The Robesonian., 1917-07-12
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

! Mr.. j. V. Williamson will 60
Sunday to Charleston, S. c., where
Re has accepted a position in tha
Navy yards.
Mr.. r. w. Shelby went back on
the. job as salesman in Mr.. H. Dun
MES store yesterday after being off
for two months on account of illness.
Mr.. w. o. Blake, who lives in
Wishart township, sent to The Rob-
esonian office yesterday 20 small
ears of corn all in one bunch, which
ne gathered from one stalk.
Mr.. G. E. Rancke went this
morning to the Jenning beach, 2 miles
up Lumber river from town, for the
first time in several days and found
his refre4hment stand there COM
pletely cleaned out. This is the third
time the place has been robbed.
Rev. G. H. Biggs, pastor of the J.
Lumberton circuit, and Rev. DIR. w.
3. North, pastor of Chestnut Street
Methodist of Lumberton, returned
Tuesday from Mt. Gilead, where they
attended the district conference Of
r. Rockingham district of tce NJ. E.
church.
Mr.. c. A. Parnell of the Buie
section brought some of the finest
homegrown onions to Lumberton
Tuesday that this reporter has seen
/ this season. He made The Robeson-
lan's local reporter a present of one
that would make a big family a big
"mess".
i Miss Blanch Redmond will leave
tomorrow for Norfolk, Va, where she
is attending St Vincent's hospital
training school, after spending a g
i weeks vacation here at the home of
her father, Mr.. John Redmond. Her
brothers Messrs. ]. H. and P. J. Red
mond OF Charlotte, spent Tuesday
here.
:. Twenty eight white teachers took
the elementary and grammar grades
examination and two took the exam
ination for the renewal of high school
e certificates here Tuesday. Yesterday
p 40 colored teachers TOOK the regular
teachers examination. To-day 80 In
: IAN teachers are taking. the exami-
tnatioA.
= Mr.. J. B. Bowen returned Mon
( day from Greensboro, where he at
= tended a meeting of the branch man
e ayers of the second officers training
u camps, of which board he is a mern-
ber. The managers met with Mr.. r.
w. Glenn, division secretary and
Maj. Alex. Grieg, examining officer
for this district.
~ Miss Mamie Thompson is home
from the Charlotte sanatorian, where
she was operated on for appendici.
tbs five weeks ago. Miss Thompson
ly has brother who is a physician IL
is Charlotte. Messrs. Lawrence Park
~ er and Earle Thompson went up t,
d Charlotte Saturday and returned will
L Miss Thompson Monday.
se "A news item that comes to Tn,
a. Robesonian by a circuitous route bu
10 is said to be absolutely true is to tn
20 effect that Rev. F. A. Prevatt will b.
8 married today in Dillon, S. c., am
", " bride, this evening. Mr.. Prevatt lef
Lumberton this morning aecompanie
=, by Rev. l. P. Hedgpeth, who will per
~ form the ceremony, Messrs. w. "
~ ;s Carlyle and Ira Bullard, in an aut
- driven by Mr.. Bullard. Mr.. Prevat
- is 72 years old and his bride is sal
. o,-, to be 25.
IN Mr.. J. r. Walters of Surrenc,
Ca, was a Lumberton visitor Tues
Ter, day. Mr.. Walters is a native Rot
-d- esonian, having left this county
ell years ago. He visited Robson Sc,
m. en- years ago and since that time b
to- notes that many changes and in
a provements have been made. M
zee Walters is a brother of Mr.. w.
les Walters, formerly of this county, WI
ell. was connected with the famous Dun
,he bar kidnapping case in Louisiar
7as three years ago. Mr.. Walters sa!
vas crops are good in his section tn
yes year, while in some sections of Geo
~ pia they are not promising at all.