The Robesonian., 1917-11-19
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS

Born, to Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Bull
lock, Friday, 12-pound boy.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. D. u.
French, Thursday, at their home, Wal
nut and Third, boy.
Mr.. w. F. French is on the West
ern market buying mules for his sales
stables. This is his fifth trip to the
West this fall
MIR. A Weinstein left last night
for New York on another big deal fer
merchandise. He expects to return
home Friday.
MIR. G. v. Brown, cashier of the
National Bank of Lumberton, is ahlat
to be at the bank today after being
confined to his room for week.
st. Paul Messenger: Last Friday,
a colored laborer at the Oakland Lum.-
Der company's mill north of town, had
his left hand torn off with rip saw:
Prof. scull of Sumter, S. c., who
has been here under treatment for
cancer, is very much improved. He
is expecting to return home in few
days.
In the recorders court proceed
ings published Thursday, Hunter and
Mack Woodell were mentioned as In
dlans, which was an error, as they
are white.
| Mr.. E. C. Floyd and-family NOV
ed Thursday from the Barnesville
section into a house which Mr.. Floyd
bought from Mr.. E. B. Edwards, First
and Cedar streets.
| License has been issued for theR
marriage Of Fred Smith and Made
Wilkins: Archie Deese and Katie Nit
chell; Elmer Clifton Worthington and
Eva Neill Thompson.
DIR. w. A. McPhaul, county health
officer, returned Thursday night from.
Memphis, Tenn, where he attended
a meeting of the Southern Medical as
, sociation. The next meeting will be
held at Asheville.
Mrs. A. R. Wilson of Maysville,
who had been visiting relatives here.
since Wednesday, left this morning.
, for Dunn, where Wednesday she will
, attend TIE marriage OF her siste--in-
law, Hiss C-rGie Wilson.
Mrs J. R. Poole and a children,
Mae Johnson, Francis, Pearle and
t James Robert, left Saturday for At
. kinson, where Wednesday of this week
4 they will attend the marriage of Mrs.
q Poole's sister, Miss Clare Johnson,
to Mr.. Walter Marley Of Lumber
Bridge.
! Mr.. w. P. McAllister returned
Friday night from Hendersonville,
where he went to visit his wife and
! child, who make their home there dur
l. ing a part of TIE year. Mrs. Meal
Il will return to Lunberton about the
't middle of next 18th.
g Lieut.. E. I--..ox Proctor of. Canr
;, jackson, S. c., arrived Friday night
n and will spend some time here visit.
J. ing relatives and f1isals lie dro.a
ls ls his auto from Camp Jackson and was
!. accompanied by Lieut.. F. C. Shepard
81 81 Mr.. Shepard left Saturday morning
g for his old home at Wilrail lg.on te
= visit relatives.
,e Mr.. S. B. Taylor and sma.- 10Th
70 er, Master Warren, of St. Paul, r.
- were Lumberton visitors Saturday
in They had the misfortune to melt &
bearing in their car on the way tt
town and came in on another car, bu
% Mr.. Taylor secured bearing in town
y and asked nobody any odds about fix
ingthe car himself.
:, Mr.. J. H. West is exhibiting col
- - lard which is remarkable in that eaci
Sc row of limbs extends out from th'
- stalk in straight lines as regular a:
..e ne if they had been laid off, The collart
= = was cut out of DIR. w. O. Edmund
II. garden. 1t grew for the county fair
y y of course, but was not discovered Ii
:. - time.
g Mr. R. L. Collins, who lives on tn
an star route from Lumberton, brough
ed the beef of a two-year-old cow t
town Friday that weighed SIC pound
after it was dressed. The cow wa
th of the Jersey breed and was raise
without mother. At Il cents Tn
pound, the prevailing price of beef
the cow would have brought $87 49,
aG aE Miss Mary Snead, who about 1
IN IN days ago was brought from Washing
TX, ne ton, D. c., to the home of her broth
~ er-in-law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. ]
-. LAG R. Varser, was taken Friday to th
- = Cumberland General hospital, Fayettt
LIZ vile, where it is expected she WI
undergo an operation in few day
al She was accompanied to Fayettevin
GU by DIR. j. A. Martin.
Mr.. C. D. Williamson, The RoK
iss esonian's Parkton correspondent, an
On. 8 other members of the Parkton ban
ar, passed through Lumberton Friday fl
av Lakeview, S. c., where the band pla,
i ed that day for a community fai
IDS Messrs. Chas. Ramsburg of Fayett'
nv. vile and P. R. Lowrey of St. Pal
H. were welcome callers at The Robesol
ian office with Mr.. Williamson.
3 Mr. n q NichOISou of MayfOu PasSo