The Monroe journal., 1916-12-12

IN Wlnston-Salem.
Miss Florence CASTOR of New York
City is visiting her cousin. Mrs. ID. A.
Houston.
Mrs. W. r. Boggan of Pee Dee is
visiting her parents. DR.. and Mrs. G.
b. Nance.
Messrs. ]. L. Everett. Allen Lee
and II. II. Wilson motored TO Ben
nettsville. S. c., Sunday, Mr.. Ever
ett's old home.
Mr.. T. L. Hinson received a mes
sage Saturday that his son. Mr.. Hen
ry Hinson. who lives at Florence. was
real sick with typhoid fever. He left
Sunday morning to be with him.
The Rex Theatre has secured the
three blind musicians, who entertain
ed its patrons so well last week, to
play the rest Of this week, commenc-
ing this afternoon.
Jim Warren, the Charlotte man
who blazed through the streets Of
Monroe in an automobile at the rate
Of about forty miles per hour several
weeks ago. forfeited SIS bond In
the Recorders Court yesterday by not
appearing.
Rev. Bruce Benton Of Rockingham.
brother OF Mr.. w. f. Benton of
Monroe, was elected by the Baptist
State Convention last week to preach
the Introductory sermon at the open
ing of the Convention next year. This
is one of the largest denominational ,
honors. :
A Monroe cotton buyer stated to
The Journal yesterday that some OF
the Monroe cotton bulls" had chang
ed to COWS" since the big cotton @
drop. II is said one man has hun
bred and forty bales on hand that
he bought at 20 cents. Unless the =
market recuperates. he stands to lose .
tidy sum.
Mr.. Virgil Gordon OF Raleigh and y
wife have been spending several days
with the formers parents, Mr. and
Mrs. j. +. Gordon. Mr. Gordon is !,
conductor on the Norfolk & Southern .
running from Raleigh to Fayetteville. !,
He is chairman of the committee OF !,
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen n
of the Norfolk & Southern. =
Mr.. Walter Laney. who returned
recently from Western stock yards, Y
SAYS horses and mules are cheaper !,
than one would think considering -
the fact that the war in Europe is n
causing such an enormous demand :,
for work animals and cavalry horses. -
But the warning nations will accept !,
horses and mules of a certain height :,
and weight, and these. to be true.
are bringing good prices. The small
Ter and larger horses that come with i,
out the pale of the. army regulations q
are cheap, says Mr.. Laney. h
Mr.. B. +. Spears, Superintendent 4
of the Jackson Cotton Mills, was cut n
on the right hand, and on the index :, =
finger of his left hand in an en- y
counter with John Mullis, mill F.
hand, last Saturday night. II was :
alleged at the trial yesterday morn
ing that Mulls, along with two COM
panions, was drunk and disorderly :,
on the mill property. On being ordered y
off by the Superintendent, Mullis be- .
came angered and struck Mr. Spears =
after his companions had wandered :,
off. Thirteen stitches were required :,
to sew up Mr.. Spears wound. The r.
case was continued. "a
The Womans Club is contemplat-
ing asking Congress, through Hon.
Lee Robinson, for an appropriation :
to build a Ney McNeeley Memorial h
I T. Mp-
+. b. Ashcraft are working on the !,
matter, and they believe that Con- =,
gress will see fit to appropriate at y.
least $4,000 to honor the memory !,
of the young Union county man who ~
lost his life in the service of his r.
country. The only thing that will :,
hamper the naturalization of the a,
plan, say the ladies', is the fear that 1t
will establish precedent They have
about decided to make the attempt. n
Notwithstanding. lin
al al
Union county had a representative III
IN the victorious varsity football q;
team that defeated the University of ia
Virginia team on Thanksgiving In the 81
person of Mr. Beeman Harrell, son G
of Mr.. s. NJ. Harrell of Marshvillc al
The boys all over the State are prais- al
ing Mr.. Harrell's fine playing. and in
although he is a senior this year. he ca
will in all probability go back and b,
take some special work in order to W
play on the University team next III
year. They say he laid out" couple III
of the Virginia boys in grand style pi
last Thanksgiving. And Mr.. Harrell b,
is not only an athlete. but good III
student as his teachers gladly testify. tn
Application has been made for a
charter for the Secrest Motor Co., ,ca
which will open for business here on Ito
about the first of the year. Mr.. A. I've
M. Secrest. the popular manager of lea
the Union Drug Co., will be in charge lth
of the new firm. which will secure er
the agency for three popular priced he
cars. Several locations have been Of 10
fered for the new garage, but the lth
promoters have not yet decided upon Ira
their location. Several first-class me- Pl
chanics will be employed by the new ar
comnany and several careful drivers lie