The Robesonian., 1917-06-11
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS


Mr.. E. C. Graham of R. 7 from
Lumoerton was Lumberton visitor
Saturday. He reported some hail in
his section Thursday. There was hIt
little damage to crops, however.
Rev. j: M. Fleming, who lives on
n. from Lumberton, left this morn
ing Tor Seagate, near Wilmington,
wnere he Will assist Rev. ]. L. Shinn
IN series Of meetings this week.
-Mesdames w. w. Parker ants
Jno. D. McAllister left this morning
Tor Warrenton to attend the State
meeting of the Eastern Stars, the
Woman's branch of the Masoni cor
der.
"A meeting of the woman; club
Will be a~li Gonesday afternoon
at 4:3Oin the high school auditorium.
members are urged to attend and all
:ad:es of thetown and community are
invited.
Two young women who had been
about town for several days and whose
actions did not meet with the approy-
al OF the officers, were given orders
to leave town Saturday night and
they left.
Wilmington Star, 9Th: Mr.. D. F.
Holloway Of Lumberton was here last
night, having piloted down a fleet of
snappy little Chevrolet cars for de-
livery to Mr.. C. w. Lasiter, the To-
cal distributor.
st. Pauls Messenger: Messrs. T.
L. and Carl Cooper, contractor ard
architect, respectively, of Red Springs.
were in town on Monday. They will
begin work on the addition to the
Presbyterian church next Monday.
The Sunbeam band of Cedar
4 Grove Baptist church has made
/ quilt, which will be sold at public
auction at the Cedar Grove church,
about three miles east of Lumberton,
Saturday night of this week at $50
o'clock.
Mr.. C. M. Fuller left Friday
: evening for Fort Orglethorpe, Ga,
to visit his son Mr.. D. H. Fuller, who
/ is at the officers training camu
there. Mr.. Fuller will also spend
r some time at Asheville before re
t.rning home.
), Maj. ]. B. Malloy, formerly cap
: tain of the Lumber Bridge light in
d fantry, spent Saturday here at the
camps of Co. A, N. C. engineers. Mr..
), Malloy was commissioned as major
d OF this district after he returned
from, the Mexican border.
e Miss Gladys Dixon, daughter of
& Rev., and Mrs. F. E. Dixon, is now
associated with her father in the
:, Dixon studio. She was graduated in
q art at Carolina college this year
e There is on exhibition at the college
~ fine piece of tapestry work that
e was done by Miss Dixon.
u st. Pauls Messenger: During the
~ electrical storm on last Monday af.
e ternoon, Mr.. Billiard, agent at the v
u ard C. station, reeve; severe
j, shock from the lightning running IL
y, On the phone wire and was confined
J. to his room for two days, but we are
ra glad to say is out and on duty again
s. For some time people have beer
r. walking through the Old cemeter!
Or near the union station. There is som,
is been put up about the cemetery ad
" often people have to be advised t
70 keep out of a cemetery, especial,
ne at night.
re The fire company was called on
c. Saturday afternoon at Ills on &C
COuut VI d DldZe III IlI6 UOWllHg dlIc
ed on Elm street. The fire was burnin
C. in the wall and it is supposed start
nd ed from stove flue in the Thompso
G. used in extinguishing the fire an
no damage was done.
IS Mr. J. A. Bethea, former ma
j. clerk on the Raleigh & Charlesto
railroad, has been transferred to th
local postoffice as clerk. Mr.. Bethe
,et and family have many friends her
re- where they have made their hon
for several years, who will be plea!
ot- ed to learn that he has been give
he a position here and will continue
gs make Lumberton his home.
Mrs. R. C. Lawrence and sma
no daughter, Mary, left last evening fl
m Wake Forest to visit at the home
,ek Mrs. Lawrence's mother-in-law, Mr.
IN d. F. Fort. Little Misses Anna al
Virginia, daughters of Mr.. and Nh
H. Lawrence, and Master Stephen M
rn- lntyre, Jf., VINO nave Deen Visltli
nd. a. the home of Mrs. Fort a week, W
ley return home with Mrs. Lawrence
a night or tomorrow.
tos Mr.. and Mrs. L. Rexford ST
IN phens, who were married at Fo
Mill, >. u, w eQneSddy OIL last We
on at 7:30 p. M, arrived here last mig
wn and at at home ii their frien
ins at Fourth and Walnut streets. A
asst ter their marriage Mr.. and Mrs. 81
,ine pherfs> made an automobile II
and through the western part of t
top State. An account of the maria
is published elsewhere in today's 7
ILL per.
eral Mr.. Henry Lee of R. from Lu
,on- berton was among the visitors
on town Friday. Mr.. Lee told RoI
Irs. sonian reporter a bee tale. He $;
Viii that while Mr. Gilbert Cox was plo
Jr.. ing recently near an old barn VIII
,end had not been used for some years b'
began to sting him and his mt
nch- This caused Mr.. Cox to make an
ir q restioatinn and he found that