The Robesonian., 1918-09-26
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS.

BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS.
-Lumberton chapter No. 116, D. E.
S., will meet this evening at $50.
Good cotton is selling OF trc local
market today for 81 cents the pound.
The Alfred Rowland chapter, u.
D. c., will meet at the graded school
Friday afternoon at 2:3C.
Mr.. Bell Robson, superintendent
of streets, is having the sidewalks in
the eastern part OF town cleaned OF.
Miss Henrietta Ammons of R.
from Lumberton has accepted po-
sition in Messrs. White & Coughs de-
partment store.
Mr. Lenex Thompson has accept
ed a position in the grocery depart
ment of Messrs. White & Coughs
department store.
MIR. E. D. Stone is able to be
back at his post at Mr.. Ii. Dunie's
store after being confined to his room
sick for several days.
Alex McCailum and Stella Pope,
a co.ored couple, were married in the
office of Register of Deeds NJ. W.
Floy Tuesday ct IL a. m. Justice
Nj c. Mckenzie officiated.
Mr.. w. H. Mcleod of Manning,
s. c., has accepted a position in the
grocery department of Messrs. X. %.
Caldwell & Sons department store.
He began work yesterday.
DIR. E. K. Mclean, who has been
connected with county board of health
for the last three months, expects
to leave Saturday for Galveston, Tex
as, to resume his studies 1t the uni
versity of Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. l.. Prevatt and
children, Layton and Margaret, who
have been visiting relatives in the
county for the past = weeks, Will
leave this evening for their home at
Glennallen, Va. They will move next
week to Richmond.
1.-THE Soldier Who Came Back"
! presented at the local opera Eouse
/ Tuesday evening, was the best play
that has visited Lumberton in Ilany
moons. 1t was greeted by small
audience, but if the real merit o. the
play had been known the house would
no doubt have been packed.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. d. Caldwell re-
turned Monday from Baltimore. Nd,
where Mr. Caldwell spent four and
half months at Johns Hopkins hospi-
tai Mr. Caldwell IS greatly improv-
ed in health. He will have to remain
quiet for some time yet, however. Mrs.
Caldwell spent most Of the time with
Mr.. Caldwell while he was in the nos
pital.
Prof. ]. r. Poole, county super
| intendent of public instruction. left
Tuesday for Beaufort to attend a
| meeting of the southeastern district
! county superinsendent5 association
Prof. Poole is on the program for an
address this evening. His subject
! Is, Judging and Selecting Good
! Teachers" The session closes to-
night.
! -Laurinburg Exchange: 1t is an
| nounced that Evangelist B. F. Nc
Lendon will begin series of tent
meetings at Lumberton about the first
of October. Mr.. McLendon conducted
meeting at Red Springs early in the
/ summer and went from there to
| Kings Mountain, and then to Chester,
! S. c. Doubtless many people from
! this county will go to Lumberton to
hear him.
| -Messrs Abner Nash, Adrain
Britt and Robert Proctor left Tues
day for Chapel Hill to enter the State
university. lOStOI lSle
last evening for Chapel Hill to enter
the same institution. Mr.. Robert
Caldwell, Jr., left Tuesday for Wake
Forest to resume his studies at Wake
Forest college. Mr.. Harrell Hum
phrey left Tuesday for Trinity col
lege, Durham, where he will be In
| the sophomore class.
In remitting for The Robeso1ian,
Rev. N. L. Seabolt, who was sent to
1 Roper by the last conference from
Lumberton circuit, which he served
! faithfully for 4 years and whD is low
ed and honored by many Robesonian
readers, writes: 81 intended to come
over to Lumberton this summer but
have been too busy. l would be glad
to see all my friends over there. l
have a nice work at Roper, and am
getting along nicely. l like it just
4 fine"
4 Rev. r. Walter Townsend Of
Raynham was Lumberton visitor
yesterday. He received the other day
two interesting newspapers publish
: ed in France, continental editions of
American newspapers. The subscrip-
ton price of one of them IS about Si4
year in France and Spair and about
S21 year in other countries, and the
: paper is not as large as The Robe
sonian. The papers were sent to Mr.
: Townsend by his son Capt. DALLAS S.
Townsend, 349th field artillery. Capt.
Townsend has been in the active fight