The Robesonian., 1918-11-25
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS

BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS.
Mrs. Joe S. Thomson Is ser;ou.,~
i'll at her home, Sixth street.
Early risers report that it snow
ed Tor spell yesterday morning.
AT the prices charged, hauling
WOOD ought to prove . r-sf..able bus
mess.
Only one month and Christmas
VIII De here. Do your Christmas
shopping now.
Mr.. ]. A Sharpe. editor of The
Robesonian, has been confined IN his
/ nome for the past days with a severe
cold.
Miss Ethel Hayes of Lakeview. s.
T., mas accepted position in the
/ Lumberton bargain house. She began
work today
i Mr.. II. q. Meares has purchased
the grocery business formerly con-
Quoted by Mr.. A J. Smith. corner Elm
and Second streets.
Special meeting of St. Alban's
Lodge No. ia A F. and A. M.
tuesday evening at 7:3O. Degree
work. A good attendance is respect
fully urged.
DIR. n. A. Thompson returned
Thursday from trip to St. Louis,
MO, where he went on business, and
Kansas City, where he visited broth
er. he was away a week
Six whites, 20 Indians and 20
colored teachers took the required
examination gfven by Prof j. R.
! Poole, county superintendent of pub
lie instruction here FRIDAY
Miss Nettie Cartwright and Mr..
: Samuel Dawkins were married in the
office OF Register of Deeds NJ. W.
Floyd Saturday evening at 7:3O
: o'clock. Justice M. G. Mckenzie Of
ficiated.
Mr.. H. T, Hux left today for his
home at Greenville, Pitt county, after
spending several days here visiting
friends. Mr. Hux was recently hon.
orably discharged from the U. S.
army.
: On account of the death of
relative, Rev. DIR. Chas. H. Durham
: and family did not arrive last week,
as they had expected. A wire mes
sage from DR.. Durham stated that
D he and hls family expect to reach
: Lumberton tomorrow.
The many friends of Lieut.. Lee
e Correll, formerly of Lumberton, will
t be pleased to learn that he was re-
Gently promoted from second lieuten-
t ant to first lieutenant because of
y yalient services rendered in the bat
'el tie Of AfGonpe during the month Of
q rfo9e1 ~ -. : =,
DIR. J. d. Quick, eol6red, was
painfully bruised Friday afternoon
when he drove his automobile down a
9 12-foot embankment beyond the riron
bridge at the foot of Fifth street.
His wife was in the car with him and
escaped unhurt. The auto was badly
damaged.
o Misses Rachel and Helen Oliver
!; of Marietta passed through town last
n evening en- route to Raleigh, where
!. they are teachtrs in the city schools.
v The Raleigh schools have been closed
n seven weeks on account of the influ-
o. enza epidemic. The schools were ex-
pected to reopen today.
MIR. j. Ellis Fisher, of Camp Lo-
= gan, Houston, Texas, arrived Saturday
morning and will spend some time
# with his mother, Mrs. M. C. Fisher,
3 who is quite sick. Mrs Fisher has
e been sick for some time at the home
y of her son-in-law and daughter Mr.
&c and Mrs. B. Sam Edwards.
x In some of the towns in the State
of the schools are being kept open six
I'd days in the week to make up time
n. lost on account of the "flu" epidemic
st It has been suggested that the Lum-
m berton schools take the same course
II Prof. w. n. Gale, superintendent Of
Of the Lumberton schools, is willing.
"a Mr.. and Mrs. R. D. Caldwell are
"a spending somt time in Baltimore, Md
CT Mr.. Caldwell came home several weeks
ago from Johns Hopkins hospital
Baltimore, where he underwent a Sc
y: rious operation. His condition is IA.
y vorable and he returned to Baltimore
IS only to CONSULT his physician in regard
!, ae to a change in medicine.
% DIR. T. C. johnson left Saturday
ns evening for Graham on account of the
- serious illness of Mr.. and Mrs. E
Sawyer Powell at that place. Both
III were suffering with pneumonia fol
" lowing influenza. Mrs. Powell died
before Dr. Johnson reached Graham
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Powell are related tt
is DR.. and Mrs. johnson. DR.. johnson
s. is expected home tonight.
st
ed Three hundred and fifty-seveI
or pupils are in attendance at the Lum
al berton graded and high schools today
to as compared with an enrolment o.
IN 470 before the schools were closed OF
10 account of the influenza epidemic
H. The enrolment in the high school to
Cd day as compared with the opening en-
rollment is so per cent while that il
both schools is rs per cent.
Mr.. A. T. Mclean and son, Mas
ter Archie, Mr.. Sam Branch and Mr.
to j. A. Sharpe and son, Master j. A
ty End, visited the Sandhill fair ant
u races at Pinehurst Thursday, making
in the trip in Mr.. McLean's auto. I
:. was perfect day for fair and fiels
'e- day and thousands of people wer'
all there from all the surrounding coun
try. This fair is mentioned elsewher'
in todav's paper