--The three local banks will be closed next Monday, Labor Day.
--Born, Tuesday night, to Mr. and Mrs. J.B. Bruton, a daughter—Lola Mae.
--Lest you forget, it was 36 years ago tonight that the “Charleston” earthquake occurred.
--Mr. B.F. McMillan Jr. is placing material on his lot, North Pine street, for erecting a six-room bungalow.
--Mr. W.H. Graham, a Confederate veteran of Rowland, is among the out-of-town people here to attend the funeral of Mr. M.G. McKenzie this afternoon.
--Miss Josephine Breece returned yesterday from a visit to Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, where she purchased fall and winter stock for her millinery store.
--Miss Lillian Proctor arrived home this morning from a three-months’ trip to Europe. She visited England, Scotland, France, Belgium, Holland, Italy and Germany while in Europe and reports a most delightful trip.
--Mr. Sam Ashley, who formerly held a position with the Fairmont Garage Co., Fairmonth, has accepted a position as mechanic in the H.A. Page garage here. He began work Tuesday.
--The Robeson county road board has opened a regular office in the grand jury’s room on the second floor of the court house. Mr. L.R. Stephens, secretary to the board, is in charge of the office.
--Mrs. C.F. Hayes has left the Thompson hospital and returned to her home on R. 2 from Lumberton after undergoing an operation there for appendicitis. Mr. Hayes was a Lumberton visitor yesterday.
--Mrs. Cynthia Britt of Wilmington is having erected a five-room bungalow on North Pine street. Mrs. Britt expects to move to Lumberton when the building is completed. She formerly lived on R. 4 from Lumberton and is well known here.
--Miss Amelia Linkhauer returned yesterday from New York, where she spent 10 days buying fall and winter millinery for the Style shop, of which she is proprietress. Miss Johnnie Robinson, who has been trimmer in the Style shop for several seasons, also arrived yesterday from Atlanta, Ga.
--Fire of unknown origin destroyed a small store building across the river from town on the Fairmont road at 7:30 o’clock last evening. The building was owned by Ran Evans, colored, and was occupied by a colored seamstress named Fibbie Graves. The loss is estimated at $400, partly covered by insurance.
--Mr. W.I. Linkhaw returned last evening from Charlotte where he spent two days with his son-in-law, Mr. J.M. McCallum, who is a patient at the Charlotte sanatorium. Mr. McCallum’s condition is fast improving. Mr. Linkhaw was accompanied to Charlotte by Mrs. McCallum. She will probably return home tonight.
--Mr. G.B. McCallum of Greensboro was a Lumberton visitor of his brother, former Auditor Jesse McCallum, who has been under treatment of specialists in Charlotte for some time, is very much improved and is now more favorable than it has been at any other time during the past six months.
--As stated in Monday’s Robesonian, a feature of the Lumberton curb market Saturday of this week will be the special sale of fresh eggs and home-grown chickens brought in by the Lumber Bridge Poultry association. Members of the association have assured Miss Martha Flax Andrews, home demonstration agent, that they will have a large supply of both eggs and chickens here Saturday morning. The market opens at 9 a.m.
--Ever seen a grape 1 ¾-inches in diameter? Mr. P.S. Kornegay plucked one that size yesterday from his vines at his home on Eighth street. It looks like a small apple. Mr. Kornegay’s vines are from a vine he brought some years ago from his father’s home in Duplin county, and the grape is a special kind known as Kornegay’s. It is an early-bearing large black grape, with white specks, and of most delightful flavor.
--Rev. I.E. Wishart and son, Master Lowell Strong, left Monday evening for their home at Buffalo, Oklahoma, after spending six weeks in and around Lumberton visiting relatives. Mr. Wishart expects to return to is native county in a few weeks with his family. He and Mrs. Wishart will teach the Long Branch public school during the next term and Mr. Wishart expects to take up pastoral work in the county. He is the son of Mr. A.S. Wishart of R. 3, Lumberton, and is well-known throughout this section.
From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Thursday, Aug. 31, 1922
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