The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1916-12-15
Local and Personal

Local and Personal
Rev. w. W. Whitley will not NIL
his regular appointment at Maple
Springs the third Sunday.
The 5th Sunday Union OF the I'm
ion Baptist Association will meet
with the Meadow Branch church on
che fifth Sunday in December. A
large attendance is requested.
There will be preaching at Union
Grove next Sunday at ii o'clock. and
al Zion at three o'clock by the pastor.
who will also preach at Brief the fifth
Sunday at IL a. m.
Mr.. John w. Tarlton and Miss
Maggie Love. both OF Goose Greek
township. were married yesterday by
Esq. M. L. Flow. These young peo-
pie are prominent and well-known
throughout the county.
Mr.. Baxter Williams cannot I'M
derstand why housewives are boy
eotting eggs and chickens. when there
are none to boycott What few drift
in find a very unsteady market. II
is said that eggs were bringing as
high as AZ cents yesterday. and they
were selling readily at 40 cents this
morning.
Capt. S. II. Green. the retiring Po-
tentate of Oasis Shrine Temple. was
signally honored once more on last
Tuesday by his brother Mobiles. who
elected him a delegate TO the lmpe-
rial Council. which convenes next
year In Minneapolis. Mimi. There are
only four delegates appointed from
this State. and as there are thousands
OF Shriners in North Carolina. one
can easily see what distinction 1t is
to be one of the representatives.
Capt. Green was also presented with
q handsome shrine emblem by the
members OF Oasis Temple.
Old Herndon Hasty comes across
with the information that Monroe
will be treated to an old time big
minstrel sometime during the Christ
mas holidays. The show will be CIV
en- by local talent. and we understand
that efforts are being made to get
Mr.. T. b. Laney to be one OF the
comedians. Thus with Messrs. T. b..
Laney. Clarence Laney and Herndon
Hasty as comedians, or lend men,
one would be assured OF pleasant
evening. And the band may be able
10 render music for the occasion, un-
less some of the members develop
cold.
w. j. Bryan is the most distin-
suished guest that Mr.. N. G. Russell
has ever entertained, but there have
been many lesser personages regis
tered at the Gloucester. Governor
Locke Craig has spent few nights
there during his life time. and so has
Ex-Governor w. w. Kitchin. Bob
Glenn. a member of the Lame Duck
Roost, has also been entertained by
Mr.. Russell. and so have many State
Judges, aud some prominent poll
ticians. And as is well-know. Secre-
tary Houston was born In the old
building Bryan's name is written
in big, sprawling letters on the hotel
register-a singular signature that
would be recognized anywhere.
Do you remember the old fable
about the dog and the bone; how the
dog. with a big juicy bone in his
mouth was crossing q stream when
he saw the shadow of the bone in the
water, and how he dropped the sure
enough bone to jump into the stream
after the fancied one? Mr.. Charlie
Helms has been holding six bales OF
cotton all these days for twenty-five
cents, even when the market was
paying 81 cents; but the recent slump
OF nearly four cents from the high
mark prices has brought him to
grief. Unless the market recuper-
ates, which is very likely. Mr.. Helms
stands to lose about $3.50 on the lot.
But he is not alone on the raft. One
well-known farmer is said to have
fifteen bales that he was holding for
higher prices when the slump came,
1t is the opinion of many, however,
that the market will come back
stronger than ever in a short while.
II so, the laugh will not be on these
gentlemen.