The Robesonian., 1917-01-22
COTTON AND COTTON SEED
Middling cotton is selling on the
local market today for 16 cents the
pound. Seed rs cents the bushel.

local market today for 16 cents the
pound. Seed rs cents the bushel.
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
Six new white way" light stands
have been erected on South Chest
nut street.
License to wed has been issued
to Gregory Pittman and Hattie Will
loughby; Spurgeon Ivey and Della
Brisson; j. E. Burchett and Naomi
Ivey.
ALumberton chapter U. D., o. E.
S., is called to meet Thursday night
lJan. 25), at 1880 in Masonic hall.
BY order of worthy matron. Be
present.
MIR. D. R. Shaw returned Thurs
day from Ellington, where he went
to attend the funeral of two-year-
old son of his brother and sister
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Shaw.
The child had pneumonia.
Gen. and Mrs. F. A. Bond have
Planned to bring their guests from
Hunters lodge, near Lowe, to the
Pastime theatre this evening and af-
ter seeing the pictures they will have
supper at the Lorraine at $50.
, Rev. w. R. Davis, pastor of East
Lumberton Baptist church, had his
right arm broken Saturday after
noon when his automobile backfired
while he was cranking it. The arm
4 was broken just above the wrist.
: MIR. Stephen Wilson, who lives
on R. from Lumberton, brought
; to The Robesonian office Saturday
a an unusual colored ear of corn,
: which he gathered from. his farm
n last year. The corn is purple in
). color and the grains are unusually
: large.
2 MIR. A. G. Mcmillan and son, Mr..
J. D. T. Mcmillan, of Mcmillan, were
d Mcmillan, senior, who was a caller at
: The Robesonian office, told of hog
y which Mr.. Malcolm Mcmillan, who
# lives near him, killed some time ago
: weighing $50 pounds.
70 MIR. A. Odum of R. / from St.
le Paul was among the callers at The
]. Robesonian office Friday. Mr.. Odum
m is near "a years old and served in
the Civil war. He is still spry and
IS says he could plow if it was not for
r, bad leg. 1t is interesting to hear
IS Mr.. Odum tell about the war.
ed Lieut.. Edward B. Dennis, re-
ds cruiting officer, visited the local sta
h ton Jan. 18th and accepted the fol-
e-i lowing applicants for service in the
on infantry: Benjamin Z. Blake, R. L
toll Eunlbertcn; Livingston j. SPrevatte
it, RI, Pembroke. Corpls yogt return
aafsa satnFdaH night from visiting post
masters in this territory.
Mr. H. NJ Beasley has bought
the interest of his brother Mr.. w
d Dooc1o,, 4b- livoi,y huciuoSs
r. which they have conducted Jointly
. here for several years. Mr.. w. B
he Beasley will nut his attention to hi:
lr- blacksmith shop, West Fourth street
while Mr.. H. M. Beasley will lool
at after his livery business and wooc
nix and coal yard.
nd Just when a game OF cards
ee- which was being played with none!
tic I'D, was getting interesting to Wal
ba ter Smith, Furman Freeman and Al
its bert Hughes, all white, last nigh
ex- about Z O'Clock, Chief of Police Al
ed H. Mcleod nabbed them. The gam
,he was being played in Smiths press
ITS. ing club, Fourth street. They wer
nat not locked up but were cited to tr1a
re- before Recorder E. M. Britt this at
We ternoon at o'clock.
ill DIR. X. E. Miller of the U.
eSS Department OIL f1edlIn, w WdShihs VI
tn D. c., spent part of last week in Rob
au- eson inspecting the work OF Count
INT. Health Officer B. w. Page. DIR. MI
hat ler visits the counties where whole
time health officers are employe
inc throughout the country. Robson wa
at the first county he visited in thl
in State. He expressed himself as bs
to ;rg highly pleased with the wor
:. of DIR. Page. He went from here
var Greensboro.
ed Mr.. W. C. West completed Sa
to urday a Groom public school buildin
OBJ in the Meadows, about miles ea
of Lumberton, and left on the SAN
dav tn nav short visit to his hon
YER folks on 2 from Chadbourn. I
goes today to Shannon to begin buil'
IN. ing a Groom modern public scho
ion house at that place. The Robeso
81 ian goes to Mr.. Vests home but
he will be engaged at Shannon thr'
,ers months he paid for an ertra copy
NJ. 90 to him there.
Miss Amelia Linkhauer has I
w. signed her position as manager
the millinery department Of Messl
bile R. D. Caldwell & Sons store. Mi
Linkhauer had been in that depal
" ment for 16 years and IS favoran
known to the ladies of this sect
ent generally. She expects to open
a millinery store herself in the ne
e at future. Miss Mary Moore, who b
use. held a position in the millinery {
sans partment Of the Messrs. Caldwell
ten store, has charge of that departme
now.