The Robesonian., 1918-09-16

BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

Miss Josephine Breeze will have
her millinery opening tomorrow and
Wednesday.
License has been issued for the
of Mckay Franklin Martin
and Frances Purcell Adams.
Miss Mamie Thompson left Sat-
urday for Tarboro, where she will
teach in the graded school.
"A community fair for Indians will
be held at Burnt Swamp some time
during the month Of October
-Tince Pope, colored, was before
Recorder E. M. Britt this morning on
the charge of larceny. He was acquit
ted.
AS has been stated in The Robe
sonian, the Lumberton praded and
high schools will open tomorrow at
a. M.
Mrs. H. V. Osborne and Miss
Mary Enright have accepted positions
as salesladies in the Lumberton Bar
gain House.
Miss Sadie Thompson, daughter
OF DR.. and Mrs. N. A. Thompson, left
Friday for Conetoe, Edgecombe coun-
ty, where she will teach. School opens
there today.
Mr.. T. A. Ramsauer left Saturday
for Charleston, S. c., where he has
accepted position in connection with
government work. His family will
remain here.
Chief of Police E. L. Hanna NOV
ed his family last week from Red
Springs to Lumberton. Mr. Hanna and
family are boarding at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. Shelby.
"A rather disagreeable- odor met
pedestrians as they passed the Pastime
theatre early this morning. A num-
Der OF rotton eggs were broken against
the front of the theatre last night.
| Mr.. v. NJ. Stonebanks of Raleigh
has accepted position with the Ma
tional Bank of Lumberton to begin
work October /. Mr.. Stonebanks has
been connected with City National
Bank of Raleigh. ~
-Kinton, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
P. Branch of Proctorville, underwent
an operation for enlarged tonsils and
adenoids at the Thompson hospital
|
+, to return home Friday.
I Mr.. and Mrs A. E. White will
leave tomorrow night for New Yorl
city, where Mr.. White will purchase
goods for Messrs. White & Coughs de
partment store. They will be away
ten days or two weeks.
Mr.. F. NJ. Amrfons of the II. =
;, navy. attached to the battleship Della
ware, arrived home Saturday to spent
a 1O-days furlough. Mr.. Ammons re
Gently returned from the submarine
zone in foreign waters.
. MIR. w. P. McAllister arrived
, home Thursday night from Hender
J sonville. He will return to Henderson
. vile in about ten days. The condition
of Mrs. McAllister, who has been a
}, Hendersonville since early summer
, is improving.
james Thompson and Lul,
Mitchell, colored couple, were mar
|, ried in the Office of Register of Deed
NJ. w. Floyd Saturday at II a. m
, Justice A. E. White officiated. Afte
the ceremony the groom voluntarll.
saluted the bride.
Mr.. R. NJ Erwin resigned Satur
day his position as book-keeper in tn
!, office of the Lumberton, Dresden an,
Jennings cotton mills. Mr.. Edwin lef
Saturday evening for his home at For
Mill, S. G.. He expects to ente
Clemson college under the rules of tn
War Department.
DIR. and Mrs. T. C. Johnson re
turned Yesterday from the wester
part of the State, where they spen
Ia ho frIn in
Johnsons auto. DR.. johnson says the
e had most pleasant trip and not eve
/ puncture in the way of car trou
t bles.
> st. Pauls Messenger: st. Paul
n schools opened Monday morning wit
:. the best enrolment they have ever ha
on the first day. The graded schoe
opened with 203 and the mill schoe
Sc, making a total Of 239. Severa
have come in since. The prospects ar
? now that this session will be the bes
yet.
John Leach, colored, was befor
Y Justice Nj. G. Mckenzie Friday o
: the charge of assault upon Willia1
k Norment, a small colored boy. II
9 was fined $40 and the cost. Willial
d Norment was tried on the charge {
:, assaulting still smaller boy belong
O ing to Leach. He was fined 81 an
b the cost.
( Mr.. R. A. Hedgepeth, Jr., has r.
y signed his position at Grantha1
+ Brothers drug store and will entt
d Wake Forest college. He is succee'
|; ed by Miss Sarah Branch, who bega
t, work this morning. Mr.. Leroy 10
J. dan has . also resigned his positie
with the same store and will ent'
school here tomorrow. He will al
20 be succeeded by young lady.
Local Jews, along with othe
Jews throughout the world, are o
1e serving Yom Kippur or Day OF Atom
es ment, today. The holiday began IA IA
at evening at 6 o'clock and will close til
j. afternoon at 6. All places of bu:
O. ness of Jews are closed today and sc
Of y;coc ara heinp held at the JeWi