The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-05
NEWS NOTES AND COMMENT

Box Supper-To Celebrate Washing
toms Birthday-Two Stems Thar
Should be Taken Toward School
mprovement-An Old Lady's Com
ment on the Modern Dress of Girls
-Thank-ee for a Little S. S. and
C.-Listen to the Health Officer
and the Preachers
Correspondence of The Robesonian-
Lumberton, R. 5, Feb. miss Cat
tie Bullock, teacher of the Cedar
Grove public school, will have a box.
supper next Friday night, beginning
at 1880, the proceeds to be used for
school improvement. She very cor
daily invites the public. Miss Bull
lock is proving herself an excellent.
teacher and justly merits the en-
enlargement incident to the school
cause.
! The Meadows public school is max
ing arrangements to celebrate Wash
ington's birthday in the afternoon of
! Feby. 22nd. The birthday of Mr..
Lincoln is the 18th Of the same
month and fitting tributes will also
be paid to his memory. Besides the.
exercises by the school, distinguish
ed speaker from abroad will be pres
ent to deliver an address.
The following were placed on the
1 horror roll last month: Robert Bodi-
/ ford, LIST grade; Oscar Bedford and
| Myrtle Harden, 3rd grade; Annie,
Harden, Susan Mae Harden and Car
: RE Lee Edwards, 9Th grade; Frank
n Bryan and Crowson Bryan, 7th grade.
:, We may not be able to boost any,
S but there is abundant cause for much
gratitude.
y There are two other steps toward
n schCol-improvement-one is that the
lie State provide free books for the
r children who are unable to buy; and
K the other is that the county will
20 build roads over which the children
S. can travel without having to wade
/ through mud and slush every time
1e it rains.
TT Mrs. Elizabeth de Hart, AS Dill
| avenue, Atlanta, Ga, celebrated he1
er Tooth birthday last Wednesday, ac
cording to The Semi-Weeklv Jour
ne nal. She is enjoying splendid health
n and is quite active for one of he
ct age. She says: "When | was cir
nd we dressed sensibly, and because
We was taught to dress sensiblly | hav
lie done SO all my life. know when t.
wear thin clothes and when to put Of
thick ones, when to change and whel
ay not to change. But women and girl
rs today wear thick clothes all the af
d. ternoon and go out al night wit
nj their threats open to the wind am
ed with paper-soled shoes No wonde
m, they die right and left with pneu
at raonia and tuberculosis! I saw a.
n epitaph on tombstone once, Die
l. Of thin shoes. The 1917 girls cpl
ill taph will be "Died CT thin waists
ut AS respect is due the aged we though
n it we'll to quote Mrs. Hart, and ex
at tend heartiest congratulations to he1
nm The last issue of The North Caro-
in lima Health Bulletin exposed mum
rs Der Of medicines, but we are grateful
n that we may yet have a little sooth
,f ing syrup and castoria.
A recent issue of The Robesonia
his complained that our health office
ed had not reduced the spread of meas
n les, whooping cough, &C., in Robe
on son. It has been our privilege an
| pleasure to listen to several of hi
DIS lectures and he always pays his re
to spects to these diseases. If the PEG
of pie would take the good doctors ad
I vice there would certainly be fewe
In cases among them The same Nigh
nd be said Of the blessed gospel mes
sh sages. For if the people would lis
he ten to the preachers and take heet
7 to their splendid admonitions givel
1v every Sabbath there would be fewe
&c difficulties to overcome and less
or need for lawsuits.
IN IN J. VI. FLEMING
H., FROM GREAT MARSH SECTION