The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1916-11-24


spent yesterday in town.
Mrs. 7. p. Smith and children OF
Nashville are visiting Mrs. W. l.
Cason.
DR.. Quincy will preach at the
Cedar Grove school house on Sunday
next at 3 o'clock.
Services at ST. Pauls Episcopal
church next Sunday. Nov. 26. at 1880
a. M. ii a. m. and 1880 p. IN.
Cotton statistician r. X. Helms re-
ports the number of bales of cotton
ginned prior to Nov. IA. this year,
1851; same date last year. 20.1S6.
Mr.. T. c. Lee has sold his interest
in the firm of T. C. Lee & Co. 10
Messrs. Curtis and Blair Bivens. and
the business will be continued by
them at the same old stand under the
firm name of Bivens Brothers.
The Tom Thumb wedding will be
presented this evening at 1880 o'clock
at Central Methodist church, for the
benefit of the Light Bearers. The
public is invited. A silver offereins
will be taken at the door.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. b. Caldwell. Miss
Mary Elizabeth Monroe, Capt. S. II.
Green, and Messrs Frank Griffith. Il.
G. Laney. Ely Joseph. David Futch
and Fred Helms attended the Shrine
meeting in Newbern Wednesday.
Esq Sam Helms admitted this
morning that everything was quiet
before he thought. He happened to
remember that Villa was raising Cain
again on the border, and an appre-
hensive tone crept into his voice.
After getting the market quota
tion on eggs, Mr. Fred Manus. who
works for Mr.. f. b. Ashcraft. decided
that china eggs were cheaper than the
genuine ones. So Friday night he
was seen going home with dozen in
his hand.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
Siler Presbyterian church will have
a box supper at Prices Mill w. o. w.
hall Thanksgiving night, Nov. 80.
Everybody invited and all the young
ladies bring boxes and the young men
well-filled pocketbooks.
Managers from sixteen Belk stores
~ fhrrAA IN, Cha IL 81 10 UFnInncAnx. nd
Wednesday night to make a report
of the seasons business. Those who
attended from here were DR.. j. NJ.
Belk. and Messrs. Frank Stevens and
Grier Robinson. The managers were
the guests of Mr.. w. II. Belk at a
luncheon at the Central Hotel. All
of the stores reported good business.
The Pageland Journal says that
somebody else said that he heard
somebody say that the work on the
new railroad from Charleston to Sa-
vannah is done, and that the work on
the line from McBee to Monroe viii
start at once. Now" says our Page
land contemporary, IF that inforila-
ton is worth anything to you take lt
and welcome"
A thief walked into DR.. J.W. Meals
residence some time ago and purloin-
ed good overcoat. Similar losses
are being reported occasionally, and
Mr.. T. b. Laney says this is the most
simple method of robbery practlced.
An excuse can be easily made for one
being on the porch or in the house.
and they are therefore hard to catch.
An old game was to pretend to be
working for some pressing cluo and
get clothes in this manner, but this
scheme has about played out.
Mr.. Ben Griffith lives in Monroe
township. but his cattle Craze on Bu-
ford grass. No slam on Uncle Jerry
and Buford. for Mr.. Griffith thinks a
lot of his neighbor. And by the way,
since we mentioned it, Uncle Jerry
came to town yesterday with a big
load of turkeys. There were about
twenty-five in the lot. and the genial
Commissioner realized about $4,000
from the load Mr.. Laney has big
gobbler that he is saving for Mr.. w.
H. Phifer, who will celebrate his If
tieth marriage anniversary some time
in February.
Mr.. s. o. Blair would like to see
the school children improve the
school grounds by planting a hedge
and trees. Planting time will soon
be here and the shrubbery and tree
plants could be secured for a small
price. The school children would of
course receive assistance from the
older people. and the grounds could
be made the best looking in the state.
A landscape gardner could be secured
to lay off the improvements. Mr..
Blair saws he would be glad to render
any assistance in his power to the
school authorities in carrying out this
scheme.
Eyerytime the Legislature meets
Doctor John Blair has some pet bill
that he brings forward to be passed
by the Solons This time he is go
ing TO get Hon. Jim Price to intro
duce a bill requiring all Ford auto
mobile owners to attach sprinkler
on the rear of their cars. The attach
ment would work automatically with
the gasoline tank, so when the
sprinkler empties. the gas tank would
also need a reflling. Neither would