The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1897-08-11


just what they needed for their
crops.
5. b. Lewis went up the road
on the we5tbound train Monday
evening. lie would not divulge
his destination, simply saying he
was going NORTH
II. D. Caldwell and family left
yesterday for n few days stay at
Red Springs in attendance upon
Chautnuqua. Mr.. Caldwell is on
the programme for speech today.
Miss Lula Parham, of Dillon
S. c.. who had been visiting Miss
| Claudia Townsend, returned home
last week. Miss Claudia accom-
panied her for a short visit.
Hugh NJ. McAllister made a fly
ing visit TO Charlotte Saturday
night. He returned as far as Mon
roe Sunday morning, where he
spent the day with friends.
No services were held at any of
our churches Sunday night except
the Methodist church. A large
congregation was out to hear Pas
tor Bundy and listened to u most
excellent sermon.
| The RoBEsoNTAN will keep its
readers posted on the Lumberton
tobacco market and will be of spe
cial interest to planters. Now is
the time to subscribe and keep up
with the prices.
Services will be held in the Bap-
fist church next Sunday night. In
case the meeting at Manning, S.
S., is in progress Pastor Booth
will remain there and his pulpit
= will be filled by Rev. John 0.
Cough.
DR.. T. L. Northrop, of Laurin-
: burg, q graduate of the University
t of Maryland, has located at St.
Paul's, for the practice of his pro-
fession. This community has
9 needed a good physician for some
time and a fine opening presents
itself to Dr.. Northrop.
o The store of Frank Cough is
rapidly approaching completion
Carpenters and painters are busy
at work on the interior and vii.
. have the building ready for occu.
patton in a few days. The ceiling
: of yellow pine, finished in oil ant
/ varnish, is pretty enough for any
one.
l. A number of the hungry ones il
o North Carolina got relief last weel
in the way of appointments t.
a fourth class postoiIices. Robesol
n county came in for three of these
They were A. l.. Bullock, at Al
fordsville: w. j. Curric, at Max
" ton, and n. H. Hurley, at Wades
. boro.
All the buyers on the Lumber
ton tobacco market are "order
buyers, and they say that the
, now have advices and are prepare
and ready to take care of two mi
lion pounds if they can get it o
re the Lumbcrton warehouse foo.
Il Planters will do we'll to relnembt
OF this fact when seeking markC
for their tobacco.
e, J. f. Lewis, ESQ, for the pa
elk four months Maxton represent;
tn tive of the RoBEsoNIAN, leav,
that place today for High Pon
pit where he will engage in the publ
IL cation of Il paper. Mr.. Lewis h;
M done excellent work for the Rob
soNIAN and carries with him
:, his new field its very best wishe
er. Rev. J. n. Booth returned Su
me day morning from Wake count
where he assisted in very success
od full protracted meeting at his hol
:. church last week. He found
- telegram awaiting him here askil
him to go to Manning, S. c., al
assist Rev. Jno. O. Cough in
eW meeting this week. Permissi
COO was given by his people and he IL
'eo Sunday evening.
Mr.. w. w. Carlyle has +
"a ceipt from the Christian Hera
lck for 1921 contributed bp the /
Vhe dies Aid Society of the Method
Church for the famine suffert
lay of India. This makes total
nd date of $201.76 contributed
md by the people of Lumberton a
vicinity, which has been forwaI
vor ed to New York through Mr.. G.
the lyle.
Dna Editor r. B. Rranch, of the F
Springs Citizen, was here Sat
Inn day on his way to Whiteville
=, visit his father We were p1ad