The Monroe journal., 1910-08-23

Ter Of Prospect, died Saturday.
Capt. Hefner and family spent
part Of last week at Wrightsyille
Beach.
Mr.. Ernest Barrett, one Of Mon
roe's efficient Offices, spent last week
with his brother, DR.. Barrett at
Peachland.
DR.. and Mrs. Cyrus Houston Of
Concord, are visiting relatives in
town.
Misses Halle Benton and Rowena
Mccall are visiting Mrs. L. z. Cor
don in Atlanta.
Mr.. Valid Rogers and sister, Miss
Ruth, returned Saturday from a visit
to relatives in Charlotte.
Mrs. J. c. De Martina and little
daughter, Jennie Cornelia, of Allan
ia are visiting Mrs. 7. f. Wilson on
South Church street.
Mr.. VIM Mccain, a Monroe boy
who went to Oklahoma several years
ago with his father, is paying a visit
to his old home.
Work is going on at the Crow-Lee
gin in Monroe for the purpose Of
putting in electric power, which will
be ready for this season.
Mr.. T. P. Keziah and Miss Carrie
Irby of Sandy Ridge were married
Saturday night by Esq. H. L. Price,
at the home of the brides father,
Mr.. Joseph Irby.
Mrs. J. F. Laney and children,
who have been spending some time
in the Piedmont section Of South
Carolina, returned home last Friday
night.
The new well that the town has
bored near the ice plant has been
holding out finely. 1t has given
about so gallons minute for about
a week and still rises full to the top.
Mr. w. X. Malone has returned
from a long trip in Georgia. He
saws that south of Macon there is
practically no crop at all on account
OF too much rain.
Mr.. II. D. Browning left last We'd
nesday night to join his family at
Enfield to spend ten days. Mr.. w.
z. Faulkner, the efficient night trans
fer clerk, has charge Of the express
Office during his absence.
Mr.. R. V. Houston calls a meeting
of the old soldiers for next Monday
for the purpose of making arrange
ments to attend the State reunion,
which will be held in Norfolk on the
9th, 9TH and Sth Of next month.
Rev. Bruce Benton, son OF Mr.. T.
H. Benton of Unionville, who is Wis
ing his people here and in the coun-
ty, preached a fine sermon in the
Baptist church Sunday night. Rev.
Mr.. Benton lives in Alexandria, La.
Rev. E. X. McLarty, pastor of the
West Market street church in Green's
boro, one of the largest in the con-
ference, is visiting his mother, Mrs.
J. NJ. McLarty. He preached at Gen.
tire on Sunday afternoon.
The Monroe Knights Of Pythias
last Tuesday night presented Mr.. H.
B. Adams a beautiful silk umbrella
with engraved gold handle, as tes-
timony Of their appreciation of his
long service as Master Of Exchequer
Mrs. Nancy Watson died at her
home in Buford township Saturday
night. She was seventy years old
and a member of the Methodist
church. Funeral was held by Rev.
Mr.. Brinkman at Bethlehem.
The pastor, Rev. Mr.. Brinkman,
is holding a meeting at Carmel this
week. He will be at Bethlehem
next week, beginning on Sunday,
and the preaching will be ten in the
morning and eight in the evening.
Mr.. P. H. Deason, who moved from
this county to Tatnall county, Ga,
fifteen years ago is here on visit to
relatives and friends in the county.
Mr.. Deason has been the first bale"
man in Tatnall county for the past
three years, he having put his first
bale on the market this year on Au-
gust 18th and got IL cents a pound
for it. Crops are only medium in
Mr.. Deason's section.
Uncle Jasper Taylor, colored, who
lives on Mr.. d. w. Flows place south
Of town, has returned from a visit to
two Of his children in New York city.
Uncle Jasper says that on going up
he stopped a week in Norfolk and
thought that would get him used to
the noise of New York. but wasn't