The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-01-10
BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS

The stockholders Of the National
Cotton Mill Co. are holding their an
annual meeting today.
Mr.. Frank A. Mcleod is able h
be out today after being confined To
his room for the past week.
Mr.. w. b. Prevatt and family
are moving today from r. from
Lumberton to Jordanville, S. G..
Miss Margaret c. Shelby left this
morning for Petersburg, Va, whero
she will take business course.
Mr.. and Mrs l.. d. Pittman and
little daughter Mable, Of the Center
section, moved to Clio, S. c., this week.
Mr.. Pittman will oversee a big tobas
CO farm near Clio.
Miss Mamie Jones of r. I from
Lumberton has accepted position as
stenographer in the office of the La
Fayette Mutual Life Insurance Co.
here. She began work yesterday
Mr.. j. F. Flowers, who under
went an operation for appendicitis at
Johns Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, on
the 18th ult., returned home last night
BRIEFS 49,. ashwwitjSnc Cwjai
Mr.. A. L. Smith and family NOV
ed Tuesday from the Boone farm near
| Clybornville to a farm belonging To
Mr.. Simeon Powell Of Lumberton on
the Red Springs road, r. F. ID. from
Buie.
Miss Mary Snead, who underwent
an operation for gallstones at the
Cumberland general hospital, Fayette--
vile, seven weeks ago, has returned
to the home of her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs L. R. Varser, here.
Miss Snead's condition is somewhat
improved.
i Mr.. W. B. Wheeler cf Hickory
spent Tuesday here on business. Mr..
Wheeler signed a contract with Mr..
H. M. McAllister, general agent for.
the Jefferson Standard Life Insur-
ance Co., and will live in Fayetteville
doing special work in Cumberland and
: Hoke counties.
DR.. r. M. Lancaster has recently
opened up an office at Lumber BridgG
, for the practice of medicine. Dr. Lam
caster is a native of Lumber Bridge,
. but had been located at Dobson for
! several years. He and Mr.. C. P. Dunn
of Lumber Bridge were Lumbertoa
visitors Monday afternoon.
q Mr.. VS. Britt returned home last
' night from Rock Hill, S. c., where hs
E spent some time with Mrs Britt, wte
!. is sick in the Fennell infirmary at
@ Rock Hill. Mrs. Britt's condition was
: unimproved when he left. She was
taken sick some four weeks ago, while
O visiting relatives at Kershaw, S. c.
Mr.. W. K Culbreth of R. from
l. Lumberton was among the visitoTx III:
IS town yesterday. He and Mrs. Cul-
breth and his sister, Mrs. Lucy Camp
bell of Blenheim, S. c., returned re-
e oay,f1xy frovo WoLnIlo I'll, r,k-~~
they spent two weeks at the home Of
Mr.. j. T. Culbreth, brother of Mr..
Culberth and Mrs. Campbell.
T. Miss Ida Mckenzie arrived home
# Tuesday for Newport News, Va, where
r she had been visiting for some weeks
s at the home of her brother and sister
;. in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. G. S. Mckenzie
!. She was called home on account of the
: illness of her mother, Mrs Nj. G. Nc
Kenzie, who has been sick for sew
le eral days at their home on Elm street.
d Mr.. Jno. S. Holman, manager of
If the Lorraine hotel reports a. full house
Is Tuesday night. Business has been
l. good at the hotel since the travelling
Is men are getting back on the road af-
1T ter the holidays. This reporter has
w heard numerous remarks by travelling
in men recently commencing the man
IF ner in which Mr.. Holman IS conduct
ing the hotel.
s Mr.. Spurgeon Jones of r. 1 from
E Lumberton was among the callers at
e.: The Robesonian office Monday after
s. noon. Mr.. Jones is one of Robeson's
progressive farmers, who lives at
home. He killed one pig he called it
Is at 393 pounds after it had been dress
ed. Mr.. Jones has already killed
around 1000 pounds of pork this win
ter.
t. MIR. and Mrs. L. B. Weinstein and
Is infant daughter, Pearline, were
as guests at the home of Mr.. Vein
s. STEMS father, Mr.. S. Weinstein, Tues
6. day and yesterday. They came tu
8: Lumberton Tuesday from Fairmont
v, where they had been making THEN
d: home, and left last evening foz
A. Dewitt, Ark, where Mrs. WeinsteiH'a
/. mother, Mrs. L. Riff, lives and where
ut Mr.. Weinstein will 60 into business
e Mrs. Neal Jones and small chill
h near Hope Mills; Mrs. R. H. Graham
ix and infant son, r. H. Jr., who live
near Fayetteville; and Mr.. Ernest
Breeze Of Fayetteville, home on fur
: Tough from Camp Sewer, Greenville
S. c., spent the day yesterday at thu
on home of Miss Josephine Breeze, Eas,
ut Fifth street, who is an aunt of Mes
els danes Jones and Graham and Mr.
ITS Breeze.
ms Mr.. Wade Wishart of Lumbertoz
had perfect right to be mad MONDAY
th when he learned that a package q
lb- fresh country sausage, pudding, etc.
ri which friend had shipped him b!
ed, parcel post, had been opened when j
ng reached the local postoffice and all :h'
II "freshlings" taken except one small
nip pork ham. The package was insured
rk- but Mr.. Wishart doesn't like the ide;
or of missing all that good eatin'; an
oss who could blame him?
1t is bad business to allow you
to fingers to get near the mouth o
The some mules. At least that's Wha