The Robesonian., 1918-05-09
NUMBER 26
BRIEF ITEMS OF LOCAL NEWS

The Lumberton chapter o. F.. s.
will meet this evening at $50.
Miss May brought favorable
weather for farming operations.
Mrs D. B. Mcintyre of R. 8 fr.,rn
Lumberton went Tuesday to Charlotte
to consult a specialist.
MIR. J. L. Stephens is attending
meeting of the State Undertakers
association at Greensboro this week.
Miss Agnes McLean's music pu-
pills will give recital in the graded
school auditorium Friday evening at
$50.
Miss Grace Wilkes of Maxton has
accepted position in the Lumber
ton Bargain House. She began work
Tuesday.
Mr.. Marvin Kornegay has accept
ed position in Messrs. r. D. Cald-
we'll and Sons Department Store. He
began work Tuesday.
The Robesonian has left few
T. packages of Government seed sent nv
Congressman Goodwin. You can get
"a package by calling at the Office.
MIR. H. c. Mears has moved his
stock of goods from a building in the
the corner Of Fourth and Chestnut
| streets.
/ Mrs Julia Deese, aged Sc years,
i the wrist Tuesday. The arm was
broken in the same place about 4
years ago. .,
Mr. j. B. Bruton, local represen-
tative of the Singer Sewing Machine
Co., has moved his Office from the Sa-
leeby building, Elm street, into the
Mcleod building, West Fourth street.
will Davis, colored of Bladen-
r boro, had his right arm and shoulder
broken and also two ribs broken yes
= terday when a tree fell on him. He
:, was brought to the Thompson hospi-
5 tai here.
e Many Robson teachers are regis
:. tering for the two weeks teachers in
: stitute to begin at Red Springs May
i p. Teachers from Robson, Hoke,
Cumberland and Scotland Counties
k will attend the institute.
l ALI registrars who have not called
for their registration books can get
/ same by calling at the Office Of Reg
y lister of Deeds NJ. w. Floyd. Chair
II man W. S. Britt Of the county board
of elections is anxious that all regis
T. trars get their books at once
II -AsE Eord auto belonging to Rr.
=, Lawrence Smith of the Raft Swamp
section caught on fire and burned
g Sunday night. The car stopped and
1r Mr. Smith made a fire near the car
- in order to make light and the car
20 caught and burned up before the
st flames could be extinguished.
Id DIR. W. A. McPhaul, county health
officer, is giving stereopticon lectures
> in various communities in the county:
.e. He lectured at the Indian Normal
I'd school at Pembroke Monday evening
s.. and at the Broad Ridge school house
H. Tuesday evening. He will lecture at
lis Long Branch tomorrow (Friday) eve
at nirg.
ce Mr.. and Mrs. r. r. Carlyle ar
rived Tuesday morning from San An
C. tonic, Texas, where they have beer
B. making their home for the past veal
He or more, and will spend some tinai
SIS here visiting relatives and friends
to From here they will go to the west
er- ern part of the State to spend th'
summer.
ly, Bill Hemingway, colored IA:
IN has face badly bruised Tuesday at
ais ternoon when a mule threw him o.
NIL his face on East Fifth street. Ih
we mule belongs to Mr.. H. I. Flowers
lr. with whom the colored man works
tor and had thrown the negro once befor
on the same afternoon. pr. T.
led Johnson dressed his wounds.
on, Mr.. H. C. Blackwell of the U:
er-l army, stationed at Camp Jos. E. John
it'll stem, Jacksonville, Fla, is spendIn
rd, few days furlough visiting his pal
M ents on R.. z from Lumberton. MI
tno Il nth tho " nj g. a
at Camp Jackson some time before q
ad- enlisted in the army. He says
rd. the men at his camp are anxious
ltal get to France.
and Don't throw waste paper out
ac-- the back door, is the command OF San
pei itary Officer H. B. Robson. Whe
on mt out loose the wind scatters
to the four corners Of the town. NJ
get Pobeson advises that all business me
,ob- arrange a box back Of their place
axis of business and deposit the paper
eet. the box. When this is done the ira:
flee wagon will take it away.
he'd The mnay friends of Lieut..
yest s, Beam will be interested to zeal
that he has recently been ass1gn'
erlv to Base hospital No. 66, near the oa
; in tie line in France. His work IS iiml
as ed to that of eye, ear, nose and tnros
lace The hospital accommodates more th'
two l,OOc men, ana IS iocaleu IA 60 ~
irni- :bout the size OF Lui1lpeI.o -
Mr.. near SO gocd to"h' acooiuihs
icer, Dr. Beam.
AS stated in Red Springs cor
stor spondence IN Monoas .oo Jor,o
lrch, Miss ChrlstaoeH MooTenouS, S,,sa aaIe =:
! or tor Of the Presbyterian church
aper, Lumoerton, ana M.s. sou tron ~
this give an organ recleai .Unio~ ,oioo "
alau-l day. aIternooi1 aI hero Che
. a student. Miss Moorehouse IS
~ of member Of the class Of 1920.
Raj Mention was made in rec
bak- issue of The Robesonian Of the 1
was that a Robson farmer had dona