always seen among profess ionals. The Maxton team was just a little too heavy for the Athletes but the latter made it interesting all the same- News From Orrum. Corrpondnro! of The Kobmmnian. Mrs-J-AI. Prink and and sister, Mrs- Pet Williams, left Tuesday tnr Conwnv. X C. in visit rla- tjve8t tiien 0 to Myrtle Beach for a few days. Miss Celia Britt, of Raft Swamp, spent last week with her cousin, Miss l-ossie names. &no left Monday morning for Barnes ville to send this week with her grand father, Mr. Bill Jenkins. Mr. F. F-Purvis and Aliss May Howell visited Miss Beulah Pre vatt Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bfitt, of Barnesville, spent Wednesday with Dora Barnes, Mr. Britt's sister.. They were accompanied home by Miss Fossie Barnes. Mr. and Airs. O. I. Floyd, of Ashpole, were in town yesterday aftjernoon. Mrs. Floyd's many friends here are always glad to see her. Mr. N. N. Barden moved his family to Clarendon Tuesday, where he has been since April, merchandising. Mr. Jim Flowers went to Lum berton Sunday afternoon to have his eyes examined. Though he feared he would have to go to Charlotte to the specialist. Mr. Dan Prevatt and sister, Aliss Jessie, and Mr. Ippie Gra ham attended the Children's Day at Back Swamp Sunday. Miss Polly Barden, of Selma, is visiting her brother, Mr. Frank Barden. Lots of fish are being caught now. The big rains do not seem to hinder, and the people are just flocking to tho river. Miss Beulah Prevatt spent Wednesday night with Miss Alice" ' Humphrey. We are glad to see her so she can go around again after having been deprived of it so long. Orrum, N. C.July 25th-