The Robesonian., 1918-12-23
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS

Local banks will be closed We'd
nesday and Thursday of this week,
taking two days off for Christmas.
MIR. j. G. Stephens of Elizabeth
town is relieving Mr.. Grady t'rink
as second trick operator at the Sea-
board station.
There is complaint about children
cutting the trees in town with hatch
cts. 1t is said they are doing George
Washington stunts on Elm street
-Messrs. A. T. Mclean, H. B. Jen-
nings, Jno. S. McNeill and R. H.
Crichton will leave the day after
Christmas for Florida on hunting
trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. Turner moved
last week from Fairmont to the Lon
Bullard place at old Kingsdale. Mr..
Turner was Lumberton visitor
Thursday.
MIR. and Mrs. A. w. Mclean of
Lumberton were among those who at
tended the "at home" given by Sec
retary of the Treasury and Mrs. Nc
Adoo in Washington last week.
The graded and high school sus-
pended Friday for the holidays and
will begin the spring term Wednes-
day, January 1, instead of Monday,
> December 80, as at first determined.
-Amandy Brown and George Nc
Donald, couple of color, were mar
, ried in the Office of Register of Deeds
, NJ W. Floyd Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock Justice M. G. Mckenzie Of
| ficiated.
About so cases of 'flu" and two
deaths from influenza-pneumonia were
: reported to Dr. w. A. McPhaul, coup-
ty health office, last week. There was
: some increase over the previous week.
e License has been issued for the
!, marriage of Stephen Baxley and Lille
- :. Soles; Wm Lee Davis and Eva
Frances Prevatt; Leslie ]. Ivey and
. Nola Watts; James J. Kinlaw and
). Maude Byrd.
The case against David Bryan and
e Thad Shooter, the two bows who con-
u fessed robbing the McAllister hard
It ware store, as mentioned in The Robe
IT sonian recently, has been compromis-
l. ed and the boys released. The stolen
i'd articles were all recovered.
Is Mr.. T NJ Gilbert, for the last
re IA months local lineman for the
p Southern Bell Telephone Co., was
transferred last week to. Allendale, S.
,u C. He is succeeded. here by Mr..
st John Robinette, who came here from
1 Taylorsville.
IS Mrs. f. F. Townsend and children,
little Misses Lois and Eunice, of r. g,
Lumberton, attended the McLendon
meetings Saturday and yesterday
Mrs. Townsend is expecting her sor
Frank, who is on the U. S. S. Are,
thusa, home for Christmas.
s. Mrs. B. C. Todd Of Bellamy was
J,,,, bortop yicitor Saturday She
~. has not heard from her son Privat'
b. Douglad Todd, Co. H, 7th Inf, Ameri
-, a can expeditionary forces in France
81, since October 80, and naturally feel
vt some apprehension as to his safety.
i'll DR. Raymond Thompson, actin,
Ter assistant surgeon, United States Pub
IN lie Health Service, with rank Of frs
es- lieutenant, is aspending few day
ev. here visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
pei J. A. Thompson, Elm street. Dl
lde Thompson is stationed at Charlotte
ear where he made his home before en-
by listing with Uncle Sam.
hor In a letter dated Dec. 18, to tf
md editor asking that the address OF n
hv paper lie changed from Roper to IrC.
I've Rev. n. L. Seabolt, former believe
p pastor of the Lumberton circui
Mr. writes: eve will leave Roper tomol
row for our new home in Troy. "
are leased with our new appeintmel
, and glad to get back 20 ohe Rocking
" ham district"
own o
,rn- line new Alpine Sa!e wiz pe vi ri
cas- ed IN tne McLeou Duiiuihs' eoi e1i
had and Fourth streets, tomorrow aL.e
and noon at 5:3o. Inc care WIN pe liid
perienced cafe man, who comes
Lumberton from Margon's cafe, Cha
~ lotte. The cafe is owned by sever
1lu- Lumberton people and no doubt w
enjoy splendid business.
81 Mr.. C. J. Smith of Henderson,
light Cne LIN an " inlov arehnnsa here il
De, season. was a Lumberton visitor 81
anu urday. 1t was reported recently tn
III Mr.. Smith was dead, and he was rre
N.Y. N.Y. ing bv his presence here that the
loch' port of his death "was very much {
aggerated." He expects high prlt
Z dI for tobacco next year and says
warehouse will be open till all the
lbas- bacco in this section is sold.
oleo Abraham and Henry n. Schwar
E re- man. brothers of Mrs. Jos. Black
IN a with one of their wbuddies," Nor
Al Am IN Cohen, are in Lumberton spend
oout their Christmas furlough. Abrah
urst. SI, ,.ta,,,an ond Morris Cohen
from aa4;"oJ oenH a. -. =, Tho same regiment at
Aber- ssa.aIieI .aI CIV -. station Charleston. S.
They will spend the week IN to,
Henry N. Schwartzman is attacl
to the pay office of the naval overs
illing transportation service at Baltlmt
ched- Md. His stay has been cut SNORT
Y re- to his services being neeoed at
flour headquarters, due to so many nn ~
, will men at his station being relieved II
maily actual service.