The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-01-29
NUMBER 100
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

Marriage license has been
issued to John w. McNeill and EN-
lily Gertrude Watson
The local chapter, U. D. c., will
meet with Mrs. Lizzie G. Proctor
Thursday afternoon at go o'clock.
Mr.: Rufus Sanderson, who spent
some time at Lumber Bridge
and Dunn engaged in work for the
Maccabees order, has returned home
ard will remain in Lumberton for the
present.
MIR. Robert Mcintyre, son of Mr..
ard Mrs. Stephen Mcintyre, who is
student at Wake Forest college.
came home Saturday morning on ac-
count fhaving an attack of appendi-
cltl5. His condition is improved to-
day.
-"Stop my ad, for / have sold all
the eggs | can get and orders are
still coming" was the request that
came to The Robesonian Saturday
| rom farmer who had an egg ad in
serted in the paper two times. He
advertised eggs at 81 per setting,
| too.
DR.. w. w. Parker local optom-
| etrist, returned Thursday from Raj
| eigh where Tuesday and Wednesday
| he attend special lectures on diseases
of the eye, given by an eminent Chi
cago specialist under the auspices of
the North Carolina Optometric So
ciety.
Mayor and Mrs. A. E. White and
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Jennings left last
night for New York, where thew will
spend week or ten days. Mr.. White
will buy spring goods fo rthe de-
partment store of Messrs. White &
Cough, of which firm he is senior
member, while in New York.
Mr.. l. S. Britt Of Cerro Gordo,
Columbus county, is Lumberton Wis
itor today. Mr.. Britt is a former
Robesonian, having moved to Column
bus few years ago. He says he
likes Robson county best of all and
IS going to move back to Robson
just as soon as he can buy farm
: like he wants.
Mr.. G.. O. Davis, who lives on r.
: / from Buie, was a Lumberton visr-
tor Saturday. Mr.. Davis showed a
Robesonian reporter piece of money
like he he'd never seen before. The
coin is dated 1863 and looks like a
penny, except the engraving. 1t has
r the following inscriptions: "Unicn for
t ever. First in war and first in
S peace. Mr.. Davis says the coin was
: passed to him for a penny.
+ Mr. P M. Flovd of RI from Fair
S mont spent Friday night here at the
I. home of his son and daughter-in-law
: Mr.. and Mrs. Ben. G. FLOYD. Mr.
r Floyd was a caller at The Robeson-
5. ian office Friday afternoon. Speak
a ing of the raise in the price of The
o Robesonian from S1.50 to So the
S year, Mr.. Floyd said he had beer
e taking The Robesonian for many
IS years and would continue to read il
e if the price went to SIS the year.
d Mr.. ]. c. Baxley and son, Mr.
l. R. M. Baxley, who live on R. from
e Ruie, were Lumberton visitors Thurs
: oay. Mr.. Baxley senior reported tha
N his section, like practically every
I'd other section of the county, had beer
II in TIE grip of an epidemic of meas
y les, but that he had hear1 of M
? new cases in the last few days. HI
ID said he killed hog the other da.
v weighing Ais pounds; but he ha
gotten so used to seeing items abou
big hogs that he hardly considere'
s. that hog big enough to mention.
o. SO many dozen eggs were brough
E. to the store of Messrs. R. D. Cald
IS we'll & Son Saturday as a result 0
d. advertisements in The Robesonian o
le prizes to be given for the heAvies
III dozen, that the firm presented tn
We editor and business manager of TIL
". Robesonian each a bag Of eggs
h, These gifts are highly appreciated
A Gifts like that are enough to tickl
es anybody, times like these. Messr
n r. D. Caldwell & Son are the goods
n as we'll as have the goods. And the
know now better than ever befo1
US that it pays to advertise in The Rot
ly esonian. They've proved it.