The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1915-07-13
THE MONROE JOURNAL
TUESDAY, JULY 13. 1918.
Local and Personal.

Miss Antoinette BeaSley is attend
ing house party in Shelby.
Misses Hazel and Fave Wells o
Tuscumbia. Ala. are visiting thei
aant. Mrs. f. W. Pointer.
Messrs. W. ]. Rudge and Charlie
Hough are attending the meeting o
the Retail Jewellers Association a
Durham.
Following the educational rally a
Wesley Chapel next Saturday, tn,
summer session of the school will b,
started up on next Monday.
Messrs. Oscar Taylor and Marvin
Richardson left this morning BY au,
tomobile for Newton, where they are
going TO attend a session of court.
| Children's day exercises will be OBJ.
served at Smyrna the 4th Saturday
in July. beginning at 10 o'clock. Ev-
erybody invited. Dinner on the
grounds.
At Tabernacle on July II, begin
ming at o'clock. a play. the Brook
dale Farm" will be given by local
talent. The proceeds will be used
for the purpose of enclosing Taberna-
Gle cemetery.
There will be dedication services at
Midway church. in Buford township,
conducted by Rev. S. +. Richardson,
Sunday morning at IL o'clock. Rev.
Mr.. Richardson will also preach at
Bethlehem Sunday evening at four
O'Clock.
Mr.. j. +. Stack, who is summering
at Asheville. came home last night to
spend few days. He is charmed with
Asheyille. and especially with the fact
that he can sit on his front porch and
see Bryan 90 by when the latter is
there.
While The Journal is a little full
on advertising in this issue. il is still
mighty interesting. The right kind
of advertising is as interesting as the
news, in act. il is news. important
news. for il is pocket book news.
We would like to meet up with the
fellow who has caught the hang of
the postoffice doors. We push going
in and try to pull going out. Mr..
Settle Haigler says that he gave the
postofice department implicit in
structions as to how he wanted the
doors. but for some reason or the
other his advice was neglected.
Advertising does not always pay"
said Mr.. Zeb Faulkner. manager of |
the Monroe Oil Mill. I'VE put an ad |
in The Journal offering our old driv-
ing horse for sale. and just as soon
as that ad came out he took sick and |
died" Old Dan was a faithful ami
NAL. and he must have died of a brok- |
en- heart on account of having to give
way for the automobile. L
A party of men in two machines
took trip through Chesterfield,
Marlboro and lower Arson Sunday.
they were Messrs w. d. Flow, C. II.
s. O. Blair, j. V. Griffith,
Rufus Armfield, Walter Laney and
" C. English. They went to Page
and, Chesterfield, Bennettsville, Che
raw. Morven and Wadesboro They
report that crops are looking fairly
we'll and roads are good.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. 4. Bivens returned
from visit to their son,
Mr.. s. R. Bivens. who is farm demon
'trator OF Vance county, and Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. W. Huff, parents of Mrs. S.
z. Bivens. They enjoyed the trip very
much and fell in love with the people
" that section. Mr.. Bivens says that
he believes that Vance is about the
pest county in the State next to I'm
on.
Mr.. Archie Farley, son of Mr.. ].
VI. Farley. is the latest one to an
'wer the call of the wheat fields, hav-
ng left for Alva, Okla. last Wednes-
lay morning. There are now four
Monroe boys out in the Southwest,
Nessrs. Joe Hudson. Andrew Monroe,
dorehead Stack and Archie Farley.
These young men seem to be meeting
With better success than the boys
Who went out last year, none of them
70 far having signified their intention
II returning.
Mrs. Jacob Eudy of North Monroe
vas found dead in bed yesterday
morning. She had not been sick pre-
'iously, and so far as Is known, was
s well as usual on Sunday. Funeral
vas held at the home yesterday af-
ernoon by Rev. f. C. Snyder and
lev. ]. Z. Abernethy. and the remains
1ere buried at the Helms burying
round. Mrs. Eudy is survived by
wo children. Mr.. Vann Helms and
frs. Jessie Privett. She was a menu
er of Central Methodist church.
Mr.. John c. Skies, who was recent
7 elected teacher of the Junior Bara-
a Glass Of the First Baptist church,
! using novel scheme to insure
irge and regular attendance on the
art OF members. He has divided the
lass into two divisions, the Army
nd the Navy. Each side has a COM
lander-in-chief. whose duty II is to
larshal up the forces. Every Sun
ay morning one may see throngs OF
oys and young men running up and
own the streets In search of new
Iembers and visitors. Sunday be-
IRE last. sixty members were present
) compared with about eight the