The Monroe journal., 1916-12-01
Local and Personal.

Local and Personal.
Miss Mary English is visiting
friends in Greensboro.
Miss Isolee Duekworth of Char
. lotte is visiting Mrs. L. ID. Husbands
Miss Pearl Nance is spending a few
days with her sister. Mrs. w. B. Bo-
gan. OF Pee Dee.
Mrs. ]. X. Counts and children
will leave Monday for Smoke. S. c.
to spend the holidays with relatives.
a Misses Myrtle and jamie Sanders
spent Thanksgiving with their sister,
Miss Annie Sanders. al lIartsville. s.
c.
There will be preaching at Union
Grove at IL o'clock and Zion at
o'clock Sunday by the pastor. Rev.
r. II. Remington.
Mr.. Dave Williams OF the New
Hope community. Arson county. died
last Sunday at the age OF 102 years.
He leaves a sister. Mrs. Seal Hill
dreth who is one and one half years
his senior.
Rev. j. E. Abernethy failed to land
the Methodist Conference for Mon
roe for next year, as Asheville step
ped in and carried 1t off. However.
Mr.. Abernethy believes Monroe can
secure the Conference next year.
Easley Bros. three blind musician
will fill a weeks engagement at the
Rex Theatre beginning Monday
These celebrated musicians have been
in Monroe before and everybody ell
joyed their entertainments.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
will pack a Christmas box of clothes
for the flood sufferers of western
North Carolina. Any one willing to
contribute please phone Mrs. 7. p.
Dillon or send to Mrs. j. NJ. Farley
by December 9Th.
Mr.. Bob Funderburk was one OF
those who suffered a minor accident
as a result of the big Thanksgiving
hunt. He got a couple Of shots in
his neck when his brother, Mr. George
Funderburk. pulled loose at a rabbit
while they were hunting in the lower
edge of the county.
IL, H. al 10,
this week. where he is guest of the
Overland Automobile Company. That
company is entertaining all of its
agents. and Mr.. Skies is representing
the Skies Co.. who are agents for that
machine here. He will probably take
in Detroit and a few of the Canadian
cities before returning home.
The Investment Corporation Is the
name of a new Monroe real estate
firm, composed of Messrs j. C. Skies,
r. b. Redwine and S. 0. Blair. They
are incorporated with capital stock
or s25.e00. They have bought the
DR.. Gribble property in Buford town
ship and they will probably engage
in other real estate activities.
The Rex Theatre, which was oper-
ated for the benefit OF the Oxford
Orphanage Thanksgiving day and
night was well attended, there being
more than a thousand admissions.
The pictures were good and the sing
ing by Messrs. Glen Wolfe, George
Lee, William Cole and Fred Smith
was very much enjoyed. The COM
mite from the Masonic Lodge. who
were in charge. wishes to express to
the managers of the theatre their
appreciation for their generosity. and
also to the citizens for their liberal
patronage. good sum will be for
warded to the Orphanage.
Mr. Herndon Hasty, who is reputed
to be one of the fastest mail clerks
in the country. upheld his reputation
at an examination of the Monroe
clerks held here last Tuesday by
Chief Clerk Carroll of Rocky Mount,
by scoring 100 per cent. The grade
OF Mr.. Hasty, and the other clerks,
follows: Fullenwider, cards handled,
761, per cent correct. 9S, cards
handled correct per minute, 80;
Hasty, cards handled. sos. per cent,
1cf cards handled per minute. so;
sutton, cards handled, 500, per cent.
1920, cards per minute. "a Haigler.
cards handled. sos. per cent correct,
99.41. cards handled per minute, 81.
II there are any old Confederate
veterans who served through the war
with the late DR.. M. w. Cuthbertson,
Mr.. r. w. Lemmond, Clerk of Court.
would appreciate their communicate
ing with him at once. Mr.. Cuthbert-
son, who left this county twenty or
more years ago. died recently in
Louisians, and his widow is endeavor-
ing to secure a pension. Under the
Texas law one cannot secure
pension unless an affidavit signed by
two persons who served with the
party accompanies the application.
Several persons around Monroe know
for a fact that DR.. Cuthbertson serv-
ed in the war. but none were in his
company.