The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-06-18
NUMBER SO
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

Rev. j. w. Bradley of Hookerton,
formerly pastor of Chetsnut Steret
Methodist church, spent few hours
IN town Friday evening.
Bon of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Ste
phens' children are sick with meas
les. These are the first cases of
measles reported in town in some
time.
Mr.. .EdJ Pope will leave tonight for
Raleigh, where he will enlist in the
! hospital corps of the U. S. navy. Mr..
Pope went to Raleigh last week and
passed the examination.
Mr.. C. w. Deaver of Bladenboro
was a Lumberto nvisitor SATURDAY..
He is SUFFERING with some sort Of
growth on his right eye and may have
to go to a hospital soon for an OPP
| GRAFTON.
i Master Lenox Thompson, SON of
i MIR. and Mrs. Joe S. Thompson, left
Saturday for Sanford to take charge
of a moving picture house. He has
worked at the local picture houses
for some time.
The farmers say the grass has
] got "move on" since the wet wealth
j er set in. In some places where the
! rains have been heaviest farmers ara
}, having much trouble in trying to keen
the grass down.
! Most all the people have plenty
of vegetables in their gardens now.
! This will not last always and it
/ would be a good idea to plant fall
/ crops of vegetables and "can every
thing that can be canned.
Miss Mary Steffy and Mrs. Daisy
{ w. jenkins left yesterday morning
for Gastonia, where today they will
attend the marriage of Miss Steffy's
l sister, Miss Flora Steffy, and Mr..
5 Earl Steed of High Point.
BY spending just a few cents for
, Robesonian business builder ad you
can tell difference in your business.
That's what a Lumberton merchant
y who tried it says. If you have not
q tried it, why not give it a test?
a. Mr.. w. N. Townsend of the
g Back Swamp section was a Lumber
). ton visitor Saturday. He reported
It hail in his section Thursday after
noon. Tobacco was damaged to
: some extent over a small territory.
/. -Messrs. White & Cough recent
ly bought Robson county ham that
S tipped the scales at 81 1-2 pounds.
The ham was hung up in front of the
= store with the following notice on it.:
e "For sale, or will exchange for lib
erty bond"
+ Mr.. w. w. Davis of R. from
y Fairmont was a Lumberton visitor
e Saturday. Mr.. Davis reports good
1t crops down his way. He says the to-
IS bacco acreage in his section was m
creased this year and that the crop
q is looking fine.
: Prof. R. E. Sentelle, superintend-
: ent of the Lumberton graded and
- high school, left last evening for Raj
:. eighv where he will be engaged in
Il =. teaching in the summer school for
l teachers at the A. & E. college. He
! will be away about 6 weeks.
q "A house in which a colored FAM
Il; lily lived on the farm of Mr.. J. A.
q Wooten, about 1 mile from town on
r. the Elizabethtown road, was burned
y yesterday about noon. 1t is said the
q fire started from a stove flue. Most
n of the furniture was saved.
/, Mrs. ]. C. Robertson of Lynch
l. burg, Va, who is guest at the home
S of Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. McAllister,
d delighted the congregation at Chest
nut Street Methodist church with a
e solo at the moring service yesterday,
n singing Nevin's CAT the Cross
G Mr. A. L. Lawson of Orrum was
: a Lumberton visitor Friday. Mr..
It Lawson says the heavy rains have
)" missed his section and that only good
= growing seasons have come down his
I way. Here and at other places in
d the county rains fell several days last
+ + week.
II Every man connected with the
y local postoffice bought liberty bond.
s. The rural letter carriers, the city
/ carriers and each clerk, with the post
II master and assistant postmaster.
e bought bond. The total amount OF
bonds bought by the force amounted
u to $1,000.
~ Indications are that quite a num-
ber of Lumberton Baptists will at
4 tend the Baptist Seaside assembly at
- Wrightsville Beach next week. Rev.
: DIR. Chas. L. Greaves, pastor OF the
= First Baptist church of Lumberton.
:, will be one of the speakers at the
" assembly.
N MIR. Harry Weinstein of Fairmont
.e and Misses Hilda and Miriam Vein
%, stein, daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
,ee Weinstein of Lumberton, left this
ID morning to motor across country to
= Ahoskie, where they will join rela-
ID tives and go to Atlantic City, Asbury
Iv Park and other points in New Jersey
u and New York city. Miss Miriam
ar Weinstein expects to spend the en-,
tire summer in New Jersey visiting
relatives. Mr.. Weinstein and Miss
" Hilda will be away several weeks.
-Henriette, ,4-year-olH daughter ofMr
IN and Mrs. Barna Allen Of Troy, was
ne killed at the plant Of the Trov knit
TX ting mill when her clothing was
or caught in a shaft Wednesday Of last
ne week. Mr. Allen is secretary-treas,
er urer of the mill and was in the mill
ct checking up some work when the
tn child, who was with him, got too near
esl the shaft The child was a niece OF