The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-03-31
LOCAL BRIEFS.

Mrs. A. w. Mclean will en-
tertain the Young Matrons'Cl
this afternoon.
Mr.. Sandy Mcleod has ex-
changed his White Steamer auto
mobile for a new one of the same
make with all the modern i'm
provements. It's beauty.
Mr.. James D. Proctor left
Monday afternoon for Marion,
where he attendedthe marriage
yesterday of a school-mate, MIR.
J.W. Winburn, to Miss May Blan-
ton. Mr.. Proctor will.return to-
morrow.
Mayor J. A. Rowland, who
has been confined to his room
most of the time for the last two
or three weeks on account of
rheumatism, is down town today
and says that ne is feeling con-
siderably better.
Mrs. V. P. McDiarmid was
taken this morning by her son,
Mr.. T. N. McDiarmid, and DR..
T. D. Kitchin to the Charlotte
sanatorium, where she will re-
main for treatment for nervous
trouble from which she has suf-
fered for some time. DR.. Kitchin
and MIR. McDiarmid will return
tonight.
Mr.. Badger Mcleod will
conduct a moving-picture show
at the opera house this season,
beginning Monday evening at
6 o'clock. He has received his
machine, expects to have every
thing in readiness, and promises
a good clean show. Prices will
be five and ten cents.
Misses Bertha Barker and
Sallie Thompson and Messrs. E.
: J. Britt, Jno. McAllister. J. A.
Boone, Eugene Nye and Norment
r Britt were among the Lumberton
, people who attended last evening
5 the oyster supper and entertain
! ment given by the Ten Mile
school at the home of Mrs.
I Florence Britt, about s NJ 3
e from town. Many games Were
S played and the evening was an
: altogether delightful one.
= Mrs. John I. Biggs returned
= = last evening from Raleigh, where
= she and Mrs. R.D. Caldwell visit
ed friends for a few days. Mrs.
E Caldwell will return tomorrow
+ evening. Mesdames Caldwell and
i Biggs left together ten days ago
! and attended last week in Oxford
the Goth annual session Of the
Woman's MissionaryUnion Of the
North Carolina Baptist Conven-
ton. They went from Oxford
to Wake Forest and thence 10
Raleigh.
st Mr.. w. H.Stalvey is making
l. considerable improvement in his
: barber shop in the Waverly hotel
e building, repapering walls and
n overhauling things generally.
5. Mr.. David Fairfax, who has been
l. at the Lumberton barber shop,
o will begin work with Mr. Stalvey
a Monday, and another chair will
a. be installed soon, making four
le chairs. Mr.. Stalvey, who runs an
d up-to-date shop, will install an
:. electric massage machine sooL
and make other Improvements.
!, The work begun some time
ago at the department stores of
d, Messrs. Caldwell {; Carlyle, on
u, Elm street, has been completed
E. almost and these are now among
ai the most up-to-date stores in the
I'd State. Everything is convenient
) and modern. Glass counters
n have been put in down TO the
). first wide passage through the
IS stores. full-length mirrors have
been placed in the walls. the
hardware department has been
: extended the full length Of the
other store rooms. and other i'm
provements have been made.
J. A horse hitched to buggy.
ali belonging to Mr.. r. I. HIS
r selwhite, caused come excitement
on the streets lateyesterdav alter
noon. Messrs. MusseiwhiCe and
u Odell Edens were in the buggy
IL and drove the horse 10 the arte-
l7 sion we'll at the old bridge. and
= while the horse was drink q
y water the bride caught over the
a. water spout Of the well. Tee
IL horse became frightened. pulled
'H back. broke the bride and dashed
- ~ to run. Musselwhite and Eden
::ee jumped out and the horse ran up
~ Fourth street to Elm, and then