The Robesonian., 1917-09-24
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

X. o. T. NJ. meet tonight. Spec
ial business. --.. y
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. C. C.
Blake, at their home, East Fifth
street, Saturday, a boy.
Mr.. D. R. Bullock has accepted
a position as salesman in Mr.. John
T. Biggs' store. He began work this
morning.
License has been issued for the
marriage of George West and Nora
Norris; Walter D. Thompson and
Cora Justice.
ANGELA Suggs and Jim jenkins,
colOred couple, were married Sat-
urday afternoon at the home of the
officiating officer, Justice M. G. Nc
. kenzie.
/ Miss Bertha Barker, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Barker, left FRI
day morning for Madison, Rocking
ham county, where she will teach in
the graded school.
Quite number Of Lumberton
people went to the Fishing" at At
kinson's mill pond, near Proctorville,
Thursday. They report quite a num-
Der OF fish caught.
!. Miss Sadie Thompson, daughter
: of DIR. and Mrs. N A. Thompson, will
90 tomorrow to Greenville to resume
her studies at the East Carolina
: teachers training school.
Mr.. Lee Stone, who had been
employed at Hopewell, Va, for Sew
eral months, returned home Thurs
day night and expects to be in Lum-
: berton two or three months.
i Masters Anthony and Bernard
, Redmond left yesterday for Charles
, ton, where they will enter the Bish-
, op England high school. Master
? Anthony will finish his work there
this year.
n Gen. and Mrs. F. A. Bond, who
:, spent the summer at their cottage
at Fort Fisher beach, near Whining
= ton, have returned to their winter
n home at Hunters lodge, R. from
). Lumberton.
All Jewish places of business in
r town will be closed from Tuesday 6
p. m. to Thursday 6 a. M, on ac-
/ count of Yom Kippur, Day of Atone
ment, which orthodox Jews observe
y, as holiday.
u -Messrs. Grantham Brothers have
- installed Darnall steam Sterlizel
. at their drug store and will future
sterilize all glasses, spoons, etc., at
e ter they have been used before they
4 are used again.
Mr.. w. J. Wilkerson of the Cen
.r ter section is Lumberton visitor
ST today. Mr.. Wilkerson informed The
Il. Robesonian that new Baptist church
k to cost around $4,000 would be erect
ed at Center at an early date.
of Mr.. Ed Taylor of Howellsvill
r.. township was a Lumberton visito
Saturday. Mr.. Taylor says he ha
+ repaired the road crossing the Bl.
m swamp at Smiths bridge so tha
people can drive across all right.
lei "A live rattlesnake was on ex
$. hibition on front of the court hOus
Saturday and many took look. Tn
st snake, which has Is rattles, wa
st caught by Mr.. F. A. Wishart at hi
farm, about miles from town O
ge1 the Fairmont road, Friday.
- Mr.. M. o. Register, who ha
:. held position for several month
D. with the Pope Drug Co., left thi
morning for Raleigh, where he wi
enter Pages, school of pharmae!
Mr.. Register expects to return t
>, Lumberton and resume his dutle
:" at the Pope store about Novembe
1.
n -Messrs. A. V. G. Wishart an
W. J. NJ McCallum and Miss Flor
nd Wishart will leave this evening fo
IL DeLand, Fla, where Thursday a.
ternoon of this week Mr.. Wishal
rs will be married to Miss Ruth VII
ierl ginia Jackson, daughter of Mr.. an
Mrs. w. E. Jackson. Mr.. McCallul
hit will be best man. Miss Wishart
les a sister Of the groom-to-be.
'or Mr.. ". B. Mcmillan has bee
en- confined to his room for several da!
at as a result of being burned when /
walked into a bed of hot ashes ne;
er, the Jennings cotton mill one nigl
nd recently. Mr.. Mcmillan had been
lsh the river in his gasoline launch az
.ile; the engine got wrong and he lefth
boat and went to the mill shop
rs. get some aid. While returning
Iay his boat he walked into the bed
ell live Goals. Mr.. Mcmillan was wea
ing pair Of high top shoes, whi
lay saved him from being burned mu
he worse than he was.