The Robesonian., 1917-06-14
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BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
Called meeting of Maccabees to-
night at 8. Urgent business.
The sewing unit of the National
Aid will meet next Monday after
noon at 4:30 at the school building.
Quite number of beans have been
shipped from Lumberton during the
last week. Coed prices are being
realized.
Cotton prices have been soaring
for the last several days. Spot cotton
was 25.55 on the New York market
yesterday.
MIR. l.. F. Johnson an expert ba-
ker of Atlanta, Ca, has accepted a
position with the Dubois Bakery. He
began work Tuesday.
In a brief item in Mondays pa
per c. c. Scott was referred to as
co,ored, whereas he should have been
classed as an Indian.
Mr.. Ed J. Glover underwent an
+ operation for appendicitis at the
Thompson hospital yesterday after
noon and is getting along nicely.
Mr.. Vernon McNeill has accept
ed a position as day clerk at the
Lorraine hotel and Mr.. Forest Nc
] Gill has accepted a position as night
clerk.
! Miss Ruth Pope, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. G. Pope, who live on
r. from Lumberton, left Tuesday
for Chapel Hill to attend the sum-
mer school at the State university.
i Chief of Police Alf H. Mcleod
:. went back on the job this morning
, after being off duty for three weeks
having his eyes treated. Mr.. Joe S.
| Thompson served in Mr.. McLeod's
place while he was off.
!, Mr.. M. A. Geddie expects to be
! ready to start up his ice plant next
4 week. The plant, located at the in
: tersection of the v. & C. S. railroad
y and the Elizabethtown road, has a
|, capacity of Is tons daily.
Mr.. w. ]. Wilkerson, who lives
i miles from Lumberton out Fair
e mont way, R. 8, was a Lumberton
d visitor this morning and remembered
s the editor with most appreciated
pI6S6uL III tAC way VI q OuShSS ~
e delicious peaches.
: Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Branch re-
s turned Monday evening from Balti-
g more, Md, where they went to con
suit a specialist who performed an
l., operation on Mrs. Branch about two
n years ago. Her condition was found
Il to be entirely satisfactory.
> Mrs. J. R. Poole will have charge
: of the story hour at the meeting Of
~ =, the Child's Conservation league
= which will be held in the high schoo
= - auditorium Saturday afternoon a
= 4:3O. All the children in town art
~ - invited to attend the meeting.
5. Miss Margaret Shelby resigned
n veste4lay her position in the dry
e. goods department of Mr.. l.. H. Cald
o wells department store. She lex
n poets to 20 Monday to Wilmington
N where she will enter the nurses
3. training school at the James Walker
tie Memorial hospital.
It. Perhaps the largest single ship
ment of tobacco ever received by
Of Robson county concern was received
le by Messrs. White & Cough, Lumber
ce ton merchants, Monday. The ship
n ment consisted of 1903 pounds o
as chewing tobacco. This firm alread.
s, had around 1000 pounds of tobacc'
se on hand.
q n License has been issued for tn
u l. marriage of Mr.. Thos. E. Lovin 0
+, Red Springs and Miss Dora B. Kim
&c daughter of Mrs. Mary King of 4
OIL 1 from St. Paul; Prof. o. o. Dukes
es principal of the Philadelph,(s hig
Se and farm-life school. and Miss Geor
g gia Elizabeth Mcmillan of the Phil
~. adelphus community.
Is Mr.. Edward Knox Proctor, so
- of Mrs. Lizzie G. Proctor, and MI
H. David H. Fuller, son of Mr.. c. n
Fuller, both of Lumberton, VIII
ar were at the officers trair
W ing camp at Fort Orglethorpe, Ga
have been transferred to the field al
tillerv corps at Fort Sam Houston
near San Antonio, Texas.
Misses Frances Shannon, Dort
ay thv Appelwhite and Viola Price
lal Wilmington spent last Sunday her
Misses Shannon and Applewhite HAY
brothers in the military service her
*. Miss Annie Quinlavin of Wilmingto
M; is also spending some time here. ST
m has brother who is member of G
of A, N. C. engineers, stationed here.
'u- Next Sunday will be the 81
anniversary of Rev. Chas. L. Greave
nd pastorate of the First Baptist churc
on, During that time 280 new membe
ay have been added to the church al
= contributions amounting to aroul
raj e2O O0Ohavo heen mado by the churc
=, Dr. Greaves is an ardent worker al
ted has won the love and esteem of h
ay, congregation.
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