The Monroe journal., 1918-07-02
THREE CHEERS FOR MARCUS
PHIFER: HE'S TRUE PATRIOT
Crippled Young Man Made First $40
Donation i'm the Recent Red Gross
Canpaign-wished He Had More
Ia Giye-Niad Horse az Peachland
children Sent To Raleigh for
Pslsteur Treatment.

Correspondence OF The Journal
Nashville. July /. = Miss Mar,
Belk OF Wellington was the CUES,
of friends in the Gibboa neighbor.
hood last week Miss Belk and sis
ter. Mrs. Neal. were guest of Mrs.
; TAYLOR at the Parsonage Tuesday
Mrs. Neal leaving Wednesday a. m.
20 join her husband in the eastern
part OF The state.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Har-
r., I. Friday. June IS, son.
Bonn to Mr.. and Mrs. W. NJ. Davis.
Saturday. June %, at the PresbyteI-
rian hospital in Charlotte. a daughter
Mrs T. p Young of Whitmire, $.
c. is the guest of Mrs. James :.
Harrell. Mrs. Young is pleasantly
remembered as Miss Ruth Hanna
having visit Mrs. Harrell before her
marriage.
4 horse owned by Mrs. Arch Niv-
ems OF Peachland was killed laSt
Thursday and the head sent to Raj
eigh for examination. as veterinarians
had pronounced the disease as hy-
drophobia The horse was discover
ed TO be wrong on sunday previous.
and Mrs. Niven's son, James and sew
eral boy friends doctored il until
Tuesday when DR.. Watt Ashcraft
was called. Upon hearing from Raj
eigh confirmation of DR.. Ashcrft's
diagnosis. James Nivens. Brady Dun
can. Jasper Burch and Willie Daw-
kins left Saturday after noon for
Raleigh TO take the Pasteur treat
meat. fearing infection from abra-
sions OF the skin, not knowing what
was the trouble.
Mrs. Nivens is widow. and al
this season. this trouble is doubly un-
fortunate for her.
Mrs. J. n Mcdonald and son. j,
~ Jr.. and Miss Otis Marsh spent
Thursday and Friday of last week
with friends in Charlotte.
Miss Mary McWhirter. who has
been with the United Cash Store Co.
as milliner for the past three sea-
sons returned TO her home in Char
lotte last week. Miss McWhirter has
many warm friends here who regret
her departure.
DR.. Dewitt Hunter of Wedding
ton paid a short visit TO his sister.
Mrs. j. I. Williams Thursday, DR..
Hunter ranks as First lieutenant in
the medical corps, and reported for
duty in Washington ID. c. Friday.
We wish publicly to commend the
Patriotism of our fellow townsman,
Marcus Phifer. Marcus is badly
crippled, and has been all his life. but
his name is on record as giving the
first twenty dollar contribution in the
recent Red Cross drive. When APP
preached with a word of thanks which
he so justly deserved his reply was.
Il only wish il was more, for they are
fighting for me. can't fight; what
else can | do" Three cheers for
Marcus; his is true patriotism.
The many friends of Private Ben
McCollum will be glad to know that a
letter has been received by his home
folks announcing his safe arrival
somewhere in France"
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Mod Names re-
turned Saturday from a two months
visit to friends and relatives in Nor
folk, Va.
Cards have been received mere
reading as follows: Mr.. William
Thomas Strickland announces the
of his daughter, Mary Ada
lene. to Mr.. Stanley Cleveland Davis,
on Saturday, the twenty-second OF
June. nineteen hundred and eighteen,
Atlanta. Ga. At home after first oil
July. seven siyty-seven, Edgewood
Avenue. Atlanta, Ga. The groom is
the Youngest son of Rev. and Mrs. A.
c. Davis of Olive Branch, also a
brother of Mr.. w. NJ. Davis OF the
firm of Bailey & Davis here, and has
many friends who congratulate him
-, b;c Unnd fortuna