The Robesonian., 1917-07-23
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

What is your number" and "Has
your number been drawn" are the
pass words nowadays.
Mr.. G. w. Mercer resigned Fri.
day his position as salesman in Mr..
John T. Biggs department store.
MIR. K A. Mckay of Maxton has
Messrs. Mclean, Varser & Mclean.
Miss Birdie Moore resigned Sat
urday her position in the Du Bois ba
kerry. She will be succeeded by Miss
Augusta Blake.
MIR. Douglass Norment was TAX
en- i'll Friday and was quite sick fer
several hours. He was able to be
out yesterday, however.
Mr.. L. C. Williamson has resign
ed his position as salesman in Messrs.
White & Coughs department store.
He has not yet decided what he will
do.
Miss Carrie Parham resigned
Saturday her position in the office
of DR.. R. T. Allen and has accepted
a position in the store of Mr.. John
T. Biggs.
Sgt. r. Luther Cox of Co. L.,
Who is stationed at Goldsboro, spent
part of last week here visiting rela-
tives and friends. He returned to
Goldsboro yesterday.
| MIR. S. H. Hamilton, manager of
| the local Western Union telegraph
office, is taking his annual two weeks
| vacation. He is being relieved by
I MIR. r. c. Birmingham.
1 Mr.. S. K. Nash of Lumberton,
who is at the Fort Oglethorpe train
y ing camp, has been accepted in the
aviation corps and expects to be
transferred soon to Santiago or To-
Il ronto.
:. License has been issued for the
marriage of B. Frank Mclean and
Katie Lawson, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Lawson of R. A from
Lumberton; Chester Thompson and
Eliza Norton; T. B. Mclean and En-
cline Sutton.
Rev. Walter N. Johnson, secre-
tary of the Baptist State mission
: board, visited the new Baptist church
at Red Springs yesterday. Mr.. L. R
Varser Of Lumberton accompanied
him. Mr.. Johnson returned to Lum-
berton with Mr.. Varser last evening
and went last night to Fayetteville.
Mr.. S. H. Hamilton has sold his
:, insurance business to Mr.. @. T. Will
4 liams. Mr.. Hamilton, who is man
: ager of the local telegraph office,
had worked the insurance business as
a side line for several years, but his
:, business had grown to the extent
! that he could not manage it with his
other duties.
Mrs. B. Stansel OF Attention is a
: patient at the Thompson hospital
Mrs. Ira Britt, Orrum, R. F. D., was
operated on at the hospital Satur-
: day and is petting along very we'll
S Miss Drake, Fair Bluff, who was
! operated on few days ago, is doing
t very we'll. Miss Willie Wishart is 9
patient at the hospital and is much
= improved.
:. Mr.. Percy H. Wilson, SON Of
:. Postmaster S. P. Wilson of Fairmoni
: and who is manager Of the Stal
Printing Co. Of Wake Forest, pass
o ed through town last evening er
o route to Wake Forest after spendine
d week visiting his parents. Mr.. Viii
a son is a member of the hospital corp:
n of the 3rd N. C. regiment and viii
be called into the service July 25.
y The following people from a dis
le tance who attended the Mcintyre
Y, Stack wedding here Thursday evenlns
3. have returned to their homes: MI
/ and Mrs. A. NJ. Stack, parents of tn
e; groom, returned Friday to their hom
ID at Monroe; Misses Mary English am
m Evelyn Smith returned Friday t
$ their homes at Monroe; Miss Lillian
l. Stack returned Saturday to her hom
at Monroe; Miss Rebecca Stack lef
re Saturday for Fayetteville, where sh
le will visit friends before going to he
home at Monroe; Miss Hattie Beas
le ley returned Saturday to her home a
l. Monroe; Miss yohnsie Cameron re
n. turned Saturday to her home
j. Rockingham; Misses Elodie Webb o
s. Morehead City and Cathryn Han
v cooke of Rocky Mount left this morn
re ing for their homes and Mrs. S. v
ry Williams left Saturday for her hom
at Raleigh.