The Robesonian., 1918-03-18
NUMBER IL
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS

Cold snap Yesterday and welcome
ram, TO-DAY there Is The feel of spring
again in the ait.
The Bladcnboro orchestra will
give concert at Antioch, Hoke coun
~, Friday evening of this week.
License has been issued for the
marriage of Murray Walters and Ca.
he BaXley; Cleveland L-nch and Ora
Stephens.
Mr.. II. B Israel of r. ; from
lumberton was in town Saturday. Mr..
Israel reported numerous forest fires
In his section recently.
Mr.. Johnnie Mcneil has accent
ed position as salesman in the gro
Gerry department of Nessrs. K ID
Caldwell 4 Son. He began work Fri
day.
Mr. and Mrs. A. f. White re-
turned Saturday morning from New
ork and Baltimore, where they spent
ten days buying goods for the White
Il Cough department store.
| Postmaster ID. d. French has of
. fered prize to the R. f.. ID. carrier
from Iumberton who sells the most
! War Savings and Thrift stamps TO
his patrons during the month of
March.
i Mr.. j. Il. Hamilton of the Mari
eta section passed through town Fri
day en- route to Charlotte, where he
went to consult a specialist Mr..
Hamilton has been sick for several
weeks.
DIR. c. Smith Dietz returned
Thursday night from Conway, S. c.,
where he spent three weeks on his
farm. DR.. Dietz has three sons in
the service of Uncle Sam. One is al
, ready at the front in France.
, DR. and Mrs. R. G. Rozier of Ro-
Zlers were Lumberton visitors Thurs
/ day. DR.. RoZier spent months in
hospital in Fayetteville, where he un-
r derwent 3 operations. He left the
hospital about 2 weeks ago and his
e friends are glad to learn that he is
, regaining his strength.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Weinstein re-
: turned Friday from Dewitt, Ark,
r where they went early in January
with the expectation of making their
|. home, Mr.. Weinstein intending to en-
|, gage in the mercantile business there.
5; They are at the home of Mr.. Vein
e STEMS father, Mr.. S. Weinstein.
l. The old wooden bridge across
Il
street caught on fire about 3 o,.D-k
Thursday afternoon. The fire alarm
vas turred III and the fire department.
extinguished the flame: before much
= damage was done. The fire is thought
to have been of incendiary origin.
}. Miss Mildred Williams, daughter
:, of Mr. and Mrs. @. T. Williams, re-
u turned home Friday night from Char
,r lotte, where she spent several months
taking treatment for nerve trouble at
# the Tranquil sanetorium. Her condi-
tion is very much improved. Mr.. and
Mrs. Williams went to Charlotte and
10 accompanied their daughter home.
d Prof. R. E. Sentelle, superintend-
D. ent of the Lumberton schools, ad-
n dressed the people of the Mt. Elm
< and Center communities on the sub
10 ject of war savings and thrift stamps
r. last week. He spoke at Center We'd
NJ nesday night and at Mt. Elm Thurs
,r day night. He will speak at Balti-
ct more school house, near Fairmont, on
Is the night of the 29th inst.
tn Mr.. E. C. Watson, secretary treas
ct urer of the Ten Mile local of the
~ Farmers union, was a Lumberton
ed visitor Friday. Mr. Watson says he
Sc is expecting one Of the biggest days
10 ever at Ten Mile Wednesday of this
en- week when a meeting of the county
nd Farmers union will be held there in
s. connection with an all-day farmers
On institute. The public is invited to
as attend the institute.
4 Mr.. Ed. Moody Of Brunswick, Ga,
re and niece, Miss Annie Hunter of Null
d. Inns, S. c., spent the weekend here
visiting friends and relatives. Mr..
ar Moody is grandson of the late Reu-
ld ben King, who was sheriff of Robe
,,p son county for number of years. It
ly had been some 20 years since Mr..
Moody had visited Lumberton and he
r. was very favorably impressed with
rs. the growth of the town.
~ The sixth and eighth grades Of
~ - the Lun1berton graded and high school
a a ternoon for selling the most WARSAW
~ ings and Thrift stamps. They went
~ on a picnic down on the river bank
81 81 and spent a most enjoyable afternoon
Gil Misses jamie Carlyle and Elizabeth
Snead, teachers of the two gra1es
- chaperoned the crowd. They carried
5. lunches and had ice cream and play
of ed many interesting games.
A. Mr.. A. W. Mclean returned last
of evening from Washington, where he
t. went to extend Lord Reading, British
ad Ambassador to the United States, ar
ce invitation to address the members OF
nd the North Carolina Bar association al
the annual meeting of the association
which will be held at Wrightsville
H. Beach the last week in June. While
he Lord Reading could not promise 81
No far ahead of the date of the meeting
to come, he told Mr.. Mclean he woulC
of address the association if he could pos
cd sibly arrange TO attend the meeting.
oI- Mr.. Eugene Musselwhite spen
rs yesterday here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. n. H. Musselwhite, and lief
last evening TO return to Camp Lee
on Petersburg, Va. Mr.. Musselwhite vol
ng unteered last June and is now cor
in poral in the medical corps. His broth
at er Mr.. Raymond Musselwhite -volun
ay. teered about a month before he dl'
he an1 vas among the first of Perish
inr's troonS to ero 10 France last Sep