The Robesonian., 1918-07-18
NUMBER AS
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

Regular meeting Maccabees to-
night at $3.50. Degree work.
Mr.. j. A. Raine left last night for
Baltimore, where he will go under
treatment at Johns Hopkins hospital.
MIR. Oliver Page of Marietta is
spending several days in Lumberton
with his brother Mr.. Sam Page, who
is patient at the Thompson hospital.
A glorious rain fell here and in
other sections throughout Kobeson
! Tuesday night. 1t was much needed,
also another just like it or little
more so.
/ The condition of Mrs. NJ A. Ged-
> die, who has been sick for some time
and who recently was taken to the
: Highsmith hospital, Fayetteville, is
somewhat improved.
Mr.. and Mrs J. L. Thrower moy-
/ ed Tuesday to Lumberton from R. 3
] from st Pauls. They are living on
a Chippewa street. Mr.. Thrower has
charge of the road truck.
1 Mr.. W. R. Covington, formerly
:, with the S. A. L. here left Tuesday
: afternoon for Hopewell, Va, where
Ne has accepted a position with the
t National Bank of Hopewell.
Reports say Sheriff R. E. Lewis
n has 200 acres of as fine cotton rs
" grows. Some of it is already begir
h ming to open, which seems to Indicate
n an early opening Of the cotton mar
$ ket.
h Mr. Daniel Mcleod of Rel Springs
1t wss Lumberton visitors Tuesday
Mr.. Mcleod is past 80 years of age
Id and boasts of having ever been "blue
pr stocking" Presbyterian and a Jeffer-
ir sonian Democrat.
We Mr.. L. C. McCabe cf Greensboro
;" is a Lumberton visitor this week.
i, guest of Mr.. Fred Brown. Mr.. Nc
gu Cabe is secretary treasurer of the
le. ualty Co. of Greensboro.
Mr.. B. Tolar of Rennert is a
Lumberton visitor today. Mr.. Tolar
of says good rains fell in his Immediate
u. neighborhood Tuesday afternoon and
hit night but that just above his place
ia hardly enough rain fell to lay the
"a. dust. He says he has fine corn crop
for Mr. C. w. Byrd and son, Mr.. T. C
Byrd, of r. from Lumberton, were
among the visitors in town yesterday
Is At their home on the Big swamp, l.
miles east of Lumberton, the Messrs
Byrd say they had very good rail-
-. Tuesday night but apparently not
PIE PIE quite so good as fell in Lumberton.
frs Mr.. J. S. Holman, manager o
ma the Lorraine hotel, says he had T.
,e's turn away number OF people las
RI night for lack of room. He is uslni
sai- every inch of available space bu
o.f 90. still finds it impossible to take in al
;no the people who come to the hotel.
Iies looks like the Lorraine will have to b
ned enlarged.
cer. -Mr. Bill Leggett of r. 3 fror
"a Lumberton was among the visitors i
lrs. town yesterday. He sold load Q
ter tobacco, second curing, at one Of tn
and warehouses here yesterday at % cent
one and was mighty well pleased with tn
the price. A good rain fell at his hom
An 5 miles from Lumberton on the Fan
ned mont road, Tuesday night.
his Rev. Fred T. Collins, Mrs. Cyl
u thia Britt ard Miss Johnnie Collin
de returned today to their home at Clil
re- ton. Sampson county, after spendin
:. L.. some time in Robeson visiting rel;
day tives. They were accompanied non
ng. by Miss Maude Britt. also of Cllnto
who had been guest at the home
Il at her brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. al
. E. Mrs. E. J. Britt, Second street, Fl
and several days Mr.. Collins recently r
only signed as pastor of the Baptist chur'
been at Clinton and accepted the pastora
of the Baptist church at Ahoskie.
terS Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Hall and fo
. H. ohildran If Oxford on their w;
fter- anross conntrv to WriphtsyiIle Beac
auto snant last ni1ht at the home of N
Lake apd Mrs McIntvre They arriy
ngs- hara 1ast nioht about 1920 and -fou
will ~ Iorraine hotel full to oyerflo
ISL ing. Mr.. Hall 'phoned Mr.. Mclntyl
arty an old acquaintance, to ask il
could tell him where to spend t
q Dy night and Mr.. Mcintyre opened
'lngs home to them and cared for the wa
nday ,,v uSorr Travellers until this mornir
lver- -, +hey resumed their tourney
were ~ haaoh M Hall owns farm ne
,nses pn,,iand
I'd in A'o"0
ol DIR. WILLIAM w. PARKER
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