The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-04-19
NUMBER 10
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEws

E. ]. Britt, 2-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Nathan Britt, who live on
K. from Lumberton, died yester-
day.
Mr.. E. Falk of R. 8 from Max
ton entered the Thompson hospital
yesterday. He will undergo an op-
Grafton some time soon.
Mr.. Sam Dunnie of Fairmont
passed through town Monday night
en- route to Baltimore and New York
to buy goods for his store.
Miss Gertrude Morris underwent
an operation for appendicitis at the
Thompson hospital Sunday night and
is getting along as we'll as could be
/ expected.
-Fillyaw & Co. have opened up a
market and grocerv store in the Cald-
we'll building, Elm street. Mr.. E. H.
NJ. Fillyaw of Fayetteville has charge
of the place.
MIR. and Mrs. A. NJ. Hartley
broke up housekeeping Monday on
East Fifth street and will board with
Mrs. Daisy w. Jenkins, Sixth and
Walnut streets.
i The Knights of Maccabees will
have patriotic meeting at their reg
ular review Tuesday night. Patriotic
speeches will be made and a full at
!, tendance is earnestly desired.
t. Advertised in The Robesonian
for muff lost-and the ad brought
S the muff back. So Mayor White de-
e cided to send an ad out to hunt for
e laprobe. Robesonian ads sell the
: goods or find lost articles.
Miss Alice Sanderson and Mr..
:. Charley Smith were married in the
law office of Messrs. Mcintyre, Law
! renee & Proctor, Elm street, Tuesday
u afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. Justice ].
y H. McNeill, officiated.
- Mr.. E. Hood, local manager of
Il the Southern Bell Telephone Co., in
# forms The Robesonian that his COM
w pany has recently connected lines
- with a rural line which traverses the
is well-known "cotton valley" section,
near Rowland.
Id Mr.. Scot Stone and daughter,
d.. Miss Bertha, of McDonalds were
st Lumberton visitors Monday. Miss
Stone has been teaching at Autryville,
le Sampson county, and her school clos
ed last week. She returned home
Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Edwards are
moving from Lumberton to Whining
ut; ton. They shipped their furniture
n yesterday and Mrs. Edwards and chill
dren will go to Wilmington tomorrow
II house in Wilmington.
DR. and Mrs. H. T. Pope anC
OIL Mrs Guion Lee went Tuesday to Dur
-. ham to viist relatives. While in Dur.
oC ham they will witness the gradua
ne +;o,o ,.ooi+o1 of Micc uorria+ Moore
ILL.,, Pope, a niece of Dr. ard Mrs. Pope
who graduates from the Durham
g1 conservatory of music. Mrs. Lee came
no back to Raleigh today 20 attend ths
lot Duckett- Mullis wedding.
,J GLADYS and Clarence, small chill
90 dren of Mrs. L. B. Blackburn, whos'
Ne death and funeral were reported il
ad Mondays Robesonian, went Monda,
Ie night to Wilmington with their grand
w mother Mrs. w. J. Pate, who live
oil in Wilmington and VINO was here t
ss-, attend the funeral. They will sta.
ho with Mrs Pate for two weeks ant
h;S then will go to Marion, S. c., to spen'
wv the summer with Mr. Blanckburn'
nd mother, Mrs. J. K. Blackburn. Thei
rs w father will remain in Lumberton.
INT 1t is folly to try to drive an au
of to across a railroad track in from
ar of a moving train. This reporter no
le-f ticed a man drive an auto truck o
IN the Seaboar1 track near the static
,rd yesterday right in front of a slowl
all moving engine and when the true
on. got right up on the track the engin
lar stopped and the train had to stan
Law for some time before the engin
er- could be started. Had the engin
ar been moving at any rate of spec
at the truck and driver would no dout
n. have been demolished.