The Robesonian., 1918-11-18
COTTON MARKET.

COTTON MARKET.
MiddEng cotton Is selling on the
local market today for - cents the
pound; ssric; r,iddling ,. /! cents.
The public s~hoo' a. Broad Ridge
VIII open next Monday. ~xol
License has been issued for the
marriage of Frank Wilkerson and LA
Rogers.
MIR. r E. Duncan began work this
morning as clerk az the local post
Once He viii work during the holi-
day rush
The executive committee of the
local Red Cross chapter will meet this
evening At t:3o IN the commissioners
room At the court house
A meeting Of Robson chapter.
=. D. c.. viii be held Thursday at
1 p. N. in the directors rom at the
National Bank ot Lumbertoa.
The public school at Smiths.
Howellsviile township. opened today'
Miss May Clark of Cedar Greek is
principal and Miss Caro- Mcneil of
|ass is assistant
MIR. Elias Collins of r. from Or
rum passed through town this p,orn-
ing en- route to ST. Pauls. He was
taking load of homegrown wheat
to the St. Psuls flour mill
I'D Smith. Indian. of r. / St
Pauis. was Lumberton visitor Sat-
urday He recently sold his farm
10 Mr.. Frank Brock of Oakland fo-
sl,ioo The farm contained ~ acres.
Miss Roberta Jones and Mr.. C.
rope Brown. of Columbus county
We're married in Lumberton Saturday
z, p m IN the Office of Register of
Deeds NJ. ". Floyd. Justice NJ. C.
Mckenzie performing the ceremony.
MIR. Adrain Britt, a student at
the State university. Chapel Hill
spent the weekend here visiting ms
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Mortimer Britt.
Mr.. Britt Is a member of the L. s
naval reserve and erpects 10 be call
ed into active service soon.
All members of the Lurbertou
Red Cross chapter are urged 10 meet
y the court house tomorrow Tues
, day) evening at 7:S0 AT this meet
ing officers for the coming year will
&c elected and it is important that
all members Of the chapter attend the
meeting.
Mr. c. L. Thagard and daughter.
Miss Ida, and Miss BeuIah Mclean.
all of the Parkton section. were Lum-
berton visitors Friday Mr.. Thagard
brought the editor some of the finest
: Porto Rico yams he has seen, an ap-
: preciated remembrance. They know
how to raise potatoes up Parkton way.
y Mr.. Harrell Humphrey is home
= ei: I. 14-s.sys' furiough from. Tr,v;tv
e college. Where he is a member Of the
t students array training corps He
d Is suffering from the after effects OF
r influenza and was brought home last
5 week by his father. Mr.. W. II. Hum
y phrey. who went 70 Durham to sea
Y him.
e Mr.. H. H. Anderson. proprietor
: of the Pastime theatre here. has leas-
f Cd the Hamlet opera house. one of the
best IN the State. Mr. W s. Wishart
n will have charge of the Hamlet thea.
" tire, having been transferred from
r Laurinburg to Hamlet. Mr. Anderson
o will continue TO operate the theatre
IS st Laurinburg.
q A clerk-carrler examination was
"a held in LumbertoE Saturday TO OBJ
tain eligibles from which TO appoint
some one to take the position of car
/. rier recently vacated by Mr.. Nanc,
Skipper. The competitors were Mr.
Lloyd Mcmillan. who is now serving
as temporary substitute, Mr.. R. E
IS Duncan of East Lumberton. Mr.. An
10 10 hoo
lie force. and Miss Stella Murry o
y Barnesville Miss Murry took the ex
ie animation for clerk only
- MIR. W. X. Culbreth of R. s, Lum
- berton, who contributed a splendit
. article to The Robesonian recentl,
~ about how to grow wheat. said whel
IS l in town the other day that many peo
pie ask him where they can get whea
and he would like TO tell them througl
The Robesonian that they can ge
IS good re-cleaned wheat from the Penn
broke Planning Mill In the hope o
inducing somebody to plant wheat VIII
otherwise might not DO so. this FIRE
of ad is given, though of course it ough
r to 60 in as business builder"
rs The Iumberton graded and hig
as schools re-opened this morning afte
- being closed for or weeks on &C
re count of the FLU" epidemic. Sup
Fn Gale estimates that the attendanc
ne today was about so per cent, with tn
he first grade and high school thinnes
ty Prof. Gale says that if only childre
'e- in good health and from familie
where there is no FLU" are sent
ay school they viii lbe able to handle th
situation. He is going to thorough
diSinfect every piece of furniture
g, every room every day.
He must not have known he W.
in the high sheriff's chicken COO
- Sheriff R. E. Lewis discovered SOM
q. thing in his hen house at his hom
d. Sixth street, Saturday night. He wei
to ,nossrn, n.E;na ON ofFor+ to t.l
at ono ~. n,oro Of hi .b;cLens Tho mo
1N0 - 80 :.