The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1910-09-06

Dir. and Mrs. j. NJ Farley, Jr., left
last night for Norfolk and New York.
Mr. J. II. Lee and Miss Virginia
Davis returned from New York Fri
day.
Thurlow Alsobrooks, a darby who
has served seven months OF twenty
seven months sentence on the chain
gang, walked of last night, being a
trusty, and has failed to return.
While returning from a trip to his
old home in Jackson township Fri
day, Mr.. B. B. Nelson Of Matthews
was thrown from his mule at Bakers
crossing and his arm was broken.
At Oak Grove church next Sun
day, Houston camp, Woodmen Of the
World, will unveil a monument at
the grave Of Mr.. John Griffin. All
other camps of Woodmen are invited
to be present.
Mr.. Peter Arant OF Chesterfield
county sold the first bale OF cotton
in Monroe last Saturday. II was
bought by Crow Bros. at l450. 1t
was ginned at Lee & Griffin's gin
merry at Lees Mill.
A severe thunder storm, accompa-
MED by wind and heavy rain, did
much damage to crops in the neigh
borhood of Mr.. Charles Helms. in
east Monroe township, Friday after
noon.
Mr.. J.F. Mclean Of Maxton, \. c.,
will represent Messrs. Alex, Sprunt
& Sons Of Wilmington here this sea-
son. He will have an Office in the
Bank of Union building, Mrs. Nc
Lean will arrive in a few days.
Mr.. Fred Huntley, who has been
with L. c. Beckett & Bro. for several
months, and others, are talking of
forming company to handle grain
and feed. A company Of this kind
would do a good business.
Esq. c. J. Braswell, chairman Of
the Republican campaign committee
of the county, announces that Hon.
J. J. Parker, candidate for Congress
from this district, will address the
people at Pleasant Hill school house
Saturday night, September 10th, at
$50. Ladies especially invited.
DR.. W. II. Sapp and Mr.. G. W,
Montgomery went to Sanford Friday
to see Charlie Plyler, in Lee county
Jail, sentenced to be electrocuted on
the 18th, who sent word that he
wanted to see them. Plyler seems to
be resigned to his fate. As an ap-
peal is pending. the execution will
not take place on the 18th.
Mrs. Litha Whitley, wife Of Mr..
Addison Whitley, died last Wednes-
day morning at her home in south
Monroe township, after a long illness.
She was daughter Of Mr.. Adolphus
Parker. Mrs. Whitley was good
woman and lived the life Of a chris
tan. Funeral was at the Laney
graveyard.
Mayor J. D. McRae, who has been
appointed a delegate to the Southern
Appalachian Good Roads Association,
which convenes in Knoxville, Tenn,
on October 9Th, and has been author
lied to appoint five other delegates
from the city of Monroe, has appoint
ed the following delegates: J. M.
Farley, w. c. Heath, DR.. J. N. Blair,
r. T. Beasley, B. G. Ashcraft.
Rev. Braxton Craig has Just closed
several weeks meetings in different
sections of the county, assisting the
different pastors. lie held one meet
ing in Lee county and five in this
county. Some forty or fifty access
sions to the church resulted from
the meetings. He leaves Sunday
night for Woodland to assist Rev.
c. W. Ccarboro in meeting, and
will also visit Asheyille.
Mr.. c. F. Cadieu and family are
spending week in Johnson City,
Tenn. Mr.. Cadieu came into The
Journal office, a boy, soon after the
paper was begun, and he has been
in all the ups and downs Of the office
since. He has taken few vacations
and has been a very important factor
in the making Of the paper. He is
always ready, efficient and sensible
in the service of the paper and the
public which it serves.
Mr.. R. W. Lemmond Of Monroe
and Mr.. c. D. Bennett Of Stanly were
nominated last Thursday by the dis
trict convention at Albemarle for
Senators from the district composed
of Union, Arson, Stanly and David