The Robesonian., 1918-12-30
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS

BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS
Local banks will be :los I'd We'd
nesday-New Years Day.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. B. Sam Ed
wards, Tuesday morning, boy.
The U D. C. will meet in the mu-
nlclpal building at $3.50 p. m. Thurs
day.
The graded and high school will
began the spring term Wednesday of
this week, January 1st
| Mr.. j. j. Prevatt and family NOV
ed last week from Fairmont 20 Mr..
leo. l.. Thompson's farm, near Back
I Swamp church.
/ Much complaint is being made
I to the officials about hogs being al
lowed to run at-large. This is vio-
lation of the law.
The Red Cross Christmas roll call
!; campaign in Lumberton resulted in
the collection of $500 Miss Cammie
Mcneil was chairman.
"A bountiful dinner, contributed by
Lumberton people, was taken to the
inmates of the county home Christ
mas Day by Miss Lizzie Caldwell.
License has been issued for the
marriage of Bert Adams and Ncttie
Foley; Ferrell Jennings and Reba
) Blanche Floyd; Mellier Hardin and
Ruby Hayes.
) Mr. II. L. Pope has purchased
the residence of Mr.. C. v. Brown.
North Elm, and he and his family will
move into their new home about
February lst.
e Much complaint is heard about
$ coaditIons at the unsoa station here.
e O1ren when it is cold there is no fire
n IN the waiting room and the station
S IS rot kept in sanitary condition.
t Mr.. d. H. Britt, Jr., of Mcdonald
: writes The Robesonian to the efrect
that Mr.. j. V. Faux of that place
killed a porker on the 26th inst. that
weighed S43 pounds. Quite a bit of
4 hog.
J. Misses Ganelle and Myrtle Barnes
II and Hazel Carlyle left this morning
h Tor Greensboro, to resume their stud
:. les at Greensboro college for women.
II after spending the holidays at their
e. homes here
n MIR, Geo. w. Bass and family NOV
ed Thursday from the BarnesvdIe
section into the Freeman residence.
= Third street. Mr.. Bass has accented
a a position as salesman in Messrs. r.
lie D. Caldwell & Sons department store.
le News has been received here of
, ,e the marriage on Christmas day Of MIR.
i Sam b. Lewis of Jacksonville, Fla.
Mr.. Lewis formerly lived here and is
brother of Sheriff r. E. Lewis 1t
S. has not been learned who Mr.. Lewis
r, married.
ST Many fine porkers have been Nil
ID ed IN Robson during the last few
weeks. The heaviest yet reported TO
Ihe Robesonian belonged to Mr. Artie
le Walters of R. from Fairmont. This
A., one tipped the scales at SAT after be-
S. ing dressed
Mr.. R. Lewis Shelby, cashier of
= the National Bank of Hopewell, Va.
y. spent Wednesday and Thursday he1e
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. R.
3. W. Shelby. Mr.. Wearn Shelby, look
keeper in the same bank, also spent
the holidays here visiting ais parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank L. Smith and
re their children, of Saddletree, will
no leave Wednesday for Callahan, Fla.
n n near which place they will make THEN
q, eo home on farm recently purchased
pS MI SIillCIl, VIII udS SOlu Ills ldEI
IN Saddletree township to the o. L
Joyner Co.
Mr.. Fred Seibert, utility man anc
o+ personal worker with Evangelist Nc
-, Lendon, reformed Saturday night frcn
m; a business trip to Chiiago. Will,
ha away he visited his mother in tn,
,e ~ northern part of Iowa. Mr. Seibert
~ by the way, was with Evangelist Bill.
as .,e Sunday for IL years.
en- Mr.. John French, who had beel
ol- confined to his room at the home 0
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira B. Townsend witt
,d the ''flu" since the 18th inst, is abl
,d ~ to be out today for the first time
az, az, When asked if he had the "flu" sur
s sre enough he replied that he had tn
Ies Spanish influenza-the whole works.
mt Among those who came home
he from college to spend the holidays an
ng. not mentioned in previous issues o
$. The Robesonian were: Misses Haze
~ Carlyle, Ganelle and Myrtle Barne
n from the Greensboro College for won
- en-; Miss Dorothy Ftnlayson from
70 Winthrop college, Rock Hill, S. c.
ar Members of the travelling hous
tie. party of 1916 were entertained at
ain dinner at the Alpine cafe Tuesday eve
son ming. The party was composed O
go Misses Hazel Carlyle, Viola Jenkin!
de Rachel Mcnamara, Mary Lee Gallo
we'll and Margaret Pope. The part
F was chaperoned by Mrs. Daisy "
nd, 'ehhlhs.
lit Miss Carrie Mae Hedgpeth, VIII
yer is a student of Eugene Heffley Can
to negie hall, New York city, directed
wn, quartette that was given Christina
asst Eve at Earl hall, Columbia universit!
on also was pianist during the renditio
of of several Christmas carols, the oc
ar casion being a special service give
oo,I tn tho fnraiun music students of tie