The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-03-05
NUMBER 6
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

Yesterday was like summer and
today feels like winter.
License has been issued for the
marriage of Marvin Arnett and Ila
thompson; Jesse Shepherd and Eliza
Ross.
Mayor A. E. White married a
colored couple on the court house
square about of the clock yesterday
afternoon.
Sheriff R. E. Lewis has turned
the 1916 tax books over to the town.
ship collectors and those who have
not paid will be looked after at once.
Mr.. Lester B. Townsend has ac-
cepted position in the insurance de-
partment of the Planters Bank &
Trust Co.
Register of Deeds M. w. Floyd
sold IA marriage licenses during the
month Of February, which is consid-
cred a good months matrimonial bus
mess for this season.
The Alfred Rowland chapter of
the U. D. C. will meet Saturday af-
ternoon, March 10th, $3.50 with Miss
Ruby Thompson. Ali members are
urged to be present.
!
Lumberton has grown during the last
few years." was the remark of a
Lumberton visitor from another Rob
eson county town Friday.
MIR. ]. Blacker left yesterday for
the North to buy spring stock for the
firm of Blacker Bros. Mesdames J.
and M. Blacker and Master Leonard
Blacker accompanied him and will
! Snend two uookc North vicitip,
atives.
Miss Lola Mitchell of Baltimore,
Md, arrived Saturday night and will
be with Miss Amelia Linkhauer as
trimmer in the Style shop, the new
millinery store opened up by Miss
Linkhauer in the Mcneil building,
= Elm street.
n Ex-senator Geo. B. Mcleod re-
l turned Saturday night to Washing
ton, D. c., after spending a few days
a here on business. Mr.. Mcleod says
: he is not holding any government
:, position but is in Washington on
t other business.
: The local Western Union Tele-
= graph Co.'s office here is soon to be
: remodeled and new fixtures put in.
l. The work is expected to begin about
5. April 1. The office of the Southern
eI Bell Telephone company has already
ID been remodeled and enlarged.
o Mr.. NJ. A. Odum has resigned
e the position he held at Farmville, Va,
and returned last week to the home
"a of his father, Mr.. E. Odum, on r.
= 1 from Buie. He will go the first of
April to Atlantic City, where he has
a a accepted a job at bookkeeping.
" Miss Josephine Breeze returned
4 Saturday evening from a 2-weeks'
as trip to Baltimore and New York to
Fl churchase millinery for her store on
10 20 Elm street. Miss Reva Hamilton,
ad who was with Miss Breeze last season
IL and who accompanied her to New
T York, arrive dlast night.
W. Mr.. C. w. Smith, who lives on
ID, r. from Lumberton, was among the
A. visitors in town Saturday. Mr..
c. Smith says he served four years in
rt the War Between the States and
ell that he would like to go to war again
If and take a crack at the Germans,
til whose deeds have aroused his fight
ing blood. u
ar Pearl Suggs, colored, who works
ut about the union station, left for parts
n unknown to the officers here Friday
he morning after it had been discovered
ty that he had stolen a quart Of "old
OF familiar" from. the express office.
y The quart was recovered, but not
sal until Pearl had taken a drink from
the bottle.
In -M1. Nv. H. Nnlaw received
IN ~. Thursday a check in full for insur-
nv ance on his cottage in the eastern
ls5 part of town which was practically
NJ NJ destroyed by fire three weeks ago
Nv,
W for the Atlas Insurance company OF
London, England, in which company
he carried the insurance.
" Two large dray horses belong
eel ing to Messrs. r. D. Caldwell & Son
no morning. They started from the
or Caldwell warehouse on town common
rs and ran all about town. The back
,lrc wheels of the wagon hitched to then
;ch were left on Water street near the
,ok Jail and the front wheels were left
,da in the cemetery near the union sta
1e- ton. The wagon and harness were tori
m. up, but the horses were not hurt. Ths
tha he horses stopped on Chestnut stree
the of their own accord.
Mr.. T. S. Golden, who made Lum
berton his home for 1-2 years a!
nchi special agent for the metropolitan
Life of New York, left yesterda!
,ng morning for Pulaski, Va, where
,er- has been promoted to the superin
SON tendency of district for that com
he pany. Mr.. Golden made many friend
for in Lumberton than any other place h
out leave, though they congratulate hin
his upon this recognition of his worth
7al- Mr. Golden says he would rather liv
Der in Lumberton than ay other place h
eral ever lived and that only the fact tha
ock the new position is promotin
aw- takes him away from this good towr
There was considerable excite
ment at the union station this morn
- ~ ;np 1rhop q oo1orod man friod to hol