Lumberton Items of Local Interest, June 1, 1925

Items of Local Interest

--Four small boys carrying a small pig, one boy at each corner of said pig, marching up Elm street, was the unusual Sunday incident seen shortly after the closing of morning services at the churches yesterday. The boys and the pig all seemed to be enjoying the walk.

--Fire early this morning completely destroyed the Red Star service station on the hard-surface road west of here near the National cotton mill, entailing a loss of approximately $1,000. When the fire was discovered the building was enveloped in flames and local firemen, who went to the scene, were unable to give aid. The station was said to have been owned by Mr. Lonnie Meares, but Mr. Meares could not be located this morning and it is not known if any of the loss was covered by insurance.

--Work on the new tobacco warehouse on the corner of Second and Chestnut streets is progressing fine. It is expected that the brick work will be completed during this week.

--Circle No. 2 of Chestnut Street Methodist missionary society will meet Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 at the church.

--Robeson Chapter U.D.C. will meet Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock in the club room. The birthday of Jefferson Davis will be observed at this meeting.

--Mr. H.L. Rockwood, superintendent in charge of the Redpath Chautauqua which closed here last week, is still in town trying to secure enough guarantors to bring the Chautauqua to Lumberton next year. It is hoped that enough signers will be secured before Mr. Rockwood leaves Wednesday morning.

--The condition of Mr. J.W. Barker, who has been ill at his home on North Pine street for the past several weeks, is slightly improved. His daughter, Miss Bettie Barker, returned last week from Maxton, where she was a student at Carolina college during the past year.

--Lumberton’s partially organized amateur baseball team lost a game here Saturday to Bert Kite’s team of Wilmington, 8 to 4. At the beginning of the 9th inning the score was 4-4. The locals showed that a real semi-professional team can be organized here from local material. Howard Brayan, star high school player, did the pitching for the locals.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, June 1, 1925

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