The Robesonian., 1918-03-04

The Lumberton division of the
21st company, Robson reserve mliI-f
tia, will meet at the court house every
Thursday evening at for drill.
Mr.. w. R. Singletary of Richard
son passed through town this morn
ing en- route to Charleston, S. c.,
where he will enlist in the navy.
The board of county commission
ers, the board of education and the
county road board are holding regular
first-Monday meetings here today
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Weinstein left
last evening for Baltimore and New
York, where they will purchase goods
for the A. Weinstein department store.
-Supt. R. E. Sentelle of the Lum-
berton graded and high school has
been invited to deliver the comer1nce-
ment address Of the high school at
Rocky Mount on April 30th.
Miss Lillian Rice is sick with
pneumonia at the home of her sister
Mrs. w. w. Singletary, Fifth street.
/ Miss Rice has been teaching in Blad-
en- county and had to discontinue her
school the first of last week.
Mrs. Lille Langdon, who has
charge of the millinery department OF
Messrs. R. D. Caldwell & Sons de-
). partment store, returned Saturday
from New York, where she went to
buy spring millinery for the Caldwell
store.
:, Phil Douglass and Mullins Smith
the two negroes arrested In connection
7 with the attack made by a negro upor
: young white woman at Maxton some
t three weeks ago, will be given pre-
: liminary hearing at Maxton Thursda!
of this week.
4 Miss Meshie Ivey and Mr.. Ray
t mond Rogers of GAINESVILLE were mar
: ried yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clocl
at the home of Mr.. B. L. Dolby, super
S intendent of the Jennings cotton mills
The ceremony was performed by Jus
o tice M. G. Mckenzie.
The county commissioners q
/ their meeting this morning passed a
: order to employ secretary to tax
; care of the clerical work for the cour
e ty food administration, the count
I; War Savings committee, and tn
II IL county farm ard home demonstrate
10 agents.
~ Miss Edith Courtney Of Bait
,- more will arrive tomorrow and Wi
be head trimmer for Miss Josephir
10 Breeze again this season. Miss Cour
ney spent last week in New Yo,
studying styles and buying goods fl
Miss Breece's millinery store. Mi
Breeze returned yesterday from Ba
m timore, where she spnt two weeks.
Sc Johnnie Mosley, an 11-year-o
tx colored boy, was before Recorder
S NJ. Britt Saturday on the charge
IS shooting a small daughter of Mr.. al
lg Mrs. C. M. Barker with a sling she
ne Judgment was suspended upon pa
rs ment of the cost with the understan
rt ing that the boys father give him
on whipping. The evidence was that t
rt boy shot the child with rock, whi
as struck her on the nose between t
eyes.
ng Have you ever seen panther?
a. you have not you can see one IN t
ro show window in the grocery depa1
ne ne ment of Mr.. L. H. Caldwell's stol
ca The panther was caught in trap
as the Globe swamp section recently
ne Mr.. Tom Pittman. The panther W
tn skinned and the hide stuffed. He
a dangerous looking animal and n
Pittman says he killed seven do
es and one hog the day before he caug
him.
Mrs. N. [. Pittman OF Wllmlr
he Non, who is visiting relatives in tov
no has just received letter from /
lrd son Lieut. Milton Pittman, who W
ng on the ill-fated transport Tuscan
Of Mrs. Pittman received cablegr;
as on Friday night after the sinking
OF the ship on Wednesday, stating Il
to he was safe His letter states II
to he and his companions had eli
It. call but were received by open, ar
I'D: when they reached shore. The let
Of sta ted that ne was in good health :
red did not feel the effects of the
IN posure, though he lost everythi
ero even did not have hat to salute
Of British destroyars that accompan
the them and saved them from the IG
vas The letter shows he boys in g
ted spirits and. with the determ;n I. ion
win.