The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-04-22
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Mr.. A. f. White will build,
some time in the near future, a
handsome residence on Chestnut
street on the site where his pres
ent residence, which will be NOV
ed back on the same lot, now
stands. A
Mr.. Albert Boylin gave up his
position with Mr.. F. j. Thomas
in the Southern Express office q
few days ago and is now running
on the Seaboard between Char
lotte and Wilmington as express
messenger.
Mr.. Henry Jones, who resign
ed his position in the Bank of
Lumberton last week, did not
stay resigned-or, rather, he be.
came resigned to working a while
longer and went back to work in
the bank yesterday.
Mr.. J. p. Stansel, who was
engaged some time ago to audit
the books of the Bank of Hamlet,
spent Sunday and Monday in
town. He has about completed
his work at Hamlet and is now
engaged on some work in Rock
ingham, where he went Tuesday.
-Messrs. White & Cough have
had painted on the north side of
their store a sign which has at
tracted a good deal of attention.
1t is one of these follow-you-up
signs which looks at you the
same way no matter at what an
gle you view it, and it is a good
piece of work.
Mr.. J. M. Whitfield, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. M. Whitfield, of
Lumberton, who has held a posi-
ton with the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad at Wilmington for the
last two or three years, has ac-
cepted a position as agent at
Pembroke, taking charge of the
work last Monday.
Martha and Eliza LoWrey,
Croatans, were brought to jail
here last night by Deputy Mar
shall j. A. Calvin to await trial in
the Federal Court on the charge
of retailing. They were tried be-
fore Commissioner B. F. Nc
Lean, at Maxton. They live near
Puie.'
Sheriff E. C. McNeill says
it's curious to him how it came
about that ex-Judge T. A. Nc
NELL and Messrs. MIG. Mckenzie
and J. A. McAllister happened
to be the very first ones to reach
the fire Sunday night, seeing as
how the three Of them stayed
away from church that evening
and said they were too sick tt
help pull the reel when they got
to the fire.
The incorporators of the In
dependent Mutual Life Insurance
Co., chartered recently to write
life insurance on the mutual plan
will meet this evening in the of
flee of Mr.. r. E. Lee. over the
First National Bank, to organize
i The incorporates are Messrs. c.
H. Morrow, A. P. Caldwell, J
s p. Townsend, M. w. Floyd, A
Il. Parmele and others. There is
no capital stock.
"A petition has been filed il
the Federal Court at Wilmington
asking that j. w. Davis, a gen
cral merchant of Maxton, be ad
Judged an involuntary bankrupt
Answer is to be made by the 29tl
inst, and if the petition is grant
e. the case will go to Refere,
Geo. H. Howell, of Wilmington
Mr.. B. F. Mclean, of Maxton
who is counsel for a number O
creditors, filed the petition.
"A bunch of fellows who's
names will not be given here, flo
reasons of State, hied them GU
to Prospect Hall landing, on tn
Cape Fear, Monday and spen
the day fishing. With good luck
too, they say, and they had
bully good time. A little misha
to the automobile detained ther
for about the space of an hour q
they were coming back thu
night and they enjoyed that sto
more than did the man nea
whose house the stop occurred
but that was extra: they are NJ
saying much about that.
Mr.. J. F. Head, who was en-
ployed recently by the Virgin
and Carolina Southern as audit,
and general freight agent,
mentioned in The Robesonian
the time5 began work last wee
W at Aberdeen, where some of IL
officers Of the company live, ar
in a few days he will move wi
Mrs. Head and their two childr
to Lumberton, where they W
live. At the time he was enga
A ed by the V. &. G. S. Mr.. He
was SECRETARY of the Chamber
Commerce of Wilmington.
has had experience in railro
work, having formerly been e
ployed by the Coast Line.