The Robesonian., 1917-09-10
NUMBER 81
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

Called meeting of st. Alban's
lodge No. ia, A. F. & A. NJ, tomor-
row evening at 7:45. Degree work.
Mr.. Ed ]. Glover went today to
Wilmington and will drive two new
Dodge eutornobiles, for which he ia
local agent, back tomorrow.
Fire started in the picker room
! at the National cotton mill about 8:45
! Thursday evening, but was exiting
ulshed before any damage was done.
Mr.. Frank Cough left Saturday
night for Baltimore, Md, to spend
| few days with Mrs. Cough, who is
taking treatment under a specialist
/ in Baltimore.
MIR. w. F. French left Saturday
evening for the West to buy a car
i load of mules and horses for the
/ sales stables of Messrs. w. F. French
& Co., Of which he is manager.
Mr.. Robert Caldwell left Sat-
urday evening for Wake Forest col
Robert Mcintyre left last evening
for Wake Forest, where he will be
. a student during the present session.
Mr.. P. L. Wilmington, who had
been cashier at the office of the
: Virginia & Carolina Southern Ry.
Co.'s office here for several months,
has resigned and accepted a position
with the Seaboard at Portsmouth,
Va.
Mrs. Mathew Blackwell, who
lives about 2 miles east of town, kill
ed large rattlesnake in her yard
Thursday afternoon. The snake was
after Mrs. Blackwell's chickens, and
she killed him with hoe. The snake
: had seven rattles.
Mrs. L. E. Ellis of TolarsviIle
| passed through town Friday evening
en- route home from the James Walk
er Memorial hospital, Wilmington,
where she underwent an operation
l. three weeks ago. Her condition is
somewhat improved.
q Miss Ruth Britt left Yesterday
4 for Princeton, this State, where she
will spend a week visiting relatives
]. before going to Leggett, Edgecombe
t. county, where she will teach in the
" high school during the next session,
which will open next Monday.
!. MIR. and Mrs. J. H. Felts, Jr.,
went Saturday to Charlotte and
! spent the weekend visiting at the
- home of Mr.. Felt's parents, Mr.. and
,, ,, Mrs. ]. H. Felts, Sr. Mr.. and Mrs.
:, Felts will return home tonight, max
a ing the trip in new DOrt touring
" " car.
w Miss Amelia Linkhauer, propri-
+ etress of the Style shop, returned
of home Thursday night from New York
no and Baltimore, where she spent two
of weeks buying fall and winter millin-
r. cry for her store. She was accom-
r panied on her trip by her nephew
re- Master Frank Cough, Jr.
nd Miss Leila Floyd of Fairmont
d. passed through town last evening er
ut route to Biscoe, this State, where sh'
p will teach in the high school during
elk the coming term. She was accom-
fe panied to Lumberton by Mr.. Furma
Floyd and Misses Sarah, Mary an
Roberta Floyd, all of Fairmont.
ry Timothy Hunt, Indian, who live
near Back Swamp, brought z mic
ed trout to town Friday. Timothy sal
ng he caught the fish Friday morning
hit, The seven fish brought Timothy S5.S
at in cash. The largest weighed l.
on pounds and the smallest weighed 4 L
en- pounds. Timothy was so proud Q
am his catch that he wanted the pape
&C. to tell about it.
ian Prof. R. E .Sentelle, superinten6
zen ent of the Lumberton graded schoo
rs and family returned Thursday nigf
the from Mr.. Sentelle's farm nea
NC Waynesville, where they spent tn
1th summer. Two of Mr.. and Mrs. Sci
all telle's daughters, Misses Helen ar
the Evelyn, will leave tomorrow fl
Greensboro, where they will ente
av- the State Normal college. Prof. Sci
my telle is busy getting things lined I
,St- for the school here on the 18th ins
Ite nn Howard, 12-years-old son Of M
e.. e. and Mrs. w. /. Linkhaw, broke b
aId right leg above the knee and b
efa ec. right arm just above the wrl
for a Thursday afternoon when he Il
from a tree in the yard of his pa
ents, Third and Water streets. Your
Linkhaw fell about 20 feet and brea
was knocked out of him for Will
az He was rushed to the Thompson nc
~ ~ pital, where his broken limbs we
I'LL IN replaced. Howard was climbing t
,mos m, tree after some pigeons, it is sa
. IF Mr.. and Mrs. 7. L. Johnson a
nall two children, 7. L. Jr. and ChristiI
the returned home Thursday event
To- from Hickory, where Mrs. Johns
and ard children spent some time Wis
roe ing at the home Of Mrs. johnson
The parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. Mos
cen Mr.. johnson went to Asneville abe
Va. week ago and drove his auton
ess, bile, which was at Asheville, ba
.rtv. by way of Hickory. They were ;
ton companied by Mrs. w. M. Jones
cteJ Charlotte, a sister of Mrs. Johns
ntv. who spent Friday and Saturday h.
DER. visiting at the home of Mr.. and NJ
man Johnson, Elm street.
the Mr.. H. C. Blackwell of Howell
nge- vile township was a Lumberton v
,um-i itor Saturday. Mr.. Blackwell rece
ly returned from Blue Bridge, VIII
he took course in the .. S. az