The Robesonian., 1918-02-28
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWa

Called meeting /. o. o. F TONIGHT
at 1880. Iniatory degree work. An
members urged to be present.
Mr.. J. D. Monroe of Laurinbnr~
mas accepted a position as salesman
at the McAllister Hardware CO...
store.
Mrs: Emma Mcintyre resigned
Monday her position in the local CEN
1ral southern Bell telephone o6Bee.
She began work here December 1, last.
MIR. j. E. Gilmore and family ara
moving today from Lumberton 20
Whiteville. Mr.. Gilmore will engage
In the mercantile business at White
vile.
There will be an entertainments
at the GAINESVILLE school hous. FRI
DAY night at 8 o'clock Mr.. w. Len
non OF !umbertOn will speak on Way-
Savings and Thrift stamps.
The regular monthly meet;r. ~
I,ie executive committee of the ioc.I
neo cross society will be held in tha
commissioners room at the court
mouse tomorrow evening at
"A class of seven new member.
rode the goat" into Lumbee tent NJ
II, is OF the Maccabees Tuesdav evan;ns
ms made total of 80 new memhsss
curing the last few months. The tert
now mas % members and is in a live
Mr.. c. A. Waldrop, teacher If n.
baltimore school, near Fairmont anI
Messrs. Barden Pittman and II n
Floyd, also of the Baltimore sect;on
were among the registrants for mill
tary service who were examined hera
yesterday. e0 mere
"a party from Laurinburp snert
Yesterday here buying flues for 10.
Dacco barns. The farmers Of Scot-
iand county have not been plant;no
tooacGo heretofore, but Indications are
tnat they will plant it on a small scaIe
this year. '"ii SCALE
Two mules hitched to a waoo,
ran down Elm street without q dr;ns-
iate tuesday afternoon: The mnIe.
were stopped at the union station
Wnen the wagon wheels struck a most
it mas not been learned who the mnies
belonged to. VIC 'auies
..Ine feature picture EVELYN Mas
Dlt IN redemption" will be given at
the Fastlme Tuesday of next week n
was to have been given here on the
zZnd inst. but the reel was lost in
Shipment. The company guarantee
70 nave 1t here in time for exhibition
Sheriff Edgar Hall and Clerk of
tne Court w. B. Mcqueen, both of
Aoke county, and Mr.. E. 8. Smith. an
attorney, OF Raeford, were Lumber
ton 4, visitors Tuesday. Sheriff HalI ia
!. wen known IN Robson. He was once
captain OF the Lumber Bridge light
Ic
war hero. "a - '><'''
2 me IRE company was called out
q laCe MONDAY afternoon on account of
t S9he grass burning near the home of
Mr. II. u. Jones, Walnut street. No
damage was done. The fire aI.rn,
! was turned in at $3.50 Yesterday .f.
= = ternoon on account of burning orss
:, q near the iron foundry of the Tumber.
: ton Motor Car Co., south of the
. Seaboard railroad from town.
!. Mr.. w. w. Bowden. former,v a..
) clerk in the store of the McAIliste,
e Hdw. Co. but for the past two wears
e employed In the navy yard at Charles.
e ton, 3. T., is spending few DAYS IN
~ Lumberton. He will have to renorI
d pack Tor duty at Charleston March
o and has learned that he has been plac.
J. cd IN class 3, all employees of nava
, yards being placed in deferred class
st Mr.. jim, Stephens, an employees
y at the Jennings cotton mill, had th,
p base OF his skull fractured TUESDAY
81 morning when he fell under a drum
l. Whlch ne and another man were carrv
I'd ing. Mr.. Stephens tripped and fel
and the pulley, which weighed aroun1
t. IOo pounds, struck him on the head
re He was rushed to the Thompson hos
ss pltal and was unconscious for severe
s., hours.
MIR. w. B. Smith, who conduct
r. a meat market at Elizabethtown, wa
+. a recent visitor to Lumberton. I'M,
ne Smith says beef is cheap at Elizabeth
* town as compared with the prices her
and at other places. He sells the hes
stake for II IL cents the pound. Ib
B Bls reason for the difference is the far
ie That Bladen has the cattle and Mi
a Smith sells home-raised beef instea
us of shipped beef.
The first preliminary trianguIs
debaters' contest will be held in tt
W W high school auditorium Friday eve1
~ ~ ing at 1880. There will be six speal
" ers and from the six, four will be 8,
~, lected to represent the school in ii
Is final contest at Chapel Hill. IT
n!duSlS IHlS year Is GolQSDOrO, WI
ar mlngton and Lumberton, the same :
re last year. The public is cordially i
OF vited to hear the debate tomorro
he evening.
ice viii Faulk the colored soldier wi
while home on a furlough last we,
.rn stole Mr.. V. B. McMillan's gssolil
ice launch, mention of which was made
for Mondays Robesonian, has been arres
be- ed and placed in Jail. He was srres
ing ed at Fairmont by Rural Policem;
rd- w. c. Britt. Government officia
have been notified of his arrest. Eau
err says he was only granted a thre
the days furlough, but has been aw
ngs from his camp three weeks.
asst Fire supposed to have been of
vas cendiary origin burned a barn,
OF horse, and calf and quantity
nat corn and fodder belonging to Andr
Il