The Robesonian., 1917-12-31
NUMBER s3
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS

The local banks are closed today
and will be closed again tomorrow.
Mrs. P. C. Blake and children left
Thursday for Badin, where they will
make their home. Mr.. Blake is en-
ployed with the Badin Supply COM
pany.
Mrs W. A. Regan of Elizabeth
stomach trouble at the Thompson hos
pital. She entered the hospital Christ
mas day.
DIR. B. w. Page, formerly Robson
county health officer, and Mrs Page,
who left Lumberton some months ago
for Petersburg, Va, have moved to-
Clinton, this State.
Mrs. Helen Bryant, who has been
confined to her room for the past few
days is still unimproved. She lives with
her son and daughter, Mr.. ]. C. Bry-
ant and Mrs. H. B. Osborne.
Mr. Charlie McNeill and family,
who lived near Philadelphus during
the past year in order to get the ad-
| vantage of the school at that place,
moved back last week to their farm
near Wakulla. y
j. o. Markham, who lives on R.
from Lumberton, brought to The
Robesonian office Monday of last
week a coin which he found recently
about feet under the earth. He
thinks it Chinese coin.
IN. w. Oxendine, Indian, of Tay-
| lorsville, Miss, is on his annual pill
grimage to his old home county,
which he left in 1877. He comes back
every year during the Christmas sea-
Ho will 1oouo FOR biC
Mississippi about January 6.
MIR. Won Walters Of R. 3 from
Lumberton was among the callers at
: The Robesonian office Friday. Mr..
Walters moved recently from his
farm near Barnesville to- 100-acre
farm he bought near Center church
from Mr.. Oliver Atkinson. He rented
his farm near Barnesville.
MIR. w. J. Sansbury, foreman of
The Robesonians composing room, re-
I ceived letter Friday stating that a
horse ran away with his first cousin,
Mr.. w. A. Suggs of Timmonsville, s.
2 c., Christmas day, threw both Mr..
and Mrs. Suggs out of buggy, and
Mrs. Suggs was killed. No particu-
lars were given in the letter.
: A tame fox belonging to Mss
n Hazel Carlyle left the Carlyle home
I Christmas day and Miss Carlyle is
f very anxious to get him back. II you
run across the fox a reward is await
g ing you for his return to Miss Car
lyle. The fox may be taking a
:. Christmas trip hack to his old home
Il the wodos-and may return later.
Mr.. j. C. Lancaster was in Lum-
l. berton Thursday on his way to Park
II ton to visit his mother, Mrs. L. M
r l. 1of
# night for Rocky Mount, where he has
z, been employed by the Imperial Tobac-
,e co Co. He is going right away to
y Washington, this State, where he has
l. accepted a position with the Pamllco
;e Chemical Co.
N Mr.. and Mrs. w. W. Whaley and
Il children of Wilmington, came last
Y week to spend a part of the holidays
at the home of Mr.. Whaley's parents,
L Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Whaley. Mr.. Wha-
:f lev returned to Wilmington Friday
is night but Mrs. Whaley and the chill
dren remained over on account of the
RS illness of their small daughter Eliza
is beth, who was taken sick after they
arrived here.
III Mr.. T. B. Ivey of R. from Ma
M rietta was among the callers at The
off of Robesonian office Thursday. Mr.. lvey
u has one son in France. He joined Co
NY A. N. c.. engineers, while the company
II was stationed here last summer apo
'1n In was later transferred to Co. B, engi
Ne Ne neers. and sent to France. He has
:; been "over there" two months and II
~ his letter to his father says he is get
ting on fine.
Miss Mary Conoley, Red Cross
,e. nurse who has been stationed at tn
Riverside hospital, New York, fo
!. some time, spent last week here Wis
y iting friends. Miss Conoley gradu
as ated from the nurses training schoo
lr- at the Thompson hospital here severa
Is wears ago. She expects to leave a
M an early date for France, where sh
he will work as a Red Cross nurse. Sh
nd has been advised to be ready to &c a
I'm any time.
on 1t has been reported here that Nh
ell Leslie Cashwell, son of Rev. and Mrs
-or R. N. Cashwell of Lumberton, wh
a was among the first American sol
ZIP diers. to go to France, had to have nj
feet amputated as the result OF con
II !f tracing "trench feet. This is mis-
ne take, according to word received fror
Mr.. Cashwell by his people here
M letter from his brother in France, /
which he said he was well and gettin
-, along fine.
,ck -Mr. r. r. Iownsenu VI III .ne III, is,
on swamp seGIioh "eo ohio rs. 0 ~
+be day. Mr.. Townsend had just receive
md md letter from his son Mr. Fank Towr
IND IND send. who is a mechanic on an o
l ars steamer. He was at Halifax, N. S
when the letter was written Decen
nc ber 20 and said he had just returne
be from a trip to France. Mr.. Town
Of of send has made at least two rount
NC trips to France on his ship since tt
war was declared against German
tho by the United States.
ent It's not often people living her