Saturday, May 9, 2026

Lumberton Items of Interest, May 10, 1926

Items of Local News

--The meeting of the Music Study Club has been postponed until material for further study arrives.

--The condition of Mrs. T.F. Costner, who has been ill at her home on Elizabethtown road, is improving nicely.

--Mr. Oscar Israel left Saturday night for New York, where he will purchase goods for the I & W. and Guarantee Shoe stores here.

--The local fire department made a run Friday to the home of Dr. Jon Knox, North Elm Street, where it was found that rags in the flue were burning. No damage was done.

--The condition of Mrs. G.A. Inman, who underwent a serious operation at the Thompson Memorial hospital Friday, is slightly improved today.

--Governor A.W. McLean, accompanied by Mr. A.W. Meshaw of the executive offices in Raleigh, spent Saturday here on business, leaving yesterday morning for Wagram, where they spent the day with relatives of the Governor.

--Mr. A.L. Bullock has been very ill recently at his home at Rowland, according to Mr. Alex. McGirt, who was a Lumberton visitor Thursday, and Mrs. Flora Alford, widow of Mr. Evander Alford, also has been in very ill health.

--Mr. Max Weinstein, buyer for A. Weinstein’ department store, left yesterday for New York City, where he expects to purchase a large quantity of goods from a retiring manufacturer. R. Weinstein received a message Saturday stating that only a few buyers had been invited to take part in the transaction.

--Mr. L.O.R. Bailey returned Friday from Greensboro, where he purchased fixtures for the new barber shop which will open in the Johnson building, Elm and West street, as soon as the fixtures are installed. Mr. Bailey discontinued his work with the Lorraine hotel barber shop Saturday night.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Monday, May 10, 1926

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