The Robesonian., 1918-02-21
LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA. THUl
PARKTCN PARAGRAPHS

1aSA ON kAIk4U1Ax 1k3b@
First Experience With Ford-Plant-
ing Potatoes-Bold Store Robbery
Recital at Lumber Bridge 10.
morrow Evening-Church Notes
Personal.
Correspondence Of the Robesonianf
Parkton, Feb. 19.-As it is always
customary for individuals to put up|
excuses for representation we offer
ours for the lapse of a couple of
weeks. Not dead, not sleeping mi
! day coaches, neither have we been in
| an airplane, but. have been gradually
| forming acquaintance with a John!
Henry car. AS our first experience
we bounced into the saddle Saturday
evening for the first time, and within
ten minutes accepted a job laying
telephone poles for Mr.. ]. D. McRain-
ey, but as Mr.. McRainey chanced TO
! pass orr wnv NV The time we laid the
first pole we lost our job, as we failed
to meet specification, as he did not
want the wires broken. My advice to
all is to remove the lights from their
cars before taking such job. How
ever, we have become more intimate
with our line of business and all's
well, and we wonder why we failed
to get acquainted years ago.
Some business going on up our way
IN the way of carving Irish cobblers.
Nine farmers out of every ten are
} planting more or less potatoes, and
| never was work more rushing and la
Dor higher and scarcer.
Mr.. Chas. Terry commenced grind
, ing corn at his new mill last Satur-
| day and it is said is making the best
of meal.
Mr.. J. C. Webb had the misfortune
1 of losing his fine milk cow, worth
t $10O, Sunday morning. Mr.. A. J.
2 Garris has very sick horse, one Of
| his finest horses.
a Mr.. Graham Powers of St. Pauls
: is with the Parkton Mercantile Co.'S
! stores. We gladly welcome Mr. anc
i Mrs. Powers to our town.
e The Parkton Mercantile Co.'S store
: was broken into and robbed on Thurs
0 day night. Entrance was made by
: breaking the plate glass of the from,
: door and the rear door was then open
g ed and the goods loaded on an au
tomobile truck and $4O0 worth O
t more goods carried away. It is
a great pity that the guilty partie
e cannot be apprehended and punished
l. severely, but no trace Of the guilt,
IL party has been reported as yet.
r Rev. j. K. Hall, pastor of the Pres
o byterian church, is on the sick rs
o since Sunday
nj Mr.. CASTOR Stanley has accepted
6 position in Wilmington with the 4
s. C. L. Ry. Office. He will be greatl
e missed from our midst
+, Mr.. w. j. Council of Red Spring
was in town today.
= The following from Flora Macdon
n aid college spent Saturday nigh
st Sunday and Monday in town: Misse
ID Ruby Council, Esdale Currie, Mari
st Mcmillan
r Miss Puddle Williamson CT Fay
a etteville, R. F. D. 8, spent Monda
in night and Tuesday with relatives
A. town.
a. Postmaster Collins Cobb ana wifi
and daughter, Sarah, attended tll
II funeral of their aunt, Mrs. Sara
IN Hughes, on Thursday, the burial tai
" ing place at the Mcintosh graveyar
a above Wagram. The floral offering
~ were said to be most beautiful an
us profuse.
Rev. J. L. jenkins completed 81
n ries of sermons last Sunday on tt
st general subject can Adequate Churc
}" for a Changing World in Thes
We Times" The topics were, first, "Tl
d. Kind of Persons We Ought to Be" tie,
1st Chron 1872; third an dlast, "Tl
r. Church in Acmor. The Call of tt
er, 1st Chron. 1882; third and last, "Tl
he Church in Armor. The Call fiji
ng Hour" 1st Cor, 1888. We have ne
ne er heard more forcefully delivert
sermons in all our lives. A reque
has been made for these sermons
re be printed in pamphlet form.
ast Mr.. T. G. Balfour Of Scotswo'
5e- farm Lumber Bride, R. F. D. 3, w;
as in town this afternoon and reports ;
TX interesting recital to be given at tt
7:30, benefit of the Red Cross. v
think it is getting time to hear
something of the kind in our town
Messrs. H. B. Culbreth and l..
pr Johnson left Sunday afternoon for
brief visit, first to Raeford and Fa
%. etteville and thence to McCormic
We fear they exceeded the speed lii
at it. Also Messrs Alvi Wright, Jol
md Currie and Carl Lancaster trip
lat Aberdeen and Pinehurst. These tri
ru- were made with John Henry F's.
9Th Mr.. and Mrs. D. M. johnson w
i'm spent the winter with their daught
led and son-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
or Hughes, left this afternoon for bri
ose visit to. Mrs. Johnson's sister, MI
Ike Humphrey of St. Pauls.
re- Mrs. j. P. Mcmillan and childre
st, Cathrine and Robert R., who ha
in been on an extended visit to relatiy
the in town, left this morning to vi
as relatives in the Edonia section befe
ned returning to Perry, Fla.
his The subject for the union pray
or meeting for Wednesday night of tt
| in week is "business Mems Meetin.
;. Next Wednesday. evening will
prayer and prAise serNice4 : So
oss fine singing will be heard by the la1