Lumberton Notes, Thursday, Jan. 24, 1924

Items of Local News

--License has been issued for the marriage of Miss Ada Kinlaw and Mr. Jeff Carroll.

--Mrs. J.W. Edmundson of Jacksonville, Fla., is expected to arrive tomorrow morning and will be a guest in the home of Dr. and Mrs. Jno. Knox for several weeks.

--The condition of Register of Deeds M.W. Floyd, who has been sick at his home for the past several weeks with rheumatism, is greatly improved today. He was at his office a short while yesterday.

--Work of removing the old building on the corner of Elm and Fifth streets is completed, and Mr. T.L. Johnson is making preparations for the erection of a handsome brick building on the lot, mention of which has been made in The Robesonian.

--Mrs. G. Blair Jennings and little daughter, Mildred, who has been in Greensboro for the past several weeks on account of the illness of Mrs. Jennings’ mother, Mrs. R.M. Spoon, have returned, the condition of Mrs. Spoon being much improved.

--Miss Mittie Harris broke a bone in her left arm Monday afternoon when she attempted to protect her head after she had become overbalanced and was falling. She is 90 years of age and lives with her niece, Mrs. Nellie Parmele, on North Elm street.

--Miss Elizabeth Frye, county welfare officer, who has been undergoing treatment at the Baker sanatorium for the past few days, is reported somewhat improved. Mr. M.B. McBryde of Antioch, who underwent an operation at the sanatorium a few days ago, is improving.

--Rev. and Mrs. T. McM. Grant and infant daughter are expected home this afternoon or tomorrow from Kinston, where Mrs. Grant spent some time with her father, who has been very ill but whose condition was reported as improved Tuesday when Mr. Grant left for Kinston to return with them.

--Misses Katherine Cole and Magenta Lassiter of Fairmont and Lillian Hall of Lumber Bridge played in a recital given at Greensboro college in Greensboro Monday night of this week. In its report of the concert, the Greensboro News of Tuesday said that the playing and singing were highly commendable, and the young artists showed the result of careful training.

--Mrs. H.B. Shaw of Evergreen underwent a serious operation at the Baker sanatorium yesterday and is reported as doing as well as could be expected. Mrs. Weldon Ivey, who had been undergoing treatment at the sanatorium, was able to leave yesterday for her home in Currie. Mrs. Nannie Wilcox of R. 4 from Lumberton, who underwent an operation several days ago, was able to leave yesterday.

From the front page of The Robesonian, Lumberton, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 24, 1924