The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-04-16
NUMBER 18
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
-Mr IL I. Whalo,r h.

Mr.. E. L. Whaley has accepted
position in the department store
of Messrs. R. D. Caldwell & Son.
Miss Ida Blake left this morning
to take training course in the James
Walker Memorial hospital, Whining
| ton.
Mrs. w. T. Jenrette, who recentIv
underwent an operation at the
| Thompson hospital, was able to re-
turn to her home at Marietta yester-
day.
| The Wake Forest College Glee
club and orchestra will give an en-
| tertainment in the local opera house
Thursday night of this week, begin
ming at $50.
! License has been issued for the
;, marriage of w. A. Norton and Verrice
Clewis; Leamon j. Hadaway and
: Hettie MeShaw; Norfleet Mann Giggs
!. and Rosa Mcmillan.
Miss Hettie MeShaw and Mr.. l..
i. j. Hattoway, both of East Lumber
ton, were married in Mr.. J.A Branch's
K store, Chestnut street, Saturday af-
e ternoon at 5 o'clock. Justice Eli Phil
Y lips officiated.
t Mr.. w. C. Townsend of Lowe
was a Lumberton visitor Friday. In
- paying up his subscription Mr.. Town
send remarked that he has been TAX
D. ing the paper for 40 years, beginning
- in 1877, when he got married.
y, Misses Maggie Pittman and jean
cite Biggs left Saturday for Raleigh
ii to attend the Duckett- -Mullis wedding
10 in Raleigh Thursday of this week.
ID Mr.. Ira B. Mullis, the groom to be,
,e will go to Raleigh tomorrow
Mr.. Cro,,or Domo ,,,I,o
tn for the Gulf Refining Co., will not be
re transferred to Jacksonville, Fla, as
:. he had been advised by his company.
He will continue to work this district
s. and make Lumberton his headquar-
ters.
ne The fire company was called out
n at lis this afternoon on account of
~ some leaves catching fire in a cut
th ter at the home of Mrs Jno D. Nc
,,er MILAN, Cedar street. The firc was
lis extinguished before any damage had
en- been done.
IN m Miss Irene Mcleod spent the
" " weekend at Bladenboro visiting at
N the home of Mr.. and Mrs. III. C. Brid-
as ger, Jr. Miss Mcleod gave a recital
d ,pe at the Presbyterian church at Bla-
ee eas denboro Friday night for the benefit
Gil" of the church.
ave MIR. &C" Wishart recalls that this
for section was visited by a big snow
hat storm on April IA, 1870. just Al
the years from Saturday of last week
M, And all can remember how cold il
e. was on the 18th of this blessed April
her 1917.
Mr.. W. H. Watts of R. 1 from
Orrum was a Lumberton visitor Sat
air. urday. Mr. Watts told Robesoniar
reporter about SOW belonging t,
Who Mr.. C. G. Stephens, who lives nea
los. Mr.. Watts, giving birth to 16 pig
az recently. The pigs were all alive
in Don't talk anymore about high-pric
n a ed meat.
ritt Miss Lucy Haskitt of Kinstor
arm who is student at Flora Macdonal
es- college, Red Springs is a guest a
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. L. R. Var
?ere ser, East Fifth. Miss Haskitt de
hold LIGHTED the large congregation at tn
pa First Baptist church last night wit
fer solo, She viii return to Re
with Springs tomorrow.
had Rev. and Mrs. n. A. Grantbal
'day arrived Friday night from their fol
oreo aeo. mer home at Rome. n: Y; and a,
ome boarding at Mrs. Essie Mclean
North Elm. Mr.. Grantham has a
ce~ted call to the Episcopal churcl
" es here and at Red Springs and Ma,
ton. He preached yesterday mornir
IN. at Trinity church here, at Red Sprins
Will in the afternoon and at Maxtan la
evening.
ming 1oo,,o Th,,rnJaI- r;rh+ f., RoSto
'he Mass, to witness the graduation e
ercises of her daughter Miss Lillia
eve who graduates from the Lelan
Powers schoolof expression next wee
~. She will be accompanied as far
On New York by Miss Maude Watso
SoiLle ht- superintendent of nurses at t
py Thompson hospital, who will atte
te's, a meeting Of the National associ
10; ton of trained nurses.
and ,CnafIGtte M news, lItn; ~ e2t 2ergea g
have John w. HltchlSon' OF tne ruin 20:
guard duty at Lumberton, is at hol
today on leave of absence to atte
nt s. to personal business. He will retu
m y to Lumberton tomorrow morning. "'
av x were never more royalty treated al
20 * where in our lives than We have be
s. at Lumberton," Sergeant Hutchis
,r. * said today, "and the boys are enj'
ing their outing very much"
Three car loads of war mater
er of belonging to Company A, N. c.
chool, gineers, arrived here this morn
folks and is being unloaded. AS has b.
even stated in The Robesonian, this &C
pany, which is composed of 85 m
On, R. is stationed here and will make
headquarters. With the other st
Paul which is being unloaded todav i:
prairie dog and some other Mexi
R. 1, animals which the soldiers brou
day. back from the Mexican border.
chard- "A strange negro tried to cross
'riday. Seaboard railroad bridge across Il
laugh Der river about 10 O'Clock last nj
n Mr.. and when ordered to halt by one
are the soldiers guarding the bridge
today bacapo frirhtenad and uos fas