The Robesonian., 1918-07-01

- EeEe VIII De ar important meet
ing of the Odd Fellows this evening
at S:45. Installation of officers. All
Odd Fellows urged to attend
Mr.. Geo. c. Phillips of Rocking
ham is relieving Mr. Earl luton. on
orator at the Seaboard station. Mr..
luton has been i'll for several days.
Misses Lula Mae johnson and
Euphema Tyson left Friday for
Lynchburg, Va, where they will take
course at the Piedmont business col
lege.
Mr.. W. j. Beattie, Jr., of New
York, president of the Lafayette Mu-
tual Lift Insurance Co., arrived here
Saturday to attend meeting of the
officials of his company tooay.
Misses Annie Ruth Caldwell and
Lillian Proctor went Friday to
Wrlghtsvlilc Beach to attend the Hap-
tlst Seaside assembly. Both are on
the program at the assembly.
Rev DR.. G. E. Moorehouse and
! Mr.. J. P. Russell went Saturday to
! Laurel Hill. Yesterday thew INSTALL
ed Rev, DR.. H, o. Heller as pastor of
! the Presbyterian churches at Laurel
Hill and Smyrna.
I4lC IlleellIlg OIL Tie
=, North Carolina Bar association at
Wrightsville Beach last week Mr.. T.
l.. Johnson of the Lumberton bar was
elected a delegate to the American
Bar association meeting
Aunt" Rhoda Smith, colored. 90
years old, who lives 5 miles northeast
of Lumberton. was in town SATURDAY..
Aunt Rhoda is very active for one
OF her summers. She says she already
: has prepared her burial outfit and is
now patiently awaiting the call.
Mr.. E. 0. Billy Branford. who
is connected with the Star tobacco
sales warehouse Of Lumberton. spent
last week out among the farmers.
he reports good crops. He says Mr.
: W II. Small of r. 3 from Lumberion
has an extfs Coed crop and that he
!, some time.
, Mr.. }. l. Townsend of R. | from
Lumberton was in town Saturday. Mr..
Townsend says his school district
j Ten le-Barkers-went over the ton
!, , in subscriptions for War SAVINGS s .'ng ND
Thrift stamps. The part of the town.
ship in Howellsville township sub
l scribed s9,O55, around $1,000 more
> than was allotted.
2 Among those who spent the week.
end at Wrightsville Beach attending
the Baptist Seaside assembly were:
: Lizzie G. Proctor, Mrs. R. r. CARLYLE,
Mrs. Lizzie Caldwell, Master William
Caldwell, Misses Matte Lee Pittman,
Leila Edwards, lola Ivey, Mr.. and
Mrs. James D. Proctor and two chill
, dren, Elizabeth and Mary.
5 Miss Mary Lee Norment began
t work Thursday in The Robesonian of
: flee, succeeding Miss Augusta Blake,
2 who resigned to accept a position in
:. the Office at Mr.. l.. II. CaldwelI's de-
: partment store, where she began
e work this morning. Miss Blake and
Miss Teresa Redmond returned last
night from Mullins, S. c., where they
! went Friday to visit relatives.
Elmer Jr., 2-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer S. McNeill, got into
some Paris green in the back ward
4 at the McNeill home, Eighth street,
Saturday morning. The child did not
swallow any of the poison Mr.. Nc
1 Nelll says he is at loss to know how
the Paris green got in his back yard.
1t was in pasteboard box and he
. says ne had not had any of the poi
8 son himself
oS. L dulS IuSSScuSeT. JUSC before
we go to press, Erwin Townsend, SON
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Townsend, came
: in from shingle mill with his left
hand badly lacerated by coming in
! contact with a shingle saw. The saw
struck the hand just above or in the
Jolst of the front finger which is en-
tlrely gone, and he may lose the mid
? die finger also. The hand will be
n little dlsfigured, but its service will
soon be unnoticed.
! st. Pauls Messenger: Last Sat
: urday afternoon Mr.. H. E. Stacy of
y Lumberton was here and made a DOW
erful speech in rally for the War
Savings stamps. At the close sub
!. scriptions were taken to the amount
of about six thousand dollars. Prof.
league, chairman, with his corps of
helpers are making every effort to
: reach the top of St. Pauls' quota this
week, which is sixty three Thousand
and fraction. We must not fail to
: go over the top.
: Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Mclean re-
turned Thursday night from Wrights-
vile Beach, where Mr. Mclean pre-
: sided at the annual meeting Of the
y State Bar association. Mr.. Mclean
left yesterday morning for Washing
ton, where nearly his entire time is
taken up now with his duties as one
= Of the directors of the United States
War Finance board. He has rented
: house in Chevy Chase, a suburb Of
- Washington, and Mrs. Mclean and
their two children will join him there
= in about ten days.
y General F. A. Bond of Hunters
:, lsdge, near Lowe, was in town Satur-
DAY. He had just received that morn
ing from the Office of the Secretary
!, OF War, at Washington a letter ad-
: vlslng that his grandson Cadet Frank
y lieutenant, aviation section, signal re-
2 serve corps, with rank from May 13,
: !; upon recommendation Of the COM
!. !. manding general of the American ex-
u peditionary forces. Lieut.. Maupin
lived with Gen. and Mrs Bond ind is
: Robson county man by adoption.
: He volunteered last fall at Atlanta
e and has haan IL, training ~,