The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-16
NUMBER 81
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

-Robt. McNeill is still collecting
funds for the monument of the late
Prof. D. P. Allen. Contributions viii
be highly appreciated.
MIR. and Mrs. M. A. Odum. An
account of whose marriage at ST.
Pauls last week is published in this
issue, nave returned from Wrights-
vile Beach, where they spent a few
days. "
Mr.. w. c. Boone, who lives on
Il. from Lumberton, made The Rob-
esonlans local reporter a gift Of a
dandy watermelon Monday evening.
Ihe melon was most delicious and
was much appreciated.
- Mr.. James Sellers, son of Mr.. w.
S. Sellers, who lives in Columbus
county, was operated on yesterday
morning for appendicitis at the
Thompson hospital. He is getting on
as well as could be expected.
Prof. E. K. Creel of Hope Mills,
who was principal OF the public
school at Rennert last year, is
Lumberton visitor today. He will
be principal of the public State high
school at Warsaw, Duplin county, the
coming ScnOol year.
ID. c. Cummins, an Indian who
lives near Buie, came into The Rob-
esonian office yesterday and asked
that mention be made of the fact,
duly vouched for by himself, that
he grew stalk of corn this year Is
feet and a inches high.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. White and
/ daughter, Miss Vashtf, and Mr.. w.
F. French returned Tuesday even
ing from cross-country trip in Mr..
Whites auto to the western part
of the State. They went to Winston
Salem and thence to Blowing Rock.
Mrs. Harry Weinstein and two
sons, Masters Morton Hama and Rae
ford Lee, of Fairmont, passed through
town last evening en- route to Ahos-
kie, where Mrs. Weinstein will be
dame of honor at the marriage of
her niece Miss Lillian Feldman this
evening.
Farmers are buying buggies at
such a rate with tobacco money that
they are being shipped into Lumber
ton by express. Ten already had been
received at the local express office
before the Seaboard express arriv-
| ed this morning, some were on that
l train and more are expected.
Mr.. J. w. Bullock recently sold
+ his house and lot on First street to
| Mr.. Lonnie Bullard of R. a from
5 Lumberton and has already begun
work on a Groom cottage on a lot
: he recently purchased on Chippewa
!. street. Mr.. Bullock will move his
!. family into the new residence as soon
as completed.
n MIR. J. E. Floyd returned Satur-
day to the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. NJ Floyd, at Orrum,
n after spending 8 months at Akron,
Ohio, where he was in the employ
of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
e He liked his job at Akron, but two
: of his brothers joined the army and
: he was needed at home.
-Maxton Cor, Aug. a., Whining
: ton Star: Miss Sallie Lou McKin-
non, who left last week for Van
r couver, B. c., will sail tomorrow for
Shanghai, China, where the mission
board of the Southern M. E. church
e. will assign her to mission work,
e possibly as teacher of English in
i one Of the large mission schools in
o Peking.
e Mr.. P. H. North returned this
d morning from Durham, where he is
o registered in the draft, having gone
there last week to report for exam
ination. Mr.. North's liability num-
e Der is 436 and the quota for that
}. district is 294, so Mr.. North thinks
: Il very plObable that he will be
: reached on the first call. If he is
p reached on the first call he expects
X to have to leave about September
Is.
Mrs. A. R. Wilson of Mayesville
k daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. j. Pre-
watt of Lumberton, arrived last eve
ming to attend the wedding of he,
- aunt Miss Edna Prevatt and Nit
: Remus James Hall of Kerr, Samp.
! son county, which wedding will take
place this evening at at the home
; of the parents of the bride-to-be, Mr.
: and Mrs. Joseph Prevatt, Pine and
= Third street. Mrs. Wilson will &c
= to Wadesboro Monday to visit rela.
. tives and will return to Lumbertor
: before going home.
: The Robesonian's local reporter
was not specially hunting 'possum;
last night, but he and Mr.. A. c
Johnston, editor Of the Lumbertor
Tribune, captured one and today Mr.
Johnston has been feasting on {
l. 'possum, which, as the old darke!
IeI said, is a mighty fine vegetable. Th'
ID reporter was walking along on th'
sidewalk on Second street, near Mn
4 Johnston's home (not any nearer hi
hen house than the sidewalk) whel
lie Mr.. Possum walked out in front O
st him and 'bowed up". The reporter
being afraid of the 'possum, calle'
N out Mr.. Johnston, who with ho
lg ended the 'possum's career in thi
n sinful world.
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