The Robesonian., 1918-02-25
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS

Mr.. NJ. G. Mckenzie was able TO-
be out Saturday after being confined
to his room with grippe for several
days.
-Lumbee tent No. 11S, X o. T. NJ.
meets tomorrow evening at O'Clock.
Degree work. All members urged to
be present.
License has been issued for the
marriage of Carson G. Hall and Roma
lnmar; N. H. johnson and Annie Z.
Honeycutt.
The board Of commissioners az
st. Pauls passed an ordinance last
week making it unlawful for dogs 10
be allowed to run at large on the puaH
lie streets OF that town.
Mr.. S. A. Epps returned Thurs
| day night from New York and Bal
tlmore where he spent ten days buy-
ing spring goods for Mr.. L. II. Csld-
wells department store.
There will be Japanese operetta
by the Orrum high school at Fair.
mont Friday night, March 1st, under
the auspices of the Red Cross. Ad-
mission 20 and rs cents.
!. A general meeting of the ladies
OF the town will be held in Red Cross
Q Workrooms Thursday afternoon at q
Inc garments are all cut out and
4 ready for work to begin.
Miss Emma Cherry, formerfv
with the Little-Long Co. Of Charlotte.
mas arrived to take charge of the mil
8 ilnery department at the Lumbectou
Bargain House. She began work this
8 morning.
- Mr.. R. L. Gregory of R. from
hQrfn, xryh0 hal
Jackson since last September. vas
"A discharged on account Of mis- physical
: condition last week. He arrived home
z Wednesday night.
Rev A. H. Porter last week moved
y his family from Whiteville, Columbus
2! - county, to Rennert, Robson county.
~ he has accepted the pastorate of the.
" Rennert Baptist church and other
re- churches in Robson
IN "A meeting of the Robson Rural
NJ Letter Carriers association was held
n, here Friday. The old officers were
lis reelected as follows: President, C. II.
po Howard; vice-president, J. B. Meares:
nd secretary-treasurer, j. M. o. Dem
~ mark.
he "A play and ribbon party will be
lat gwen at Tabernacle school house in
ch Howellsville township Friday evening:
to March 8, beginning at 1880. Admis-
las sion 10 and Is cents. Everybody is
Ac- invited. Mrs. K. M. w. Tack is prin-
ono cipal of the school,
ION Mr.. A. P. Page, who came home,
re- from Camp Hancock, Ca, last week
sol on furlough and who was supposed
1asI to have left last evening for tine comm.
has been granted 5-days' additional
- furlough. Mr.. Page expects to leave
III. for France soon after returning to
camp.
Corporal E. E. Nye, Co. A, N. C..
ege engineers, spent the weekend here
visiting friends. Corporal Nye was
with the company when it was sta
toned here last summer and made
many friends in Lumberton. He has
recently been made division instruc-
tor in his company.
ira -Messrs H. NJ McAllister, v. b
Is Mcmillan, c. V. Brown and G.. E
Rancke, Jr., went Friday to Greens
gh- boro, making the trip in Mr.. Meal
70 listers Premier auto, distance oi
lrs 300 miles. They spent and hall
1rs. hours In Greensboro and returned the
- same day. Some ride.
,oM .ng Mr.. L. E. Blanchard, formerly
p1r 1E1u Robson county farm demonstrator
ny y spent Saturday night and YESTERDAY
i'e in Lumberton with friends, returning
W Sdulp cdShSOll, OOluLlUld, .. ~, las
80 night. Mr.. Blanchard was anon:
u about $50 men selected from aboq
.,oa 1900 men at the camp for an off
ne0 GERS training camp that is being con
,ao, Quoted at Camp Jackson.
ken Mrs. j. l. Sutphen, who has bee
tie guest at the home of her brothe
Mr.. A. w. Mclean since Friday, vii
more leave this evening for her home at C.
Imer lumbia, S. c. She came from Co1um
bia to MaXton to attend THURSDAY tn
So funeral of Mrs NJ E. McKinnon, VII
rned Deceased was the widow of ]. M. Nj
ntry Kinnon, who died about 20 years ago
child -Supt. r. E. Sentelle of the Lun
berton graded and high school attens
lches ed the patriotic rally at the Ceds
ID at Grove school Friday and made a vel
interesting talk on War-Savings ar
hter; Thrift stamps. He will go Wedne
their day night to Phi1adelphus to after
and patriotic rally and will talk on Il
same subject. All the people f.o
the surrounding sections are cordis
IS. ly invited to go out and hear b
Sentelle.
amy % The fire company was called o
lamy t;'S',;!yLS tI anu ~ po'n SaseS
and age had been done. The alarm W
two ~ ,ooo,n+ of - h1o.o rL;oI -.
fun VI "a a.. asIIu. tIa f of a III az men Ulsn<
this Wor,,oent 5000 ' s+,oo4 " ~ w -, T.
3 and 1os ,nos Aieh, 4,,,neJ oiu II, .bo,,t ''"'
home. W. ,oo",,,,t af h,aoo L;ah
ingle- on on a. rnof - +ha u,"z esiJanoa of
W. P. McAllister, Sixth street.
Will Faulk, colored soldier "
annOn came home last week on furlou,
decided to take little ride down Lu
Der river and as he did not own b.
ned Of he broke Mr.. V. B. McMillan's ga
cKen- line launch loose and went down
;. Nc river to Matthew's bluff, near La
d was Branch church. He tied the boat
,e AMI went to some houses near by and tt