The Robesonian., 1917-07-26
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

Mr.. Archie E. Barnes left last
week for Petersburg, Va, to begin
work on the government cantonment
berg erected at that place.
Mr.. G. w. Mercer, who resigned
his position with Mr.. Jno. T. Biggs
a few days ago, left this morning
for Petersburg, Va, where he ex-
poets to accept a position.
MIR. Alex Fleming of East
Lumberton got the ends of
two middle fingers on one hand cut
off last night in a machine in the
Lumberton cotton mills. DR.. T. c.
. Johnson dressed the wound this morn
ing.
Work of replacing old pipe with
heavy iron pipe to the old gulley off
Elm street goes on apace an dit is
; probable that the excavation across
, Elm street goes on apace and it Is
the past week, will be filled in in a
few days.
t Mr.. Richard M. Norment, who
. went last week to Columbia, S. c.,
to work on The State newspaper as
d.. count of trouble with his eyes. He
hopes to be able to return to work
h in few days.
g Trinity Episcopal church here and of
=. the Episcopal churches at Maxt0n
and Red Springs, will leave Monday
y for Brooklyn, N. Y, where he will
~ have charge of services in hospital
r. during his months vacation.
aSS Lumber river, which reached
~ here yesterday the highest point it
- has reached this summer, has begun
f. to fall and if the glorious sunshine
l. and let-up of rainfall holds for a
t5 VI few days it will be back inside its ac-
&c customed channel again. Here's de-
~ ~ voutly hoping.
he Mr.. C. R. Monroe of Tar Heel,
ii. who was a Lumberton visitor yester-
,g' day, brought to the editor from his
g father, Mr.. W. M. r%onroe, who is
n The Robesonian's correspondent at
RS Tar Heel, box of the most delic-
at ious and beautiful apples. A rare
,it- gift that is appreciated.
Mr.. r. NJ. Phillips of the Globe
a. Swamp section, down Boardman way
ION. Twas a Lumberton visitor YESTERDAY
by He thinks that corn is better thl
A. year than last but that cotton In M
den Isection perhaps has alfeady beer
Of damaged more by wet weather tha
vim it was damaged last year.
Of Mr.. Lum Edwards, who live
cred near Old Kingsdale, had to kill
'rvy mule Friday night Of last week as
the result of the mule falling throug
rty- q bridge ON = road near Proctorvill
5.25 The mule broke his right front lie
to- when the bridge broke through. N
rpet Edwards says the mule was wor'
NC around $3.50. - :.
scos. Mr.. and Mrs. U. S. Page al
lome email child left Yesterday for the
guss home at, Mount Olive after WIS
go here .t the home of Mr. Pages fat
er. Mr.. E E. Page. They were
noaH companied by Mr.. Pages sister, Mi
VIII Lizzie MAY Page, who will go
school at Mount Olive, Of which to'
nc Mr.. Page is chief of police.
VIZ Mr.. Colin H. Phillips receiv
Az Yesterday a letter from home fol
in Edinburgh, Scotland, in which
an was advised that his brother Lie
and, J. M. Phillips, who had been in a n
N T. pital in London since May suffer-
% at with sprained knee, hao s %
brought home and was IN an ho
dneS burgh hospital, still unable to wa
| Wis Local Odd Fellows were advi:
n. last night of the death at Ashey
. and of Mr. P. P. Greene VINO moved
sitingi Asheville with his family from Ho
MIS-. DerCOn ABOUT d year oSo.
suffered greatly with his head
+ Hill some time prior to leaving Lumn
: An ton. Particulars of his death q
Mrs. not been learned. He and his ian
had many friends in Lumberton.
other, was q brother of Mr.. j. P. Greene
lesday Wrightsville Beach.
Miss Elizabeth Dexter OF FL
Dixon beth City, who was bridesmaid
eat. the McIntyre-Stack wedding v
ave a ago and has since been a guest
hotel the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
from Brown, will leave tomorrow ever
twelve for New York, thence she will g
,rated, Boston and later to the coast
Of the Massachusetts, until time to re
tie OF to Lumberton for the opening OF
ed out fall term of school. Miss Dexte
mlnla- teacher Of the first grade in the
ackers; ed school.
iveness Record of Vessels Sunk
London Dispatch, July 25.
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