The Robesonian., 1917-09-20
LUMBER 81
BRIEF " MS OF LOCAL NEWS

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lev. DR.. and Mrs. G.. E. Moore
house will attend Presbytery at Rae
ford next week. \
License has been issued for the
marriage of Chester T. Howell and
Bertha Hardin.
Miss c. Moorehouse left last
week to continue her music studies
at Red Springs college.
Miss Stella McNeill of the Glenn
wood section has accepted a position
in The Dubois bakery. She began
work Monday.
DIR. T. B. Ayers of Proctorville
passed through town last evening en-
route to Richmond, Va, where he
will enter St. Luke's hospital for
treatment.
1t is understood that the engage
ment of a well-known young Lum-
berton couple will be announced at
party to be given at the Lorraine
hotel this evening.
-Ex-State Senator Geo. B. Nc
Leod left last evening for New York,
where he holds a position with the
Southern Commercial Congress. This
congress- will convene October 13 to
23. Mr.. Mcleod spent two weeks
here visiting his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Lawson, for
merly. of Tampa, Fla, passed through
town yesterday en- route to the
Broad Ridge section, where they will
merly lived here, but had been in
! Florida for several years.
Mr.. Henri Bullard of R. 1 from
| Orrum, who was among the first 5
per cent of the drafted men from
= Robson district 1 to be sent to the
e training camp at Columbia, S. c.,
: failed to pass the physical examina-
n tion ard has returned home.
J.. Mrs. Jno. Knox and her sister,
: Miss Rachel Mcnamara went Tues
: day to Winston-Salem, where
+. Miss Mcnamara will enter Salem
S college. Mrs. Knox will spend Sew
n eral days in Charlotte visiting rel
d atives before returning home.
DIR. B. w; Page, who recently
q resigned as county health officer, in
.s which office he did notable work in
+ Robeson for more than 5 years, and
: Mrs. Page and infant son left yes
terday for Petersburg, Va, where
DR.. Page will engage in general
practice.
r. Mr.. S. K. Nash, who is a mem
% Der of the aviation corps of the U.
S. army, arrived here Monday night
and will spend a few days in town
$. visiting home folks. Mr.. Nash has
" been stationed at Atlanta, Ga, but
le does not know where he will gc
er after returning to his work.
Mrs. Frank Cough returned
mt home yesterday from Baltimore, Md.
where she spent weeks in a private
r. sanatorium. Her condition is un
G. improved. Mr.. Cough went to Bal.
n timore and returned with her. Mis-:
Lima Cough, daughter of Mr.. anc
s. Mrs. Cough, was with Mrs. Gougf
US while in Baltimore and returned will
US them.
: "A preacher that attracted mucl
n n attention blew into town this after
ne noon. He was both bareheaded AM
ne barefooted and wore a white robe
Sc He termed himself "a saint in white
and said he was preaching withou
a;yy money and without price. His hal
Ill is long and it has been some TIM
since he had a shave. He resemble,
rs; very much pictures seen in the Bible
rs: Around 40 gallons of asphal
OF Q, We're burned early Tuesday mornini
lth when fire got into the pot in whic
it was being boiled, Elm and Fiftl
ne streets. The asphalt boiled owe
lp- while being prepared for patchin
the street. The blaze went high i
en- the air. The fire company rushe
WS to the scene and extinguished tn
fire before the pot was badly dam
aafe, aged:
tor that DR.. R. d. Mcmillan has receiS
lay ed a very flattering call to practic
M his profession in one of the mos
an promising and prosperous towns i
es- North Carolina eff he could be il
len duced to leave Red Springs. W
The don't know DR.. MtMillan's intention
!; but we hope the inducements will M
dc- be strong enough to make him leav
ont Red Springs.
Mr.. T. l.. Johnson of the local bs
ma Inc received Yesterday a German silvt
lrs. ring with his initials engraved upo
lay serving a 20-year sentence in tt
-. State prison. In "a letter sent wit
ltl- the ring, which is as neat an dwel
her made as if it had been bought in
am iewelry store, Berry says he MAJ
the ring himself. Mr.. Johnson d
Tended Berry when he was tried al
ur- convicted of second degree murd
$ eight years ago. He has serv,
lled eight years of his Sentence.
be Another dangerous autonobil
les bicycle accident occurred on Four
Why street in front of The Robesonian q
OF flee today about II o'clock, when
the bicycle which Elzie Blown, a l
re- year-old white boy, was riding w
,rty torn up by an auto. Brown Jump
his off the bicycle lust in time to sa
,der himself The automobile was dri
int en- bv a representative of Colga
civ & Co., whose name was not learnf
the The auto was backing into -Four
and street from behind the McLe