The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-12-29
Single Copies Five Cents.
WHOLE NO. 2626
LOCAL BRIEFS.

De
THE Four Pickerts" held
the boards at the opera house
Friday and Saturday evenings
and those who witnessed the per
formances they gave were very
much pleased.
The condition of Mr.. W. J.
Prevatt, who has been confined
to his home on Fourth street
with pneumonia for the past
week, is improving and he is
getting along nicely.
Mr.. A. Weinstein of Lum-
berton has purchased the entire
stock of goods of Mr.. nj. R. Tolar
at Rennert. who recently made
an assignment. and will put the
stock on sale at Rennert in the
near future.
| Mr.. C. 7. Page, of Marietta,
writes The Robesonian as follows:
"On December Ii | killed a fine
mammoth black pig, 5 years old,
weighing 556 pounds. If anv
one can beat that | wish YOU
would please speak at once"
DIR. J. C. Mckenzie. who
had been living at Hasty for
some time, has moved to Lum.
berton and will make his home
for the present with his brother.
County Treasurer M. G McKen-
zie, on Elm street.
MIR. and Mrs. w. C. West
and children of McColl, S. c.,
came to Lumberton last Friday
and have been visiting at the
home of Mrs. Vests parents in
East Lumberton. Mr.. West is
thinking of locating in Lumber
ton and returned Tuesday to Nc
Coll to wind up his affairs there.
Rev. l.. w. Curtis of Hamlet,
evangelist for Fayetteville Pres
. bytery. will preach at the Pres
, byterian church here Sunday at
II a. m. and 7:30 p. m. and at
{ Bakers chapel in the afternoon
! at 3 o'clock. Rev. w. R. Minter.
, OF Lincolnton, who has been
) called to this church, will preach
! here Sunday after next.
David Davis, an Indian who
! lived near Pembroke, was killed
/. while hunting Monday by the
t accidental discharge of his gun.
e 1t seems that in STOPPING to pick
{, up squirrel which he had killed
K and which fell near stump his
y gun was in some way discharged
e and the entire load entered his
!, body just below the heart.
q Mr.. Thos. ]. White, of Con-
y, cord, district manager for the
q Northwestern Mutual Life In.
surance Co., spent Tuesday and
!, yesterday in town and paid while
g here the death claim of the late
!, D. P. Shaw, who carried 81, 500
: insurance on his life in the North,
4 western. Mr.. White has visited
y Lumberton frequently during the
; past two years and is we'll known
=. here.
- MIR. ]. H. Turner has re-
'o signed the position he held with
II Messrs. White & Cough as sales
l. man and returned Sunday to hi:
le former home at Norwood, Stan
l. ly county, where he owns a farm
J. and will either engage in farm
v ing or enter the mercantile bust
m ness. MI. Turner has man.
G, friends here who regret his de
Ill cision to leave.
70 One of the large plate-glas
% windows in the front of tn
r cry department o.
n Messrs. Caldwell & Carlyl
is was smashed Saturday mornin,
8 when one of their dray horse
I'd became frightened at a firecrack
ss er and backed the dray to whic
o lit was hitched into the window
Cd The window has been boarde
ali up until the glass can be re
al. placed.
of Miss Anna Mcleod of Luu
q. berton was one of the four ladie
W. who won European trip in tn
OF Fayetteville Observers contes
m, which closed last Friday nigh
vn The other ladies are Miss Hele
al. Slocomb of Fayetteville, Mi:
Annie Geddie of Fayetteville
e.. F. D., and Miss Della Matthew
od and the last-named will be chal
- erone of the party. They Wi
les sail in July.
I'd.
for 20 or Is years. The funeral Sc