--Mr. and Mrs. John D. Purvis are the proud parents of a girl born yesterday morning, and are receiving congratulations.
--Mr. and Mrs. Louis Weinstein of Fairmont are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son Wednesday night at the Thompson hospital.
--Miss Abbie Sessoms of St. Paul has accepted a position with L.H. Caldwell as cashier and stenographer, succeeding Mrs. C.A. Crump, resigned.
--Miss Emily Edwards, who had for the past two years held a position as saleslady in the Lumberton Bargain House, resigned the position a few weeks ago, effective Saturday night.
--License has been issued for the marriage of Miss Flora Bell Currie and Mr. William H. Hasty; Miss Thelma Gaddy and Mr. Alexander Gilchrist; Miss Cora Taylor and Mr. Henry Huggins.
--The American Legion auxiliary will meet tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock with Mrs. S. McIntyre at her home on Walnut street.
--More than 1,600 auto license plates had been issued from the Lumberton headquarters up to Saturday night. Many applying for license have lost sight of the fact that a title of ownership is necessary for registration.
--Mr. J.W. Griffin, proprietor of the Pastime theatre, expects to leave Wednesday for Charlotte, where he will buy seats, machines and other equipment for is new theatre at Fairmont, which will be opened at an early date.
--Work on the town stables which are being erected on First street is progressing satisfactorily. The town mules and other equipment which have heretofore been lkodged in different parts of the town will soon have a permanent home.
--Mr. Dixon McLean returned yesterday from the Democratic National convention in New York, and admits that one of his biggest accomplishments during the convention was the resolution he had passed that Miss Alyce McCormick of Nebraska was the prettiest lady attending the convention, mention of which was made in yesterday’s News and Observer by Ben Dixon McNeill.
--Mr. A. Weinstein returned Friday morning from New York and Baltimore, where he spent several days purchasing goods for his department store here. During his stay in New York Mr. Weinstein attended the Democratic national convention, and stated Saturday that he was of the opinion that the convention would have to be moved to another city before anyone was nominated.
--Mr. T.C. Barnes left Saturday night for Chicago, where he will attend the big furniture exposition which begins there today. From Chicago he will go to Muskegon and Grand Rapids, where he will purchase furniture for the firm’s stores here, at Fairmont and Laurinburg. The store at Laurinburg will open for business about the 1st of August, and will be one of their largest stores. Messrs. Clarence Moore and Alex McDuffie of Lumberton and R.C. Langley of Cheraw, S.C., will be connected with the Laurinburg store.
--The condition of W.C. Jr., small son of Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Bethea, who has been ill the past two months with colitis, is very much improved.
From the front page of the Robesonian, Monday, July 7, 1924
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