The Robesonian., 1917-09-13
NUMBER 62
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
Cold snap.

Cold snap.
-Middling cotton is selling on the
local market today for 19 1-2 cents
the pound.
-License has been issued for the
marriage of Edward Barnes and
! Myrtle Norris.
Mrs. F. G. Odum of R. 1 from
Buie underwent an operation at the
Thompson hospital this morning,
Miss Josephine Breeze will have
her fall millinery opening Wednesday
and Thursday Of next week.
Mr.. WI. French returned yester-
day from the West, where he went
to buy mules for his sales stables.
i Miss Gladys Dixon, daughter of
!. Rev. and Mrs. e. Dixon, left last
evening for Maxton, where she will
resume her studies at Carolina col
Mr.. j. l.. Brown Of Boardman is
a Lumberton visitor today. Mr..
Brown is trying to locate a mule
which broke loose at Lemons K
Roads church recently.
Mr.. X. evils Shelby has resign
ed his position as assistant cashier
) of bank a. Ahoskia and returned
!. to Lumberton. He expects to enlist
e IN the arr"y in the near future.
e Miss Amanda McDairmid left
n Thursday for Tarboro, where she
n will teach domestic science and art
in the high school. Miss McDairmid
: taught at Tarboro last year.
n MIR. J. F. Rogers of Acron, Ohio,
e who has been visiting relatives in
Z. Lumberton for some time left yes
D. terday morning for New York, where
IT he will take a course in dentistry.
'rI The Lumberton graded and high
II school will open Tuesday of next
r. week at a. m. The teachers will
m hold a meeting at p. m. Monday
for the purpose Of getting things in
line for the opening.
st. Paul Messenger: Beginning
Sunday night, September 9Th, there
at will be a protracted meeting held at
n the Methodist church. Preaching
every night during the week by Rev.
A. J. Parker Of Red Springs.
pit. Mr.. G. E. Racke says he saw a
re letter the other day written in 1901.
or 1t was from the great-great grand.
Of father of Mr.. T. A. Ramsauer of
ne. was, and was written m Germany.
he Miss Leona Nickel of Baltimore,
ese Md, arrived this moring and will be
ng with Miss Amelia Linkhauer, pro-
me prietress of the Style shop, during
wo the coming millinery season. This
is Miss Nickell's second season with
OF Miss Linkhauer.
M Mr.. C. A. D. Fakes, managel
to of the Banner tobacco warehouse
ter, left last evening for his home a
get Greenville. Mr.. Eakes expects tt
os- return to Lumberton about the frs
Ind of the year, providing he is no
op. called into the army.
yell Rev. and Mrs. B. E. StandfielC
ons of Fairmont We're Lumberton visitor:
vas Monday afternoon. They accompan
ok panied Rev. J. A. Horniday of Dunn
'es- who assisted Rev. Mr.. Stanfield il
vas a series of meetings at Fairmon
of last week, to Lumberton.
erv From today's Wilmington Star
at Mr.. E. w. Stone is spending severa
lch- days with relatives in Robson coun
and ty. His brother has been drafte
on for service in the national army an
Ids, will report for duty the latter par
We, of the week to Camp Jackson ae Co
With lumbia.
The sewing unit of the local Ma
ded tional Special Aid society will NEE
Hill in the future in the old club room
the Lumberton, Dresden and Jer
and nings cotton mills office buildin,
Gus Elm and Second streets. Th
teri unit meets each Monday afternoo
rec, at a o'clock and has been meetin
hey in the high school building herett
nes' fore.
ones Mr.. Frank Cough returned Tue
am day from Baltimore, Nd, where
,ow- spent few days with Mrs. .Goug
Mr.. who is taking treatment under
S at specialist there. Mrs. Coughs Co
all dition was unimproved when M
ON Cough left. He will leave Saturds
night for Baltimore and return hon
week with Mrs. Cough the first of ne
hich week.
nily. Several Lumberton boys al
7eral girls have gone this week to varlo
well colleges. Misses Vivian McNei
Rosa Wishart, Margaret Pope, Jea
ther nette Biggs and Mary Lee Caldw'
, for left Tuesday for Meredith COLES
frost Raleigh; Messrs. John G. Proctor,
Ertel Carlyle and Adrian Britt l.
Tuesday for the State university
En- Chapel Hill; Mr.. Harrell Humphr
left for Trinity college, Durham, a