The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-22
NUMBER 3
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

Sheriff r. E. Lewis will be at
ST. Paul Saturday for the purpose
of collecting 1916 taxes not yet paid
Superior court for the trial of
civil cases will convene Monday for
a two-weeks' term with Jud~n Geo.
w. Connor of Wilson presiding.
MIR. and Mrs. ]. H. Felts, Jr., left
Tuesday night for Charlotte in re-
sponse to a message stating that Mr..
| Felts' brother-in-law, Mr.. NJ C. Long,
who lives in Charlotte was very i'll.
Its an i'll wind that blows no
body good" is an old saying that's
about true. Even the high cost of
shoes is a blessing at least to the
shoe repair men. Local shoe repair
ers say that their business has doub-
led since the price of shoes has soar
ed so high.
License was issued yesterday for
the marriage of Willie Wallace and
Bette Price; Wat Wilson and Ionic
Ivey; Geo. w. Oliver and Ruth Britt.
Register of Deeds M. w. Floyd sold
6 marriage licenses yesterday, three
! of them for colored couples. The
matrimonial business is picking up
Mr.. A. D. Evans of St. Paul, r.
| l, was a Lumberton visitor this morn
! ing. In paying his subscription Mr..
Evans remarked heartily that he
] could not get along without The Rob-
esonian. That's the way a host of
! Robson couy toveryemff1flf.G .Glshrdl
Robson county people feel about The
Robesonian.
}. "A bread man, the likeness of
George Washington and a bread
: hatchet lying by him, in the window
of the Dubois bakery, is attracting
much attention.A card placed near the
man, made of dough and baked, reads:
"My name is not George Washington,
but JohnDough. was born in Mime
sofa and "raised" in the Dubois bak-
cry.
MIR. Fred Brown of Antioch, Hoke
county, after Monday of next week,
will be citizen of Lumberton. Mr..
Brown has been a visitor in Lum-
!, berton for the past few days, a guest
Y at the home of his brother-in-law and
/ sister, Mr.. and Mrs. K. M. Barnes.
Mr.. Brown next week will enter upon
S work here which will be mentioned
e, later.
:! Mr.. C. 7. Weatherly of Green's
: boro, member of the fertilizer
5 committee of the North Carolina di-
L vision of the Farmers union, is in
: Lumberton today. A number of un-
I ion members met him here. Mr..
q Weatherly says the farmers are buy
2 ing more fertilizer through the un-
e ion channel this year than usual and
9 that the union as whole, in the State
J is growing stronger.
!, Mr.. w. C. Strother, representing
! Burton Bros. Auction Co., of Wilson,
q q spent Tuesday and yesterday in town
! on business. Mr.. Strother closed a
- q deal while here to sell some Robe
i son county real estate at auction at
!, an early date. Mr.. Strother was
:. here few weeks ago and advertised
! the sale of the Rozier property which
Il Il was sold by the Atlantic Coast Realty
!. Co., which company he was repre-
senting at that time.
Mr.. T. S. Golden, who has repre-
t. sented the Metropolitan Life Insur-
o ance company here for the last two
and a half years, has been promot-
|e' ed to superintendent of the Pulaski
,r Va, district and will leave for his
new field about March 1st. Mr.. Col
is den has made many friends since COM
ing to Lumberton, who will be pleas
d ed to learn of his promotion, but will
le be sorry that he is going to leave
Lumberton.
'. The town commissioners met yes
.. terday and ordered that lot belong
It ing to Mr.. w. H. Kinlaw in the east
'e ern part of town be condemned as il
r. is necessary to run a line of sewer
7rl age through it. The line is to be
re, IL inches is diameter and must be put
at such a depth as not to interfere
= with the cultivation of the soil. The
~ line must run approximately north
and south, or as near so as will be
ID to the advantage of the town.