The Monroe journal., 1915-07-20
Local and Personal.


Rocky River Springs.
Chief OF Police Crawford Griffin.
who has been sick for some time, has
become able TO get on, again
Mr.. Hugh Long and family of All
ken. :. C.. are spending some time
with the formers parents. Esquire
and Mrs. ". G.. Long. in Goose Greek.
Messrs. Arthur Edgeworth and
Lloyd Sutton left Sunday morning on
an automobile trip to the western
part OF the State
Capt. W. l.. Howie has finished
the Windsor street paving. The paw
ing around the Methodist and Presby-
terrain churches is also completed.
Messrs. C. C. Skies and r. C. Crit
fin have been spending some days in
the mountains seeing the sights from
an automobile.
Mr.. y. G. Russell is spending some
time in Stokes county. at Moore's
Spring. for the benefit of the mineral
water.
Mr.. G. b. Caldwell and family have
taken up their summer abode at the
Plneland dairy farm. They spent last
summer there and liked 1t well
enough to try it again.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Crowell of
Huntsville returned home today after
spending few days with relatives in
town. Mrs. Crowell had also been
visiting in Chester.
Mr.. Charles Helms, the dairyman,
and several members of his family
left Sunday morning in their Ford for
Ashevlle and other points in the
mountains.
Mr.. Robt. HOWE, whose ambitions
have been divided between a drug
store and the cotton business, has de-
cided upon the latter and has gone to
cotton school in Charlotte to study
grading.
Mr.. John Secrest. son of Mr.. A. A.
Secrest of Unionville, left yesterday
for Winston-Salem, where he will
make preparations for the opening of
a dental office, having decided to To-
cate at that place Mr.. Secrest is a
graduate of the University of Mary
Hand. and has license to practice his
profession in two states, North Caro-
lima and Maryland.
Went to see old John Crow the
Iother day" said NJ. 7. J. Gordon to
trhe Journal, land what do you think
be showed me? Showed me eight or
mime bushels of his last falls crop of
Irish potatoes which he still has on
hand. Ate on them all the fall and
winter and spring till the new crop
Fame in and still has some left. He
had them in barrels lined with news
bapers in his smokehouse.
The company which some time ago
bought the Davis Mine. nine miles
northwest of Monroe, is rapidly pre-
barring to work on large scale. Mr..
\ +. Thompson, who has hauling
Contract for the company has already
hauled four car loads of heavy ma
thinery from Matthews. the shipping
boint. He hauled the ore mill which
Weighed within few pounds of TO-
Doc, and il required eight mules to
bull il. The mill is for the purpose
6 grinding the surface rock and has
capacity of two hundred tons per day.
Messrs. C. f. Parks, G.. w Sutton
Ind w. c. Cunningham of Marvin
bave started a cream route. They
MI have about twenty cows at first
kmong them and will send the cream
10 Waxhaw to be shipped to Monroe.
The goat came back. The last is
Iue of The Journal contained notice
70 the effect that Mr.. Tom billions
bwiss goat had been lost. Mr.. Dillon
nys that she skipped back home
ometime during Friday night. Thus
dvertising does various things. Mr..
seb Faulkner intimeted that 1t kill
q Old Dan. and now Mr. Dillon says
Hat ii frightened his goat back home
1oral: Everybody advertise every
Hing.
Last week the Henderson Roller
ill received 1870 bushels of home
rown wheat which was delivered
rom the wagons Of the farmers at
be mill. This is the largest receipt
rom wagons during any week since
he mill was established. One day
lO6 bushels were taken in. High
rice of western grain and low price
I southern cotton are bringing about
change. Farmers used TO say I'D
hther buy sack of -four than go to
he mill" But last Saturday after
Don nobody could buy sack of flour
Monroe. for there was not any. One
ian drove away in Ford after look
lg all over town for a sack. saying
1at he would borrow from the neigh
Iors for a bit.
4 Mr.. s. Courson of the Monroe Cher
kCola Company has just returned
F'om a several days trip in Georgia.
He travelled a good deal in the CEN
tal part of the State and saw people
rom all sections. He says that the
PROSPECTS for great corn crop in
Georgia are fine. the best ever known.
Iotton is much below the normal and
heruse of fertilizer was cut one half.
Miss Jessie Gordon, daughter OF
r. VIM. ]. Gordon of Sandy Ridge.
hose mind has been unbalanced
nee last winter, was taken to the
late Hospital at Morganton Sunday
Mr.. A. G. Penegar. The unfortu-
hfa yaunO LADY hoc many frfands