The Robesonian., 1918-09-12

BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEW :

Relatives here have been advised
C1 the safe arrival overseas of Lieut..
X. A. Mclean of Lumberton.
License has been issued for the
marriage of Lonnie Ward and Lett,e
watts; Z. L. Harrington and Katie
Page.
Miss Marjorie Steele left this
morning for Whiteville, where She
will teach in the graded school. School
will open Monday.
"A special meeting of Pine Carp
No. 144, w. 0. w., will meet at Long
Branch Saturday evening at 8 O'Clock.
ALI members urged to be present.
Miss Mae Seabolt of Roper spent
Tuesday here visiting friends. She |
went from here to Maxton, where she
Will teach at Carolina college during
the coming term.
MIR. NJ. B. Robbins of Council has
accepted position in the McAllister
Hardware store. Mr. Robbins will
move his family here as soon as he
can secure a house.
Nancy Chavis and Farley Lowric
were married in the office of Regis
ter of Deeds M. w. Floyd yesterday
: at noon, the service being performed
by Justice M. G. Mckenzie.
His host of friends were delight
ed to see ex-Judge T. A. McNeill on
the streets yesterday. This is the
first time Judge McNeill has walked
down town in some months.
Little Miss Sue Blount Shaw en-.
tertaned number of her little
friends Tuesday afternoon at the
home Of her mother, Mrs. D. P. Shaw,
I'm honor of her 9Th birthday.
Mr.. crab" Love. a member of
the Lumberton baseball team during
the 1916 season, died recently in
Florida, according to reports recelv
ed here. Mr.. Love made many friends
while here.
4 Mr.. E. M. Paul resigned yes.er-
! day his position as clerk in the Office
of Sheriff R. E. Lewis. He left last
i evening for his home at Pembroke,
where he has accepted position with
4 the Bank of Pembroke.
| Mr.. Swain Britt of R. 1 from Or
rum was among the visitors in town
yesterday. Mr.. Britt returned Tues
day from trip to Timmonsville and
Hartsville, S. C. He reports crops
! damaged in. South Carolina by the
recent drought.
Mr.. c.. c.. Murphy, of Murphy
Bros. Land & Auction Co., has open
ed an Office in Lumberton, in the
Planters Bank & Trust Co. building
The company also has an office in
Greensboro and does large business
in handling real estate.
Mr.. j. A. Carlyle of R. 6 from
Lumberton returned home Tuesdry
from Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga.
where he spent some time visiting
Robson county registrants. He
says the boys are getting along fine
and having good time.
Rev. DR.. R. c. Beaman went this
, morning to Hamlet to meet Mrs. Bea-
, man, who will return home tonight
from Henderson, where she snent
about 2 months with relatives. Mrs
!, Beaman's health has improved some
! what since she has been away.
Mrs. Harriet Watson of Ben.
| nettsville, S. c., who has been spend
l ing some time here visiting her daugh-
l ters, Mesdames Mamie Crump anc
| Daisy Jenkins, received news Mon
day that her youngest son, Sam c.
/ Watson had arrived safely overseas
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P Stack arrived
this morning from Columbus, Ga, and
VIII spend week or 10 days at the
home of Mrs. Stacks parents, Mr.. and
{ Mrs. S. Mcintyre, Walnut street. Nj
= Stack underwent an operation for ap-
pendicitis at hospital in Columbus
two weeks ago.
, Mrs. l.. R. Varser and Miss Eliza
beth Snead returned last night from
Charlotte, where they went Monday
, night to consult a specialist and tt
see their sister Miss Mary Snead
who is patient in a Charlotte sara
!. torium. Miss Mary Snead's condi.
tion has improved considerably. Shs
is able to walk now for the first time
in months.
Mr.. H. H. Hemsley. of Balti.
more, Md, began work the first Of
! the week as clerk at the Lorraine
: hotel. To accept this position he re-
' signed a position he had held for
:: years with the Security Trust &
Storage Co. of Baltimore. His wife
: and infant child will join him here
' in about weeks.
= The Hargrove place, miles from
1 Rowland, 8 miles from Fairmont. OF
Y the Rowland Fairmont road, has beer
Undivided into small farms and viii
be sold at auction on Wednesday
September 18, by the Atlantir Coast
Realty Co., which has held numbe,
Of successful land sales in Robson
Mr.. Chas. E. Best, a representative
+ of the company who has the sale il
! charge and is making /headquarter:
at Rowland until the sale, was a UNI
e berton VISITOR yesterday.
Charity and Children: We regre
exceedingly to hear of the poor health
of Mr. R. D. Caldwell of Lumberton
who is in a Baltimore hospital fol
J treatment, and we pray that he ma!
: be restored to health. Mr.. Caldwell
4 has for a great many years been th'
q superintendent of the Lumbertol
Sunday school which gives more II
the orphanage work than any othe
Sunday school in the world.