The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-01-07
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License has been issued for the
marriage Of Olden Hayes and Viols
Watts.
MIR. J. A. Raine was able to b.
out Saturday after being confined to
his room for two weeks.
People coming to town from Tia
country report the roads in bad shape
as result OF the snow and freeze.
The board of county commission
ers, the county road board and ths
board Of education are holding reRu-
lar first-Monday meetings here today.
Mrs. w. S. Britt is sick at Ker-
shaw, s. c., where she went to visit
relatives. She was taken i'll after ar
irving at kershaw and Mr. Britt han
been with his wife for several days.
Rev. Herbert A. Grantham, paxtor
OF Trinity Episcopal church, has been
appointed and sworn in as a member
OF the advisory committee Of the army
exemption board in Robeson district
Mr.. F. L. Nash was elected Sec
retary-treasurer of the Robeson Build
ing 4 Loan Association at a recent
meetlng OF the directors. Mr.. Mash
succeeds MIR. {. V. Brown, who re-
signed.
A horse belonging to Mr.. Bill
barnes fell down on Elm street late
FRIDAY afternoon. The horse slinped
on the frozen pavement. The onlv
damage was the breaking of a new
wagon shaft.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. E. Thompsor
moved Saturday from Lumberton tn
Mr.. Thompson's farm at Long Branch
church, miles south of town. Mr.
thompson looked after Messrs. White
e q Coughs farms last year.
l 1t is understood that Mr.. A. ].
!, Holmes will arrive at an early date To
take charge of the Bell & Jordan lew
elry store. Mr.. Holmes had charge
: OF the store here for several months
" and has been at Dunn since leayine
Lumberton.
! The condition Of Mrs. C. M. Britt
e OF Il. from Lumberton, who recently
It underwent an operation at the Johna
J.. Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, is re-
IS ported as improving. She was accom-
it panied to Baltimore by DIR. w. L
rt Grantham.
rs Mr.. A. w. Mclean of Lumbertm
1 is a member, of the State COMMITTEES
r. on war relief. The other members
lie of the committee are Clement Manly
i'll Of Winston-Salem, chairman; Judge
nd w. P. Bynum of Greensboro, and At
torney General ]. S. Manning.
Mr.. J. A. Carlyle and family NOV
III ed last week from Oxford to Mr.. Car.
no lyle's farm near Raft Swamp church
ne Mr.. Carlyle had been manager of thu
fef farm at the Oddfellows orphanage q
"a; Oxford for the last Is months. Hn
ed many friends will be pleased that h
* has returned to Robson.
III Warrants have been issue(
~ against Stephen Epps, James Pope
Ernest Tilly and David Shooter, al
young boys, charging them with be
ing implicated in turning in false fir,
alarms. The hearing was set for to
day, but was postponed until Wednes
day of next week on account of til,
ov- fact that Epps was out Of town.
ere Mr.. Walter Meares, one of Robe
rk; sons selectmen stationed at Cam
led Jackson, spent last week here visit
'oi; ing relatives. Mr.. Meares says tn
all boys at Camp Jackson are anxIcos &
ere go to France. He said that if the boy
ian were allowed to volunteer to ga RICH
away three-fourths of those in tran,
Ter ing at Camp Jackson would fall i
rs. line.
IN "A Maxwell automobile belonging
;;etI to Mr.. j. A. Raine and driven by Gun
I'LL tbs Stephens, colored, turned turtI
and landed in a six-foot ditch abou
Ieu three miles from town on the Cree
eel road Saturday morning. The car turn
ga ed over while crossing bridge. Tn
driver was the only occupant of tn
ieo car and he escaped uninjured. Tn
d car was not badly damaged.
,ier Rev. Herbert w. Baucon has le
ats. signed as pastor of the Baptist chure
he had served at Morehead ;ity 10
for some years and on the 18th of tli
en- month will sail for France to engag
in army Y. M. c. A. work. Mrs. Ban
oro com and their three children hay
moved to the home of her parent
for Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Tyner, at Low
where they will make their home VIM
nd Mr.. Baucom is in France.
-Messrs. White & Cough have di
sit continued the store on the corner I
Fourth and Elm streets, which the
ned had conducted since they bought ii
Townsend Bros. stock several month
for ago, and moved the goods to the
end main store. Mr.. L. C. Townsend,
member of the former firm of Tow
ned send Bros, who has had charge of Il
branch store for Messrs White
his Cough, expects to remodel the st0
and open up business for himself the
day in few days.
k in
$50 Cotton Mills Closed for Day
Approximately $50 cotton mills
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