The Robesonian., 1917-05-10
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

License has been issued for the
marriage Of R. F. Lewis and Arrie
special meeting local lodge 1. O..
y. r. tomorrow night at O'Clock.
Important business.
Mr.. j. C. Bryant, section foreman,
on this section of the S. A. T.. or
dered one 1-2 months old nio no
Gently for which he paid s25.
The condition of Mrs. Frank
Cough, who has been seriously IN at
her home, Chestnut street. for SOW w.
day.
The mayor and board of town
commissioners will meet at the town
! hall tonight. This will be the last
meeting OF the present mayor and
ooafd and the new officers will be
sworn in.
-On account Of the downpour of rain
Monday evening the meeting which
had been called for the purpose Of or
ganlzlng branch of the Red Cross
society was postponed till some fu-
ture time. ~
MIR. w. N. Speight of Attention
is among the Confederate veterans
attending the Memorial exercises here
today. Mr.. Speight was in the front
ranks Of the famous battle at Fred
ericksburg.
Mr.. N. F. Britt of R. a from
Lumberton is among the visitors i'm
/ town today. Mr.. Britt told a Rob-
esonlan reporter about killing an eag-
le this noring which measured e
feet, 3 IL inches from tip to tip.
Rev. Paul T. Britt of Mt. Eliam
! entered hospital at Wilmington YES
terday and Saturday will undergo an
operation for appendicitis. Mrs. Britt
boarded the train here this morning
for Wilmington to be with her hus-
band.
MIR. Knox Proctor, who is a SEN
lor at the State university, Chapel
Hill, this year, has come home to
make ready to report at Fort Ogle-
thrope when called. Mr.. Proctor was
one of the 80 senior students at the
university who passed the examina-
I ton.
The fire alarm was turned in
: about $50 Tuesday afternoon on ac-
count of SCOT burning in a chimney
:, at the home of Mr.. c. B. Redmond,
Elm street. Somebody passing saw
: the fire coming out at the top of the
chimney and turned in the alarm.
: The fire company responded to the
call.
The commencement exercises of
the colored graded school will take
q place Thursday and Friday of next
week. The school will give a concert
Thursday night. Friday at 1890 d.
m. Rev. Jas. J. Scarlett of Fayette-
= vile will deliver an address. Friday
: night the school will give another
concert.
: MIR. w. H. Kinlaw of Lumberton
= !, says he has kept record of the cost
= Of keeping milch cow for a year
and finds that after paying for the
= feed used the cow has paid for her
y self three times. Mr.. Kinlaw figured
!, the milk and butter at the price he
. would have to pay out had he bought
the amount the cow gave.
-Mesdames A. ]. Tinkham and
]. ]. Moore returned this morning to
R their homes at Wilmington. They
came up to attend the funeral of their
q brother, Mr.. Johnnie Barker, whose
death was mentioned in Mondays
n Robesonian. They were accompanied
d by their mother, Mrs. ]. I. Barker,
d who will spend some time in Whining
S ton.
8 A Lynchburg paper gives long
I. account of beautiful May day pro-
r gram at Randolph Macon college and
IS mentions Miss Vashti White, daugh-
l., ter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. White Of
e Lumberton, as one of the maids od
= the queen of the May. This is quite
4. an honor, especially as this is Miss
IS Whites first year at Randolph Ma.