The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-13
NUMBER 53
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

At Mount Airy church the 4th Sun
day in August Miss Mary Livermore
will deliver an address, also she will
speak Monday.
Miss Mary Wetnore has accent
ed a position in the department store
OF Messrs. White & Cough. She be-
gan work this morning.
MIR. j. q. Parnell, clerk in the
local postofflce, had his right arm
broken just above the wrist YESTERDAY
afternoon while cranking an auto.
MIR. Baxter Hodges of Parktou
has accepted position as salesman
IN the grocery department of Messr,.
Whte q Coughs department store.
! = Miss jamie Carlyle left Friday
tor St. Louis, Mo-, and Springfield.
ILL.,, where she will spend six weeks
doing work in connection with
" young peoples Christian organiza-
ton.
james Lester and Beulah Lewis,
colored were married in the office
OF Register Of Deeds M. w. Floyd
9aturday afternoon about 2:3O of
the clock. Justice NJ. G. Mckenzie
! officiated.
License has been issued for the
marriage of Lewis D. Joyner and
Fannie Bass; E. V. Mccormick and
Mary Mccormick; Rowland Carroll
and Nettie Walters; M. A. Odum and
Addie Lee Johnson.
The high school girls sewing un-
, 1t will meet Tuesday afternoon at 5
at the home of Miss Annie Neal Full
, ler: 1t is hoped that every member
will be present as there is lots of
work needed to be done.
The firo Iopo r. ,,,,,
e street Saturday ~ morning about %
11:15 when an oil stove caught on
fire. The fire was quickly exiting
d uished and no damage was done.
i MISS Grace Lowder of Albemarle,
u u who has been visiting her sister,
Mrs. 1. S. McManus of East Lumber
4 ton, returned to her home Saturday
! She was accompanied by Mr. and
j Mrs. McManus and children, the trip
J being made in Mr.. McManus' auto.
:, " Miss Edna Prevatt of Lumberton
ard Mr.. Remus James Hall of Kerr.
> Sampson county, will be married
Thursday evening Of this week at 8
o'clock at the home of the parents
of the bride-to-be, Mr.. and Mrs.
e JosSph Prevatt, Pine and Third
u streets.
n HuulDeI OIL horses ana mules
have recently died in the county. Mr..
al Scott Stone of the Raynham section
-, lost a fine horse Saturday morning.
=, =, H. Jones, Indian, who lives on Sher-
40 lff r. E. Lewis farm about miles
~ north of town.. lost a horse Saturday
20 also. Both horses had staggers.
~ Mr.. J. J. Oliver, mail carrier on
=; route l from Marietta, was a Lum-
- berton visitor Saturday. Mr. Oliver
~ ran an ad in Thursdays Robesonian
ar q; to the effect that he wanted to buy
~ Ford auto. A man who had Ford
~ to sell advertised the auto in the same
I'd I'd paper and Mr.. Oliver bought the auto
~ Saturday. Sure it pays to advertise.
VI Mrs. w. d. Combs, Misses jamie
r. Carlyle, Lillian and Sarah Carlyle and
" - Master William Carlyle returned home
w Thursday night from Georgia, where
,e they spent some time. They made
~, ,o the trip in a Ford ard had no auto
" troubles on the trip. Miss Hazel Car
:, lyle, who went on the trip, will spend
M ~, some two weeks in Toccoa, Ga, be-
~ NJ fore returning home.
" AT a recent meeting the town
ri fathers changed the bulldog tax from
~ S25 to So. However, a fine of S25
Hn+ IT will be imposed on the owner of a
80 bull dog if he lets the dog run loose
ef ef in town. Sanitary Officer F. A.
~ Wishart says that the owners of ev-
u cry dog in town which the tax has
~. oa not been paid by next Monday morn
nd nd ing will be indicted. Pay your dog
~ lo tax now. a x'N
y Prof R. E. Sentelle, superintend-
~ ent of the Lumberton graded schools,
i'' who has been employed by the State
n Educational board during the sum-
VI VI mer, came home yesterday for a few
'o' days stay. He will return to Raj
eigh some time this week and finish
= his work there before the time for
IT, school to open here. The exact date
of the opening of the school has not
been determined.
81, Mr.. A. A. Howell of Sumter, S.
ooA c., is a Lumberton visitor today. Mr..
;" Howell is a native Robesonian who
..1 has made good in another State. He
w. owns a large saw and planning mill
49, at Sumter and is now running his
- plant day and night cutting lumber fol
;.r the government. He has an order fo1
10 100000 feet Of lumber to be used
by the government in the cantonment
=, work in North Carolina and South
IL, LII Carolina. He says he has been in
=. n' the lumber business years and that
- business is better than it has beer
" before In that time.
oh Mrs A. Weinstein and two
od daughters, Misses HiIda and Mildred
leu left yesterday for Ahoskie to attenG
,en aa the marriage of Mrs. Weinstein':
ny niece, Miss Lillian Feldman of Ahos
-, kie, to Mr.. Arthur Josselson Of
eu I:1 Charleston, S.. c. The wedding vii
IN nus take place on the 18th inst Ths
III bride-to-be has visited here mum
. Der of times and has many friend:
iys in Lumberton. Little Misses Edit
es- and Rebecca Feldman, who had beer
:, visiting relatives here for severa
Ia:, days, left yesterday for their home
ny at AhoSkie