The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-07-05
NUMBER Al
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

6RlEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
Mr.. L. F. Cary of Atlanta, Ga,
mas accepted a position in the Du-
!bois bakery. Mr.. Cary is an exper-
fenced baker.
MIR. NJ. c. Mcintyre of R. 3 from
! Irmberton has been patient at the
thompson hospital since SATURDAY..
He is seriously i'll.
1t will be well to remember that
~ per cent will be added to the priv
1ege taxes due the town that are NOT
paid before August 1, 1917.
Miss Ethel Pittman, salesladv in
the dry goods department of Mr..
John T. Biogs department. store, is
attending the Madam Grace corset
school in Raleigh this week.
-Cornelia, 10-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. Stephens, who
live about miles east of town, broke
her right arm between the elbow and
wrist yesterday afternoon when she
slipped and fell on the wet ground.
! Fire of unknown origin started
In the waste house at the Lumberton
cotton mill Tuesday night about 8
o'clock, but was quickly extinguish-
ed. Slight damage was done by the
fire and water used in stopping the
! fire.
! Mr.. M. A. Odum, formerly of
Lumberton, but who has been making
j his home in Philadelphia, Pa, for
several months, has returned to Lum-
berton and will keep books for the
Banner tobacco warehouse during the
coming season. Mr.. Odum is son
OF Mr.. +. Odum of the Raft Swamp
section.
Mr.. d. R. Rhodes of the Bloom
, ingdale section, below Orrum, who
: was Lumberton visitor this morn
: ing, says that during recent heavy
rains in his section water has flow
l ed over a bridge over which water
e never flowed before. 1t rained and
4 rained, and then some, but Mr. Rhodes
does not think the crops have been
damaged yet.
!. The auto-eXcursion Messrs. Bu,-
. lock Bros. ran to Wrightsville Beach
:, for the Fourth was very much of a
j success. They operated cars, car
: ried around 25 people, ard made the
trip both ways without a puncture or
" trouble of any kind. The autos left
Lumberton at 1 p. m. Tuesday and
left the beach at p m. yesterday,
!. arriving safely last night.
-Thirty-one Lumberton people at
e tended the Baptist Seaside assem-
bly, at Wrightsville Beach and, as will
IS be seen from an item reproduced from
today's Wilmington Star elsewhere
< in this paper, Lumberton won the
candy, a 1O-pound stick, for being
IS represented by the largest number.
.e Practically all who attended from
rs Lumberton have returned home.
The Fourth passed off quietly in
Lumberton. Banks and stores, ex-
cept drug stores, were closed, Sunday
hours were observed at the postoffice
h and the letter carriers had a day off
A Sunday air prevailed and nobody
seemed at work except at the drug
l. stores and The Robesonian office, al
SIS which office work had to go On as
c. usual in order to get out the paper
es today.
s.. "A cow belonging to Mr.. F. NJ
-. Townsend of Mcdonald recently gave
In birth to calf that had two we'll
: developed heads, according to Mr..
t. V. Faulk of Mcdonald, who was q
>, Lumberton visitor Tuesday. Mr
u Faulk says the two heads looked per
= fectly natural and both heads were
-, equipped with eyes and the othel
= things that make up a calf's head
IL, IN The calf died.
90 60 Not single quart of the "old ia
n. miliar juice" has been received a
w the local express office since JUNE
,ss 80, when the "bone-dry" law wen
nd into effect. The memory of the old
ne est inhabitant runs not back to :
time when it could be said that nom
or of the o be joyful had come int
h Lumberton by the express route dur
ing the same length of time. Thes'
10 be new days.
Mr.. w. H. Humphrey left las
en- night for Cornelius to attend tn
IS, funeral of Rev. E. M. Hoyle, who's
in death is mentioned elsewhere in thi
paper. The funeral takes place today
d. Several Lumberton friends of the de
to ceased had planned to go across coun
)r. try in autos to attend the funeral
he but had to give up the trip On &C
count of the rains. Mr.. Humphrey i
expected home tomorrow.
ed Mr.. w. S. Mclean of the 22nd in
on fantry, regular army, son of Mr.. inc
Oh u. Mclean OF Bellamy, arrived nom
er Tuesday from Fort Hamilton, N. Y
he where his company has been station
ms ed since being transferred from tn
re Mexican border last spring. He ex
N poets to leave for Fort Hamilton to
ill morrow evening and expects that hi
u. company will be ordered to France
on the near future. Mr. Mclean was
lat Lumberton visitor this morning flo
the first time in two and half year
and he notes many changes.
Dr.
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