The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-05-24
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BRIEF ITEMS OF LtyAL NEWS

License has been issued for the
marriage of James Powell and Ellen
Bailey; Neal H. McNeill and Maria
Mcmillan.
Mr.. D. A. Regan sold his stock
Of groceries Monday to Mr.. John +.
Blggs:. He has not yet decided what
he will do.
Miss Pearl Carlyle, daughter of
Mr.. J. c. Carlyle of Rozier, will go
Monday to Charlotte to take a course
IN Kings business college.
Mr.. E. M. johnson returned Mon
day from Asheville, where he attend
| ed Ene State meeting of the Baraca
Ph:lathea Union. He reports a splen-
did session.
/ Mrs. E. l. Poole, chairman of the
, canning unit of the local National
Aid, wants all who already have en-
rolled in this unit or will enroll to
meet her at the Lorraine hotel at 4
p. m. Saturday.
i "A room is wanted for canning
I. work by the canning unit of the local
National Aid society. Any one who
has vacant store room can render
a public service by offering it for this
purpose. Mrs. E. I. Poole is chairman
! Of this unit.
People living about miles from
town on the Fairmont road say an
airship passed over that section Mon
day night about II of the clock.
:. Those who saw the ship say it was
making terrible noise and was head
!, ed towards Lumberton.
!. The Epworth league of Chestnut
,, Street Methodist church will give a
social Monday evening, 9 to IL, at the
: Lorraine hotel, in honor of all the
> soldiers, both officers and privates,
located here. Members and friends
) Of the league are invited.
f Misses Sadie Ray Pope and Mil
a dred Williams arrived home Tues
r day night from Meredith college,
4 Raleigh, where they were students
r during the last session. Misses Ro-
d so Wishart, Carrie Mae Hedgpeth
Y and Vivian McNeill, also students at
I, Meredith, arrived home last night.
n Miss Hedgpeth completed the course
t in pipe organ.
o MIR. Afford Stephens of Ever
green, Columbus county, spent yes
terday here visiting relatives. Mr..
Stephens won the gold medal offered
for the best Grafton at the closing
e exercises at Buie's Greek academy,
l. where he was student, on the 18th
inst. Mr.. Stephens won the debat-
ers medal at the same school last
l. year. He is studying for the minis
,t try.
The county pension board met
/, here today for the purpose of passing
r On applications for funds to be given
: by the board Of county commission
s, ers to pay the expenses of veterans
v. who attend the reunion in Wash
ml ington in June. The commissioners
ID will pay $40 to each veteran who at
sri tends the retfnion for expenses. All
ct who have not applied should apply
= to either Mr.. M. G. Mckenzie or Mr..
ct ]. A. McAllister.
r. Representative j. S. Oliver of
W Marietta passed through town Tues
at day en- route home from Greensboro
l. where he went to attend the COM
m mencement of the State Normal col
a. legd. Mr.: divers daughter Miss
I'd Helen graduated at the Normal this
d. and Mr.. Paul Oliver also attended the
O. commencement, making the trip in an
h. auto. Mr.. Oliver went to Green's
st boro on the auto and came back by
,d ,d rail.
NdlClSH 4NCWS ouO
y Observer carried a complimentary
e account of the annual concert given
., at Meredith college Monday night
n and made the following mention OF
a. daughter Of Rev. and Mrs. l. p
re Hedgepeth of Lumberton: "Miss
IS Carrie Mae Hedgpeth, petite and
dainty, overcame the difficulties OF
organ mastery, which in the height
of the organ seat, the stretch of the
- keys and the varied foot movements
E she met with the abandon Of con
scious competence. 'Andante,' from
!, Bartlett she gave with spelndid ef
Az, feet"
- Two large mules belonging to Mr.
p ice Biggs Of the Saddletree section
r. rroreded to run away here yesterda!
r. afternoon. A colored man was driv
=. ing the mules and had the wagol
~ ~ to which they were hitched loades
~, sv with tobacco barn fixes. When th
hs mules started on West Fifth stree
10 the driver was thrown from the wag
~ on. The mules ran across the nortl
- end of the court house square AM
=, were stopped. Theflues were scat
on IN tered and battered up to some ex
ua u tent and tub of lard which was il
ev the wagon was torn and spilled.
til Mr.. 1. A. Hines, who has bee
first sergeant of C. A, N. C. engi
at neers, since the company was organ
av lied last August, has been given
ad discharge on account of being mar
is ried. Seargt. Hines is held in tn
highest esteem by the members Q
an his company and as token of thei
I n, respect for him the members of tn
company presented him with beau
DIV t;fui present. Mr.. Hines and his fam
to lily expect to !eave tomorrow ", 1or Ihel
made; many friends since coming
tI.umherton who will be sorry to Sc
ch them 90. Mr.. Hines says he has learI
lie ed to like Lumberton and its peopl
.all and that he is very sorry indeed ths
IL ho must leave He has made appl