The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-07-02
NUMBER 40
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

The farmer who cans all his sur
plus vegetables is doing the wise
thing.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. F. Grover
Britt, at their home, Seneca street,
Saturday morning, girl.
The condition of Mr.. ]. P. Rus
sell, VINO has been confined to his bed
sick for three weeks, is Somewhat inn
proved.
License has been issued for the
marriage OF Luther H. Prevatt and
Lula May Britt; Elmore Prevatt and
Corzetta Harrelson.
Mr.. Rowland Stephens of r. 1
from Orrum is Lumberton visitor
today. Mr.. Stephens reports extra
fine crops in his section.
Heavy rains fell throughout this
section Friday night. The rain was
needed in some sections of the coun-
ty. The rains will mean much to the
early corn crop.
The knitting unit of the Nation
al Special Aid Society will meet in
the school auditorium Tuesday af-
ternoon at 4:30. All members Of this
unit are urged to be present.
DIR. R. T. Allen of Lumberton
was elected a member of the audit.
ing committee Of the State Dental
society at the annual meeting of the
society held at Durham last week.
;. Mr.. R. C. Lawrence left Friday
for Norfolk, Va, where he spent the
weekend on business. From Nor
folk he will 60 to AsheviIle to at
tend meeting of the State Bar as
sociation.
l., Handsome new furniture has
= been placed in the local Western
5 Union telegraph office, adding to the
t comfort and dispatch with which
> Manager S. H. Hamilton can take
/ care of business.
L Somebody broke into the shop
=. kept by Mr.G.E.Rancke,S ,Sr.,at the Jen-
A nings beach Saturday night and took
a a supply of bottled soda water. The
f door was broken open. No arrests
e have been made.
Mr.. John Wickey of Marion, s.
: ! c., was brought to the Thompson hos
=, pital Saturday suffering with
q broken leg. His left leg was broken
: by falling tree while he was log
y ging for the Bell Lumber Co., of
Marion.
- Mr.. J. B. Humphrey of the Sad
. dletree section is a Lumberton visi-
- tor today. Mr.. Humphrey says an
unusually heavy rain fell in his sec
!, ton Friday evening. He reports
~, good crops in the Saddletree COM
a.. ~ munity.
o. Wilmington Star, June 80: News
>" from Robson county people here is
v that the outlook for bumper crops Of
food and tobacco is very promising.
I'd Cotton is late and some times the
es stand is poor, but recent warm wealth
m er has brought the crop up finely.
o. MIR. S. F. Corbett of Greenville
ar arrived last week and will auctioneer
le tobacco for both of Lumberton's
IN warehouses during the coming sea-
ne son. Mr.. Corbitt was with the Far
d. mers warehouse here last season and
de made many friends in Lumberton and
tn among the tobacco growers.
,S Gov. T. w. Beckett notified Mr..
1t 7. L. johnson of Lumberton Satur-
ge day that he had been appointed chair
r.. man of army exemption board No. 1
ls in Robson. Mr.. Johnson was ap-
W. pointed a member of the board in
ng the place of Mr.. Stephen Mcintyre
z of Lumberton, who declined to serve
ny on the board.
+u John Henry Walker, colored
Il ~ broke his left leg below the knee yes
~. terday morning when he jumped out
~ =" of an automobile and fell at the un-
lie lie ion station. Walker rode up to the
q station in an auto just about the
No time the V. & C. S. passenger trair
" was ready to pull out and jumped out
;r- of the car hurriedly in order to catct
IL %ho Tho o.1%o bod
;ss ;e ped when he jumped out Of it, how
100 ever.
In Thursdays Robesonian it wa!
r. stated that it was supposed thai
" Messrs. Albert Boylin and Presto1
ed the American soldiers who arrives
ief in France last week. It should hav,
of read Leslie Cashwell, instead o
- Preston. However, Preston cash
well is in Uncle Sans service. III
est is at Fort Oglethorpe. Both Prestol
er- and Leslie are sons of Rev. and Mrs
zen R. N. Cashwell of Lumberton.
ng Mr.. C. K. Morgan of Mariett
to- was a Lumberton visitor this morn
en- ing. He brought to the editor fror
H. his 12-year-old son C. K. Jr., a smal
G.. guinea egg in the shape of goure
ian That guinea evidently had read abou
OF! the "bone dry" law which makes
tie: against the law to ship liquor int
md dry States, and got to think
Al ing about what goo
nd drink good cool water make
the from q Iong-necked gourd, an
ase b'gorry, she just naturally went an
ed, laid longnecked egg like a gourt
me Bet she knew, too, Mr.. Morgan's bo
ost. would send that egg to the editor an
ker it would get in the paper. Sorry th
lme name of the honorable hen is nj
:. known.
was "
the Good Wheat Crop