The Robesonian., 1917-03-19
NUMBER 10
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

-Pennie Rozier, colored, aged %
years, died at her home about miles
northeast of town Saturday.
-Messrs. Jno. C. Fuller and Frank
Mcleod went Thursday night to Will
son and returned Friday across coun-
try with two REQ automobiles for c..
NJ. Fuller & Son.
DIR. R. S. Beam, local eve, ear.
nose and throat specialist, returned
Saturday from Philadelphia, Pa,
where he spent two weeks attending
the clinics of that city.
License has been issued for the
marriage of Rockwell Anderson and
Zillie Stephens; Andrew C. Blount
and Julia A. Blackwell; Tom Con-
nor and Mary Davis.
| Mrs. w. S. Britt returned Thurs
day night from Kershaw, S. c., where
she spent some time on account of
the illness and death of her father,
Mr.. w. U. Clyburn, whose death oc-
CURED on the 3rd inst
| The Lumberton graded and high
schools will close May 25. Lieut..
Governor o. Max Gardner has been
secured to make the literary address
on that date. Mr.. Gardner is class
in the State.
!. Prof. ]. R. Poole, county super
intendent of public instruction, Wis
tied the public schools at Harmony,
Floral college and Wakulla Friday
He reports good attendance at all
= these schools and good work being
done by both teachers and pupils.
MIR. ]. T. Barker has been crit
lcally i'll at his home, East Fifth
street, since Wednesday night of
!, last week with heart trouble. Mrs.
A. ]. Tinkham of Wilmington,
q daughter of Mr.. Barker, arrived Sat-
a urday night to be with her father.
81 Speaking of the high price of
4 Irish potatoes, Saturday Senator
. Frank Cough placed half dozen nice
potatoes in one of the show windows
= at White & Coughs store with a sign
reading, "For Sale or Will Exchange
!, for a Ford". And Ford is a per
fectly good car at that.
= Mr.. c. w. Page of Howellsville
- township was Lumberton visitor
e Friday. His father, Mr.. w. C. Page,
:. is demonstration agent for the Real
Estate Trading Co. of Benson and
W he and his five sons have moved to
IN the Seth Smith place, on route from
Lumberton, to develop the place.
ID MIR. ]. w. Dimeron will be at
re the store of Messrs. R. D. Caldwell
& Son Saturday of this week for the
is purpose of demonstrating Fry's pat
~ ent combination subsoil and turning
,el plow. The pillow is a two-in-one
product. No doubt many farmers
;s will see the demonstration Saturday.
ri Mr.. Floyd Britt, who lives on
no R. from Lumberton, was in town
" Saturday. Mr.. Britt told Robson
W. ian reporter about a man he knew
Is who swapped a peck of hen eggs for
r. peck of Irish potatoes and gave
,o Both potatoes and eggs are bringing
~, handsome price.
-Messrs. Owen Ward, o. L. Ward
be and R. Hedgpeth of the Nye section
passed through town Saturday en-
be route home from Fayetteville, where
. they took Mrs. M. H. Warwick OF
~, that section to a hospital. Mrs
Warwick underwent an operation and
;s was getting on fine when thew left
lie Fayetteville.
VIZ Mrs R. E. Sentelle, who has beer
under treatment for tuberculosis a
HIontrose sanatorium for three months
~pent last week with home folks
,w Irs Sentelle's health is rapidly i'm
rowing and she has gained 18 pound:
furing the three months she has beer
4, nder treatment. She will spend
,re months more at the sanatorium.
me- Mr.. C. H. Gibbon, travelling ex
rn miner of the U. S. Civil Servic
ats commission, spent Saturday in Lum
aid berton and gave an examination +
Ike two applicants, both male, for clerk
YIN the departmental service. Mr.
,ov Gibbon was assisted in the work b.
no Local Examiner R. o. Edmund. M,
.aii1 Gibbon says it is the intention o
the department he represents to max
ro- Lumberton a general point for CIV
ow ing examinations for stenographer:
ooI etc. The dates of the examination
I'M m will be published in The Robesoniar
ex- Julius F. Stephens, who lives o
!. R. 1 from Lumberton, and G. n
all Tucker of Lumberton declared wa
upon each other on the streets
in front of the Pastime theatre abor
so 1915 o'clock Saturday night. Thel
was no roar Of cannons while tt
,m- battle was on, but the fists of eac
mt combatant were used quite freel
get There was some blood in evident
I've when the battle was over, but n,
Law. body was "kilt" or dangerous
nd wounded. The cause of the figl
2 a has not been learned. No arrest W;
made.
ION. Miss Irene Mcleod, teacher
exression in the graded school, al
her class will give a comic oper
felt can Adamless Eden" in the local o
on. era house at an early date. The e
ling act date will be announced later. A
, is admission fee of 10 cents will
charged to meet the expense of t
of opera No children under II yea
the cid will be admitted unless Wi
loon their parents. Those who have be
The attending the entertainments Civ
ar by Miss Mcleod and her class W
be pleased to learn that they a