The Robesonian., 1918-06-03
NUMBER 33
oRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

ohiEf llEMS OF LOCAL NEWS
MIR. T. E. Riddle of Lum5erton
sent The Rooeson.an OF June ist a
cotton square from his farm.
Relatives Of Capt. j. B. Bowen.
who disappeared from Charlotte on the
lota Of May, are still in the dark as
to his whereabouts.
Bud singletary was before Re-
cofder e. N. Britt Saturday on the
charge of false pretense. He was
found not guilty.
The condition of Mr.. R. R Barnes
OF Barnesville, who was critically in
Saturday, is reported as being some
what improved today.
Robson chapter, u d. C.. will
meet Thursday afternoon at o'clock
in the directors room Of the National
Bank Of Lumberton.
Mr.. Ike Lee Benton and Miss
Leeta Mercer were married Thu-sda7T
evening about 6 o'clock at the honfs
OF Mr.. NJ. G. Mckenzie, who officiated-
Mr.. F. Ertel Carlyle has enlisted
in the U. S. navy and is expecting q
call for duty in the near future. Mr.
Gsfiyle has recently become 81 years
old.
Mr.. Jro. 8. McNeill underwent an
operation for appendicitis at the
| Thompson hospital Saturday His
condition is as favorable as could be
| expected
Mr.. NJ. G. Mckenzie and Miss
Lulu NJ Cassidey went Friday even
t ing to the Jennings cotton mills and
organized Red Cross auxiliary with
20 members.
There are many men in Robson
! liable to indictment because Of the
fact that they let the month of May
! pass and did not list their taxes for
i the year 1918.
Mrs. Sarah Ann White, who some
time ago underwent an operation for
puss appendicitis at the Thompso~
| hospital, returned to her home at
Bladenboro today.
Miss Lacy Johnson Of Hope Mills
has accepted a position in Mr.. A.
Weinstein's department store She be-
gan work Saturday. Mss johnson
formerly worked in the Weinstein
store.
Mr.. W. J. Wiikerson of the Cen
ter section brought to The Robesonian
Office Friday several stalks of oats
! which measured five and a naif feet
| Mr.. Wilkerson says the oat crop in
his section is promising.
Mrs. N. A. Thompson and daugh-
ter, Miss Ruth, went Saturday to
Greenville, this State, where today
Mrs. Thompson's daughter, Miss Sadie
Thompson, graduates from the East
Carolina Teachers Training School.
/ Mrs. Harriet Watson of Ben
! nettsville, S. c., arrived Friday to
I visit, her daughters, Mesdames Daisy
! w. jenkins and Mamie W. Crump,
also to witness the graduation of her
granddaughter, Miss Viola Jenkins.
/! Rev. w. D. Combs, pastor of the
| Gospel Tabernacle, returned Satur-
day from visit to his mother at AS
bury Park, N. j. He attended while
away the annual conference of the
Christian Missionary Alliance at Nyac,
N. Y.
! The National Bank Of Lumberton
installed Friday a Burroughs auto
matte bookkeeping machine The
machine is operated by electric cur
rent and is a great time saver. It
was installed by Mr.. ]. H. Thomas Of
Raleigh.
License has been issued for the
marriage of I. L. Benton and and
Leeta Mercer; Marshall Tyner and
! Callie Baxley; J. Dewey Ellis and Ag-
mes Britt; Rowland M'White and Kate
Graham; R. s.. Brisson and Mittie
{ Cashwell
i The following young ladies who
were students at the graded school
here during the term just closed left
! Friday for their respective homes:
/ Misses Goldie Sawyer and Virginia
Lee, New Bern; Miss Carolyn Webb.
Morehead City.
i Mr.. Murphy Mclean returned
/ Thursday night from Norfolk, Va,
where he enlisted in the U. 8. navy.
He is not sure when he will be called
to his post. Mr.. Mclean recently be-
/ came 81 years of age and would have
had to register for military duty
June 5.
/ Mrs. John S. Truesdel of Ker-
: shaw, S. c., who is guest at the
| home of her brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Britt, received
i a card last week from her husband,
who is stationed at Camp Sewer,
quartermasters' department., advising
that he had arrived safely in France.
! The Robese nian acknowledges
i receipt of an invitation from MIR.
John B. Mcleod, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alf H. Mcleod of Lumberton, to the
commencement exercises Of S,wanee
(Tenn.) Military academy, June End
to 9Th. Mr.. Mcleod is one cf the
first classmen and is also member
OF the cotillion club. Also an invi-
tstion has been received to the COM
mencement of the State university,
Chapel Hill, June End to 5th.
Clash With German Fleet Expect